Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 606 Special War Tax

  "Lord Yuanding, Dai Yingcai was promoted to the post of Secretary of the Interior, who should be handed over to the original political affairs department?" Xin Changjun asked.

Li Fushou smiled slightly and said: "You should have heard of this man, who is a child of overseas Chinese who was born in Java, who was born in Java. He was the former deputy director of the Office of Political Affairs and the main deputy in charge of the South Pacific Regional Intelligence Network. There was a code name in the past. "Green Pine" performed well in the first East Indies War and the follow-up intelligence war, and is a rare talent."

   "This person has indeed heard about it, but there are not many intersections, and it can be appreciated by Master Yuanding. It must be definitely not a thing in the pool." Xin Changjun's words are quite meaningful.

  If it is normal praise, there is nothing wrong with it.

  But what is the Department of Political Affairs?

This is the Jinyiwei and Foreign Intelligence Bureau under the command of Hongbao. Li Fushou used to monitor hundreds of officials, as the intelligence department for the eyes, eyes and thugs. Vicious dog, with such an identity, it's not a good thing to praise that "it's definitely not a thing in the pool".

  Since ancient times, the court officials and the treacherous eunuchs have not been able to urinate in the same pot. As for close cooperation, it was only the late Ming Dynasty that worked together to deceive the weak emperor. Under the wise rule, it was normal to attack each other.

  Li Fushou naturally knows that the Secretary of State Affairs, the Secretariat and other executive officials are very uncomfortable with these two departments. The beauty of the superior lies in the checks and balances of power. He smiled nonchalantly;

"Brother elder brother, the undercurrent in Australia is undercurrent, and the war is about to break out. I mean to take the lead in setting up a wartime committee to oversee all logistical affairs during the war, including internal and external propaganda, national mobilization, material coordination, countermeasures and countermeasures. After the war in the South, the post-war remedial work involved a lot of affairs and a wide range of points, so I mean that the Department of Administration will take the lead. You will be the director. The General Staff of the Army and the Navy, the Secretariat and the Ninth Division will send deputy senior officials to enter. This committee is authoritative during the war. It is as clear as possible to ensure that the logistical support work is done wherever the army hits. The united front suppression work is followed up at any time to prevent the war from causing excessive damage to the southern region. Then it’s more difficult to recover. How do you feel about it?"

"Master Yuan Ding, this burden is very heavy!" Xin Changjun felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders and the trust of Master Earl, took a deep breath and replied; I took this huge burden, but I have to ask you for some manpower."

   "But it's okay to say."

"Then I'm not welcome. Brother Shou Dao has always acted steadily. I want to be my deputy. And Master He Shoutian has just stepped down from the post of Secretary of the Interior. I also want to invite him to sit on the Wartime Committee. Mr. He's prestige is high enough, even when I'm away, I can still hold back the scene, so as not to let people read the scriptures crookedly."

"Hehehe... I really can pick people, OK... Pan Shoudao I asked him to temporarily put aside the affairs of the mayor of Red River Valley, and concentrate on the work of the wartime committee. He Shoutian was originally intended to use it in Lan Fangguo. Replace Fan Asheng. Now that you have spoken, let it be used for you. Lan Fangguo's affairs will be discussed later. Is there anything else?"

"Master Yuanding, I also want to draw at least 300 capable staff from the Secretariat. After all, our Department of Administrative Affairs has too few staff, and there is nothing wrong with it. Moreover, the committee involved in the wartime was too wide and there were too many affairs. The Secretariat’s idea."

   "Okay, here you are."

  Li Fushou only hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand in agreement.

  The war is fighting logistics. The responsibilities of this wartime committee are extremely broad. It is directly responsible to the Supreme Commander, and the necessary support is still to be given.

  Xin Changjun is now the prime minister of the cabinet during the war. With him in front of him, a lot of tedious daily government and military affairs must be done without having to do anything. Properly letting go is the kingly way!

   "Master Yuanding, I still have a ruthless please..."

   "Say it, just say it."

"I have been thinking about this crisis for a long time in private. Considering that the war is costly, it is impossible to spend all of it from public finances and internal treasury, and the amount is huge. Therefore, once a war breaks out, the wartime committee will consider imposing a special war tax to solve it. Huge war funding needs."

   "Uh...this, let me think about it."

  Li Fushou's expression became solemn. It is not a trivial matter to impose a special war tax. Although this is a common practice in European powers, if it is not handled properly, it will lead to a boiling of public resentment and become a great opportunity for corrupt officials to reach out.

  The advantages of imposing a special war tax are obvious, but there are also many disadvantages.

  Although Australia has implemented a procurement bidding law, this cannot plug all the loopholes of corruption. There is no good solution to this kind of thing more than 100 years later, let alone the current feudal era?

  In Li Fushou’s plan, war expenses consisted of three parts: public financial expenditures, internal treasury and bank loans. A rough calculation can raise about 50 million pounds, which is roughly enough to cope with the Civil War.

  But it can save a little, isn’t he fragrant?

  What Li Fushou was worried about was that the monk chanted the scriptures with Crooked Mouth and defeated all the good reputation he had accumulated with hard work. That would be very uneconomical.

   "Master Yuanding, I have drafted a charter, please read it." Xin Changjun, a bureaucrat who has been ups and downs all year round, of course can understand his own master's thoughts and concerns, and presented it with respectful hands.

"Oh……"

  Li Fushou took it over and took a closer look.

  This is a complete war special tax collection plan. It plans to collect 12 shillings in cash for each resident of Australia. The amount is advanced by the employer and then deducted from the employee's income.

  Pay for self-cultivation farmers or private ranch households, pay in three months, and divide by fines if overdue, and indicate personal bad credit, which will affect loans and personal credit in the future.

  Because the local residents of Australia are relatively wealthy, they should have enough energy to bear this amount.

  About 10% to 15% of the bottom-of-the-society residents are more difficult to pay, and deferred payment measures can be adopted in the collection, and the time limit is relaxed to one year. Free labor can also be adopted, and four months of voluntary labor can be used to offset the special war tax.

  Those who fail to pay within the due date shall be dealt with seriously.

  According to the current population of Queensland (including the Southern Earls Territory) totaling 10.87 million people, the estimated collection amount is 6.49 million pounds. Calculated according to the ratio of 85 percent, the total can increase by 5,116,500 pounds.

  Delayed payment of some people, in addition to most of the tax payable, people who have difficulty paying can also recruit no less than 300,000 laborers to support the development of the south.

  For overseas territories such as Shangri-La and Borneo, considering the low income of the people in the above-mentioned areas, the special war tax levied by half is levied, and each resident pays 6 silver shillings.

  Residents of overseas provinces can allow the use of crops, which are limited to the four categories of grain, corn, spices and tobacco, plus 10% loss.

  Cash and in-kind can choose one, free choice.

  With the scale of more than 7 million people in the above-mentioned areas, it is estimated that more than 1.7 million pounds in cash, more than 300,000 tons of grain, and a few other crops can be collected.

  In the African colonies, Somali Province implements the expropriation policy of 12 shillings per inhabitant (Mogadishu region halves the expropriation), and the Mozambique region implements the halving expropriation policy, allowing food to be used for offset.

  More than 1.3 million people in the above-mentioned areas are expected to collect more than 300,000 pounds in cash, crops, and labor.

  African residents in this area also have the obligation to pay special war taxes. Those who refuse to pay can be punished with hard labor of varying years depending on the circumstances.

  According to this plan

After    was fully implemented, a special war tax of more than 8.5 million pounds could be collected, which made Li Fushou couldn't help but think.

  This is a one-time war special tax, not like the endless collection of the Liao Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, which caused the people to complain, the family was ruined, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was directly shaken.

If you have this money, after calming down the South, you can take advantage of the opportunity to advance several major projects. For example, the coastal railway extends south to Melbourne and then west to Adelaide in South Australia, which can include the entire population of Australia’s nine cities. This is a major livelihood project, but also a major stability and military combat readiness project.

  Firstly, it can solve a large number of employment problems, stimulate coal and steel industry production, and create more national income. Secondly, it can arrange Chinese immigrant towns along the railway line. This is the ultimate strategy to stabilize the situation in Australia.

at the same time

The Sydney Bay Bridge, the eastern coast road of Australia, the proposed several reservoirs, thermal power plants, large-scale backbone projects to reduce the refugees, stabilize the society, and gradually disintegrate the conquered whites in the south and integrate them into the Australian society. Go in the whole.

  There are many benefits of having money, but Li Fushou cannot be impressed by this alone.

  He continued to scroll down, his eyes lit up.

It turned out that Xin Changjun detailed the implementation plan for the special war tax collection at the end of the articles of association. It was done by experienced tax officials and supervisory groups, and young and energetic students from the Eagle School were recruited to participate in social practice. The method of leasing, collecting special funds, keeping in a special bank account, and supervising the whole process.

  After the tax has entered the bank account, no one in any department is allowed to pay it, and it is turned over to the wartime committee for overall arrangements, and the special funds are used for special purposes and cannot be misappropriated.

   "Brother Changjun, it seems that you came here prepared!" Li Fushou closed the charter in his hand and said with a deep smile.

The power of the wartime committee is indeed very large. The only restriction is that there is no money. Whether it is underwear funds, public financial funds or bank loans, all must be reviewed by the Secretariat, and then reported to the Lord Earl through the Budget Committee. The Financial Secretary lists expenditures.

  As a wartime committee that directly provides a full set of logistical services for the war, how can it be done without living money?

  Front-line warfare waits for no one, if you can’t keep up with the supply, it’s really deadly.

  Commander Xin Chang came to the ground and replied earnestly;

"Master Yuanding, I have to do this as a last resort. You mentioned in the briefing earlier that you want to set up such a coordinating organization. I have also made preparations for this. One hundred thousand soldiers is no small matter.

  The so-called clever woman can hardly cook without rice.

  Xin Changjun District has a low life, and death is not a pity, but if the front-line war is delayed, I will become a national sinner for thousands of years, the family will be ashamed, and beg for mercy from the adults. The ministers appreciate the five things, and will surely end up with the grass in return. "

   "Brother Changjun is serious." Li Fushou waved his hand, still indecisive in his heart.

Xin Changjun stopped his head again and said: "My lord, all Chinese who come to Australia accept the favor of adults, or divide fields and land or preferential loans to help them. Changjun thinks that it will be difficult for me to fight against my enemies for a long time. We took this opportunity to levy a special war tax to make publicity widely, so that the Chinese immigrants to Australia realized their sense of responsibility and condensed them into a rope. In order to unify Australia's rich money in the north and south, we made a strong contribution and fully stimulated the sense of civic honor through publicity. And sense of responsibility, this is the right way!"

These words finally made Li Fushou stunned. After thinking about it for a while, it made sense, so he nodded and said; The Department of Home Affairs took the lead and deployed personnel in advance to prepare for the investigation. Special taxes were levied immediately after the outbreak of the war to supplement military resources."

  Xin Changjun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and once again hit the ground with a long stroke; "My lord is wise, I have no regrets!"

   "Hahahaha..." Li Fushou also laughed.

  You have all agreed to all your requirements, so what can I regret?

  Sent away the happy Xin Changjun. Li Siyuan, deputy director of the secretariat, led Dai Yingcai and Dan Zheng to the east study room. Seeing the Lord Earl, he immediately came forward to see him.

   "Master, I am waiting for the call to meet you."

   "Free gift!"

Li Fushou looked at Dai Yingcai, who was tall and lanky, and then at a literati with an elegant demeanor. He said with approval, "It's nothing big, but you two have just taken up your new positions. Called to talk. By the way, the elite...You will leave the Office of Political Affairs and go to the Department of Interior in the future. You should be considered a member of the Jiu Division. You don't need to call this master. You can call Lord Earl just like everyone else.

  "Follow the master's instructions." Dai Yingcai hurriedly stepped forward and replied.

   "Wrong." Li Fushou deliberately lowered his face.

  Dai Yingcai quickly changed her words; "Oh... I would like to follow the instructions of Lord Earl."

   "Well, that's right. Just keep your loyalty in your heart. Don't behave differently from other people. The so-called harmony of light and dust."

  "The talents have been taught, and you should remember what the Lord Earl said, and put yourselves into practice."

   "Yeah." Li Fushou nodded and looked at the new Director of Political Affairs Dan Zheng. Seeing that his brows were filled with joy, but he was still able to maintain a calm state of mind, he was quite satisfied;

This call was just a simple cutscene and asked about his plan to take up his new position. Danzheng's answer was clear-cut and the main purpose was clear. This made Li Fushou quite satisfied, and at the end of the meeting he ordered: "At this time of turmoil. , Your first task is to get the precise information about the southern states' conspiracy to form the Southern Federation. This is the first priority, remember."

   "Master, please give me half a month. I am willing to make a military order. I can't get the exact information to lead me to see you."

   "Okay, courageous, then I will give you half a month." Li Fushou was overjoyed.

  I am not sure that he is afraid to say this big thing. Dan Zheng seems to be a very capable and courageous person, and he seems to have picked the right person.

  (End of this chapter)