It’s late September, autumn is here, and it’s the harvest season again.

Li Mengxi, who was busy with his affairs, waited until autumn began, when the people had begun to harvest, and when officials from various ministries came together to raise tax issues, before he thought of collecting grain.

After the summer harvest, the season between summer harvest and autumn planting is commonly known as interplanting. Interplanting lasts only three months in one season, so interplanting is mostly about planting crops that are quick to harvest and can fix nitrogen and fertilize the field. These two points are met.

The only crops to be grown are legumes, and the best ones that are suitable for the climate, water and soil from summer to autumn are soybeans, so interplanting is mostly done with soybeans, or soybeans.

Li Mengxi himself was not very willing to collect grain again. Not long after the summer harvest, he felt that not long after harvesting grain, taxes would be collected again, and he was a little resistant.

However, when I think about soybeans, although soybeans are not a pure grain, they are a valuable source of protein, a source of oil, and an important feed. Moreover, beans are also difficult to process, so they remain in the hands of the people.

There is no way to refine the beans. The beans are left in the hands of the people. They do not have the technology to extract oil, nor the labor force to grind tofu. They do not have animals to feed them, so they can only eat them. But if the beans are not made into tofu,

Even if you eat it, you can't make full use of the protein in it.

Therefore, the best way to deal with the soybeans seen this season is to take them all back to the government. The government has sufficient technology and sufficient labor force. The government will fine-process the beans and process the beans into soybean oil, tofu, and soybean meal, and then process them into soybean oil, tofu, and soybean meal.

Give back to the people.

"Everyone, how much is the yield per acre of soybeans?" Li Mengxi asked.

This is a very simple and common question.

However, even seemingly ordinary and simple questions are the most difficult to answer.

The officials of the Ministry of Agriculture discussed for a while. Some said that the yields were different due to different years. Some said that the yields were different due to good or bad land. Some said that the plantings were thinner and thicker, with more grass and less yields.

They are all different.

"So, given this year's conditions, how many beans can be produced in good and bad fields, thick and thin, and so on?" Li Mengxi couldn't help but ask.

This question stunned the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture.

There was silence.

This seems to be a very ordinary and trivial question, but inside, it is a profound knowledge. It involves statistical methods.

Li Mengxi didn't want to run away, so he casually taught the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture the sampling method.

He asked the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture to find a thousand pieces of land at random within the territory of Julu, and then, from each piece of land, take as many beans as one cent in the center of the land.

Then, add the yield of beans from all 1,000 plots of land, totaling 1,000 plots, and divide by 1,000. This is the average yield.

After officials from the Ministry of Agriculture learned the method, they immediately went out of the city for random inspections.

Li Mengxi was waiting in the city.

Three days later, the officials returned.

After randomly checking samples from 1,000 acres, they calculated that the soybean yield per acres this year was approximately 71 kilograms.

The output of one acre of land is only seventy-one pounds.

"Is this... more or less?" Li Mengxi asked uncertainly.

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture unanimously believe that this is a reduction in production, as it is normal to harvest 80 kilograms per acre.

Beans do not have high fertility requirements, so the only thing that affects the yield of beans is the weather.

Sure enough, the climate is getting colder every year, and even soybean production has dropped significantly.

When Li Mengxi was hesitating about the appropriate number of beans to harvest, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture said hesitantly, "Military advisor, we have harvested a portion of beans from others. Should we reduce taxes or charge them less?"

Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately reacted, "Of course! Of course you have to be exempted from taxes!" Li Mengxi nodded repeatedly.

The Ministry of Agriculture official who made the suggestion laughed when he heard this, "That's good! When I went to harvest the beans, I wrote a receipt for the people, so they can pay less when they collect the grain."

Li Mengxi cast his eyes approvingly at this rigorous and witty official.

Turning his attention to other officials, Li Mengxi asked, "What about you? Did you leave any evidence?"

Several other Ministry of Agriculture officials looked embarrassed. Apparently, they had not thought of this incident.

"Learn from others. People think very carefully."

"Qin Shu," Li Mengxi looked at Qin Shu, the director of the Ministry of Personnel, who was writing down notes in the corner, "write down this merit."

Qin Shu nodded in agreement and started taking notes.

Because, among the officials who went out to collect grain, only one thought of leaving a certificate, while the others neglected this matter. As a result, many people were short of beans.

It takes a thousand days to build up people's hearts, but it only takes a moment to destroy them.

Li Mengxi ordered the meeting to adjourn later and to go back and send the bills back.

If you can't remember which fields you went to to harvest beans, when collecting beans, you should specifically ask each person who turned in beans so that you can replenish their beans.

One official couldn't help but ask, "If there is no evidence, then if someone is pretending..."

Li Mengxi glanced at the man and said, "It doesn't matter if he is pretending or not, even if all the people come to pretend. An acre of land is just one less bean harvest. We accept it all. The worst is to harvest less beans."

"Remember, I would rather lose hundreds of thousands of catties of beans than take away one more person." Li Mengxi solemnly warned.

After hearing the warning, the officials were shocked. They were impressed by Li Mengxi's magnanimity.

All the officials unanimously bowed their hands to Li Mengxi to pay respect.

There are some people who would rather bear all the people in the world than let everyone in the world bear them.

And Li Mengxi would rather lose hundreds of thousands of catties of beans than take one more cent from one person.

The soybean yield per mu has been calculated, and the average yield is about 70 kilograms.

According to his thinking, Li Mengxi wanted to confiscate all the soybeans.

But there is a problem. Everything needs to be confiscated. The yield per mu varies, and there is no way to specify the exact amount. This makes it inevitable that the people will hide some beans secretly and not report them.

Fortunately, Li Mengxi was smart, and he came up with a brilliant idea. In order to collect all the beans in the hands of the people and maximize the value of the beans, he decided to use taxation and economic means together.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the one hand, first collect most of the beans from the people in the form of grain collection, then process the beans into tofu, and then exchange the tofu for the people.

Beans in it.

In order to collect as many beans as possible, we should not talk about economic profits at this time. We can sell tofu to the people at ultra-low profits, ultra-low prices, or even at a loss. In this way, we can maximize the benefits to the people.

Collect the beans inside.

Now comes the question. Let’s collect most of the beans from the people first. Then how much of this majority should be harvested to meet the average yield of 70 kilograms per mu.

"Forty pounds." The officials gave the amount.

Li Mengxi asked uncertainly, "Then, if the land is the poorest and driest, and the yield per mu is less than forty pounds, wouldn't the people still have to pay for the grain?"

The officials from the Ministry of Agriculture couldn't help but explain, "No! Beans don't need to be fertilized. No matter how barren the land is, no matter how sparsely planted, one acre of land will not weigh less than forty pounds."

Li Mengxi still hesitated, "Then... let's say that the land is drought and all the beans have died?"

The official couldn't bear it anymore, "As a farmer, I know that the land is drought but I still spread beans. If there is such a fool, why should I let him farm again?"

"Okay..." Li Mengxi reluctantly agreed.

Although, officials have repeatedly assured that no matter which acre of land can yield more than 40 kilograms of beans, there will not be enough beans.

However, Li Mengxi was always afraid of what might happen.

What if there is really a drought, what if we are overrun by wild boars.

Therefore, Li Mengxi gave officials of the Ministry of Agriculture a tax-free quota of 1,000 acres of land each, and it was up to them to make their own judgments. If someone's land really did not yield enough land, they would be exempted from the tax.

The tax exemption for a thousand acres of land is a huge right.

Li Mengxi regretted letting go of power.

He suddenly realized that, let’s say there was a person who had a bumper harvest, but he claimed that there was a disaster in his land, and then deceived the government into exempting him from taxes.

The tax impact of one or two less people will not be big, but if others see this and follow suit, more and more people will violate the reporting rules and conceal it, and it will no longer be controllable.

Li Mengxi caused trouble for himself by not thinking carefully and delegating power too hastily.

After the meeting ended, the officials left. Li Mengxi leaned on his hand with a distressed expression and thought hard about countermeasures.

The lesson learned this time is that "little promises will lead to low faith". Every government order must be carefully considered. If you give an order and then take it back, you will go back on your words and affect your prestige.

After thinking for a long time, Li Mengxi was smart and thought of an ingenious remedy.

Generally speaking, it is a good policy for the government to reserve some tax-free quotas to help those who cannot pay the full amount of tax due to various force majeure reasons.

The only hidden danger of this policy is that it may cause people to follow suit, conceal production and follow suit.

If a good policy is abolished because of some hidden dangers, it is a waste of time.

The remedy Li Mengxi thought of was insurance.

Every time a tax is collected, the people can choose whether to buy insurance. The insurance amount is not large. One acre of land and one pound of grain are enough. If you pay an extra pound of grain, it is considered insured. It doesn't matter if there is no disaster or harm.

In the event of any disaster, the land that has been insured can get a tax exemption opportunity, but if the land has not been insured, it will not be tax exempt.

What is the core essence of insurance?

The core essence of insurance is fraud.

The reason why Li Mengxi understands insurance as fraud is because the internal logic of maintaining insurance is fraud.

This is how insurance is defrauded. It is a price trap that can be called a conspiracy. Insurance connects two things with huge differences in value. One is an extremely low insurance deposit, and the other is a year's tax exemption.
To be continued...