Today is the day when Yun'er is buried, but Ma Chao didn't go.
Because he has avenged Yun'er and truly takes Yun'er into his heart.
And, most importantly, Ma Chao felt that he was too shameless to see Yun'er and the unborn child for the last time.
Ma Chao left this matter to Aunt Liu with full authority.
But he stayed in the Sheriff's Mansion and began to review the documents three months after he left.
Before Ma Chao entered Chang'an, there were three things he cared about.
The first is whether the appointed county governors can promote the New Deal in Yongzhou; the second is the early emergence of the three-province and six-ministry system and whether it is suitable for the Ma family model; the third is the technology and trade management of salt purification.
But after seeing the summary report for the past three months, Ma Chao was a little dumbfounded.
Because it was already the beginning of winter, although the taxes in each county had been collected, the amounts had already been summed up.
But the numbers above made Ma Chao stunned.
In October of the third year of Chuping, Longxi County had a population of 116,743 and a tax of 32.57 million; Anding County had a population of 109,624 Everyone has a tax of 29.68 million yuan.
As for Guangwei County, Beidi County, Xinping County, Tianshui County, Fufeng County and other counties, the situation is similar.
The total annual income actually reaches 220,000 yuan.
One hundred and eighty thousand dollars Of course, it is undeniable that Fufeng County's population and taxation are the most prominent.
Fufeng was originally one of the three auxiliaries, with a large population, wealthy people and a strong county.
During this period, in addition to the new member of the Ma family joining Fufeng, they also suffered from the rebellion of Candidate and Cheng Yin.
Later, with the vigorous development of the Ma family, Fufeng's registered population has now reached more than 270,000 people, and its tax revenue has exceeded 890,000 yuan.
"Zidu Zidu" Ma Chao suddenly closed the report, shouted Meng Da's words loudly, and took a sip of water to suppress the slight shock in his heart.
"Lord, why do you call me humble?"
Meng Da was working in the outer room.
After hearing Ma Chao's call, he rushed in immediately.
While Ma Chao was away, Zhang Ji slightly renovated the governor's mansion.
He bought all the houses around the Sheriff's Mansion, and with the cooperation of Han Feng, he invited the bricklayers and carpenters from the arsenal to re-plan the layout of the Sheriff's Mansion based on future office conditions, making Fufeng County The county governor's mansion suddenly became the political center of the Ma family.
Among them, the planning of the county governor's office basically refers to the office layout of the arsenal.
In addition to paying attention to timeliness and practicality, the three provincial departments and the official department are also specially divided into separate office areas.
And a hall is reserved for state meetings.
And Ma Chao, the actual helmsman of Yongzhou, naturally has his most luxurious office.
There is only one wall between his office and the Ministry of Secretariat.
The only way to achieve communication is to shout, which greatly improves the efficiency of the Ma family government.
Regarding this change, Ma Chao was more and more impressed by Zhang Ji's construction and transformation level, and he had great plans to make him the number one figure in the Ministry of Industry.
However, everything needs to be done step by step at the moment, and the real business is to understand these reports first.
"Zi Du, is this report true?"
Ma Chao handed the report to Meng Da and motioned for him to sit down and talk.
Meng Da flipped the pages back and forth several times, and after a cursory glance, he answered: "My lord, the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have been conducting assessments in various counties since the autumn harvest.
There shouldn't be much difference.
However, there are too many people available to the Ma family at present.
It is possible that there may be some minor mistakes.
However, with the assessment and promotion standards specified by you, these officials should not dare to risk beheading to do such a disgraceful thing."
"So, this report is true" Ma Chao asked again, expecting to get the reply prepared by Meng Da.
"It's natural.
This year is the first year that Ma Jiading settled in Yongzhou.
Even though the investigation is a little slow, the number is absolutely true."
Meng Da saw Ma Chao's look and naturally knew the reason, and couldn't help laughing.
He smiled and said: "To be honest, my lord, when I saw this number, I didn't sleep for several days."
"Oh" Ma Chao took a long breath and showed a knowing smile: When he came back, Ma Chao was still worried that the gold and jewelry he robbed from Chang'an would not be enough for him to squander, but he never thought that in just one year, he would Our golden rooster has actually started laying golden eggs.
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In fact, it is no wonder that Ma Chao was so shocked and excited.
You must know that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the total population of the Han Dynasty was only 50 million, and the annual tax revenue was only more than 20 billion.
And he, from Yongzhou, actually took over one-tenth of the taxes of the thirteen states of Han Dynasty.
How could this not make Ma Chao shocked and excited?
Ordinarily, one-tenth of the tax is only a meager amount, but don't forget that Ma Chao is located in Yongzhou.
That desolate Yongzhou with only more than 400,000 people two years ago and only a few billion in taxes has now experienced a small After a small influx of refugees and two years of painstaking development, the state has turned into a state with more than 700,000 people and a tax revenue of 22.8 billion.
This change, I have to say, is beyond Ma Chao's surprise.
"Zidu, I just made an estimate.
There are more than 700,000 people in the state, and the tax is as high as more than 20 billion."
At this point, Ma Chao was troubled by the ancients' inability to adapt figures, and couldn't help but change his mind. : "In the future, these units of measurement will be changed to billions."
"I obey your lord's instructions."
Meng Da was actually worried about this unit of measurement, because from this point of view, Yongzhou's tax revenue would definitely exceed tens of millions, and it would be really a headache to use hundreds of thousands or millions to copy it by then. .
"Based on this, the people of Yongzhou have to bear more than 300 yuan in taxes each year.
How can the people of Yongzhou afford such a high tax?"
Ma Chao couldn't help but feel sad when he said this.
Because in this era, a rich man could buy two cooking cakes, which was basically equivalent to one dollar in later generations.
Ordinarily, paying only three hundred yuan in taxes a year is too trivial for future generations.
But this was the late Han Dynasty, and each person's annual income was less than a thousand yuan.
And this also includes vulnerable groups such as the elderly, women and children.
Such taxes are still too heavy for a family.
Of course, Ma Chao also knows that Yongzhou's taxation is already the lowest among the Han states.
After all, the Ma family is the most resolute and comprehensive in suppressing land annexation and imposing excessive taxes.
Before the Ma family settled Yongzhou, the taxes that one hundred people had to pay included, in addition to the two land taxes, the land tax and the crop tax, there were also head taxes such as household tax, oral tax, calculation tax, replacement tax, and donation fee. , In addition, there are vehicle and vessel tax, money tax, income tax, livestock tax, customs duties, mineral tax, fishery tax, city rent and business tax, etc.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, assuming that a family owned thirty acres of land, their income that year was just enough to pay taxes.
Even basic food and clothing cannot be guaranteed.
Coupled with land annexation and natural disasters, the people have no other way to survive except rebellion.
In view of this, Ma Chao canceled most of the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
At the same time, in order to ensure population growth and the development of the commodity economy, he only levied three taxes: land tax, head tax, and commercial income tax.
The charging unit was five baht per year.
There is also a new type of tax that is only levied once.
But even so, Ma Chao calculated that the annual income of a household in Yongzhou was only 6,000 yuan.
After excluding food and clothing, there was basically nothing left.
"Don't worry, my lord, you may not have looked carefully at the sources of taxation."
Mengda turned over the report in his hand and showed it to Ma Chao: "Most of Yongzhou's annual taxes come from commercial income tax.
Since you encourage commercial trade Later, the commercial trade in Yongzhou broke out.
With the rapid development, most of the famous families turned to business, and most of the tax revenue came from the business income of these famous families, and the annual harvest of the people only accounted for one-third of these taxes, ensuring a year of food and clothing.
Still no problem.”
"This is very good."
Ma Chao nodded, feeling that he had done some good things after coming to ancient times.
"Not good, very bad."
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the door, denying Ma Chao's efforts.
Ma Chao looked up and saw that it was Yang Fu who had come in. s: Is there anything else to say and how many tears have to be shed by the boy?
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