The Rise of the European Emperor

The next day, Marin didn't wake up until noon. Then, without knowing what he thought of, he suddenly sat up from the bed, put on his nightgown and slippers, and ran from the backyard of the palace to the office area in the front yard of the palace.

"Schwartz, are those brothers gone?"

Seeing Marin's appearance of just waking up, Schwartz froze for a moment before replying:

"Not yet, they have to go to several departments to go through the formalities together today. For example, the discharge procedures, and the implementation of welfare benefits after discharge. After all, they are at least at the level of small captains, and they have to divide the land after discharge .It has to be calculated, and there are not a few days when it can’t be done.”

"Divide the land?" Marin was stunned. Then, he suddenly asked:

"Didn't I allocate 5 Ugrams of land to each of their families on Texel Island? Still need to divide?"

Schwartz nodded and said:

"Yeah, 5 Ugrams is 60 mu, which is the treatment for ordinary veterans. But they are all officers. According to the plan I discussed with Kohler, the team leader will start with 200 mu when he retires. The company captain is even higher. , starting from 500 mu. And the deputy square leader is estimated to get 1,000 mu of private land. I discussed with Kohler that these fields are not counted as aristocratic fiefdoms and need to be cultivated collectively under the manor system. At that time, in addition to paying tithes In addition to the tax, you need to pay another 10% of the field tax. But there is also an advantage, that is, the serfs in the manor can help them cultivate for free. This was just discussed with Kohler yesterday, and I haven’t had time to report it yet. Look, this What's the plan?"

Marin thought for a while and said:

"The plan is good. However, the 60 mu of land given to each household promised to be tax-free. Therefore, the 60 mu is still tax-free. The additional increase should be calculated according to your plan. Also, tell them that 10% of the farmland The tax only takes effect while they are alive. If their children inherit the land, if the children join the army, they will continue to be taxed 10% of the land. If the children do not join the army, an additional 10% of the war tax will be charged.”

"In the future, if the secret of the fertilizer is leaked, it will be meaningless to monopolize the acres. At that time, I will choose to distribute the land to the serfs. Then, I will collect taxes according to this tax law-a tithe tax of 15 pounds per mu, 10% of the land tax, plus 10% of the war tax. Of course, the war tax is exempt for military families.”

This is Marin's long-term plan. Right now, relying on the advantage of mastering the secrets of fertilizers, he has monopolized a large amount of land as a manor under his name. However, Marin knew that serfdom would be abolished sooner or later. At that time, it is inevitable that the land will be distributed to the serfs and let them become farmers.

At that time, if there is no output from the manor, the country's finances will easily collapse. Therefore, Marin planned in advance. Even if he didn't wait until he was alive to liberate the serfs, he could still hand it over to Caesar. With a stable 20% tax revenue, the state's financial expenditure will be able to cover it.

At that time, the 10% of the land tax will be used to maintain government expenditures. And that 10% of the war tax was used to feed the huge army.

Of course, the nobles' fiefdoms will not be taxed in the future. But that doesn't matter, because there is a huge America behind Marin. In the future, taxes can also be collected in the American colonies. In this way, we are not afraid of insufficient taxation.

But now, regardless of Marin or other monarchs, the finances of the current monarchs in Europe actually only depend on the output of their own territories. Even the salaries for the ministers are produced in their own territories. At most, some commercial taxes and customs duties can be collected. With such a tax system, it is no wonder that European countries cannot afford to support hundreds of thousands of troops. Even a top European power like France would dispatch tens of thousands of troops in a single battle. You don’t know, in the Spring and Autumn Period of China and the Warring States Period, a Qin State had a population of only 5 million, but when Chu was destroyed, Li Xin’s 200,000 army was defeated, but it could still produce 600,000 troops... The number of its troops is already far away. More than one-tenth of the population...

Now France has a population of more than 15 million people. If according to the model of the Qin State during the Warring States Period, it would be reasonable to have an army of 2 million.

However, because the country does not have universal taxation, the monarchs are poor and cannot afford to support a 100,000 army...

Of course, now Marin monopolizes fertilizer technology and can eat alone for many years, but he is not in a hurry to divide the land. However, the farm tax can also be tested on the veterans who have been allocated land first. When everyone gets used to the existence of the mu tax, in the future, when the land is fully divided, everyone will not be surprised. If all the soldiers accepted this kind of taxation, would the serfs still be in charge? What the soldiers hold in their hands is the barrel of a gun...

Moreover, the income per acre of these veterans is also very high. With the fertilizer provided by Marin, their fields and yields are at least 400 pounds per mu. Even after deducting the tax of 100,000 acres, plus a tithe of 15 pounds, it would be at least 345 pounds. Excluding the cost, the profit is still 300 pounds. Under the premise of the current high food price, the annual income per mu of land can reach 300 pfennigs, which is 5 gold coins. 60 mu is 300 gold coins, and 200 mu is 1000 gold coins... This income is no worse than that of ordinary fief knights...

Moreover, because there is no need to raise war horses and attendants like fief knights, the cost is reduced by more than half. These incomes are all pure income...

...

After Marin drank some honey water and sobered up, he felt that this plan should be improved...

In addition to adapting the soldiers to taxation, Marin also felt that it seemed that land inheritance was not appropriate...

For example, this veteran became a company captain and was allocated 500 mu of land. However, even if his son joins the army, he may not be promoted to the captain of the company. It seems that it is not fair to inherit 500 mu of land from generation to generation...

...

At this time, Marin suddenly thought of the land equalization system of the Tang Dynasty. According to the Tang system, the land was mainly divided into Yongye Field, Koufen Field and Job Fen Field.

Among them, Yongye Tian is 20 mu, which can be passed on to the family and has land property rights. The Koufen field belongs to the land allocated to the labor force of the middle-aged. If it dies, it must be taken back. This kind of distribution of land is actually equivalent to giving private land to state-owned land. The land rent is the land tax.

In addition, for officials, there is also a position field. That is, according to the position, it is distributed to the fields. This is used to offset wages, that is to say, if you farm, you will not be paid wages. Anyway, the output of the job field is enough to offset the wages.

According to the Tang system, from the first-rank officials to the ninth-rank officials, the number of working fields ranged from 12 to 2 hectares. In ancient times, one hectare of land was 100 mu, and two hectares of land was 200 mu. Even if the yield per mu in ancient China was only more than 200 jin, if the income per mu was 1 shimi, the annual income would be 200 shimi, which is very impressive.

In fact, this job field system is much easier than paying salaries. In ancient times, there was no UnionPay, and it was very inconvenient for officials to receive salaries and soldiers to receive military pay. If you encounter a corrupt official, you will be finished. And the division of duties, let the officials toss about it themselves, which saves a lot of trouble. Moreover, we are not afraid of corrupt officials taking advantage of us.

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Marin also intends to promote this system in Beihai State. Of course, the way the nobles divide their land remains unchanged, but they will try their best to seal it to North America in the future. As for the veterans, Marin plans to allocate 60 acres of Yongye farmland, plus job-sharing farmland.

Needless to say, Yongye Field is a private property. As for the position, Marin intends to give the arrangement of "passing on for one generation". The so-called "handed down to one generation" means only passed on to one generation. The main reason is that they are afraid that the children of military officers will not live up to their expectations, and give them a generation of buffer. If the next generation is not enough, this field will be taken back.

In addition, Yongyetian is awarded by Dingkou. As long as there is one male, 60 mu of Yongyetian can be awarded. This standard is three times that of the Tang Dynasty, but Marin has such confidence. After all, the Tang Dynasty only had such a small area, and the desert and grassland outside the Great Wall did not count. The fact that 20 mu of Yongye farmland can be allocated per cent is due to the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population dropped sharply, and there was a lot of land.

And Marin has the huge Pampas grasslands in North America and South America in his hands, so he doesn't have to worry about having no land distribution. As long as you have Dingkou, I have enough land for you...