At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

Despite what he'd been through, he didn't want to camp in the wild.

On the one hand, it is troublesome to camp in the wild in this kind of weather and it is very easy to get sick. On the other hand, the risk factor is a bit high. In this era, the mountain people and forest people are basically bandits in the slack season and the people in the busy season. If they sleep in the wild, there may be some danger or trouble.

The horizontal knives that Yuan Wan and his party carried at their waists and the short bows in their rucksacks were not decorations.

A group of people got off their horses in the small courtyard of the station, and saw a brown-haired postman walking up, and saluted the chief officer Jiang Xigu in a daze.

They are currently in Kassel. The locals have not long accepted the rule, and their Chinese is not very fluent: "How many, foreigners? Shangguan?"

"We come from Hamburg, this is our fire card."

"Wait a moment, postman, check." The postman took the fire card, walked into the post station, and quickly walked out again, "Please come in, I, the horse, take care of it."

Jiang Xigu hummed, and walked into the gate of the post station with a straight face.

"Finally I can take a rest." Following behind Yuan Wan, a banner boy said in a low voice, "After riding for so long, my butt is going to be worn out."

Jiang Xigu's ears were really sharp, and he immediately turned his head and said, "Is this a complaint? When we went to Weser Hezhangtian, there was no post station. It was a place where people thought we were beggars."

The banner boy fell silent immediately.

Yuan Wan didn't dare to speak too much, for fear of offending this serious young man.

Although Mr. Jiang Xigu was only four years older than them, he was born in a child army. He was handsome and handsome. The most important thing was that he was only twenty years old, and he had already become an official. It can be said that he had a bright future.

You must know that people like Yuan Wan usually have three paths after graduation from the school, the best is to enter the shogunate, the second is to enter the Shaofu or local officials, and the worst is to find their own way of life.

And if you successfully enter the shogunate or the Shaofu, generally speaking, you have to be a small official for two years and receive the meager salary, and then decide whether to transfer to an official or continue to be an official based on the usual evaluation and the final internal test.

And this Mr. Jiang Xigu was born in a former Hamburg school. He joined the Food and Goods Department as a small official. At the age of 19, he was promoted to the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department to measure the fields. Last year, he registered a household of [-] people.

Although he is a Saxon, except for the difference in appearance, there is basically no difference in speech and deeds. He even speaks with a Hebei and Liaodong accent.

Yuan Wan saw too many Hu officials in Chang'an with tall noses and deep eyes and wearing official robes, and she was no stranger to it.

He followed Mr. Jiang into the post station, took off his short cloak, and the postman brought a basin of hot water, and asked these middle-aged and small boys to wipe their faces with hot towels. He threw a few account books over.

"These are all Greichenstein's account books. Before you go to bed at night, tell me what you have seen. If you can't tell, I will not only deduct points for you, but also give you five canes." Jiang Xigu said coldly.

Leaving behind a few boys who seemed like the sky had fallen, Jiang Xigu secretly laughed.

You know, when he was in the school, he was sent out as a small official many times, and the total time was almost two years. During this period, the most painful thing was reading the account books.

I want you to taste all the hardships I have suffered in the past before it is over!

The post station was not big, and Jiang Xigu went up to the second floor after saying yes to the postman. On the second floor, the current Saxon postman was waiting in the bedroom.

"Feng Yicheng, long time no see." Jiang Xiguchao's Yicheng bowed his hands in salute.

This Feng Yicheng and Jiang Xigu both came from the Boyer Army, but this Feng Yicheng was one class later than Jiang Xigu.

Feng Yicheng laughed: "Long time no see, but you are still the same as before, with this icy look."

"I used to let people think that I was young and troublesome, but now I can't change it." With a stiff and ugly smile, Jiang Xigu moved a stool and sat down.

"Let's gossip, I have a lot to talk about for dinner later." Feng Yicheng took out a crooked thread-bound booklet from under his buttocks, and handed it to Jiang Xigu, "This is the list of the local chieftain leaders."

Looking through the list in his hand by the light of the oil lamp, Jiang Xigu's eyebrows gradually furrowed, but Feng Yicheng did not speak.

"I was too hasty before." Putting down the list, closing his eyes, and exhaling slowly with Jiang Xigu before, "Let them infiltrate us, and it will be even more difficult to make a move."

From 785 to 789, for a total of four years, agricultural officials and small officials in various places have been adapting the household registration Qimin and Lijia systems.

But the problem is that Feng Sen has set targets. For example, this year, each agricultural official is required to complete one hundred registered households and establish two A.

For every 10% less, wages will be deducted, and if it is less than 50%, they will even be deprived of their status as agricultural officials.

At the beginning, the indicators were normal, and everyone was able to perform exceptionally well, but the problem was that the indicators changed every quarter, causing the indicators to get higher and higher. Some agricultural officials and small officials in difficult-to-ease areas got the easy nuts to crack, and the rest were hard to crack.

In order to meet the targets, some agricultural officials and petty officials only made superficial adaptations.

In other words, those elders, priests, and tribal leaders are still elders, priests, and tribal leaders, but they just changed their clothes.

These people are still serving as Chief Jia and Li Zheng, as well as the subsidies that Feng Sen sends out every year, and they can also enjoy various preferential treatment.

The most important thing is that those small officials and agricultural officials will often directly become the local township chiefs after the registration of households is completed, but the taxes of these tribal leaders do not come up.

If the township chiefs are responsible, they will join forces with the Eight Banners to suppress it and cover it up. Some of them are timid or even colluding, so just pretend they didn't see it.

What's more, directly transferring the taxation and labor that originally belonged to those tribal leaders to other Baojias can instead collect enough taxes and be excellent in the evaluation.

In addition, due to inexperience and low quality, the work of some agricultural officials and petty officials was very rough.

In many places, the Lizheng was held by the past chiefs, and even if it was not the past chiefs, due to the influence and land of the chiefs, the tax revenue could not be collected normally.

Yes, in order to prevent the chiefs from complaining, some petty officials allocated a lot of land to the chiefs instead. Of course, there are not a few chiefs who took the land and paid taxes honestly.

Taking out a red pen, Jiang Xigu drew red circles on several names, which were basically big households (former chiefs or minor nobles) who had crossed the line.

"Have you contacted the Eight Banners before?"

"Who dares to disobey a secret order from Jieshuai?" Feng Yicheng said with a grin.

"Lend me two postmen." Jiang Xigu still had a serious and stiff face, "Tomorrow I will first control the local village head, and we will meet at the edge of the river."

"Of course." Feng Yicheng paused, "I don't need to find a few more banners or coats to follow."

"No, it's so easy to expose. The two postmen can still be covered by guides. It's not like wearing a coat. I still have those students. Seven people are enough." Jiang Xigu said lightly, " They all brought knives, not for decoration, and since they are going to come out, they should have prepared in advance!

Besides, my blade is not bad? ! "

Chapter 385 Lijia tax system and rolling bill

In some dark and narrow rooms, an oil lamp was emitting black smoke, and the teenagers were yawning. They were already asleep at this time on weekdays.

But now, they have to face the account books in front of them, the investigation reports of the local leaders, the township chief, and ordinary people.

Suddenly, the oil lamp in front of the teenagers flickered, and they knew what was going on.

"Well, everything looks good, right?"

Jiang Xigu was dressed in black, and under the terrified eyes of all the teenagers, Shi Shiran walked in from the door.

Seeing these teenagers trembling like quails, Jiang Xigu said coldly: "I am not your enemy, I am here to supervise you, and our seniors are your best big brothers, even if you don't understand, I will also kindly tell you what I have seen when I start to talk about it now, starting from you!"

Looking at the finger pointing at him, Yuan Wan secretly called it unlucky, but he still stood up, cleared his throat and began to speak: "Due to the large increase in population, the Marshal gradually abolished the temporary policy of distinguishing between the country and the country, and instead proposed the reform of Baojia.

Due to the large number of people, it was difficult to manage. The Baojia system was replaced by eleven households and one guarantee, ten guarantees and one li or one Jia, ten Jia or ten miles as one township, and Greichenstein had two townships with a total of 2114 households and 33420 mu of cultivated land..."

Before Yuan Wan finished speaking, Jiang Xigu interrupted him impatiently: "What did you see when I asked, if I wanted these numbers, wouldn't I just look at them myself?"

Yuan Wan rolled her eyes and continued: "Uh, I think, from these figures, we can find that the local people are paying less taxes and chose to hide the report. The real arable land should quadruple, at least 10 mu."

Jiang Xigu commented again in a cold voice: "Nonsense, don't I know they concealed the report? You should know that they concealed the report when you saw 2114 households and 33420 mu. You are still reading the report. What else do you want to say?" Is it? One last chance for you."

Sweat was pouring down, and Yuan Wan's forehead was about to smoke. After racking his brains, he had an idea and said loudly: "Although there are 2114 households, the amount of tax collected is still insufficient. Apart from concealing the amount of land, I think this may also be a problem with the First Chief."

Jiang Xigu raised his eyebrows: "Continue."

There is a show!Yuan Wan clenched her fists, and immediately continued: "Although every 11 households chooses a security chief, among the ten security chiefs in each Jia or Li, one Jiashou or Lizheng is selected.

But the problem is that although the remaining nine chiefs are responsible for assisting Jiashuli to collect taxes, there are always 110 households in a mile who cannot pay taxes, either because the poor have no money, or because the nobles in the past refused to pay taxes. .

The tax amount could not be completed, and only Kashou Risho was responsible, and it was also Kashou Risama who was blamed, but the chief security officer basically did not suffer much loss.

The most important thing is that people who pay taxes are often unwilling to pay taxes because it is Li Zheng who will be punished. After all, it is not him who is hurt. "

Nodding his head in relief, Jiang Xigu tentatively agreed with the answer: "This seems like something to say, so what can you do? If you have a good way, maybe I can add a few more strokes to your report, or even I recommend you to Han Sicheng, Secretary of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry."

A white steam really came out of Yuan Wan's head, and he paused for a while before saying, "Maybe we can start with the head of the insurance company, for example, head A is responsible for arranging and filling out the tax payment list, and at the same time distributes the list to each head of protection.

In this case, since there are only ten households in the first guarantee, it is relatively simple for the chief guarantor to urge taxes, and there will be no situation of protecting private households in the guarantee.

In addition, if possible, it is best to divide the households into upper, middle and lower households. The upper households are those former chiefs and nobles, and their fields have the largest number of people.

Ask Shanghu to act as the security chief. If the tax is not paid, the Shanghu will either pay in advance or be beaten. In this way, there will be no big landlords or wealthy households refusing to pay taxes. After all, he is the one who is blamed . "

After finishing speaking, Yuan Wan looked at Jiang Xigu expectantly, hoping that this method would get his approval.

Without making too many comments, Jiang Xigu just said gently: "It's good to be able to think of these, I will recommend them for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang!" Yuan Wan immediately stood up and bowed, but the joy on his face could not be concealed.

"Mr. Jiang." The banner boy who complained before suddenly stood up, "I think of a way, if it works, can you recommend it to me?"

"You are a bannerman, so I can only recommend you to Shaofu." Jiang Xigu said lightly, "If your father or yourself can become a Han with a foreign surname before graduation, I can recommend you to go to the Shogunate."

"Hey, I'm already very satisfied to have a recommendation to enter the Shaofu." Han Hans said with a smile.

This Hans is the little Hans back then, the son of Hans, who is now the guard of the Thousand Households of Ahrensburg, the little ghost who was waiting with his grandfather for his father's return, but now he is 16 years old.

"My grandpa once told me a way to collect debts, and I think it is suitable for this group of people who owe taxes." Han Hans spoke Chinese with a strange accent, "We can pay off the tax arrears in the entire family. The people who pay the tax are temporarily organized into a group, and the person with the largest tax arrears is the leader of the group, and the leader of the group is asked to pay.

The head of the group can also ask the head of the township to stick to the households who owe taxes, but if the tax is not paid, the head of the group will also be blamed by the stick.

Only after the group leader has paid the tax money by himself can he leave the group with tax arrears, and then the position of group leader will fall to the person with the second most tax arrears.

In this way, there is no need to send yamen servants to the villages to urge payment. On the one hand, it saves manpower, and on the other hand, it prevents the yamen servants from disturbing the people. "

Jiang Xigu's eyes lit up, and a slight change appeared on his face for the first time: "This is a new method, yes, what's your name?"

"Primary student Han Hans." Han Hans grinned with an exaggerated gesture.

"This method is good, I remember it, and then I will bring it up with Han Sicheng and send it to Jieshuai for discussion. If it is possible, you will have a reward." Jiang Xigu smiled and nodded at him, and then turned his gaze to the remaining three people. "The three have been hiding back, and they must have enough time to think. In this way, there must be a high-level discussion. Tell me, I will listen carefully."

"Currently, the two townships of Greichenstein are Anle Township and Pingwan Township. There are 1111 households in Anle Township, and 1003 households in Pingwan Township..."

"I repeat, I don't want your numbers!"

Just when Jiang Xigu loudly reprimanded the three trembling Fubing and Banner students, Yuan Wan moved to Han Hansi's side: "Han Jun, in fact, 1% of the Banner Training Institute has a chance to give a foreign surname to Han people for three consecutive years."

"I'm in the second place every year, and the top 1% has nothing to do with me." Han Hans said carelessly, "The Shaofu is very good, I am very satisfied."

"Then your Excellency is the bannerman who plans to go back to succeed your father in the future?"

"I'm not interested in fighting and killing. My father has given up on me long ago. I have a cousin. My father is currently training him. He married a new wife the year before last and gave birth to a fat boy this year. It's the two of them fighting for the position."

Han Hans slumped on the chair lazily, "Besides, the Shaofu has done a good job, you can also go to the shogunate. Now many officials in the Department of Food and Goods are from the West Britain Company or the Shaofu."

"That's true." Yuan Wan nodded with a sigh, but he didn't say a word. It was very difficult to transfer from the Shaofu to the shogunate, and it was more than twice as slow as entering the shogunate at the same time. The most terrifying thing was that there was still an invisible ceiling.

Yuan Wan was once again extremely thankful that she was Han.

"Okay, you three, remember today's beating for now." In front of the other three teenagers who wanted to cry without tears, Jiang Xigu casually ticked two strokes on a pamphlet.

"Sleep first, and tomorrow there is still an important matter for you and me to do together. If it is done, it is not too much to write this report to you. If it is not done well, hehe..."

Chapter 386 Invite Heavenly Father, Old Immortal!

"Officer Jiang Nong, do you want to die? Although I'm just a village head, I'm a Han. You're a barbarian, how dare you treat me like this?" Supporting the side of the carriage with his left hand, Gu Sixuan, the head of Kasselludanke Township, yelled at Jiang Xigu sternly.

On the side of the carriage, two student soldiers held horizontal knives on the necks of the mayor's two captains. At their feet, there was another captain with blood gushing from his throat struggling and convulsing on the ground.

Holding a crossbow in his hand, Yuan Wan stared viciously at the few archers who were trying to rescue him. The sharp edge of the arrow pointed, and kept hovering over the few archers who were trying to rescue, and the servants he saw were extremely uncomfortable.

"Hey—"

There was a loud shout from the back of the carriage, blood spattered, a human head rolled by the wheel, and Han Hans gritted his teeth and covered his arm, it seemed that he was a sneak attacking government servant or guard.

Beside him, another student in leather armor took up a small shield to cover him.

"Several superiors." A Hu Renchang asked casually in Saxon mixed with Chinese, "Why did you kidnap the baron of Ludanke Township?"

"Baron?!" Han Hans scolded at the side, "He's a big fart, and dare to call himself a baron? Pooh!"

"Jie Shuai's order!" Without any scruples about Gu Sixuan's scolding, Jiang Xigu shouted to the archer and the yamen servant in a cold voice, "Gu Sixuan is corrupt and perverts the law, covers criminals, imposes heavy taxes, and is escorted to Hamburg for disposal! If you dare to obstruct, be careful to be designated as an accomplice!"

While talking, Jiang Xigu motioned the two postmen to take out the warrants and badges from their pockets, but the yamen servants didn't respond, but Gu Sixuan went limp.

"No, it's impossible."

Although the yamen servants couldn't read the warrants, they at least knew the badges. Moreover, the two postmen who accompanied them were familiar with each other. A few days ago, there was an official document informing them that they were coming, and the descriptions were all correct.

Several yamen servants looked at each other in blank dismay, then put down the weapons in their hands, and let the two postmen collect the weapons in frustration.

Looking at the village chief who was limp like mud, Yuan Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he realize that his palms and back were covered in cold sweat.

Since he was a child, he has killed many wild boars, rabbits and wolves, but this is the first time he has killed someone, so he is naturally a little nervous. As for Han Hans who just killed someone, even with his optimistic personality, his expression is unavoidably ugly.

With the help of several yamen servants, the mayor Gu was tied up with ropes. However, in the process, the mayor was still shouting: "I want to see the commander-in-chief, I want to see the commander-in-chief, you can't treat me like this .”

Jiang Xigu was annoyed by the quarrel, so he pouted at Yuan Wan: "Go, slap him twice! Make him sober!"

Yuan Wan knew Jiang Xigu's character, he said it was a slap in the face, but it was definitely not a slap in the face, so he stepped forward, and couldn't help but draw ten big competitions, making his hands red.