Seeing that Xu Ping was cautious about the military affairs, Zhao Zhen stopped talking about it and said to him: "Because the Beijing Bank received loans, there have been many incidents in the capital recently. Someone told me that since the bank caused so many troubles, it would be better to stop. What do you think?"

Speaking of these, Xu Ping relaxed and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, isn't this throwing bath water to throw away the child? There are pros and cons in the world. What we need to do is to carry forward the favorable side and prevent the disadvantages. After the bank has set up for half a year, is the benefit of the court still less? This year, the finances are abundant, and no matter whether it is internal or external warehousing, there is no difficulty in using money. Although the upper and lower officials have not increased their salary, they no longer need to pay off their expenses. Who doesn't praise Your Majesty's wiseness! At the end of the year, I am still calculating. I plan to reduce and exempt some tax calculations next year, which will also be of great benefit to the people!"

Tax cuts are the most conspicuous moral politics. Zhao Zhen couldn't help but illuminate: "Can two taxes be reduced?"

Xu Ping nodded: "Yes! My initial idea now is to exempt all the silk taxes in the two taxes from three to five years. Next year, the national silk tax will be reduced by one third, and all in three years. It depends on whether to buy it in five years."

"This year there are a lot more cotton cloth on Jingxi Road than last year. The imperial court has no intention of collecting silk. If the three officials have calculated that it is not hindered from money and food, it is nothing to spare them all. The palace uses silk and buys it, and the officials' clothes are changed to paying money."

Xu Ping said: "No, it is not possible to reduce all the money and grain. Although the money and grain do not require these silk, the Sansi Shop needs them. In addition, the Maritime Warehouses also require silk for overseas trade, and the Northern Market Horses are indispensable. Now the Sansi Shop is still incomplete. When it is perfected, it can be purchased by the shop and buy it. Then there is no need to collect it at that time."

The proportion of the two taxes in the warehouse revenue has become smaller, but the income of the Maritime Bureau has become more important. Xu Ping mentioned that the Maritime Bureau wanted to use silk, and Zhao Zhen immediately gave up the idea of ​​immediately reducing the exemption. Xu Ping told him that it was the bank making money. After so many things happened recently, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but feel excited, and his interest in other channels to increase the hidden income has become significantly stronger.

Xu Ping also said: "There are a few things to do for the two taxes. First, the tax rate of the two taxes nationwide should be cleared. Don't be as uneven in the past, and the public complaints are quite large. The general principle is to be low or high. Those particularly high places should be leveled with normal places to demonstrate Your Majesty's sage virtue. With the money and grain income for land management, this is not difficult to do. In places where taxes are reduced, only the fields that are square are exempted. If you don't want to do it, you will still be able to make a living."

Zhao Zhen said: "The fields in the folk are strange and strange. Square fields are not something that ordinary people can do. You have to choose a capable person."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "The officials of the Sansi Department have studied mathematics for so long, but it is not difficult to have a square field. What they are afraid of is that the people hide a lot of land, and these landlords will resist it. Therefore, those who have to pay a flat land will reduce taxes, and those who have no flat land will be the same. At the same time, the private buying and selling land requires a formal contract, and the square field will also be required."

Square fields are the national census of arable land. Of course, the most difficult thing is the resistance of landlords who hide their land. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has been no national square fields, and no one knows how much arable land there is in the country. After the investigation, it will inevitably be taxed. Of course, the landlords are unwilling to do so and will think of various ways to oppose it. In addition, there are technical reasons. The shape of the arable land is not square. To calculate the area clearly, you must have geometric knowledge. If it were in the past, it would not be easy to find enough technicians, but now it is not difficult.

The Song Dynasty destroyed many small countries of the Five Dynasties to unify the world, and the tax systems of each country were partially retained. This caused a problem. Different states and even different counties had different tax rates. Small countries with heavy taxes before the unification still had heavy taxes after the unification. In addition, punitive taxes were added to certain areas with fierce resistance in the War of Unification, and this gap would be very large. In extreme places, the tax rates of two adjacent counties could be nearly ten times different. Generally speaking, the tax rates of the north were lighter, and the taxes in the south were heavier, and the heaviest should be the scope of rule before the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The country has been established for more than 60 years, and this chaotic situation should be changed, and the tax rates need to be unified. There are realistic reasons for the differences in tax rates in the south and the north. Originally, it was because the north was caused by the local area before the unification, but after the unification, the military pressure was mainly borne by the northern regions. Ninety percent of the imperial guards were located north of the Yangtze River, and the food and grass of the imperial guards stationed in prefectures and counties were borne by the local government. In this way, the north should indeed be lower than the south, which is a kind of compensation. However, it is wrong to have different tax rates in adjacent prefectures and counties, especially the tax rates in Xuanzhou area are abnormally high, which makes the people there feel like they are second-class people.

Xu Ping's meaning is to unify the tax rate according to the road level. Now the three departments have sufficient finances, and the principle is to lower or higher. In fact, they are to reduce taxes in areas with high tax rates. While reducing taxes, they can reduce the taxes. The taxes that are passed by Fangtian are reduced, and the land that is not levied at the old tax rate. Because some places conceal too much, even if the tax reduction may not be cost-effective, they will still resist Fangtian, so they will let them. This work continues to be promoted and can always be corrected in ten or eight years.

After hearing Xu Ping's plan, Zhao Zhen agreed. As long as the three officials calculated that they would not be short of money and food, Zhao Zhen certainly did not object to this kind of moral government that demonstrated peace. Sometimes he became an emperor for such a reputation.

Xu Ping also said: "The burden of the people is not only taxes, but also labor service. Corvée service cannot be reduced. If the court does not collect or work, and does not tax or tax, this place will not be the land of the court. I think so now. In the past, the voting of labor was decided by local prefectures and counties. Next year, it will be unified, and each person will be able to serve as a person in a year. If there is less, there will be two situations. If the government does not have labor levies, the service will be exempted, because the people will not be resented. If there is labor levies, the amount will be enough, and the people will have to pay money. Similarly, if more than the prescribed work is done, the same will be paid."

"For decades, officials have been proposing to change the vocational service to recruitment. If there are labor service, the government will hire people, and the people will pay the vocational service. If you do this, you will combine the vocational service and recruitment, which is a way. However, this matter is important, so it is better to be discussed by the court officials."

Xu Ping said: "It is indeed as Your Majesty said. But for the servants, it is better to separate the officers and separate them. It is better to divide the ones that are not used as servants and change them to recruit them. For example, all the servants in the yamen front and other servants in the government will be abolished and the government will recruit people. For example, the elders and scholars in the countryside will be merged into the corvee. What is the specific details will be discussed later."

The recruitment law is the content of Wang Anshi's reform in history, and of course he did not think of it out of thin air. In fact, it is similar to the Qingmiao Law. Someone has proposed to implement it long ago. Wang Anshi summarized and improved it and implemented it across the country.

The most fear of going to extremes in everything. Wang Anshi's biggest problem in reform is to go to extremes in everything. Many good policies have caused countless troubles. Of course, there is no problem with using fundraising for employees. The problem is to forcibly allocate fundraising money, which eventually becomes a method of making money. Xu Ping does not need to make money from these aspects. He uses the money earned by the banks and industry and commerce of the three departments to subsidize the implementation of these policies.

Money is spent, especially the money from the government. Saving it is equivalent to not making any profit. The three departments' finances increase, so naturally they must cooperate with the implementation of new policies. Some areas that are obviously prone to social conflicts need to be changed if they need to be changed.
Chapter completed!