Adjust it - we can't ask others to slap our faces at this time! Moreover, if we return to the salt system of Emperor Gaozu, Zhang Yan, Yu Xinyuan and the others will probably find other excuses to make things difficult and stop us;

If it drops so low all of a sudden, they will just wait to see us make a fool of ourselves..."

Lin Xuwen looked at Lin Mengde, Gao Zongting, and Song Fu, and still found it difficult to accept Lin Fu's decision.

Lin Fu added: "In addition to lowering the price of salt, I think the Ministry of Revenue has one more thing to do..."

"What's the matter?" Lin Xuwen asked with a sad face, "You won't ask the Ministry of Household Tax Relief on the 17th, will you?" He can understand Lin Mengde's mood. The plate is so big, and Lin Fu has no idea how to spend the money.

It's heartbreaking - the Ministry of Household Affairs has come forward to reduce taxes, but it is the Ministry of Household's annual income that has been reduced. Now that the new policies cannot be implemented, this loophole is getting bigger and bigger.

"You guessed it," Lin Fu said, "After the emperor ascended the throne in Jiangning, he imposed additional levies on the Jiangnan provinces three times in a row, which brought the farmers in Jiangnan to the limit. If the restrictions are not relaxed, civil unrest is likely to occur in Jiangnan.

Then the gains will outweigh the losses..."

The chaos in Huaisi is still fresh in people's memory, and the disaster in Huaisi was so tragic that it will be unforgettable for a hundred years.

In the 9th year of Chongguan, the Yan army invaded the border area, which caused great damage to Yan Ji and others. However, because it lasted only a short time, it was easy to recover. The Huaisi rebellion that swept the Central Plains and the rebellion of the people building embankments on the Yellow River really brought great influence to Vietnam.

The foundation of the Central Plains was hollowed out - by the end of Chongguan, even if Lin Fu had 200,000 soldiers and horses, he actually did not have the ability to compete with the Donghu people in the north. With the entire north being crippled, Huai

Eastern troops and horses can be transported to the north through waterways, but if they leave the offshore area to fight, their supplies will not be guaranteed.

"How should we loosen the ties?" Lin Xuwen asked with a face like a bitter gourd.

As long as the local foundation is not affected and the tax is reduced or reduced, the prefectures and counties will definitely welcome it. What will be reduced will only be the annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Every household is allowed to be exempted from tax by a tenth of a tenth, and we also need to ask for an order to force the local government to reduce the tax to the corresponding headcount!" Lin Fu said.

"Only one less?" Lin Xuwen asked.

"Only reduce one digit, and the rest will remain unchanged!" Lin Fu said with great certainty.

The Ding tax is also a form of oral tax. All Ding men aged seven to sixty have to pay it. Only officials, gentry and nobles can be exempted from it. Since the Yue Dynasty, Ding Zhuang and Yi servants were allowed to pay oral tax in lieu of exemption, and eventually it was combined with the land tax.

One of the most important sources of central finance.

The existence of the Ding tax has, on the one hand, suppressed the increase in the Ding population, but on the other hand, it has also led to a large number of household evaders.

The actual number of Dingkou recorded by the Ministry of Household Affairs is much lower than the actual number - the household registration information of the Ministry of Household Affairs is the most complete. As soon as Lin Fu opened his mouth, Lin Xuwen quickly calculated how big the gap would be: 800,000

Two silver coins - fortunately it was only reduced by one cent.

Lin Fu is reducing the tax by 10% at this time, and will not consider completely exempting it in the future, but will merge the 10% tax from Yuding into the local finance, mainly to focus on the role of suppressing population growth - after the 10% tax from Yuding is merged into the local finance

, local officials will do their best to catch fugitives, and fugitives will do their best. Good habits should be developed from the beginning.

Lin Xuwen smiled bitterly and said: "If we do both things at the same time, Cheng Yuqian and others will not object, they will definitely wait to see our good show!"

The military support in Huaixi will have to be offset by the taxes of Shou, Hao, Xinyang and other prefectures in two years. The income and expenditure of the household department will drop sharply, which will have no substantial impact on Huaixi. Xiangtan, Jinghu and other armies

, and also controls a large area of ​​territory. Taxes are only reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs in name only. Those who will really be affected will be the salaries of Chizhou soldiers and horses, Huaidong itself and Jiangning officials.

If these two things are done at the same time, the annual income of two million taels is likely to be short. The annual interest rate for borrowing money from Huaidong Bank has been reduced, but the Ministry of Accounts will still have to pay an additional five hundred thousand taels every year - Cheng Yuqian, Zhang Yan and others will naturally

I am happy to see Huaidong's good show.

"Minus!" Lin Fu waved his hand and said, "The foundation is not solid. It is impossible to gain any advantage by fighting Yan Lu two years ago. If the people are unsettled, if they implement the New Deal, there will be great resistance..."

Lin Fu has no intention to implement the New Deal in the Seven Prefectures of Jiangnan for the time being, so he does not directly control the government. In addition to maintaining stability at the moment, another reason is that the taxes in the Seven Prefectures of Jiangnan are extremely heavy, and the people are already breathless, so they are forced to implement it.

Even after the New Deal learns about local forces, it cannot immediately benefit ordinary people. Local instability factors will increase sharply and become difficult to control.

When Lin Fu implemented the New Deal in Chongzhou, it was because the local forces in Chongzhou had been severely beaten by the Donghai bandits and had lost their power. Only after they were confident enough did they implement the New Deal in Hailing, Huai'an and other prefectures.

"Bite your teeth," Lin Mengde became optimistic and advised Lin Xuwen, "Just survive the first two years."
Chapter completed!