"According to me, forty percent or fifty percent is not an exaggeration."

Ying Yi took the note handed over by the Taxation Department of the Provincial Government Office, and after reading it, he smiled and said, "But we can't be too ruthless at the moment, so as not to hurt their enthusiasm, although it's enough."

The official of the Taxation Department was just transferred from Yuzhou and named Zhao Huaizhun. Zhao Huaizhun was born in a Jinshi, and he was in the same year as Zheng Yunzhi. He was a few years older than Zheng Yunzhi and looked in his forties. He was clean and thin, but he was very energetic.

This person was originally quite promising, but because of some matters in the court, he was dismissed from the Jinshi and never hired, and he lived a very upset life.

He was a native of Nanyang and was a candidate of the same class with Zheng Yunzhi. He had some friendship with each other. When Zheng Yunzhi was in Yuzhou, he accidentally learned about Zhao Huaizhun and knew his ability, so he pulled him onto Ying Yi's chariot.

Now he is directly promoted to the Taxation Department because of his outstanding ability, which is a step ahead.

In Zhao Huaizhun's opinion, this is the case - he doesn't think Ying Yi, who wins every battle and has a magical existence like the Humanitarian List, will not succeed. Although he is in his forties, he has extremely broad imaginations about the future.

Zhao Huaizhun said: "What the lord said is very true. Since ancient times, it has been unreasonable to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce. It is not just that Kaifeng is a proof. When the city is dangerous and hungry, merchants should be attacked hard. However, the lord clearly observes that merchants are mainly engaged in circulation, which is inevitable."

Ying Yi nodded with satisfaction. He could see that Zhao Huaizhun had no good impression of businessmen, but Zhao Huaizhun also knew the necessity of business, which was very good.

The memorandum handed over by Zhao Huaizhun was more than 20 pages and two inches thick. Among them, the rules and regulations were extremely detailed. After reading it, Ying Yi felt that there was nothing he needed to add to it for the time being. But Ying Yi had another idea about taxation.

In the era of hundreds of years later, a Western country attached great importance to taxation, which is worthy of his reference. People say that the department with the strongest combat effectiveness is the tax department. Ying Yi believes that it can be followed.

He said: "Businessmen deal with profits, and interests are touching, and they must be guarded against. I have no objection to your memorandum, but I think it is possible to establish an armed force dedicated to collecting taxes under the Taxation Department."

Zhao Huaizhun was stunned and couldn't help but say, "Is it tax?"

Ying Yi nodded with a smile, then shook his head: "It can be said that he is a tax resident, but he has more autonomy. But you have to remember that the ruthlessness of the tax resident is mainly aimed at strong businessmen. As for the people, you should know."

Zhao Huaizhun understood it and said, "The lord is wise."

Ying Yi smiled and said, "Tax Ding, you should form slowly first, and then be the main ones for retired soldiers in the future. As long as you follow the tax laws, you can let go and don't take too much into consideration."

Taxation is the energy source of a regime - without taxation, any regime will collapse. The Ming Dynasty is a lesson from the past, and the financial collapse is an important reason for the rapid collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

Ying Yi was not allowed to ignore it.

After meeting Zhao Huaizhun, Ying Yi took time to meet a good merchant and a nobleman in the afternoon.

No group can be generalized by any side. There are many merchants in Kaifeng City, with thousands of large and small. Among them, there are those who are unscrupulous, but there are also those who are honest.

Ying Yi attaches great importance to them. It is not easy to be able to control one's original intentions under the entanglement of interests.

When they met, Ying Yi emphasized his importance to business and his warnings on taxation, and told them that as long as they follow the rules, nothing else would be a problem.

When Ying Yi came to this point, his power became heavier. Even if he was calm, it would not dare to look at him sideways and be trembling.

Although Ying Yi is independent and outsiders do not know the mystery of the humanitarian list, and may have doubts about whether Ying Yi can stand up, they still recognize Ying Yi's combat effectiveness from the bottom of their hearts.

Perhaps some people with small thoughts think they can do it perfunctorily and wait for Ying Yi to be defeated. But no matter what, there is no one who dares to resist - Sun Xiucai's butcher knife is not that it is not that sharp, with tens of thousands of heads and a sea of ​​blood, and the ending is still vivid in my mind.

In terms of government affairs, as time goes by, the two yamen and seven yamen gradually built up. Perhaps it is still crude, but it has already had a certain atmosphere.

When the rectification and expansion of the army was completed, the order of Kaifeng City had been quite restored.

The continuous output and release of more than 8 million stones of grain and the stabilization of grain prices temporarily solved the food and drink needs of millions of households in Kaifeng City, and also made Ying Yi support from the people. Although it was not free supply, the historical demands of the people in the Xia Dynasty were only enough to eat and wear warmth.

During this process, the provincial government office of the Patriarchate and the Household Department also counted the population of Kaifeng. Combined with the information left by the Ming Dynasty government, a relatively accurate number was obtained - there were more than 980,000 households in Kaifeng City, and the total number of Dingkou was around 5 million.

This is a huge number, but not worth a surprise.

The total population of the Ming Dynasty exceeded 100 million. Kaifeng, as a major city in the Central Plains, has a long historical heritage and is normal for five million people.

With the stability of Kaifeng's order, the recruitment of officials in the prefecture and the officials became more and more smooth. Scholars were clever and knew how to observe. If they were thieves, they would poison the people as soon as they were progressing. Perhaps there were not many scholars willing to serve them except for forced recruitment or forced.

Although Ying Yi's actions after entering the city were a little violent in some aspects, he did well in other aspects.

A scholar with ideals and ambitions felt that Ying Yi should be a "wise master" at this time, so he did not hesitate anymore.

As the officials in the two yamen and seven departments became more and more capable, their ability to move became stronger and stronger. After counting the population, they began to count the land and work-for-relief work.

Needless to say, the land counting is counted. The wealthy and nobles in Kaifeng City fell into dust, and the large amount of land that was cut out from their hands and the land that was desolate due to war all need to be counted, and after statistics, they must be distributed.

After the distribution, we must start farming.

Many things are just the beginning.

As for labor-for-relief, Kaifeng experienced wars and many places needed to be repaired. Similarly, this is also a way for Ying Yi to send money to the people - it is impossible to make a free fee, and people must know that there is no free lunch in the world.

Work-for-relief is the best.

Renovating Kaifeng is only the first step, and it is also planned to build public facilities such as water conservancy and transportation in the future.

Labor creates wealth, through this step, people become active and earn income, thereby activating commercial circulation and forming a cycle.

On the seventh day, the army was rectified and expanded, and Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu came to hand over the order.

"very good."

Ying Yi read the memorial, put it down, and nodded slightly: "Twenty-seven thousand people are enough. Next, I will give you another seven days to rest and train. There will be important tasks in seven days."
Chapter completed!