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"The capital of Hunan Province will be Changsha,"
"The two provinces are as close as lips and teeth and need to communicate more."
Li Guang, the Left Provincial Administration Commissioner of Hubei, said, "That's for sure, regarding the water conservancy of the Jingjiang River and Dongting Lake."
"It can only be achieved through cooperation between the two provinces."
Zhao Ding asked, "Is Hubei's grain supply sufficient this year?"
Li Guang shook his head: "They've all been transferred here to supply military rations."
"There are not many left in each prefecture."
"Hunan is now in dire need of reconstruction."
"The rice harvest is sure to be poor again,"
"I'm afraid we'll have to transport grain from Sichuan."
"Regardless of whether it's coarse or refined grains,"
"How about transferring 10,000 shi (a unit of dry measure)?"
Zhao Ding started to take advantage of people's generosity.
Li Guang was somewhat reluctant to provide food.
After all, a considerable amount of grain had already been distributed during the campaign against Zhong Xiang.
Hubei should also store some grain just in case.
He didn't refuse outright, but simply said:
"Your Excellency may first inform the imperial court,"
"Hubei will definitely provide grain upon receiving the official document from the Ministry of Revenue."
Chapter 1925 Reforming the Labor Service
"Thank you very much then."
Zhao Ding quickly bowed.
The Ministry of Revenue issued an official document to Hubei.
Li Guang will definitely feign poverty and delay.
It's estimated that there will be a discount in the end.
The maximum that could be transported to Hunan was already the limit.
The allocation of aid from Sichuan has been determined.
50,000 shi of rice and 50,000 shi of corn
All of them will be shipped to Hunan within this year.
Hunan and Hubei provinces
It is a model province for the comprehensive implementation of the land tax reform.
The gentry and landlords in Hubei were not powerful.
Hunan has been cleansed up again by Zhong Xiang.
There is little resistance to the full implementation of the land tax system.
To be honest, the policy of merging the poll tax into the land tax...
The advantages and disadvantages are very obvious.
Zhao Yuan had no idea what would happen in the future.
I won't mention the advantages.
The drawback was that landlords passed on the cost of corvée labor to tenants.
Local officials might then merge the poll tax into the land tax.
To continue imposing exorbitant taxes and disguised levies on corvée labor,
Or simply conscript men into service.
This is tantamount to collecting a poll tax twice.
This is not unfounded worry.
That's how it was during the Qing Dynasty.
The merging of land tax and poll tax did not reduce the burden on farmers.
It simply meant increasing taxes for the central government.
What Zhao Yuan could do
This refers to the corvée labor tax that was allocated to the land.
Leave more for local governments at all levels.
Otherwise, it would be tantamount to forcing local officials to collect taxes twice.
This is similar to how Zhu Yuanzhang set officials' salaries extremely low.
If officials don't embezzle, they'll have trouble even eating.
Zhao Ding said, "If I may ask, what about Hubei after the redrawing of the borders?"
"How many households are there under the new law?"
"More than 800,000 households, more than 2.3 million people,"
Li Guang sighed.
“Many of them are soldiers,”
"They could move at any time,"
"A group of people moved away this year."
Hubei resettled a large number of soldiers and displaced people.
The proportion of young and middle-aged people is very high.
The number of people in each household is not large.
Zhao Ding muttered, "After the war, it seems that there are at most three or four hundred thousand households in Hunan."
The ratio of households to population in the Song Dynasty
The ratio is generally around 1:2.
This "mouth"
Specifically refers to Dingkou.
This refers to those who are required to perform corvée labor, corvée service, or military service.
Since Hunan and Hubei have implemented the policy of merging land tax and poll tax,
They will no longer count the number of people.
Instead, they directly count the population.
Furthermore, those under the age of fifteen are not counted.
You can only register your household registration when you are 15 years old.
There is another change,
Official households and private households were merged into one.
Going forward, statistical distinctions will no longer be made.
The algorithms for ward and village households are retained.
That is, urban household registration and rural household registration.
However, the tax collection method needs to be adjusted.
Urban residents are taxed based on the area of their property.
Rural residents are taxed based on the area of their farmland.
The distinction between first, second, third, fourth, and fifth-class households will no longer be made.
There is no longer a distinction between primary account holders and customers.
Because of the distinction between customer level and main customer.
There are too many loopholes to exploit.
There are many more tricks than concealing real estate and land holdings.
Previously, Hunan was administered by Li Guang.
Zhao Ding asked him many questions.
Next, Zhao Ding will write a letter to the Provincial Governor of Jiangxi.
First, establish a personal relationship between the two parties.
His task this year is to maintain stability in Hunan.
Don't let the people starve and rebel.
Immigration policies will be announced next year.
The main destination for immigrants is Jiangxi.
A land deed is issued after three years of reclamation of wasteland.
Jiangxi has a large population and limited land.
The population has exploded.
This would be perfect for filling the population gap in Hunan.
Once the Han population has increased...
Next, we will address the issues concerning the Yao, Dong, and Miao ethnic groups.
Ethnic minorities living in the mountains do not pay taxes.
However, many ethnic minorities have moved out of the mountains.
Many Han Chinese also identify themselves as ethnic minorities.
Those people of various ethnic groups living near Han Chinese settlements,
They had actually become accustomed to being taxed by the Song Dynasty.
However, they often resisted taxes and rebelled during years of famine or when taxes were too heavy.
You have to find a balance.
Once the official tax standards are determined,
We cannot levy taxes arbitrarily like the officials of the Song Dynasty—those guys collected taxes from ethnic minorities.
Most of them were put into private pockets!
Oh, and I also need to maintain a good relationship with the Duke of Shu.
After Zhong Xiang's downfall,
A large number of Manichaeans still exist.
Lin Chong needs to act as the Duke.
He will lead troops and remain stationed in Changsha for at least three years.
.....
Pingxiang.
The Jiangxi North Route Army was decimated.