Five days later, it was the middle of October, and it was the time for the counties under the Beihai Kingdom to pay their taxes, because the king of Beihai had been assassinated before, and the matter of taking over the new Beihai had not started until now.

Later generations have a saying: It is difficult for a rich man to be a man without money. He also said, "It is not possible to have money, but it is impossible to have money." Now that troubled times are about to arise, it costs money to recruit talents, money to recruit soldiers and buy horses, money to make weapons and equipment, money to buy enemies, and money to reward heroes. It is just that they want to carry out some construction on a country in Beihai, and it is also necessary to reform the county administration for money. Therefore, if He Bai wants to make a difference in the troubled times, he has to think about the amount of money he can control.

First of all, the summary of the upper plans of the counties, He Bai waited until the upper plan Peng Shi Pengxuan, the collection of Cao Gongsun Fang and the chief accountant Peng Shi of the management documents and financial expenditures sorted out the upper plans of the counties, and then summoned the upper plan of the county Peng Peng Xuan and asked: "How much grain is there in each county this year?" ”

Peng Xuan said solemnly: "Because the secret was seized by thieves, Duchang and Jiaodong were harmed by thieves, and the tax revenue was less than last year. The field tax is 30 taxes and 1, and the total grain is 320,000 stones. The tax is 55 yuan per hectare, which is more than 5 million yuan. Each household was given 200 yuan, a total of more than 24 million yuan. He also gave 300 yuan per ding, a total of more than 63 million yuan. The oral endowment is 26 yuan per child, which is more than 5 million yuan. ”

"Sixty-three dollars were given to each man and woman, a total of more than 34 million yuan. One hundred and twenty per person, and the merchant and the slave and maid were doubled, totaling more than 69 million yuan. In the end, each male in each household was required to serve one month of unpaid labor every year, and if he wanted to be exempted from forced labor, he had to pay a tax of 600 yuan, a total of more than 120 million yuan. ”

"There are more than 11 million yuan in salt tax, more than 6 million yuan in wine tax, more than 1 million yuan in iron tax, more than 3 million yuan in vehicle and vessel tax, more than 12 million yuan in reins and wages, more than 6 million yuan in customs duties, more than 6 million yuan in livestock tax, more than 3 million yuan in fishing and hunting tax, more than 1 million yuan in mountain and forestry tax, and more than 1 million yuan in mineral deposits."

"A total of 320,000 stone of grain and more than 370 million in money. Previously, the money and grain would be divided equally with the King of the North Sea and the princes of the kingdom, and half of it would be at the disposal of the prime minister. Because the king of Beihai was deceased, his name was taxed into 220,000 stone of grain, and more than 260 million yuan, which should be divided into three, respectively, counting Dasi Nong and Shaofu and Guozhong. ”

He Bai secretly sighed, Beihai is really an upper county, and there is so much regular tax revenue in a year, which can feed an army of 40,000 or 50,000 people. And this large amount of taxes, in Beihai, including He Bai, the eight princes, only accounted for 30% of them. And the King of the North Sea alone accounted for as much as seventy percent of them, and it seemed that Zheng Bu had done the right step of secretly killing the King of the North Sea in advance.

In history, Cao Cao specially excavated the tomb and stole the funeral goods to make money in order to raise soldiers. And he himself is the assassination of the vassal king to get money, it seems that he is a mink. It's just that the vassal kings can't kill more, but they can rob more tombs, and they can't compare to Cao Cao in this regard. But fortunately, as long as Beihai develops well, I believe that a lot of taxes will be available in two or three years.

He Bai carefully calculated the various taxes, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, at this time, each household needs to pay an average of about 3,100 yuan a year. However, an ordinary household, whose annual labor value is about 20,000 yuan, needs to pay a tax rate of 15.5 percent. The remaining money and food are just enough for the family's food expenses, and there is no money left over to buy new clothes, household goods and other things.

Moreover, this is a normal national tax and local tax, and the bearer is also calculated according to the ordinary people who have property. If the common people with less than 50 acres of land are confronted with the greedy Taishou and the Minister of State, not to mention other exorbitant taxes such as wear and tear and freight, as long as they are levied for three months, they can be bankrupt.

Speaking of which, there are still too few things to make money in this era, and the harvest of a year is all about the grain that grows in the ground. If God doesn't make beauty, it will be a miserable day of suffering. If you encounter natural and man-made disasters again, it is basically a time when you can't survive and rebel.

It seems that the reduction of the agricultural tax alone is not a very good thing, because the main taxes at this time are the poll tax, the military service tax, and the conscription tax, which account for as much as 78.5 percent of the total tax. For more than 9 million mu of land tax, only 320,000 stone of grain needs to be paid, which is only about 50 million yuan when converted into 5 baht.

If this goes on for a long time, the families with less land and fewer people will become richer and richer, and the families with less land and many people will become poorer and poorer. Eventually, due to the increase in the number of people, it went bankrupt, and finally evolved into a homeless person, which became a destabilizing factor in the country. Seeing that the world is about to be in chaos, money will become more and more worthless. The value of grain is getting higher and higher, and it seems that the "Decree on Spreading Ding into Mu" was put forward at that time.

According to the 9.6 million mu of land in Beihai, calculated based on the general yield of two stones and five buckets of grain per mu, even the rotation system has more than 8 million stones. With the tax of four buckets per mu, there will be at least 1.3 million stone of grain harvest a year. Not only is the value less than half of the poll tax, but it will also reduce the burden on the people, making the people rejoice and cheer, and the support rate will soar. With so much food, you won't have to worry about anything in the future.

It's just that he has just arrived, and he is not trusted and supported by the people in Beihai Kingdom, and it is not easy to attack the wealthy families who have huge land. And this year's tax collection has already been completed, and it can only be said when the tax is collected next year.

He Bai coughed lightly and said: "Because there are still tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves in Beihai who have not yet been settled, and there are tens of thousands of troops under Xiyuan who need to be fed, even after the Yellow Turban Thieves are pacified, hundreds of millions of dollars will be needed to secure the people." Therefore, this year's plan will ask the court to stay in Beihai Kingdom, and I think the court will agree. Therefore, the matter of going to the court can be suspended. ”

Peng Xuan bowed deeply: "The minister of the country is willing to intercept the affairs of the people in the country, and the king of true benevolence and righteousness is also." ”

He Bai smiled at Peng Xuan and said, "I didn't expect you to flatter me, so it can be seen that you are not so square." ”

I don't want Peng Xuan to say solemnly: "The tax revenue of the court is still a major matter of a country, if it is light, it will be dismissed, exiled, and there is a possibility of imprisonment and death." The prime minister is willing to take care of the affairs of the people in the country for the time being, and there is a possibility of guilt, and he deserves to be praised and thanked. If it was his business, Xuan would not be able to flatter you. ”

He Bai was bored by Peng Xuan, so he had to turn to the others and asked, "How much grain is still left in the warehouse?" If you keep all this year's taxes, how much food will be left to spend. ”

Peng Xuan said: "There are more than 2,500 officials in Beihai, with an annual income of 380,000 stones, or 75 million yuan. There were 6,900 soldiers, 130,000 stone of food every year, 50,000 stone of general salaries a year, and 20 million yuan of miscellaneous expenses, totaling 56 million; In addition, 30 million dollars were needed for military expenditures, totaling 16,100 dollars. ”

"There are still 15,000 stone of grain and 13 million dollars left in the warehouse last year. If the prime minister distributes the annual salaries of officials and generals in the form of money, the prime minister will have 140,000 stone of grain, and 190 million yuan of money can be used. ”

He Baimo calculated that the 5,000 people in the army need 100,000 stone of grain a year, and the 5,500 people need about the same amount of food, which is 40 million dollars. The nearly 8,000 horses and pack horses in the army will be a big burden that must be carried. A war horse is calculated according to the cost of three soldiers, and a pack horse is calculated according to the cost of one and a half soldiers, and it costs 80 million yuan a year to raise it.

If another 20 million yuan is left for emergencies, then there will only be 140,000 stone of grain and about 50 million yuan of expenses left next year. Even if you add the 50 million yuan of military spending when you leave Beijing, it is only 100 million yuan, what can you do with this money? It's just enough to house 50,000 yellow turban thieves.

He Bai didn't actually hammer his thigh hard, Nima, I thought that there was a lot of tax money before, but now I look at it, the money is pitiful. It is better to rob faster, one county can rob one or two hundred million dollars, and seventeen counties are more than three hundred million. With more than 3 billion dollars in hand, that's a lot.

In the past, it was a thief who was seized and robbed, so the money came quickly, and I was thinking about paying my salary at that time. Fortunately, it was not done at that time, and it was changed to a land grant system, otherwise it would have gone bankrupt in two years. It seems that it is still a matter of following the customs of the locals, implementing a conscription system, and forcibly performing military service. As long as you are kind to the soldiers, I believe that you can also get the support of the soldiers.

He Bai suddenly thought of something and asked: "If there is no queen of the king of Beihai, the feudal kingdom of Beihai will also be removed, I don't know if the kings of Beihai in the past can have money, treasures and food left." ”

Peng Xuan frowned, and said loudly: "Even if the kings of Beihai in the past dynasties have a lot of money and food left, they will also be collected in the Shaofu and supplied to the emperor. The Prime Minister must not be greedy for him, lest a great calamity befall him. ”

He Bai was embarrassed by Peng Xuan's words, so he threw out the "Beihai Rejuvenation Project Plan" written in the past few days. Peng Xuan hesitantly unfolded the blank paper and looked at it, only to see that it was written a plan for the interconnection of four-car galloping roads between the counties of Beihai; river dredging and reinforcement, Pitang renovation plan; Renovation plan for farmland irrigation and water conservancy; a three-year compulsory education plan for universal literacy by calling teachers to build schools; Build hospitals, train doctors, and improve environmental hygiene programmes.

He Bai nodded and asked, "I plan to complete the Beihai Rejuvenation Project within three years, and I think how much food will be needed to complete this plan?" ”

Peng Xuan's eyes lit up when he saw the plan in his hand, his breath was short, and he muttered to himself in his mouth, and only after a long time did he ask in a panic: "...... Xiangjun, are you really ready to complete this rejuvenation plan within three years? ”

He Bai snorted lightly, and even the title changed from an ordinary minister of state to an honorific minister, so he said: "As long as you have money, why can't this district plan be completed?" I still have a second three-year plan in my heart, a third three-year plan, but I'm afraid you'll just hold me back. ”

Peng Xuan bowed to He Bai in fear and said, "Xiangjun, please wait." With that, he hurried away. Not long after, all the chief officials of each Cao, including Zheng Xuan and Zhang Zhao, all came to the council hall.

After Zheng Xuan and the others greeted He Bai, they looked at He Bai inexplicably. He Bai spread his hands, indicating that he did not call them by himself, so he looked at Peng Xuan again. Peng Xuan cleared his throat and said: "Xuan is fortunate to have read the article "Beihai Rejuvenation Project Plan" written by Xiangjun today, and I am very emotional, excited, and eager to enjoy it with you. ”

After speaking, he read the various plans for the rejuvenation of the country on the paper in his hand in a yin and yang voice, and soon after, everyone turned from the initial dazed to fanatical.

In the Han Dynasty, the governance of the country and the county was mostly governed by inaction, reducing the oppression of the people and becoming good officials. To set up a school, show Confucianism, recommend virtuous and virtuous, commend good deeds, help the poor, fight against the strong, and cultivate the way for the virtuous. But there has never been such a big deal in vain.

He Bai's package encompasses almost all aspects of the work that Xianjun has to do, and the scope is larger and wider. If we can really successfully implement all the plans within three years, then the Beihai country will really prosper.

Everyone was silently thinking about the possibility and success of He Bai's plan, but Guan Ning, who had always been silent, first asked: "The Minister of State wants to call teachers to build a school, and the compulsory education of national literacy in Beihai is easy to finance, but where do teachers and books come from?" ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone suddenly woke up. At this time, most of the books were collected in the hands of the scholars and Confucians, and the common people and the Han scholars mostly borrowed and copied the books in the hands of the scholars. In order to borrow books, sometimes it takes a lot of effort to get it, and sometimes it is even more dependent on the command of the nobles to get permission to see the collection.

If you want the whole people in Beihai to read, you must set at least ten compulsory books, and each book must have at least 100,000 sets to be completed. What kind of work should the copying of these million sets of books be?