Today is the day of Yun'er's burial, and Ma Chao did not go. Because he has avenged Yun'er and really put Yun'er in his heart. And, the most important thing is that Ma Chao felt that he didn't have the face to see Yun'er and the last side of the unborn child.

This matter, Ma Chao was handed over to Aunt Liu to handle with full authority. Instead, he stayed at the county warden's office and began to review the documents three months after his absence.

Before Ma Chao first entered Chang'an, there were three things that he was more concerned about. The first is whether the appointed county guards can do a good job in promoting Yongzhou's new policy; the second is the early emergence of the six-ministry system in three provinces and whether it adapts to the Majia model; The third is the technology and trade operation of salt purification.

But after seeing the summary report of the past three months, Ma Chao was a little dumbfounded. For it was the beginning of winter, and although the taxes of the counties had been collected, the number had already been summed up. But the numbers on this have a feeling that makes Ma Chao stunned.

In October of the third year of the first peace, Longxi County had a population of 116,743 people and paid taxes of 32,570,000 yuan; Anding County has a population of 109,624 people and a tax of 29,680,000 yuan....... As for Guangwei County, Beidi County, Xinping County, Tianshui County, Fufeng County and other counties, the situation is similar, and the total income in a year has actually reached 2.28 million yuan!

Of course, it is undeniable that the population and taxes of Fufu County are the most prominent. Fufeng is one of the three auxiliaries, with a large population, rich people and strong counties. During this period, in addition to the Ma family's new entry into Fufeng, they also suffered a candidate, Cheng Yin's rebellion. After that, under the vigorous development of the Ma family, the population of Fufeng has now reached more than 270,000 people, and the tax payment is more than 890,000 yuan!

"Zidu! Sub-degree! Ma Chao suddenly closed the report, shouted Meng Da's words, and took a sip of water by the way to suppress the small shock in his heart.

"My lord, what is the call for lowly duty?" Meng Daben was working in the outer room, and after hearing Ma Chao's call, he immediately rushed in.

When Ma Chao was away, Zhang Ji also renovated the county guard mansion a little. He bought all the mansions in front of and behind the county guard mansion, and with the cooperation of Han Feng, he invited the bricklayers and carpenter masters of the arsenal to replan the layout of the county guard mansion according to the future office situation, so that the county guard mansion of Fufeng County suddenly became the political center of the Ma family.

Among them, the planning of the county guard office basically refers to the office pattern of the arsenal, in addition to paying attention to timeliness and practicality, but also specially divided the three provincial departments and the ministry into separate office areas. There is also a hall for the state council. And Ma Chao, the actual helmsman of Yongzhou, naturally has his most luxurious office. Only one wall away from his office is Shangshu Province, which really realized that communication only needs to rely on roaring, which greatly improves the efficiency of the Ma family's government.

For this change, Ma Chao admired Zhang Ji's construction and renovation level more and more, and he had a great intention of making him the No. 1 person in the Ministry of Industry. However, for now, everything needs to be gradual, and it is only right to understand these reports first.

"Zidu, can this report be true?" Ma Chao handed the report in his hand to Meng Da and motioned for him to sit down and speak.

Meng Da flipped back and forth a few times, and after a cursory look, he replied: "My lord, the officials of the Ministry have been going down to the counties and counties for assessment since the autumn harvest, and there should not be much difference. However, at present, there is too little available people in the Ma family, and it is possible that there will be some small number of mistakes. However, with the criteria you have specified, these officials should not dare to risk their heads to do such a disgraceful thing......"

"So, this statement is real?" Ma Chao asked again, expecting to get the reply that Meng Da had prepared.

"This is natural, this year is the first year of Ma Jiading's Yongzhou, although the investigation is a little slow, but this number is absolutely true." When Meng Da saw Ma Chao's appearance, he naturally knew what the reason was, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't hide it from the lord, after seeing this number, I haven't slept for a few days......."

"Oh......" Ma Chao let out a long breath and showed a knowing smile: when he came back, Ma Chao was still worried that the gold jewelry he had robbed from Chang'an was not enough to squander it, but he never thought that in just one year, his golden rooster had already begun to lay golden eggs!

In fact, it is no wonder that Ma Chao was so shocked and excited, you must know that at the beginning of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the total population of the Han Dynasty was only 50 million, and the annual tax was only more than 20 billion yuan. And he, a Yongzhou, actually won one-tenth of the taxes of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty at once, how could this not make Ma Chao shocked and excited?

It is said that one-tenth of the tax is no more than Erer, but don't forget, Ma Chao is located in Yongzhou, which only had more than 400,000 people two years ago, and the tax was only billions of desolate Yongzhou! But now, after a small influx of displaced people and two years of painstaking development, it has become a state and county with more than 700,000 people in the state and 22.8 billion in taxes! This change, I have to say, was very unexpected by Ma Chao.

"Zidu, I just estimated that there are more than 700,000 people in the state, and the taxes are as high as more than 20 billion....... More than two million dollars. Speaking of which, Ma Chao was very troubled that the ancients didn't know how to change numbers, so he couldn't help but say: "In the future, the unit of measurement of '10,000,000' will be changed to '100 million'." ”

"Obey the Lord's command." Meng Da is actually worried about this unit of measurement, because from this point of view, Yongzhou's taxes will definitely exceed '10,000,000', and then use '100,000,000' and 'million' to transcribe, which is really a headache.

"In this way, the people of Yongzhou will have to bear more than 300 yuan of taxes per person every year, how can the people of Yongzhou afford such a high tax?" Speaking of this, Ma Chao couldn't help but feel a little sad. Because in this era, a big son can buy two cooking cakes, which is basically equivalent to one dollar in later generations.

It is said that paying only 300 yuan a year in taxes is too small for people in later generations. But this is the end of the Han Dynasty, and the annual income of each person is less than the usual money (1,000 yuan). And this also includes the elderly, weak, women and children, such a tax, for a family, is still too heavy.

Of course, Ma Chao also knows that Yongzhou's taxes are already the lowest in the Han Dynasty. After all, the Ma family is the most resolute and comprehensive in suppressing land annexation and exacting taxes. Before the Ma family settled in Yongzhou, the taxes to be paid by a common people, in addition to the land tax and the land tax, there were also household taxes, mouth taxes, calculation taxes, change taxes, contributions and other poll taxes, in addition to vehicle and vessel tax, money tax (income tax), livestock tax, customs duties, mineral tax, fishing tax, city rent (business tax) and so on.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, assuming that a family had 30 acres of land, the income of that year was just enough to pay taxes. Even basic food and clothing could not be guaranteed, coupled with land annexation and natural and man-made disasters, the common people had no other way to survive except for rebellion.

In view of this, Ma Chao abolished most of the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and at the same time, in order to ensure population growth and the development of the commodity economy, he implemented a new type of tax that only levied three taxes: land tax, poll tax, and commercial income tax, and a new type of tax that was levied only once a year with five baht as the charging unit. But even so, Ma Chao calculated, the annual income of a household in Yongzhou is only 6,000 yuan, and there is basically nothing left after removing food and clothing.

"Don't worry, you may not have looked at the source of taxes carefully....... said, Meng Da flipped up the statement in his hand and showed it to Ma Yumu: "Most of Yongzhou's annual taxes come from business income tax. Since you encouraged commercial trade, the commercial trade in Yongzhou has grown by leaps and bounds, and most of those famous families have turned to business. And most of the tax revenue comes from the business income of these noble families. However, the people's annual harvest accounts for only one-third of these taxes, and there is still no problem in ensuring food and clothing for a year. ”

"That's great!" Ma Chao nodded, feeling that after he came to ancient times, he had done something good after all.

"Not good, very bad!" At this time, a voice suddenly came from the door, denying Ma Chao's efforts. Ma Chao looked up and saw that it was Yang Fu who came in......