Chapter 892 Finance (Part 1)
In the mist of water, Shao Xun listened quietly to the report.
"The Prime Minister thinks that taxes can be collected together after the autumn harvest." Wang Huifeng sat on the Hu bed and reported seriously like a dutiful secretary: "Based on 700,000 households, excluding 30,000 government soldiers, there are 580,000 households based on 500,000 households." Mu class levy If 90,000 households are taxed at 30 acres, they will receive more than 3.8 million hu of grain, 1.92 million bolts of silk, and 1.92 million catties of cotton. If all the hard work (mediocre) is paid off, another million bolts of silk can be collected."
After saying that, there was no movement for a long time.
Just when Wang Huifeng was wondering if Shao Xun was asleep, a voice came from the misty water vapor: "Xinxing and Ruyin counties will be exempted from money and food for one year, and there will be no taxes."
Wang Huifeng wrote this down.
Shao Xun sighed with emotion: "If you can tax properly, you can know the wealth of the world, and you can also know how much food has been hidden by the wealthy families. Guo Mo, a Wubao commander, accumulated 800,000 grains and beans in his warehouse for several years. .”
"The eight hundred thousand dendrobium is for the people of Wubao to eat." Wang Huifeng said.
Shao Xun chuckled.
In times of trouble, I don’t know how many warlords would not leave these 800,000 grains for the people to eat and drink. They will only pay attention to the lack of military rations and try every means to replenish it.
"Let's see how much we can collect next year." Shao Xun waved his hand and splashed with water.
Soaking in hot springs in winter is so refreshing that it feels so good to the bones that I don’t even want to get up to work.
In addition, there is such a thing as taxation efficiency in taxation. It’s not how much you should be able to collect on paper, it’s really how much you can collect. If you don't send people to the countryside to collect taxes in a plundering manner, generally speaking, the actual collected figures will be discounted. The specific discount depends on your administrative efficiency.
The twenty counties of Liang State completed their field work before the year.
The figures may not be that precise, but they are generally correct. The tax revenue of more than three million dendrobium of grain a year is actually not much.
Of course, this is normal tax.
During war years, the court often had the urge to raise taxes.
Isn’t it enough to add taxes? I'll add more!
How much to increase depends mainly on how much money the people can squeeze out, and secondarily on the conscience of the rulers.
The 20 counties of Liang State had experienced reorganization after the disaster, and there were not many complicated relationships. They had also experienced excessive farming. The tax collection requirements in the first year were not high, and it was enough to get three million grains.
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be two million silkworms, because the recovery of sericulture in some places is not ideal, especially in the areas north of the river. We will make another round of adjustments next year based on the actual situation.
"How much does it cost to recruit soldiers and support Liang Guo in a year?" Shao Xun asked.
"In the twelfth lunar month, more than 3,000 people were recruited, and now there are 30,000 soldiers in five camps. Each soldier is given three bushels of food per month and three bolts of silk every year. They are not allowed to go out in the camp——"
"Leave some margin and make your own decisions." Shao Xun said.
"That's three meals a day." Wang Huifeng said: "The annual supply of grain is 2 and 50,000 hu of dendrobium, and the annual supply of silk is 90,000 pieces."
"Starting from next year, a piece of silk will be given to everyone on Zhengdan, Spring Society, Autumn Society, Double Ninth Festival, and Winter Solstice. Military uniforms will be distributed every year in spring and autumn. Ready-made clothes will not be distributed, only cloth and cotton will be distributed. Quilts will be distributed every three years." Shao Xun ordered. Said: "This order is issued to the five soldiers and the two Cao Cao."
There is too much silk and cotton, and Shao Xun no longer fastens the rope.
The five battalions of soldiers recruited only spent more than 200,000 pieces of silk a year.
In fact, food is relatively in short supply. This blame lies with Shao Xun because he is temporarily unwilling to increase taxes within the Liang Kingdom. To be honest, every household in Liang State has dozens of grains and beans left over every year - if no disaster occurs.
And if a war is launched, he will send a few more tokens, but the wealthy families outside the Liang Kingdom will not be able to escape, and the bulk of them will be them.
Of course, the cost of raising soldiers is more than that.
Not to mention anything else, he has to give out more than one million grains of food a year just for pensions.
There is also the consumption of other materials, such as arrows, wound medicine, etc. required for training.
Overall, the cost of recruiting soldiers at this time was much lower than during the Tang Xuanzong period when large-scale military recruitment was implemented for the first time in history. The main reason for the lack is that fewer rewards can be given out in this era, because soldiers have low morale and are easy to talk to.
Otherwise, who can bear the fixed reward of five coins and ten bolts of silk a year?
In addition to the fixed rewards, there are also additional rewards and various other expenses——
For example, every two or three months during military competitions, various kinds of silks, silks, and even gold and silverware must be prepared as prizes. Shuofang's army often rewarded brave warriors with brocade quilts and silver bottles, and also gave two quilts or two pieces at a time. A silver vase cannot be sent alone, nor can it be sent with ordinary miscellaneous silk. It must be made of fine silk.
As far as rations are concerned, when not training or going on an expedition, he eats two meals a day, a total of four biscuits, which is equivalent to two kilograms.
When going on an expedition or training, eat three meals a day for a total of six biscuits, which is three kilograms.
Before setting off for the expedition, you have to cook a delicious meal and prepare some meat and wine.
Otherwise, people will really shoot you with arrows because you give them meager food. This has happened before.
For things like "improper food supply", the soldiers will beat them, not just the petty officials, but the coach's close staff.
The daily rations of Shao Xun's troops did not meet the standards for recruiting soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, because what he gave was "grain", not "rice and noodles" - but he supplemented it with some cheese and preserved meat.
Eating three kilograms of noodles a day seems unbelievable to people born in the 21st century, but if we go back thirty years, it would not be surprising. There are countless people who eat a basin of noodles in one meal.
If there is less meat and oil, do we need more staple food?
Rewards were greatly reduced compared to the Tang Dynasty.
Equipment and equipment have also been slightly reduced. But it is quite good in this era. It has not been this high since the Qin and Han Dynasties.
The treatment of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty was unusually high, and no other dynasty after the Tang Dynasty had such high rations for soldiers.
From a pragmatic point of view, it would be good for the country established by Shao Xun to evolve into the late Northern Wei Dynasty and even the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, but he planned it with the Sui and Tang Dynasties as the goal.
The more a warrior awakens his consciousness, the greater the cost of raising soldiers. He knows this very well.
Therefore, he is awakening the consciousness of warriors and trying to find ways to make them a force, but he will not elevate their status without limit.
Everything in the world is about the golden mean - it is simple to say, but it is not simple at all to operate.
"Liang Guo can only raise five battalions of recruited soldiers and pro-army troops." Shao Xun stood up from the pool and said as he walked: "The Yi Cong Army still has to graze its own cattle in Liyang, and the Luoyan Army and the Zhuosheng Army cannot all be converted into recruited soldiers. . It’s obvious how difficult it is to raise soldiers. But fortunately, it’s worth it in the end.”
"It's just maintenance." Wang Huifeng said with his eyes.
Xuan and Fan immediately stood up from the water and scrubbed Shao Xun.
Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Liu came over with their robes in hand and waited quietly.
"Yes, it's just for maintenance." Shao Xun sighed: "There are still so many officials in Liang State, and they all rely on official slaves to farm land and plant mulberry trees, but it's just a drop in the bucket. Maybe you can give them more silk, or give them more silk. It is used as office expenses for the local government office, so as to save them from having to recruit people to serve in the county. ”
The idea of paying for work will definitely continue to exist for quite some time.
Do you think this finance can be done without consolidating the land?
"In fact, there is no need to cultivate farmland in Xiangcheng and other places. They can collect taxes together." Wang Huifeng suggested.
"Which counties do you think are good?"
"Six counties including Xiangcheng, Henan, Hongnong, Jibei, Jinan, Yanmen, Changshan and Zhongshan." Wang Huifeng counted them one by one: "Xinye, Yiyang, Suiguo, Xiapi and other counties that have fought repeatedly can also be used .”
"Wait a moment." Shao Xun opened his hand and allowed Liu Cong's queens to dress him, and said: "First stabilize the twenty counties of Liang Kingdom for two or three years. After everything is stable, change first and then Difficult, step by step.”
"As long as you know it." Wang Huifeng put down the official letter in his hand, came to Shao Xun naturally, arranged his robes for him, and said: "Did you not get any information about the rebellion in Wei County this time?"< br>
"Who says it's not the case!" Shao Xun always got angry when he mentioned this matter. He said with an unhappy expression: "A hundred and ten people came from Guangping, carrying swords and bows. Is it true that no one suspected it along the way? In the end, it was Shen It would be hard for me to let Wei Jun investigate."
"It's not appropriate to move lightly at this time." Wang Huifeng skillfully tied Shao Xun's belt and said, "Keep him quiet and check slowly."
"You said-" Shao Xun hesitated for a moment, then sighed and did not continue.
Wang Huifeng stopped and looked at him.
Shao Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "What do you think about sending a clan member out of town?"
"Imitating Sima Yuanchao's story?" Wang Huifeng asked in surprise.
"Everyone knows that this matter has great hidden dangers, but it is also very tempting and really difficult to solve." Shao Xun sighed.
During the three hundred years of the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were obviously so many clans fighting each other and usurping the throne. Why did the superiors still turn a blind eye and still use the clans to go out and control vassals?
There are profound reasons for this.
No one is a fool, everyone has seen the disadvantages and even experienced them, but still has to go down this road.
"That's all." Shao Xun said helplessly, "I don't even know how many years I can live. If I were here, none of my clan members would be able to make a big splash. If I wasn't here, the Sima family could learn from their mistakes."
Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, divided the kings among them. At the beginning, the kingdom's internal history, large farmers, and lieutenants were all appointed by the court, and they even had the responsibility of supervising the kings themselves. At that time, the princes were unwilling to take up their posts and tried their best to stay in Luoyang, because they knew that the vassal queen had no real power and could not control any money, soldiers or people, which was really boring.
But before Sima Yan died, he relaxed the policy, which suddenly caused the vassal state to lose control.
Yinjian is not far away.
But the temptation is real.
The whole world is maintained by him alone, walking on thin ice, trembling and tiring.
Cao Cao also had Cao Ren and other clan members to help him. He was the only eldest nephew or uncle who could leave the vassal outside the town.
As my uncle got older, he gradually lost his ability and could no longer work for a few years.
The great nephew reminded him of Shi Hu and Fu Jian again.
Damn, it’s all a trap.
Father's kindness, son's filial piety, brother, friend and brother respectful, have existed since ancient times, but in this era, it has been infinitely magnified.
But others can't help him with these matters, and they don't dare to say more. He can only make up his own mind.
When he was alive, it would be helpful to stabilize the situation in the world if he sent several adult sons to take charge of one side.
But having experienced a major epidemic, he dare not say that he will definitely die.
Everything has pros and cons, it all depends on the choice.
(End of chapter)