With the Han Emperor Party fully occupying the court, the word reform has become the main theme of the court today, and no one can hinder the next reform.

In terms of the progress of reform, Zhu Youxiao and Shen Wei already have specific charters.

"First the north and then the south, first the east and then the west, step by step" is the general outline of this reform, because from the four major elements of 'administration, capital, roads, and food' that the reform needs to have, the administrative reform in the north is easier, the capital is also located in the north, and the ability of the people in the north to resist disasters is relatively weak, so the north is the first to reform.

Compared with the west, the east has the advantage of transportation, after all, it is close to the coast, and the transportation cost can be greatly reduced by sea, so that the commercial grain can be imported and the commodity can be exported.

According to this general plan, Shandong became the next province to be included in the New Deal area.

"The state-owned consortium has also made great progress in Shandong in recent years, among which the investment in mining, agriculture and roads is relatively large, and it is still relatively easy to reform in Shandong. It's just that there is a thorny problem in Shandong, that is, the Kong family holds too much land in their hands, and if the new policy is used to restrain the Kong family, maybe something will happen. Shen Yu said to Zhu Youxiao.

"The Kong family has been in the country for generations, and they should think about repaying Jun's kindness. If you are unwilling to support the imperial court, then it will be useless to stay, and the imperial court can set up another successor of the Kong family. "Zhu Youxiao is ready for a strong man to break his wrist, and the Kong family will agree to the new deal if he disagrees with the new policy, so choose a side child from the Kong family to continue to play the role of a signboard.

"Your Majesty thinks twice." Shen Yun was a little hesitant, as a scholar, he naturally knew the influence of the Kong family in the world of scholars.

"I've thought about it. Even if the Kong family is moved, there will be turmoil. It is also impossible to mess with the fundamental roots. As long as the New Deal region remains stable, even if everyone in the world is against it, what is there to fear? Zhu Youxiao said resolutely, and there was already a strong confidence in his words.

Shen Yan thought about it, and suddenly made up his mind.

The emperor's confidence was obviously not generated by arrogance, but by the support of the military and the people in the New Deal area. With the results of the imperial court's reform in the New Deal area, even if the world is in turmoil, it will not be able to mess up the North Zhili and the Northeast region. As long as this foundation is kept, what rebellion cannot be extinguished?

In fact, Kong's is just a signboard. As long as the emperor does not smash this signboard, but replaces it with a new signboard, the scholars in the world will not rebel, at most they will criticize the imperial court.

"Your Majesty." Shen Yu finally chose to support.

"At the end of the day, it's a question of overhauling the agricultural tax, and now that we don't have the same control over the New Deal areas as it used to be, it's time to overhaul the agricultural tax." Zhu Youxiao said: "In this way, we don't need to pay attention to the Kong family, if they jump up and down, we will cut them out." The cabinet came up with a plan. From now on, no matter whether it is an official, a scholar or a powerful person, the owner of land in the New Deal area will have to pay agricultural tax. The more land you hold, the higher the tax. ”

"Your Majesty, the royal family is also in urgent need of reform, and this is the reform plan drawn up by the minister." At this time, Shen Yu took out a fold and handed it to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao took over the chapter and looked at it, this reform plan for the royal family is to divide the current royal family quota and the royal family separated by four generations, and if the number of members increases in the future, it will no longer be issued.

"Add one more, four generations of members of the royal family, who are allowed to engage in industry, agriculture, and commerce." After reading it, Zhu Youxiao said that the rule that members of the imperial family are not allowed to engage in Shinong industry and commerce is now in a state of semi-collapse. In fact, those members of the royal family who were related to them did not have much money at all, and were often in arrears, and had already begun to engage in industrial, peasant, and commercial activities.

It is indeed time to reduce the expenditure of the royal family, and now that the royal population is multiplying, the consumption of the national treasury is too terrifying. There was already a small amount of agricultural taxes, and a lot of them were already consumed on these royal family members.

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When people thought that the emperor would go to Chengde to escape the summer, it should be stopped for a while, but it didn't take long for the "Agricultural Tax Reform Law" to be officially promulgated and fully implemented in the new deal area.

Compared with the previous agricultural tax reform, this time it is more thorough.

The "Agricultural Tax Reform Law" stipulates that those who own less than 30 acres of land are exempted from agricultural tax, and 5% agricultural tax is charged for 30 mu ~ 50 mu. Those above 50 mu to 300 mu will be charged 10% agricultural tax, those above 300 mu to 500 mu will be charged 12% agricultural tax, more than 500 mu ~ 1000 mu will be charged 15% agricultural tax, more than 1000 mu to 5000 mu will be charged 18% agricultural tax, more than 5000 mu ~ 10,000 mu will be charged 21% agricultural tax, and more than 10,000 mu will be charged 24% agricultural tax. At the same time, it is stipulated that the agricultural tax on cultivated land obtained by military merits is capped at 10%, and the heirs are not capped.

The tax on agricultural companies is constant, 10% regardless of size.

In addition, the "Tenant Rent Act" was amended again to limit the maximum amount of tenant rent to 15%, and at the same time, the tenant rent of the "Beizhili Agricultural Company" was also implemented in accordance with the law, and the tenant rent was reduced by half.

When the new law was promulgated, the share price of Beizhili Agricultural Company fell sharply on the same day, and investors sold their shares one after another, and the stock price directly evaporated by more than half. Since the listing and sale of Beizhili Agricultural Company, Royal Capital has been withdrawn one after another. At this time, the stock price fell, and the royal capital, which was reorganized into state-owned capital, was killed again.

Because investors have lost confidence in Beizhili Agricultural Company, after all, after paying taxes, the return rate is only 5%, which is too chicken.

With the massive repurchase of shares by state-owned capital, the holding soon rose to more than 90%, and only some investors were reluctant to sell.

Then the state-owned capital stock price was too high, and the remaining investors finally gradually wavered and sold their stocks one after another, and the state-owned capital's holding of the Beizhili Agricultural Company rose to 98%, and the Beizhili Agricultural Company immediately became a relatively thorough state-owned enterprise.

Then the Beizhili Agricultural Company introduced a 'land subscription' policy to the tenant farmers, selling land to the tenant farmers at a price of 5 yuan per mu.

It means that farmers can subscribe or not. Those who are willing to subscribe subscribe to the land they are currently cultivating will subscribe.

Those who are willing to subscribe only need to pay 5% agricultural tax in the future, and do not need to pay 15% tenant rent. Those who are unwilling to subscribe can continue to cultivate and continue to pay 15% of the tenant rent.

Tenant farmers who subscribe to land can get low-interest loans at an interest rate of 3% per annum. This interest rate is indeed relatively low, with the growth of paper money issuance in the future, appropriate inflation must be generated, and while the people's income increases, the price of agricultural products will also increase, and the income of these farmers will also increase.

After the introduction of this policy, the enthusiasm of farmers to subscribe is still very high, of course, there are some farmers who are reluctant to subscribe for land, thinking that the 15% tenant rent is already very good, which is half lower than in the past.

These peasant households who do not subscribe will naturally have more money in their hands in the future than those who subscribe to the land, and their lives will be better. The peasants who subscribed to the land were given property rights, and the land could be passed on to their children and grandchildren.

Whether to buy land or not, depending on the concept problem, is not forced.

So those tenant farmers who were willing to subscribe to the land were happy, and those who were not willing to subscribe to the land were not affected, and as the tenant rents fell, they were also happy.

The introduction of the "Agricultural Tax Reform Act" has caused a certain turmoil in the New Deal area, and the opposition of those elites is very strong, because this bill includes them in the agricultural tax collection group. On the contrary, officials in the New Deal area have little opinion on this bill.

After all, the officialdom in the New Deal area has been firmly controlled by the Han Emperor, and at the same time, it has adopted a policy of high salaries and incorruptible support, and it is not impossible for officials to pay some agricultural taxes. What's more, many officials are not from the Beizhili region, and the land is not in the Beizhili and Northeast regions, so this fire cannot burn them.

But no matter how much the powerful people oppose it, they have no military power in their hands at all. With Zhu Youxiao's high degree of centralization of military power and the abolition of guard posts and border troops, most of the military power in the hands of these magnates has been stripped away, and a small number of them have not been stripped away, and their combat effectiveness is also very scum.

They have no military power, they can't incite the people to make trouble, and no matter how much they oppose it, it's useless. Especially after Dongchang and Jinyiwei caught a few powerful people jumping up and down and making trouble everywhere, other powerful people kept silent.

Receiving the spirit of the imperial court's agricultural tax reform, the local government in the New Deal area held meetings one after another, and then began to comprehensively measure the land in the area under its administration.

As a result of the reforms, the number of official civil servants has increased, and at the same time, township-level administrative organs have been increased, and there are police and armed police, and they can also request reinforcements from the garrison.

In this land survey, the benefits of administrative reform were immediately highlighted. If the government wanted to complete the land measurement in a state and county, it was not known when it would be done, because there would be insufficient manpower in the first place.

With the increase in the number of civil servants and the emergence of township governments, the task of measuring land was carried out quickly.

The first is to measure the land, and the second is to clarify the property rights, the official no longer recognizes the legitimacy of the white deed, and any land transaction must be reported to the official to sign the contract before it can take effect.

At the same time, the provinces can convert the land according to the local situation.

For example, the sandy land in the North Zhili area is three acres and one acre. For example, the land in Heilongjiang is too cold to grow soybeans and other crops with low yields, which is five acres to one acre.

The conversion must be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court will send someone to review it, and the black-box operators will be severely punished.

The collection of agricultural taxes has also resumed the direct collection of currency, after all, the degree of commercialization of agricultural products in the New Deal area is relatively smooth. Unlike when Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law, many areas of the Ming Dynasty were still rural natural economic models.

Today, in the New Deal area, much of the rural natural economy has been replaced by a commodity economy, and with the issuance of paper money and the increase in the issuance of copper coins, agricultural producers have enough money in their hands to pay taxes. Farmers with less than 30 acres of land can enjoy the tax exemption policy, which will not lead to merchants depressing the price of agricultural products due to insufficient money circulation. (To be continued.) )