Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 445 Autumn Fu ([-])

"Sir, it's better to take a look first," Wu De said with a smile, "otherwise it will be destroyed when you go back, and it will be too late for regret."

Wang Zhaomin's face turned red, and he was extremely embarrassed to be seen through. He had to open the envelope after being told so.Inside is a piece of paper.

This is a thick paper made by an Australian paper mill, extremely crisp, with a slightly yellowish background.The tentacles feel very comfortable.Wang Zhaomin's heart moved, and he took it out to look carefully. It turned out to be a bank note issued by Delong Bank, with a denomination of 100 taels.

Wang Zhaomin had a very secret relationship with Runshitang because of taking tonics. I heard from Yang Shixiang that the Australians have now issued a kind of bank note, which can be exchanged for cash at pointing shops all over Guangdong Province. You don’t need to entrust an escort company to carry it, you just need to deposit the silver on the cabinet, pay the “remittance” according to the amount, and you can get the bills and exchange them in other places, which is very convenient.

It is much more convenient to carry this bill with you than large sums of money.Needless to say, the package of 100 taels of silver is also a very large package—too eye-catching.You can also add a secret stamp on the ticket, so that if you lose it, you will not be falsely claimed.

Wang Zhaomin knew that this was giving out his "private expenses" in the grain collection first, and asked him to help a lot in the process of grain collection-this was the first time he met such a cheerful owner-he gained a lot psychologically Satisfied, he cupped his hands and said: "Whatever is useful, I should serve myself."

Having said that, everyone has already tacitly agreed with each other. The long night is long and the conversation is intense. Wu De has one more important thing to ask him, but it hasn't reached the heat just now, and it's almost the same now.

He whispered: "Chen Minggang, how should we deal with it?"

"False and false," Wang Zhaomin closed his eyes, "you may not be the opponent of this old fox..."

Wu De understood.It's about the same as what I thought.

"Been taught a lesson."

The furtive conversation between the two continued into the wee hours of the morning.Wu De returned to the office by night.The house was brightly lit.A group of people from the leading working group of the county government hadn't slept yet and were gathering in the conference room to discuss issues.

There are a group of professionals here who are specially transferred from various departments for land tax matters, mainly financial talents, and there is also Panda, a combat engineer from the army-he was transferred because he worked in the tax bureau and was responsible for the tax collection. The tax system is very clear.

Of course, there is also Xiong Buyou, who is in charge of outreach, and even Dong Weiwei, a half-hearted Ming history lover, who is in charge of surveying and mapping. Of course, it is not because of her knowledge of Ming history, but because she has been conducting social surveys in the countryside for several months and has first-hand knowledge. Material.

There are also a group of liaison officers in charge of coordinating with various ministries and commissions, such as Sun Xiao from the Planning Commission and Zhou Botao from the Political Security Administration.

Wu De took care of making strong tea, and conveyed the content of the conversation with Wang Zhaomin one by one.Everyone is very interested in such information.However, the biggest controversy in the leading group is how to deal with Chen Minggang.

This cunning book office itself is of course worthless, but the Yulin book in his hand is a key thing.The number of fields where classes start in the county is all listed in this booklet.

Travelers have only done half of the county's social census, and the issue of property rights per acre is even more complicated. It requires large-scale measurement of acreage and property rights verification, which will not be done in a short time.The traversers have just established authority at the grassroots level of Lingao, and the tentacles have not really stretched out in place yet.

Therefore, a dispute arose within the leading group about how to deal with Chen Minggang. Some people believed that he should be arrested immediately for public trial and then shot.Some people think that they need to use him first.Of course, there is no objection to the final result of shooting this person.

"Okay, let's summarize the problem at hand." Wu De said.

The purpose of the Traveling Group to monopolize taxes is mainly to take this opportunity to infiltrate and control the county government, and secondly to establish a fair and effective new tax system to reduce the burden on the people and increase income.

To achieve these two goals, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the number of acres, fatness and property rights in the county.Otherwise there is no way to proceed.

The social investigation work that started after the Spring Festival has experienced a series of work such as the battle against bandits and the construction of grassroots organizations. Now it has initially improved, but it is still far from having a real understanding of the social situation in the county.

To master the total number of acres, some data have been preliminarily obtained through the investigation of the work team. Some people also proposed to use model airplanes for remote sensing surveying and mapping to grasp the accurate number, nature and location of acres in the county.However, the issue of land property rights cannot be investigated by simple surveying and mapping.

To investigate the property rights, you have to Zhang Tian.Re-declaration and surveying and mapping are not only extremely laborious and labor-intensive, but also have great resistance. In feudal society, whenever it is necessary to expand the land, except for the establishment of a new dynasty, it is easy to do when the old things are reformed. The strong backlash from the social class often ends in nothing.

One of the fundamental purposes of the executive committee's large-scale social survey is to prepare for a comprehensive survey of the land, but it seems that the progress is far behind.According to Wu De's statistics, they entered through bandit suppression and work teams, and now roughly control a quarter of the county's grassroots administration.

However, this kind of administrative control is still very weak, and it is impossible to rely on them to carry out land surveying and inventory.

Moreover, it is now the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the grain collection is about to start. According to Wang Zhaomin, the work must be completed by the beginning of November.The time is only two months.In just two months, it is simply unrealistic to complete the work of Zhangtian in the whole county.

"So, this Yulin book is very important to us, at least for now." Wu De said, "Before we have full control over the land property rights of the entire county."

Although the Yulin book is full of errors, it is the only proof before the new property registration book is released.It's no wonder that the Household Book Office can make a big profit from this, and no matter how the dynasty changes, it will not cut off their wealth.

"So, don't we have to cooperate with Chen Minggang?" Xiong Buyou said.

"Isn't it just this book of fish scales? Let's find a way to get his fish scale book." Zhou Dongtian said slowly, "I'm sure he will say it."

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course." Zhou Dongtian seemed confident, "As long as you authorize."

Of course Wood knew what he was going to do - but he had other plans.

"I have a plan, Zhang Tian's work must also be done, and the tax work must also be done," Wu De said, "However, this plan needs to be reported to the executive committee for approval, and we need to carry out in-depth cooperation with Wang Zhaomin, so we Discuss with yourself first..."

Before the Autumn Grain appeared, the news that the Australians were planning to take over the entire county's autumn gifts had already spread throughout the county. This news immediately caused a sensation and made the big gentry feel nervous.People were sent to the city to inquire about the news, and the teahouse in front of the county government office was overcrowded for a while.

The news that came out was very bad, saying that this time it was Mr. Wu from Bairen Village who took care of it--the so-called Mr. Wu from Bairen Village, everyone knows that he is the chief executive of the Australians, and this person pays taxes and taxes. , obviously with ill intentions.As long as the family has one or two hundred acres of land, they are regarded as grain households, and they feel uneasy, wondering what the Australians are going to do.

Neither Wang Zhaomin nor Chen Minggang kept silent about the specific practices of the Australians in taking over food and taxes.Everyone doesn't know what kind of medicine these two people sold in the gourd afterwards.

The small households of the common people are quite calm, anyway, whoever becomes the emperor has to pay the grain.It is estimated that the food for the Australians is about the same, no matter how bad it is, it will not be so bad.Fortunately, the weather this year is quite helpful, with good weather and good crops.Many people have gained a lot of income by working for Australians. Instead, they speculate that this year's autumn grain will be easier to pay than last year.

A few days later, the gentry in the county recommended Zhang Youfu to negotiate terms with Wu De, hoping to know from his mouth how big the appetite of the Australians is this time.

Zhang Youfu went around to Wu De's place, and after listening to Wu De's face-to-face instructions, he returned home immediately.

A group of landowners and gentry anxiously waiting to hear back gathered in the living room. Some of them did not come by themselves, but they sent trustworthy stewards.

"Chief Wu said that this year will be business as usual." Zhang Youfu said.

There was a sigh of relief from the crowd.Since it remains the same, their interests will not be lost.Although some of them have heavy and unreasonable burdens, they don't want any changes - after all, they can get by right now.If you really want to change anything, God knows what it will look like.The Chinese have known since ancient times that many things are inherently bad, but when they are said to be improved, they often end up getting worse.

"Boss Wu also said that they didn't mean to take over the taxes this year." Zhang Youfu said to everyone, "It's just thinking about the reasonable burden and causing trouble for everyone, so it's better to collect it together in the autumn tax." That's it. So you don't have to come here twice."

This is not impossible.However, the reasonable burden is calculated on the basis of village income, but grain requisition is calculated on the basis of acres of land. Someone asked how to convert it?

"Autumn grains belong to autumn grains, and reasonable burdens belong to reasonable burdens." Zhang Youfu said, "It's just that they are sent together when they are handed over."

Zhang Youfu continued to announce that whether it is a reasonable burden or a grain tax, it can be compensated with grain circulation coupons.This news caused a burst of noise among the landowners-they usually spend the circulation notes they usually have in hand at once.Now that they heard that the grain tax could be compensated, many people regretted it.

After Zhang Youfu finished speaking, everyone felt satisfied and left one after another.Liu Youren sat at the end, and only then got up and asked Zhang Youfu:

"Old Zhang! Is this year's grain collection still handled by Lao Ba?"

"Naturally! There is no Lao Ba, and the Australians don't have fish booklets, how can they collect food?" Zhang Youfu asked strangely.

(End of this chapter)