Chapter 868 I've learned a lesson!
The main expenditure of the Han tribe is to support soldiers. The Han tribe implements a recruitment system. Not only do they have to provide food, but they also have to pay for it. At present, there are eleven regular army guards with a total force of more than 20,000. These people do not usually cultivate land, and their food is all supplied by the tribe, which is a huge expense.
Then there are slaves. Slaves do not need to be paid, but they also need to eat. The slaves of the Han tribe do not farm for the time being. They are mainly used in two aspects, either in infrastructure construction or in mining. They do hard labor. These people can eat a lot, but they just eat, at least they don't need to be paid.
Another group is the craftsman group. At present, the main types of work in the Han tribe are miners and shipbuilding carpenters. There are not many people in this group, and they are mainly concentrated in Xingang County and Liuyang County, iron mines, copper mines and shipyards.
These craftsmen do not farm on weekdays. They only need to work, but the Han tribe does not need to pay food to this group of people, but directly pays them wages, and they use their wages to buy food at the grain station.
This part of grain was bought by the Han tribe from farmers, because the farmers' output basically paid taxes, and there was still a lot of surplus left for their own food. They didn't have much use for themselves. At the same time, in addition to eating, there were other daily expenses, so they sold the surplus grain to the grain station at a fair price. The craftsmen basically spent money on this part of grain.
But the Han tribe officials did not consume it at all in this process, and even made money by purchasing the surplus grain from the people at a low price and then selling it to the craftsmen at a higher price. Therefore,
the category of craftsmen should not be counted as the tribe's expenditure, but should be counted as income.
In other words, the Han tribe's overall expenditure is the two points of raising soldiers and slaves. The additional expenditure is to provide some food assistance to the newly developed areas. For example, the large camp built by Youye in the north asked for some food from the tribe during the initial construction. After they had their own output, the tribe stopped supplying.
This part is temporary, and generally there will not be many people when developing new areas, so this part of the expenditure can basically be ignored.
However, the Han tribe still has the task of reserve to do. A dignified country can't just be a Chengguang tribe, right? There is no surplus at the end of the year?
If the fiscal deficit is reached, the Han tribe will be on the verge of collapse, so the grain cannot be reduced. If the grain is reduced, there will be no surplus. Without grain, you will be anxious!
Tiezhen pondered for a moment, and told the truth directly, "The grain we collect in the Han tribe is slightly more than that of the Xin tribe, 20% off, and 40% off two years ago. It just came down to the previous level last year. Moreover, in the Han tribe, we collect according to output. Each person is allocated a certain amount of land and harvests a certain amount of grain, and then we collect a commission based on the total output. We have grain buckets, and we calculate it by volume, because the degree of drying of the newly harvested grain varies. If we weigh the wet grain, it will be twice as heavy as the dry grain. In order to prevent the people from cheating, we calculate it by volume."
Guan Tao frowned when he heard this. The Han tribe's way of collecting taxes was amazing. He had come into contact with the Han tribe's delegation. When the village bought a loom, it was he who contacted the delegation. So he knew something about the Han tribe. For example, the Han tribe had weight units, because the delegation collected hemp skins by weight.
Before Tiezhen introduced this situation, he thought that the Han tribe should also collect grain by weight, but he thought at that time, if it was collected by weight, would the people add water or sand to the grain to increase the weight?
Now it seems that people have thought about this problem a long time ago, or have already used this trick, so they changed to collecting by volume?
In this case, even if you just harvested new grain and pay taxes before drying it, the volume will not change much from dry grain, and the tribe will not suffer anyway.
As for adding sand, do you think you have a long life? Do the officials of the tribe are fools? They won't check?
Seeing Tiezhen's frank attitude, Guan Tao simply said, "Mr. County Magistrate, isn't it too much to take two out of ten? I'm afraid that the remaining grain we have will not be enough to eat!"
Tiezhen did not avoid this question, because even if he avoided it, he would have to collect according to this standard in the future, he explained.
"First of all, in the counties in our north, even when the tax was 40% in the past, the people had food to eat, and they could not finish eating it all, and there was still some left. You are worried that you will have nothing to eat, but this situation will not happen.
Of course, your worry is also justified, because your way of farming is different from ours. We grow the same food, but the yield is higher than yours.
In addition, we said 20% in 10, but in fact, it is not that much in total. Our tribe implements the land distribution system, and each adult can be allocated 20 mu of land. How big is this 20 mu? I will let you know later. I'll measure it for you.
The 20 mu of land that the adults have been allocated is the land that has to pay taxes.
Secondly, we also have land for children. Although children cannot farm, as long as they are from the Han tribe, they all have land. Children under the age of six, regardless of gender, can each be allocated 5 mu of land, which is also for adults to farm, but they don't have to pay taxes. From the age of six to adulthood, the 5 mu will be increased to 10 mu, and these are also tax-free lands.
So, do you understand? Can you calculate it clearly? "Tiezhen explained, and then he continued to explain while watching Tao's serious expression of careful calculation.
"Let me give you an example. Your son Guan He has just come of age, has a wife, and has set up his own business. In this case, he and his wife can get a total of 40 mu of land. All of these 40 mu of land are taxable land, and the tax rate is 20% of 10. Do you understand?"
Guan Tao nodded, and applied the problem to his son. Besides, there are only two of them, so the account is easy to calculate.
Then Tiezhen continued, "Isn't his wife about to give birth? When their child is born, they will have an extra 5 mu of tax-free land. In this way, their family will have a total of 45 mu of land, but they only need to pay 40 mu. Doesn't the rate of tax reduction go down?"
Guan Tao nodded again. He could understand that there was an extra child and 5 mu of tax-free land.
"Then Guan He can't just have one child, right? After two years, if they have another child, won't they have another five acres of land? Assuming they have been married for seven years, and they have three children in these seven years, won't they have an extra fifteen acres of tax-free land? And at this time, their eldest son will be over six years old, so they will have an additional five acres of tax-free land, which means they have three children, and a total of twenty acres of tax-free land, plus the forty acres of their own, a total of sixty acres, but only need to pay taxes on forty acres, so all in all, it's actually just a little over ten percent, not too much.
In addition, although our Han tribe takes a lot of taxes, the people have good welfare benefits. You haven't seen these yet, but they often give out some things, and if you encounter difficulties, the tribe will seriously help you solve them. So on the whole, although the taxes are high, the grain is definitely not paid in vain."
After Tiezhen finished explaining again, Guan Tao didn't respond. He was still calculating silently, nodding from time to time. Tiezhen didn't disturb him, and let him think for himself.
After waiting for a while, Guan Tao suddenly asked, "Mr. County Magistrate, there is one thing I don't understand. According to the systems you just mentioned, in general, the more children you have, the less tax you pay, and the older the children, the less tax you pay. If there are several children in a family, the commission rate is indeed not high. But why do we have to come up with such a complicated system? Wouldn't it be better to just set the commission rate lower?
I think if we just set it lower, the villagers will be more likely to accept it. If I tell them what you just told me, I'm afraid they will find it difficult to understand."
Tiezhen smiled and explained, "In fact, this tax collection system was changed by the leader later. It seems a bit troublesome, but it is for the good of the people."
"Oh? What does this mean?" Guan Tao asked puzzled.
"You have discovered the problem yourself just now. The more children there are, the less tax you pay. The older the children are, the less tax you pay. This is the chief's goal."
Tiezhen sighed and continued, "In the past, children in our tribe often died young. They died when they were one or two years old, two or three years old, and they couldn't even talk. But later, the chief investigated the causes of death of these children. Most of them were caused by irresponsible parents. For example, they let the children go barefoot, eat dirty things, eat poisonous wild fruits, or play in cold water. They were fine before, but sometimes they caught a cold and had diarrhea, which could cost a life.
The chief In order to solve this problem and let parents pay more attention to the healthy growth of their children, the leader came up with this idea.
Do you want to pay less tax? Then have more children and raise them well after they are born. Because if you don't raise them well and the children die, your tax-free land will be gone. If you raise your children well and bring them up, you will get more tax-free land after they are over six years old. This is a reward for your meritorious service in raising children.
In fact, the chief came up with this idea in order to increase the population of the tribe faster. "
After listening to it, Guan Tao suddenly realized it and said with admiration and emotion.
"The chief is really amazing. It turns out that there are so many ways to collect grain taxes, and the reason is to let the people raise their children well. This method is really good.
We actually have the same phenomenon that the county governor just mentioned. Children die early before they grow up. It really makes parents heartbroken, but they don’t know the root cause.
Take me for example. In fact, my wife and I have given birth to seven children, but now only four are alive. Guan He is my eldest son, and his brothers and sisters are still young. The other three children, now I think about it, should be ours. As parents, I failed to take good care of them.
If I hadn't listened to the explanation of the county magistrate today, I'm afraid I still wouldn't know my mistakes. The idea that the chief came up with is really great. I am absolutely willing to support it. After all, no one wants to see their children die. County magistrate, rest assured, I will explain this matter in detail to the people in the village. "
After Guan Tao finished his sigh, he stopped solemnly, then bowed to the anvil seriously, bowed to the ground, and said, "I've learned your lesson."
Today, it's more than 11,000 yuan, please reward me!
(End of this chapter)
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