Chapter 638 Preparing to Dig a Hole

Lu Wei jumped off the carriage and looked at his two subordinates who had returned in the carriage. The subordinates shook their heads at him.

"It shouldn't be." Lu Wei touched his chin and looked at the three carriages that he had specially modified with the Xie family emblem on them.

Two or three of their carriages had been wandering around the area for several times.

"This can't tempt him to take the bait?" Lu Wei was puzzled. "Is there something wrong?"

Then, Lu Wei stayed in Haixing County, Leling County for two more days, but still found nothing in these two days. He had to admit that the fish might have escaped.

In the end, he could only leave Haixing County with his people.

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After Xie Zhan was rescued, he received good care, and now his wounds have begun to scab.

He looked at the wound and estimated that it would be completely healed in a few days.

At this moment, his door was pushed open and someone came in.

"how?"

Liao Xuewang was a raw silk merchant. When Xie Zhan was still in the Southland, he had already joined him and worked together with the Shu merchants. That time he got a lot of money.

"Grand Governor, you are really good at knowing things. I have already found out what you asked me to investigate. There are indeed some people pretending to be Pingzhou among the officers and soldiers searching for you."

"Furthermore, Na Lu Wei actually claimed that you were his superior to win people's trust. The brother and sister named Lin believed him, so they took him home."

Xie Zhan nodded, he had guessed all this.

"The people over there in Pingzhou are really as cunning as foxes, thanks to the cautious nature of the governor." Otherwise, he might be in trouble this time.

Liao Xuewang really didn't expect that the governor was injured and fell into the sea. Even the enemies thought that he would inevitably die, right? There will be no further action.

But Pingzhou was not the case. They seemed to believe that the governor would survive falling into the sea, and they vowed to cut off any chance of his life.

This approach of cutting the grass and roots really frightens the opponent.

"Grand Governor, I have already processed the letter you asked me to send. I think it won't take long for Mr. Fan to receive it."

Xie Zhan: "Yes, I understand."

"Also, I sent people to the fishing village, but the Lin family was already empty. I heard that the Lin family brothers and sisters were taken away."

"They should have been taken away by people from Pingzhou." Xie Zhan said.

He originally wanted to have them sent away secretly. He didn't want their lives, but he didn't want the news that he was still alive to leak out from the two siblings.

He didn't want to show up so soon, he had his own plans.

Now this result is acceptable. So what if Pingzhou knows that he may be alive? The guess is just a guess.

Pingzhou, Changli Government Office

"Governor, this is the content of the tax reform law advocated by my subordinates before." Zhang Zhongxian presented the compiled information.

Hong Luo stepped forward to take it and handed it to Lu Songli.

"Governor, my family members left home in a hurry. Except for some valuables, they didn't take anything else with them."

Lu Songli knew this.

"All the things in my subordinates' study have been left behind. There are my subordinates' study notes and so on in the study. If the people from the court sort it out carefully, they can also sort out the contents of the two tax laws. If the governor wants to use this tax reform Fa, just hurry up.”

Lu Songli nodded, "Wait a moment."

She picked up the brochure presented by Zhang Zhongxian and opened it to read.

As the saying goes, it takes ten years to sharpen a sword. Zhang Zhongxian's tax reform law originally had the prototype of a whip law. Now, after so many years of pondering and modification, it has the same effect as a whip law.

Zhang Zhongxian’s tax reform law is divided into three steps.

The first step is to clear land and expand the expropriation area.

The second step is to unify taxes and levies, and summarize the land taxes, corvees and other miscellaneous items in various states and counties into one tax, thus simplifying the complex.

The third step is to collect silver per acre and collect silver taels in a consolidated manner. They only collected taxes converted into silver, thus avoiding corruption by local officials.

After she read it carefully, she praised, "Boss Zhang is so talented."

Zhang Zhongxian stroked his beard and said with a smile, "The governor is overly praised." His achievements over the years have been affirmed and appreciated by Lu Songli, and he was very excited and happy.

Xue Xu, Guo Chong and others were extremely curious. Zhang Zhongxian was a great talent that the governor had traveled thousands of miles to Qingzhou to invite back. Today's performance was considered his first achievement. They also wanted to see if Zhang Zhongxian could do it. You deserve such kindness from the governor.

Lu Songli said, "You all should take a look."

In a blink of an eye, the book was passed around, and everyone rushed to circulate it.

Those present were all well-educated people, and because they participated in all aspects of Pingzhou's management. These years of practical experience have allowed their talents, knowledge and abilities to grow from virtual to real. Each one of them has become Lu Songli’s humerus and the pillar of Pingzhou.

After reading this excerpt, they felt their scalps go numb. They saw the power of Zhang Zhongxian's tax reform law.

"The governor is right, Mr. Zhang, you are really a great talent."

"How did you come up with such a tax reform law?"

"Governor, this law is more advanced than the two-tax law implemented before."

Lu Songli smiled, that's for sure, you must know a whipping method, which is inherited from the Two Taxes Law of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty's Tan Ding Mu Mu.

"When will we implement the new tax law?" Jiang Yizhou asked impatiently. Now he is in charge of Pingzhou's money bag.

Lu Songli shook her head, "We are not in a hurry to implement the new tax law."

Everyone was confused and looked at Lu Songli. Why?

Lü Songli just smiled and said, "Everyone, the military commander of Dali should be saved."

Xue Xu was surprised, "He is still alive in such a desperate situation? This person is really lucky."

What should I do if I envy him for no reason? He also wants such an invincible fate.

"This new tax law is more needed in Dali than in us." When Lü Songli said this, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and that smile was very meaningful.

Guo Chong, Xue Xu and others were thoughtful.

The news sent back by Lu Wei let Lü Songli know that Xie Zhan's life was safe.

She didn't want to be copied by Xie Zhan. Moreover, she also wanted to trick Xie Zhan, or should I say trick Dali.

In addition, for Pingzhou at present, tax reform is not an urgent matter.

And among the three points involved in the new tax law, the land survey alone is enough to make those noble families and landlords extremely resistant. Those noble families and landlords in Dali who hold a large amount of land must be watching. Implementing this now will only increase resistance for them to attack Dali.

Lu Songli knew that if Zhang Zhongxian's tax reform law was to be implemented, changes would have to be made and some corresponding preparations would have to be made.

The Ming Dynasty's One Whip Law can also be called the Population Silk Tax.

The One Whip Law changed the taxation from being mainly in kind to being mainly in currency, that is, silver.

Silver can replace any corvée and miscellaneous labor, and silk can replace grain as a means of payment for land tax.

There is a loophole here.

In order to reassure Zhang Zhongxian, Lu Songli comforted Zhang Zhongxian with two words. After all, he was dismissed because of the tax reform law ten years ago.

"Mr. Zhang, the implementation of this new tax law requires timing."

After understanding her for these days, Zhang Zhongxian also knew that she was a lord who planned before acting, and had no objection to her arrangement, "Then the subordinates will go to the Pingzhou Legislative Office to work on the Pingzhou legislation?"

"Okay. You are fully responsible for this matter. You just need to transfer any people you need."

When Zhang Zhongxian left, he happened to meet his son Zhang Ci.

Now Zhang Ci has been employed in the Pingzhou government office as a clerk.

"Dad!"

Seeing his son, he nodded, "I'm leaving, you go about your business, you don't need to see me off, just work hard, okay?"

Zhang Ci could only stand far away and watch his father's hurried figure.