The interests of powerful landlords seem to not exist in the eyes of today's emperors.

While spending money with great strength, he also made money with great strength.

Through various means of collecting taxes and doing business, the Wei Empire's treasury was filled with the help of Guo Jin, and he was ready to leave enough money for him to provide him with his policies.

At this level of expansion of the Wei Empire, the treasury could still maintain balance in revenue and expenditure and have storage.

It can be imagined that the corrupt administration and high land concentration in the middle and late periods of the empire would swallow up the taxes the empire should have received.

If these taxes continue to be maintained, the survival of the northern border areas of the empire can be maintained in any case, and it will never be as if the use of the treasury cannot be sustained.

A country with a population of tens of millions is definitely not just unable to support hundreds of thousands of troops.

I can only say that the money is exploited and commissioned at a time, and everyone gets some benefits. In the end, there may be very few things used on the ground, or even not enough.

The final result is that the emperor is poor, the people are suffering, and the bureaucrats and landlords are rich and will never lose anything.

In other words, the people are noble, the king is gentle, and the common people are in a state of disgrace.

The stable triangular structure becomes a diamond, the imperial governance system is completely ineffective and collapses, and the empire's demise is reasonable, and then it enters the next cycle.

Mr. Guo, who is well versed in the way of reincarnation, is very clear that what he has to do in his remaining life is to consolidate the existing achievements of the Wei Empire, continue to promote policies, and then continue to fight corruption, fight corruption, and continuously promote official governance.

Take the clear ones, discard the turbidity, and constantly replace the water in the tank to ensure that the water in the tank does not hide dirt and dirt. It seems clear, but in fact it is full of insect eggs and rotten.

If they want the Wei Empire to reincarnate, then Guo must first let them reincarnate and see who can survive who can reincarnate.

So at the end of the imperial meeting, Guo Peng made a summary.

"Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for the powerful country to be eliminated by foreign enemies. All powerful countries have been defeated by themselves, corrupt officials, annexed land, and uncollected taxes, I know very well!"

Speaking of this, Guo Peng stood up and glanced at the elite geniuses at the core decision-making level of the empire with his sharp eyes.

The elite geniuses finally came back from the idea of ​​the Empire Blueprint and realized that Guo Peng had once again entered the state of a power madman.

No way?

They began to worry.

And the emperor's reaction did not waste their worries at all.

"Since I accepted the abdication of Emperor Han, the population in the world has been growing, and the population losses caused by twenty years of war have been recovering. Therefore, in the previous census, the population of our Wei Dynasty has exceeded 60 million.

This is something I am very happy about, but at the same time this incident happened, I learned about another thing. Many officials found that some people complained to the officials who inspected the population when they were censusing the population.

They said that although the court encouraged having children, they did not dare to give birth. I felt very confused, so I followed the root of the problem and finally found the root of the problem. What is the root of it?

It is a tax levied on every household and every Ding Zhuang that has been operating in the pre-Qin period. It is a tax that everyone in this world needs to pay every year if they do nothing.

When we formulated tax policies, it stipulated that males over 15 and under 56 years old need to pay 80 yuan to the court every year, which is called tuition tax, which is the cap tax for adult males.

Minors aged seven to fourteen also need to pay twenty dollars a year, called oral tax, which is the capital tax for underage men, and the businessman’s family twice as much. Then I know why people dare not have children.”

Guo Peng stood up, walked around the group of high-ranking officials and nobles with his hands behind his back.

"For every extra child, you have to pay an extra tax. For farmers with a meager income, this is a huge burden. If you earn only so much food every year, you have to pay agricultural taxes, pay taxes, and serve. How heavy is it?

The more children you give birth, the more taxes you pay. To a certain extent, who can afford it? So people dare not give birth. This is one of them. Secondly, the calculation and tuition are aimed at every man, who does nothing, does not have an industry, and has to pay taxes.

The land annexation in the former Han Dynasty was serious, with the rich in fields and the poor in the fields, but the tax on the two had the same amount of land. They had to pay without industries! Who could afford it? You? Or me? Or you?"

Guo Peng pointed at Wang Can, Minister of Finance, and then pointed at himself, then pointed at everyone.

The officials bowed their heads one after another and dared not speak.

"This system originated from the Qin Dynasty's move to reverse the national situation. Under Shang Yang's reforms, Qin's tax was extremely heavy, almost two of them. It was previously collected by households, and then it was changed to collect taxes based on population.

This can certainly increase large taxes, but it is based on the fact that people dare not have more children. The population growth is slow, the bottleneck is difficult to break through, and land annexation can always create a large number of refugees."

Guo Peng took a deep breath: "My Wei territory is huge and requires a large population, so I have been encouraging people to have more children for many years, but now things are in a bottleneck and people are unwilling to have more children.

Is such a vast territory, 60 million people enough? I have worked hard for the population migration of the four counties in Hexi, as well as the population migration of the Western Regions, the population migration of Mozhou, the population migration of Yunzhou, and the population migration of Jingnan and Yangzhou.

I want people, how many people do I need? How many people are there? How many people are there? How much is it enough? Double is not enough! But the people dare not have children. The problem is not them, but us!

Therefore, this situation must be changed. I am determined to abolish the calculation and vocational taxes, and no longer collect taxes based on population. But taxes based on land. If the land and taxes are collected, no more are allowed, and there will be no more."

Guo Peng walked back to his seat, sat down slowly, and faced the ministers.

The ministers were shocked and exchanged sights with each other in shock. They found that the expressions on everyone's faces were very consistent, so they looked at Guo Peng collectively.

Wang Can, the Minister of Finance, couldn't help but stand up and speak first.

"Your Majesty, this tax on the population is a large amount of income in our Wei tax system. Now this income is also used in all aspects. It is abolition suddenly, and I am afraid that the country will not be able to use it..."

"The national use is not good?"

Guo Peng looked at Wang Can with a sneer and said, "If the country is not good, then you will take action. If a tax is abolished, it will make the country be bad. I will copy your property to fill the gap. I want to see how you, the Minister of Finance, lead me."

Wang Can was shocked and hurriedly knelt on the ground and shivered.

"I am guilty! Your Majesty calms you down! Your Majesty calms you down!"

"Get up! Get back and sit down! I don't want you to confess my guilt. I want you to balance your financial expenditures. Otherwise, don't be an official. I give you a salary and let you become an official in order to help you solve the problem, not to ask you to find a problem for me! Otherwise, what's the use of me?"

Guo Peng looked at Wang Can viciously. Wang Can looked pale and wiped the sweat beads in front of his forehead.

After Wang Can sat back, everyone felt sad and no one dared to speak rashly.

Suddenly, Zao Zhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, realized a very important issue.

"Your Majesty, in the past, taxes were collected by households and territories. Now, if they want to collect them by land, there will be great changes. Many policies of the court will need to be revised, and the land will be..."

Zao Zhi woke up the dreamer with one word.

Many senior officials instantly showed strange looks.

"Yes, we should collect agricultural taxes according to the land, and of course we must clear the land."
Chapter completed!