I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 640
Officials only have framework and guiding opinions on tax reform. The actual formation of tax system edicts still needs to be completed by the cabinet in conjunction with relevant yamen.

Zhao Xi is now less and less concerned about specific affairs.The influence of the ruling philosophy, the balanced cabinet and the deliberation of state affairs, gave Zhao Xi the conditions to be a relaxed king.

This can be regarded as time-consuming and heavy-duty. Fu Bi took the lead in the affairs of the tax system and retention plan. In the first place, he convened the relevant yamen to combine the two.Letting professional people do professional things, Fu Bi has a good understanding of this aspect.

This is a complicated accounting process, but it has certain universality, so it can be simplified.

How should I put it, according to a complicated method, it should be necessary to first make statistics on the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties of the state dynasty and the three classes of government servants and other foreign officials, and then compare the tax revenue of each place, and then combine the two to calculate The specific retention standards and ratios are to ensure the salary standards of exile officials.

The so-called universality, generally speaking, the prefectures and counties with good economic conditions and good industrial development employ more foreign officials, while those places with bitter cold have relatively fewer government affairs, and the number of foreign officials is also natural. just less.

Therefore, the cabinet and the deliberative government directly adopted a simple method when discussing specific issues. According to the tax revenue of the local prefectures and counties, a certain percentage can be approved and retained.In addition, the state-level filing system has been implemented for exiled officials in counties and counties.

Considering that the accounting standard is calculated based on the previous tax system, the cabinet and the council also adopted a provisional method when negotiating, and the retention plan will be adjusted according to the situation after the implementation of the new tax system.

When Zhao Xi saw the minutes of the cabinet and the deliberations, he was really relieved, and it was issued without any changes.

Regardless of whether it is really applicable or not, Zhao Xi can afford even if the court loses money in one year.The point is that his set of governance philosophy has completely taken root in the minds of the courtiers.

Imperial edicts have always been issued and executed immediately. This time, Zhao Xi asked the imperial edict to clarify the specific execution time.This is for the convenience of quarterly statistics of tax revenue and expenditure.

At the same time, when the imperial decree was promulgated and implemented, the supervisory offices of all local prefectures and counties were required to supervise the process of canceling various exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes throughout the process.

This time, from the reform of the tax system to the promotion of local retention, all classes in the Manchu Dynasty should have a sense of gain.Of course, merchants are excluded.However, for merchants, they are used to paying taxes, and the track makes paying taxes in vain, and now the circulation tax is basically acceptable.

Zhao Xi has always been worried about the possibility of a decrease in the court's tax revenue and an increase in expenditure...
Xue Xiang also focused on the Royal Bank during this period, and almost implemented a ten-day reporting system so that officials can keep abreast of the operation of the tax reform.

"It's not a surprise."

It's already summer, and the new tax system has been implemented for three or four months. From the initial operation, Zhao Xi is still very satisfied.

"In terms of tax reform, it should be that the imperial court has greatly increased tax revenue. Coupled with the increasing income of the country's industry, this is a large amount of money and food. However, it is because of the local government's retention and support of officials that it has led to the current balance of income. .In fact, the court still lost money.”

The cabinet is paying attention to the tax reform, and what Han Qi said is indeed true.

"Mr. Han Ge's words are wrong. The imperial court supports Pingping, and the income of officials has not increased. This part of the court's loss has actually been transformed into the income of the people... no longer pay various miscellaneous items. Taxes are actually a reflection of increased revenue.”

Han Qi was too lazy to argue with Wang Anshi.The main reason is that what he said doesn't make sense at all.

This kind of debate is harmless, neither Zhao Xi nor Fu Bi stopped it.Today's discussion is not aimed at the effectiveness and retention of the tax reform. Xue Xiang, a state-owned temple, has detailed reports every month for the cabinet ministers to review.

All cabinet ministers understand the operation of the new tax system, and basically agree with the new tax system.As for whether to admit that this was initiated by Wang Anshi, that's another matter.

Today's cabinet discussion was convened by Zhao Xi in response to several consecutive heavy rains since the beginning of summer.

The Yellow River has always been a major problem for the country. After several heavy rains in summer, the water level of the Yellow River rose at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.Flood control is the most urgent government affairs at present.

In June of the eighth year of Qingli, the Yellow River diverted its course and broke through the Shanghu River in Chanzhou.Twelve years later, in the fifth year of Jiayou, the Yellow River burst through the lower reaches of Shanghu, diverted through Jinchao City, Guantao, Leling, and Wudi and entered the sea. This is the "Dongliu".

Since Jiayou five years ago, although the Yellow River has not experienced major flooding due to diversion, flood control has been carried out every year, and disasters have occurred every year.

Judging by the continuous heavy rain this year, the flood control situation is quite severe.The section of the Yellow River in Bianliang is completely suspended, and the height of the Yellow River embankment is far higher than that of Bianliang City.

"Officials, since the production of cement, the imperial court has been repairing the dam every year during the dry season, not only raising the height of the dam, but even directly rebuilding the weak link. With the firmness of the cement, the Bianliang dam is foolproof."

"Last year, in the east of Huazhou in Beiliu and east of Dongming in Dongliu, the local state capitals dredged the river beach. Although the rain this year is severe, I think there should be no danger because of the solid cement."

cement?Not to mention the unmarked cement of this era, even in later generations, real reinforced concrete dams have broken down.The ministers believed in cement, but Zhao Xi didn't dare to rest assured about cement.

"What did Si Tianjian say? How's the rainfall in Linfu and Hedong?"

The following weather conditions, as well as the amount of precipitation upstream, are the main factors that determine whether the Yellow River is in danger downstream.Zhao Xi had to be clear about this.

"Si Tianjian believes that the rain is unlikely to be relieved in the short term. According to reports from the two prefectures of Hedong Road and Linfu, it is also raining heavily on Hedong Road and Linfu!"

This is not good news.The atmosphere is a little heavy.Although the current Sitianjian is even more unpredictable than the weather forecasts of later generations, the situation of flood control is actually quite serious.

"Officials, the edict to notify the downstream state capital has been issued the day before yesterday. I believe the downstream local state capital will respond accordingly. The local state capital has certain experience in flood prevention every year."

Having said that, Fu Bi was also very worried. It should be said that all the cabinet ministers were a little worried.

It is impossible to know the situation further upstream. Judging from the situation in Hedong and Linfu, it is almost the entire Yellow River basin that has experienced heavy rain.

Next, not only the downstream problem, but Bianliang is also in danger.

Besides, it has been more than ten years since the first embankment was repaired with cement, and no one knows how long the cement will last.

"Dam patrol tomorrow!"

Zhao Xi still decided to go and see for himself.

(End of this chapter)