Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 263
The mobilization of the army was very fast, but the people in the officialdom seemed a little at a loss. The orders were still those orders, but the office that issued them was no longer the cabinet, but the staff office. Obviously, the power of the staff office was at this moment. After being manifested, many people feel that a bad premonition is coming, but there is no good way.

Zhu Houzhao has been sitting in the staff office for the next few days, with one purpose, that is to preside over the work of the staff office, to ensure that no one is obedient.

Things went smoothly, because it was not the first time that the imperial court had done these things, and everyone was familiar with it, but the government office that was issued was changed from the cabinet to the staff office, which made many people feel unacceptable for a while, but also It doesn't matter too much, but it can be accepted after a little adaptation.

The army officially set off three days later, and Wang Shouren led the army to the northern border, and the matter was considered to be over.

Although Zhu Houzhao wanted to go very much, he no longer needed to be on the expedition, and it was not suitable to be in Beijing at this time.

So what is Zhu Houzhao going to do?The answer is simple, he wants to set up a new tax office, separate the tax office from the civil service system, and operate it independently.You must know that in the current Ming Dynasty, civil servants are responsible for collecting taxes. Most of the time, these people are not doing anything. Although nobles and vassal kings from all over the country have to pay taxes, the biggest resistance to private tax collection is the gentry.

Hiding land is what they often do. To make them pay taxes, the first thing is to check the land.

However, it was not the first time that Da Ming had done land investigations and cracked down on hidden lands. Zhang Juzheng later did it more thoroughly, but what was the result?After a few years, the old view has not been restored, and the reason is very simple, because the gentry group is collecting taxes.Do you think he will take it seriously if he collects his own tax?Those who collect taxes must change.

The method Zhu Houzhao is going to adopt is a separate tax system, and the office funds of the local government are allocated according to needs, that is, financial allocations.

Disbursements are made according to the differences between the lower counties, middle counties and upper counties. There are quotas for these. In addition, if you need special expenses, you have to make a report. After the imperial court investigates, it is determined that the money needs to be spent. Only then will it be allocated to the local government, and all the messy things will be nationalized and controlled by the new tax office.

Because of the current official system in Ming Dynasty, the quota of each county government is very small, that is to say, there are very few people who are paid by the imperial court, and most of them are temporary workers.

The imperial court did not bear the wages of these temporary workers, and the officials basically paid for it themselves. Once the power to collect taxes was cut off, the local officials probably would not even be able to pay their salaries, let alone embezzling taxes.Under such circumstances, Zhu Houzhao naturally had to allocate a certain amount of tax, that is, financial allocation, and the scale was for the court to control.

In addition, the tax is collected by a special tax office, which can avoid changing the upper field to the lower field, and the lower field to the upper field.

In the current Ming Dynasty, the imperial court only examines the total amount of tax revenue. There are too many things that can be done below, and there is no proper supervision, which makes taxation extremely troublesome.Zhu Houzhao wants to break this cage and make taxation independent. If the tax office is corrupt and collects taxes indiscriminately, the people can go to the local officials to sue, forming supervision and checks and balances.

In addition, self-examination and supervision within the tax office must also be established, and anyone who is corrupt and breaks the law will be severely punished.

Zhu Houzhao's knife was going to be cut on the heads of the gentry, but it can't work now, so he can only talk about the matter with the nobles and the vassal kings everywhere.

Of course, in Zhu Houzhao’s view, this tax office must be a semi-military organization. The template for its establishment is the US Internal Revenue Service, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Finance. In 1862, President Lincoln and then Congress created the Internal Revenue Service and income tax to pay for the war.

Zhu Houzhao liked that sentence very much, "Only death and tax payment are eternal in this world." Zhu Houzhao wanted to give this sentence to the gentry of Ming Dynasty.

In the United States, the IRS, also known as the Internal Revenue Service, is pervasive and known as "the most feared government department in the United States", and its power exceeds that of the Department of Defense and the CIA.Be aware that the IRS can be armed to collect taxes.It means that those tax officials are armed with guns in their hands to enforce the law. If the affairs personnel ask you to pay taxes, you will try every means to escape and not hand them in.Then maybe they won't tell you much, and just put the gun on your forehead.

What Zhu Houzhao wanted was such a yamen. In Daming, it is absolutely impossible for you not to come here. Zhu Houzhao plans to train 3000 backbones from the Black Dragon Army to set up the National Taxation Bureau of Daming.

These 3000 people are aimed at the nobles and the vassal kings and clans of various places. They will continue to expand in the future, and they will also be recruited from Jinyiwei and Dongchang to form a huge tax department. In a word, if you want to pay no taxes, then You just go to hell.Once this yamen is in operation, Zhu Houzhao will set up a special tax school to train special tax officials.

Of course, this yamen can also be promoted, and the officer in charge of the taxation department is the title of servant of the household department, similar to Qi You back then.

After thinking about everything, Zhu Houzhao went straight to Qianqing Palace, he was going to discuss this matter with his father.

When Zhu Youtang saw his son, his mood was momentarily depressed. These days, his son was preparing for the army's expedition, and he came back just after a few days of silence.However, Zhu Youtang still intends to listen to what his son has to say. If it is a big deal, he will refuse it. There are a lot of things going on this year, and Zhu Youtang doesn't want his son to do any big things.

"Father!" Zhu Houzhao bowed and saluted after seeing Zhu Youtang, with a very respectful attitude, and there was no sign of trouble on his face.

"Excuse me!" Zhu Youtang nodded, motioning for his son to excuse himself, then pointed to a stool not far away and said, "Sit down and talk!"

Zhu Houzhao stood up quickly, then walked to the front of the stool and sat down, then said: "Father, I have something to talk to my father today!"

There is no way to go around this kind of thing, so Zhu Houzhao simply said directly: "I want to talk to my father about the taxation of honor and relatives this time, and I think that this time honor and relatives take the initiative to invite taxation. Zhuangtian tax, this is loyalty to Daming, this loyalty can be learned from time to time, and the imperial court cannot chill their hearts."

Zhu Youtang looked at his son, stroked his beard, and felt very relieved, because what his son said was really good.

Of course, what Zhu Youtang appreciates more is his son's shameless spirit. Don't you know what happened to Xungui and Xungui's request to pay the estate tax?But when you are an emperor, you have to put your face aside!

(End of this chapter)