Chapter 52 The reason why taxation is so complicated is that there is no unified taxation system! Zhu Biao said from the side, "Isn't there official corruption, collusion between the grain chief and the district chief, and powerful officials reselling the excess grain collected?"
Zhao Mian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, nodded repeatedly: "Your Highness, this is indeed true. The most important thing is that it is impossible to collect all taxes in a unified way, and it is impossible to unify corvee, errand, and land taxes into a whole.
Because of the inability to unify, the Ministry of Households must collect land tax, corvee labor must be collected by the Ministry of Industry, and labor service must be requisitioned by the local government. However, often land tax, labor service, and labor service cannot be separated. There are nine classes of private households in the world. Whether it is land tax, labor service, or labor service, they are all classified as private households. Hierarchical levy of Qian faction.
It should be said that those with more fields, more people, and more wealth should pay more grain, go out more people, and do more corvees.
However, in addition to the collusion between the powerful and the government to lower the level of their own households, the most important thing is the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. The collection of corvees and errands directly affects the size of the labor force.
Even in order to compete with the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War often levied corvées and errands during the busy farming season, resulting in a rush during the busy farming season. "
Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, hated this phenomenon very much.
But this phenomenon is caused by the mutual dispute between the three departments.
Of course, he also wanted to divert attention and hack the other two departments.
Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang would not believe his words, and soon summoned Qin Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Shen Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War, to inquire about the recruitment of corvees and the recruitment of servants.
Qin Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, agreed with what Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, said about the corvee collection.
When asked why the corvee was imposed at an inappropriate time during the busy farming season, Qin Kui, Minister of Industry, was also very helpless: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. The busy farming season is often accompanied by severe droughts and floods, and rivers need to be dredged and dams repaired. .
When natural disasters wait for no one, the Ministry of Industry only solves problems and cannot predict natural disasters. On the contrary, it is the Ministry of War. "
As he spoke, Qin Kui, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked at Shen Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, "If I am not wrong, Minister Shen, the Ministry of War has a large number of military households, why do they have to recruit so many civilian households for military service?
This makes us really confused. May I ask, Shen Shangshu, how do you explain it? "
When he heard that these words were transferred to his side, Shen Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War, was stunned.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw them fighting like this and wanted to kill again, but he restrained himself.
Qin Kui was so filled with hatred that he suddenly turned to me.
Can I control this kind of thing alone? Don't you know what's going on?
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son also looked at him, wanting to hear his explanation.
After Qin Kui hesitated for a while, he finally found a good explanation, "Reporting to Your Majesty and Your Highness, the military personnel recruited by the Ministry of War are mostly laborers who escort weapons and cotton clothes. This has been a rule since ancient times. Our Ministry of War has not allocated more."
His explanation is all high-sounding.
Until now, none of the three departments would honestly say why.
In fact, the three departments compete with each other for the demographic bonus. This is something that has happened since ancient times.
No wonder they.
If you want to blame it, blame it. There is no more reasonable tax system that can avoid such involvement.
It can be heard that between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for collecting various taxes.
But because after the households were divided into three, six or nine classes, the corvee recruitment had to be based on the three, six or nine classes.
Therefore, this often involves the Ministry of Household's control over households.
The number of household registrations and the degree of wealth determine how much benefit the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry will get from this.
But according to what Xia Yuanji said, the powerful have their own ways to escape, so aren't the rest just the common people who are already having a bad life? Zhu Yuanzhang and his son had a headache thinking about these things. They originally thought that the tax collection system was already very complete.
But I didn't expect that the level of chaos was definitely more than what it seemed.
This is the biggest problem before us.
The three ministers of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household Affairs were waiting for the final punishment from Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and his son.
Because of the incident in Yashan Village, they have already been fined for three months and cannot be fined any , Zhu Yuanzhang just waved his hand and asked them to leave.
The three ministers felt like they were pardoned. They didn't want to stay here for a moment and left quickly.
After they left, Fengtian Temple became quiet.
But the hearts of the father and son were not at peace.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally said, "It looks like I have to go find Chen Han."
Now when the father and son encounter such a difficult problem, the first thing they think of is to ask Chen Han how future generations will solve these problems.
So the father and son called Ling Han to go to the Farming Hall together.
Now Ling Han has long been numb. His most important task now is to follow the emperor and the prince to ask Chen Han if there is anything else he can advise Ming.
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Farming Hall.
Because the food Princess Jiangdu cooked for Chen Han last time was really salty, she worked hard all day and made several more dishes.
After tasting it myself, I found that it tasted pretty good, so I prepared to take it to Chen Han.
Just then the eunuch came over and told her that the emperor and the others were coming soon.
Princess Jiangdu thought to herself: My father and the others have been asking Chen Han how he should govern the Ming Dynasty. I have never heard of it, so I might as well go and listen.
She immediately put down what she was doing and told the palace maids and eunuchs to heat up the food when the time came, while she herself went to the Farming Hall and Chen Han's residence to wait.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang, father and son, came closer and saw Princess Jiangdu. They saw that there was some sweat on her face, and even the luxurious palace clothes and the black ash that she only came into contact with when working in the kitchen were all sour.
Our granddaughter (my daughter) is cooking for other men and is covered in dust.
Princess Jiangdu was contented and came forward to greet Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
"Grandpa Huang, Dad, are you two trying to trick Chen Han again?"
Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, "Why, our eldest granddaughter is very interested in Chen Han now.
I heard from your father that you even cooked for him yourself, and you didn’t even cook for me, a grandpa.
If you are so active in cooking for Chen Han, you must be the same for Grandpa Huang. "
Listening to Grandpa Huang's teasing, Zhu Youwei's face turned red.
“Grandpa Huang, isn’t it enough that you have so many royal chefs around you to cook for you? Besides, you are always frugal and eat less, so I won’t get involved. "
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "Okay, let's talk about serious matters. Chen Han is awake now."
Zhu Youwei nodded: "Yes!"
"Then go in!"
With that said, he stepped towards Chen Han's side hall.
Princess Jiangdu followed behind.
Arriving at Chen Han's room, Ling Han opened the door and entered...
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