owlsbooks Chapter 510 The three-year period has come
Chapter 510 The three-year period has come
Xia Shou's series of reports really made Liu Wu very happy, because now the situation is getting better and better. The people are grateful for the governance of the Han army, and the people's hearts are in the Han army, so the foundation of the Han army will be deeper.
Of course, the most important thing is actually the other side, which is the three newly acquired counties of Changsha County, Huanghe County, and Yilan County. The same is true for most people.
And this also means that the Han army's propaganda policy is indeed in place, which means that the Han army has truly achieved the right to go to the village.
This kind of power is not much greater than that of Daqian and Bailian.
This also means that the Han army will also have strong mobilization capabilities. Each village has established militia and can mobilize and capture spies.
So after listening to Lu Shu's report, Liu Wu thought about it and said:
"Lu Shu, since we have already spread the word about tax reform, let's take advantage of this good harvest to announce it directly. Although it only involves the two towns of Hetu Mountain, it gives the people better hope, which is good. .”
Yes, in fact, this kind of tax reform seems to be trying to spread the pie. After all, it will take three years to implement.
However, Liu Wu is capable and ready to implement this big picture, which is very important.
In the land of three counties, the grain tax collected in one season is as high as 800 million dan. Based on two seasons a year, as long as the harvest is good, it can reach more than 600 million dan. In three years, the grain tax can be at least 800 million dan, or even broken. 5000 million stone is not a problem.
Among these taxes, the annual salary required for officials to soldiers is about 500 million dan.
Therefore, within three years, the Han army can use the harvested grain for construction. Three years later, along with other tax reforms, this part of the salary directly distributed in grain will be converted into silver and copper coins and distributed.
In this way, we will collect less grain taxes, use food and money to make the market prosperous, and make it fully operational.
Moreover, it does not mean that the market is not functioning now. After all, wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Coupled with the Yanhan Commercial Bank's guarantee, the market operation within the territory of Hanjun can also be guaranteed to be the lowest.
As for the future, the reform of the tax system and currency reform will be carefully promoted step by step, and basically there will not be much change.
In short, the Han army, officials, and people must be able to have enough to eat, and then develop humanities, economy, and promote prosperity on the premise of having enough to eat.
Lu Shu was naturally aware of these plans, so he nodded after listening to Liu Wu's instructions.
"It's indeed possible. This policy can be widely publicized and fully implemented after the autumn harvest."
"Well," Liu Wu nodded, "we need to hurry up and add fire to this kind of thing. After the autumn harvest, the three counties will be completely stable. By then, we can also take over Lei County and Fengchang County very smoothly. ."
Regarding Liu Wu's words, Lu Shu frowned and said, "Brother, actually I think we can completely control these two counties now, then..."
Yes, during this period, Lu Shu lobbied back and forth in these two counties, which made many people support the Han army and showed their willingness to accept all the policies of the Han army.
Therefore, it is appropriate for the Han army to take control of the two counties now, and taxation should be based on the Han army's system.
But the current situation is still managed by Da Gan, which is really inappropriate.
Although Lu Shu knows that there are relatively few officials now, he can definitely settle in, collect the taxes, and then replenish the ranks when there are enough officials.
In this case, it is natural that the grain tax collected by the Han army this summer would exceed tens of millions of dan.
Liu Wu shook his head at this: "You can't think like that. You have to know that there is no vacuum in rights. If we settle in so easily, then the vacant rights will be controlled by others. This will be detrimental to the people and us. Not a good thing."
"Afterwards, it will be even more troublesome for us, causing these two counties to become unstable. This is extremely dangerous."
"So now you can let Daqian control it, and you can't let those who have good intentions control it."
"It should be noted that most of these people who can control power are not good people. Most of them are local ruffians. This is more harmful to the people than Daqian."
Yes, Liu Wu didn't mean that he didn't want to take these two counties into his hands, but he just had too many concerns, or the nature of the Han army also determined that he couldn't do this.
Lu Shu was probably ignorant, so after listening to Liu Wu's explanation, he no longer struggled. Anyway, it was almost time to regain Leijun and Fengchangjun, no less than three to five months.
Afterwards, Lu Shu left, and it didn't take long for the Han army to formally notify him of the grain tax reform. For a time, all the people under the Han army were in a state of excitement.
In a small mountain village in Changsha County, the village priest and the village chief went to the town for a meeting and have just returned.
Since the Han army entered Changsha and the village sacrificial wine went to the village, the life of the people has obviously improved, and everyone can have enough to eat. Especially when the sacrificial wine and the village chief go to the town for a meeting, they will definitely bring good news.
For example, in the case of military recruitment, the village has several militia quotas.
For example, children can go to schools in the town to study, and so on.
It can be said that every meeting will bring some good news, so after the village sacrifice wine and the village chief came back, the villagers immediately gathered around.
"Sacrifice wine, village chief, what good news do you have this time??"
The villagers' questions were very straightforward. You must know that last year, their village caught one enemy spy. After receiving the rewards they deserved, they also received five militia quotas that could go to the battlefield.
Today, of these five people, one was killed by the militiamen, one was killed by the soldiers, one is disabled, and the remaining two are serving among the soldiers.
As for the crippled man, he became a security chief in the village when he came back. The other four people's families also appointed someone to serve as a neighborhood chief.
For example, the two who died in the war were given a pension by the army, which was 120 shi of grain and one shi of refined salt. The children would also be taken care of until they were 16 years old.
Seriously, the whole family became rich all of a sudden, and even a bachelor who couldn't find a wife could get one.
It can be said that they can't see whether studying is good or not for the time being, but as long as they complete the tasks assigned by the Han army and get the recruitment quota, that will be the beginning of their career.
Therefore, the villagers gathered around, hoping to hear better news.
Everyone was quiet for a moment after listening to the village sacrificial wine, and then the content of the meeting was revealed.
"In today's meeting, the central government decided to implement a new tax. That is, the first two towns of the Han Army abolished the half-paying grain tax. Now as long as a person's ration does not reach six stones, he does not have to pay any tax at all."
"In a village like ours, as long as the Han army is still there, we will be like this in three years' time!!"
As soon as these words came out, the people were in an uproar.
"is this real?"
"There are seven people in my family. If this is the case, if the annual harvest does not reach 42 shi of grain, wouldn't it mean that we don't have to pay taxes at all??"
Village Jijiu nodded: "It's true, but for this statistics, people must be over ten years old."
Good guy, now the villagers are even happier.
"That's okay, a child can't eat much in a day, but a half-grown child would be fatal!!"
For a time, the village was filled with joy and laughter, and everyone was looking forward to the three-year period.
At that time, they could also say it.
"The three-year period has come..."