Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 573: The struggle of the few

I really don't blame Cai Yanqing for being a mediocre person. His personality has always been relatively calm, and he is very calm. It's just that he found a technical loophole in this self-declaration.

That is the title deed.

In simple terms, the autumn tax is one bucket per mu of land. In most areas of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no small tax.

And the most terrifying miscellaneous tax in Hezhong Mansion is branch transfer.

During the war, some people in the Hezhong Mansion even asked the people in the Hezhong Mansion to send taxes to Yanzhou. Many people ran away directly, and now they are converted into money.

It's also a lot of money.

If you only look at the land deed to collect taxes.

It is very, very difficult for you to want the landlord to know the truth!

However, Zhang Fei's answer made Cai Yanqing feel like an idiot.

There is really nothing to say.

You are so arrogant, then just wait for your performance!

But instead of waiting for Zhang Fei's performance, it is better to wait for the performance of those big landlords.

Because Zhang Fei is only eligible to perform after the performances of those big landlords.

To put it bluntly, someone has to break the law for Zhang Fei to have a chance to show his face, otherwise, Zhang Fei can only play with his wife at home

At this time, most of the crops in this field have been harvested, and as far as the eye can see, there are only piles of straw, which also indicates that the autumn harvest has officially entered the period.

Generally speaking, the summer tax is only collected for one month, but the autumn tax is collected for three months, from mid-September to mid-January of the following year.

It can be seen that tax collection is a very complicated official business, and it is also the most important achievement of officials.

As long as officials who cannot collect taxes are basically unable to get promoted.

However, unlike previous years, this has not yet entered the official tax collection period. Most of the self-cultivating farmers have already paid their taxes and have all the tax bills in their hands.

The reason is also very simple. They pay nearly two-thirds less tax than in previous years.

Can this not be positive?

And that branch office also gradually became idle, and they all started to kill flies.

The treasury!

"How much grain has Curry collected now?"

Wei Ying asked Meng Cheng, the supervisor of this warehouse.

Meng Cheng took the account book and read: "At present, our warehouse has received a total of 2,361 shi of grain."

Wei Yingfang was surprised and said, "Just so little? I heard that the tax in the south of Hedong County is almost enough."

Meng Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, 70% of the people listed in the cadastre have already paid their taxes."

"Seventy percent."

Wei Yingfang nodded slightly and said, "That's not bad."

Meng Cheng hurriedly said: "Wei Tongju, according to our estimates, in fact, less than 10% of the people have not paid taxes."

Wei Yingfang was stunned and said, "What's going on?"

Meng Chengdao: "Because this time the tax is collected according to the land deed, not according to the cadastre, among the remaining 30%, more than 20% of the people do not have a land deed."

Wei Yingfang asked again: "How much worse is that compared to previous years?"

Meng Chengdao: "Our warehouse is still more than four thousand stone short."

Wei Yingfang blinked, "That is to say, in the south of Hedong County, less than 10% of the remaining people will have to pay a tax of more than 4,000 shi?"

Meng Cheng glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "Wei Tongpan, our Hedong County is full of big gentry, and almost all the land deeds are in their hands. If they don't pay taxes, our salary this year may be worthless." problem."

Wei Yingfang wiped his sweat, thinking, can they make it up? No matter, even if it cannot be made up, it is not our responsibility. It is the police station that makes the self-declaration.

As the tide receded, those hidden reefs slowly emerged.

It is clear who owns all these fields.

As for those big landlords and gentry, they don't want to stand naked in front of everyone, of course, they are even less willing to pay this sum of money.

It's hard to go from luxury to frugality!

However, word gradually spread about this self-declared record in the capital.

The big landlords were also very panicked. They started to think of a solution everywhere, and even went to Lu Bangxing to inquire.

That is, they have all begun to seek judicial means to solve the problem.

"Mr. Lu, isn't it illegal for the government to exempt those transfer and conversion taxes?"

Liu Changqing's question directly confused Lu Bangxing.

"I don't know why Yuanwai Liu asked such a question?" Lu Bangxing asked.

Liu Changqing said: "If the government violates the law, we can go to the imperial court to sue!"

Actually, before, they were also a little tempted, and they made up a little bit. This new official took office three times, so he had to give some face and make the accounts more beautiful.

But gradually, they discovered that the hole was a bit too big.

Lu Bangxing said embarrassingly: "Mr. Liu, as far as my tax law is concerned, there is no clear regulation on transfer and conversion. If it is really from a judicial point of view, they may be sued for collecting this money."

"Oops!"

A fat landlord squeezed over, "Don't talk so much, we just want to know, how can we not pay so much tax."

Lu Bangxing thought for a while, "Actually, there are many ways, and everyone knows it in their hearts, but they are all full of risks. The tax inspection methods of the public prosecutor's law are more than a hundred times stronger than those of the government.

Moreover, no one knows at the moment whether the tax department has come. If the tax department has come, then my suggestion to you is to pay taxes legally. Once the tax department catches you, it will cost at least two to three times times the money, and most likely will be caught. "

"Now the tax department has not even seen a shadow, it must not have come."

"You guys don't know, the Taxation Department of the capital is a blockbuster after the police sent a group of people there. So far, no one has figured out why the Taxation Department was able to find so much evidence."

Imperial Court.

"Ouch! Judge Zhang is going out!"

The big dog at the door of the store suddenly saw Zhang Fei walking out, so he couldn't help but walk over and say hello.

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said, "Go out for a walk, otherwise, many people will think that I am hiding in there and plotting some kind of conspiracy."

The big dog laughed out loud.

Zhang Fei asked again in a low voice: "What's the situation outside now?"

The big dog's expression changed: "It's very complicated."

Zhang Fei said, "How do you say that?"

The big dog said: "Looking at the current situation, those big gentry and officials are trying to find a way to deal with this self-declaration, and it is not clear that they will pay the full amount of taxes for the time being.

As for our brothers in the tooth shop, they told us that the recent land deed transactions in their store have increased by more than 130 times compared to this time in previous years. "

Zhang Fei was shocked and said, "More than one hundred and thirty times?"

The big dog nodded and said: "There are mainly two situations here. One is to split the large land deed into a small land deed of a few acres. This will make it easier for them to pay taxes according to the situation, and it will be easier Able to evade government investigations.

There is another kind, which is that the big landlords annex the fields of the fifth-class households. Because many fifth-class households only have a few acres of land, or even a dozen acres, if they pay taxes with land deeds, they will sell the land and find other jobs to do, and they will be more secure. Some big landlords take advantage of this , Instigate those self-cultivating farmers to sell their land. "

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I knew that they are the most difficult people to deal with. No matter what the court does, they can find a way to annex the land. Moreover, they have reduced the land deeds to zero, which may cause serious problems. Increase the difficulty of investigation by the tax department.”

The big dog smiled: "This road is one foot tall and the devil is one foot tall."

Zhang Fei squinted at him.

The big dog said: "In the past half month, we have expanded very quickly in the countryside, and the reason is that many people are trying to find ways to inform."

Zhang Fei was astonished and said: "Informant?"

The big dog nodded: "Many self-cultivating farmers have paid taxes. If they know that someone has not paid, they will definitely find a way to inform them. We have also found a lot of informants through this. In addition, we have already arranged in the tooth shop. They have traded land deeds so frequently, so we are very clear about the land conditions of the big landlords in the surrounding area."

"It can still be like this."

Zhang Fei himself was happy.

He really didn't plan this matter, he didn't arrange it, he didn't think about it, but there was an unexpected surprise.

The big dog is full of confidence: "If we want to investigate, we also have some evidence in our hands."

At this time, Li Silong Wu came to Zhang Fei's side in a carriage.

Zhang Fei whispered to the big dog: "For the time being, don't act rashly, just keep an eye on it. I hope you don't use your tax department this time. It's not the time to tear yourself apart. I'll go first."

"President Zhang, walk slowly."

Actually, Zhang Fei was invited by Fu Shichun to go to the barracks today.

Arrived at the base camp of the Yongxing Army, as soon as he got off the carriage, Fu Shichun greeted him, "Thank you, President Zhang, to come and supervise yourself."

"I just came here to see the world."

Zhang Fei shook his head and smiled, and asked again: "How are your taxes doing recently?"

Fu Shichun said: "It's coming to an end, and 80 to 90% of the people have paid their taxes, mainly the third-, fourth-, and fifth-class households, and a small number of second-class households, but they only received 30% of the tax."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This is not surprising."

Fu Shichun said: "But the next thing is tit-for-tat. Our police station is not sure. You must know that their methods of tax avoidance are endless. Although many people have reported recently, it is only a small piece of land, and there is a lack of land. Evidence."

The biggest feature of this self-declaration is that it is legal.

Gentlemen and landlords have privileges, but the privileges do not include breaking the law.

So in the battle of Bianliang, their solution was to spend money on it. If you catch me, you will accept the punishment. No matter how big the official is, I dare not say that I can break the law.

Then again, you need hard evidence.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The sky net is extensive, sparse but not leaky."

Fu Shichun nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and turned to say: "But they will definitely drag it to the end. During this period, our police station has nothing to do. If you have no other arrangements, I'm going to send you Some of the Royal Police were transferred to other states and counties to recruit the Royal Police from the military camps, and now the military camps are disarming, which is a good opportunity for our Royal Police to expand.”

Zhang Fei thought for a while, "As long as the police station can control the village, that's fine."

"I see."

Fu Shichun said: "But there must be an uphill battle to be fought. Those gentry will not give up the village easily."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "No one said it would be easy."

When they were talking, they came to the barracks and suddenly heard a person shout: "Stand up straight, stand up straight."

Zhang Fei turned his head to look, "What are they doing?"

"Measuring height."

Fu Shichun said: "You have to be five feet five in height to enter the next round of screening."

"Wow is it so strict?"

"Don't you know?"

Fu Shichun said: "The military salary has a lot to do with height. The higher the height, the more military salary you can get."

Zhang Fei said: "Doesn't it mean that everyone who enters the police station is short?"

Fu Shichun nodded, and smiled again: "But some people want to enter the police station, so they can't stand upright on purpose."

"Really?"

"Although the salary of the auxiliary police is not as high as that of the imperial army, our police station is far more clean than this military camp, and our wages are paid on time."

"What about the current disarmament situation?"

"Not bad."

Fu Shichun said again: "Since I learned that this year the land deed is used to pay taxes, another group of soldiers have voluntarily applied to leave the barracks. Because if there is no land deed, they don't have to pay taxes, so they don't have to worry about not being able to support themselves if they go out and find some work. "

Suddenly, someone said: "Oh! We read that right, President Zhang."

Zhang Fei turned his head to look, and saw Qin Zhongshou, a Yuhou and a Du came over, and hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "Commander Qin."

"A rare visitor! What a rare visitor!" Qin Zhongshou said with a smile, "Why is Chief Judge Zhang so free to come here today?"

Zhang Fei said with a relaxed smile: "Our imperial court has been relatively quiet recently, and it happened that Master Fu invited me to come over for a stroll, so I'll come and have a look."

Qin Zhongshou pretended to be surprised and said: "No way! President Zhang is relatively free recently?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Currently the farming is busy, and we have no plans to hold a court session."

Qin Zhongshou said: "I heard that this year's agricultural tax is only about 30%."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "What does this have to do with our imperial court?"

Qin Zhongshou hehe said: "Isn't this self-declaration made by you?"

Zhang Fei said: "For example, I invented this knife, but it doesn't mean that everyone who uses the knife has something to do with me. It's their government's business and has nothing to do with me."

Speaking of this, he pointed to Fu Shichun who was at the side, "Actually, it has nothing to do with the police station. The police station only obeys orders and assists the government in collecting taxes."

Fu Shichun nodded.

Qin Zhongshou asked: "Really? Then if you can't collect this tax, your imperial court will not be moved."

Zhang Fei said: "In theory, yes. Unless the government files a complaint against us, otherwise, the government will not collect taxes, and that has nothing to do with our imperial court."

Na Yuhou beside him said: "Isn't the tax department also in your hands?"

When it comes to self-declaration, we must talk about the tax department. Without the tax department, self-declaration is a fart.

When the officials came to the capital, they had already released the news from the tax department.

"This is really a big misunderstanding."

Zhang Fei said: "The Public Prosecution Law is the Public Prosecution Law, and the Tax Department is the Tax Department. Talking about the tax department."

Qin Zhongshou and Na Yuhou looked at each other, as if to say, I believe you a ghost.

Yes!

The tax administration is in the hands of the government. If the government fails to collect taxes, can they not sue?

If they don't report, they will have to go home to retire.

As for the tax department, anyway, the officials from the capital think that the tax department is already lurking in the dark, as long as the emperor gives an edict, it will be able to open for business immediately.

Otherwise, how dare you declare independently, which requires a lot of technical support.

The big landlords evade taxes and evade taxes, and they play technical jobs, and they don't just refuse to pay.

At this moment, I saw a group of fast horses galloping into the barracks, "Brother Xiaochun, look who is coming. Ah! The third brother is also here!"

It was Ma Xiaoyi.

But then only a young man was seen entering the barracks.

Fu Shichun excitedly said: "Fan Da."

The person who came was Fan Zheng.

Accidentally burned my finger last night, and a big blister formed. This code word is really terrible!

Don't wait for the chapter tonight.