Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2133 Aftermath fundraising
This "excessive burden" is also "expected", so although the directors of the aftermath bureau are all sad, half of them are pretending.

Since ancient times, the key to raising money for charity lies in handling it. As long as the matter of raising money and food is handled by the Rehabilitation Bureau, there is naturally a way to pass the burden on.

This time Wuzhou's "big fundraising for the aftermath" is still collected in accordance with the previous "reasonable burden" model.It is roughly raised by the aftermath bureau itself.It is mainly collected from various commercial associations in Wuzhou and local large households.

Slightly different from the "reasonable burden", in the past, the reasonable burden was a relatively general collection, with one village, one town and one trade association as the unit, and the figures were given, and the internal apportionment ratio was shared by these entities themselves.

The apportionment ratio of the reasonable burden this time is quite detailed, not only specific to the various industry guilds, but also the big households and names of the gentry are also named one by one.Basically, no one with money in the city was spared.

Because the positions of the Aftermath Bureau are mainly occupied by Miguhang and Pingmahang, in order to prevent them from using their powers to transfer the burden, these two largest trade associations in Wuzhou have to share 40.00% of the total "reasonable burden".The other guilds are apportioned in proportion according to their economic strength.In the end, 12.00% is borne by the local gentry and gentry who own a lot of land.

The specific proportions and figures were of course not something Xie Erren came up with - Luo Yangming has been lurking in the local area for many years, focusing on collecting Wuzhou's economic and social information. Wuzhou's business system and details of "Xiangxian" are naturally the key points.So it was only natural that Xie Youren could take it out.

Directors of all bureaus were dumbfounded.This apportionment ratio can be called accurate and ruthless.Roughly, the number apportioned to each village sage's head is that one can feel the pain of peeling the skin without hurting the muscles and bones.

On weekdays, it’s fine for everyone to bear the pain to take it out, but this time Xiong Wencan has led the officers and soldiers to toss for a while, and now the Senate comes to "reasonable burden", the skin is too much, and everyone has lost too much blood dizziness.

"Everyone, don't come to me in a hurry to cry poor." Xie Youren felt that he must be very handsome with a smile and cut people's flesh. "The foundation of Wuzhou City, my Senate is very clear. This ratio Absolutely no one has been wronged—those who have money will pay more, those who have less money will pay less, and those who have no money will not pay. So don’t say that this is wrong or that is wrong, and within three days, all the money and food have been prepared.”

Mr. Qiao, the deputy director of the aftermath bureau, didn't want to talk, but seeing everyone staring at him eagerly, he had to bite the bullet and stood up and cupped his hands and said:
"Chief! It's not that the younger ones want to bargain with you all the time. The proportion and amount of apportionment is nothing compared to the past, and the younger ones dare not say a word. It is really this time that the officers and soldiers—the Ming army caused chaos in the city. The common people, all the big families suffered heavy losses. It is said that three thousand shimi were confiscated from the small shop, but they didn’t get a penny! They also robbed hundreds of taels of silver...Every family here is big and small. There were losses, and some shops were looted by officers and soldiers, and they couldn’t even do business... Now that they have to apportion these things, I’m afraid it’s... I’m afraid it’s..."

Xie Erren frowned, thinking that you came to fight in the ring just after my first project came out, and you don't think much of Lao Tzu, a veteran.He was unhappy, his face darkened suddenly, and said: "So, everyone will have trouble going on?"

Master Qiao trembled, this is not a good word.He somewhat regretted coming out to say these words, but he is the head of the Migu Chamber of Commerce and the head of Nancheng, so he can't get mixed up in the local area after this head comes out.And said:
"My lord... the chief came here to be an official, and he is very eager to seek governance. It's just that Wuzhou has just been hit by war, and all parties have suffered losses. It's not just the people who are hungry. Or...or...the priority is to preserve vitality—— Please, lord How much less or less..."

Xie Youren was very unhappy. Sure enough, these gangsters are not good people. It seems that they will not be obedient if they are not allowed to taste the taste of "dictatorship".Instead, he smiled lightly and said, "Since that's the case, how much does Master Qiao think should be reduced?"

Master Qiao is an old fox for many years, he smiled instead of anger when he saw Xie Erren, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he knew that this well-mannered gangster was also a rough guy.However, the words have been said here, and there is no way to shrink back.I had no choice but to calm down and said: "I don't dare to say how much it will be reduced—I just ask the chief to reduce or reduce it by one or two as appropriate for the sake of Wuzhou's vitality. The whole city of Wuzhou is grateful..."

"What are the people in Wuzhou? It should be said that all of you are grateful to Dade, right?" Xie Erren sneered.

Master Qiao had no choice but to bow his head in silence, and the whole atmosphere suddenly froze.

Luo Yangming felt that things were going to get worse, and was about to come out to smooth things over, when suddenly the person next to him came out bent over, first made a ninety-degree bow to Xie Erren, and said: "Chief, not the little ones and the chief Fighting in the arena, it is true that everyone has suffered from the misfortune of officers and soldiers this time! Even a small store was robbed of hundreds of grains by the puppet Ming army, and now I don’t know what to do! But no matter how difficult we are, there is no street The refugees are in distress, and the food money that the chief needs to raise, the younger ones must be fully prepared!"

Luo Yangming took a closer look, and it turned out to be Da Xinxuan.Xie Youren thought that this kid knew something, and asked, "Are you..."

"The villain is the shopkeeper of 'Yuxinhang', Da Xinxuan." Da Xinxuan bowed his back, very humble.

Xie Erren thought for a while, and remembered that there was this name in the materials, it was Miguhang, and it was also engaged in flat yards.The key is that the financial owner behind this house is the family of Wu Zhixiang, the business partner of the Senate.

Because of Wu Zhixiang's relationship, the Wu family and the Senate's business in Guangzhou have relatively close contacts.In addition to the rice grain business with Dachang, he also purchased various materials for the Senate in Wuzhou as a Pingma Company.

Because of his background as a "business partner of the Senate", Xie Youren couldn't be more polite, and immediately raised his hand and said, "Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."

But Da Xinxuan didn't sit down, said: "It's true that the severity of the damage varies from family to family. Although some shop owners are big, they are severely poisoned by false officials and soldiers because of the big trees. If they are collected according to this share, they will be forced to hang themselves. We can't get enough water. It will hurt the virtue of the senate. The small ones are bold, and I just ask the chief not to limit the share of each family, so that the small ones can allocate it by themselves-in short, there is not a lot of food, and there is no shortage of grains. Everything will be done for the chief within three days."

What he said was sincere and well-founded.Xie Erren didn't know how to refute for a while.Thinking about it anyway, as long as the money and food are in hand, I have to give face to the Wu family and the directors of the bureau, and it will be completely deadlocked as soon as I come up, and the subsequent work will not be easy to carry out-after all, he only has more than 100 people including the main soldiers. , You have to rely on these people to do things.

He nodded immediately and said: "That's it, I will agree to your proposal, but the money and food must be prepared and paid within three days!"

Da Xinxuan hurriedly said: "You guys must do it well." Master Qiao and all the bureau directors immediately echoed.Luo Yangming is a hidden cadre, focusing on observation and surveillance.Naturally, it is inconvenient to come out to talk casually and mix in the crowd.

Once the matter of money and food has been implemented, the following things will be easy.Xie Erren immediately ordered the disbandment of all the strong teams formed by the original clubs in the city to defend the city-these people were temporarily recruited to engage in industry and commerce or farmers from the four suburban townships, with low combat effectiveness and low morale.Thousands of people gather together without production. Although it is effective for public security, it will consume a lot of money and food, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is too low. It will not be useful if the Ming army counterattacks or suppresses bandits.

"Where the street fences are damaged, they must be repaired immediately. If the watchmen are missing, they must be repaired as soon as possible. The security of the city depends on everyone's efforts."

Everyone is in favor of this matter, after all, every day the strong team exists, everyone will spend an extra day of money and food.Maintaining law and order obviously means more to them than the poor and refugees.

The third article is about industry and commerce in the city.All industries and businesses in the city will resume business within a limited time. If the shops, goods, and personnel suffer major damage during the war, some commercial taxes will be exempted after reporting.Those who are unable to resume business within a short period of time must report within [-] days.Otherwise the store will be confiscated.

Xie Youren believes that: Wuzhou is an important commercial city, as long as commercial circulation can be resumed as soon as possible, money and food will not be a problem.Moreover, the industry and commerce itself still has to solve the problem of employment. Wuzhou has a large non-agricultural population. If the industry and commerce cannot resume as soon as possible, the time bomb of the large number of unemployed people will be carried again.

"...From now on, the sales price of food and cloth will be subject to the daily government-guided price, and the rise and fall shall not exceed [-]% of the guide price. It is strictly forbidden to hesitate to sell! Anyone who hoards or drives up prices will be dealt with according to military law!"

Xie Youren said sharply, sweeping across the entire flower hall with his eyes that he thought "can kill".Everyone didn't dare to say much, but they were muttering in their hearts: Now that the war is raging, the source of grain in Guangxi has been cut off, and the grain in stock is sold for less. How can we maintain "no price increase"? Isn't this forcing everyone to sell flat? !

But everyone knows that this is an act of buying people's hearts by the Australians. It is impossible to resist stubbornly, and it may become that unlucky chicken.So it's all submissive.

Next, we discussed some aftermath matters, especially the thousands of corpses abandoned inside and outside the city. Most of the poor people living in Wuzhou from other places do odd jobs, and they don't even know their names after they die.Even if there are employers, there are also employers who are unwilling to identify the dead body, so as not to have to bear the funeral expenses.

These bodies will be collected and buried.Xie Erren planned to arrange a labor team composed of captives to work on the embalming work, but the labor team had to undertake another task: to clean up the weapons left behind on the battlefield.
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Next update: Volume 338 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter [-]

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