Chapter 176: Shandong Tax Bank Robbery (Part 2)
It was already freezing cold in November, but the six counties under the Han regime were filled with enthusiasm that was contrary to the weather. The newly established tax bureau had already caught up with the level of the United States, which was at least a hundred years later. That is, the department was armed, and the tax collectors were at least equipped with firearms.
Therefore, the tax bureau's performance this year is not just good, it is very good. All landlords have paid the land tax according to the principle of equalizing the land tax.
Refusing to pay taxes was tantamount to resisting the Han regime. The tax bureau printed a meaningful sentence on the tax bills given to landlords: "Only taxes and death are inevitable."
With such a high tax rate, the financial situation of the Han regime has also become very good . Millions of acres of land temporarily or permanently expropriated from the traitors of the Manchuria have been used for the new year. Compared with last year's barely enough people to cultivate the land, the number of applicants this year is at least five times that of last year. This puts great pressure on the civil affairs department.
At this time, Huo Chong started a new study class in the base. Since they had rebelled, Huo Chong no longer hid it. What kind of regime would the Han regime be, how would it operate, and who would benefit from it? Huo Chong gave a detailed explanation and theoretical framework.
Qian Qing had heard Huo Chong talk about the theories of "capital operation" and "surplus value" before. However, at that time, Huo Chong was engaged in the "venture capital theory", which was the driving model of "credit + funds" in capital operation.
After reading the more complete theory this time, Qian Qing felt that his view of the world had obviously expanded greatly. Especially in terms of depth, the rule of the landlord gentry class was no longer a secret.
Compared to Qian Qing, the others were much more excited, especially Lei Hu, who had made rapid progress in his thinking and even became a student and lecturer in the advanced class.
Watching the tall and handsome Lei Hu explaining in a simple and easy-to-understand way to a group of cadres from humble or even poor backgrounds the class relationship between officials and gentry under the Qing Dynasty system, and how this relationship was used to establish comprehensive control over the means of production, such as land.
Qian Qing felt that Lei Hu was still a little naive. Such a simple thing could make him so excited, as if he really understood a great truth.
The real difficulty is not this principle, but the subsequent battle. According to this theory, it is impossible for the current gentry and landlord class to take the initiative to surrender to Huo Chong, or the Han regime.
There are individuals who betray their class, but there is no class that betrays its interests. This is also the point that Huo Chong emphasized.
What Huo Chong was doing was to use the confiscated land to develop new production, which was fundamentally different from the model of gentry managing land. Not to mention some of the unfinished things Huo Chong was writing. In it, Huo Chong not only proposed the model of "land to the tiller", but also proposed the evaluation methods of "profit risk" and "risk of increasing productivity".
If the gentry still had brains, once this document came out, they should have understood that Huo Chong's idea was an unprecedented idea of nationalizing land. Under the Han Dynasty, there was no place for landlords.
War, or a more brutal war, will surely break out. I really don't know why Lei Hu is so happy.
After Qian Qing finished her work, she went to the Ministry of War, which she was in charge of. When she saw the personnel department, she asked, "How many new people have signed up to join the army so far, and how many have applied to leave?"
"Sister, we can't maintain 4,000 people now." Director Fan Sanyuan immediately showed Qian Qing a simple form.
Qian Qing frowned as soon as he saw it. There were at least a few hundred people who had applied to join the army recently. However, the number of people drawn from the army by local governments had increased significantly, and more than a thousand people had been assigned to other departments.
This is not the end, there are more reports asking for people. From industry, agriculture, business, education, medicine. Huo Chong said that if you want to build a regime , you need a large number of talents. Therefore, the Han army and the Zhongfu platform should become a school, a propaganda team, so that more people can come in and take up positions of responsibility.
Now Qian Qing suddenly remembered these words, and understood that Huo Chong's remarks were by no means a momentary outburst of sentimentality from a literati feeling sad about the passing of time.
Same as before. Huo Chong looks to the future with a ruthless attitude, sees problems in advance, and tries to solve the problems that are coming.
Personnel Director Fan Sanyuan said anxiously: "Sister, if this continues, I'm afraid we won't have more than 2,000 people to fight. How can we fight then?"
"Sanyuan, don't worry. I originally thought that you ordered the Qing army to be defeated in Jinan in order to capture the city of Jinan. You actually let Jinan go, and I was very dissatisfied at the time. Now I think you were right to do so."
"Why?" Fan Sanyuan didn't understand.
"If we can defeat the Qing army outside Jinan, the Qing army will not dare to use small teams to cause trouble. This will give us time to recruit soldiers. By April next year, we may be able to recruit 10,000 people."
Fan Sanyuan began to think, and other people in the Ministry of War gathered around when they saw Qian Qing and Fan Sanyuan talking about work.
"Sister, why did you say that we would be able to recruit 10,000 men by next April?"
"Didn't you say that the Qing Dynasty has three million loyalists who can fight? The Eight Banners and the Green Camp together have nearly 800,000 people. They can send them to fight us right away."
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There were those who raised questions, and of course there were those who objected. The intelligence department was responsible for interrogating the prisoners, and after the Jinan Campaign, all the officers among the prisoners were recaptured by the troops.
"We interrogated the prisoners. It would take at least two months for the Qing army to mobilize its infantry, in addition to the cavalry. If we waste a little time, it will take three months. They can't run that fast."
"It's November now, and the Qing army will arrive in three months, which is only February!"
"It's freezing cold, so the march is even slower."
The debate also took place among our own people.
However, they had only fought two major battles, both in Shandong. This immediately made the debate fruitless.
However, if everyone knew the news from Beijing, they probably wouldn't be so pessimistic.
Yongzheng took action.
…Also, the Emperor Shengzu had issued an edict while he was at the Qianqing Gate, saying that Yunsi’s wife was not a good woman, and Yunsi was also very afraid of her. Now Yunsi’s wife is violent and cruel, and still insults her husband. She also punished her mother’s family without issuing any notice, and instigated her husband, causing the evil and chaos to become extremely serious. Recently, she was driven back to her mother’s family, but she was not afraid at all and left in anger, which was extremely hateful and should not be tolerated in a prosperous era… I ordered Yunsi’s wife, a commoner, to commit suicide, and then scattered her bones to confess her guilt.
... Scattering bones means spreading ashes. Some say that he was buried as a commoner, which is not a mistake made by the court . This is how the clan affairs office judged the crime.
