The rise of the poor

Chapter 765

Jia Langzhong, Zhao Langzhong and others warmly invited Zhu Pingan to Zhang Guanku's office room. Guan Ku waited for a long time for the reason to come, such kindness is really hard to refuse.

Inviting myself in front of everyone in the East Factory, I guess they would not dare to do evil things at this time.

At the same time, Zhu Pingan also wanted to see what kind of medicine they sold in the gourd, so he followed them to Zhang Guanku's with half push and half push.

"Hehehe, Zihou is here, hurry up, please come in."

Hearing the commotion outside, Zhang Guanku greeted Zhu Ping'an with a gentle smile before he entered the door. He was so enthusiastic. This scene was a bit like Cao Cao who greeted Xu You backwards in the Three Kingdoms. .

"Master Zhang is so kind, I am ashamed to be an official, please, Mr. Zhang." Zhu Pingan bowed his hands in return.

After repeated courtesies at the door, Zhu Ping'an entered the room with Zhang Guanku and others, and sat down as guests and hosts.

Zhu Pingan was allowed to sit opposite Zhang Guanku by everyone.

It was already dark outside, and three oil lamps were lit inside the house, with the wicks raised high, to illuminate the room brightly.

"Does Zi Hou know some 'conventions' in Taicang?"

Zhang Guanku was sitting on the chair, straightened his body as if relaxed, looked at Zhu Ping'an calmly, like an endless sea, and asked softly like a famous scholar.

"I don't know about Ping'an, I would like to hear more about it." Zhu Ping'an shook his head, and then put on a gesture of asking for advice.

Zhang Guanku glanced at Jia Langzhong. Jia Langzhong knew what he meant and nodded slightly. Then he smiled and attracted Zhu Ping'an's attention. 'Routine' couldn't be more normal."

"Then let's talk about 'four Liangping' first." Jia Langzhong said with a smile.

"What is a four-two balance?" Zhu Pingan asked curiously.

"Four taels of balance, hehe, Zihou has also been in Taicang for a few days, and I should have seen that it is very hard for the soldiers to carry the silver taels. Although we don't work hard, we also work hard. Zihou, you don't know, Every year when taxes and salt taxes are collected, it is common for us to stay up late and work overtime. Think about it, the chief secretaries of various places and prefectures and counties such as Zhili in the north and south pay tax silver, horse straw, silk, cloth, and money. There are more than [-] items of silver, such as banknotes, money yarn, grains, yellow wax, discounts, shipping materials, commercial taxes, deed taxes, salt taxes, fines for embezzlement, Liao pay, and water discounts. Yu." Jia Langzhong looked at Zhu Pingan with a tired face, and said with some emotion.

The beginning is so hard and serious, the following is definitely not serious.

After hearing Jia Langzhong's foreshadowing, Zhu Pingan came to such a conclusion in his heart.

really.

After hearing Jia Langzhong's explanation of the four-two balance, Zhu Pingan sneered at Taicang's "convention" in his heart.

"As for the localities, they all sympathize with us when they see us working so hard. They donate 100 taels of silver to Taicang every year, and they donate an extra 4 taels of silver for every 4 taels to comfort us. We have refused many times. But this is a practice that has been formed in Taicang and the local area for hundreds of years. The local government insists on this, and we have no choice but to follow this practice. The extra 2 taels of silver, according to the convention, of which 2 taels will be allocated to the treasury Soldiers, the other [-] liang will be allocated to our treasury officials and envoys, this practice is commonly known as 'four liang leveling'." Jia Langzhong slowly explained the four liang leveling practice, as if they were also forced to Helpless, had to abide by this practice.

After Zhu Pingan heard this, his face was expressionless, and his heart had already set off a shocking wave, and he cast aside Jia Langzhong and others.For every 100 taels of silver, an extra 4 taels of silver will be collected. Taicang collects more than two million taels of silver every year. For the "four taels of balance" alone, they charge more than 80000 taels of silver every year.

How much burden this has added to the common people!
"How much is a year?" Zhu Pingan pursed his lips and asked calmly.

"It's not much, just more than 8 taels of 'hard money' in a year." Jia Langzhong shook his head disapprovingly, and said lightly.

This is not much? ! Isn't more than 8 taels not enough? It is equivalent to more than 800 million yuan.A senior official of the fourth rank only receives a salary of more than 140 taels of silver every year. The silver you get from this "convention" is enough for five or six hundred senior officials of the fourth rank for one year's salary.

How many fourth-rank officials are there in the entire Ming Dynasty? !
Not much. Hehe, it can be seen that their "practice" for making money is not limited to this one, and it can be seen that the money they made is much more than this 8 taels.

Huh, "hard money"?What you have done is just a matter of your duty. This is also called "hard money". Isn't this just lying around and picking up money? !

Zhu Ping'an has a brand new understanding of the greed and shamelessness of Jia Langzhong and others.

"In the past, the treasury envoys dispatched every year were officials from the Taoist government. This year, Zihou took such painstaking efforts to inspect Taicang. Presumably, the higher-ups will not send a Taoist official to inspect the bank. In this way, the 8 taels of silver" "Hard work money", Zihou can get about 1 taels of "hard work money", although it is not much, but it can be regarded as a consolation for Zihou's hard work in checking the library." Jia Langzhong raised his head, looked at Zhu Pingan with a smile and said .

"One million taels?!"

Zhao Langzhong, who was at the side, suddenly pulled down his face when he heard the words, as if he was a little dissatisfied.

Look at your future! !

Zhang Guanku, who had been controlling the situation in the house, immediately glared at Zhao Langzhong, and stared back at what Zhao Langzhong was about to blurt out.

Under Zhang Guanku's gaze, Zhao Langzhong froze, muttered, and shut his mouth.He was 1 taels of dissatisfaction in his heart, so why should he give Zhu Pingan 1 taels? In previous years, only 5000 taels were allocated to Chakushi for this item.

Now that Zhu Ping'an has been given more than twice as much all of a sudden, wouldn't that mean that we will get less money? !

"1 taels" Zhu Ping'an clicked his tongue.

It's good to be tempted, hehe, you Zhu Ping'an are nothing more than that, and I bought you for a mere 1 taels of silver.

Seeing Zhu Ping'an smacking his tongue, Jia Langzhong's smile widened, and Zhang Guanku's also smiled.

"Does the 'convention' agree to this? If you know you agree, then I can accept it; if you don't know, then I can't accept a penny." Zhu Pingan glanced at Jia Langzhong, Zhang Guanku and others one by one, shrugging slightly. shrugged.

"Uh, well, it's been done this way for more than a hundred years, and this practice can be regarded as Taicang's industry rules. If Zi Hou refuses to accept it, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules?" Jia Langzhong persuaded earnestly.

Uh.

Why did I keep myself clean, but broke the rules instead? !What kind of rule is this!
Zhu Pingan smiled speechlessly, cupped his hands and pleaded guilty: "Zi Hou doesn't understand the rules, please don't blame me, my lords. However, you won't be rewarded if you don't get rewarded. It's Ping An's job to inspect the bank. The daily time is enough, and I don't have the merit of staying up late and working overtime for more than a month like the adults, so I have absolutely no face to accept this silver tael."

(End of this chapter)