Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 960 Overfulfilled
The Grain Requisition Bureau set up semicolons in county towns and major towns to facilitate the common people to pay taxes.The collection unit is the circulation certificate.Taxpayers can also use grain, gold, silver, copper coins, and other objects to pay after "discounting" the grain guide price.The Chief Financial Officer's Department originally wanted to completely ban the circulation of silver and copper coins in all counties, but at this stage the status of circulation coupons in other counties is not stable enough, and for the time being, they can only adopt multiple payment methods simultaneously

In order to attract big households to pay more grain and at the same time support circulation coupons, Cheng Dong has instructed Delong Grain Bank to increase the purchase price of grain by a certain amount, so that when the same amount of grain is converted into circulation coupons, it can be exchanged for more. Can take some advantage.

The collection work in Qiongshan was carried out rapidly under Liu Xiang's "care". The four counties of Qiongshan, Wenchang, Ding'an, and Chengmai were the "key counties" for Xia tax collection. I also did my best to support it.Make sure there are at least three infantry companies in each county, plus a local county guard company.All the officers have been instructed to fully obey the command of the elders of the county elders and do everything they can to help with the collection.

Qiongshan County is the focus of the summer tax collection, and Liu Xiang expects to fully demonstrate his "government ability" in the collection of the summer tax, so he pays special attention to the collection work.All the work of the county office was suspended except for those that could not be stopped, and the staff members were dispatched separately to assist in the collection.They recruited peasants to repair the warehouse, leveled the roads, and brought two hand-operated straw weaving machines from Lingao to weave straw bags for grain.Delong Qiongshan Sub-branch also added more scales and staff at the entrance of the business department.Ensure that all grain-paying households can sell grain and pay taxes as quickly as possible.

The weather is getting hotter day by day, and the propaganda team members are all enthusiastic. Every day, they walk around the streets to perform, put up slogans, dance lions, and publicize the new tax law.The surrounding area of ​​the county town is even more noisy with gongs and drums.

This atmosphere artificially creates a tense and enthusiastic atmosphere, urging everyone to pay taxes quickly.

No matter how reluctant the big households are, everyone realizes that Australia's summer tax must be paid.When Hai Shuzu came back and told everyone that "Chief Liu" was going to calculate the tax arrears with them for decades, everyone felt that it was better to pay Australia's summer tax honestly, and stop talking about Daming's past.This muddled old account really has to be counted, and even the bankruptcy of the family is not cleared.

Some people are very dissatisfied with the dissatisfaction with the abolition of the preferential treatment of officials and gentry on the Ding Yin. In addition, the previous stage of the campaign to clear the Zhang Tianmu has seriously damaged the reputation of a small number of famous gentry. Benefit.They all realized that under the rule of the Kun bandits, the good days of being a dominator in the local area were gone forever, so each of them held a grudge.Right now, the streets are full of glaring bayonets, and Qiongshan is too remote to form a powerful group, so these people can only lie dormant with hatred, pretending to be honest and law-abiding.In addition to paying taxes according to the regulations, some even took the initiative to send their children to Lingao to study in order to show their "sincerity".

There are also some people who connect in private and talk strange things to each other.In fact, the family does not have a few acres of land, but in the name of a scholar, he often goes to and from rich families. According to the new regulations, he is basically exempt from paying taxes, but he thinks that his "exemption" privilege has been cancelled. , I feel so useless in my heart--you must know that the fame of this scholar is that the first thing is to be free of food and food. In addition to economic benefits, it is also a privilege. Now that there is no privilege, I feel short.He also joined forces with the gentry.A few who were still in the [-]th day of the lunar new year went to the Longevity Palace to pay homage to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty to show that they did not forget the Ming Dynasty.Nursery rhymes such as "Short hair doesn't last long, and iron boats will never float" began to spread on the street.

When Lu Cheng reported such news to the Security Bureau, he also made a report to Liu Xiang. He didn't care about it - what he cared about was food, besides, the current political institutions are slowly being established, and there is no problem with local security. With the army and the security company in the lineup, what big waves can this group make?
"It doesn't matter, you just keep an eye on them. Wait until I squeeze them dry, and see what tricks they can do." Liu Xiang was full of confidence, "Besides, there is a county police company. The bayonet is out and I Let's see who dares to talk nonsense."

"Except for officers and sergeants, most of the county police companies are former military households, so they may not be reliable." Lu Cheng adhered to the "doubt everything" thinking mode of the General Political Security Bureau.

"Let's talk about it, military ideological education is Wei Aiwen's business, and I can't interfere." Although Liu Xiang has a good impression of Lu Cheng, he doesn't like her work style. He has so many things to do, and he doesn't have time to do it all Late "grasping class struggle".

"Just keep an eye on them," he said. "Did you do what I told you to do to spy on the taxman?"

"It has already started." Lu Chenghui reported, she hesitated for a moment, "Chief, we are short of manpower, and we have to monitor the gentry and the tax collectors, and we are a little too busy..."

Qiongshan County's political security investigation network is the largest except for Lingao. There are more than 20 "informants" who have taken over from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau. Personnel, this point is a bit powerless.

"It's enough for the gentry to keep a few less, and the main force should be put in this tax collection work-there are too many newcomers, and accidents are easy to happen if you don't keep an eye on it."

"But, this matter should not be managed by the Cheka..."

"The Cheka is in charge of auditing accounts, and it doesn't conflict with your affairs." Liu Xiang waved his hand, "That's it."

The collection of summer tax in Qiongshan County went smoothly.Under the progressive system, even though the households with less land are affected by windstorms, their relative burdens are relatively small and will not cause serious burdens; while households with more land have a large burden, they have more savings in the past.If it is really difficult to pay taxes under special circumstances, a certain reduction or exemption will also be given after investigation.The so-called "taxation is an important lever to adjust the economy", Liu Xiang now has a personal experience.

Under Liu Xiang's full collection, the summer tax collection time for the entire Qiongshan County was completed just over halfway, equivalent to 8000 taels of treasury silver, and it is estimated that the final total could reach around 3 taels.This income made Wu De "Longyan Joyful", and when Liu Xiang came to report, he kept patting his shoulder vigorously, which almost swelled Liu Xiang's shoulder.

"It's nothing, I should do it. Serve the Senate." Liu Xiang endured the pain in his shoulder, thinking that the old fisherman Lao Haijun's hands were too strong.He tried his best to smile and make a very humble expression.

"You are being humble. Of the four key counties in Qiongbei, Qiongshan is the first to complete the target ahead of schedule—and even exceeded." Wu De let him sit down on the sofa and wicker chair. At that time, I told Lao Ma: It is very important whether the leadership team is strong or not!"

Liu Xiang laughed a few times, it sounded like the executive committee was dissatisfied with the county directors of several other counties.But this matter is more taboo, it is inconvenient for him to talk about it, so he simply does not express his opinion.

Wu De probably knew what he was thinking, and smiled: "We are in a difficult situation now—you must know it too."

"Yes, when I read newspapers and documents, I know that the central government is not easy now, and there are too many places to spend money."

Wu De was taken aback by being called "Central", because no one had ever called the Executive Committee that way.He also corrected:

"There are people asking for money, food, and people everywhere. There are too many stalls." He patted the documents piled on the table with a wry smile. Expansion outside the island: Taiwan and Shandong are all bottomless pits!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiang asked, "Why, the operation in Shandong has already started?"

"It's okay to tell you—you are a veteran." Wu De said, "Zhao Yingong has already connected with Sun Yuanhua, and plans to build a local farm as a base. Although the scale is not large, it still requires infrastructure investment—— ―He is also planning to engage in agriculture in the local area―he also needs to invest. Taiwan, not to mention. Think about it and Jeju Island. ” He shook his head when he said this, “Our territory, to put it bluntly, is a More than half of Hainan Island is still undeveloped, and there are few people and land. If you want to extract oil from the stones, you are afraid that the people will rebel."

Liu Xiang quickly said: "It is impossible to extract oil from stones, and the common people can't stand it either. In Qiongshan, I still follow my past experience in Lingao, the so-called 'reasonable burden'-the rich should pay more, and the poor should bear less." Some. As long as things are done fairly, the common people will still accept it.”

"Where are the gentry and scholars?"

"Of course they have opinions, but they dare not do anything about it. The suppression of bandits and the clearing of the fields in the previous stage have frightened them out of their wits."

"Well, you have to be careful. Although they don't dare to show it clearly, these people are very powerful and have a great influence on the common people. We must prevent them from messing around." Wu De reminded him, "Qiongzhou is our base , don't mess up."

"I understand." Liu Xiang made a pious expression of "listening to the teaching".Seeing that Wu De had nothing to say, he quickly said:
"I have a few things to report."

Wu De smiled: "Tell me, do you want something?"

"Dean Wu, you really have thousands of miles..." Liu Xiang's face has thickened a lot. This time, he used the results of the expropriation work to report to Gao in person, just to get the resources he wanted - not to take advantage of this Applying at a critical moment, I don't know when I can get these things.

"Okay, we are all old comrades, let's talk straight. What do you want?"

Liu Xiang took out the proposal from the fake BOSS briefcase, and told him about his and Tang Menglong's plans to run small industries in several counties.

(End of this chapter)