Lu Yuan has been having a good time these days.

I don't know if there is really a providence in the underworld, and everything is affected by the number of fortunes.

Since he broke away from the Jinling court, he was called Chu in the country and became a system of his own.

Originally, because he was restrained by righteousness, the luck that had to be diverted out was all recovered.

And after the luck was complete, Lu Yuan's whole person's luck also burst out like a blowout, and all kinds of good things came one after another.

First of all, there is good news from the country, the army, and the various departments of the forbidden army.

Nine forbidden armies, with a total of 180,000 soldiers and horses, have been largely formed after more than a year of rectification and running-in.

Especially in the tense confrontation with Ning Guo some time ago, with almost actual combat training, these forbidden troops formed by the original Yue, Miao, Zhou, and Qiang people, are finally familiar with each other and can form a tacit cooperation.

And the local county government and county soldiers, not to mention.

They are fewer in number, and it is simpler to run in. And there is no need to take on heavy tasks like the forbidden army. As early as a few years ago, the combat power was already formed.

So far, the central and local forces have successively formed combat strength. The military reform, which began in the ninth year of Hongdao, has finally come to an end.

The combat power of the Chu State has completely reached its peak.

Not only in the military, but also in domestic affairs, the good news is spread one by one.

First of all, it is naturally the most important immigration project in the entire Chu State today.

This immigration project, which also started in the ninth year of Hongdao, began in the first month of that year and lasted for a year and a half until June of the first year of Shenwu, and finally came to an end at this time.

Not only that, except for the few groups of immigrants who relocated after Lu Yuan recovered Xichuan, most of the early immigrants have already settled down in the local production, built houses, cultivated farmland, planted mulberry trees, and run businesses, and have a stable income, which can be regarded as a complete settlement.

Even in the latter batches, most of the houses had already been repaired by this time, although they could not be harvested in time for spring planting and summer harvest. But in this part of Dongting County, there are two crops a year, but this year's autumn harvest has still caught up.

As long as the harvest is completed this autumn, then all of these immigrants, who add up to about 2.3 million immigrants, will completely settle down in Chu State.

These people who returned from the Northern Expedition have almost digested it.

This year's first batch of summer taxes was also collected from various places in July.

According to the reports of various prefectures and counties, through the statistics of Cui Changqing, Sun Siwen and a group of court ministers, when it was reported to Lu Yuan, there would be a specific amount of tax revenue in the first half of this year.

"Your Majesty, this summer's tax collection will be 2,210,000 taels of silver in the country's three counties and 17 prefectures, including 1,170,000 taels of silver in the calculation (poll tax) and 560,000 taels of silver in the mouth (poll tax other than the poll tax).

These three items totaled more than 3,940,000 taels of silver.

In addition, there are tariffs in various places, since the establishment of the Chu State, as the local area has become more and more stable, all kinds of industries in various prefectures and counties have recovered, and various shops have gradually been established.

The local people's livelihood is stable, so there are frequent business and travel between various counties and prefectures, and the tariffs collected at the checkpoints and entrances in various places have increased greatly.

In the first half of this year alone, domestic tariffs collected 820,000 taels of silver.

With the further recovery of the localities, this tax should continue to increase, and according to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, it will eventually reach 1.5 million taels of silver.

And that's just domestic.

Now my great Chu is growing in prestige, the national strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the business trips of all countries in the world are also increasing day by day.

The South China Sea, the Su State, the Jiangdong State, the Liang State, the Zhou State, the Southwest Yi, the merchants of these countries, and the Baling Bazaar, in groups, can be seen.

They transport goods from all over the world.

In the first half of this year, 920,000 taels of silver were collected from these foreign tariffs.

And I am a big Chu Xinli, the news has not yet spread, and when all countries in the world know that I am strong, there will be more business travelers flocking in.

At that time, the foreign tariff may rise to 2 million taels of silver, and the potential is far greater than the domestic tariff.

However, even so, domestic and foreign tariffs, in the first half of this year alone, amounted to 2.04 million taels of silver.

In addition to customs duties, I Dachu will also levy a commercial tax on the purchase and sale of shops in the city and markets.

These commercial taxes, although not comparable to customs duties. But in the first half of this year, all the commercial taxes added up to 830,000 taels of silver.

In addition, there were some miscellaneous taxes, which, though smaller, amounted to four hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver.

In this way, there are five kinds of taxes, including field tax, oral tax, calculation tax, customs duty, and commercial tax, and counting miscellaneous taxes, I collected a total of 7 million taels of silver in tax silver in the first half of this year. ”

In the Qianyuan Palace, Lu Yuan met Sun Siwen, and then listened to this friend report his income in the first half of this year, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned.

There are seven million taels of silver in half a year, is his Great Chu State so rich?

He was a little incredulous, and couldn't help but ask again: "Sun Qing, in the first half of this year, there is really a tax of seven million taels of silver?" ”

Sun Siwen also knew Lu Yuan's surprise, to be honest, when he got this final number, he was also taken aback.

Because the tax revenue in the first half of this year is really unexpectedly large.

However, this number is the true number that they have obtained after checking and counting and sending people to check the place, and there is no mistake in coming up with it.

So when he heard this question at this time, Sun Siwen smiled and said: "Back to the king, these taxes and silver will be pledged into the treasury of each prefecture, and they will be sent back to Beijing in two months, and they can be tested at that time." ”

Seeing his friend's affirmative reply, knowing that the other party would never lie to him, Lu Yuan finally believed this fact in his heart.

And after believing it, there was a burst of surprise.

"If there is a summer tax of seven million taels of silver in the first half of the year, then the annual tax of eight million taels of silver shall be in the winter. If the two taxes are added together, my Dachu will pay 15 million taels of silver this year. Lu Yuan counted the account.

Da Chu inherited the Qianyue system, and the tax was divided into two times a year. They are the summer tax collected in July, and the annual tax collected in November.

Among them, because there are more miscellaneous taxes under other names, and there are more business trips between various places near the end of the year, the tariffs and commercial taxes that can be collected in the second half of the year will also increase compared with the first half of the year.

Therefore, at the end of the year, the annual tax is usually more than the summer tax, and it will be one to two percent more.

Therefore, if there was a summer tax of 7 million taels of silver in the first half of this year, then according to the increase of 1/2%, there will be at least 8 million taels of silver in the second half of the year.

The sum of the two is fifteen million taels of silver, which is not a small amount.

At the very least, Dachu now has 240,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 16 million taels of silver in military spending, and now the tax revenue for a year can almost be filled, and it is only a million taels of silver.

But on the side of the South China Sea and the Soviet Union, there are still five million taels of silver every year.

The difference of one million taels of silver is enough to make up for it.

And not even just fill in.

Lu Yuan thought of this and asked, "Sun Qing, I remember that the domestic expenses are around three million taels, right?" ”

"Back to the king, it's true."

Sun Siwen nodded, and then said: "Today, in my country, there are three thousand and seventy-one officials in the imperial court and various counties. The expenses of these officials amounted to more than 578,000 taels of silver and 136,000 stone of rice per year.

In addition, the daily administrative expenses of the local government, the maintenance of the official residence, and the expenses of going out to work outside the country also add up to 630,000 taels of silver.

There are also road repairs, city wall maintenance, water conservancy construction, urban clean-up and other projects in various places, which also cost more than 1.25 million taels of silver every year.

In addition, the imperial court has fought in previous wars, and there are more than 50,000 soldiers who were wounded and killed in the battle.

Although these people had already given a pension at that time, the king was benevolent and still gave a monthly alimony. This sum up to a year is 120,000 taels of silver.

In addition, every year, the imperial court will allocate funds to colleges and universities around the country to subsidize students. For the local, widowed and lonely people, there is also maintenance. Together, these two items have more than 80,000 taels of silver.

On the other hand, on the side of the imperial court, daily administration, various outings, inspections of places, envoys to other countries, etc., also cost more than 230,000 taels of silver every year.

There are also royal expenses on the king's side, and the court also needs to give 300,000 taels of silver every year as daily expenses.

All of the above adds up to about 3,200,000 taels of silver. ”

When Sun Siwen said this, his tone paused, and then he said: "But this is just an expense under normal circumstances, and it falls on some unexpected events, such as floods, droughts, and poor harvests in various places, and the imperial court still needs to have some subsidies and relief."

Another 500,000 taels of silver should be set aside every year for emergency purposes. ”

The maintenance of a dynasty is not cheap.

Now there are only three counties and 17 prefectures in Da Chu, and the normal annual expenses of military expenses are 3.7 million taels of silver.

This is still based on the premise that the government is relatively honest and the king is extremely frugal.

If it were the case of the former Yue, where the local government was greedy and the court ministers and the royal family were extravagant and profligate, this expenditure would have to quadruple.

Even if there is an egg, ten taels of silver, it is not strange.

In other words, in Qianyue, and even in today's Ningguo court, this phenomenon may already exist.

After all, it is a family group that has been inherited for 2,000 years, and the class is solidified and deeply rooted to this point, and it is normal for anything strange to appear.

But this is something that will only happen after the dynasty lasts for a long time.

Today's Da Chu, for the time being, there is really no need to worry about this situation.

In other words, before Lu Yuan died, there was no need to worry about someone daring to take an egg for ten taels of silver to make fun of him.

And want to survive yourself?

Lu Yuan looked around, and felt that in the entire Great Chu, and even in the entire Kyushu world, no one should be able to live longer than himself.

Therefore, there is a high probability that this kind of corruption, or corruption in the palace, will not appear.

If there are really people who don't have long eyes and dare to be greedy for their own money.

Then King Shenwu didn't mind, let him know what it meant to be a monarch like the sky, and not to be angry.

An immortal emperor, as long as he does not fall, from this point of view, it is also a good thing for his subjects.

In terms of self-discipline, Lu Yuan felt that as long as he still had a goal to strive for, as long as there were threats outside, then he basically didn't have to worry about his fall.

Well.

Logical closed loop, perfect.

Thinking with such a slight pride in his heart, Lu Yuan was also calculating the accounts: "In this case, the imperial court's annual military expenditure is about sixteen million taels of silver. The daily expenses of the imperial court were 3.7 million taels of silver.

It adds up to nineteen,700,000 taels of silver.

The income is fifteen million taels of silver a year, and in addition, there are five million taels of silver and four million stone of grain aid every year in the Soviet and Nanhai countries, adding up to 20 million taels of silver.

The balance over the course of a year is about 300,000 taels of silver, right? ”

Lu Yuan looked at Sun Siwen.

"This year, that's exactly the case." Sun Siwen nodded, and then said: "However, the king has issued an edict that the people who have migrated from Hanzhong and Xichuan counties will not be taxed for the first three years.

Therefore, this year's tax of fifteen million taels of silver does not include the field tax, oral tax, and reckoning of the 2.3 million immigrants.

Now that last year has passed, and half of this year has passed, and in another year and a half, that is, when Shenwu is three years, these immigrants will be able to collect taxes.

When the time comes, there will be an additional 2.3 million taxpayers, and the land tax, mouth tax, and reckoning tax in the country will be about 2.7 million taels of silver.

And as these immigrants settle down in the local area, they will also buy commercial goods to attract business travelers.

At that time, there will be more customs duties and commercial taxes in the country than this year. It can probably be about 1.8 million taels of silver.

The income from various miscellaneous taxes can also increase by 500,000 taels of silver.

That's about five million taels of silver.

Therefore, two years later, in the third year of Shenwu, the annual tax of my Great Chu State should reach 20 million taels of silver. It is enough to maintain the army in the country and the use of the imperial government.

At that time, the five million taels of silver aided by the Soviet Union and the South China Sea can be saved and set aside for other purposes. ”

Sun Siwen obviously thought about this question, and at this time, he answered it in an orderly manner.

Fortunately, after Lu Yuan's previous buffer, he was not as surprised as before when he heard the number of 20 million taels of silver at this time.

Think about it too.

Now in the state of Chu, there are 5.7 million people in the household, and there should be about two million adult men.

And if Lu Yuan is not mistaken, when he was in Luling Mansion, the lowest-level coolie in the county could earn a tael of silver a month.

That's it, there is still a hukou, the income at the bottom of society.

Other normal peasants and city dwellers with a bit of other crafts have a higher income, which can reach two taels or even three taels of silver per month.

Therefore, if only adult males are counted, the income of the people of the entire Great Chu State is calculated by taking the median value of 1.5 taels, and the total annual income is about 30 million.

But in fact, the total income of a normal people's family naturally cannot be all dependent on one man.

Even women, in the countryside, can also help do some farm work, plant some mulberry trees and weave some cloth, and have extra income.

If you're in the city and want to find a job to make money, it's even easier.

Helping people do laundry, helping people clean, going to a big family to be a subordinate, helping their own family get a small business, there are not too many ways to do it.

Women can do all these jobs, the elderly and children can naturally do them, and they can also generate income.

Therefore, counting the income of the whole family, there are 5.7 million people in Dachu, and if you only count the people at the bottom, the annual income should add up to about 50 million taels.

And that's just the people at the bottom.

On them, the imperial court can only collect some field taxes, oral taxes, and calculation taxes, and there are still some commercial taxes in the sky.

There are also big families, local tycoons, rich businessmen and landlords, officials and magnates, and these people do not necessarily have less wealth than these low-level people.

And now it is a world of great disputes, countries are in turmoil, and soldiers are used every year, and the demand for money and food is not small.

Even if you are a powerful gentry, in front of taxes, it is equally equal.

I won't charge you less just because you're a scholar, an official, or a nobleman.

Of course, this kind of tax evasion and mutual concealment of property cannot be avoided.

But even if these are counted, as soon as the annual income reported by Da Chu Ming is now, the annual income of these big families, local tycoons, wealthy businessmen and landlords, and officials and magnates should be between 50 million and 70 million.

The specific size fluctuates depending on whether the local government has implemented the tax law in place.

But even so, all the people and magnates of Dachu have a minimum annual income of 100 million taels of silver.

From the income of 100 million taels of silver, a tax of 20 million taels was collected, but only one of the five taxes.

Da Chu's taxes are already very light compared to other countries.

The neighboring countries, which can be the same as the Chu State, are only the South China Sea Kingdom, which is not much tossed.

To the east, Ningguo heard that in order to cope with the continuous war, the tax has been raised to four taxes and one.

The two kingdoms of Hanzhong and Xichuan in the west, in order to raise troops to resist the threat of the Zhou State, also had four taxes and one tax.

And in the southern part of the Soviet Union, under Su Xuange's reckless force, the tax rate has risen to a frantic three taxes and one. The common people were forced to live, and there was a large number of exodus in the locality.

Compared with a group of neighbors around him, Lu Yuancai's tax rate of five taxes and one is really benevolent.

The fact that the local people were able to return to their hearts so quickly also had a lot to do with his generosity.

However, one thing to know is that the above tax rates are only taxes on the surface.

Just like when Lu Yuan was still a hunter, if he wanted to enter the city, he would be charged a lot more entrance fees.

At the local level, the fees set by the imperial court are the same, but how those corrupt officials and officials in the local government will implement it is another matter.

The Chu State is a little better, the new dynasty is established, everything is broken and restarted, there are not so many interest networks, and the politics are quite clear.

Even if the people at the bottom want to borrow money in the name, they don't dare to go too far.

However, Nanhai, Ninghai, Xichuan, Hanzhong, and Ningguo, which inherited all the shortcomings of the former Vietnam, are different from Lu Yuan, and there are a large number of interests in the country.

Let these people collect taxes.

Believe it or not, the tax law of four taxes and one can directly give you three taxes and one tax?

Three taxes and one directly do two taxes and one?

Don't be surprised, this is quite normal.

You must know that on the side of the Chu State, on the border with the Su State, in just over a year, according to the report received by Lu Yuan, more than 5,000 fugitives from the Su State have been accommodated.

According to these people, in their local area, the miscellaneous and exorbitant taxes add up, and the government is two taxes and one tax.

If you can't survive, who is willing to abandon your family and business and flee to another country?

'It's really happy, and the people are bitter. Death, the people are suffering. ’

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan sighed in his heart, and then he was happy.

Because if it is really according to what Sun Siwen said, after two years, the income of Chu State can reach 20 million taels of silver, then it can really be self-sufficient and not seek anything else.

Until then.

Even if the South China Sea and Ninghai are at odds with themselves, they don't have to worry about military spending.

Even now, the five million taels of military aid that these two countries provide each year can be used for other purposes.

For example, Lu Yuan was worried about this time, where should the military expenses for the construction of the naval division come from?

At this point, there are eyebrows.