Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 310 No tax payment, no representation!
Emperor Zhu had been thinking about tax collection for a long time.

After talking to Prime Minister Luo Fangbo.

Emperor Zhu asked the Ministry of Taxation to submit a report on the local land tax inspection.

In the Ming court, where literati and bureaucrats were basically the mainstream.

There are two institutions that literati and bureaucrats are unlikely to get in.

One is the army.

Another one is taxes.

In fact, there is also a "Daming Shadow Government", that is, the Daming Royal Consortium. This private institution of Emperor Zhu will not have anything to do with traditional scholars and officials.

For Emperor Zhu.

Gun barrels and money bags.

These two key key departments must be firmly controlled.

Therefore, most of the graduates of Daohua University and other new universities who graduated this year were arranged by Emperor Zhu to work in taxation and the Ming Royal Consortium.

These newly learned talents are emphatically cultivated by Emperor Zhu, and they will definitely be promoted to the cabinet in the future.

Daming has now ruled the world, and the surrounding wars are basically over.

Emperor Zhu is very sure that the real war will be in America more than ten years later!

For the current Ming Dynasty, the key to the past decade or so is not fighting.

Instead, comb the inside.

The first is immigration.

Immigration to Southeast Asia, Northeast China, and North America.

Especially North America.

Europeans are not fools. Of course they know that the final situation will be a struggle between East and West. Although Emperor Zhu also knows that European unity may not be possible, but the enemy is lenient. If the Europeans really unite to deal with Ming Dynasty , Daming didn't prepare himself well, isn't it the end?

So this time.

Emperor Zhu was a lot more diligent.

Meetings are held every three days.

While staring at the matter of collective farms in the Northeast, they are also staring at the issue of land tax clearance in the eight southeastern provinces.

Today is an enlarged meeting of officials from various departments of the cabinet. There are a lot of people here, more than 30 people, sitting in the conference hall, all holding small notebooks waiting to record Emperor Zhu's
Now the officials of Xin Daming know it all.

Emperor Zhu has a good temper.

Be polite to officials.

When you come up to a meeting, you don’t need to kneel, you don’t need to stand, you just sit.

This behavior made some former Qing officials who had served Qianlong a little uncomfortable.

And they are also very generous, and they like to give out red envelopes when there is any happy event in the palace.

Overall a very nice boss.

But today, Boss Zhu's complexion is very ugly.

The officials sent to audit the land tax situation in various places submitted a report, which revealed in detail how the local gentry avoided and evaded taxes through policy loopholes.

In addition to the so-called slow down.

There is also a long-term price and a short-term price.

Large customers pay at a reduced price, which is called "short price".

Small households are double charged, which is called "long price".

Because the officials of the Taxation Department sent down are not Confucian scholars and bureaucrats.

They are military officers who have been retired and turned into civil servants, or new students who have studied in modern schools.

It is Emperor Zhu's hardcore.

And it has not been corrupted by the local scholar-bureaucrats.

So this report is very straightforward to expose the actions of those scholar-bureaucrats who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

'OK!The words must be called the blood of the saints, and the mouth is full of moral articles. What is the result? '

Emperor Zhu's face was gloomy.

Everyone present looked at each other in blank dismay.

Those student officials, this is a hornet's nest!
I don't know any rules.

"Your Majesty, I think there is a reason for this "long price and short price". It has been practiced for a long time. From the Qing Dynasty to the present, officials have been formed, and it is difficult to change them in a short time. In addition, scholar-bureaucrats live in the wild and bear the responsibility of educating the people. For other livelihoods, the land can only be rented out for small profits. If it is collected at a "par price", I am afraid that the bankrupt literati and bureaucrats in the world will be like crucian carp crossing the river. Moreover, there are no literati and bureaucrats in the locality to manage and maintain order, and the world will inevitably fall into disputes again. .”

The person who is speaking is Ouyang Houjun, Minister of Rites.

This statement came out.

Responders are like clouds.

Many officials present echoed their voices.

"The benefits of scholar-bureaucrats should not be lightly moved."

"Scholar-bureaucrats are the ballast stone of stability in the world. They have great responsibilities, and the imperial court should treat them favorably!"

Everyone said out loud.

Now Emperor Zhu began to show signs of attacking the southeast scholar-bureaucrats.

There is also tax inspection and all kinds of bad rules.

Go on like this.

The interests of the scholar-bureaucrats will be greatly damaged.

They will have to pay the same tax as the mudlegs from now on.

Emperor Zhu swept his eyes away.

The officials at the scene were suddenly afraid to speak.

He is also the founding emperor.

His throne was obtained by fighting, and he usually has a good temper, but no one dared to say that this emperor is easy to bully.

"Who are scholar-bureaucrats? Landlords? Scholars? Yili, do they have a higher status and treatment than other Ming subjects?" Emperor Zhu's voice exploded in the ears of the ministers.

He is not an emperor who can only rely on scholar-bureaucrats now.

He has a large army on hand, and the officers on hand can serve in local places after retirement, and there are also a large number of new students waiting to be arranged.

In addition, there are noble children.

At the same time, he also has a system of the Ming Royal Consortium.

This system can also train some new-style officials and cadres.

so.
These literati and bureaucrats couldn't handle the Ming Emperor at all.

Instead, he will be manipulated by the Ming Emperor.

"Those without fame are ordinary people! Why should ordinary people distinguish between good and bad?"

Emperor Zhu said with a cold snort.

"I treat the gentry all over the world very kindly. Today, 10,000+ official positions have been given to literati and bureaucrats. It is more than ten times easier to get an official than in the previous Qing Dynasty, right?"

"Since ancient times, the imperial examinations have at least required people's merits, but only a small number of people can get an official. Only a Jinshi can easily get an official, and even a Jinshi may not be able to be an official. Calculated, a year's Jinshi is not enough. More than Bayern, and my Ming, a scholar can be an official, and the eight provinces in the southeast alone have more than 13 officials!"

"The officials these scholar-bureaucrats obtained are several times more than those obtained in the ten or twenty years of the previous Qing Dynasty!"

Emperor Zhu said loudly: "Could it be that I have treated the southeast scholar-bureaucrats harshly? But they collect some land taxes, push back and forth, and find ways to pass it on to Xiaomin. They are not afraid of forcing Xiaomin to suffer bad luck. !"

The officials present were silent.

Although they were literati and officials, they were all close officials of the emperor, and they all consulted Emperor Zhu about investing in private.

When I got rich, I didn't buy land, but invested in real estate in big cities.

Therefore, although they sympathize with the interests of the old literati in the eight southeastern provinces, they don't want to stand out for the sake of these irrelevant people.

When you see the big guys, you don't talk.

Emperor Zhu said to himself: "So this time, I want to get rid of all bad rules. What kind of literati, bureaucrats and scholars are no different from ordinary people! There are no privileges!"

"The taxes that should be paid are treated equally and paid together!",

"It is my decree that from now on, real-name registration of land properties will be carried out nationwide to ensure that the property rights of each field are specific to individuals! Whoever owns a piece of land needs to obtain a land property certificate. Registration management by the imperial court, otherwise it will be treated as a land without owner!"

Land property real name system?
A group of senior officials in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay.

Land property requires a land certificate and grade registration with the imperial court.

This... After this, who would dare to buy fields.

How much is the salary of the officials of the Ming Dynasty?

If any official buys tens of thousands of acres of land at once.

Needless to say.

Definitely a corrupt official.

Of course, Emperor Zhu knew that the officials under him were not very clean.

The history of bureaucracy is probably the history of corruption.

Emperor Zhu did not dare to expect all the officials in hand to be clean and honest officials.

Human nature is not something that can be overcome by saying a few words of truth, benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu is not intolerable to corruption.

He knew it couldn't be stopped.

However, what he wants to ensure is that there will be no systematic corruption that will lead to the collapse of the bureaucratic system and the collapse of the financial system of the Ming court.

This is to imitate the modern state power to establish a professional tax system.

And this system must have laws to guarantee its implementation.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Emperor Zhu showed a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I know that everyone is quite wealthy, but the sum of everyone's wealth will not exceed [-]% of mine. The emperor is the richest man in the Ming Dynasty. Are you still afraid of everyone's wealth?" Did you get rich? Zhu Qing only declared the cultivated land, as for other urban real estate, shops, stocks, deposits, bonds, etc., they are not included in this list!"

That's right.

Emperor Zhu was going to have trouble with the landlord class.

The landlord class is a backward class in this era.

It is certainly not capable of developing industrialization.

Wealth was fixed in the land by the landlord class.

Unable to enter the market circulation.

In the eyes of Emperor Zhu, this is a heinous crime! !
This is the biggest obstacle to the development of capitalism!

and so.

Difficulty with the landlord class is inevitable.

Beating the landlord is not because the landlord is a bad guy.

But because they are a stumbling block to the development of the times!
However, Emperor Zhu's Ming Empire was not completely revolutionary after all.

Therefore, various means can only be used to limit the output of the traditional landlord-tenant production relationship.

It would be best if these landlords could not get enough benefits through such a simple and crude lease.

Only in this way can they have the motivation to carry out "capitalized management of land".

Don't push them.

No one wants to change easily.

In fact, the interests of traditional literati and bureaucrats in maintaining the rough production relationship of landlords and tenant farmers are largely related to their privileges.

If all the privileges owned by landlords and scholar-bureaucrats are exempted.

The "return on investment" that this kind of rough land management can get is quite limited!
After dropping the shock bomb of "Registration of Land Property Real Name System".

Emperor Zhu announced the end of the small court meeting, and then left several important officials to continue spending the meeting.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this property registration is another matter of offending people."

Gu Song said with some hesitation.

The real-name registration of this property must be offending people. After all, the landlords and Lao Cai at this time are all misers, and the silver is hidden in the cellar and moldy.

Seeing that the officials present were a little embarrassed.

Emperor Zhu smiled.

"Don't worry about this matter. Of course, I will not offend the scholar-bureaucrats to the death. What's more, what I do now is beneficial to the scholar-bureaucrats. I am also a scholar, and I can be regarded as a member of the scholar-officials. So what I do now What matters is that things are all planned for the scholars of the world."

Uh. What kind of scholar are you?

The Analects are incomplete.
The officials complained in their hearts.

But of course he didn't dare to say it out of his mouth.

"This registration of land property is for the [tax sharing system] to be implemented in the next step. I plan to implement the [tax law] so that there are rules to follow, laws to follow, and systems to support. In the future, everyone Follow the rules, and the benefits of the scholar-bureaucrats are indispensable. After all, everyone in the world knows that I, Ming Dynasty, share the world with the scholar-officials." Emperor Zhu said.

What is sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats
Everyone present knew that when Emperor Zhu said that, he must have severely offended the scholar-bureaucrats.

"Your Majesty, what is the tax-sharing system?"

Gu Song asked.

The corners of Emperor Zhu's mouth rose.

The tax-sharing system, of course, plagiarized the methods of later generations.

Later generations have experienced a period of rapid development for 40 consecutive years. During those 40 years, local officials spared no effort to try their best to expand finances, attract investment, and develop the local economy.

Every place can be said to be full of strength.

The first reason for this is, of course, that local officials are good public servants of the people and serve the people wholeheartedly.

In addition to this reason, there is also a little small reason.

That is interest!
The taxation of later generations is divided into central tax and local tax.

Most of the taxes brought about by real estate development and investment attraction are local taxes.

The more prosperous the local economy, the bigger the local financial plate.

Uh, no, local governments are trying their best to make money, and of course they are more motivated to serve the people.

If the local government pockets all the taxes it receives, and the local government can’t keep any of it, what energy can the local government have?
Take everything away.

There is no way to motivate!
at this point.

How could Emperor Zhu, who was so successful as a boss, not know?
Before the Ming Dynasty had not yet unified the world, various systems and systems had not been established, and some places were still under military control, and some places were still fighting.

In other places, bandits are everywhere, and local law and order are chaotic.

All these need to be sorted out by sending troops - Daming can't tolerate bandits, because the Ming court wants to recruit immigrants to go outside the customs and go to Nanyang, and bandits in the local area are completely obstacles.

And now.

Sichuan and the Central Plains are still sorting out.

But the eight provinces in the southeast can carry out the reform of the tax system first.

"I have had this idea for some years. The taxes of the Ming Dynasty are divided into local taxes and central taxes. The imperial court cannot take away everything from the localities. It is necessary to reserve a certain amount of tax revenue for the localities in order to better build the localities. The central taxation These are the three items of customs duty, interest tax, and salt tax. Local taxes are the four major items of commercial tax, land tax, mining tax, and stamp duty. The number of parliamentarians is large, and the local tax targets can only be stopped as long as they are completed. Even if their own finances cannot be self-sufficient and rely on subsidies from superiors and the court, they can still retain a certain amount of representation in parliaments at all levels. No tax, No representation!"

(End of this chapter)