Chapter 136 National Debt

On the evening of New Year's Eve, firecrackers began to ring in the whole city of Nanjing. On the bell and drum tower of Nanjing City, a melodious bell sounded. With the sound of the bell, the Dazhong Dynasty finally sent away the first year of Tianyuan after the founding of the country.

Although the south has not yet returned to the army, and the Shaanxi Dazhong army is still fighting with the Dashun army, it is already peaceful in Nanjing.

The establishment of the Greater China Dynasty, coupled with the actions of the Greater China Army, completely destroyed the Ming Dynasty forces in Nanzhili, uprooted many deep-rooted families, and quickly rejuvenated new vitality under the efforts of countless officials and generals of the Greater China and North Korea.

In order to thank the civil servants and generals who were busy for the Dazhong Dynasty, Xiao Tianjian specially held a banquet in the palace on the evening of New Year's Eve and invited all the ministers in the court to have fun together.

During the banquet, Xiao Tianjian also let go of his heart and invited three imperial concubines to accompany him. He had a drink with the ministers. The time was really like a white horse. In the blink of an eye, it had been more than three months since he returned to Nanjing City. With his return, the Great Middle Court also began to adjust frequently.

Originally, it was just a framework. In the past few months, it was quickly improved. After selection and inspection, a group of officials began to take up their posts and work for the revitalization of China and North Korea.

Among these officials, some of them are old officials of the previous dynasty, some are rookies selected through scientific examination, and some are sages who have not been officials in the Ming Dynasty before, but have a great reputation among the people. With the rise of the Dazhong Dynasty, these people have been used by Xiao Tianjian and enriched to be officials in various places.

Although the scale of this banquet is not small, there are still many meritorious officials from the Chinese and Dynasties who failed to catch up with the banquet. Among them, the generals in the army, such as Yan Chongxi, Luo Li, Liu Bao, Shi Ran, Luo Rucai, Li Shuanzhu, Wang Chengping, Diao Zheng, Li Lingfeng, Zhao Weiguo... and other generals are all because of military affairs. In my body, I am stationed in various places. In addition, there are important ministers like Lu Xiangsheng who also need to preside over government affairs in various places, so it is impossible for all of them to rush to Nanjing to participate in this banquet of Xiao Tianjian. Only some ministers and military officials who can participate in the banquet.

It's a big banquet, but Xiao Tianjian once again showed his stingyness. There are not many dishes in the banquet held in the palace, and they are all common ingredients. Although there are some delicacies, they are only ordinary things. At least these dishes are still delicious after being cooked by famous chefs. Otherwise, you will really be despised.

However, Xiao Tianjian also said before the big banquet that not long after the establishment of the Great China Dynasty, it is the time to be abandoned and waiting for prosperity. There are places everywhere to spend money everywhere. Whether it is him or the ministers, they should be diligent and thrifty, not extravagant, let alone luxury **yi. After all, there are still countless people in the Greater China Dynasty now, even the full stomach. There is nothing, and those who are in charge of the country have no reason to be too happy.

So on the banquet, there is nothing like bamboo singing and dancing to entertain, mainly just chatting between kings and ministers and ministers.

Although this banquet is very simple, the atmosphere is quite good. After Xiao Tianjian, the emperor, he was not carried away by victory and always remained sober. After becoming the emperor, he neither drafted the palace nor was extravagant, and saved money as much as possible. As these want to have The ministers naturally understand Xiao Tianjian's stingy, so subtly, these civil servants and military generals in the Dazhong Dynasty naturally follow Xiao Tianjian and no longer pursue luxury. They have no objection to such a banquet.

Xiao Tianjian did not hold the emperor's airs, but sat in the top position, frequently raised his glasses to the ministers, drank while talking about some national events, so it was an annual banquet. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was more like a summary meeting of the Dazhong Dynasty in the past year.

The north has now been basically calmed down. Under the transportation of materials in the south, coupled with the stationed soldiers at the border, there is no need to worry about building slaves and the Mongols breaking through the customs for the time being. Therefore, the grain shortage in the north is gradually being alleviated. Some people who fled to the south have opened after learning that the north was pacted down. Under the guidance of local government officials, he gradually returned to the north and made use of this winter to prepare for the resumption of farming fields after the beginning of spring.

A large number of thieves and bandits scattered all over the country. Under the attack of the Dazhong army in various places, they either disarmed and surrendered to the Dazhong government and accepted the resettlement. Although these things could not be completely solved in a short period of time, Xiao Tianjian also believed that in the following year, he could basically do this The chaos is over.

The recovery ability of the people is huge. As long as they are provided with land for their survival, they will be radiated with great enthusiasm and devote themselves to the resumption of production. Coupled by the series of military disasters, the population in many places has been greatly reduced, and the Dazhong army will almost take those dignitaries and nobles and nobles of the Ming Dynasty. The relatives of the imperial family have been uprooted, and the land that was originally occupied by these privileged classes in large numbers has been recovered by the Great Central and North Korea, so the problem of resettlement of the exiles can be solved.

A large amount of land was distributed to meritorious soldiers in the name of rewarding meritorious officials in the Dazhong Dynasty and let their families cultivate it. At the same time, a large amount of land is limited to land-free people by renting or selling. Even if the people have no money to buy or rent land, the household department of the Dazhong Dynasty also follows, so that local governments can use The loan method is to sell the land to the people and distribute the land to the people, so that the land can be returned to the ordinary people. However, the people who sell the land with loans need to pay relatively low interest. At the same time, in the next few years, the people who get the land will have to repay the loan in batches, so that the People's China and North Korea will be very good in the next ten years. In 20 or 30 years, a large amount of capital has been continuously recovered with additional interest. In the first 30 years of the Great Central Dynasty, through land trading, there can be a fairly stable income, far more than financial revenue alone, which also won a respite for the initial decades of development of the Greater China and the DPRK. .

The most important point is that Xiao Tianjian issued a decree to cancel the land privilege and cancel the land-related privileges of all classes in the form of a whip method. No matter who it is, even if it is the future large and medium-sized royal family, as long as it occupies farmland, it will also need to pay land to the government in accordance with the tax system.

In addition, after discussing with the ministers, Xiao Tianjian, in order to avoid a large number of land mergers and acquisitions in the future, he also tried his best to introduce a new law, which is to restrict land mergers and avoid the emergence of super-large landlords, and divides the amount of land ownership into several levels, within 500 mu of land owned. People can pay land taxes according to the normal tax. People with more than 500 mu to 1,000 mu of land have to pay an additional tax, but people with more than 1,000 mu of land have to pay heavier taxes.

In this way, after calculation, people with fields of less than 500 mu can have a good surplus after working for a year and hiring helpers, seed investment and other expenses, but if it exceeds 500 mu of land, taxes will be added. After this overpayment of tax, the surplus income of farmland within 1,000 mu is basically the same as the income of farmland within 500 mu, and may even be lower. If it is more than 1,000 mu of land, the additional tax will be higher. As a result, the income will be lower, even more than the income support. You can't make a little money.

In this way, if someone wants to occupy more arable land in the future, they will have to consider this problem. The more land, the lower the income may be, and even reach the situation where they can't make ends meet. In this way, no one will try to occupy the land in the future.

In addition, the government has also left a large amount of public land for land circulation, which also reserves room for the future development of industrial and commercial economy. After the land in the province is completely privatized, the government wants to open a factory without land available.

Although the landlord class will definitely be dissatisfied with this, under the suppression of the powerful force in the early stage, they can't make too much trouble. In addition, it brings a benefit, that is, the landlords have accumulated considerable wealth. They have no place to use this spare money in the future. They will definitely buy land. It's not cost-effective. Even if the money is to preserve its value, we still have to find a way to find a source in the future. There are two best ways out. One is to deposit in the bank and get interest, and the other is to invest in business or start a workshop.

Xiao Tianjian also gave an idea to the household department, that is, isn't the household department short of money now? There are places to spend money everywhere. At present, the fiscal revenue is still very low. It turns out that the money obtained through the collection is not enough to toss around for a long time, so the Ministry of Household can completely use this time to launch treasury bonds to the society in the name of the great, middle and Korean countries!

National debt, as the name implies, is the national public debt. With the guarantee of national reputation, it raises funds from the private sector, so that the state can concentrate idle funds for the construction of key technical facilities, and then repay these private funds with the future national fiscal revenue, and give a certain amount of interest to give the money to the state. People who use it at home can use this means to appreciate their funds and play a role in maintaining the value of their funds. They can also circulate and exchange funds back when they are in urgent need.

In this way, private funds will not be hidden in the cellar by landlords or rich people as before. When they settle into the people, the country will have more financial resources to do more things. Whether it is in road traffic construction or farmland water conservancy construction, there will be money to make a lot of investment for economic development. The foundation.

Once this method was proposed by Xiao Tianjian, the officials of the Ministry of Household shouted that they were smart. They did not expect that the national reputation could be exchanged for money. If these new laws are implemented, they will definitely be able to collect a large amount of funds accumulated by the people. In that case, they will not have to worry about the lack of money in the past few years.

This made Xiao Tianjian sweat secretly. Although he is not proficient in later economics, he casually took out a little way, which is enough for people in this era to see. His proposal can be said to plagiarize some methods from later generations. It is not his originality at all, even if it is At this time, the West probably did not think of such a method, so now he has become an inventor. Xiao Tianjian even thinks badly whether he wants to register a patent for this. Who in the world will follow his method in the future and pay him a patent fee? Hey hey!

So as soon as Xiao Tianjian's methods were put forward, the officials of the ministries immediately began to prepare for these two months. With the introduction of these new laws, Fu Deming, the household minister, almost laughed and was busy all day long.

However, this kind of thing can't be done in a month or two. After all, Xiao Tianjian's proposal is just a framework opinion, and many details need to be considered. If you are not careful, it will become a bad law. Not only can it help the country recover, but it is likely to cause chaos, so it needs to be carefully studied in advance. OK.

However, as for the details, Xiao Tianjian doesn't have to experience it himself. With so many ministers under his hands now, it is impossible for him to do everything in person. It is also necessary to let these people use their brains. This is of great benefits for the formation of an active and flexible way of thinking in governing the country in the future.

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