Daming 1805

Chapter 475 Parents...

Facing his grandfather Zhu Zhongliang's questioning, Zhu Jingyuan replied naturally:

"In fact, this is the same as simplified characters and vernacular Chinese, all of which are to break the monopoly of knowledge and rules.

"In order to reduce the difficulty for the lower class to acquire knowledge, and to reduce the difficulty for the lower class to understand and master social rules.

"These plans, like title demotion, gift tax, inheritance tax, and progressive income tax, are all aimed at slowing down the rate of class solidification and increasing the mobility of people from different classes.

"Avoid the division of society into a few classes that never interact with each other.

"To put it bluntly, give the bottom people the opportunity and possibility to become the top people through hard work, and let them believe that they can greatly change their situation within the existing rules.

"In order to avoid the possibility of them going to violent resistance...

"The ultimate goal is to maintain the long-term stability of society, which should actually be the highest goal of the Ming royal family."

Zhu Zhongliang couldn't help nodding when he heard this explanation:
"It's good that you have this awareness, but now that you have this awareness, the current plan is not thorough enough.

"The rules of your imperial solar calendar are still too complicated.

"Then the separate setting of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and the setting of these days as a single ten-day, actually has no meaning to real ordinary people, but increases the complexity.

"Workers in cities are actually not too sensitive to changes in solar terms. They don't need to farm for a long time."

Zhu Jingyuan was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said suddenly:
"I understand that although I tried my best to avoid it, I still unconsciously revealed the hypocrisy of intellectuals.

"The solar calendar for cities and workers should be simpler and more crude.

"Directly divide a year into four quarters, one quarter is divided into nine ten days, and one ten day is fixed as ten days.

"There are 36 ​​days in total in 360 ten days, and the remaining five days in a year are holidays for Chinese New Year, and there is an extra day of annual holiday in leap years.

"And, for ordinary people, it only needs to announce the four-year leap.

"The setting of 120 years without intercalation only needs to be taught in the history class of middle school.

"Ordinary people may not be able to experience once in a lifetime.

"When it comes out, it's bound to be in the newspapers and on the radio.

"Months can still be kept, but a month is fixed at 30 days.

"In this way, a quarter is exactly three months, and a month is exactly thirty.

"In daily life, we can talk about a certain month in the imperial calendar. The various plans of the imperial court and government-run manufacturers are mainly formulated according to quarters and ten days. The month is only used as an auxiliary parameter to facilitate positioning in the time of the year.

"At the same time, we began to implement the system of two days off every ten days to facilitate the rapid popularization of the new calendar with more holidays.

"Intellectuals want to show their sense of superiority, as long as they calculate and introduce solar terms in their daily life.

"The imperial court also continues to publish the annual standard calendar, marking the solar terms and festivals for easy reference."

Zhu Zhongliang nodded again after listening:
"That's right, if you want to make knowledge and rules as popular as possible, then you need to be as simple and understandable as possible.

"If you want to promote a new thing quickly, you must make it profitable for the target group.

"You write down all your thoughts, organize them into a report and send it to your father.

"If he wants to get involved, he can do it in the past few years. If he doesn't want to get involved, I'll leave it to you."

Zhu Jingyuan agreed casually, and continued to chat with his grandfather, discussing the details of various ideas.

The next day, Zhu Jingyuan spent a whole day writing down his ideas and sent them to his father.

Zhu Jianyan received and checked his son's report during his work break that afternoon, and was immediately stunned.

In Zhu Jianyan's opinion, the things this kid mentioned, one by one, are too outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that his father also booed.

The grandfather and grandson unanimously decided to build several halls with a height of more than 200 meters.

Yes, several, not one, because the entire Forbidden City system has several important palaces of different nature.

The Fengtian Hall is the place where major ceremonies are held, the Taimiao is where the ancestors are worshipped, and the Hall of Great Enjoyment in the Temple of Heaven.

Unlike the church towers of the Thais who are all tied together, the traditional Chinese buildings are all separated.

Zhu Jianyan just wanted to throw this report away.

These places that are not used a few times a year, why build more than 200 meters high...

Then there are even more outrageous things, such as Duying Tianfu, overthrowing and rebuilding the solar and lunar calendars, and simultaneously revising the general history.

After Zhu Jianyan finished reading everything, he finally couldn't help throwing it on the table.

"Everything, every piece, reveals a great success, you should do it yourself..."

After thinking about it in his heart for a while, Zhu Jianyan picked up the report again.

Be patient and read the above assumptions and purpose explanations again.

"Being a parent..."

After Zhu Jianyan was silent for a long time, he asked his secretary to draw up an order for him and issued a series of orders.

The first is to prepare for the southern tour of Yingtianfu.

This time it's not a visit, but a more formal one, planning to live in Yingtian Mansion for a while.

It is necessary to bring the ministers of Jiuqing, the Secretary of General Administration and other directly subordinate officials.

Let Ying Tianfu also get ready.

The preparation time is relatively wide, and the departure will take two months.

Then, Qin Tianjian, the Ministry of Construction, and the royal family consortium were notified to go to the old mountain area in Jiangbei, Yingtianfu, for exploration.

Prepare to invest in the planning and construction of a new royal palace.

The higher the height of the main hall, the better...

Very similar to later generations, Yingtianfu's built-up areas are mainly concentrated in the east and south of the Yangtze River.

Because Nanjing is often used as the capital of the southern separatist regime.

Since it is a regime in the south, it means that the north has been lost, and those who come from the north are enemies.

If the city is placed in Jiangbei, unless it can trigger the effect of a last stand, it will be waiting for the northern army to attack.

So for a long time, the city of Nanjing was placed south of the Yangtze River.

Even in the unified dynasty of the North and the South, the urban area in the south of the city was a ready-made built-up area, and the historical inertia was difficult to reverse.

Moreover, Jiangnan is more prosperous than Jiangbei.

There are only two counties, Jiangpu and Liuhe, in the north and west of the Yangtze River.

Although placed in other places, these two counties are quite wealthy, but they are far behind the prefectural, provincial, and capital cities.

The new official palace planned by Zhu Jingyuan was planned to be placed in Jiangpu County, west of the Yangtze River corresponding to Yingtianfu City, and placed under the Laoshan Forest Convention within the jurisdiction of the Pukou District of Nanjing in later generations.

The future new central government office building, which will be the administrative center of the central court of the Ming Dynasty in the future, will be placed outside the palace, and of course it will also be located in Jiangpu County, west of the Yangtze River.

The purpose is simple, referring to the old and new cities of Shuntianfu, to separate the administrative center from the economic and cultural center.

However, Nanjing is different from Beijing. Even if the administrative center is placed in the northwest of the Yangtze River, it is impossible to restrict the construction of various civil facilities in the Jiangbei area. At most, an area will be designated.

The existence of this administrative center can actually drive the development and construction of the surrounding area, just to pull the Jiangbei area of ​​Jianghuai Province.

In the end, another order was ordered to start designing the new central court office area.

The height of the building is relaxed to 80 meters.

The political logic of Ming Dynasty is still open, and most affairs are circulated according to specific rules.

Especially after Emperor Shizu, the scope of Di Bao was expanded again.

Unless it is a matter that really needs to be kept secret, it will basically be announced to the world on a regular basis.

Although it is only a general description and there will be no detailed introduction, it will let people who pay attention to politics know what happened.

What's more, what Zhu Jianyan is doing is to spread the word and deliberately cause a sensation.

So the order was sent directly to the relevant departments in an open manner.

The Central Court of Ming Dynasty was in an uproar.

"The higher the better" palace, and the 80-meter-high court office building, these news are too exciting.

Then the reaction of these officials was just like Zhu Zhongliang's analysis.

Although they were all surprised, no one jumped out to object immediately. Instead, some people began to inquire about the technology of building tall buildings.

The value of architectural design and engineering construction personnel began to rise in unison.

Then there are construction materials, from reinforced concrete to paint and wood, and the market prices have also begun to rise slowly.

Almost no one thought that Zhu Jianyan might have to pay back Duying Tianfu.

It's just a natural guess, Zhu Jianyan will retire in a few years, maybe he wants to go to Yingtian Mansion to retire.

Now we are starting to build a palace in Laoshan, Jiangbei, and it will be available when we retire.

Now on the southern tour, I may want to go to see it in advance, just like the Supreme Emperor, I want to see my son.

Everything is very logical.

As a result, private housing prices and land prices in major cities in Ming Dynasty have risen a bit.

It's just that the current land and real estate are mainly operated by the royal family and government-run manufacturers, and they are stuck by the ticket and purchase restriction system.

So there was no massive uptick.

However, the relevant new public opinion quickly suppressed the enthusiasm for tax reform.

Some people even suspected that Zhu Jianyan wanted to collect taxes just to repair the garden.

In this complicated and chaotic atmosphere, the discussion on tax reform entered the next stage before Zhu Jianyan went south.

Zhu Jianyan controlled the power of all parties in the court and completed a new round of compromise and compromise.

As Zhu Zhongliang expected, the basic general tax exemption conditions were changed from no illegal records to no criminal records, and no tax evasion records were required.

It also changed the retrospective time from the lifetime before the occurrence to within the most recent ten years.

However, since it is a compromise, it is impossible for only one party to make concessions.

The tax-free terms become looser, and the tax-free amount is reduced simultaneously.

The general duty-free point has been reduced from 25 silver notes to [-] silver notes.

Fifty thousand silver notes are equivalent to 500 million RMB in later generations, and professional shopkeepers and senior managers can save these properties

It is equivalent to reducing the inheritance tax from purely for nobles and bosses to the category of senior white-collar workers.

The revised plan is that for inheritances below [-] silver bills, as long as both the heir and the decedent have no criminal records or tax evasion records in the past ten years, they do not need to pay taxes.

The portion above [-] silver bills can be reduced by half.

For the portion between 25 silver notes and 5.00 silver notes, the tax rate is [-]%.

The part between 25 silver bills and 100 million silver bills is subject to a tax rate of [-]%.

For the part between 100 million and 500 million silver notes, the tax rate is 15.00%.

The tax rate is 500% for the part above 20.00 million silver notes.

And this part of the general reduction and exemption has been changed from paying first and then refunding to direct exemption.

To avoid the trouble of paying tax on the loan in one year and repaying the tax refund in the second year.

Because the proportion of this part is also fixed, and the conditions are also rigid, so there will be no impact if you don't levy it directly.

Others, the tax rebates specially approved by the chief envoy, the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor still have to be paid first and then refunded.

The regulations related to the payment plan also directly refer to the suggestion of the Supreme Emperor.

For inheritances of equity type, the shares can be handed over directly in proportion.

At the same time, Daming Bank specializes in inheritance tax loans to provide loans to heirs who do not have sufficient liquidity.

There is also the capital push order proposed by Zhu Zhongliang.

In the case of five or more heirs dividing the inheritance equally, the inheritance tax shall be calculated according to 70.00% of the inheritance amount.

More than ten heirs divide the inheritance equally, and the inheritance tax is calculated at 50.00% of the inheritance amount.

Finally, new additional exemptions have been added.

In the case that the heir does not have a house in his personal name, the only house acquired by inheritance does not need to pay taxes.

If ordinary people originally lived in a house under the name of their parents, the situation that their children would be evicted if they could not pay the inheritance tax after the parents died was avoided through this regulation.

In terms of gift tax, the conditions for basically universal tax exemption have been revised simultaneously with the inheritance tax, changing from having no criminal record in life to no criminal record or tax evasion record within a recent year.

Basically, the exempt nodes are generally exempted, and it has also been reduced from [-] silver notes to [-] silver notes.

For those who meet the conditions, the gift tax of less than [-] silver bills is exempted.

Those who donate less than [-] silver bills throughout the year are originally tax-free.

Therefore, unless large amounts of assets are regularly donated to others, this qualified general exemption has little effect on the threshold.

It is also because the corresponding conditions are already low enough, within three years is enough.

For gifts of more than [-] silver bills, the tax rate is also reduced by half.

Between 5.00 and [-] silver bills, the effective tax rate is [-]%.

The part between [-] silver bills and [-] silver bills is taxed at a rate of [-]%.

For the part between 100 silver notes and 20.00 million, the tax rate is [-]%.

The method of payment is still the donor’s payment.

Since you have the ability to gift large amounts of assets to others, you have the ability to prepare the corresponding taxes in advance, otherwise don't mess around.

Other provisions of the gift tax have also been adjusted similarly to the inheritance tax.

However, the proposal proposed by Zhu Jingyuan in the initial discussion with Zhu Zhongliang was added.

Ordinary people can choose to pass on part of their assets to their children during their lifetime under the justice of the court notary agency.

This part of the tax is not levied according to the gift tax rate, but according to the inheritance tax.

But once the gift is completed, it cannot be refunded again, otherwise gift tax will be levied.

Moreover, anyone and their specific heirs have only one chance to grant inheritance during their lifetime.

In other words, parents can only distribute family property to each child once when they are alive.

Otherwise, you have to pay gift tax, or make a will before your death, and the child can get another share according to the will after his death.

(End of this chapter)