Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2023 Rule the world with the common people
Li Suiqiu has actually tasted the taste of "cutting flesh with a soft knife".Since the "special tax administrator" came to declare a few days ago, the house has never been quiet. Seeing the "property declaration form" brought by the housekeeper and the accountant with embarrassed faces, Li Suiqiu's eyeballs almost fell out.

The "Declaration Form" is simply the king's book!If you want to talk about houses, fields, and shops, that's all, even the annual rent of the family, and the rent of the rented houses... all have to be listed one by one, and finally the income of the pen is also listed as a separate item-as long as you want to get it. All kinds of income are listed on this declaration form.

How to declare, the accountant did not dare to specialize, so he had to "please show me."

Li Suiqiu had nothing to say, and if he told the truth, let alone that he would be exploited by the gangsters, his family's old background would be found out;

What's more, these accountants are unreliable, saying "please show me", but in fact, they showed a timid look during the meeting a few days ago, and kept saying frustrating words like "people are under the eaves" to persuade them. I have to "declare truthfully" so as not to "lose my tongue".

Li Suiqiu didn't mean to blame them either. In the past few months, the thieves have been rectifying the taxation. Countless bookkeepers have been implicated and punished.These people are not his close relatives, nor are they the sons of a family with great kindness and righteousness. Naturally, they are unwilling to put all their efforts into taking this risk.

If you do it yourself, it is said that the book-like account book has been changed to the Australian-style bookkeeping method. However, whether it is Li Suiqiu or his brothers, they don't know how to keep accounts with four pillars, and they don't know how to debit and credit. If you want to make a fake account, you will be powerless.

Thinking of it this way, there was nothing he could do.Li Suiqiu had no choice but to say, "Just report the truth!"

"This report is terrible..." Li Suiqiu smiled wryly, "My family's accountant went to the tax bureau to pay taxes, and the tax I got back was presented to me—my family's land tax for ten years could not pay this amount."

This sentence resonated: "It's the same in my family!"

"My old man also said that if we want to continue to pay taxes like this, sooner or later we have to sell the land and real estate to pay the tax."

"This Australian tells the people to shout long live the Senate every day. I think it is ten thousand taxes."

"I heard that this year's land tax collection will come up with new tricks. It is said that it is necessary to 'clarify the land acres' before the land tax collection. People who donate fields under my family's name have come to me these days to come up with ideas-what ideas can I come up with!"

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"Australians are so mean to gentlemen and officials, is it possible that they really want to share the world with the head of Guizhou?" Someone said quietly, "My little brother sees the papers in the residence of the Australians, and he often says: the Senate and the people. Isn't the people the common people? ?”

"Since ancient times, gentlemen and bureaucrats have been the foundation of the world. This Australian calls himself the Great Song Dynasty. Even if it is a false name, he should know that the Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to the scholar-bureaucrats. Wen Xianggong said: 'To rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, it is not to rule the world with the people'. This The Senate claims to be a descendant of the Great Song Dynasty, so it doesn’t mean that they don’t know this sentence? Now, they are abusive scholars and gentry who are changing the law. Could it be that they really want to rule the world with the head of Guizhou?”

Li Suiqiu said: "How many scholar-officials and gentry are there, and how many are there in the head of Guizhou? The Kun thief's strategy is nothing more than making a fuss about the word 'people's heart'."

"Although Mencius said: The people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least. However, since ancient times, there has never been anyone who shared the world with the head of Guizhou. Governing the country, even you and me who have read poetry and books dare not take it lightly. Just say 'understand', let alone ordinary people who don't know a few big characters?"

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Li Suiqiu thought to himself: Since ancient times, those who won the hearts of the people won the world, and the actions of the Australians are nothing more than this.In all fairness, Li Suiqiu appreciated these "three strategies".If it can be used well, it will be safe for the country and the people.However, this "suppressing the powerful trend" is too wide-ranging.He himself and his teachers and friends are not "powerful" in any case, but they have a reputation and more property and land, and they can be called a kind-hearted elder family.Now it has become the target of the Kun thief.I was really unhappy.Could it be that this thief is really like what many people say, he is an enemy of famous religions and despises scholars?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling secretly depressed.After the fall of Guangzhou, the question of where to go has been lingering in my mind.His concept of loyalty, filial piety, fame and integrity is very heavy, and he can't escape reality like other people who can pass the "sun and moon in the pot" behind closed doors.The sense of humiliation that the land of Ming Dynasty was stolen by pirates always enveloped him.

Many times, he had the idea of ​​leaving Guangzhou, going to Guangxi or the capital to serve the imperial court, and recovering Guangdong.

It is not difficult to go.The Kun bandits have a policy of "go and stay as you please" towards the officials of the Ming Dynasty who were originally trapped in the local area.Ordinary people are even more casual.However, he has a large family to take care of—his mother is already old, so he just can't bear to leave the family behind...

Withdrawing his thoughts, he only listened to the discussion about taxation in the room.

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"It's nothing more than a tax on land and real estate. Even the raising of a few servants is also taxed. It's a 'progressive' thing. The more you save, the higher the tax. Which family's fallacy is this? I told my father yesterday Now, if we really want to collect taxes, why don’t we all get rid of their citizenship and let them go to the Australians to beg for food! In the world of the Great Song Dynasty, all good deeds will be struck by lightning!”

"There are more than 300 servants in my family, and less than half of them are really used. Once the levy starts, I have to give back the deeds and ask them to leave. But those families have children, and the kindness of several lifetimes really makes them go to fend for themselves. I can't bear to think about it!"

"It's the same in my family! How many people are there that are needed? It's just seeing that the children of poor families can't support them, so they send them to ask for a way to survive—and they accept them."

"It's not enough to do good deeds now."

"Hehe, you are still thinking about their way of life—their way of life has already been thought out by the thief: when the whole family is down and out on the street, they will be taken in and sent to Qiongzhou to work for the Australians. Naturally, there is a bowl of rice and They eat it, and they want to be grateful to the Senate—how poisonous it is!"

The meal was quite boring. Although everyone vomited their chests, nothing was solved.Resisting tax is not resisting tax, we can only pay tax first.As for the Kun thief, there will be no "failure" for a while.

Walking out of the garden, the outside is still dominated by thieves, the streets are bustling with people, and there are many "fake kuns" who are arrogant.Policemen in black patrolled slowly along the street, and the shops put up the signs of "new arrivals in Australia"; the newly imported rickshaws from Lingao rang their bells and ran across the street in a hurry.The sedan chair carried by two people in the past is rare.

The walls are covered with huge "slogans" imitating Song typeface, which are dazzlingly red: "Taxation is a national plan", "Taxpayers are responsible according to the law", "New life, new life", "Down with all reactionary plots!" "Environment Hygiene is everyone's responsibility" "Fire prevention, theft prevention and spies prevention"...

He lowered the car curtain, not wanting to see these dazzling slogans.The Australians have spent a lot of money to whitewash the walls of many houses along the street in the city with lime, but in the end they smeared these words on them, which is really wasteful...

He murmured all the way in his heart, and the sedan chair returned to his home in Haoxian Street.There is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere at home, as if the change of day outside has never happened, and there is no need to look at those dazzling slogans and men and women with fake Australian clothes.

If you can close the door to pass the time, it's all right.Li Suiqiu thought to himself.

As I was walking in, I saw a Taoist priest, accompanied by a housekeeper, come out from the inside.Seeing Li Suiqiu approaching, he hurriedly raised his hands to salute.

Taking a closer look, it was Qing Jing, a knowledgeable Taoist priest of the Temple of the Five Immortals. He usually does not believe in monks and Taoists, but this Qing policeman is no better than others, and he is the number one Taoist temple in Guangzhou.So also give some thin noodles.Immediately smiled and said: "What? Are you here to give the old lady a blessing again?"

At the end of the ceremony, all kinds of offerings are distributed to the participating Taoists, which is called Sanfu.The Taoist temple will also distribute some to the big families who have contacts, which means that everyone will be blessed.In fact, it is just a way to get gifts, which can be regarded as another form of "sweeping money".

The Qing policeman smiled and said, "Xiaoguan hasn't had a funeral ceremony recently, so this blessing has not been dispelled for the time being. I am here to invite the old lady to rejoice."

Li Suiqiu thought to himself: This Taoist is indeed still inseparable from his roots.He said: "Isn't your place now the Australian Taoist Department? It is said that there are a few Australian Taoist priests here, and it is said that it is Australian Taoism-this Australian Taoism also needs to be sacrificed?"

The Qing policeman is a knowledgeable guest with a delicate mind, so he couldn't hear the teasing meaning in Uncle Li's words.He laughed and said: "Master, you are joking. What is Australian Taoism and Daming Taoism? They are all worshiped by the Sanqing, the Four Emperors, and the Luotian priests. Last year, under the orders of Liu Dafu, they also had [-] days of Chaodujiao ——This time, there is a benefactor who wants to pray for safety, and the host said that this is a rare and beautiful event. I would like to invite all the gentlemen in Guangzhou to come and rejoice..."

"Oh, which master did this prayer for peace?" Li Suiqiu asked casually.

"This time it's Uncle Zhang who wants to have a funeral..."

"Uncle Zhang? Which Uncle Zhang?"

"It's the shopkeeper of Zhang Ji Foods, Zhang Yu...Uncle Zhang..."

"What? Zhang Yu?" Li Suiqiu smiled dumbly.Yes, the young shopkeeper of this tea and food shop, who was still ineffective three years ago, suddenly prospered because he somehow climbed onto the thick legs of the gangster. He is even more popular, not to mention a Taoist priest, even the number one partner of the Australians in the past, Gao Zhi, now when he sees him, he has to be politely called "Brother Zhang"-this is not something that ordinary people can call.

"Yes, it's Uncle Zhang." The Qing police explained the Australians' blind dates and group weddings.

"...Look, isn't this a beautiful thing? That's why Uncle Zhang came forward and asked Xiaoguan to pray for blessings for three days, to pray for the newlyweds and ask for an heir."
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