This meeting was not a pleasant one.
If Yun Zheng had not mentioned the issue of dividing the land tax into land taxes, it would not be a problem for the Su family of Juping to double the supplies for military entertainment.
However, Yun Zheng's tough attitude on the issue of allocating land tax made Su Henian very upset.
In the end, Su Henian and his son left without even having dinner.
"Are you satisfied now?"
After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Su Henian took out his anger on his son.
Su Huaiyuan was not in a good mood either.
Facing the old father's anger, he said unhappily, "It's not me who caused this land tax issue! If you are so angry, why didn't you vent your anger on Yun Zheng just now?"
"you……"
Su Henian was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to slap Su Huaiyuan in the face.
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However, after hesitating for a while, Su Henian still did not slap her.
Things have come to this, and there is no point for them, father and son, to argue here any further.
The most urgent task was to rush back to Juping and tell the tribe members about the new tax system so that they could discuss countermeasures together and see what to do.
This new tax system had a huge impact on clans like the Su clan in Juping.
If the new tax system is really implemented smoothly, their interests will be seriously damaged.
Su Henian put down his hand in disappointment and sat in the carriage with a cold face.
"How do you think we should deal with the issue of land tax distribution now?"
Su Henian suppressed his anger and asked his son.
"Let's wait and see what happens!"
Su Huaiyuan's anger subsided a little, and he sighed, "If Yun Zheng forcibly implements the new tax system of equalizing the land tax, it will affect the interests of many people! We, the Su family, should not be the first to take action! Lest Yun Zheng use us as a warning to others..."
The tax rate is distributed according to the land area.
These four simple words can be said to be a disaster for a family with a lot of land.
Not only the Su family will resist this new tax system, but all the landlords and gentry in Fuzhou will resist it!
It goes without saying that Yun Zheng will inevitably encounter great resistance when implementing the new tax system.
But since Yun Zheng has directly expressed his determination, it means that the implementation of the new tax system is imperative.
In this way, huge conflicts were bound to arise between Yun Zheng and the landlord and gentry class in Fuzhou.
The contest between the two sides is bound to begin!
The Su family wants others to try Yun Zheng's skills first before making a decision.
Su Henian thought for a moment and nodded, "What you said makes sense! Yun Zheng originally wanted our Su family to take the lead. If we show up at this time, Yun Zheng will probably take action against us!"
At this moment, Su Henian felt somewhat relieved.
Fortunately, he ran to the governor's mansion in time to show his goodwill to Yun Zheng.
Although the result was not ideal, at least the matter of the Su family's resignation was dealt with.
If Yun Zheng misunderstood that the Su family wanted to intimidate him, Yun Zheng would definitely use the Su family as an example to scare the monkeys!
Thinking of this, Su Henian's depression finally dissipated a little.
Seeing that this stubborn old man had no intention of confronting Yun Zheng head-on, Su Huaiyuan felt slightly relieved.
After a moment of silence, Su Huaiyuan asked again: "Are the supplies for the military service returned?"
"Give me a fart!"
As soon as this matter was mentioned, Su Henian's face immediately turned sour again, "Yun Zheng's knife is at our necks, and we still send him supplies to entertain his troops? We are lucky enough not to cause trouble for him!"
There is no such thing as the land tax, so there is no problem for him to double the supplies for entertaining the troops.
But now, he doesn't want to take out a single grain of rice!
"Just give it to me!"
Su Huaiyuan sighed softly and advised: "This little bit is nothing to my Su family! If the tax burden cannot be stopped, I hope Yun Zheng will show mercy to my Su family for the sake of our reward..."
"Show mercy? Do you think he will?"
Su Henian snorted coldly: "My Su family is a typical example! He will not show mercy to anyone else but the Su family! Otherwise, how can he win the support of the people?"
Su Henian saw this very clearly.
Expecting Yun Zheng to show mercy to the Su family for the sake of these supplies is absolutely a dream!
It's like you want to kill someone.
Don't kill the principal offender, only kill the accomplices?
Looking around the world, there is no such truth.
Listening to Su Henian's words, Su Huaiyuan opened his mouth slightly, but ultimately said nothing more.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, what Su Henian said did make sense.
The Su family is a big family that attracts the wind.
Yun Zheng may be lenient towards anyone, but he will not be lenient towards the Su family.
This is really troublesome!
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"Your Majesty, are you really going to implement the policy of allocating taxes according to the amount of land you own?"
At the governor's mansion, Ji Ran asked Yun Zheng worriedly.
"Why, you are against the new tax system too?"
Yun Zheng stared at Ji Ran with a smile on his face.
"No, no, I support the idea of allocating taxes to each acre of land."
Ji Ran shook his head quickly. "However, at this critical juncture, if the prince continues to forcefully implement the policy of allocating land tax to each acre, I am afraid that he will encounter great resistance and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble! If things go wrong, all the officials in Fuzhou will resign..."
Ji Ran was the governor of a state after all, so he could see some things clearly.
The biggest basis for determining the amount of poll tax is household registration.
But not everyone has a household registration when they are born.
It is common for children of ordinary people to register their household registration when they are one or two years old.
The officials below knew how many people were in each household and collected taxes based on the number of people.
However, what was handed over to the imperial court was based on household registration.
In this way, the officials below can almost openly withhold the poll tax.
But if taxes are paid according to the amount of land, it will be clear how much tax should be paid!
The vigorous implementation of the land-based tax system is bound to affect the interests of officials and landlords at all levels.
Officials at all levels oppose it, as do landlords and gentry. If this new tax system is still forced through, it may very likely cause unrest in the entire Fuzhou!
"Tuohuan, what do you think?"
Yun Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Tuo Huan.
"I think it is imperative to implement the tax-sharing system!"
Tuo Huan bowed and said, "As the prince said, this is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and must be implemented! Even if it is not implemented now, it must be implemented in the future! Anyway, there will be chaos, so let it be chaotic once and for all, so as to avoid trouble in the future!"
"Yes, that's what I think too!"
Yun Zheng nodded with satisfaction. "If we force the implementation of the land tax system, there will definitely be some trouble! Instead of procrastinating, it is better to cut the Gordian knot!"
chaos?
He wants to see who dares to cause trouble!
Yu Shizhong still has 10,000 cavalrymen who have nothing to do all day long!
Fuzhou is not very big. Even to the farthest county, Yu Shizhong's cavalry can reach it in a day and a half.
He doesn't mind making an example of anyone who dares to cause trouble!
Otherwise, how to migrate the population to the Northwest Protectorate?
He planned to move more than 300,000 people into the Northwest Protectorate!
Looking at Yun Zheng's resolute attitude, Ji Ran couldn't help but smile helplessly.
If only things were as simple as Yun Zheng thought!
If officials at all levels start to make trouble, who will govern the local area?
In the blink of an eye, this year's spring ploughing is about to begin!
If it affects spring ploughing, then the loss will outweigh the gain...
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