Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 570: Harvest season

The autumn pool grows longer, and the leaves turn from dark green to brownish yellow. Under the blowing of the autumn wind, they float down and sneak into the bushes.

In fact, compared to the vibrant spring and summer, Zhang Fei prefers the elegant, lonely and sad autumn.

Under the autumn sun, all the scenery in front of me seems to become clear and bright, and this beauty is even more unforgettable.

At this time, Zhang Fei was sitting at the open-air dining table, with two charming wives beside him.

"Ah---!"

Zhang Fei stretched his waist, looked at the two beautiful wives, "It's sunny today, would you two beauties go for a stroll in the city with me?"

Gao Wenyin was surprised and said, "Going to the city? In this season, people in this city will go out of the city to play."

Zhang Fei hesitated, "Then...then don't go to the city, go to the suburbs."

Gao Wenyin said again: "If you talk about the suburbs, where is the scenery more charming than our place? I heard from Xiaotao that many literati visit our neighborhood."

"...?"

"Puff!"

Seeing Zhang Fei's deflated expression, Xu Zhiqian couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Fei turned his head to look at her, and said pitifully, "Beauty Xu?"

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly shook her head and said: "We still have a lot of work to do. We already have the pleadings from the common people. Now there is a regulation on punishment for public security management. How can we have time to go out and play?"

"If you hang yourself, you have to take a breath."

Zhang Fei said: "You must know that autumn is the harvest season, and you may encounter surprises."

"Surprise?"

Xu Zhiqian glanced at him curiously.

"Yeah."

Zhang Fei smiled deeply.

......

As Gao Wenyin said, in this season, the suburbs are full of literati and inkmen, who stop to visit and climb high to look far.

On the southern outskirts, I saw two plainly dressed, older scribes come to a roadside tea shop to rest.

"Hoo...."

The scribe in the blue gown sat down, heaved a sigh of relief, and said to the scribe in the gray shirt next to him: "Nowadays, the transshipment department is so busy with business, Brother Yuan is still interested in inviting me This mountaineering tour."

These two scholars are Cai Yanqing and Yuan Jiang.

"Go out and take a breath!" Yuan Jiang said: "Furthermore, if you do this behind closed doors, it will only backfire."

Cai Yanqing heard that he seemed to have something in his words, but when he thought about it carefully, he had no clue. He looked around, but there was no scenery that could give people inspiration.

Just at this time, the shopkeeper came up with some wine and dishes, "You two guests, please take your time."

"Thank you!"

Yuan Jiang nodded with a smile, and said, "Shopkeeper, your business is doing well!"

"It's okay! It's okay!"

The owner nodded happily.

Yuan Jiang said: "You are so happy that you can't close your mouth, it's okay if you don't know!"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I don't know what the guest officer is. I'm happy not because the business is good. Usually, business is good in this season."

Yuan Jiang said, "Why is that?"

The owner said excitedly: "It's because our Hezhong Prefecture has a public security law."

Cai Yanqing frowned, "Public security? What does this have to do with your business?"

"The relationship is great."

The shopkeeper said: "In the past, when we opened a small shop, we made money every year. At least three or four out of ten had to go out. We were unlucky. If we had a few more customers who we dare not ask for money, the business of this day But it was for nothing.

But it's different now. Now that there is a public prosecution law, we can do business safely. If anyone dares not to pay, then we will sue him in the imperial court. Doing business is not good, because we have no ability, I admit it, but...many shops are closed not because of no ability, but because there is no way. "

Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "I see."

It happened that there were guests calling in that room, and the shopkeeper greeted him twice, and then went back to the shop.

Cai Yanqing looked at Yuan Jiang and said, "This must be why Brother Yuan asked me to come here today."

Yuan Jiang nodded: "This public security law is more conducive to businessmen. It is obvious. Since the police station arrested some people last time, not only the law and order has improved, but also those small traders can come and go easily."

Cai Yanqing said: "The promotion of Changping Division is to use money to make money. Money can attract businessmen. Brother Yuan intends to use more businessmen in the future."

Yuan Jiang nodded and said: "Exactly. From the point of view of the Salt Law, at the beginning our court implemented the Salt Law, and the corruption in it was shocking. In the end, the court had to use money to subsidize this. The salt law, so there was the commercial law, but the merchants colluded with the border generals, shoddy and profited from it.

Finally, Fan Xiang came here and switched to the salt banknote method, so that he gradually returned to the right track. Although there are also disadvantages, in general, relying on merchants can save the court's consumption more than laboring the common people.

Nowadays, the public security law is very beneficial to businessmen, why don't we take advantage of this and choose to spend money to hire businessmen. "

Cai Yanqing pondered a little, and said: "Indeed! Every year when selling salt, as many as 30% of the ships that die on the way, as few as 10%, most of them are intentional. Therefore, before Xue Xiang had already used merchant ships to transport, and Or merge merchant ships and official ships and let them supervise each other.

In this way, a lot of loss is indeed reduced, but businessmen are always seeking profit, and they will try their best to obtain greater profits from it.

Moreover, this only applies to peaceful times. In times of war, merchants are still less reliable than the transportation of officers and soldiers. "

Yuan Jiang immediately said: "The transportation of merchants is not as good as officers and soldiers. It is just that there is not enough money. If there is enough money, merchants must be more useful. Moreover, the transportation of officers and soldiers is only based on the labor of a large number of people along the way, but after the war, even Inland counties that have not been ravaged by war often need to recover for several years, resulting in a sharp drop in tax revenue, and the loss is much lower than that of hiring businessmen!"

"That's true."

Cai Yanqing nodded, and asked again: "I don't know what Brother Yuan is going to do?"

Yuan Jiang said: "When the transfer department is promoted, it only cares about the goods in and money out, and the goods out and money in, and the rest will be ignored. When the transfer department is allocated to the government, it will be mainly coins. Didn't we say before that many Should the finances be handed over to the local government, what the government needs will be purchased with money instead of forced labor or hiring people to do it themselves.

In this way, the accounts are simple, corruption can be prevented, and consumption can be saved. "

Cai Yanqing said: "But Hezhong Mansion doesn't have so many coins!"

Yuan Jiang said: "Isn't there a salt note? Moreover, I will also suggest to the imperial court to increase the coinage of the Hezhong Mansion."

Cai Yanqing said: "But no one has ever done this before. Whether it can save money or increase expenses is not certain!"

Yuan Jiang said: "To tell you the truth, I don't dare to speak nonsense about what will happen, but reforms are happening right now, not only finances, but also layoffs in the military camp. If you choose to hire businessmen at this time, it's just right You can also lay off more people, and if you try it out, the cost will be much lower."

......

And Zhang Fei still fooled Xu Zhiqian out, and the husband and wife chose to travel on horseback.

The two of them galloped through the suburbs on horseback, enjoying themselves very much.

Actually, Xu Zhiqian is not a stay-at-home girl, she can't stay at home, but she loves work more.

Of course, the cost is also very high, and there are Long Wu, Niu Beiqing, and four masters behind.

The group of people rested for a while at the foot shop along the way, then rode to the south again to visit the surrounding scenery.

"Oh... the surprise you mentioned is this businessman."

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei suddenly.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Exactly, the Public Prosecution Law is of course not only to help businessmen, but it depends on how the Public Prosecution Law is implemented, it is best to find the answer from the businessman.

Because no matter how fair the public security law is, it is difficult to change the lives of ordinary people, but it can revitalize business, because businessmen have no power and power, and can only rely on contracts, which is very consistent with the public security law. "

Xu Zhiqian nodded thoughtfully, "It's a pity that those businessmen are also mercenary, and forget righteousness for profit, which is of no great use to the country."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "It is good for the public security law, but is it good for the country?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Is it good for the public prosecutor's law?"

"Of course."

Zhang Fei said: "If a businessman grows stronger by relying on the Public Prosecution Law, he will naturally become a staunch supporter of the Public Procurement Law, and those big landlords will never support the Public Procurement Law.

Because the public security law will not only deprive them of some power, but also inhibit their development. "

Xu Zhiqian said happily: "I understand, you want to use the power of the merchant to deal with those big landlords."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Exactly."

Suddenly heard a noise coming from the front, looked up, and saw a wooden shed on the side of the street full of people.

"What happened?"

Xu Zhiqian walked over immediately.

"Hello...."

A fast horse suddenly caught up from behind, it was Long Wu.

Only then did Zhang Fei breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, this woman is really courageous. Immediately also rode to keep up.

When I came near the wooden shed, I saw a man walking from the side, "Zhang...Zhang Zhang."

Zhang Fei tilted his head and looked, "Ou Jun? Why is it you."

Ou Jun pointed to the wooden shed, "This is the branch of our Royal Police."

"Huh?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and then thought that at that time, the branch office was promoting to the nearby villages by registering the military pay for soldiers, and in order not to let people realize that these branch offices would exist forever, so they did not directly buy or build houses , is a temporary wooden shed.

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Police Europe, why are there so many people?"

Ou Jun said: "They are all farmers nearby, and they came here specially to pay taxes."

"Pay taxes?"

Xu Zhiqian said in surprise, "It seems like half a month before the autumn tax collection."

Ou Jun said: "We have already told them to pay the tax when the time comes, but they are not willing to pay it now, and we only let them pay the tax after Cai Zhifu allowed it."

Xu Zhiqian was at a loss as to what she heard, and she really had never encountered the matter of paying taxes. Can't help but ask: "Did the Hezhong government charge heavy taxes before?"

Ou Jun said: "That's not the case, it's just that in the past, Li Zheng, the head of the household, and the yamen were responsible for collecting tax bills from house to house. The most important thing is tax bills, which are very beneficial to those self-cultivating farmers. They are afraid that the government will change their minds, so they are in a hurry to pay taxes.”

Zhang Fei said: "So now all the farmers who come here are self-cultivators."

Ou Jun nodded and said: "They are all self-cultivated farmers, and there are no landlords or tenant farmers."

Zhang Fei said: "Then have you inquired about the specific situation in the village?"

Ou Jun looked around, then whispered: "They are all walking around now, and they seem to be unwilling to pay taxes according to the land deed."

Xu Zhiqian worried: "Zhang San, if they are all playing tricks, how should we deal with it?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Then only one can come out alive."