Chapter 360 (1/2)

It was the autumn harvest season, although agricultural production was delayed everywhere due to the war.

However, when Wei Ran conquered kuozhou, he arranged refugees to plant wheat here, so the impact on agricultural production was not too great.

Now the fields and paths are golden, which is the scene of fruitful farmers' busy harvest. Thanks to the good climate here in guide, and adjacent to the Yellow River, there is no lack of water power, and the harvest is very rich.

Wei Ran's tax policy on the territory also implemented the two tax laws handed down by Dezong.

However, although the two tax laws abandoned the poll tax under the modulation of rent and mediocrity and collected money tax based on the amount of land, they offended local giants and aristocratic families, and often suffered local opposition and even destruction.

Coupled with the corruption of official administration, local officials often add many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the name of two taxes, resulting in people's livelihood. During the reign of the former Emperor, the administration of officials was often rectified, so that the two tax laws could be implemented in a benign way.

However, after the death of the first emperor, the monarch was in power, and the administration of officials was extremely corrupt. The two tax laws had long become an excuse for corrupt officials and local giants to plunder people's wealth, so that this tax system existed in name only in the Tang Dynasty.

However, it cannot be denied that the birth of the two tax laws was to kill the rich and help the poor. Therefore, Wei Ran still continues to use the two tax laws. After all, this is the best tax law to combat local giants and protect the interests of the people in this era. It only needs to be improved.

He is well aware of the disadvantages of the two tax laws and is more familiar with the economic development of today's society. The two tax laws mainly collect gold and silver currency, but today's social gold and silver currency reserves are not very sufficient, and the commodity economy is not as developed as that of the Song Dynasty.

There are often many problems during the collection period. The most obvious is the low price of grain in good years. Farmers' money to sell grain for tax will often cause many losses due to the fluctuation of market economy.

Although grain prices are high in famine years, farmers often have to leave enough grain for their families to eat. However, in order to pay taxes, they have to sell grain at a low price in famine years to replace gold and silver money.

Therefore, the tax method implemented by Wei Ran in agriculture is mainly to collect in kind. One tenth of the in kind tax is charged for both grain and hemp on the land. It can be used as military grain and strategic grain and grass reserves.

For craftsmen and businessmen who have no land and mainly make a living in handicrafts and commerce, Wei Ran collects gold and silver coins and pays taxes according to one thirtieth of their income according to national law. If there is no gold and silver currency, silk cloth can be used to offset the price.

As the territory is located on the trade route of the Silk Road, the income of these industrial and commercial taxes is actually amazing.

Even so, Wei Ran's tax policy is still very extensive, not that he doesn't understand the better tax system in history. Because of the lack of shogunate officials and distrust of the officials sent by the imperial court, he can only make such a determination for the time being. When there are enough staff, he will naturally make more detailed adjustments.

Jishijun Tunbao, where guide was once located, was often a food reserve where Tubo people harassed and robbed. Later, Ge Shuhan led the army here, ambushed several times, and defeated Tubo many times. Only then did he really turn this place into a military grain warehouse in the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Wei Ran is in power here, it is naturally impossible for history to go back to the time before godshuhan led the army.

Taking advantage of the bumper harvest, he took the initiative to lead 4000 elite riders to leave Guide county and take a walk on the northern plateau. One is to train troops to adapt them to the plateau climate; the other is to replace defense with attack and implement active defense.

As long as Tubo soldiers and horses, no matter which tribe, dare to approach the land of reclamation within a thousand miles, Wei Ran will lead a large army to crush their camp and kill their families.

Every once in a while, Wei Ran led the cavalry to do this, so that the nearby Tubo tribes were either wiped out or migrated to a higher plateau.

When he came out this time, no group of Tubo tribes dared to have the idea of autumn grain harvest outside guide county.

An armed parade arrived in the west of Qinghai Lake. Unexpectedly, he met the messenger of Zhao Xuanqing who chased him.