When Xinhua City was first established, in order to attract and encourage immigrants, Liu Che implemented a preferential policy similar to that of later investment promotion.

This is the so-called ‘three deductions and five exemptions’.

According to this edict, new immigrants will be exempted from all land taxes, oral taxes, and corvees for three years from the date they arrive in Anton.

Then, for the next five years, you will enjoy a half discount.

This policy stimulated and attracted a large number of landless people to go to Anton.

Especially in the Qilu area, from the third year of Yuande to the sixth year of Yuande, there were at least 300,000 people, dragging their families with them, either through the reclamation regiment model, or by themselves.

But this also brings about a problem. Anton’s finances and taxes are almost entirely derived from business and whaling profits.

However, the number of bureaucracies in the Andong region is increasing day by day.

Officials need salaries and expenses, repair roads and bridges, and organize people to cultivate land.

They also have to take on various tasks.

Under the current circumstances, Anton's finances actually rely entirely on central funding.

This is despite the fact that the Protector Army does not need to be funded by the state. The military expenses of the Protector Army are basically contributed and apportioned by the vassal states such as Joseon, Shinban, South Korea and Buyeo.

And it is also beneficial to these kingdoms.

With the protection and support of the father of the Han Dynasty, all countries only need to maintain a minimum army. Even Zhenfan simply abolished the army and only retained officials, government servants and part of the armed forces.

Others all exported to Anton to ‘earn foreign exchange’.

Liu Zhonghan, the real king, is proud of himself and thinks that he is the most intelligent and intelligent person in the world.

But this model cannot last long.

Especially now, as the population and cultivated area of ​​​​Anton continue to increase.

In fact, Anton's meager financial revenue can no longer support it.

It is even difficult to support Anton’s continued development.

However, Liu Che didn't care about such things.

Anton is his experimental field.

It is also where he used his capital for observation and experimentation.

In other words, Anton's financial predicament today was actually caused by him on purpose.

The purpose is to force Anton's bureaucrats to target the source and target of taxation at merchants, handicrafts, and the whaling industry.

You have no money?

Then go find a merchant!

These guys have money!

Therefore, Liu Che just waved his hand and said to Bo Shidao: "I have my own concerns about taxation... Please talk about other things..."

Xu Jiudu was sent there, and Li Guang and Wang Wenshu were strengthened, and Xu Jiu was granted special privileges.

If Xu Jiu can't change his mind, then he has nothing to look forward to.

The worst case scenario is that Zhang Tang will be sent to Anton next year.

With Zhang Tang's method, it is easy to play in Anton and find out that 70% of Anton's finance and taxation comes from industrial and commercial fish and salt profits!

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"Finance and taxation?" Xu Jiu found it difficult to understand why Anton's local government even had a problem with finance and taxation?

You know, in recent years, production technology and farming technology have made great progress, which has led to an explosion in local finance and taxation.

Taxes in various counties in Guanzhong are increasing every year, and the increase is astonishing.

In the Guandong region, more and more money was spent deporting to Chang'an.

Last year, land tax revenue even exceeded 200,000,000 yuan.

Under the model of thirty taxes and one tax, the Han Dynasty could still get so much land tax revenue. It can only be said that the Mohist family and the peasant family were too buggy.

In particular, "New Shennong" has created countless agricultural experts and farmers.

Wu Ban had no choice but to explain to Xu Jiu: "Although Anton is rich, his treasury is poor..."

"To a certain extent, this can be regarded as hiding wealth among the people..."

"His Majesty decrees that immigrants from Anton will be exempted from all land taxes and corvees for three years, and will be reduced by half for the next five years..."

"In addition, there are settlement groups, rangers, etc., groups that never pay taxes..."

"Anton's finance and taxation are basically derived from merchants, whaling and fishing industries..."

"In these years, it's only 50 million per year..."

This is due to Chen Jiao's great strength. In fact, Chen Jiao and his younger brothers contribute more than half of Anton's tax revenue every year.

Without the contribution of the whaling and fishing industries, Anton's finances would have to rely solely on state funding.

But the problem is that the state is reducing subsidies to Anton every year.

Last year, Anton was only given a financial subsidy of more than 34 million yuan.

This was naturally no problem in the past.

Because the Andong Protectorate actually only manages big cities and the rural areas around them.

In other places, they were either colonizing groups or granting favors to the country.

The army and the princes themselves can solve the problem.

However, starting next year, each settlement group will be turned into a county.

They must appoint officials and establish grassroots political power on their territory. This is a good thing for the Protectorate because their authority has expanded.

But it's also bad news.

As authority expands, more officials must be hired and paid more salaries.

What's even more troublesome is that the immigrants in these settlement groups still enjoy three reductions and five exemptions.

In other words, they won’t pay a dime!

This is embarrassing.

Obviously, the princes in the court will not care about your difficulties in the Protectorate.

They only know that in the past, when Bo Shi was in office, there were no financial problems in the Duhu Mansion.

Now, when Xu Jiu is in office, you actually ask me for money?

asshole!

How did you become the governor?

Even if the money is finally given, I'm afraid his performance evaluation will fall to the bottom.

According to the system, one can directly seize the official title in the performance appraisal class.

As an official parachuted from the central government, Xu Jiu deeply understood the way of thinking of the princes in the court.

They are a group of perverts who only care about political achievements!

If you have political achievements, you are a talent; if you don’t have political achievements, go away!

This is also the result of the evolution of the Han Dynasty court over the years.

Today, he has always been too lazy to care about the things below, and he will only put the pressure on the nine ministers in the court.

A certain county was not managed properly and trouble broke out.

The emperor would not blame the county governor, he would only scold the courtiers.

Xu Jiu himself has witnessed similar situations countless times.

"Master Yushi, how do you explain this matter about the county?"

"Prime Minister, this person was recommended by the Prime Minister. What do you think of him?"

"Young Master, something like this happened in the county, what's the Young Master's excuse?"

Under such circumstances, the three ministers and nine ministers had no choice but to put pressure on them.

If you catch those officials who have been criticized by the emperor and asked to give an account of themselves because of them, you can just yell at them and say anything.

Chao Cuo, the imperial censor, once even called a county guard to the official office and sprayed him for a whole afternoon.

The county guard he sprayed hanged himself when he got home...

Over the past few years, both the government and the opposition have formed an atmosphere of "performance-based theory".

No matter what means you use, if you have political achievements, you will be valued, praised, and promoted.

If you have no political achievements, just stay silent and don't have any delusions.

If something goes wrong, you are responsible for it.
Chapter completed!