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October 19th was the founding day of Shin Myung Province.
Chen Weizheng didn't plan to show his face on the founding day of Shin Myung Province, nor did he plan to take up any position in Shin Myung Province. His identity was too sensitive, and he hoped that people would forget about him in the next one or two years.
According to tradition, a parade was held, and the procession saluted the new King. Old man Zheng had never felt so comfortable before. He thought of the chief designer of Shin Myung Province, and regretted that no one put up a banner saying "Hello, Old Man Zheng". With the help of Maud Bundle and his cabinet, Shin Myung Province's founding ceremony was a complete success. The entire procedure was flawless and flawless.
Unexpectedly, there was no military parade, and there were no military formations in the procession. It was as if Shin Myung Province had become a peace-loving country overnight.
As soon as Shin Myung Province was founded, the entire country was invested in the construction of roads, highways, high-speed railways, ports, industrial zones, and special agriculture.
Everything else was still easy to handle, but the development of special agriculture left Chen Weizheng and the rest at a loss. Right at this moment, a piece of good news came. Due to the improper handling of the bilateral economic and trade relationship with Vietnam, the Red River Province had escalated into a diplomatic incident, causing tension between the two parties. In order to settle the matter, from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, to the Red River Province, to Ningzhou City, they found someone to take responsibility. In the end, the board fell on Ningzhou City's mayor, Long Jinxing. He was immediately removed from office and returned to the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department to await his assignment.
When he heard the news, Chen Weizheng jumped three feet high. He said to Maud Bundle who was drinking with him, "I'll go right away. I'll kidnap Long Jinxing even if I have to. With him around, we don't have to worry about the special agriculture development."
Maud Bundle said that agriculture was important to a big country like China, but not to a small country like Shin Myung Province. Think about it, a small country with less than 50 million people, if the industry was developed, it wouldn't be a problem to support agriculture.
Chen Weizheng said that the main thing was to solve the problem of the indigenous people. The indigenous people were of low quality, and most of them were involved in traditional agriculture. They didn't have any other skills other than the most primitive and inefficient farming methods. They couldn't even pay the annual poll tax. He couldn't possibly kill all of them, could he?
Maud Bundle said that you should consider reducing the poll tax for the people involved in agriculture. Chen Weizheng said that it was absolutely impossible. These people were of low quality. Once you reduce the poll tax, they would give birth to a bunch of children. those who wanted to give birth wouldn't give birth, and those who didn't want to give birth will give birth. Chen's that would be troublesome.
Bundle Maud Bundle said, what if the Maud Bundle What? Labour? Force Force?
Anything is fine! Chen Weizheng answered very calmly. A person who couldn't even pay the tax shouldn't be a citizen of Shin Myung Province. He could go wherever he wanted. At the very least, he could go up north. After all, the north was a big country, and the rogue proletarians were a staunch revolutionary force.
Maud Bundle laughed and said, "How can someone like you be a party member? You're a rogue proletarian. "
The two began to discuss the details of the poll tax. This poll tax was really a rather backward thing. No wonder no one used it in the past 100 or 200 years, because it completely broke the need for people to eat from the same pot. In ancient China, there was a poll tax. Because the price was set too high, some people couldn't afford it at first. Later, more and more people couldn't afford it, and there was a peasant uprising. Therefore, there was a reform. The poll tax was changed to a poll tax. The most direct result of the poll tax was that those who had land paid the tax, and those who didn't had children. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, the population began to soar. There was strength in numbers. This was originally a good thing. If the Song Dynasty's Zhao Family advocated export-oriented development and spread the population around the world, then the world would be completely different. The problem was that since the Song Dynasty, China began to close the country. The land area became narrower and narrower, and there were more and more people. The per capita land area and forest area became less and less. In the end, a bottle of milk was divided among three people. In order to still be able to feel the stickiness and color of the milk, the trimeric ammonia technology was invented. There wasn't enough rice to eat, so the per unit area yield increased, and the heavy metal technology was invented.
Maud Bundle thought that the poll tax alone wasn't enough, and that enterprises should be taxed separately. Chen Weizheng said that there should be a business transaction tax, and not an income tax. The personal income adjustment tax and enterprise income tax were both methods of killing the rich and helping the poor. The result was that the rich would rather stop production than pay income tax, which seriously hindered the development of productivity.
Maud Bundle thought that if this was the case, the tax wouldn't be able to pay for the corresponding expenses of the country.
Chen Weizheng asked about such expenses, and Maud Bundle gave an example of education. Chen Weizheng told him that education didn't need to be enjoyed by everyone. For example, a farmer in the countryside wouldn't need to solve equations in his lifetime. It was a waste for them to receive this kind of education. They should receive three years of elementary school, learn a thousand words, learn the Three Character Classic, Hundred Surnames, and Thousand Character Classic. They should understand some common principles and be able to accept legal thinking. If they had money, they could receive further paid education. Education was a very costly industry. It was too wasteful to implement it for nine years, and the negative effects were also very big. The higher the level of education one received, the lazier, more self-righteous, and more arrogant they were. The most ridiculous thing was that 90% of high school graduates went to university, and 100% of university graduates couldn't find a job. It wasn't that there were no jobs, but that university graduates 100% believed that the benefits of these jobs were far from what they had invested in and expected over the past ten years.
Maud Bundle thought about the education situation in the country and agreed with Chen Weizheng's point of view. Most of the students in the country were wasters of the education surtax. This was because they didn't understand why they were studying until the last day of their studies. Instead, they understood that the money their parents had worked so hard to earn over the past ten years was all cheated by the school! Therefore, after graduation, they were no longer repaying society, but taking revenge on society. In Shin Myung Province, there would be fewer of these kinds of university students.
Chen Weizheng told Maud Bundle that the country would still introduce a large number of state-owned enterprises. The income of state-owned enterprises was the real pillar that supported the country. They would use laws and taxes to manage the market, and use rules and regulations to manage the internal affairs. They would try their best to create a fair society, at least on the surface.
Maud Bundle asked about the military and domestic security expenses. Chen Weizheng said that any investment must be profitable. Otherwise, it would be a failure. The army had to fight and plunder, or they wouldn't be able to support themselves. The police had to arrest people and collect fees according to the law. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to support themselves.
Maud Bundle knew that Chen Weizheng's words made sense. However, as a highly educated person, he still couldn't accept Chen Weizheng's point of view. Especially the theory of management costs, it made him very uncomfortable. Chen Weizheng's theory would lead to a large number of sudden riches. No matter how rich you were, you only had to pay the business tax and the poll tax. At the same time, it would also lead to a large number of corrupt officials. What awaited the corrupt officials was reckless killing. The result of reaching out was death. Chen Weizheng wanted to teach the people of Shin Myung Province a lesson. Do what you should do well, and you will be rich. No matter how rich you are, no one will be jealous. You only have to pay one tax: the poll tax. The rest is what you deserve. If you can't even afford to pay the poll tax, sorry, you have two choices. One is to leave Shin Myung Province, and the other is to die. When every child was born, the tax bureau would give them a bank tax card with the same number as their ID card. This card and certificate were the symbol of Shin Myung Province citizens. Without this symbol, they would not be protected by Shin Myung Province and could be expelled or executed at any time. If the card didn't receive any tax this month, there would be two situations: accidental death or voluntarily leaving Shin Myung Province.
Maud Bundle thought that this would cause people to flee. Chen Weizheng said that the land in Shin Myung Province was suitable for ten million people. If it was ten million people, the mountains would be clearer, the sky would be bluer, the water would be greener, the soil would be more fertile, and the living conditions would be better. Agriculture could be done in the most primitive way, without heavy metals and without excessive cadmium. The rice grown in this way was not expensive. Thirty yuan per catty would be suitable. Although the yield per mu would decrease, the income of the growers would increase, and the farmers would easily pay the poll tax. As for those boring city gangsters, as long as they could pay the poll tax, they could do whatever they wanted. If they obtained property through illegal means, then they would be dealt with by the police and internal security forces. They would be mercilessly killed and punished.
In the end, the two men clarified the issue of land ownership. All land under the sky belonged to the king, and all people on the shores of the land were the king's subjects. As a kingdom, all land belonged to the king. It was strictly prohibited to buy and sell land. The land was leased for up to three hundred years, and the lease fee was paid to the royal family every year. The royal family's land management agency would manage the land throughout the country. They could also give the right to use specific land for a specific period of time to ministers who had performed meritorious deeds. Whether it was through lease or gift, the individual who obtained the right to use the land had the right to dispose of it during the period of time. They could sublease or gift it, but of course, they couldn't buy or sell it.
A notice was issued to the civil service examination. Anyone under the age of 30 who graduated from a university or above could apply for the civil service examination in Shin Myung Province. Once accepted, the civil service would automatically obtain Shin Myung Province citizenship, enjoy civil service benefits, and be subject to state supervision. The first batch of fifty thousand people were accepted, mainly to enrich the grassroots. When the news spread, the number of people who signed up online had reached an unimaginable 2.8 million. Two hundred thousand of them were selected and notified to come to a designated location at a designated time for the examination.
Of the two hundred thousand candidates, except for the fifty thousand who were accepted based on merit, the rest saw the development momentum of Shin Myung Province. Some chose to go to Shin Myung Province to become skilled workers, some entered Xinming University to become Chinese language instructors, and even more became elementary teachers. There were also some who were recruited by private enterprises to become white-collar workers. What disappointed Chen Weizheng and Maud Bundle was that there were very few who chose to start their own business in Shin Myung Province. It seemed that the education system in China was still stuck at training university students to become small parts of a large machine, and not to become leaders. Graduates lacked the domineering spirit and market awareness that they should have.
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