Food tax plus 10%!

If this is said by another person, I am afraid that this will already be pointed at the nose and scolded.

But these words came from the mouth of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the identity of this King of Qin, or the style of King Qin's work in the past, or the ability of this King of Qin to turn stones into gold.

Therefore, after the officials were surprised by the matter of raising the grain tax, they were more thinking.

Governor Shi's surname is Liu, and he is also one of the big surnames in Guanzhong, and he is most famous for two things, one is his name, and the other is the words he writes.

Of course, his name is more famous than his words, and Li Yuanxing wrote it down the first time he saw it. This Liu Changshi's name is Liu Chongchong!

His ancestor Shangliu or former Sui minister, after the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, retired and returned home.

The Liu family in Huaxian County is definitely a scholarly disciple, not to mention how many officials there are in the family, only that even if it is a five-year-old child in the family, the pen can be compared with many adults. It was Yu Shinan who praised Huaxian Liu's calligraphy education many times, and even came to communicate.

It's just a pity that there has never been a calligrapher in the family.

This Liu Chongchong walked to the hall: "Your Highness said that the grain tax will be increased by one percent, let alone one percent." His Royal Highness dared to ask for fifty percent of my Huazhou, and he would not hesitate at all, and would immediately agree. ”

"Slippery head!" Li Yuanxing scolded with a smile,

"Even if the minister has slumped, he dared to ask His Highness, how much can the people increase their income after the grain tax is added." Liu Chongchong forcibly held back the smile on his face and asked very seriously.

Li Yuanxing asked rhetorically: "How many does Liu Changshi think there will be?" ”

Chang Shi Liu Chongchong did not answer immediately, but bowed to all the officials around him. Then he continued: "Your Majesty was fortunate enough to read a book, which His Highness gave to Cui Shangshu during a casual conversation one day. ”

Li Yuanxing said that he had given Cui Junsu too many books, so he didn't open his mouth and waited for Liu Chongchong to continue.

According to Cui Shangshu, this volume is not complete. However, a completely new theory was proposed, and the Ministry of Households, Officials, and Rites made some simple evaluations based on this theory, and Huazhou was also within the scope of the evaluation. Your Majesty got a few data, and took it out to discuss it with His Highness and all the co-workers! ”

Liu Chongchong said and bowed slightly in front of Li Yuanxing.

This is waiting for Li Yuanxing's consent, because the discussion will affect Li Yuanxing's serious matter of asking for a grain tax increase.

"That's fine. Let's talk about it. The king brought some tea. There are also some mutton, it is better to be made by this king today. Chat with everyone in Huazhou, and talk about government affairs tomorrow! ”

Li Yuanxing said in his heart, let's communicate first. Nature is also a good thing. It's useless to rush some things.

Present. Everyone moved from the main hall of the official office to the flower hall in the backyard, Li Yuanxing naturally sat in the hall, and many officials with low rank sat outside. After setting up a few cases, several county officials who were relatively close to here also arrived with their adjutants, and Pei Yuanlang specially added positions to these people.

After sitting down, Liu Chongchong, who was second to Li Yuanxing's right, sat up straight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has put forward a lot of very meaningful ways to engage in politics, and one by one cannot be learned. This average income theory refers to the calculation of the income of each household for one year based on the accounting of one village, one district, one county, and one state. ”

As soon as Li Yuanxing heard this, he naturally understood.

However, Li Yuanxing remembered that he once mentioned the per capita income to Cui Junsu, but Datang is mostly calculated on the basis of households, and there is no per capita income in the field, but per capita income.

Either way, it's always a reasonable measure.

Liu Chongchong took out a piece of paper: "When I participated in the verification, I knew a few numbers. Jingzhao Chang'an County, the original 4,800 households, only 200 households away from the county, because in Jingzhao, so it is also designated as the county. The annual income of these 4,800 households in the ninth year of Wude is 861 yuan per household! Seven hundred pounds of grain! ”

Each household is about 12 yuan, that is, the income of each family is calculated after the next generation, more than 6,000 yuan.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a qualitative difference between the concept of a household and a family, a large family could have hundreds of people, but after becoming a family, it was a single independent household, and sometimes a family was dozens of households. So a household has an average population of five, and one or two of them will definitely not be adults.

Therefore, this value is not considered poor.

Of course, this is an average, not a minimum.

"His Royal Highness was named the King of Qin, Jingzhao Chang'an County and Yaozhou are His Royal Highness's fiefs, and His Majesty Yaozhou doesn't know, but after the summer harvest of Chang'an, the household department took out a data."

A smile appeared on Li Yuanxing's face, because the farmers in Chang'an County were doing well.

"Jingzhao Chang'an farmer, the poorest household in the first half of the first year of Zhenguan, with an income of 26 yuan and 317 yuan, and 5,000 catties of grain!"

"Five thousand pounds! Can Liu Changshi be mistaken? At that moment, a county magistrate exclaimed.

As mentioned above, there are not so many officials in the Tang Dynasty who have such rules as parents, and they get along very peacefully.

So none of you felt that it was strange.

What's even more powerful is Liu Changshi, pointing at Li Yuanxing: "His Royal Highness King Qin is here, it is better to ask His Highness to answer!" ”

How did Li Yuanxing answer, he didn't read this detailed data, he only looked at the average. But since he asked, Li Yuanxing had no choice but to answer: "How much is at most, how much is at least, this king did not check carefully, but this king knows that the eldest brother of this king's personal guard Bai Erwa has been a single household, and the husband and wife plus the young son have collected 30 cash and 20,000 catties of grain this summer!" ”

After speaking, Li Yuanxing looked sideways at Yuan Chun, wondering if Yuan Chun had seen these details.

Yuan Chun saw Li Yuanxing staring at him, and took half a step forward: "Your Highness, the silver money in the Bai family is actually twenty-four four hundred yuan, and the other six yuan is obtained by him as a helper in the workshop, and the grain is 4,000 catties of pumpkins, 10,000 catties of sweet potatoes, 4,000 catties of corn, and only 1,100 catties of wheat." Later, he exchanged sweet potatoes for 7,100 catties of refined grain, because the granary at home was full, and the excess grain was exchanged for about 50 yuan. ”

"Go on!"

Li Yuanxing saw that the officials in Huazhou listened carefully, and since Yuanchun knew, he would continue to speak.

"The lowest income household is a family surnamed Wang in 183 Village, Dongqin Wangzhuang, Chang'an County, with a family of four, and a husband and wife with a seven-year-old and a four-year-old child. Zhenguan moved in and settled in early March of the first year, because he didn't catch up with the farming, so the summer harvest was only seventy percent of the income of other people's families. ”

"Consistent with Liu Changshi's data?"

Yuan Chun nodded: "According to Qin Wangzhuang's records, the grain distributed by his family is always four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five catties, so the difference is very small, almost the same!" ”

Four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five catties, and five thousand catties, this is not a gap, it can be said that the data of the household department is extremely fine.

Liu Changshi got up, he didn't know what Yuan Chun should be called, and said directly: "The per capita household income in Chang'an County has increased tenfold, I don't know if this data is correct?" ”

"Twelve times and twenty-three times forty-seventh!"

Datang has not yet used the decimal point, which is 23 times 47th, which is extremely accurate data.

Li Yuanxing waved his hand when he heard this: "This data is not standard!" ”

"Please make it clear to Your Highness!"

"Because of the different grains, in the past, the yield of three stones per mu was the field. The king's grain yield per mu is seventy stones, so this data is not accurate. What's more, Chang'an County is now full of workshops, and the output of these workshops alone is far higher than that of ordinary states and counties, so all this is subject to change. ”

Hearing Li Yuanxing say this, Liu Chongchong didn't know what to say at the moment.

Li Yuanxing smiled and waved his hand, motioning for everyone to sit down: "This king thinks that it is still feasible to increase the per capita income of households in Huazhou County by three times. And this is still in the absence of immortal food, if there is immortal food, it should not be difficult to five times. However, why is this king increasing the grain tax, the yield per mu is 300 catties, and the yield per mu is 800 catties, should the grain tax paid be the same? ”

"It's different!"

This time, officials in Huazhou are supporting the payment of more grain taxes.

Because the more taxes you pay, the higher your income.

"Okay, then the king said that the second topic, where will the money come from to transform Huazhou."

"Huazhou is willing to gather the strength of the whole state." Pei Yuanlang stood up and expressed an attitude, and all the officials in Huazhou also stood up to express an attitude.

Li Yuanxing nodded, it seems that it is still the advantage of being close to Chang'an, and they already know about the reform.

"Well, if the money is not enough, the household can borrow it in advance. Huazhou must become the most outstanding state, and after the summer harvest, 800,000 acres of potatoes and sweet potatoes will be planted first. This king transferred 80,000 guards to repair the river, build a new canal, and work hard this year, and next year Huazhou will become a big granary in Chang'an! ”

From the official stood up and saluted: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin ordered!" ”

Pei Yuanlang said again: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is ready to send documents. In order to increase the grain tax by one percent, he asked His Royal Highness the King of Qin to go to Huazhou in person, and wanted to transform Huazhou into the second Jingzhao Chang'an County. ”

Li Yuanxing was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood Pei Yuanlang's thoughts.

What do the people say, if Li Yuanxing first talks about the transformation of Huazhou, and then asks for a tax increase, then the people may have opinions.

But on the other hand, at the cost of a grain tax, Huazhou reached the income of Jingzhao Chang'an County.

Chang'an County and Huazhou, the distance is only more than 100 miles, there are businessmen coming and going, what kind of life the people of Chang'an County live, this is no secret, let alone Huazhou, even if it is farther away, it is nothing.

It seems that sometimes being a good official also requires skill.

"Today only chatter, tomorrow to talk about government affairs, Huazhou here needs a jihua, this jihua must be detailed argumentation, this king means, tomorrow on politics, this king talks about intentions, you wait to study it first. The most important thing is to give detailed opinions according to the situation of each county, and to do a good job of the work of the people. ”

"Yes!" All the officials saluted in unison.

Li Yuanxing picked up the teacup: "This king wishes the income of the people of Huazhou to double next year, and all the people will be happy!" (To be continued......)

PS: Happy New Year to everyone.