The king of Chu, who had just recovered from his illness, seemed to be a different person, and the things that he hesitated in the past became firm at this time, and the things that were decided by Huang Xie in the past now have his own opinions. Huang Xie is naturally not very suitable for the style of King Chu, but Zhao Huang and Zi Mo see it in their eyes and are happy in their hearts. Only the old minister Song Yu was sad in his heart, and the king praised the prince for his filial piety in front of the courtiers, and asked the prince to listen to the court's discussion of politics, all for the prince - Wang Shou was not long, so he went against the usual and praised the prince.

It is important for the Qin State to ask for the Jing crossbow, and the waterwheel, sacrifice, and finance are internal affairs, and the internal strategy is only adjusted. After these things were agreed, Xiong Yuan took the initiative to talk about the military academy, and he basically recounted it according to the content submitted by his son: "...... The army is based on non-commissioned officers, and if the non-commissioned officers are strong, the army is strong, and if the non-commissioned officers are weak, the army is weak; The sergeant is brave and the sergeant is brave, and the sergeant is cowardly. Therefore, it is said: one person learns to fight, and teaches ten people; Ten people learn to fight, and teach hundreds of people. The name of the military academy is the place where the war is taught. ”

The king suddenly spoke of the military academy that no one had heard of, and the important ministers looked at Xiong Jing again—everything that was not available in all countries was basically made by the prince. In the kingdom of the world, the wood work is skillful in Qin and Chu, and the ballista and the waterwheel, these two things that are beneficial to the country, are all made by the prince, there is no doubt.

"Dare to ask the king, how many people does the military academy want to teach to fight?" The military academy did not touch anyone's interests, which was the reason why the king of Chu strongly advocated it. Huang Xie didn't mean to deny it, he just wanted to know how big it was and how much it would cost.

"The school is divided into two classes, the primary school students have an annual income of 1,500 people, and the university students have an annual income of 100 people......" Before the king of Chu finished speaking, everyone smacked their tongues, the primary school has 1,500 students a year, which is too much.

"King, the annual income of primary school is 1,500 people, and the cost is too huge." Huang Xie knew the cost of the Lantai Academy, which enrolls less than fifty students every year, and costs five hundred gold. The annual income of the military academy is 1,500, and it costs tens of thousands of dollars every year.

"Jing'er ......" Xiong Yuan looked at his son, ready to let him come forward to talk about the military academy.

"Yui." Xiong Jing agreed. "Lantai Academy, the teaching of the nobles. Everyone sleeps alone, everyone has a servant, everyone has a car, and the cost is naturally expensive. The learning of the military academy is also the teaching of the army. Except for the meat for meals, it doesn't cost much. Students have no cars, no slaves, no dormitories, and only food and clothing are provided by their subordinates. It's only 5,000 gold a year. ”

"Five thousand gold?!" Five thousand gold is Xiong Jing's estimate, and in Xiong Jing's opinion, it is not much - he still doesn't know how much Chu State's financial income is in a year, and the one thousand gold rewarded last time confused him.

"Five thousand gold is too huge, Huang Xie can't help it." Huang Xie tilted his head to the side, and his mouth turned up.

"Ahem......" Xiong Yuan coughed, he also felt that five thousand gold was too much, and then looked at Mo with his eyes.

Zi Mo immediately understood, and he said, "How much gold does Ling Yin think is enough?" ”

"If the waterwheel can make the acres of land more productive, the field tax is more than in previous years." Huang Xie was not fooled and drew a cake.

"What was the field tax last year?" Xiong Jing was fooled.

"Last year's ......" Huang Xie smiled quietly from the corner of his eyes, and pretended to mutter: "Last year, the field tax was not far from 20,000 gold, so it was calculated as 20,000 gold. ”

"Twenty thousand gold?" Xiong Jing felt that something was wrong, and the agricultural tax of a dignified country was only 20,000 gold. He remembered the agreement reached between his father and Huang Xie, and the balance of the mansion allocated to Ling Yin's mansion every year was 16,000 gold. This money is still left over from the palace and the king's pawns, why is the agricultural tax so small?

In fact, this is not only because he did not understand the pre-Qin taxation, but also because the times are different. In the pre-Qin tax system, the taxes collected by the countries were inevitably rented, and this land rent was the agricultural tax of later generations, which was generally one-tenth of the proportion of the harvest, and could be coined in kind. However, in addition to the land rent, there is also a military endowment.

What is a military endowment? The military endowment is the food, weapons, and armor you eat when you go out to fight, which are originally required by you, but it is impossible for ordinary farmers to make a pair of armor and cast a halberd by themselves, so it is made by the state and issued to you when you fight. The state is not paid by the state, the money is still paid by you, so you have to pay in advance every year, which is the military endowment.

The military endowments of the countries are all different, some are heavy and some are light, and the state of Chu is generally within the amount of cultivation. Moved east to negotiate peace with Qin, and after the king of Chu ascended the throne, there were not many wars in Chu, so he pulled out Pengcheng (the second year of King Kaolie), saved Zhao (the sixth year of King Kaolie), destroyed Lu (the seventh year of King Kaoli), and attacked Qin (the twenty-second year of King Kaoli). There are not many wars, and the military endowment is naturally less, so that the annual land tax, military endowment, and dispensable household endowment collected by the Yin Mansion add up to less than 30,000 gold.

The royal family was different, the customs tax was not much, and each person was given thirty yuan per Chinese New Year's Eve (less than twelve yuan of the Fu family), but only five or six thousand gold. The real big head is the mountains and seas and ponds—the salt that comes out, the copper that is smelted, the gold that is panned, and the wood that is fell...... As long as it does not grow in the farmland, it is owned by the royal family. Guan Zhong's policy of enriching the country's so-called 'only official mountains and seas are ke', relying on the salt and iron produced by Qi State.

The power of Chu is very uncentralized, and the power of the feudal monarch and the county Yin is very heavy. Power is often equal to money, and the benefits of mountains and seas are often intercepted by the feudal monarchs and county officials below, but no matter how they are intercepted, they must be handed over to a part. Even so, Dafu has an income of more than 50,000 gold every year. The royal family spends more than 10,000 gold a year, and the king spends more than 30,000 gold a year, and the rest of the money is transferred to Ling Yin's mansion.

The tax system is like this, and the times are also related. After the Han Dynasty, the finances of all dynasties have always been heavy on agricultural taxes, and the profits of mountains and seas and ponds account for a small proportion, but before the Han Dynasty, especially in the pre-Qin period, the income of mountains and seas and ponds has always been heavier than agricultural taxes, and the two Han Dynasty are basically equal. The reason for this lies in the destruction of the mountains and seas and ponds in the two Han Dynasty and later, and there is no heavy profit to collect.

Still too young. Xiong Yuan saw that his son had fallen into Huang Xie's trap, and thought so in his heart, but he didn't want to wake up his son, this kind of thing had to be slowly figured out and understood by himself.

Including his father, everyone looked at him a little differently, and Xiong Jing suddenly realized that he had been fooled. The tax collection of land involves a wide range of things, and the whole process is controlled in the hands of Ling Yinfu, who can say more or less clearly. He was not in a hurry, but said: "It is better to limit the income of the mansion, and those who are more than in previous years will be used for military schools." ”

The mansion is controlled by the royal family, so that the Yin Mansion cannot be controlled. Huang Xie was worried that the 16,000 gold promised by the King of Chu before would not be settled, so he hurriedly said: "The income of the mansion will be based on the allocation of 16,000 gold to the Yin Mansion." ”

Xiong Jing glanced at his father, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he replied: "No matter how old the mansion is, it will allocate 16,000 gold to the Yin Mansion every year, and the rest will be used by the father and the left disciple, but what?" ”

"Sixteen thousand gold?" The more Zhao Huang and Nao Cunning listened, the more they felt that something was wrong. Zhao Huang said: "The annual balance of the mansion is only 8,000 gold, how can it come with 16,000 gold?" ”

"The king has promised me that he will give the Yin Mansion 16,000 gold every year." Huang Xie didn't look at Zhao Xiao, but at the King of Chu. Of course, he knew that 16,000 gold was a lion's mouth, but he didn't expect the king of Chu to agree in order to make Xiong Jing the crown prince. Xiong Jing was also taken aback when he heard this, he thought that the mansion had a balance of 16,000 gold every year, but he didn't expect that the balance was less than 8,000 gold. What should I do with the remaining 8,000 gold?

Everyone looked at Xiong Yuan, the king of Chu, and Xiong Yuan said: "The widow has ordered Wang Yin to reduce the amount of money in the palace, which may have thousands of gold. The inner government has accumulated gold, silver, pearls and jade for decades, and when there are tens of thousands of gold, it can be ......"

"Great King, what is stored in the inner mansion is the accumulation of the previous kings, how can it be given to Ling Yin?" Zhao Huang couldn't help but stand up, he pointed at Huang Xie and shouted: "In addition to the big mansion, the Yin Mansion has been ordered over the years." 16,000 gold, which is almost equal to the field tax, what is the use?! ”

Zhao Huang's expression was eager to eat Huang Xie, he felt that Ling Yin's Mansion was a bottomless pit, he was not satisfied with how much money he gave, and the most annoying thing was that he couldn't do anything, and all the money was eaten up by the officials and customers. Huang Xie said: "All countries are people-oriented. If people from all over the world vote for my Chu country and don't treat it well, what is my use? ”

"The gold and jade of the first king, the ointment of the people, want to increase your Huang Xiechun Shenjun's name!"

Zhao Huang's words were already very serious, but Huang Xie was not afraid: "The heart of rest, the sky can learn from it." is not like the minister of the DPRK and the central government, he has a false name, he does not seek meat, and the corpse is ......"

"You!" Zhao Huang was furious, and he was about to jump in front of Huang Xie and give him two feet, but he was noble, and he couldn't be rude in everything, so he didn't use force after all, and finally only flicked his sleeves and said: "A little human ear!" ”

"The villain is mediocre, but he can destroy Lu Vaqi and expand the territory of my Chu State, what is the use of nobles?" Huang Xie was proud.

"When I saw the Qin army like a vole, I saw the civet cat, I was cowardly, trembling, running without a fight, and laughing for the world." Zhao Huang was disdainful again, and the King of Chu frowned.

"The king has promised me sixteen thousand gold. This is not for rest, but for the purpose of raising a strong country. Huang Xie immediately looked at Xiong Yuan and Xiong Jing, and he took Xiong Jing's words just now and replied: "No matter how old the mansion is, it will give the Yin Mansion 16,000 gold every year, and Huang Xie will use the rest." ”

As soon as Huang Xie replied, Zhao Huang was about to speak, but Xiong Yuan stopped him. He said: "The widow has promised to rest, so there is no need to discuss this." The military academy is out of the mansion, but also. However, in addition to cement, Jing'er also wants to smelt huge iron and build sea boats, and the master and craftsman he needs can he allow it? ”

"How many craftsmen does the eldest son need?" Huang Xie asked.

"A thousand is enough." Xiong Jing said a number, and he added: "If you need to build a house to make utensils, you can pay money." ”

There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in the construction of the mansion, and it is not a big problem to transfer 1,000 people. Under Xiong Jing's expectation, Huang Xie said: "Yes." After answering, seeing Xiong Jing smiling, he was worried that he would want it next time, and said: "There are only a thousand people, not more." ”

"Humph!" Seeing that he was so small, Zhao Huang said: "The minister can give five hundred masters and craftsmen to the eldest son." ”

"The minister may also give two hundred." Nao Cunning knew what Ju Tie was, and immediately agreed.

"The minister may also give a hundred." This is Dazai Shen Yinlu.

"The minister may also give fifty." This is the Taibu season.

……

"The old minister can also give ten people......" Song Yu also spoke, he was the poorest among the ministers, but he was the crown prince.