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Although it was just a private visit, Liu Jing finally decided to pay a visit to the prefect Su Fei before leaving, at least to give Jiang Xia an explanation, not that he didn't care about Jiang Xia, but that he was paying attention to Jiang Xia's current situation in his own way.

The Jiangxia County Government Office was the former State Government Office. Although it was far from comparable to the State Government Office in Jingzhou, it was still much larger than the average county government office. Therefore, the prefect Su Fei did not dare to completely occupy it, but set aside half of it as a county government office. The other half, including Liu Jing's former official residence, were all closed as a memorial.

In front of the gate of the county government office, Liu Jing was looking at the government office he was very familiar with. He spent nearly five years here and left too many memories. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him. A group of high-ranking officials from Jiangxia County, including Su Fei and Juncheng Yiji, came out one after another.

Everyone seemed very nervous. They didn't know when the state herd came to Jiang Xia. They didn't even have any preparations. They were even more worried about whether any officials would bully the people and be met by Liu Jing. They all stepped forward to salute, "See the state herd!"

Liu Jing glanced at them and saw that everyone was very nervous, so he smiled slightly and said, "I'm sorry that I didn't notify you in advance, which surprised everyone!"

Su Fei smiled wryly and said: "It's because the servants are not doing their job well. When the state shepherd arrives, no one notifies the minister, which makes the minister ashamed!"

Liu Jing chuckled, "If the people of Jiangxia recognize me, it will be a failure. You don't have to blame yourself. I just want to revisit my old place, not a formal inspection tour."

Su Fei and Yi Ji glanced at each other, both of them breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Mu frankly admitted that it was not a formal inspection, which made their pressure a lot less, Su Fei quickly said: "Zhou Mu, please come to the government office to discuss in detail!"

Liu Jing walked into the government office happily, and while looking at the more familiar yamen, he saw a long high wall dividing the county office into two, so he couldn't help asking a little strangely: "What is the other half for?"

"Report to the state pastor, that half includes the former state pastor, the official house, and the council hall. Now it is temporarily empty, and I dare not use it."

"Why don't you dare to use it?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

At this time, Yiji next to him said: "The main reason is that the county government is already the largest in Jingzhou. If the other half is used, it will be too large and a bit out of order. Other counties will also discuss it. Considering other counties The feeling of the county, so only half of it is used.”

This reason is not bad, Liu Jing nodded and said: "I'm just thinking about setting up a Shibo Division in Jiangxia to govern the commercial trade in Jingzhou. Since this half is free, let the Shibo Division be the yamen!"

Su Fei was startled, Jiangxia's business is now under the jurisdiction of the county government, if a city ship department is established, isn't it depriving the county government of its power?

But he didn't dare to ask more questions, followed Liu Jing into the inner hall, everyone sat down in the inner hall, and a maid served tea, Liu Jing said to everyone: "Last year, the money and food handed over by Jiangxia County ranked second in Jingzhou, second only to Xiangyang County, although in terms of quantity, Jiangxia County’s money and food income is the same as the previous year, but Xiangyang County has increased by [-]% compared to the previous year. A lot, Jiangdong has loosened trade restrictions again, at least Jiangxia County should have experienced a rapid increase in commercial taxation, but the actual commercial tax revenue is the same as the previous year, I want to know, what is wrong with this."

Liu Jing said it lightly, but he was actually questioning the officials why Jiangxia’s income from money and food did not increase last year, especially commercial taxes. They worked hard to defeat Jiangdong and "force" Jiangdong to open up trade, but in the end they got nothing. Doesn't this mean that his Jiangdong negotiation failed?Liu Jing was very dissatisfied at this point.

Everyone in the lobby could understand Zhou Mu's questioning. Others could be silent, but the prefect Su Fei and the county magistrate Yi Ji couldn't pretend not to hear them. Su Fei hurriedly said: "Of course, the opening of Jiangdong's trade has greatly promoted Wuchang and Wuchang. The prosperity of Chaisang’s business is obvious to all. If we strengthen tax collection, we can indeed collect a large amount of tax money. However, we have considered the need to release water to raise fish and encourage business development, so we have not strengthened tax collection. We still maintain the previous year’s tax collection. tax."

"Of course I wouldn't object if it was for releasing water and raising fish, but why didn't you report it to the higher authorities? Why didn't you explain why the business tax didn't increase?"

"This"

Su Fei couldn't answer for a while, and after a moment of silence, he finally bit the bullet and said: "The collection of commercial taxes has always been the county's own right, and there is no system that requires reporting to the higher authorities, so there is no special explanation. If the state pastor needs it, We can write a detailed paperwork."

Liu Jing didn't speak. In fact, this is the reason why he wants to set up the Shibo Department in Wuchang, Jiangling, and Xiangyang, and transfer the local trade taxation power to the General's Mansion. Liu Jing said lightly: "You can write a report to the General's Mansion , it may not be what I need, Xu Changshi should also know the reason."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject and asked Yiji again, "I want to ask Yijun Cheng, Jiangxia's grain harvest last year was bumper, and the grain production in Juntian increased by [-]%, but the government's tax increased by less than half. I can't figure it out, what is the reason?"

There was a bitter expression on Yiji's face, he knew this question would be asked, but at this moment he had to answer, "Reporting to Zhou Mu, the harvest was indeed good last year, but because a large number of refugees returned to Xiangyang and Nanjun last year, But they refused to give up their land in Jiangxia, and this problem was not finally resolved until September last year, which resulted in tens of thousands of hectares of land not being harvested in autumn, so there was a tax gap.”

"Bang!" Liu Jing slapped the table heavily, and said angrily, "Why didn't you report such an important incident to the higher authorities?" [

Yi Ji was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, "This is a negligence of duty, please punish the state pastor!"

Liu Jing snorted heavily, "It's not that you're negligent, it's that you're lying!"

Liu Jing's words were quite serious, and all the officials in the lobby knelt down in fright, and Su Fei was sweating profusely. He is the prefect, and he knew that this time the problem was serious, and he was charged with 'deception' Once he is seated, his official hat cannot be kept.

Liu Jing forced himself to calm down, and said slowly: "I must investigate this matter to the bottom. Including commercial taxation, there is no corruption, perversion of the law, or enrichment of private pockets. I will give you a chance. You should check yourself first. There is a deadline. Hand over the report to Chengdu within one month, and deal with the punishment according to the rules."

Su Fei kowtowed and said, "I would like to report to Zhou Mu that I will never commit corruption, pervert the law, or fill my own pockets. I would like to guarantee it with my head!"

"Don't explain it to me now. If you don't have it, it doesn't mean that your subordinates don't. I'll give you a month to check yourself, so you can do it yourself!"

Liu Jing only stayed in Wuchang for two days, and then returned to Chengdu by boat. Originally, he had to inspect Anlu and Xiangyang counties, and travel from Fangling County to Hanzhong, but what happened in Wuchang really annoyed him, and he also Feel the seriousness of the problem.

Not only Jiangxia County, but also other counties and counties. Whether there are any secrets hidden in their reports to the General's Mansion like Jiangxia County, these are all known. He needs to establish a system, a monitoring system.

In fact, the Han Dynasty itself had a very complete supervisory system, and the Yushitai was set up in central yng as the highest supervisory agency. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a special supervisory agency in the local area, and each department sent a governor, called the Thirteen Governors , affiliated to zhong yng Yushitai, responsible for supervising counties.

Even the initial arrangement of the post of prefectural pastor was to be a supervisor sent by the emperor to the local area. However, after Emperor Ling, the central government declined and the local area was strong, and various supervisory systems were useless. The post is dedicated to supervising military discipline in various regions and violations of discipline within the army, but there is no supervision on the local counties for the time being.

Now he already owns dozens of counties and hundreds of counties in Jingzhou and Yizhou. If there is no sufficient supervision, these county officials are actually local emperors. The inside story of the tax, because there is no certificate, how much tax should be collected, and whether to pay the tax into the official treasury are completely decided by the local officials. There are too many loopholes in this.

All these need to establish various systems to improve. On the big boat, Liu Jing looked at the dark river and couldn't help but sighed.

At this time, Cai Shaoyu walked slowly to his side, and asked with concern: "The general seems to be preoccupied, has something not going your way?"

Liu Jing smiled and said, "It used to be that there was only one county in Jiangxia, so there wasn't much trouble, but now that the management area is bigger, there are more troubles. Actually, it's nothing."

He looked at Cai Shaoyu, then asked with a smile, "It's already two o'clock, why are you still awake?"

Cai Shaoyu blushed slightly, shook her head lightly and said in a low voice, "I can't sleep!"

"Is it because you are not used to taking a boat?" Liu Jing asked again with concern.

"No, I'm just a little flustered and can't fall asleep." Cai Shaoyu's face turned even redder.

Liu Jing laughed, gently embraced her shoulders, and said softly, "Go to sleep! Don't worry, Mrs. Tao will welcome you very much."

Cai Shaoyu felt Liu Jing's warm and strong hands on her shoulders, she had almost no strength left, this feeling made her more attached, she followed Liu Jing to her cabin in a daze, at this moment, Cai Shaoyu The personal maid came to greet her, and Liu Jing handed Cai Shaoyu to her, "Take Miss Cai to sleep."

The maid hurriedly supported Cai Shaoyu and walked towards the cabin, and when she reached the door of the cabin, Cai Shaoyu couldn't help but turn her head to peek, only to see Liu Jingjiu standing not far behind her, looking at her with a smile on her face, Cai Shaoyu felt hot Suddenly, a glimmer of hope surged up, she gave him a charming look, and walked quickly into the cabin.

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