bookmarkrole 0420: Gather People's Hearts.
0420: Gather People's Hearts.
At night, in the study room of the castle in Hailan City.
After finishing her dinner, Qiao Ji was flipping through several stacks of materials about Hailan City in the study.
During the day, he asked the consul to sort out all the information he needed before letting people leave the castle.
"Master, these taxes are too exaggerated." Lei Nai held the parchment with tax policies written on it.
She stepped up to Qiao Ji, pointed to one and said, "Look, my lord, this one says that you have to pay taxes when you give birth to a child, it's really outrageous!"
The black cat girl has only read the tax policy for a while, and the cat's ears and tail are already blown out of anger.
"These taxes are rarely justified." Qiao Ji said coldly.
Lian Xin shook her head again and again, rolled her eyes and said, "Is this governor crazy about gold coins? I saw that there is one that calls for stopping the ship to unload the cargo, and you have to pay the unloading tax."
"You have to pay a fishing tax when you go fishing, and you have to pay a parking fee on "120" after docking. After that, there is the unloading tax you just mentioned. After unloading and selling the goods, you have to pay the sales tax.
The more Lei Nai spoke, the angrier he became, he closed the parchment and said, "I won't read it, and if I read it again, I'm afraid I can't help but run to kill the consul.
The black cat girl put the roll of parchment on the table, covered her eyes and kept shaking her head, thinking that Beigang was outrageous.
"It is indeed necessary to rectify it." Qiao Ji said in a deep voice, what needs to be done now is to gather people's hearts.
He took out a brand new piece of white paper, a pen, and lowered his head to write on the white paper.
"..."
The pen rubbed against the white paper and made a crisp sound, which matched the flickering candlelight beside the table.
Lei Nai and Lian Xin also consciously stopped talking, and quietly continued to look at the materials compiled by the consul.
half an hour later.
Qiao Ji shook the paper to let the ink on it dry faster, and said loudly, "Okay."
"What did the lord write?" Lei Nai asked wonderingly, tilting his neck.
"Is it the new tax policy?" Lian Xin's slender fingers gently twirled the ends of her hair.
Qiao Ji nodded lightly, handed over the written paper, and said, "Look at it."
He resisted to read the tax list, and he was so angry with himself. If it wasn't for knowing the real situation, he really didn't want to read it at all.
When Qiao Ji was still in the imperial capital, she learned about the tax collection of the Golden Eagle Empire from Eve.
Except for the imperial capital and some surrounding cities, the tax collection situation in many cities is not very reasonable.
"My lord, are these tax categories a bit small?" Lei Nai asked curiously.
Lian Xin glanced at the words above, and said softly, "My lord, why are there only twenty items in total, which is several times less than that black-hearted guy's set."
There are hundreds of tax collection items set by the consul before he took office. It can be said that if you are not careful, you will have to pay taxes.
There are various taxes ranging from paying one copper horn to more than a dozen copper coins.
"These twenty items are enough, and they are all within a reasonable range." Qiao Ji said flatly.
In the future, it can be gradually increased or changed. What we need to do now is to buy people's hearts.
The tax he set is adjusted according to the current situation. After the income reaches a certain amount, the tax must be paid. As for how much to pay, it depends on the amount of income.
That is to say, the higher the income, the higher the tax to pay, otherwise the income does not reach the tax amount, and there is no need to pay tax.
After all, it is not much to collect taxes from civilians.
Of course, not all people with low incomes do not need to pay taxes. For example, people who grow food have to pay a certain percentage of food tax after the field is harvested.
It's just that this tax won't be too outrageous, and it won't make them pay 70% to 80% of the grain at once, which is about 30% to 50% of the food.
The same is true for raising fat, cattle, sheep, etc.
In addition to the city entrance tax, this Qiao Ji has been retained, but some improvements have been made.
Merchants who bring a large amount of goods and valuables into the city need to pay taxes, but if they just go in and out normally, they don’t need to pay taxes, etc.
Unreasonable things like childbirth tax, city exit tax, etc. have been abolished.
"It's much better than the tax set by the consul." Lei Nai only felt admiration after reading it.
She roughly calculated that even if these twenty tax policies are implemented, Hailan City will not fail to make money.
"If the lord publishes this tax policy, everyone will definitely thank the lord." Lian Xin said with a determined face.
"This is just the beginning." Qiao Ji smiled faintly.
He picked up another piece of parchment, spread it out and said, "There are still some mandatory fees and high fees that need to be improved.
It's not that Qiao Ji is so holy, doesn't he want to make money? It must be to make a lot of money.
But if you follow the practice of the governor of Hailan City, you will lose all your hearts...
He plans to take over the entire Golden Eagle Empire in the future, and now is a good opportunity to experiment with some policies and try to reduce the burden on the common people.
"Yes, yes, such as the cost of mooring a ship, twenty gold coins for a ship is really too exaggerated." Lei Nai nodded repeatedly.
Lian Xin picked up a cup of hot water and handed it over, and said softly, "The fees for seeing a doctor are also exaggerated."
Hu Erniang only found out when she heard other people discussing it on the road. It turned out that going to see a doctor would cost a lot of money.
After hearing this, Lian Xin shook her head frequently, feeling that the people in Beigang were really pitiful.
"There are really many things that need to be rectified." Qiao Ji took the hot water from Hu Er Niang.
He took a sip and ordered, "Send someone to collect information about mandatory fees and high fees in each city, the more detailed the better.
Qiao Ji feels that one head is two big, and there are too many things that need to be rectified in the mess of Beigang.
There are quite a few cities assigned to him, and there are still a large number of villages and towns that need to be rectified.
The small town of Meisha is the best example. The heavy taxation and arbitrary charges make the whole town lifeless.
You must know that the port town will be very prosperous when it starts, not the desolate situation on the north shore.
"Yes, I will ask someone to arrange this matter tomorrow." Lian Xin responded immediately.
Qiao Ji put down the hot water cup and murmured, "I need some capable assistants."
4.8 Clerk?" Lei Nai asked slowly blinking his black eyes.
"Yeah, if I don't have the clerk to do it alone, I'm afraid I can't finish these jobs." Qiao Ji shrugged.
Lian Xin tapped her pink lips with her slender index finger, and muttered, "That's right, the clerk next to the consul can't be used.
Hu'er Niang felt that the two clerks had been with the consul for a long time, so they must not be good people under his day and night influence.
"Yes, we will start recruiting clerks tomorrow." After Qiao Ji finished speaking, she sat back on her seat, took out a new blank paper and began to write.
He wrote for several minutes before stopping, handed it over and said, "Lian Xin, post this piece of paper tomorrow."
That's right, what Qiao Ji wrote was the recruitment announcement, and wanted to see if there were any available talents in Hailan City.
"Yes." Lian Xin took the paper and replied.
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