Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 421: Sustainability line

"Brother, there are so many reporting points, you don't want to go, you just come here, the court officials live near here, look at how many officials are watching, there is no problem here."

Ma Xiaoyi wandered around and found that the nearby teahouses and taverns were full of people, almost all of them were court officials. The key point was that there were many officials living nearby, so he couldn't help complaining to Cao Dongdong.

Cao Dongdong said: "You go to another place to see, brother is staying here."

Ma Xiaoyi wondered, "Why?"

Cao Dongdong said: "What do you know, my brother dragged Zhang San here on purpose to let him deal with those uncles, my brother can't be separated from Zhang San now, otherwise, he will definitely be punished by those uncles." Catch it, how do I know how to explain it."

Ma Xiaoyi is also clever, and immediately said: "Then I will not leave third brother."

Cao Dongdong said: "You are a small captain, who will ask you, if you ask you, you just say you don't know, go and look elsewhere, don't go wrong."

Ma Xiaoyi thought about it for a while, "That's fine, brother, I'll take someone to look elsewhere."

"Go quickly."

"Brother Li, how are you doing?"

A young man was sweating profusely and ran to an older man and asked slightly panting.

The man scratched his head and said, "I'm not sure. I just said that my family has two hens, but the policeman drew a cross on the paper. I don't know what that means?"

"Really? I just did the same thing. Generally, the imperial court counts households, etc., and the silk quilts at home also have to be counted. But the police didn't ask. I also took the initiative to tell him, he said that there is no need to remember these things, it seems that he only remembers the house, the fields and the chariots and horses.”

"If you remember that, our family will have no money."

"That's right! If it's not the time, I'll have to go home and have another check!"

"Probably not, it seems too late."

"Let's go, let's ask others to see if they are the same as us."

"That's right, ask a few more people, don't just the two of us, there must be fraud."

When the people came, they were nervous and apprehensive, but when they left, it was like a dream.

Too fast!

It's so easy!

There is no prelude, no climax, and the only interaction is very boring. The tone of those policemen is like asking you "have you eaten?"

Unbelievable!

After the declaration, the common people did not leave. They got together and asked each other what they declared, for fear that they would be different from others.

This is actually very ironic, which is enough to prove that there must have been a lot of tricks when calculating users and so on.

Eat a pit and gain a wisdom, the common people will not be fooled again.

But when asked, everyone is the same.

Under the tea shed by the roadside, there were a few white-haired old men sitting silently listening to the communication among the common people, with doubts on their faces.

These old men are Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Lu Gongzhu and Zhao Yan.

This is the northwest corner of the left wing, right next to the Pan Tower, very close to the imperial city, and the prime ministers basically live near here, so they met here early this morning to see if the declaration is true what happened.

They've been looking forward to it, it's never happened before.

However, in their eyes, the reporting method of the police station is not without disturbance, but rather a surprise!

Lu Gong frowned and said: "It seems that their goal is very clear."

Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "They didn't ask about household items, agricultural tools, and tea utensils stipulated by the imperial court before. They only asked about housing, fields, carriages and horses, but ordinary people would not have these."

Fu Bi shook his head and said, "That's not all. They also asked about the tax they have to pay every year. I guess they may deduct this part of the tax when they calculate the statistics."

Lu Gong said: "If this is the calculation, most of the citizens will become tax-exempt households, and according to the regulations of the Service Collection Law, most of this will be borne by wealthy households and government households."

Zhao Yan nodded and said: "Then this recruitment method is a good method, and it will not increase the burden on the people."

Fu Bi and Lu Gongzhu looked at each other, both showing a hint of worry.

After all, the power is not in the hands of the people. If you are so targeted, the other party will counterattack very fiercely.

If everyone is so obedient, then the Qingli New Deal will not fail.

Pan Lou!

"It's unreasonable!"

I saw an old man with black and white beard and hair. He slapped the table and said indignantly, "What's the difference between this and the Yaqian service? Such a simple and hasty inquiry, in the end, the exemption tax will still be shared equally among the rich households." .No, I have to submit a copy to the police station.”

This man's name is Zhao Wenzheng, he is considered to be a relative of the emperor of Genzheng Miaohong. It's welfare.

This orthodox temple not only manages clan relatives, but also monks and Taoist priests. Many monks and Taoist priests complained to him. There are more people to complain.

"Governor Zhao, don't be impulsive, and we'll wait"

A younger old man beside him hurriedly persuaded him.

This man's name is Li Daojing, and he is in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhao Wenzheng looked at him suspiciously.

Li Daojing said: "Currently the police station is only counting statistics, and has not yet given a specific calculation method. We are playing impeachment now, and it is an unknown lesson!"

Meng Gansheng, who was sitting opposite Li Daojing, said: "But the facts are already in front of us. Aren't the houses, fields, carriages and horses all aimed at official households and rich households? Ordinary people don't have these things, they just want to win over Common people, then spread all this tax on our official accounts. Poor those rich households still go to Zhang San’s office to calculate accounts, not knowing that they are lambs waiting to be slaughtered.”

"Not quite."

Deputy Envoy of the Household Department Xie Yun said: "I heard that many of my colleagues would not report the truth, they only reported their own salaries, and they did not report the land and housing properties of the family."

Li Daojing said: "Is this too risky? If you are really accused, it will not be worth the loss."

Xie Yun said: "Many of their fields, houses, and business are all in the names of others. Even if they are found, it is difficult to find them."

Zhao Wenzheng said: "Deputy Envoy Xie, the tax department is under the name of your household department. How much do you know about this tax department?"

Xie Yun sighed bitterly: "Everyone has been asking me this question recently, but I really don't know. Although the Taxation Department is under the name of my household department, all the appointments of officials are directly appointed by the above. "

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, "But I definitely don't think that the tax department can see everything. They don't have much power. How can they investigate? I think it's likely to scare people."

Meng Gansheng said: "However, many people are still intimidated by the tax department, but if someone takes the lead, it is estimated that everyone will ignore the tax department."

Zhao Wenzheng and Li Daojing looked at each other, and then said: "Then let's find some people to see if this tax department is trying to scare people."

Xie Yun said again: "But I think the tax department is likely to use the method of killing chickens and monkeys."

Zhao Wenzheng said with a chuckle: "It's just a matter of losing some money, let's see how much the tax department can find out. If they can't find out much, then their self-declaration is just a joke."

Meng Gansheng immediately said: "Yes, I don't believe that a small tax department can do everything. They don't have such a great ability."

Today, almost all the officials are inquiring at various reporting points, because this law is really related to their rights and interests. Everyone is very angry when they learn about this situation, and they all think it is Wang Anshi's idea.

As everyone knows, Wang Anshi is also very wronged, this is not his plan, he also has to win people's hearts in the court now, he must not offend all the officials.

Moreover, he wants to collect money for the country, if the people are not counted, he won't get much money.

At this time, he was interrogating Zhang Fei with Sima Guang and Han Jiang.

"There are special regulations for household statistics in the imperial court, why don't you use them?"

Han Jiang questioned Zhang Fei with the declaration form.

Zhang Fei said embarrassingly: "I'm sorry! The lower officials are only hired by others. This is the rule set by the tax department."

Wang Anshi didn't know that this was all Zhang Fei's idea, but he didn't point it out, and asked again: "Then do you know why the tax department made such a decision?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "This official knows that because of the previous statistical method, it was difficult for the tax department to investigate. In order to prevent people from exploiting the people and fish in troubled waters, this rule was established."

Sima Guang asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei said: "According to the previous statistical method, all the furniture, farm tools, and tea utensils of the people have to be counted, and then converted into money, but this is based on sending subordinate officials to the people's homes to make statistics, but now Self-declaration.

And these items are all small items. When the common people came to declare, they might not have them at home, but they bought them when they checked randomly. However, buying a teacup does not require signing a contract, so there is no way to prove it. This is a declaration Buy it before, or buy it after declaration.

Once this kind of misunderstanding occurs, the common people will think that the tax department is taking the opportunity to exploit them, and some people will inevitably do so.

Conversely, houses, fields, carriages and horses are all very easy to investigate clearly. "

Sima Guang suddenly realized, and nodded slightly.

Indeed!

The previous counting method is not suitable for self-declaration, nor is it suitable for spot checks. After today's statistics, I can't buy cups this year. It doesn't work at all!

However, the house, carriages and fields, these three major items are very easy to check, and under normal circumstances, they cannot be concealed.

Han Jiang said very euphemistically: "But with your calculation method, I'm afraid this household will not be able to calculate it!"

How did the fourth-class households and third-class households come about? Isn’t it just various calculations? You will find yourself rich.

This kind of situation happened in the recruitment law in history. The officials didn't know whether they were trying to curry favor with Wang Anshi or to frame Wang Anshi. Anyway, the villagers of the fifth-class households were directly counted as the third-class households. This is really terrible. !

But they are not counting with their eyes closed, they are also counting with evidence, who let your house have cups and wardrobes.

With the current method of calculation, it is true that households cannot be evaluated arbitrarily, but the problem is that the number of fifth-class households will increase dramatically.

This is really going from one extreme to another!

Zhang Fei sighed.

Han Jiang asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Zhang Fei said: "In fact, this method is also forced out!"

"How do you say that?"

"Didn't someone impeach this law before, would it increase the burden on the people?"

"The people are here."

Wang Anshi immediately pointed to Sima Guang.

Sima Guang ignored Wang Anshi and said, "That's why you changed your plan to avoid burdening the common people, isn't it?"

Zhang Fei nodded: "Yes."

Sima Guang said: "That is to say, the previous method will indeed increase the burden on the common people, will it not?"

Zhang Fei nodded: "Yes."

Sima Guang glanced at Wang Anshi provocatively.

Wang Anshi was unconvinced: "Then tell me, why?"

Han Jiang glanced at these two, isn't it my decision here?

Zhang Fei explained: "The previous method counted all the hoes and tea sets, but these do not represent the current living conditions of the people, because they can't be bought for much.

Many people have a lot of appliances in their homes, but they are all very old and worthless. Their monthly income is only a little bit, and they are counted as third-class households. Can the people not complain? After paying taxes, there is no food to eat.

But the three major items of carriages, houses, and fields are enough to represent the wealth of the people. If you go out in a carriage every day, you say you are poor, and ghosts will not believe it. It is more expensive to raise horses than to raise people.

Income is the key factor in dividing households. If income is used to divide households, the imperial court can accurately calculate how much money is charged to families with certain incomes, without affecting the normal living conditions of the people.

For example, some rich people earn tens of thousands of guan every year, even if they are charged two or three hundred guan, it will not affect him. However, if the people's annual income is only 30 yuan, collecting two or three yuan may make the people eat less food, but if you only collect 20 or 30 yuan, it will not affect it.

Therefore, this calculation method also includes the annual tax. If the annual tax is deducted and the remaining money can be divided by food and clothing, it is unlikely to cause public resentment. Those below the food and clothing line are fine, but people above the food and clothing line will not complain if they charge more than a dozen cents. "

Sima Guang nodded again and again, "That makes sense!"

Wang Anshi also thought it was good.

If the calculation can be done accurately, it is fine to charge a little less and make up the number of people!

The problem is here, can you calculate accurately?

Han Jiang asked: "The annual income of the people depends entirely on the people's own declaration. Can you guarantee that the people will not conceal and make false reports?"

Zhang Fei quickly shook his head and said, "I can't guarantee this. This is a matter for the tax department. The tax department said they can do it."

Wang Anshi didn't believe it, "Is this true?"

Zhang Fei said: "The taxation department told the police station that. I don't know exactly how they will do it."

Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, and Sima Guang looked at each other.

The more you ask the tax department, the more mysterious it becomes.

There is such a powerful department hidden under this hand, we don't even know it.

How is this possible?