Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

The tax laws in ancient times were indeed confusing, and Xu Jinyu was involved in a lot of lawsuits. She still doesn’t understand what those taxes are.

The land tax is the tax on the land, the head tax is the tax on the population, and the property tax is generally aimed at merchants.

There is also corvee labor, which is divided into labor service, military service, forced labor, and miscellaneous labor.

If there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, taxes will be increased. If you encounter an inhuman official, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes will be imposed on you.

Xu Jinyu once thought about learning, but unfortunately he failed at the first step.

The prince continued to laugh: "It's okay, there are only two of us here, it doesn't matter if I said something wrong."

Xu Jinyu: "No, no, no!"

Three rejections in a row.

Prince: "Should we be friends now?"

Xu Jinyu: "Of course we are friends, but I really don't understand."

[If I tell anyone about this tax law, I will offend most people. I won’t tell anyone about it. Otherwise, I’m afraid my life will be in danger.]

The prince's smile was a little forced: It seemed that Daqian was not giving His Royal Highness Prince An enough sense of security, causing Xu Jinyu to worry about his life.

"Don't worry, what you said today will go out of your mouth and into my ears, and no third person will know it."

Xu Jinyu smiled politely.

[The people in the court are all old foxes. It won't take long for them to guess that these methods come from me. No! My life is more important.]

Xu Jinyu refused, so the prince continued to work hard.

"Xu Jinyu, you see, we are now united under one rule. Next, we need to work together to create a prosperous Daqian era, let the name Daqian resound throughout the world, let everyone in the world know the name of our Daqian, and let those who come after us remember us forever."

"Let all the people have enough food and warm clothes. All the people will be proud of Daqian. They can hold their chests high and tell everyone that we are from Daqian, which is the Celestial Empire..."

"You have made the greatest contribution to this prosperous era. Your name will be forever engraved in the history books of Daqian."

After drinking the chicken soup, Xu Jinyu felt dizzy in a short while.

Poor Xu Jinyu, who had never experienced the hardships of society and had never been promised big things by his boss, was attracted by the grand scene described by the prince. His whole mind was swayed and he was already imagining what his name would look like in history books hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years later.

[Look! This is His Royal Highness Prince An of Daqian, the first queen in ancient history! This prince has brought out something, which has brought about earth-shaking changes in the living standards of Daqian, especially the people at the bottom of society. It is the appearance of Xu Jinyu that has enabled them to have enough food and clothing...]

[I never thought that one day I would be able to be compared with people like Marquis Guanjun and General Tiance, hehehehe·····hehehe······]

The prince was caught off guard by Xu Jinyu's thoughts. He didn't expect Xu Jinyu to fall for it.

I was planning to make you a hereditary prince, or give you a large fiefdom, or if that didn't work, I would conquer a large piece of land overseas and give it to you. In the end, you just wanted to leave your name in history and benefit the world.

[For the sake of my eternal reputation, I say! But when the Crown Prince submits his proposal for tax reform, I will throw out a bigger bomb to divert everyone's attention and prevent them from thinking of me.]

Prince: Tell me quickly! I'm waiting.

Xu Jinyu frowned at this juncture, "I have an idea."

[But I propose the Single Whip System, or to distribute the tax according to the land, so that officials and gentry can pay taxes together.]

[Why don't you just tell me everything? As for what tax system to implement, let the prince decide. ]

Prince: Tell me now! I will decide!

There was more than one whip law, there was also the system of dividing the land tax by the amount of land, and officials and gentry all paid taxes together.

I think these methods all come from Xu Jinyu's China!

Zi Shuyan looked at Xu Jinyu curiously, hoping that Xu Jinyu could give him a good enough tax reform solution.

When there were only two people left in the room, Xu Jinyu began to speak.

"I have two ideas. The first is to merge the land tax and corvée labor, and convert the tax collection from physical objects to currency. This will immediately reduce the losses caused by the tax collection process."

"Then, all officials and gentry have to pay taxes together. This means that no matter what you do, whether you are an official or a commoner, you need to pay taxes, and those who have more land need to pay more."

"Abolish the poll tax and merge it with the land tax. Collect taxes based on the amount of land you own. You will be taxed based on the amount of land you own."

[The demise of almost every dynasty was caused by peasant uprisings and land annexation, and the cause of the peasant uprisings was almost always hunger. The land was almost always in the hands of officials, gentry and wealthy families, so of course the peasants were hungry.]

[These tax systems can greatly slow down the pace of land annexation by officials and gentry, and can extend the life of the dynasty. I hope the prince can listen to them.]

As Xu Jinyu spoke and expressed his thoughts, Zi Shuyan's eyes widened wider and wider. No wonder Xu Jinyu didn't dare to speak at first. These tax systems were simply dancing on the heads of all the officials and gentry.

The people of the world have the least land, and yet they feed the largest population.

Officials, gentry and wealthy businessmen own the most land, which they use to support their luxurious lives.

No one is willing to give away their wealth to others, not even officials.

The difficulty of this tax reform is visible to the naked eye. Zi Shuyan now fully understands Xu Jinyu's words about reforming the tax system with the power of unifying the world.

If the tax system were to be reformed properly, I estimate that more than half of the officials in the court would jump up and down.

But now that the world has just been unified, my father is at his most powerful. Even if some ministers want to oppose it, they have to think about whether they can withstand the emperor's wrath.

Once the tax reform is completed and there is enough food, the people can reproduce without worry. In twenty years, the population of Daqian can double.

Even if it is multiplied several times, it is no problem, there are still countless lands overseas.

Zi Shuyan's thoughts were in turmoil, as if he had already seen the prosperous era of Daqian.

And such a prosperous era will be created by ourselves.

After Xu Jinyu finished speaking, Bai Tianzi Shuyan remained silent.

Xu Jinyu couldn't help but mutter in his heart,

[It's over. The prince was also frightened.]

[My eternal reputation is gone~~Gone~~~]

The prince was still immersed in excitement, but was awakened by Xu Jinyu's sad "It's gone~~~It's gone~~~".

Without having to think too much, you can tell that Xu Jinyu is imagining some tragic situation again.

Zi Shuyan stood up and bowed to Xu Jinyu, his face flushed with excitement: "Zi Shuyan, the crown prince of Daqian, would like to thank you for your wonderful ideas on behalf of Daqian. I will return to the palace and report to my father to reform the tax system in the morning court tomorrow."

Xu Jinyu was a little embarrassed by such a sudden gift, and hurriedly helped Zi Shuyan up: "It's my duty, it's my duty!"

[You must work hard. The pressure of this tax reform is very great. Don't give up when you encounter a little resistance. It depends on you whether I can leave my name in history.]

Zi Shuyan couldn't help but smile and lowered his head. It's not just you who will be remembered in history, but everyone in my Daqian dynasty will be remembered in history because of you.

But what name to leave behind is up to you gentlemen.

"Farewell!"

Zi Shuyan strode outside, still giving instructions along the way.

"Gao Yao! Double the number of guards at Prince An's Mansion!"

"Come here, find someone to inform the emperor that there will be a meeting soon."

"Also notify the left and right prime ministers and the six ministers to come to the palace and tell them that there is something important to discuss."

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As the orders were passed down one by one, Xu Jinyu's jumping voice could be heard from afar.

[Mom, I have to write another memorial. I must write a big one so that everyone will ignore me in the tax reform issue! ]