Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty
Chapter 896: for the people
Chapter 896 for the people
Liu Jin stretched her legs, but because of her obesity, even crossing her legs was difficult.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
Liu Ji said again: "Elder-in-law, there is one more thing... Now the county government has asked all hidden households and hidden fields to pay taxes publicly. Mu, now... the gentry are full of complaints, let’s just talk about the Yang family. After converting it, his family’s annual tax is more than 900 taels of silver. The Yang family is very resentful, and the others are similar..."
The Yang family has a lot of land.
According to the tax system regulations carried out by Wang Shouren and others in the middle of the court, it is intended to set a precedent in Dingxing County for the whip and the distribution of the income into the mu.
The reason why this whip method is called a whip is that its essence is to combine taxes and taxes, collect land taxes and corvees of various names together, and at the same time spread part of the labor burden on the fields. In the past, corvee service was done according to households and cadres, and instead it was distributed according to the number of cadres and field grain; tax and service burdens, except for rice and wheat that the government needs to collect, will be converted into two silver; The government hired people to undertake it; the collection of taxes and services was directly handled by local officials, and the original system of "receipt by the people and settlement by the people" was abolished and changed to the system of "government collection and government settlement".
The essence of the so-called whip is to simplify the process and at the same time take back the rights of the gentry.
In the past, the people's taxes included land tax and a certain head tax. At the same time, corvee had to be apportioned, not only a small amount of tax money, but also grain taxes. Serve corvee.
Because the taxation is complicated and the implementation is cumbersome, the government has no way to manage it directly.
Finally, the 'people's income and the people's solution' are often adopted. That is to say, the government doesn’t care how it is collected, but I need my share. Your village has to send the corvee population and food needed by the government to the government on time, which belongs to ‘local self-government’.
But this so-called "people's" collection of "people's" solution, in fact, is tantamount to handing over the power of tax collection to the gentry.
This is scary. The gentry have the most land, and they are the gentry who help the government collect taxes. Let’s guess, who will receive the tax in the end?
But it’s different now. Just use a whip, that is, unify all taxes. Everyone only collects one kind of tax, and all of them are converted into silver. Because the tax system is simple, you can directly let the county government’s households The tax collectors went to collect, and directly threw the gentry aside.
In addition, the gentry has more land and naturally has more people. Therefore, the taxes paid by the gentry are naturally more than ordinary people.
Liu Jin narrowed his eyes: "Apart from the Yang family, who else is there?"
"I'm investigating. I heard that someone is trying their best to entrust someone and wants to sue the imperial court."
Liu Jin sneered: "Sue the imperial court? They also deserve it?"
Liu Ji said with a smile: "Ouyang Shixue is very bold, but now he has offended the gentry to death, and my son has heard of it. Now, there are many songs in the market, which all insinuate that Ouyang Shixue is a cruel official." The two county magistrates and the chief secretary in the county also smelled something wrong, and they all said they were sick, and ignored the affairs of the county..."
Liu Jin smiled and said, "These are tricky."
Liu Ji also laughed: "What's more interesting... I heard that this year, the pre-collected tax money in the county will reach 110,000 taels. If it goes down, it's equivalent to two families, just one tael of silver. Of course, Those who have silver are still those big households. Therefore, not only the gentry have to pay taxes, but also the commercial tax has been changed from the real tax to the silver tax..."
The Ming Dynasty collected merchant tax, and it used the method of drawing one out of ten. For example, if your merchant brought in ten carts of cloth, one cart must be included in the government treasury.
But now, all of them are sold in silver.
Liu Jin said in his heart that one hundred and ten thousand taels is equivalent to canceling all food, goods, and corvee, and now all cash is collected.
In the past, it was very inconvenient to collect money. After all, there was not much money on the market, but it is different now. Recently, the money on the market is circulating too fast.
"This Ouyang Shixue...now..."
"This is none of your business. You just need to continue to inquire. Those who are secretly dissatisfied and want to collude with the ministers of the DPRK and China should pay special attention."
"Yes, yes." Liu Ji smiled and said, "My son must do his best. Dad, my son hasn't seen you for two days, and I was thinking a lot, so I came to see you today, so I was a little wordy. Dad, don't be angry."
Liu Jin rolled his eyes upwards.
He doesn't like people who rush to call someone a father.
After all, peers are enemies.
"roll!"
...
County government.
Ouyang Zhifu wrote on the copybook.
The task of taxation is heavy.
Recently, many people have come to cry poor.
Fortunately, Ouyang Zhi had already found out the details of these gentry and merchants, and exposed them without hesitation.
People like Ouyang Zhi are really annoying to the entire Dingxing County.
Just a few days ago, the work of collection had already started, and the method of collection was compulsory. The tax collectors wrote down the taxes that needed to be paid on the post, and sent them to each house, asking them to prepare money. A few days later, , Come to the door again, some people are quite honest and dare not make mistakes, but there are also some people who make troubles very unpleasant and go crazy.
Ouyang Zhi sent someone to **** a prison student here. Because he resisted the tax, he directly ordered someone to beat him twenty boards.
But this ruthlessness made the gentry calm down temporarily, but the county officials were terrified. They consciously followed the county venerable all the way to the dark, and sooner or later there would be big troubles.
They neither wanted to be the target of public criticism, nor did they dare to offend the scholar who was appointed by the imperial court, so they had no choice but to fall ill, very seriously ill.
Even in the entire county government, the only upright official is Ouyang Zhi.
Ouyang Zhi didn't bother to talk to them. If that's the case, he'll take the lead by himself.
He needs to manage lawsuits, manage taxes, manage the repair of county schools, manage...these are countless, but there are countless things that you will never think of.
Ouyang Zhi only sleeps for two and a half hours a day, staring at every link.
As for why do you want to do this? This kind of thinking is what people like Wang Shouren love to do. Ouyang Zhi doesn't want to do it. He only knows that he should do well what his teacher told him to do.
He got up and was going to inspect a river embankment in the county, but found that his boots were worn out, so he lowered his head to check the boots, but at this moment, a panting clerk came: "The county lord , County Honor, Zhen Guo Mansion, official documents have come again."
Ouyang Zhi didn't hesitate any more when he heard it, he hurriedly took the official document and opened it.
Obviously, this is the teacher's handwriting.
Borrowing...building roads...
Hoo...
Ouyang Zhi returned to his original seat: "Ascension hall, call all officials, and local gentry... I have something to announce."
"yes."
Not many people came.
Most people are sick.
Anyway, none of the officials came, but all the officials from the sixth room came. After rectification, these officials became honest, and no one dared to lie to Ouyang Zhi.
As for the gentry, only a few people came, and there were a few local Juren. Others, such as some big families in the county, such as the Liu family, the Yang family...the Jiang family, none of them were there.
Ouyang Zhi held the official document in his hand, didn't pay much attention to it, but said sternly: "This official collects taxes. Logically speaking, it can be expected to collect 113,522 taels of silver. Before the end of the year, even if Even a copper is indispensable. Half of it needs to be handed over to the state treasury, and the remaining 56,000 grains are used to hire labor, build roads and bridges, and repair river embankments, etc."
Everyone was silent.
Ouyang Zhidao: "The so-called, what is taken from the people and used for the people... is the root of taxation. You must have complained about this official, and you only think that this official only knows how to take, but not how to use it. Today, Dingxing County is Demonstration county... The collected cash should be used. This official has decided to open a road in this county to reach Jingshi New City... Now, although there is an official road in Dingxing County, this official road, It has been muddy for a long time, so how can we provide convenience for the people?"
"Building roads..." A Juren couldn't help standing up and saluting: "Master, what kind of roads should be built, the official roads should be enough."
Ouyang Zhi was silent for a moment: "It is the most fashionable concrete asphalt road."
"..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.
The people here are more or less knowledgeable people. They have heard a little about this asphalt road...
"I don't know the county lord, how much will it cost to build this road?"
Ouyang Zhi had no expression on his face.
didn't make a sound either.
This made many people feel agitated. What they were most afraid of was that the magistrate had such a majestic appearance, it was too scary.
Ouyang Zhifang said: "It has been converted, and it needs to be two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver."
All of a sudden, the county government almost exploded.
Two hundred and twenty thousand taels, this is an astronomical figure.
Ouyang Zhi continued: "This road is built on the original official road, so there is no need to requisition land. For the planning of the road, Xishan Jianye will appoint craftsmen to come. Labor can also be hired in this county... This road is only more than seventy miles, and two hundred and twenty thousand taels is enough."
But in the yamen hall, it was boiling.
Someone said: "Is this tax money enough for the county? The county lord... this... this..."
Ouyang Zhi said: "Of course it is not enough. In addition to the silver paid to the treasury, the county also needs to keep some silver for emergencies. What can be used is only three to forty thousand taels a year. However, it is enough Alright..." He raised the official document in his hand: "Xishan Bank has promised the county to borrow 200,000 taels from it for road construction, and the county has borrowed for ten years, repaying 30,000 taels a year. Years later, it can be paid off..."
Borrowing…
Min Zhi Min Ointment...You take this kind of tossing...
Many gentry almost fainted.
Some people's faces turned livid.
(end of this chapter)
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