Chapter 155 Things that Wang Anshi can't do

"The national hero is unparalleled!"

In the secret room, Zhu Di stood up with a chair.

Jian Yi and Ru Wei could only remain silent at this time.

Jiang Xinghuo is a true wise man!

This is a crush completely from the thinking level.

Let them be convinced.

Originally, they thought Jiang Xinghuo wanted to allocate part of the old tax and leave it to the local area as a local tax.

Of course, it will reduce central taxes while aggravate local centrifugal forces.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Xinghuo’s idea is to take all the winners!

I am the winner, I want all of these 100 silver coins!

As for the remaining two players, find the 101st silver coin for you, and you can go and play.

However, it should be noted that this 101st silver coin is not just a silver coin, but the front and back sides of the silver coin.

Regardless of family separation, the local government pays household registration tax every year.

Split up the family, pay a high percentage of the fair tax on the family division at one time.

What? Do you think local governments will join forces with gentry and do not collect these taxes?

wrong!

The reason why local governments were in love with the gentry in the past was because the target of their joint game was the court!

The court took money from their hands!

Only when their positions are consistent will they join forces to deal with the court!

Now, the court left a new silver coin for the local government.

This new silver coin needs to be picked up by the gentry by himself!

And this is the fundamental conflict of interest!

What should I do if I don’t pick this silver coin from the gentry? How can I pay so many officials’ money?

As for whether the money will eventually be passed on to the poor.

Jian Yi and Ru Wei think, no!

Because Jiang Xinghuo cut off this possibility from the perspective of institutional design. More importantly, if the central and local secondary tax systems were followed in the late Tang Dynasty, the central government would definitely not be less supervision!

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"I finally understand the deep reason why Mr. Jiang used the example of the late Tang Dynasty."

Natsuharaki opposite also thought of this at the same time.

Looking at Zhu Gaoxu who was confused, Xia Yuanji explained.

"The reform demands of the Tang Ting Central Committee at the fiscal and taxation system are mainly to consolidate the centralization of the Tang Ting and weaken the local tax power. This demand is concentrated in the two tax laws, which is reflected in the central government's dominance and the use of 'budget quota management' to regulate and manage local revenue and expenditure budgets."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand, Xia Yuanji explained carefully.

"From the perspective of budget revenue and expenditure, the two-tax three-part law only stipulates the three-level fiscal allocation method. Specifically, the quota standard is determined by the central government's special commission of promotion and demotion envoy and local officials, on the principle of "using expenditure to determine income", the total quota of budget revenue for the two-tax, as well as the budget revenue and expenditure quota of the two-tax budget, as well as the budget revenue and expenditure quota of the two-tax tax, on the principle of "using expenditure to determine income","

"In addition to the quota management, the Tang court has also established a corresponding system to supervise the budget expenditures at the envoy and state levels. For budget expenditures at the envoy level, a censor supervision system is established. If anyone violates the budget expenditures without authorization, the censor may impeach the court; for the state-level budget expenditures, a dual system of censor supervision and comparison departments (under the Ministry of Justice and is an audit department) is established to monitor the budget expenditures at the state level, and to audit accounts at the end of each year."

"In this way, the Tang court central government restricted both the "income" and "spending" lines of local finance. It is no secret that in the process of determining the quota, especially the quota, the Tang court central government adopted the method of budget revenue and expenditure to control the quota, and used relevant systems to audit and supervise local budget revenue and expenditure, mainly to limit local financial power and show its own dominance. It is indeed an effective premise that the Tang court central government can control these places, rather than separatist areas of the vassal states."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu understood.

To put it bluntly, how to budget, inspect and manage the secondary structure of central tax and local tax.

In fact, those capable ministers and officials from the late Tang Dynasty had already given a method!

What the Ming Dynasty needed to do was to build two new taxes, namely "progressive household registration tax" and "partition notarization tax", which was equivalent to digging out a piece of meat bone from the body of a gentry and throwing it on the ground, so that the local government could chew it.

As for whether the two will fight?

It’s better to fight, otherwise how can the central power play a role in checks and balances?

It would be great if the local governments cooperate to fight against the central government?

And as for whether the gentry will rebel because of this?

Stop making trouble, everyone has a great career, but it is far from that point. Isn’t it the rebellion of any dynasty and era that only rise up after the mud legs can’t survive?

"So, if we really want to change it, Daming just needs to copy it?"

“It’s true.”

Jiang Xinghuo nodded.

"The first point is that the tax game between the central and local governments is like this."

"Next, let's talk about the second point, which is the tax game between the central government and the gentry."

"Unlike the progressive tax of household registration and notarization tax for the division of household registration, there is no trick to take in the tax game between the central government and the gentry."

After listening, Xia Yuanji suddenly spoke.

"Can this article be implemented?"

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"The peaks are like gathering, the waves are like anger, the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road. Looking at the western capital, I feel hesitant and sad about the Qin and Han dynasties. The palaces and cities have made the land, and the people suffer; the people suffer when they die!"

Jian Yiyi sighed with some meaning.

However, his advice only ended here, and he didn't dare to say anything extra.

Zhu Di didn't know yet that this heavenly official was advising him not to think about touching the gentry.

Otherwise, the gentry will most likely pass on the taxes the court wants to add to them to the people during grassroots operations.

By then, the court will do bad things with kindness, which will increase the burden on the people.

But making money is a big deal for Zhu Di!

"Yongle Encyclopedia": Moving the capital to Beijing and digging the Grand Canal, which one does not require money?

Originally, Zhu Di's method of making money was no different from that of the kings of all dynasties, and he suffered the people.

However, Zhu Di now knows that there is a way for the people to make money without suffering.

So, Zhu Di became confident.

In the past, Zhu Di could not refuse the sarcasm of civil servants.

At this moment, Zhu Di started to strode his palm.

"good!"

"Shangshu Jian said it well!"

"The people are suffering; the people are suffering when they die!" Zhu Di said with a smile, "So I think Jiang Xinghuo can definitely propose a way to avoid the people's suffering and collect more taxes for the court. It seems that the Secretary Jian also means this!"

Zhu Di pretended not to understand.

Jian Yi's expression changed.

Habitually urging the king is the tradition of civil servants.

Anyway, the emperor can't say anything if he takes the people as an excuse.

That's how it is. The emperor has to spend money to do things, and he has to collect taxes. If he wants to collect taxes, he can only collect agricultural taxes, so he can only suffer the people.

Don’t even think about collecting money from the gentry!

In the end, the emperor was sorry to the people.

This logical chain of civil servants has been going on for thousands of years.

But after hearing Zhu Di's words and thinking about Jiang Xinghuo's previous sentence "The gentry and gentry collected food together" and Jian Yi couldn't help but tremble.

This is because the difficulty of tax reform does not lie in the tax plan itself.

But in.

——Imperial power will not go to the countryside!

It is precisely because of this that two important officials of the country, Jian Yi and Ru Wei, believe that Jiang Xinghuo may be able to come up with a solution.

But it is impossible to solve the problem!

The fact that the imperial power went to the countryside has not been able to do it for thousands of years. Why can you, Jiang Xinghuo?

Can it be done by moving your mouth?

Any normal person who comes here will make the same judgment, which is simply normal.

"Your Majesty." Ru Wei added: "And there is another question. I dare to advise you not to estimate it too optimistic."
To be continued...