Eight Hundred and Seventieth Chapters: For the People

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Liu Jin crossed her legs, but because of her obesity, even crossing her legs was difficult.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Liu Ji said again: "Elder-in-law, there is one more thing... Now the county government has asked all hidden households and hidden fields to pay taxes publicly. Into the mu, now... gentlemen, there are many complaints, let’s talk about the Yang family, after conversion, his family’s annual tax is more than 900 taels of silver, the Yang family is very resentful, and the others are about the same..."

The Yang family has a lot of land.

And according to the tax system regulations carried out by Wang Shouren and others in the middle of the court, it is intended to set a precedent in Dingxing County for the whip and the distribution of the income into the mu.

The reason why this whip method is called a whip is that its essence is to combine taxes and taxes, collect land taxes and corvees of various names together, and at the same time spread part of the labor burden on the fields. In the past, corvee service was done according to households and cadres, and instead it was distributed according to the number of cadres and field grain; tax and service burdens, except for rice and wheat that the government needs to collect, will be converted into two silver; The government hired people to undertake it; the collection of taxes and services was directly handled by local officials, and the original system of "receipt by the people and settlement by the people" was abolished and changed to the system of "government collection and government settlement".

The essence of the so-called whip is to simplify the process and at the same time take back the rights of the gentry.

In the past, the people's taxes included land tax and a certain head tax. At the same time, corvee had to be apportioned, not only a small amount of tax money, but also grain taxes. Serve corvee.

Because the taxation is complicated and the implementation is cumbersome, the government has no way to manage it directly.

In the end, what is often adopted is "people's income and people's solution". That is to say, the government doesn’t care how it is collected, but I need my share. Your village has to send the corvee population and food needed by the government to the government on time, which belongs to ‘local self-government’.

But this so-called "people's" collection of "people's solution" is actually tantamount to handing over the power of tax collection to the gentry.

This is scary. The gentry have the most land in the family, and it is the gentry who help the government collect taxes. Let's guess, who will receive the tax in the end?

But it’s different now. Just use a whip, that is, unify all taxes. Everyone only collects one kind of tax, and all of them are converted into silver. Because the tax system is simple, you can directly let the county government’s households The tax collectors went to collect, and directly threw the gentry aside.

In addition, the gentry has more land and naturally has more people. Therefore, the taxes paid by the gentry are naturally more than that of ordinary people.

Liu Jin narrowed her eyes: "Apart from the Yang family, who else is there?"

"I'm investigating. I heard that someone is trying their best to ask someone to sue the imperial court."

Liu Jin sneered: "Sue the imperial court? Are they worthy?"

Liu Ji said with a smile: "Ouyang Shixue is very bold, but now he has offended the gentry to death, and my son has heard of it. Now, there are many songs in the market, which all insinuate that Ouyang Shixue is a cruel official." The two county magistrates and the head secretary in the county also smelled something wrong, and they all said they were sick, and ignored the affairs of the county..."

Liu Jin smiled and said, "These are tricky."

Liu Ji also laughed: "What's more interesting... I heard that this year, the pre-collected tax money in the county will reach 110,000 taels. If it goes down, it's equivalent to two families, just one tael of silver, of course. , those who have silver are still those big households. Therefore, not only the gentry have to pay taxes, but also the commercial tax has been changed from the real tax to the silver tax..."

The Ming Dynasty collected business tax, and it used the method of drawing one out of ten. For example, if your merchant brought in ten carts of cloth, one cart must be included in the official treasury.

But now, all of them are sold in silver.

Liu Jin said in his heart that 110,000 taels is equivalent to canceling all food, goods, and corvee, and now all cash is collected.

In the past, it was very inconvenient to collect money. After all, there was not much money on the market, but it is different now. Recently, the money on the market is circulating too fast.

"This Ouyang Shixue...now..."

"It's none of your business. You just need to continue to inquire. Those who are secretly dissatisfied and want to collude with the ministers of the DPRK and China should pay special attention."

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Ji smiled and said, "My son must do his best. Dad, my son hasn't seen you for two days, and I'm thinking a lot, so I came to see you today, so it's a bit long-winded. Dad, don't be angry."

Liu Jin rolled her eyes upwards.

He doesn't like people who rush to call someone a father.

After all, peers are enemies.

"roll!"

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County government.

Ouyang Zhifu wrote on the copy.

Taxation is a heavy task.

Recently, many people have come to cry poor.

Fortunately, Ouyang Zhi had already found out the details of these gentry and merchants, and exposed them without hesitation.

People like Ouyang Zhi are really annoying to the whole Dingxing County.

Just a few days ago, the work of collection had already started, and the method of collection was compulsory. The tax collectors wrote down the taxes that needed to be paid on the post, and sent them to each house, asking them to prepare money. A few days later, , Come to the door again, some people are quite honest and dare not make mistakes, but there are also some people who make troubles very unpleasant and go crazy.

Ouyang Zhi sent someone to escort a prison student here. Because he resisted the tax, he directly ordered someone to beat him twenty boards. The prison student surnamed Yan immediately

The spanked ass bloomed, and the skin was ripped apart.

But this ruthlessness made the gentry calm down temporarily, but the county officials were terrified. They consciously followed the county venerable all the way to the dark, and sooner or later there would be big troubles.

They didn't want to be the target of public criticism, and they didn't dare to offend the bachelor's servant appointed by the imperial court, so they had no choice but to fall ill, very seriously ill.

So much so that in the entire county government, the only upright official is Ouyang Zhi.

Ouyang Zhi didn't bother to talk to them, since that's the case, he'll take the lead by himself.

He needs to manage lawsuits, manage taxes, manage the repair of county schools, manage...these are countless, but there are countless things that you will never think of.

Ouyang Zhi only sleeps for two and a half hours a day, staring at every link.

As for why you want to do this? This kind of thinking is what people like Wang Shouren love to do. Ouyang Zhi doesn't want to do it. He only knows that he should do well what his teacher told him to do.

He got up and was going to inspect a river embankment in the county, but found that his boots were worn out, so he lowered his head to check the boots, but at this moment, a panting clerk came: "The county lord , County Honor, Zhen Guo Mansion, official documents have come again."

When Ouyang Zhi heard this, he didn't hesitate any longer, took the official document in a hurry, and opened it to have a look.

Obviously, this is the teacher's handwriting.

Borrowing...to build roads...

call……

Ouyang Zhi returned to his original seat: "Ascension hall, call all officials and local gentry... I have something to announce."

"yes."

Not many people came.

Most people are sick.

Anyway, none of the officials came, but all the officials from the sixth room came. After rectification, these officials became honest, and no one dared to lie to Ouyang Zhi.

As for the gentry, only a few people came, and there were a few local juren. Others, such as some big families in the county, such as the Liu family, the Yang family...the Jiang family, none of them were there.

Ouyang Zhi held the official document in his hand, didn't pay much attention to it, but said sternly: "This official collects taxes. Logically speaking, it can be expected to collect 113,522 taels of silver. Before the end of the year, even if Even a copper is indispensable. Half of it needs to be handed over to the state treasury, and the remaining 56,000 grains are used to hire labor, build roads and bridges, and repair river embankments, etc."

Everyone just fell silent.

Ouyang Zhi said: "The so-called, taking from the people and using it for the people... is the root of taxation. You must have complained about this official, thinking that this official only knows how to take, but not how to use it. Today, Dingxing County, It is a demonstration county... The collected cash should be used. This official has decided that a road will be opened in this county, leading directly to the new city of the capital... Now, Dingxing County has official roads, but this The official road has been muddy for a long time, so how can we provide convenience for the people?"

"Building roads..." A Juren couldn't help but stood up and saluted: "Master Xian, what kind of roads should be built, official roads are enough."

Ouyang Zhi was silent for a moment: "It is the most fashionable concrete asphalt road."

"..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

The people here are more or less knowledgeable people. They have heard a little about this asphalt road...

"I don't know the county lord, how much will it cost to build this road?"

Ouyang Zhi had no expression on his face.

He didn't make a sound either.

This made many people feel agitated. What they were most afraid of was that the magistrate had such a majestic appearance, it was too scary.

Ouyang Zhifang said: "It has been calculated, and it needs to be two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver."

All of a sudden, the county government almost exploded.

Two hundred and twenty thousand taels, this is an astronomical figure.

Ouyang Zhi continued: "This road is built on the original official road, so there is no need to requisition land. For the planning of the road, Xishan Jianye will appoint craftsmen to come. Labor can also be hired in this county... This road is only more than seventy miles, two hundred and twenty thousand taels, which is more than enough."

But in the yamen hall, it was boiling.

Someone said: "Is this tax money enough for the county? The county lord... this... this..."

Ouyang Zhi said: "Of course it is not enough. In addition to the silver paid to the treasury, the county also needs to keep some silver for emergencies. What can be used is only three to forty thousand taels a year. However, it is enough It's..." He raised the official document in his hand: "Xishan Bank has agreed to borrow 200,000 taels from the county for road construction, and the county has borrowed ten years and repays 30,000 taels a year. After ten years, it can be paid off..."

loan...

People's fat, people's ointment... You take such a toss...

Many gentry almost fainted.

Some people's faces turned ashen.

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