After the meeting ended, the Minister of Revenue pulled Lin Jiancheng along.
"Lord Chief, what about the cost of settling down and the annual salary?”
The Minister of Revenue was really anxious. Now, the Ministry of Revenue could no longer open the pot.
The Great Gan Dynasty was flourishing, but the financial problem had always troubled the entire dynasty.
Actually, everyone knew the crux of this problem.
When the dynasty was just established, there was more land than people. Reclaiming new land was equivalent to increasing taxes.
However, in this era, a large amount of land was concentrated in the hands of the officials and landowners.
On the other hand, these officials and landowners did not pay much tax.
This was also very normal. It was easy to collect taxes from ordinary people.
However, it was not so easy to collect taxes from the officials, gentry, and landowners.
This was especially so when the local tyrants were everywhere, and they were all inextricably linked to the local officials.
Lin Jiancheng naturally knew this situation, which was why he proposed to increase the business tax on Jin merchants.
"Minister Wu, why didn't you say anything during the Imperial Conference just now?" Lin Jiancheng said with a bitter smile.”
The Minister of Revenue's expression changed. The Old Marquis had been staring at him just now, so who would dare to jump out and object!
This old fox!
The Minister of Revenue flung his sleeves and left Lin Jiancheng. He stormed out of the palace.
After returning to the inner court, Lin Jiancheng called his subordinate, Lin Fan, over.
"Lin Fan, what do you think His Majesty means by this?”
Lin Jiancheng sat on the couch, thinking about Gao Lingfeng's proposal.
Arrange for disabled soldiers and fill in the vacancies of officials in various places.
This wasn't Gao Lingfeng's original method.
When the Great Gan Dynasty was just established, Emperor Taizu had also rewarded the soldiers who had risked their lives in this way.
However, the emperors of the later generations never carried out this measure again.
Lin Fan's face was also filled with confusion.
Lin Jiancheng pondered Gao Lingfeng's intention.
" Lord Chief," Lin Fan asked," does His Majesty have a deeper meaning for doing this?"”
"That's exactly what I thought. I'm afraid Your Majesty has a deeper meaning." Lin Jiancheng nodded.”
"It's not a small expense to arrange for these disabled soldiers to take up their posts," said Lin Fan. Moreover, the salary of these soldiers was also a huge expense.”
"It's not like His Majesty doesn't know about the situation in the Ministry of Revenue.”
"You've gone through so much trouble just to make the Old Marquis happy?”
"His Majesty is not that kind of person. We have all seen His Majesty's thunderous methods." Lin Jiancheng shook his head.”
Lin Fan also nodded and said," Lord Chief, I'm too dull to guess the emperor's will!"”
Lin Jiancheng closed his eyes and thought about everything that had happened today.
His Majesty had thrown out the plan to settle the disabled soldiers after he had proposed the collection of business taxes.
And His Majesty did not continue to discuss the proposal of levying a business tax.
What did this mean?
Wait, this meant that His Majesty supported the levy of a business tax.
It was just that the current conditions were not met.
Lin Jiancheng's train of thought was opened.
"I understand!" he said immediately.
Lin Fan looked at Lin Jiancheng.
Lin Jiancheng stood up from the couch and said,""I understand!"
Lin Jiancheng paced back and forth in the greenhouse.
"His Majesty supports my proposal to levy a business tax, but now is not the time.”
"In order to collect the business tax, His Majesty proposed the plan to settle the disabled soldiers!”
This time, Lin Fan was confused.
"I was too naive!" Lin Jiancheng continued.”
"Those who can smuggle with the Northern Barbarians are definitely big local families.”
"How can we get money from them with just an order?”
"These local tyrants are all colluding with the local officials!”
"His Majesty must have seen this clearly!”
"You want to collect the Shang tax? There must be someone trustworthy in the local area!”
"Placing these disabled soldiers is like placing your own people in the local area.”
"The soldiers of Liao Town are all literate, so it's not a problem for them to be a small official in the local area.”
"They aren't locals, so they won't be bought over so easily.”
"It was His Majesty who arranged for them, so they are loyal to the Imperial Court.”
"They were injured and disabled from fighting the Northern Barbarians. They must hate those who colluded with the Northern Barbarians.”
"With such a group of people, we can really raise the business tax!”
Lin Fan was shocked.
He cupped his hands and said,"Your Majesty is wise!"”
"I was too naive!" Lin Jiancheng said with shame. I'm ashamed!"
"With just a single order, not only will we not be able to collect the business tax, but we will also alert the enemy.”
"Your Majesty's method is good. Take it step by step. First, settle these soldiers and spread out your strength.”
"Then use financial pressure to force the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel to submit.”
"Then, levy a business tax and collect the real money!”
"What foresight!"
"Your Majesty is truly a wise ruler of a generation!" Lin Fan also said with emotion.”
Lin Jiancheng added,"I'm incompetent as the cabinet chief!" This time, the matter of arranging the soldiers must be done well!”
The cabinet attached great importance to it, and Lin Jiancheng sent Lin Fan, the official of the fifth room of the book, to supervise the ministries.
It was the policy set by the Imperial Conference to accommodate disabled soldiers.
It was quickly implemented.
The Military Selection Division of the Ministry of Personnel verified the identity of the injured soldiers reported by Liao Town.
After checking their achievements, the Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel took out the vacant official positions in the nearby provinces.
Then the Emperor allocated a sum of money from the palace treasury to send these soldiers to their posts.
The imperial court had mixed opinions on this policy.
Especially the local governments, they were very dissatisfied with this policy.
These disabled soldiers took over the positions of officials that originally belonged to the local wealthy families.
Of course, they were dissatisfied.
However, in front of the powerful Emperor and Chief Assistant, these objections were suppressed.
Gao Lingfeng also received a system notification.
Option C, Placing Disabled Soldiers, Completed!
The Ministry of Revenue was in financial difficulties, and the country's fate was-2000!
Success!
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