For other things, at the right time, even if Duan Ye can't change his course, he will make a little adjustment, the purpose is actually to give people face, because Duan Ye himself knows deeply that many times, what people care about is actually the feeling of being valued.

But this time it won't work, there is no room for concession in this matter.

In theory, the more people, the better the economy, the richer the economy, and the greater the strength of the people, which is absolutely true. Especially in this era, there are still large tracts of land, large amounts of space, and a lot of resources, not to mention the problem of population explosion.

Duan Ye wanted to census the population, in fact, many people instinctively thought that he wanted to take the opportunity to levy and extort violently, and then expand the army, so these gentry and elders came to the Assassin Mansion to ask for a meeting, hoping that Duan Ye would take back his life.

Duan Ye was originally very helpless, but these people, if they don't see it, they can't do it, although Duan Ye really wants to completely infiltrate the rule to the grassroots, but after all, it is an idea, and it has not been completed yet. Since it has not been completed, these people still hold the real power at the grassroots level, and it is inconvenient for Duan Ye to offend.

Speaking of which, although there is always a way for these people to transfer the actual burden to the common people, it is impossible to complete the transfer, and how many boards will still hit them.

As soon as Duan Ye was ruthless, he clearly told these gentry representatives that even if the census was conducted, he Duan Ye swore to heaven that he would never raise taxes, not at all!

Now, everyone is relieved, you stabbed Lord Shi, you swore to the sky, then of course we believe it.

Everything else is false, if you don't raise taxes, it doesn't matter if you want to count the population, or count the pigs, cows, and sheep, whatever you want, we can't control it.

Of course, there are some who are more worried, and they specifically asked, is it a tax rate or a tax amount?

This is a critical question because there is a big difference. Duan Ye waved his big hand and said: "The total amount of taxes collected this year is enough, unless there is a new industry, which is not available now, then it needs to be taxed, as long as the tax is being collected now, it will not be charged a penny!" ”

Now everyone is relieved, completely relieved. Because Duan Ye specially printed a large number of tax manuals in order to standardize tax collection, for those situations that need to be taxed, those situations that do not need to, are clearly and clearly, Duan Ye is confident, unless there are a few people with extremely smart brains, otherwise they should not be able to think of ways to avoid taxes in the short term.

The industry said very clearly, these gentry were originally big taxpayers, of course, they didn't dare to slack off, and they all took the book back and studied it carefully.

Since Lord Thorn Shi said that the old taxes are not added, and the new industry is not a word, what are you afraid of? Besides, even if there is a new industry, if we don't do it, won't it be over? Those new industries are unreliable, or land and shops are better.

So the gentry went away happily.

Liu Muzhi said with some worry at this time: "My lord...... You seem to have a bit of a. ”

"Oh?" Duan Ye rubbed the corners of his eyes, he was a little tired, because it was too hard to face these people, although these people were all well-dressed, but Duan Ye wanted to call them all scum. It's not because of what they did, but because they bargained for their own interests, but they were sanctimonious and used the people as shields everywhere, which made Duan Ye feel very hypocritical.

"Your Excellency." Liu Muzhi said frankly, "Now the arsenal according to the planning of the adult, has gradually entered the right track, this year alone, there are thirteen kinds of weapons to be put into production, in addition to the research and development is a long queue, these research and development is burning money very much, the adult also said, for their funds, that is all according to the standard, every time they come to the lowly job here to pay money, the lowly job feels a little soft, now although we are not short of money, but the adults everywhere open up wasteland, but also give so many subsidies to the people, our money has been just enough, This is true, but it's too light. ”

"You think it's too light?" Duan Ye asked.

"Yes!" Liu Muzhi said calmly, "Liangzhou Tianfu is only one thirty tenths, and the commercial tax is only twenty one, which is too light, although Jiangnan is rich, but the field tax reaches one-fifteenth, and the commercial tax reaches one-tenth, otherwise, the Sima family will not last so long." ”

"But you have also seen that this farmer or herdsman is living a very hard life, don't they work hard? No, they work all year round, and the taxes we collect are not high, but why do they only barely make ends meet? ”

Liu Muzhi was silent. What Duan Ye said was the truth, he had followed Duan Ye to the grassroots several times, and some peasants, life was really hard, almost the whole family only had a pair of pants, and girls couldn't go out, so they could only snuggle up in bed. Liu Muzhi watched that scene, and he couldn't help but be bitter.

"I'll tell you." Duan Ye said, "Although the taxes we collect are not high, their burden is very heavy, why? It is these landlords, gentry, who try their best to make money from them, can they not be poor? ”

"But...... I've been doing this for thousands of years. Although Liu Muzhi intuitively felt that there must be something wrong here, he still said.

"Thousands of years like this, right?" Duan Ye sighed, "Daohe, I've decided to do a few big things. ”

"My lord, say it, Liu Muyi will definitely support you!"

"Good!" Duan Ye was overjoyed and said, "The first thing I want to do is to cancel the conscription from now on!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Muzhi's mouth was wide open enough to hold a few eggs.

Conscription refers to unpaid labor that the ruler forced the common people to perform. Including forced labor, miscellaneous service, military service, etc. In this era, all labor activities carried out by the state to engage in labor activities carried out by various strata of people without compensation were called forced labor, including both forced labor and military service. The origin of conscription is very early, there was a Zhou Dynasty, and it was carried forward in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the reason why Qin was able to stand out among the six countries was that he provided strong support for the army through large-scale conscription.

This successful experience was later turned into law by the rulers, and during the Qin and Han dynasties, adult men were required by law to perform forced and military service for the government. The age of starting service was 17 years old in the Qin Dynasty, 20 years old in the Western Han Dynasty, and later changed to 23 years old; The age of exemption from forced labor is 56 years.

There are three types of conscription: the main pawn, the border soldier, and the guard pawn. 2 years of regular death, 1 year as an infantryman, cavalry or building ship in the county, receiving military training and being responsible for local security; In one year, he went to Kyoto as a guard, responsible for defending the capital, guarding the imperial palace and mausoleum, or serving the government. Adult men under the age of 56 are generally exempt from military service after serving two years of regular death, but they may still be conscripted for service at any time when the government needs it, and they may not resist. Then there is the duty of guarding the border, which is also known as the garrison or tunshu, that is, to engage in "guarding and riding the fortress" in the frontier. The Han law stipulates that each person must stay on the border for one year in his or her life, and if there is an emergency at the border, he must continue to stay for six months.

Of course, these rules are mainly for ordinary people, and the government naturally has its own workarounds, and the children of the rich and official can pay to hire people to serve on their behalf.

As for the change of pawn, in addition to serving the two types of forced labor, the soldier of Fu nationality must also serve one month of unpaid labor in the county every year, and engage in local civil engineering, building bridges and roads, managing rivers and canals, and transferring water valleys. Because the servants take turns to serve, they are called "more", and the servants are called "more pawns". Those who are unwilling or unable to serve in person can pay 300 yuan to hire someone to serve on their behalf, or the government does not need them to serve in person and order him to pay for the service, which is called "passing the change", and this substitute service money is called "more endowment". There are also those who are exempted from military service due to special circumstances, and they are called "reinstated". Those who were exempted from military service included: clans, nobles, bureaucrats with high lords and their relatives, the three elders of counties and townships, and those who were elected as filial piety and power; Doctoral disciples, other people who have passed the scriptures and those who have been specially approved for reinstatement; or those who have given birth to children, those who have mourned, and those who have been temporarily removed due to natural disasters and military disasters; The people of the places through which the emperor passed through were temporarily exempted from military service, and so on.

In addition, it is stipulated that those who have obtained the title of "no change" from the first to the fourth class can be exempted from military service for four years in advance; Those who are above the 9th rank of "five doctors" are not subject to forced labor. Those who have no merit can pay money to buy a knight, and if you buy a knight, you can pay money, and you can pay slaves, and you can be exempted from military service when you buy a knight to level 9 or above. In this way, the obligation of conscription in the Han Dynasty actually fell on the ordinary people.

Of course, there are conscriptions in Liangzhou, and Duan Ye didn't notice it at first, but later, after seizing Guzang, when he wanted to renovate the city wall, Duan Ye didn't think much about it, so he handed it over to Liu Muzhi to do it, and as a result, Liu Muzhi's method was, of course, to levy conscription as before.

Only then did Duan Ye realize the seriousness of the problem, so he was determined to change.

Liu Muzhi thought for a while and said, "My lord, although this matter of servitude is quite cruel to the common people, it is ...... This is building bridges and paving roads, fighting wars and delivering food, why don't you need people? Those soldiers who are weak by the adults are of course useful, but they are too few people, where can we find so many people to work? ”

"Of course, people are still these people, but they can't be requisitioned for free in the future, and they have to be paid." Duan Ye said firmly.

Liu Muzhi was a little dumbfounded, in the past, the law was used to force people to do it, for so many years, the people have long been accustomed to it, and take it for granted, but now why do you think there is too much money? Actually took the initiative to give money?

Duan Ye explained: "On the one hand, you can't collect money like this, you can't kill chickens and take eggs, and secondly, instead of letting these people work for free, otherwise giving money to work, in fact, it is better in the long run, because they have money, of course, they have to spend money, they have to consume, and they have to buy things, which promotes people who want to do things and sell things, the market will prosper, and we can also receive taxes." ”

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