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"It seems that the only way to collect taxes is to collect taxes."

After discussing it for a long time, the topic finally returned to the initial stage - that is, what Pang Yu had built: the decision to collect taxes.

The taxation system of the Ming Empire adhered to the customs of the Tang and Song dynasties and adopted a two-tax system. Taxes are levied twice a year: summer grain and autumn grain. Theoretically, only rice and wheat grains are collected, which is called "true color", but in practice, it is also allowed to use silver coins and cloth - the so-called "folding color" to make up for it.

In addition to paying for food, the common people were also required to bear a rather heavy burden of forced labor every year, which was also allowed to be offset by spending money. In the late Ming Dynasty, after the whipping method was widely adopted in various places, most of the conscripts were converted into silver coins. Therefore, when taxes are collected in various places, they are basically collecting money and grain.

As for the specific amount collected by various localities, it is an extremely complicated project. In Qiongshan County alone, Pang Yu held the county's Dingkou tax yellow booklet for more than half a month, but he couldn't figure out how much grain and silver money should be collected in this county from the law.

"I'm afraid we still have to rely on the old officials, only they know how much tax to collect and who to look for."

Even Lin Feng, an economics expert who claimed that he could get a perfect score with only seven points in mathematics in the college entrance examination, had to agree with Pang Yu's point of view after flipping through a lot of tax books -- in fact, in all dynasties, most of the officials who were transferred from other places were like this. \\\23hh.cc\\\ The smarter will find a good master to help deal with it, and incompetent officials may be swept around by treacherous officials, this kind of thing has been the case since ancient times.

However, he made additional comments in this regard - he insisted that it was not possible to completely let go in this regard. In fact, although he had close contacts with a group of local bureaucrats such as Yan Wenchang and Wang Xinzhi, he was able to capture the Qiongzhou Mansion thanks to those people. But on the whole, the dismissal did not favor most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The local officials are all human vampires, and if all the power is devolved here, the gang is likely to harass the people in the name of this side. In the end, most of the benefits were taken, but the notoriety was borne by this side.

"I remain convinced that there can be no magnificent edifice without a solid foundation. The Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of this group of corrupt officials. If we still use this group of people, the end will never be much better than that of the Ming Dynasty. Only by following the practice of the great grandfather back then, starting from the grassroots level in a down-to-earth manner, and firmly grasping the two key points of land and farmers, this is the right way! ”

Lao Jie's speech won a chorus of approval -- after all, the education on the history of the Chinese revolution that a certain party has been doing for many years is not useless. ^^ first dushuge^^ although in modern times these things don't seem to be useful at all. But in the current environment, everyone is almost instinctive, and they all know that they should take that road -- even Ao Sayan, a Taiwanese, is no exception.

"Land reform will have to be carried out sooner or later, and the situation in the last years of the Ming Dynasty is similar to that of the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China -- in fact, the dilemma faced by each dynasty at the end of the dynasty is much the same, and the core is the land and peasant problem, and your grandfather is absolutely a genius in this regard. However, in terms of the means to solve the problem, we have adopted different methods according to different situations -- for example, Taiwan's land reform work is mainly completed through redemption, and while recovering the land from the landlords, it has also given the people a large amount of funds for the development of industry and commerce......"

Seeing that Ao Sayan was a little gushing. Lin Feng hurriedly interrupted him:

"This is too far, this kind of general direction must be decided by the committee, let's discuss the current issue......"

After some deliberation, everyone finally made a decision: for those local officials and officials, they should not only use them, but also should be necessary to be wary.

In other words, the general principle of our current tax collection operation is that relying on the strength of the local bureaucracy can give them a little benefit, but it will not be done in vain...... Is that so? ”

Pang Yu summed up everyone's speeches. ^^ dushuge's first ^^ came to such a conclusion, and added another one on this basis:

"I would like to take this opportunity to get acquainted with the actual situation in the countryside and lay the foundation for building our own grassroots team in the future." ――

Yu Wei Mo does not forget the overall situation, and the dismissal is worthy of being a civil servant, and this political zhì su zhì is not ordinary.

At the end of the meeting place. Pang Yu said one more gossip:

"One more point. You may need to be prepared... He pointed to the pile on the table that recorded the population, acres of fields. Yellow Pages booklet of the tax equal number jù:

"The Qiongzhou government has jurisdiction over three states and ten counties, even according to these shrunken numbers. Hainan Island has more than 3.8 million mu of registered land, and Qiongshan County alone has more than 1 million mu of cultivated land, with a registered taxable population of nearly 100,000, ranking among the top 10 in the entire South China region. ”

After a slight pause, Pang Yu voiced his concerns:

"So, it's completely different from Macau...... I am afraid it will be more difficult to get the Ming Dynasty to recognize our occupation of this side. ^^ debut dushuge^^"

Pang Yu's worries cannot be said to be unreasonable, because Macao is only a small peninsula, while Hainan is the second largest island in China -- considering that Taiwan is still under the control of the Dutch, Hainan Island should be regarded as the largest island in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, it has been ruled for many years, and it is a relatively wealthy state capital, so the Ming Empire will definitely not give it up lightly

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Xie Xi snorted nonchalantly:

"No matter how important Hainan Island is, how about the whole of Liaodong? Whether or not we can successfully negotiate depends on our strength, not what the other side thinks. Whether they are willing to negotiate or not, we are going to settle this land anyway! ”

"Yes, if the Ming government is willing to accept the Macau model, of course it is best, but if they must not be ......"

Even Ao Sayan pushed his glasses upwards and smiled:

"We can also consider the Shenyang model."

The fact that the brothers in the military group were so confident was of course due to the strength they possessed - just two days later, Xie Xi and Ao Sayan took all the remaining personnel and went to the Daxiao Yard outside Luo Cheng to inspect their newly formed paramilitary unit. **^yd^z^w^dushuge.com***

This army is composed of the so-called "crooked melons and bad dates" who were picked by Wang Haiyang. In fact, Wang Haiyang's standards were not too high when they first selected people, as long as they were healthy young men, and even some children who were too young were also taken away as cadets, and they were eliminated under such a broad standard, which was really "crooked melons and inferior dates", and it was no wonder that Zhang Shenyue wanted to find a few auxiliary gunners from it It was difficult to get his wish.

Most of them were eliminated because they were too old - looking at the long and short field in front of them, black and gray and even white beards, Pang Yu guessed that the average age of this "army" was about fifty years old? However, the dismissal next to him immediately defended that it was definitely not so high, no more than forty at most.

"These people used to be Ming soldiers, and they had nowhere to go after being a big soldier all their lives, so they could only stay and continue to eat big pot rice. General malnutrition, looking old. These days, it's much better to add rice and radish and roast meat to supplement nutrition every day, which was scary when we first took over...... The soldiers at the end of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how bad they are, there is a limit. Those who haven't smoked opium in these years, if they meet the green battalion soldiers at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it will be called despair. ”

Xie Xi has been busy with this these days, and he is already familiar with these people, and he can even call out many of them by name when these old men and soldiers walk in front of them one by one.

The other team was mostly disabled, some of whom had just come out of Dr. Shi's sick and wounded camp. What is one-eyed, one-armed, slightly lame...... are also members of the former Ming Army. These people were relatively young, and the scars on their bodies gave them a bit of a fierce aura, and they looked more like an army than the intact old men in front of them. However, because of the incomplete limbs, I couldn't walk in line, and the formation was always chaotic.

"How do you look like a rabble, can you expect this group of people to escort us?"

Lin Feng frowned, not to mention the PLA team in the previous life, even after arriving here, the locals who had passed through their own training were able to get out of a queue - just after these two groups of people walked by, Lao Xie took the entire third platoon to do a performative queue drill. The uniform uniforms, the black steel guns, the sparkling bayonets, and the uniform standard movements all at once intimidated the audience—not only the veterans who whispered in their oil tones, but also the many gentry and officials who were invited to watch the ceremony.

"It's a rabble, but it's our own rabble."

Pang Yu is still relatively optimistic:

"Let them shave their beards and put on the same uniforms, and they can look more or less presentable. Anyway, we don't plan to use them on the battlefield, these people are internal, just to scare and scare the common people. ”

"Is this an armed police force?"

Ao Sayan is quite familiar with the mainland's military system, and Pang Yu laughed:

"Even the armed police are not qualified, you see that Tang Jian and Wang Haiyang on our side are all armed police, how strong they are. As for these people...... I have already discussed it with Lao Jie, and I will definitely give them a title of prestige when the time comes. ”――

Indeed, after the procession was over, Xie Xi, as the founder of this force, stepped forward and delivered an enthusiastic speech. Then, amidst the lively sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, the soldiers received their new uniforms, and a brand-new large wooden sign was hung at the entrance of the original garrison barracks.

The new uniform is restructured with the captured Ming army mandarin duck jacket, that is, a patch is added to the front and back, the front is written "city", and the back is written "pipe"......

And the wooden plaque with black letters on a white background is very eye-catching, marking the name of this new unit:

"Qiongzhou City Management Comprehensive Law Enforcement Brigade"

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