Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 282 Posting Feisa
After Piandian and Shao Zhi exchanged good opinions, Chen Yunfu had a lot of confidence in his heart. At the resumption cabinet meeting, Chen Yunfu first raised his own ideas.

"Using the stepped tax law as the first transitional policy, local tenants and tenants will rent instead of buying, and the difference will be made up by the court officials."

Many people were relieved by Chen Yunfu's proposal.

Everyone is afraid that Chen Yunfu will take a big step, and directly play the restoration of the well field system or Wang Mang's royal land system, and nationalize the land in the world. Then the world will be in chaos, and there will be rebels everywhere.

Although the stepped tax law is quite ruthless, it is not without precedent in history. For example, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the land was divided into Koufen land and Yongye land. In addition, there are tax-free land unique to the official class. There is a specific numerical limit, and the excess is also taxed.

This is the original prototype of the ladder tax law.

Collecting land taxes in different proportions according to the quantity and scale is a form of macro-policy to suppress land mergers, and it is far weaker than Wang Mang's royal land system in terms of radicality.

From a long-term perspective, Wang Mang's Wangtian system is obviously the best policy, but the prerequisites are very harsh.

That is, Comrade Wang Mang must have enough ability to kill all the powerful, gentry, and landlord classes in the world, and at the same time ensure that his internal officials and generals are also selfless proletarians.

If these two points cannot be achieved, the world will inevitably be in chaos, and groups will attack.

What Old Wang dared to do, Chen Yunfu didn't dare to do now, and he didn't want to destroy the current harmonious and stable situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Our Daming household registration and field mu continue to use two books. The household registration is called the yellow book, and the field is called the fish scale book. Both the yellow book and the fish scale book are approved every ten years. Whether it is the Ding corvee or the two taxes every year, they are all set in the Tang Dynasty. Under the two-tax system, at the same time supplemented by the grain long system to subsidize fire consumption.

Today, Benfu has specially invited a grain chief who is most proficient in land tax for you, that is Zhejiang grain chief Yan Zhenzhi, Shiqi, please come to Yan grain chief. "

Yang Shiqi responded, stepped out of the Wenhua Palace, and walked in with a middle-aged man about 30 years old after a short while.

Everyone couldn't help looking.

No one knows the name Yan Zhenzhi.

Especially Shao Zhi, he is more familiar with it.

The case of Weng Junbo back then, together with the Guo Huan case and the Kongyin case that followed, were exposed only after Yan Zhenzhi, Yan Daliang, bravely reported and exposed.

"Caomin Yan Zhenzhi, please refer to the young master and all the elders."

Yan Zhenzhi was dressed in white, and when he met a group of central government officials, he lifted his robe and bowed down immediately, but his expression and posture were not nervous in all aspects, and he looked like a general.

"Please get up."

Chen Yunfu raised his hand to avoid the ceremony, and at the same time called Yang Shiqi and said: "Show a seat for Chief Yan Liang."

Yan Zhen thanked him directly, and sat about five steps away from the round table of the cabinet, looking upright and serious.

"Zhejiang is not only the province with the most Dingkou in our Ming Dynasty, but also the province with the highest land tax in our Ming Dynasty. Let's talk about the Dingtian tax law. It is shocking that the Zhejiang grain chief has the most say. Therefore, Benfu long ago Discussed with Zhenzhi, this time before returning to Beijing from Shandong, Benfu had already sent someone to invite Zhenzhi from Zhejiang."

Sure enough, Chen Yunfu had already planned to move the land.

Everyone understood in their hearts, knowing that Chen Yunfu's incident today was not groundless, but had been prepared for a long time.

"Next, let's listen to Zhenzhi and talk about it together."

Yan Zhen stood up straight, saluted and spoke loudly.

"Nowadays, the tax laws of the imperial court are all determined according to the number of the yellow book and the fish scale book.

Ding corvee system: For a household with two dings, one ding is a corvee; for a household with three or more dings, one ding is a corvee, and one ding is a military household.

Tax law system: Farmers are taxed at [-] mu, students are exempt from tax on [-] mu, officials are exempt from tax on [-] mu, and tenants and tenants pay [-] mu of surplus property in addition to rent and tax.

With such two systems, there are many folks who adopt their stepchildren and entrust their fields.

On the other hand, tenants and tenants are taxed heavily and suffer unspeakably.

Every year, the land tax is escorted to Beijing, and the waste on the road is borne by the grain chiefs of the provinces. Every county has a grain chief who owns more than [-] mu of land. It shall be borne by the provincial food chief.

Caomin is the head of grain in Zhejiang. In short, all counties in Zhejiang Province without a county-level grain chief will be counted by the grassroots.

As a result, those who owned more than [-] mu of land in each county, in order not to be the head of the grain, scattered the fields one after another, or handed over the land to the students of the same county, which is called Feisa.

Posting and spraying are all behaviors derived from the local government to avoid taxes. "

Speaking of this step, Yan Zhenzhi stopped talking.

Chen Yunfu looked around at the cabinet ministers and said, "Everyone understands?"

In the vernacular, all the meanings are vividly written on the paper, there is no reason why they can't understand, everyone nodded.

"At the beginning of the year, we re-counted Dingkou and Tianmu. The reason for counting is that today, how many people and how many acres of land there are in each province. Now it is clear at a glance. Everyone can see clearly. The invisible losses of the country, the so-called "reasonable tax avoidance" and the escaping land taxes and ding corvees are exactly how many."

Chen Yunfu twirled the jade ring on his little finger, lowered his eyes and said: "Postposting, flying, adopting, the common people, gentry, and landlords have tried everything to avoid corvee and pay taxes. If there is a way, in the next 50 or 100 years, the Ministry of Household Affairs may not be able to get rid of it."

After saying this, Chen Yunfu looked at Qi De, who was in charge of the household department. At this time, it was Qi De who said a few words.

Qi De was very upset with Yan Zhenzhi.

You say that you are a majestic Zhejiang grain chief, and that you are incomparably rich may be an exaggeration, but you are definitely a wealthy family. Why do you have nothing to do with a 'class traitor' like Chen Yunfu?

What about flying, posting, I, Zide, can't understand at all, well, where did you make up these terms.

"Although Yan Zhenzhi is the grain chief of Zhejiang Province, he is a white man after all, and what he said is probably guesswork. Today is the cabinet office meeting. In such a serious place, it would be too childish for a white man to come and talk about it."

Chen Yunfu raised his brows, and suddenly asked: "How much property does Qi Ge old have under his name?"

Zid fell silent.

Yang Shiqi behind him followed suit: "Young master, the record on file at the Tongzheng Envoy is 35 hectares."

Chen Yunfu snorted: "That's [-] acres, that's not right. This supplement remembers that when Mr. Qi Ge was just released from the Yuan Dynasty, he didn't talk about his family, but he didn't have much ancestral property. His Majesty was still the crown prince back then. At that time, Liu Qi Ge lived in the East Palace for a long time.

Mr. Qi Ge, in just a few years as an official, you have [-] mu of land. You are really a good housekeeper. "

Sweat began to flow from Zid's forehead.

"Shiqi, tell everyone here how much property is under the name of Honsuke."

Yang Shiqi said proudly: "You elders, under the name of the young master, there is not even an acre of land!"

Zid suddenly cursed in his heart.

Of course you don’t, your annual salary is more than 1000 shi, and the Duke’s [-] shi, you need a piece of land.

It really doesn't hurt to stand and talk.

"Young teacher is a high-spirited and honest man, and he is really a role model for us as officials." Shao Zhi followed up directly, and then squinted at Qi De: "Old Qi Ge has owned [-] acres of land in just a few years. I don’t know how many of them are post fields.”

Inside the Wenhua Hall, there was a sudden silence.

Everyone looked at Zid, waiting for the latter's explanation.

(End of this chapter)