Chapter 409 Make a fortune!

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, most importantly, Ma Chao felt that he had no face to see Yun'er and the last face of the unmarished child.

Ma Chao handed over this matter to Aunt Liu. However, he stayed at the county guard and began to review the documents three months after his departure.

Before Ma Chao entered Chang'an, there were three things that he was more careful about. The first is whether the appointed county guards can do a good job in the promotion of Yongzhou's new policy; the second is the early emergence of the three-provincial and six-ministerial system and whether they can adapt to the Ma family model; the third is the technology and trade operation of salt purification.

After seeing the summary report of the past three months, Ma Chao was a little dumbfounded. Because it was the beginning of winter, although the taxes of each county had been collected, the number had been summarized. But the numbers above make Ma Chao stunned.

In October of the third year of Chuping, the population of Longxi County was 11743, with a tax of 32.57 million yuan; the population of Anding County was 99,624, with a tax of 21.6 million yuan... As for Guangwei County, Beidi County, Xinping County, Tianshui County, Fufeng County and other counties, the total income of a year actually reached 2.28 million yuan!

Of course, it is undeniable that the population and taxation of Fufeng County are the most prominent. Fufeng is one of the three assistants, with a large population and a rich county. During this period, in addition to the Ma family's new 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, and the tax is more than 890,000 yuan!

"Zidu! Zidu!" Ma Chao suddenly closed the report, shouted Meng Da's words loudly, and took a sip of water to suppress the little shock in his heart.

"Lord, what's the matter?" Meng Da was working in the outer room. After hearing Ma Chao's call, he immediately rushed in.

When Ma Chao was away, Zhang also slightly transformed the county guard. He bought all the houses around the county guard, and with the cooperation of Han Feng, invited the bricklayers and carpenters of the arsenal to replan the layout of the county guard house according to the future office situation, making the county guard house of Fufeng County become the political center of the Ma family.

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

For this change, Ma Chao is increasingly admiring Zhang's construction and transformation level, and he plans to make him the number one person in the Ministry of Industry. However, at present, everything needs to be done step by step, and it is the right thing to figure out these reports first.

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

Meng Da turned back and forth several times. After a cursory look, he opened his mouth and replied, "Lord, the officials of the Ministry of Officials have been assessed by counties since the autumn harvest, and there should not be much difference. However, at present, the available people of the Ma family are too scarce, and it is possible that there will be some small mistakes. However, with the assessment and promotion criteria you specified, these officials should not dare to risk killing their heads to do this discredit..."

"So, is this report true?" Ma Chao asked again, looking forward to a reply prepared by Meng Da.

"This is natural. This year is the first year of Ma Jiading in Yongzhou. Although the investigation is a little slow, this number is very true." When Meng Da saw Ma Chao's appearance, he naturally knew the reason and couldn't help laughing and said, "To tell you the truth, after seeing this number at the beginning, he didn't fall asleep for a few days..."

"Oh..." Ma Chao then took a long breath and showed a heartfelt smile: When Ma Chao came back, he was also worried that the gold jewelry he had robbed from Chang'an was not enough for him to squander. He never thought that in just one year, his golden chicken had begun to lay golden eggs!

In fact, it is no wonder that Ma Chao was so shocked and excited. You know, at the end of the 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, unexpectedly took one-tenth of the tax on the thirteen states of Dahan. How can this not make Ma Chao shocked and excited?

It is said that one-tenth of the tax is not enough, but don't forget that Ma Chao is located in Yongzhou, where there were only more than 400,000 people two years ago, and the tax was no more than billions of desolate Yongzhou! But now, after a small influx and two years of painstaking development, it has actually become a state and county with more than 700,000 people in the state, with a tax of 228 billion! This change, I have to say, is beyond Ma Chao's surprise.

"Zidu, I just estimated that there are more than 700,000 people in the state, and the tax is as high as more than 20 billion... More than two million yuan." Speaking of this, Ma Chao was very troubled by the ancients who didn't know how to change the numbers, and couldn't help saying, "In the future, this '10,000' unit of measurement will be changed to '100 million'."

"I will obey the Lord's edict." Meng Da is actually worried about this unit of measurement, because from this point of view, Yongzhou's tax has definitely exceeded '10,000', and it will be really a headache to transcribed with '100,000' and 'million' at that time.

"In this way, each person in Yongzhou has to bear more than 300 yuan in taxes 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 man can also buy two cooking cakes, which is basically equivalent to one yuan for later generations.

It is said that paying only 300 yuan a year is too small for future generations. But this is the end of the Han Dynasty, and each person's annual income is less than the same amount (1,000 yuan). And this also includes vulnerable groups such as old, weak women and children. Such a tax is still too heavy for a family.

Of course, Ma Chao also knows that Yongzhou's tax is already the lowest state in Dahan. After all, the Ma family is the most resolute and comprehensive in suppressing land annexation and harsh taxes. Before the Ma family settled in Yongzhou, in addition to the two land taxes that a people had to pay, such as land tax and rumin tax, there were also household, mouth, calculation, more, donation and other taxes. In addition, there were vehicle and vessel tax, money tax (income tax), livestock tax, customs, mineral tax, fishery tax, municipal rent (business tax), etc.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, assuming that a family had 30 mu of land, the income of that year was just enough to pay taxes. Even basic food and clothing cannot be guaranteed. Coupled with land annexation and natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people have no other way to live except rebellion.

In view of this, Ma Chao cancelled most of the harsh and miscellaneous taxes. At the same time, in order to ensure population growth and the development of the commodity economy, he implemented a new tax that only levied land tax, poll tax and commercial income tax, with five baht as a charging unit and only once a year. . But even so, Ma Chao calculated that the annual income of a family in Yongzhou is only 600 yuan. Basically, there is nothing left to eat and wear.

"Don't worry, Lord, you may not have carefully looked at the source of tax..." With that, Meng Da turned over the statement in his hand and gave it to Ma Yuemu: "Half of Yongzhou's one-year tax comes from commercial income tax. Since you encouraged commercial trade, commercial trade in Yongzhou has made rapid progress, and most of those famous families have turned to business. And most of the taxes come from the business income of these prestigious families. And the people's annual harvest only accounts for one-third of these taxes, and there is no problem in ensuring a year's food and clothing.

"It's very good!" Ma Chao nodded and sighed that he had done some good deeds after coming to ancient times.

"No, very bad!" At this time, a voice suddenly came from the door, denying Ma Chao's efforts. Ma Chao looked up and saw that Yang Fu came in...