The advantage of the current tax system of the imperial court lies in the fact that it embodies the important principles in the development of taxation: after the implementation of the tax law, the tax area has been expanded, and the state fiscal revenue has increased significantly. Second, the tax law has changed from taxation to taxation according to the strength of capital, and the implementation of taxation according to the amount of energy embodies the principle of fairness and reasonableness. Committed to agriculture and cottage industry production, embodying the principle of promoting economic development, the four taels of taxation law unified the household tax, local tax, rent adjustment and all other miscellaneous taxes, collected and paid in the amount of money and grain, and collected together in summer and autumn, greatly unifying the tax system, simplifying tax payment procedures, reducing waste and collection and management costs in tax collection and settlement, ensuring the timely storage of tax revenue, and embodying the principle of efficiency.

After reading the introduction of this tax, my vision was blurred, it was too boring. But for a country, taxation is the foundation, and it has to be understood in detail, which is a matter that concerns thousands of households, so there is no way to insist on reading it. However, these ministers of the imperial court only explained the current taxes in great detail, and did not have any suggestions or opinions on tax reform. Do you not dare to make decisions on your own, or do you not take a stand until my attitude is clear? Since they have reported in detail the origin and history of taxes, they want me to have a comprehensive understanding of the origin of taxes and let me make a decision. Come to think of it, that's what it means.

In fact, the problem of this tax, to put it bluntly, is to levy taxes according to the number of people and the amount of land, and if it is levied according to the population, and whether you are an adult or not, even if you are just born, you have to pay taxes, which is a bit unscientific. This population is the foundation of development, and the focus of the population is still in the rural areas, after all, after living in the rural areas, the peasants will find ways to increase the population when they have nothing to do. But if they were to be taxed according to the size of the population, wouldn't that seriously constrain their enthusiasm for creating man? Especially those people whose families are poor, they dare not give birth. Therefore, this is unscientific, and then he instructed: Since the tax on the fields is levied according to the fertile and barren grade of the land, it is recommended that the population tax should also be levied according to this logic, that is, the population tax will not be levied on the underage population, but only on adults, specifically the population tax will not be levied on those under the age of sixteen and those who have reached the age of sixty.

After the instructions, I was still afraid that they would not understand, so I added it to the end, and the family has children, and the fun is endless. Born in the present generation, the benefit is in the future. Multiple children and multiple treasures, benefiting the country and the people and preventing old age. Then rest assured, if they don't understand my intentions, then they should retire too.

As for the Ding tax, in fact, I feel that it is repetitive, since there is a resident tax levied according to the population, why should the Ding tax be levied on men between the ages of 20 and 60, is it nothing more than to alleviate the official labor shortage, and to do image projects or face projects when the labor wool of the common people? But I also consider that after all, I have just ascended the throne and am not in the court, if the Ding tax is canceled in this way, I am afraid that it will cause a backlash and be detrimental to the reform of the New Deal, but I can't ignore it, is this taking advantage of the people? So I thought about it for a long time......

In view of the current general resistance of the people to joining the army, it is recommended that families who join the army be exempted from the Ding tax, one is to improve the social status of the soldiers, the other is to attract more talents into the army to protect the family and defend the country, and the third is one of the state's welfare policies for soldiers, which can stimulate the enthusiasm of the existing soldiers to guard the border and their loyalty to the country.

Then I felt that in order to develop the economy, first of all, the people are willing to consume, and if the people want to consume, the inevitable premise is to have money in their hands, and so many kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, such as agricultural tool tax, cattle leather tax, silkworm salt tax, shoe money, etc., are too inhumane. It's just a small hill that weighs on the common people, and it still feels like it is recommended to cancel. Therefore, he wrote and commented: Since I have just succeeded to the throne, in order to show my benevolence and love for the people, after careful consideration, I have decided to cancel all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes at one time to show my love for the people.

I know very well that to abolish so many kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, it will inevitably cause opposition from many ministers of the imperial court, after all, they scholars threaten the ancestral system at every turn, in fact, this is not the case, how can there often mention the ancestors of others, after all, the society is developing, the times are progressing, if everything is as usual, according to the ancestral system, then what do we need to do with the younger generations? But the reality is that sometimes the resilience of the literati is not what ordinary people can imagine. Of course, it is undeniable that most of them are loyal and patriotic, and now with the great righteousness of loving the people and benevolence, it is estimated that they will not fall into injustice. In this way, the probability of passing is very high, and it is also the least resistance. Thinking of this, he happily closed the concerto.

Just as I was thinking about whether there were any loopholes in the second tax, the carriage suddenly stopped moving slowly, and the steward Wang said outside the car: "Enlighten the king's shopkeeper, the front is about to arrive at the post station, do you want to come down and rest." I said, "Yes, it's a bit bumpy, and my butt hurts from the shock." Then Xiao Liuzi lifted the curtain, put the stool and got off the car slowly, because the music I just watched was a little dazzling, so my mind was still a little swollen at this time, and I could only walk as slowly as possible.

Just as I was stretching my waist in place, Yuan Minfeng, the Eastern Evil, approached me and said: "Qiqi Huang Shopkeeper, when we set off in the morning, Cao Dazhong, the commander of Xiangzhou soldiers and horses, specially sent a hundred sets of bows and arrows and many bows and arrows, so I nodded. Maybe it was because our team's offensive weapons were too poor, so I sent some, but in fact, I also feel that this thing is not very useful, after all, along the way, basically we don't cause trouble, and it is enough to have basic defensive weapons. Then he said to Steward Wang: Let's go, go to the post station to rest. So the steward led the way, and we all went to the post house.

I saw that this is a private post station, along the way we deliberately avoided the official post station, just to pretend to be more like a grain merchant, after all, the official post station, only entertain past officials, this post station is very large, located at the corner of the road, the woodland on the side of the road is paved, the whole post station presents a rough semi-circular shape, in front of the post station is a huge log, on which flutters with the wind hospitable to the post station a few big characters, followed by an arched simple gate, both sides of the gate are bamboo railings around a circle, Seeing so many of us coming, the little two sides of the post station came to him with a smile and said: The guest officers are auspicious, the journey has been hard all the way, welcome to the hospitality to come to the post station to rest, the guest officers please. Then it was a posture of leaning over and pending, I saw that Xiao Er's service attitude was good, so I gave Xiao Liuzi a look, and Xiao Liuzi went up to reward.

When the second junior of the post station got the reward, he shouted loudly inside: There is a distinguished guest arriving! After passing through the arched gate of the post station, we saw that the compound of the post station was full of all kinds of vehicles, and the horse pile was full of all kinds of cattle, horses, donkeys and other livestock. On the left and right sides of the compound are side rooms for temporary rest, only one story high, while in front of it is a two-story building, presumably a dining hall and a place to serve tea. I saw that the courtyard was crowded with people, very lively, and all kinds of sounds and the chirping of animals were mixed together, forming a very much Jianghu atmosphere of music. Then we walked to the two-story building under the leadership of Xiao Er, and the guards behind us hurriedly untied the noose of the animals on the grain trucks and pulled them inside to feed, while at the same time the rows of grain trucks and luggage carts were parked on one side, leaving a few guards to guard. In addition, several guards patrolled the area around the inn as usual.

And our team of so many people, there are old and young, men and women, and at the same time as they come in, there are many people pointing and pointing on the side, anyway, there are all kinds of things, after all, such a large land grain convoy is rare, and it is generally by water. But we were not surprised, so we walked straight inside, and after a while we reached the hall, we chose a table by the window to sit down, or my table as the center, and several tables around us were full of our people at the same time, and Steward Wang began to order.

And at this moment, Wang Er, the head of the guards of the Imperial City Division, squeezed in front of me, leaned over and whispered in my ear: Qi Yu Huang Shopkeeper, according to the report of the local Imperial City Division colleagues, the road ahead will be very difficult, mainly in the mountainous areas, and the road along the way is not very wide. In this way, there is a response to each other. After listening to this, I remembered what happened to Liu Laohan and the three singing sisters, so I nodded and ordered: Send a signal to notify Wang Dazhuang's Imperial Forest Army to come, and then tell him in person that he should follow up five miles behind us, and after he has eaten well, he will first send the guards of the Imperial City Division to search along the pipeline and the mountains on both sides, and find abnormalities in advance to be prepared. At the same time, we stayed at the post station a little longer, so that the guards could rest well, feed the livestock rations, and try to wait for the next drum to cross the mountain road.

Wang Er was stunned and bowed and said: Obey. He trotted away, and at the same time, Steward Wang came to his side and asked with concern: Shopkeeper Huang, is it that Wang Erxuan reported that the road ahead is a bit dangerous. I nodded, and Steward Wang continued: The old slave also heard earlier, but the old slave used to trade grain by water, and this land route was not much, but I often heard that there were often merchants in this section of the road, mainly because the mountains and forests here are dense, and it is in the blind area of the jurisdiction of the two states, so the government of Xiangzhou and Cizhou shirks each other on the issue of suppressing bandits, and the local bandits are familiar with the mountain roads, so it is difficult for the officers and soldiers to exterminate them at once. I nodded knowingly, and then Xiao Er began to serve on the table, and we began to eat.