The moon is golden and autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the cool autumn wind caresses the earth, and it is a scene of harvest from Dong Lai to Hanoi.

"I've heard of Zhang Gong's name for a long time, and it's so fortunate to see it today!"

It was the first time he had seen Zhang Jian, and he looked at him curiously while saluting. Zhang Jian smiled gently and returned the salute. The two have also been dealing with official documents for a long time, and they have heard a lot of rumors. When I saw it today, I couldn't help but say a few more words. Tian Feng saw it on the side, and couldn't help laughing:

"The two of you are greeting slowly, if you have something to say later, I'll introduce someone else first......"

The two glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing in unison:

"It's rude!"

The unanimous reaction caused another round of laughter. For the first time, the officials of Qingji gathered together, and they had to introduce each other. There was more or less intersection with each other, and after a few words of greeting during this introduction, they soon talked and laughed.

While he was talking, Zhang Han came in. They all saluted together. Zhang Han doesn't like complicated etiquette, and he doesn't pay so much attention to daily meetings, but he just bows down. Zhang Hanzheng accepted this gift, and helped him very casually:

"Get up!"

It was the end of September, the autumn harvest was over, and the taxes were collected everywhere. Zhang Han gathered the principal officials together not only to sum up this year's work, but also to analyze the policies to be implemented. In an agrarian society, land policy has far-reaching implications, and Zhang Han cannot but be cautious.

Xiang Feng first gave a brief introduction to this year's financial situation:

"This year's tax situation. Not very good......"

Xiang Feng doesn't need to say this, everyone here knows it. The abolition of forced labor was tantamount to the abolition of the additional levy, which was three hundred dollars per adult man per year. However, only the land rent is collected, and the additional tax is exempted, which also reduces the tax burden to be paid per mu of land from one-tenth to one-thirtieth. Compared with the last years of Emperor Ling, the tax under Zhang Han was reduced by sixty percent. It is close to the period of the Second Emperor Wenjing.

"This year's oral endowment is 760 million; 530 million; The tax on customs and Tianjin has dropped sharply, to only 320 million dollars; The market rent has doubled to 850 million dollars, but there is not much room for it to continue to rise in the short term......"

The calculation (property tax) must have been a lot less, calculated at the average price of 1,000 yuan per mu of land, and each hectare of land is worth 100,000 yuan. 1,260 yuan needs to be paid, and the land in Qingzhou alone is more than 800,000 hectares, which is more than one billion, plus the land of the fields, houses, carriages, and ships, it is at least ten times the current number. However, this is the moon in the mirror, and it can't actually be harvested. Not to mention the feasibility of measuring land, but the tax is collected by the officials. The surname of the wang clan cannot be provoked, and it must be forcibly expropriated, and ten of the ** will be apportioned to the common people. Xiang Feng knew it. So, don't mention enough.

"The field rent is divided into three parts: one is the normal field rent. for 583 stones; the second is the rent of official land, which is 27.38 million stones; The third is the harvest of Juntun......

Xiang Feng listed a series of figures. Finally, I made a summary:

"This year's tax will amount to 97 million stone of grain and 2.78 billion yuan.

And the expenses are as follows:

……”

Xiang Feng finished talking about the benefits and said the expenses. In general, it can be reduced to one sentence - too little money, too much food.

There was a big gap in money, and last year Zhang Huan led a large army to fight in Youzhou, while Wu Zifang fought in Jizhou with the combined forces of the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan, the four battalions Tu Ge and Yanmen Wuhuan. This military expenditure alone is close to four billion dollars -- and that's not counting food, and there are no labor expeditions.

All in all. This year's shortfall is between $6.5 billion and $7.7 billion. This is an astonishing figure, and the annual tax revenue of the Han Kingdom, including the local government revenue, is about 8 billion yuan.

However, everyone present was very calm, and when they heard this figure, no one felt uneasy except for the huge amount of expenses. The lack of money is not a problem, the main guild is alchemy, so what else is there to worry about. The value of the gold five-baht currency is strong, and in a few places, it can even be exchanged for a five-baht coin in good condition at a ratio of one to thirty. As for Dong Zhuo's penniless money, then he has to mention it, and there will be no exchange. Following Zhang Han, the princes of all walks of life successively announced that no money could be circulated without literature.

However, food is a big problem. Last year, 82 million stone of grain was harvested, but it has not been consumed so far. The salary expenditure of officials is only more than 9 million; The 2,300,000 displaced people consumed only 45 million stones; Because of the war, the army was consumed more, only 20 million; As a result, there were as many as 8 million stone of grain left over last year. There will be no increase in grain consumption this year, in other words, there will be 20 million stone of grain left this year. This number will increase further with the construction of water conservancy and the reclamation of wasteland. In the long run, the storage of grain is a problem.

Moreover, the price of grain in Qingzhou is too low. Generally speaking, the life of the peasant households in the Great Han Kingdom was that of men ploughing and weaving - the grain cultivated by men was mainly used for their own consumption, and their daily petty expenses were mainly dependent on the money from the sale of women's weaving cloth. Even if someone has a difficult livelihood, Zhang Han is exempted from labor and working as a part-time worker is enough to make up for it. In this way, the impact on the lives of ordinary people is not great, but it is also a problem after all, and it is not Zhang Han's goal to be fed and clothed.

Xiang Feng thought twice and suggested that the grain and liquor tax should be lowered in order to consume grain. After discussion, the proposal was shelved. In times of chaos, it is a bit awkward to encourage winemaking.

Zhang Han thought about it for a while and made a suggestion:

"I've heard that only about half of the school-age children in Qingzhou are enrolled in school......

Seeing Zhang Han's gaze, Guan Ning nodded to show that this was indeed the case.

"Why don't you do it!

In the school, students are provided with one or two meals for free, and there are about one million children in the counties of Qingji and Hebei, which is enough to consume tens of millions of stone grain every year......"

This proposal was adopted unanimously, and a number of additional provisions were put forward to it, which required the students to do their homework - failure to pass for three consecutive months would result in expulsion from school.

It is common for people to like to take advantage, and they don't have to pay tuition, and they can eat a meal for nothing. I didn't want my children to go to school, but now I have also moved my mind, and if I eat one more stone at school a month, I can eat one stone less at home, which is 30 yuan. What's more, the school only has classes in the morning, so go and take a good rest, and then go home to work after eating, and nothing will be delayed. All of a sudden, the enrollment rate of school-age children has increased substantially, and those who are basically able to enroll in school will go to school to eat.

After talking about finance and education, talking about road and bridge, talking about post administration, the year-end summary meeting was held for a whole morning, and after a brief lunch, Zhang Jian began to talk about the land reform plan that was about to be implemented -- this was Zhang Han's idea, but he could not say it. First, we must listen to opposing opinions; Second, it also leaves room for advance and retreat.

To put it bluntly, the land reform plan is the Han version of the Homestead Law, which stipulates: "Residents of the three prefectures and six counties of Qinghai, Hebei and Youzhou, who are parents, or who have reached the age of 21 weeks and decide to set up their own homes, or who decide to move to their own region, and who are naturalized in accordance with the provisions of the naturalization measures, and who have never resisted the government with arms, or who have aided or instigated the enemies of the Han State, shall have the right to register one hectare or less of official land that has not been allocated to private individuals from October 1, the third year of the First Ping Dynasty; The above-mentioned persons may apply for a first refusal, which at the time of application may be purchased for a price of one thousand dollars per hectare......"

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