Bi Ziyan said: "Your Majesty, if you don't collect taxes for ten years, wouldn't it be a bit too much?"
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "How is the tax revenue of the imperial court now compared to before?"
Bi Ziyan replied: "Agricultural taxes have been slightly increased, and commercial taxes have exceeded agricultural taxes.
However, commercial taxes are now encountering some resistance in some places.
Reports from below show that some people have begun to evade taxes, and there are too few tax police." , somewhat powerless.”
A tax department with one hundred tax police officers in charge of a state does seem a bit small in some areas with more developed commerce.
Zhu Youxiao asked: "Does Bi Qing mean to recruit more tax police?"
Bi Ziyan hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, it was decided that one tax department should have one hundred tax policemen, but states are divided into big and small, rich and poor.
In some states, one hundred tax policemen are more than enough, while in some states, they are very nervous.
Can’t take care of enough places.”
Zhu Youxiao said strangely: "Isn't that very simple?
According to the size of the state, the rich and the poor, we recruit different numbers of tax police.
Do I still have to decide such a problem?"
Bi Ziyan said: "His Majesty said that day that the Department of Taxation would have one hundred tax policemen.
This is an imperial edict.
Of course we must strictly abide by it."
Zhu Youxiao loved this evil feudal society to death, especially since he was the emperor.
He thought for a while and said: "Please pay attention in the future.
When I said there were one hundred tax policemen in one state, I said it casually without careful consideration.
You should have raised objections at that time, so as to avoid the emergence of tax policemen like today."
A situation where power is biased.”
Bi Ziyan said: "Your Majesty's golden words are decisive.
Of course, I should obey them."
Zhu Youxiao understood what he meant and said with a smile: "I won't talk about specific matters in the future.
You can formulate regulations and determine the number based on the actual situation.
That's great."
Bi Ziyan said: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, and I will bow to you."
Zhu Youxiao asked: "If we don't pay taxes for ten years, do we need to consider modifications?"
Bi Ziyan said: "This is His Majesty's grace.
Naturally, there is no need to modify it.
Moreover, this can indeed encourage land reclamation and increase food production."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Let Li Chaoqin take care of the agricultural cooperatives.
He has managed it well during this period.
The Ministry of Household Affairs will be responsible for registration of land reclamation.
Let Dongchang take care of tax evasion."
Let’s help with the investigation first and recruit the tax police at the same time.
If this matter requires a heavy fine, just fine it.
Oh, by the way, Bi Qing, how much fine do you think is appropriate?”
Bi Ziyan said: "An overcorrection must be excessive.
I think a twenty-fold fine should be more of a deterrent.
There must be a few people who are punished to the point of ruining their fortunes, in order to have the effect of warning others."
Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to impose a fine of two to three times, but he didn't want Bi Ziyan to impose a fine of 20 times.
The general commercial tax rate is half, and if it was 20 times, the entire industry would be confiscated.
The tax rate for mining industries such as coal mines has been adjusted last time, and it is generally 10%.
If the penalty is 20 times, it will really cost you everything to pay off the tax.
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Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear it, but he also understood that if things didn't go well at the beginning and established a good rule, it would be a mess later, so he sighed and agreed with Bi Ziyan's opinion.
Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, the weather is changing and we don't have enough food ourselves, so can we sell less food to the Mongols?"
This refers to the issue of Shi Yuanya's trading company exchanging grain and utensils for Mongolian wool.
Zhu Youxiao said: "According to the report from Jinyiwei, the food we sold to the Mongols did not go to the slaves, so there is no need to worry about capitalizing on the enemy.
And now we are using this method to restrain the Mongols, so we can't By the way, how is our catching of big fish in the sea near Ezo Island going?"
Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, the fishing fleet has already set off, but as for making soap, the students in the institute are still perfecting the manufacturing process."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Fishing is used in three aspects.
One is the manufacture of candles, the second is the manufacture of soap, and the third is to provide food.
Many parts of the big fish's body are edible, pickled with salt After that, it can be transported as food.”
He concluded: "Try every means to ensure food reserves.
Treat the next year as a disaster year and be prepared at any time.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and everything else is empty.
Only food is real.
No If you have food to eat, you are not far from rebellion.”
Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, it is of course good to prevent problems before they are burned, but it will not reach the point where there is no food to eat as your Majesty said.
It is better to ban grain-based wine making nationwide, which can also save some food."
Regarding the prohibition of alcohol, Zhu Youxiao has always been opposed to it, because he knew that the final result of the prohibition of alcohol in the United States was not good, and it only led to the mass production and trafficking of illegal alcohol.
So he thought for a while and said: "Can we just increase the tax rate on grain wine, increase it significantly, for example, increase it to several times or dozens of times the original amount, and at the same time vigorously crack down on private wine making?
This should reduce the use of grain wine, and will Some people use other things instead of grain to make wine, and the result is the same."
Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty's proposal, I think it is very good.
But the investigation of illegal liquor must be done carefully, otherwise it will end up enriching those who make illegal liquor."
Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, I must do this well and not let a jar of private wine appear on the market."
Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, the food problem is nothing more than increasing production and saving.
Increasing production is the main one, so I believe that if we improve production and expand reclamation, the basic problem will be solved. " Ye Xianggao said: "In fact, when there were famines in history, a large part of the factors were due to the untimely transportation of food, and it was not a real shortage of food.
Therefore, the old minister thought that we should closely monitor the food reserves in various places and be ready at any time to move from food-producing areas to poor-harvest areas."
Only by transporting food to the district can people starve to death.”
This is indeed true.
Most of the famines in Chinese history were caused by improper distribution of food, which led to large-scale deaths.
Zhu Youxiao understood this, but he also knew that in the late Ming Dynasty, due to the impact of the Little Ice Age, food harvests were poor, so preparations in all aspects to prevent people from starving to death were the most important tasks at the moment.
In the end, all ministers discussed and decided that from increasing production to expanding planting area, reducing food waste, importing food from abroad, replacing part of the food with fish and meat, there will be dedicated personnel responsible for each line, and a multi-pronged approach will be taken to ensure the production and transportation of food.
There is enough food for all the people in the world to survive the severe harvest that may occur
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