"As for the land tax, any taxes below 100 mu are exempted!”
"Any land that exceeds a hundred mu will be collected at the rate of one tael of gold per mu!”
"Except for the military merits and the public land awarded by the emperor!”
Ying Ziye explained the standard of land tax.
In the past, he had abolished the oral tax collected according to the population, and also abolished the household tax collected according to the household.
He also changed the household tax to land tax, which was to collect taxes according to the number of acres of land produced.
However, he had been busy with the looting of the noble gentry recently and had not had the time to formulate the collection standard of land tax.
"Your Highness, isn't one tael of gold per mu too high?”
"The yield of grain per mu is only two to three hundred catties, and the value is only about one tael of gold!”
"If the tax is levied according to one tael per mu, how can those large landowners still afford to plant land?”
Internal Secretary Zhi Su looked left and right and found that no one spoke, so he could only brace himself and step forward.
With such heavy taxes, wouldn't they lose out on every acre they planted?
He had been an official for many years, and his savings were all used to buy land.
Like him, most of the officials in the court had also bought a lot of land.
According to this levy law, he could only throw away more than a hundred acres of land!
Otherwise, he might even have to pay for it!
"That's right. With such a heavy tax, every household will only plant 100 mu. No one will dare to plant more than that!”
Li Si also stood up to agree.
Other than the public land given by the emperor, his family had also purchased a large amount of land.
If he paid taxes according to this standard, then he would have wasted his money on these lands!
"This prince wants to make those landowners unable to afford to plant land!”
"We want to force them to hand over their land to the government!”
"Otherwise, the annual income will be used to pay taxes!”
"As for the extra land, we can distribute it to the soldiers who have made contributions and also station troops to farm!”
"They are soldiers when there is war, but when there is no war to fight, they are farmers!”
"This way, the army's food supply is guaranteed!”
"At the same time, the extra land will not be wasted!”
Ying Zilai glanced at the two of them and sneered.
He wanted to take over the land from the landlord's hands, and it would be best if every household only planted 100 mu.
This way, not only could they prevent the peasants 'land from returning to the landlord's hands, but they could also prevent the landlord from exploiting the peasants!
Because after taxing more than 100 mu of land, no matter how much land the landlord had, even if he did not pay the tenant farmers, the harvest would at most be at a loss.
Therefore, after this decree was implemented, the value of the land would depreciate greatly and become less valuable.
When the land was worthless, the landowners and gentry would put their energy into business.
Instead of thinking about how to annex other people's land all day long!
"This…?"
Zisu originally wanted to say that this was not good, right?
However, he quickly swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Ying Ziye's gaze was too scary. He was worried that if he was not careful, he would be killed by the entire sect.
"Do you have any objections?"
Ying Ziye glanced at the ministers and asked faintly.
"Your Highness is wise!"
"I have no objections!"
The ministers shook their heads and replied in unison.
Among the crowd, Chunyu Yue's voice was the loudest!
He, who was known for being pedantic and stubborn in the past, was no longer pedantic or stubborn!
All of Ying Ziye's orders were firmly supported!
In fact, he did not forget to flatter her every time he opened his mouth!
Not only that, but he was not ashamed. Instead, he felt proud and did not feel embarrassed at all!
"Alright then, this prince is prepared to implement the decree of valuing commerce over agriculture!”
"Not only do we encourage the commoners to do business, but the imperial court also awards outstanding merchants every year!”
"Especially those merchants who do border trade, the government must support them!”
"The people who pay taxes are the nobles who own large amounts of land and the salt merchants from all over the world.”
"As for merchants who rely on doing business to make money, they don't have to pay taxes, and they're not allowed to confiscate their homes!”
"The two must be distinguished and not mixed together!”
Seeing that no one objected, Ying Ziye continued.
He planned to completely change Great Qin's culture of valuing agriculture over commerce and raise the status of merchants in society.
Duty-free land distribution can win the hearts of the people!
By valuing commerce over agriculture, it could promote commercial development.
The country would only have money after the business developed!
The business of salt money and Xuan paper was just a temporary solution to solve the recent financial crisis.
In the long run, only by developing business could the country become rich and the people strong!
"Your Highness is wise!"
"This order will definitely win the hearts of the people and the support of the people of the world!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chunyu Yue jumped out again and flattered him.
However, this time, he did it from the bottom of his heart because his family had a shop in Xianyang City.
This time, the civil and military officials no longer looked down on him.
This was because the officials were like him, they had some business in Xianyang City.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, let's disperse!”
"In the future, report to this prince on the progress of your work regularly. If you slack off, you will definitely be executed!”
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing that the court session was over, everyone secretly heaved a sigh of relief and left the court.
"I didn't expect Daren to also know how to bootlick. Moreover, you took better photos than us.”
"Those who don't know would think that you were possessed by Zhao Gao today!”
"In the future, this old man will ask Daren for advice on the art of slapping horses and mustaches!”
"Haha…!"
After leaving the palace, the officials began to tease Chunyu Yue.
He was a famous Confucian in Great Qin and was known for his integrity!
Everyone had thought that this stubborn old man would fight to the death and resolutely oppose the looting of the noble's home.
Who would have thought that the surface of the court today would make their jaws drop!
"A wise man understands the times!"
"If you have the time to tease this old man, why don't you think about how to complete the mission later!”
"Don't wait for His Highness to raid your entire family before you start regretting!”
"Humph…!"
Chunyu Yue flicked his sleeves and walked away proudly.
"You can still be so proud after flattering me?"
The civil and military officials exchanged glances.
Great Qin's sky had changed, but the people had also changed!
……
"Massage this prince's shoulders and legs!”
In the carriage, Ying Ziye was lying lazily and then ordered Xuewu, who was beside him.
"Your Highness…this…"
"Xuewu only agreed to serve His Highness, but she didn't agree to massage his shoulders and legs.”
Xue Wu nervously grabbed her skirt and timidly lowered her head.
"You're not even willing to do this?"
Ying Ziye suddenly sat up, then pinched her beautiful chin and smiled mysteriously." This is just the beginning. In the future, not only will you massage your shoulders and legs, but you will also accompany this prince at night..."
"Whoosh…"
Just as Ying Ziye was speaking, a sharp arrow flew towards the carriage!
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There were still six more chapters to be updated today.
From tomorrow onwards, if he did not do anything interesting, he would watch about six chapters a day.
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