Time unconsciously arrived in the first month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and all provinces of Daming were in a festive Spring Festival atmosphere. However, many ordinary people are not very happy during the Spring Festival these days, just as all those who have money celebrate the New Year every day, and those who have no money to spend their days like the New Year. The problem of the gap between the rich and the poor still plagues ordinary people who have no place to stand.

In contrast, the people of the Beizhili region and the eastern Liaodong region have a happier year, and the ordinary people of the Beizhili region are getting better and better because of the sufficient security and the rapid economic development.

As for the problem of no snow in the winter of the third year of the Apocalypse, the farmers in Beizhili are not too worried. Because their land has basically been harvested by drought and flood, and basically every household's field is full of wells, and if there is a real drought, these small wells can be used to pump groundwater for irrigation.

The farms under the Beizhili Agricultural Company relied on the conscription system at this time, and many of them had already built water conservancy, roads, and schools.

After the construction of these public facilities, the peasants in these farms were no longer required to serve as forced labor, and could freely enter the factories, workshops, and construction sites in nearby towns when they were not working.

The people in Liaodong are also full of hope because they have been allocated land or have a stable job.

The conscription also ended before the Spring Festival, and there were a lot of young men in the northern provinces who signed up for the draft, and the quota was soon filled.

After the recovery of Liaodong, because of the rich rewards, enlisting in the army was also seen as an opportunity to get ahead. Especially in today's compulsory military system, which only requires five years of service. Even if he was not rewarded for meritorious service after five years, he was discharged from the army and changed his career with the help of the imperial court.

This is for those who have not read the book. He was born in the countryside again. It's a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. In the army, they can not only learn some skills, but also learn basic culture, and increase their knowledge, meet comrades-in-arms from all over the world, and also see the outside world, which is definitely a good opportunity. If you can make military achievements, then you may be able to become an officer, or get a rich land reward.

In addition, at this time, many people in the northern provinces were not very wealthy. Some of these big lads are eating the most at the time, and they haven't created a family business yet. Therefore, many people are also rushing to join the army to have enough to eat, so the registration of compulsory soldiers in various provinces is very hot, and the quota is sold out a year ago.

These recruits first enter the recruit camp for a three-month training, during which they will master the queue, live ammunition shooting and other items, and at the same time carry out weight-bearing cross-country, running and other physical training.

After three months, it will be determined whether to transfer to the Central Army or to the local production corps. Among them, those with good training results will be transferred to the Central Army, while those with average training results will naturally be transferred to the production corps.

Fifteen production corps. Each production corps is 20,000 people. After the beginning of spring, it will be transferred to this area of Jilin Province in the future to carry out military cantonment, and the first batch of production corps transferred to the area is 14. There is also a production corps that will be transferred to Hokkaido.

However, Hokkaido will soon be no longer called Hokkaido, and the Ming Dynasty will officially establish a province there. The main task of the production corps was to establish pastoral areas in the coastal plains of Hokkaido, and to increase the labor force in the area by capturing the Ezo people on the island as slaves.

Because of the investment in the production corps, the military budget for the four years has been increased to 30 million yuan, but the investment in the production corps will be rewarded in the future and is an investment military budget.

After the rectification of the salt tax in the third year of the Apocalypse, the salt tax revenue has exceeded 20 million yuan, the salt production in the Jianghuai region has been completely stopped, and the stove for boiling salt has become history. However, these stoves have also been effectively resettled, and there has been no trouble.

The salt production along the Daming coast has become dried salt, and the salt production of Changlu Salt Farm has risen to the first place in the country. However, because of the high yield of dried salt, there is still a surplus of salt in Daming. Many new salt pans have been opened up, but none of them have yet been put into production.

Among them, the sales of salt in Beizhili have increased greatly, mainly because the income of ordinary people has increased, and the consumption of salt has not been so economical.

And coinage is still the largest source of income, and the minting income of the three years of the Apocalypse has risen to 30 million yuan. However, the income from coinage has become less and less, or the amount of silver dollars that can be used to mint has begun to decrease.

Zhu Youxiao had to consider how to increase the financial income of the imperial court in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, among which the royal capital made a lot of money in the third year of the Apocalypse, especially coal, steel, agriculture, military industry, and the manufacture of glass, clocks and watches, as well as various daily commodities, the internal consumption of Beizhili and the export and export of products, so that the royal capital generated huge profits.

In the event of a war, the imperial court was not short of money, and the imperial court could borrow money from banks. However, usually this money is to be invested in various ways, so the daily expenses of the imperial court still depend on taxes.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, the commercial tax of Beizhili has increased significantly, and tens of millions of yuan of commercial tax have been collected throughout the year, which is unprecedented for Daming.

In order to increase fiscal revenue in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the cabinet successively introduced several taxes in the first month.

The first is personal income tax, which formally includes workers in the taxed group. In the past, the workers in the Ming Dynasty basically did not need to pay taxes, and only needed to pay a tax on forced labor, and basically did not have to serve as a forced laborer. Some workers did not have to pay taxes at all because they had fled from the countryside.

At the end of the third year of the Apocalypse, the population of Beizhili had grown to nearly 40 million, and if personal income tax was levied, at least tens of millions of yuan of personal income tax could be collected.

Nowadays, the income of workers in Beizhili has increased to three yuan per month, and it can basically reach four yuan on the construction site. If it is a skilled worker, then the income is even higher, and there are many skilled jobs with an income of hundreds of yuan per month.

The personal income tax collection bill promulgated by the cabinet exempts tax from tax with a monthly income of less than 3 yuan, pays income tax of 3% on a monthly income of 3 yuan, pays 4% on a monthly income of 4 yuan, pays 5% on a monthly income of 5 yuan, pays 10% on a monthly income of 10 yuan, and then rises step by step. If the monthly income exceeds 200 yuan, 30% personal income tax will be charged.

After the introduction of this personal income tax bill. Suddenly, the entire Beizhili was in an uproar. Ordinary people didn't make a fuss. But the officials, the magnates, and the rich businessmen all made a fuss.

Especially in the capital, it seems that it has been fried overnight. The officials rose up again, and the letters of opposition to the collection of individual income tax floated to Zhu Youxiao's desk like snowflakes.

Those imperial relatives and nobles also wrote to Zhu Youxiao one after another, opposing the imperial court's collection of personal income tax.

The group roared like cats with their tails stepped on. Because it is the interests of these groups that are really harmed by personal income tax.

The Donglin Party officials, who had already begun to be people with their tails between their legs in the DPRK and China, regarded these levies of personal income tax as a great opportunity, and began to encourage those nobles, imperial relatives and relatives everywhere to write letters in addition to individuals and joint letters.

However, these people do not see the situation clearly. At this time, Zhu Youxiao's wings were completely stiffened. He no longer relied on those nobles, imperial relatives, officials, and landlords to maintain his dominance, as the emperors of the past.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao had already formed a royal consortium, and all classes had been absorbed into the royal consortium, and a new interest group had been formed.

This time, it will be the old forces that have not sat on this chariot.

Personal income tax does not actually have much impact on those businessmen of the royal consortium, because most of their usual money is used for business, and the funds placed in the enterprise will not be subject to personal income tax. Only money withdrawn from the business will be subject to personal income tax.

Most importantly, the collection of personal income tax meant an increase in the imperial government's finances, which made the market more dynamic. It also means that they are able to make more money.

As the leading brother of the consortium, the emperor naturally supported the collection of personal income tax.

At the same time, before the collection of personal income tax. Zhu Youxiao had already consulted Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, two feudal officials who held military power.

Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli are also supportive of this tax scheme, which can eliminate the gap between the rich and the poor to a certain extent.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao was in such a hurry to start collecting personal income tax was that the imperial court's finances had relied on seigniorage for a long time, which was already a little deformed. Second, this thing should be implemented sooner rather than later, at this time it is only implemented in the new system in Beizhili, Liaodong, and Taiwan, and if more provinces join this new system in the future and then levy personal income tax, the resistance will be greater.

At the same time, after the elimination of the Houjin, a large number of central troops were transferred back to the Beijing Division, forming an incomparably powerful arch guard ability around the Beijing Division.

With military power in hand, Zhu Youxiao is still afraid of an egg, and the personal income tax is directly involved.

In the face of these imperial relatives and relatives who jumped out to oppose them, as well as those Donglin Party officials after the nobles, Zhu Youxiao quickly took action, and within three days, he dismissed dozens of Donglin Party officials, as well as non-party officials who opposed the collection of personal income tax, and all of them were cut to the people, expelled from the court, and announced that they would never be hired.

Since you can't share the worries of the country, what's the use of keeping knowledge?

As for those imperial relatives and nobles who opposed the levy of personal income tax, Zhu Youxiao directly went down with a holy decree and was fined for three years.

The punishment measures have shocked countless people.

No one could have imagined that the emperor would be so tough, and even risked the world's disobedience to dispose of so many nobles, imperial relatives and officials at once.

This is simply the rhythm of centrifugation!

This is the interest group that the imperial court relies on to rule the world! Just such a holy decree, all to centrifugation? Many people can't figure it out, and those who haven't figured it out can continue to make trouble, but Zhu Youxiao doesn't mind continuing to repair them and let them continue to think about it until they figure it out.

Soon some people figured it out, because at the beginning of the announcement of the start of the collection of personal income tax, the Beijing newspaper began to enter a state of collective praise of merit. Driven by public opinion, the people of Beijing have also supported the imperial court to levy personal income tax.

Even in the business world, there was a group of businessmen who spoke out in support of this order.

The most perplexing thing is, of course, why do these businessmen who support the personal income tax collection bill, themselves high-income classes, support this plan?

Are they fools?

Soon some people realized that they were fools.

Those merchants were simply red-capped merchants who did business with the emperor, and in this wave of public opinion, these merchants showed a terrifying influence.

Factories, construction sites, shops, bazaars. Everywhere became a place for these businessmen to preach about the personal income tax collection bill. The enthusiasm of ordinary workers was quickly mobilized.

Although those ordinary workers are also subject to personal income tax. But they were very supportive. The reason is very simple, because this bill can 'rob the rich and help the poor', which is a non-extreme robbery of the rich and help the poor, and when the court has money, the money will naturally flow, and then nourish it to the bottom of society, which is called the trickle-down effect.

Such a simple truth is not understood by all ordinary people. But as long as you publicize it casually, the common people will naturally understand.

If there is no support from these red-top businessmen this time, and they cooperate with the imperial court to publicize the personal income tax collection bill, then maybe these people will still stand in the ranks of the opponents.

Ordinary people are also the most susceptible to being incited because of their lack of access to information.

Under Zhu Youxiao's iron-fisted methods, the wave of opposition was quickly suppressed. Zhu Youxiao's success was mainly due to the support of the military and the people, while those powerful officials were actually weak, except for launching coups and popular uprisings. There is simply no way to prevent Zhu Youxiao from implementing the individual income tax collection bill.

However, the army was firmly in the hands of Zhu Youxiao, and the old military attache group was excluded from the new army. Even if the old military attache group launched an armed rebellion. As a result, it was only easily suppressed.

At the same time, after the recovery of Liaodong, the prestige of the Central Army had begun. The military attache group did not dare to start a rebellion outside the capital, and in the capital they had no army to control.

Not to mention the civil unrest, although the people of Beizhili can't talk about their lives well, they are living a hopeful life.

A life full of hope is often the happiest. After the people knew that the bill was good for them, they were left with only support, not opposition. The elite bureaucrats who oppose the personal income tax simply cannot incite the popular uprising.

In addition to personal income tax, Zhu Youxiao also prepared inheritance tax, luxury tax, and windfall profit tax, which are taxes that 'rob the rich and help the poor'.

What he wants to do is not to raid the house, but to cut off the umbilical cord of the interests of the interests of those powerful and bureaucratic groups, and then let them gradually lose their wealth over time. Of course, there will be a group of powerful bureaucrats who will earn wealth in the interests of the country through transformation, but those who do not change will gradually decay.

However, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and these taxes naturally cannot be thrown out at one time, and people have to be given a time to change their concepts and accept them.

Of course, this luxury tax has been implemented a long time ago, and after all luxury goods entering Beizhili are levied on luxury goods, the prices have skyrocketed.

After the introduction of the individual income tax collection bill, the tax bureau soon began to collect individual income tax in the regions of Beizhili, Liaodong and Taiwan.

Of course, this kind of personal income tax cannot be covered by everyone, and first of all, the peasants will certainly not be levied this tax on them.

Zhu Youxiao's method of collecting individual income tax is almost the same as that of later generations in China, and those people at the bottom of the society basically do not collect individual income tax unless they have stable jobs. For example, if an enterprise employee signs a labor contract for a long time, it can be collected smoothly. Other groups without stable jobs, or farmers, find it difficult to collect individual income tax.

Zhu Youxiao mainly asked the tax bureau to keep an eye on those high-income groups, which are all fatty fish. If you catch a tax evasion, you can be fined a sum of money, and the tax bureau will focus on those high-income groups to find tax evasion, and it will not cause problems for the masses.

If you focus on ordinary people, but let high-income groups evade taxes, you are putting the cart before the horse, and the tax bureau will not be able to find out even if it is busy.

"Your Majesty, after the collection of personal income tax began recently, many businessmen went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to go through the procedures for denaturalization, but all of them were stuck." Shen Yu reflected to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao smiled: "If they want to go, they can go, and then introduce another tax evasion!" Which rich person wants to get rid of his nationality first. ”

This is the case in the United States in later generations, if a rich person wants to break away from American citizenship, he will first settle it when he leaves, and the rich will be heavily taxed in the process of leaving the country.

For the consortium, private businessmen are 'sheep' and are regarded as property by them. Fleeing is equivalent to running away from one's own sheep to someone else's house.

The role of sheep is to drive them behind the butt on weekdays, so that these private businessmen have a sense of crisis, so that they continue to take out their money to invest. Because private businessmen who do not invest. It will inevitably be under inflation and all kinds of taxes. Gradually becoming poor.

So the real great wealth in the later generations. Fools will immigrate to the United States. Only those rich people who have fled from China, lost their roots, and are not sure that they will be able to survive three generations, will immigrate to the United States.

Where can the rich people of the Ming Dynasty flee this year?

Go to those barbarian lands?

Now these rich people want to flee from Beizhili to other provinces, even if they succeed, they can't hide for a while. In the end, these systems of Zhu Youxiao will be implemented throughout the country.

The cabinet soon promulgated the 'tax evasion', and those merchants and magnates who wanted to withdraw their household registration from Beizhili could finally get their wish, but the price discouraged many businessmen. 50% tax evasion! This Nima is hairy!

At the same time as the collection of personal tax, the cabinet announced the confiscation of all gold, silver and copper mines mined by the private sector in the fourth year of the Apocalypse.

It is mainly a copper mine.

When the decree was just announced, Jinyiwei and Dongchang had already led people to seize the privately mined copper mines that had been discovered.

The private mining of copper ore itself is illegal, and according to the "Da Ming Law" formulated by Taizu, this is a crime of theft.

In fact, the cabinet has long planned to take over these copper mines, and has been investigating in various provinces for the past two years, among which the illegal mining of copper mines in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places is extremely serious.

In a country as big as the Ming Dynasty, the main source of copper ore is not official but private, and it is very easy to investigate secretly.

After two years of investigation, the main mining areas have been identified. The mine owners who organized the mining were also investigated.

Jinyiwei and Dongchang came to the door and directly arrested the owners of a large number of illegal copper mines, not only the mines. Also arrested. These mine owners will face huge fines next, and the raid will not fall on them, but they will have to spit out at least most of their property if they want to release it.

These copper mines will then be taken over by the Royal Consortium, of which the large copper mines will be wholly owned by the Royal Capital, and some other small and medium-sized copper mines, which are more difficult to manage, will be jointly mined with the red-top merchants in the consortium. The businessmen absorbed by the consortium have fully played a good supplementary role.

At the beginning of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao became an important means of open source in the fourth year of the Apocalypse by levying individual income tax and strictly prohibiting the monopoly of copper mining.

Just when Zhu Youxiao was celebrating his victory, an urgent report suddenly came from the south.

There was a sudden miners' civil change in the Nanzhili area, and before Zhu Youxiao could recover his senses, another urgent report came, and Yangzhou also changed its people.

The civil uprising in two places took place in a bunch. This made Zhu Youxiao suddenly realize that it was unusual, and the civil uprisings in these two places were definitely not ordinary civil uprisings.

Behind it, there must be people who incite and support it. The scholars and merchants in the south obviously couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to overthrow his rule over the Ming Dynasty by launching a popular uprising.

These revolts were like a venture capital for these nobles and merchants. If they succeed, then they will break free from the rule of the Beijing court, and if they fail, they will lose some money.

Yangzhou's civil rebellion Zhu Youxiao can understand, it is estimated that those salt merchants are behind the ghosts. And the civil rebellion in the territory of Nanzhili made Zhu Youxiao a little confused.

"These Diao people, how can they rebel all day long, and even the miners are not at peace." Zhu Youxiao was confused and a little annoyed at the same time.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid heard that the steel industry in Nanzhili was crushed by the cheap steel in Beizhili last year, maybe that's how those miners were instigated." Li Chaoqing saw that the emperor was a little confused, so he guessed.

"I see." Zhu Youxiao suddenly realized that there is Ma'anshan Iron Mine in the boundary of Nanzhili, and it is close to the Yangtze River Basin, so it is very convenient to transport, so it was the iron and steel smelting center of the Ming Dynasty in the past. It's just that since the beginning of the previous year, Beizhili began to export low-cost steel to other provinces. After the steel was charged with export duties, the price was raised, and Royal Steel did not sell it so low, so the price was not too low. However, the huge advantages of production technology are there, although the price is still a huge profit for the Royal Iron and Steel Company, but the Suzhou steel production area in South Zhili is still smelting steel by frying steel, and the price is not only not comparable to the steel of North Zhili, but also the output and quality are not comparable.

The result is obvious, in just two years, almost all of the private steel factories in Nanzhili have closed down. (To be continued......)