Wen Youyou sat down again, shook his head and said: "In his position, I am now the squire of the household department, and this time the emperor is going to implement a new policy after he ascends the throne, and in this political reform, the household department is the top priority, because the current treasury is really empty, so I need to submit a political reform policy on how to enrich the treasury in the future after the Japanese dynasty." ”

"So anxious?" Xiao Yue heard that the situation was not good, far beyond her expectations.

"Yes," Wen Youyou looked bitter, "and I've just been in the household department for a short time, and I'm not familiar with many things, so I'm in a mess now." ”

Xiao Yue felt a little guilty, from yesterday to today, Wen Youyou was busy with her own affairs, "It's okay, I'll help you." Xiao Yue thought about how she had studied economics for twelve years, and this should not be difficult for her.

Wen Youyou didn't believe her ears a little, her eyes widened, and she looked at Xiao Yue, "Xiao Yue, our time is limited, are you really sure?"

Xiao Yue thought for a while and said, "You go home and sleep now, and tomorrow you take me to the household department first, find an official from the household department, I will ask about the situation, and then you will go to the court meeting." You don't have to worry about me, I need to check some information in the household department, and then come back in the afternoon to write the political reform policy of the household department, I promise to give it to you early in the morning after tomorrow. ”

Wen Youyou looked at Xiao Yue and felt that her whole body seemed to be shining, and she lost her mind for a while.

Xiao Yue didn't notice Wen Youyou's strange appearance, and pushed him out of the study, "Hurry up and go back to sleep, I'll go to Wenfu tomorrow morning to find you." ”???? Wen Youyou walked home, but he didn't find that his heart fell on the study of Anfu, because he actually forgot that he could turn back to Wenfu from the wall, but left Anfu through the front door stupidly.

On the second day, Xiaoyue got up early and went to the door of Wenfu to wait for Wen Youyou to go out.

Steward Wang opened the door and was about to sweep the fallen leaves in front of the door, but he didn't expect to see Xiao Yue, so he hurriedly put down the broom in his hand and walked in front of Xiao Yue, "Master, are you waiting for Master Wen?"

Satsuki nodded.

"Then please come in and wait. Steward Wang's attitude towards her has changed 180 degrees.

"No need, I'll just wait here. Satsuki said to him politely.

Seeing her gentle attitude, Steward Wang knew that she didn't care about the last incident with him, so he was a lot more relieved, and kindly suggested to her: "I want to sweep the floor, there is too much dust here, if the master doesn't want to enter the house, just rest in the gatehouse." ”

Xiao Yue felt that this Steward Wang's suggestion was also reasonable, and said with a smile: "Then you will lead the way." ”

Steward Wang happily took Xiao Yue to the gatehouse, but as soon as Xiao Yue stepped into the threshold, he saw Wen Youyou hurriedly walking out with Mu Shi, he saw Xiao Yue from a distance, and said, "How long have you been waiting? I'm up late, I'm sorry." ”

Xiao Yue felt that time was pressed and didn't talk nonsense with him, "It's okay, let's go quickly." ”

Wen Youyou first took Xiaoyue to the Yamen of the Household Department, introduced her to Lord Min, the head of the household tax officer, and asked Lord Min to meet Xiaoyue's requirements as much as possible, so he hurried to the court meeting again.

Xiao Yue was busy in the household department, and she planned to ask Lord Min about the financial and tax system of Great Britain first, and then prepare to check the relevant fiscal revenue and expenditure data, and she was so busy that she couldn't even drink saliva.

"Lord Min, what are the main revenues of my country now?" Xiao Yue followed Lord Min into a side courtyard of the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, which seemed to be a place where the officials and lords in the Yamen were tired from work and rested.

When Master Min saw that she hadn't sat down yet, he went straight to the point, and he didn't rush to pour her tea, so he said, "It seems that Master Wen doesn't know much about the household, so I'll explain it to you in detail." "This Lord Min seems to be an old man from the household, he is in his forties, he is sophisticated, and he is quite familiar with all parts of the household.

"It doesn't have to be so tedious, time is limited, just get to the point. Xiao Yue suddenly remembered something, so she said, "Please prepare a pen and paper for me, I may need it." ”

Master Min summoned his scholar, brought Xiao Yue a pen and paper, and then asked, "Then Master Wen thinks those are the key points?"

Xiao Yue thought about it all night last night, and felt that she only needed to know the financial revenue and expenditure to roughly understand the reasons for the current deficit in the treasury, and then find a way to find the reason, so she said: "You first tell me the current income, and then tell me the amount of various incomes. I didn't ask, so you don't talk about it yet. ”

Lord Min nodded, and then according to Satsuki's request, he told Satsuki everything he knew.

After listening to Lord Min's introduction, Xiaoyue knew that the fiscal and tax policies of Great Britain were very simple, and the types of income were only taxes and land rent. In terms of taxation, there are basically no harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, only two types of taxes, one is the poll tax and the other is the income tax, which is paid according to the proportion of the capitation tax and the operating income.

The rent is even more pitiful, because most of the land in this country is privately owned, and only a small part of the land is state-owned, so the rent is very small.

Later, Xiao Yue retrieved the account books of the year and checked them, and she found the main reason for the serious deficit in the national treasury.

Judging from the fiscal and taxation policies of Great Britain, the government of Great Britain is actually an extremely clean small government, especially its annual income is very limited. Maybe it's because it's been in a stable state for a long time, and there are no external worries except for the secret country, or maybe it's because of its concept of governing the country, anyway, the types and amounts of its income during non-war periods are not too much.

In times of war, the state treasury expenditures rise sharply, and half of the war expenditures come from the surplus of the previous treasury and half from the current treasury revenue, but the current treasury revenue decreases.

The decrease in treasury revenues stems from the singleness of taxes. The war led to a significant decline in the conscription of a large number of people who were exempt from the poll tax, which was the main tax revenue of Great Britain.

The frequency of transactions in commodities from which the income tax comes is divided into agricultural products, handicraft products and other commodities. However, in times of war, large amounts of land were left uncultivated, and commercial trade was affected, so the income tax also declined.

The income from ground rent was very small and negligible.

Under such circumstances, the treasury will spend more than it collects, and it will inevitably fall short, and under the existing fiscal and tax policies of Great Britain, it will basically not be immediate to change this situation.

Xiao Yue thought for a long time, and then asked Lord Min, "Lord Min, in fact, my country has had wars before, did there be a similar situation of treasury deficit after the war?

Lord Min thought for a moment and replied: "My country's last war was in the twenty years, assisting the rebellion of the Yue Kingdom, but back then, my country only assisted, and the military expenditure was not much, and... He suddenly said with some dissatisfaction: "After the war, the two countries merged, which increased the revenue of the national treasury. ”

As soon as Xiao Yue heard his tone, she guessed that this person probably thought that he was an official of the Yue Kingdom, and she didn't want to discuss with him the previous entanglement between Great Britain and Yue Guo, so she said: "This situation is different from the first one, do you know how Great Britain solved the problem of the post-war treasury deficit before merging with Yue Guo?"

This Master Min suddenly said with a mysterious face: "It's inconvenient for me to say this question, let's go and see it yourself." He stood up and led Satsuki through several courtyards to a somewhat dilapidated house.

"What Master Wen wants to know is inside the house, you can go into the house and check it yourself, I'll wait for you outside." After he finished speaking, he used the key on his body to open the door of this room, and then found a place in the cloister to sit and wait for Satsuki.

Seeing this, Xiao Yue became more and more curious, what is in this house?

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