What taxes were legally required to be paid in silver in Qing China?
score:2
Even under the early Qing when silver was relatively abundant, taxes weren't necessarily paid by households with physical silver, only assessed / denominated in terms of silver. As one article (which cites a book by Man-hong Lin) states:
Qing fiscal revenue... was levied in silver tael but collected from small holders who typically paid in copper cash.
This important modification does not fundamentally contradict the general argument outlined above. Quoting another article:
As the massive inflow of silver, which had sustained China's balance-of-trade surplus through the eighteenth century, suddenly became a trickle by 1820, the Chinese economy went into reverse. Prices dropped, commercial enterprises faltered, and market demand slackened. The rising value of silver (because of its scarcity) also increased the hardship of taxation, because peasants were compelled to relinquish more of their crops in order to meet their tax requisitions that were still assessed in silver. The depreciating copper-silver exchange rate also exacerbated peasant purchasing power.
More post
- 📝 Did any armies systemically favor axes/hammers over swords?
- 📝 Anti militarism
- 📝 Where did one-in-a-million chance of nuking the atmosphere come from?
- 📝 Why did Americans oppose Richard Nixon's visit to China? What "past policies" were Nixon going against?
- 📝 Why was Iceland not a part of the Danish-Swedish deal in Kiel in 1814?
- 📝 Why did Guinea vote so differently in the 1958 French constitutional referendum?
- 📝 How is historical "average calorie consumption" data from eighty years ago estimated?
- 📝 Do we know what ancient Roman music sounded like?
- 📝 Would Plutarch be considered a historian by modern standards?
- 📝 Did Hitler really support Subhash Chandra Bose's cause and did he do anything to help Bose?
- 📝 How does Louise Bryant's assessment of how the Soviet Union would fall hold up at the beginning of the 21st century?
- 📝 Why is Lady Jane Grey called Lady instead of Queen?
- 📝 What was typical agricultural produce in Rome or Greece roundabout 2000-3000ya?
- 📝 Why was Newton's observation of the falling apple significant?
- 📝 Why was George Washington called Chief Magistrate?
- 📝 What was the importance of the patrician class in the Roman Empire?
- 📝 Why were Indians able to free themselves of the European Colonialists unlike South Africans?
- 📝 What was the reason for Gandhi's visit to Africa
- 📝 When and where were the first coins made showing the currency or a face value?
- 📝 Why does only Iran have a Governor of the Jurisprudence?
- 📝 Has bad government interventions in the economy ever resulted in unexpectedly good outcomes for the industry?
- 📝 What is the oldest European royal house?
- 📝 What was Prince Philip’s surname (prior to Mountbatten)?
- 📝 Did Nazi party members request exemption for their pre-war Jewish acquaintances?
- 📝 Was there any conflict/interaction between the Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam?
- 📝 Where to find a comprehensive list of proto-cuneiform Sumerian glyphs?
- 📝 Why did Union troops like General McClellan?
- 📝 Why did the father of algebra speak Arabic instead of Persian?
- 📝 Did courtiers of antiquity hold in their pee or did they have common commodes available in the king/queen's court?
- 📝 Who is the last known non-natural US citizen who would have been eligible for the Presidency?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What taxes were legally required to be paid in silver in Qing China?
- 📝 What would a Roman slave be legally required to do if his master vanished?
- 📝 In Francoist Spain, what steps were required for non-Catholics to marry?
- 📝 What were the required conditions to be accepted by a university in Medieval times?
- 📝 What Land Runs were there in the U.S., and were the Indians paid for their land?
- 📝 What taxes were assessed on people in Alta California?
- 📝 What were the American-equipped armies of Nationalist China equipped with?
- 📝 What were paper airplanes called before there were real airplanes? (i.e. untethered winged flyers, not kites or balloons)
- 📝 What drugs were used in England during the High Middle Ages?
- 📝 What were the reasons for the Renaissance / scientific revolution in Europe?
- 📝 Was murdering a slave illegal in American slavery, and if so, what punishments were given for it?
- 📝 What were Hitler's religious beliefs?
- 📝 What were the acceptance criteria in universities of medieval Europe?
- 📝 What were Germany's long-term aims in World War I?
- 📝 What language(s) were spoken within the Holy Roman Empire?
- 📝 What were the reasons for making Prohibition a constitutional amendment?
- 📝 What were the main causes of successful take over of India by Britain?
- 📝 What disruptions were brought about by Islam that the Arabians saw so many victories?
- 📝 Were there any Germans in Japan after the surrender of Germany in May, 1945 and if so, what happened to them?
- 📝 In what way were Renaissance battles like chess matches?
- 📝 Are there any documented examples of wooden ships which were in active service for 100 years or more? If not, what is the longest?
- 📝 What were sandbags used for in medieval duels?
- 📝 What were the logistics of whaling in the 1800s?
- 📝 What were the reasons that the British colonies in North America rebelled but not others?
- 📝 In WWII, what were the major differences in tank combat on the eastern and western fronts?
- 📝 What kind of ink was used by medieval scribes in Iceland, given that there were no plant galls for iron-gall ink?
- 📝 Third Reich? What were the other two?
- 📝 What were birthdays like in Medieval times?
- 📝 What were the Allies' plans if they caught Hitler alive?
- 📝 What were the EMP effects, if any, of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?