The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 194 Da Sima Is Very Busy (Part [-])
"Little brother pays homage to elder brother, long time no see, elder brother seems to have lost a lot of weight."

"Hey, all kinds of things are going on all day long, and I can't sleep all night. It's no wonder I'm not thin."

"Hehehe, brother, you are the only one like this. Back then, Sima Jiang went to work drunk all day long. As for General Fei, Cao Shuang's [-] troops had already reached Xingshi, and he was still fighting against the executive in Fucheng. General Shen (Lai Min) plays chess. So, relax, relax."

"Hey, these two really can't learn. Well, let's stop talking, Jian Wushuang, how is your autumn harvest in Zitong County this year?"

"Very good. A lot of captives were placed in the year before last, plus last year's household tax check. There are now 12 people under the administration of Zitong County. These people have a total of 180 million mu of grain fields under their names. Harvesting will start again this year. Taxes, a total of 37 shi of land taxes should be collected. All have been paid in full and put into the treasury.”

"Very good, what about the household tax and the calculated tax?"

"Well, there are 31 households in the county, 850 households in the middle, and 900 households in the middle. The rest are low households. A total of more than 200 million household taxes have been collected. As for the poll tax, this is really not much, only about [-] million yuan. "

"Okay." Guan Yi was also very satisfied when he saw the simplicity and memorization of all kinds of data in Zitong County: "The envoy of the Jin Kingdom has already set off from Hanzhong to Chengdu, and I have to do it immediately for my brother." Hurry back to Chengdu. Time is short, and there are a few things I need to tell you to pay attention to."

"Here, please show me, brother."

"The first thing is that Zitong is the main traffic route between Chengdu Plain and Hanzhong. Therefore, Zitong is the main construction site for the flying cable project that I will start next year. You have to carry out a survey of the population in the county in advance. Get to the bottom of it. When the time comes, I will give you an order, and you must send me [-] migrant workers immediately."

"Hiss~~ brother, the construction will start in January next year, how long will it take to finish? Don't delay the spring plowing, right?"

"Try not to delay. If you delay the spring plowing, Brother Wei will subsidize you by drawing grain from the warehouse in Chengdu. Anyway, there are more than 700 million shi of grain stored in the warehouse in Chengdu now. You know, Brother Wei doesn't like having too much in his hand. money."

"Follow the order. Brother must make all the preparations. Make sure that the work can start quickly. Well, after the autumn harvest this year, I will let Zhanfei train the pavilion chiefs first, so that the construction period should be shortened."

"Very good. The second thing, I have already discussed with Boyao and Boyu before I came out. From now on, the pig industry chain in Fuling County will mainly supply Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Yizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou Here, it is mainly supplied by Zitong County."

"Oh! Brother, do you mean that I am allowed to build another pig industry chain in Zitong County?"

"Yes. Our candles, soaps, fruit wine and many other products have been in short supply. Now it's time to rebuild a production base. Boyu has prepared 1000 breeding pigs and [-] sows for you. Now you should start from Fuling County has started shipping. In addition, [-] skilled workers from various workshops have been transferred to you. What you have to do is..."

"Thank you, brother. My brother will immediately send people to start building the house and recruit workers."

"Good, start-up capital or something, I will allocate [-] million to you in the name of the Fuxing Society. I will return it after the autumn harvest next year. Is there any problem?"

"Hahahaha, brother really underestimates me. Although I can't compare to Dinglie in raising pigs, in business, apart from brother, who else can compare to me?"

"That's true."

"It's just elder brother, younger brother is not asking for trouble. What younger brother means is that Hanzhong is closer to the state of Jin, isn't it? And Dinglie has worked hard all the way for so many years, won't you do him some good in Berkshire?"

"Wu Shuang thinks this way. It can be seen that he puts the interests of my Fuxing Society and the brotherhood above self-interest. I am very grateful for my brother. But they all have their own tasks. The order is in Hanzhong. The main thing is to practice soldiers, horses, Build a granary to prepare grain. Prepare for the future Northern Expedition. Boyu continued to do a good job in the pig industry chain in Fuling, Chengzuo did a good job in salt production and high-grade wine production in Jiangyang, and Guowei’s main task in Brazil County was to appease and attract Di People belong to him. Ling Bo is in Shu County. Shu County is the biggest granary for my big man. The land tax paid every year is more than 300 million shi. It is good that he does this well. As for Dinglie, he is in Berkshire , the main task is to build warships and drill the navy.”

"Hiss~~ brother, you, you don't want to do anything to Soochow, do you?"

"It's not enough to fight a big fight, but it may be a small fight recently."

"This, brother, it's not that my younger brother doesn't listen to you. Although the Wei and Jin dynasties have passed, in today's world, the three kingdoms stand side by side, and the situation of Jin being the only strong state has not changed."

"Hehehe, don't worry. I'm actually going to Soochow to pick up a family."

"Ah, hahahaha~~~ I see, there are quite a few people in that family. Besides, I'm afraid there will be another family after taking over the family?"

"Well, maybe. By doing this, Sun Ce from Soochow will be happy to be reborn, and we have also strengthened our strength. Why not do it?"

"The elder brother is far-sighted, and the younger brother worships."

"Don't say anything else. I'll give you the details in advance. Next year, the Grand Sima Mansion is going to introduce two new policies. One is the land occupation order. The other is the examination method."

The so-called Land Occupation Order is a policy introduced by Sima Yan after the unification of China on the basis of history.During the Three Kingdoms era, due to the perennial wars, the land was sparsely populated.There is a large amount of wasteland in the entire land of China.The main feature of the Land Occupation Order is that it limits the upper limit of taxes paid by the common people, thereby encouraging the common people to open up wasteland and farm.

For example, the Land Occupation Order on the historical plane stipulates: a grown man, no matter how many fields you have under your name.They are only taxed on the basis of [-] mu of land.Fifty acres, the fixed land tax is four shi.It is equivalent to paying eight liters per mu.Calculated according to the general output per mu of land at that time not exceeding six shi, it was almost equivalent to the thirty tax one in the Han Dynasty.

So, if you actually have sixty acres of land, what about the extra ten acres?duty free!
Of course, Sima Yan was not as kind-hearted as Guan Yi—a farmer, even on the great plains in the north, could cultivate [-] acres of land, which was almost the limit.And what if a family does not have a healthy and strong labor force, and the actual cultivated land is less than [-] mu?Sorry, the tax is still based on [-] acres.

This is actually changing the practice of collecting taxes based on actual harvests in the Han Dynasty (that would be quite troublesome to calculate), and changing to a fixed-rate tax-the imperial court guarantees revenue from droughts and floods, anyway, there will be as many taxes as there are fields.And what about the common people?There are also certain advantages-if you work hard, you will reclaim more new fields.

Specifically to the current Shu Han.In the Shuhan Kingdom, there are very few plains that stretch as far as the eye can see (the entire Chengdu Plain is only about [-] square kilometers).More hills and mountains.This kind of terrain, one is that it takes a lot of labor to develop it, and the other is that although this kind of terrain can produce grain, its output is far inferior to that of good fields on the plains.If the Shu Han government continues the previous policy, and I will tax you at a rate of [-]% for every amount of wasteland you open up, then the common people will not have much enthusiasm for land reclamation.

Look at the ratio of population to land in the Shuhan government's civil register.The field under each head of the Shu Han has never exceeded [-] mu.Are the people of Shu Han lazy?no.It is a bad policy that inhibits the enthusiasm of the people for production.

Therefore, the Guanda Sima's version of the land occupation order stipulates that adult men are taxed according to the size of [-] mu.Each person pays two stones of land tax every year.Adult women are taxed according to ten acres, and each person has a land tax of one stone per year.Minor men are taxed the same amount as adult women.Underage women are not included in the scope of land tax payment.

Therefore, based on this calculation, the smallest two-person family must have at least [-] acres of land to make a profit.Therefore, everyone should be active and take the initiative to develop a lot of wasteland in those corners.

As for the people who have opened up countless wastelands, what should the country do if the food produced cannot be taxed?Hi!The common people can't finish it, so he doesn't know how to sell it?Why did you sell it for money?Buy all kinds of things produced by Fuxingshe!Go around in a circle.Has the money come back yet?Moreover, the common people have a lot of surplus food in their hands. In case of some natural and man-made disasters some year, won't his ability to resist bankruptcy be stronger?Can the expansion of the aristocratic family be slowed down again?
As for the method of examination, of course it refers to the creation of Zhang Juzheng.But Guan Yi also made certain improvements.

First of all, the state requires local officials to record all the things they need to do every year.At the end of the year, the inventory will be carried out. If it is not completed, ask the reason.After excluding force majeure, depending on the severity of the circumstances, punishments such as warnings, admonishing conversations, circulars of criticism, fines, removal from office, and even criminal responsibility will be imposed.

Guan Yi's main improvement to the examination method of the Ming Dynasty lies in taxation.

An important assessment indicator of the examination method of the Ming Dynasty is: the actual tax received by each county every year should not be less than 90.00% of the country's quota for the county.This led local officials to desperately squeeze the farmers, causing a large number of farmers to go bankrupt and flee.In order to complete the task, the local officials squeezed the peasants who hadn't escaped even more, and then...

Guan Yi's improvement is: the state only looks at your county every year, how much more household registrations are on the civil register, and how much more taxable land is.As for the actual tax to be paid, there are no specific requirements—there are more people and fields, so shouldn’t the tax be more naturally?Then, you local officials are desperately checking household taxes, killing big households, and attracting ethnic minorities to come down the mountain and join them.Otherwise, this political achievement will be gone!
"Brother is really a heavenly man, well, I have said this many times."

"Hey, you have to actually do anything to know how it works. Next year, I want to try it out in Zitong and Brazil County for a year."

"Well, Zitong and Brazil's population and fields are not small, but they are far behind Shu County and Berkshire. The effect is good, and the role of demonstration is strong. The effect is not good, and the harm to the country is not great. Brother is indeed far-sighted. Little brother has nothing else to say, and will definitely implement it with all my strength."

(End of this chapter)