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CHAPTER IX.--EASE THE TAXF_5 AND AS-
SURE THE REVENUE.--I. Duke Ai II. xix. :_"
i e. -_ _" see Intro. V. C. called by his name as a subor-"
dinate of the Duke's. I_ ]_ [_ J_, State expenditure.
The Duke's idea was )_l _ .l_ ._ )_ ___-,to increase the
taxes in order to meet the expenditure. _ _' says ._j:
_1_, etc. The present year is one of dearth. L. The
year is one of scarcity, and the returns for expenditure are
not sufficient, etc. Z. annus annona laborat, sumptus non
sufficiunt. K. The year now is one of scarcity : we can-
not make the revenue meet the public expenditure. Couv.
Cette annie les r6coltes ont manqu6 ; je n'ai pas assez pour
lnes d_nses.
2. C. _, _!_ _ :_ _t_, The communal or share
system. _ 81] _ _ _ I_ -I_ _, _ _ i_1 _
)L, _ ]IX _ _, it_ _ :;_ _- According to the
Chou regulations each male received one hundred mou, and
with his eight other participators in the square of a thousand
mou cultivated it in common. When the whole proceeds
had been evenly divided the farmers got nine-tenths and the
Duke one-tenth, hence its name. In the days of Duke _e.'_"
of Lu, B.C. 6o8-59o, the tax was doubled. Tzb Yu recommends
a return to the old style _ _-_ _ J_]. J_ J_
1_, O_,-, wishing the Duke to economise and thereby enrich
the people. L. Why not stmply tithe the people?
3- L_e what would it be with that tithing ? L With
two-tenths I find them not enough :--how could I do with
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