Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 572: Professional tightrope walk

About this year's autumn tax, Zhang Fei really didn't plan it on purpose. He actually wants the police station to wait for another year and start working again next year.

The real planners are Wei Yingfang, Cao Yi, He Chunlin and others.

It's all about them pushing.

Otherwise, the police station has no power to collect taxes.

Because in this matter, the senior officials of the Hezhong Mansion and the landlords of the Hezhong Mansion see it differently. For example, Wei Yingfang and the others are very clear about the specific situation of the court.

In any case, they must push for judicial reform against the young crop law.

Only in this way can they gain the support of court ministers.

Because in this way, everyone's interests are the same.

For them, this autumn tax is just an introduction, and its purpose is to bind those big landlords, concentrate food, and fight against the New Deal.

Because before, the big landlords were watching from the sidelines, watching their officials fight each other.

Now, they have finally entered the game.

But looking back, they suddenly realized that the police station had arrived in the village without making a sound.

Basically, there are branches outside this big village.

The reason why the autumn tax will start to increase in advance is very simple, that is, there are many branch offices, and all of them are in place.

Actually, we just arranged for the Royal Police to promote self-declaration and promote it.

How did you know that the conditions were too mature, and the self-cultivating farmers directly paid the tax with grain.

There is such a good thing.

Paying taxes by virtue of title deeds.

After handing in, everyone discovered that there was no conversion in the middle.

In the past, when paying taxes, it was usually a few buckets more, and the loss had to be shared by the people.

But most of the lost money is given to the officials who collect taxes. The officials only need to pay the full amount, and the rest is theirs.

Because officials don't receive salaries, they only have a little welfare.

But the Royal Police is different. The Royal Police get a fixed salary.

This is good news for self-cultivated farmers who are deeply exploited in various ways, including those second- and third-class households. They are all rushing to pay taxes. Take the surplus to pay taxes.

For fear of missing this village, there is no such thing.

With the tax bills in hand, it is really safe and secure for another year.

But on the country road, farmers, like ants, carrying a bag of rice, or pushing a small cart, marched towards the branch office.

And under a big tree, I saw a young man looking down the slope, rushing to deliver food to the villagers, sweating profusely in anxiety, turning around in place, muttering, "this How to be good! How to be good!"

"Xiaoyun! Xiaoyun!"

At this time, an old woman waved her hand and came towards this side.

"Aunt San!"

"Xiao Yun! What are you doing here alone? There are wealthy households over there recruiting people to send food to pay taxes. Go over there and find some work."

"Third Aunt, I can't pay the tax! I can't pay the tax!"

The young man stomped his feet anxiously.

Auntie wondered: "What are you talking about?"

The young man stomped his feet anxiously: "I don't even have a land deed, so why should I pay taxes?"

The aunt was also confused, "That's right! You don't have a land deed, so why do you pay taxes!"

"That's it! That's it!"

The young man choked up and said, "Third Aunt, will the government send someone to arrest me?"

At this moment, a boy of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in tattered clothes, rushed over excitedly, "Brother Yun! Brother Yun!"

Come to the slope, "Auntie is here too!"

The aunt said: "Xiao Po'er, why are you so happy today?"

The boy said: "Auntie, do you know that my family does not have to pay taxes this year."

The young man was shocked and said, "Po'er, why don't you pay taxes?"

"Our family doesn't have a land deed, and my father went there with a small roll of cloth before, to see if he could try his luck and pass by. Who knew that the Royal Police would not accept it, and said that he would not pay taxes without a land deed."

"What? You don't accept delivery?"

"Yes! People only look at the land deed."

"Ouch!"

The aunt patted her thigh happily, "Xiaoyun, so your family doesn't have to pay taxes."

The young man said excitedly: "Yes! My family doesn't have a land deed, and I don't have to pay taxes!"

As they spoke, the three hugged each other and wept.

In the past, they had to pay taxes. To the government, they were not without landowners. They just sold the land themselves, so they still had to pay taxes.

Before that Xiaoyun saw the villagers happily paying taxes. How uncomfortable it is that there is no way to take advantage of the cheapness.

Now that I hear it, I don't want to hand it in. I'm so happy.

At this moment, a burst of shouting and cursing could be faintly heard in the distance.

The little Po'er snorted, "It sounds like the rich man Xu, who is he scolding?"

The aunt said: "Whoever dares to offend him, he wants to prevent us from paying taxes, but no one pays attention to him. In the past, when he collected taxes, he often saw who displeased him, so he wished to take away all the rice vats from others." If you look pleasing to the eye, then charge less."

Xiaoyun snorted: "Now there is a royal policeman, let's ignore him from now on."

But in front of a large farm, a middle-aged man with a pot belly stood at the door and shouted: "You fools, that was a lie to you. How can such a good thing happen? You just wait, when the time comes Will come to tax you again. Whoops! Whoops!"

"Master, master, drink your saliva first."

The butler next to him quickly handed over a cup of tea.

The middle-aged man drank it all in one gulp, panting, "I'm so mad! I'm so mad."

The butler said: "My lord! If they want to be stupid, just let them go. Then they will regret it and don't do our business."

"Don't do our business? Guess who should pay these taxes in the end?"

Actually, let alone them, even Wei Yingfang and others who were behind the scenes of this matter were stunned.

Brother!

You can't play like this!

This hole seems to be as big as a billion points.

Are those landlords still willing to pay this tax?

They hope that the public security bureau will be more ruthless and make those landlords determined to follow them.

The landlord may really be unwilling to make up for it.

This made many officials of the Hezhong Mansion, this little heart is also thumping.

How much tax can you collect with such a tax collection law? At that time, the finances will collapse. What reforms are you talking about!

For their government now, it is in a state of sharp turn. Although they are disarming and reducing the burden, the premise is to go through this transition period smoothly, because on the other hand, they need to compensate the soldiers. The general company has to rely entirely on this autumn tax to make capital.

This financial expenditure is still quite large.

Lu Shen, who originally planned to go to Beijing with his friend Zheng Xie, saw this scene and immediately chose to stay.

"Brother Zheng, can we collect taxes like this?"

"Hehe!"

Zheng Xie laughed twice at first, and then said: "If you asked me like this two years ago, I would definitely answer you. This is impossible. But today, you can rest assured that this tax will definitely be collected. Come up."

He has seen this self-declaration before, and it looks like Zhang San's handwriting, and all the ruthless moves are kept behind.

Lu Shen asked: "How do you say that?"

Zheng Xie sighed: "It was the self-declaration at the beginning, which beat all the officials in the court to their wits, which made them make up their minds and drive Zhang San to the Hezhong Mansion."

"So powerful?"

"Well, the tax department hasn't arrived yet, no, maybe the tax department has already arrived. This tax department may be the most intimidating official office. You will know when you go to the capital, as long as you talk about the tax department , must be the discoloration of the smell."

Lu Shen looked at Zheng Xie in disbelief.

Could it be three days in the middle of Shu, thousands of years in the world, what did I miss?

Qin Mansion.

Qin Yijie asked: "Yamei, how much tax have you collected recently?"

"It's a lot."

Cao Dongdong triumphantly said: "Brother Qin, if you don't believe me, you can go to those branch offices to have a look. Everyone is rushing to pay taxes, and there are crowds of people everywhere."

Sitting on it, Qin Zhongshou said: "They are all poor people, and they pay less tax if they can."

Cao Dongdong said: "Isn't the collection in advance now? When the tax is collected, those wealthy households will come to pay the tax."

Qin Zhongshou said: "Ya Nei, you are still not involved in the matter. Uncle Qin really doesn't believe that those big landlords pay taxes."

Cao Dongdong immediately said: "Uncle Qin, you don't have to believe it, but Uncle Qin, you must not be foolish and try to evade taxes."

Qin Zhongshou immediately said: "What nonsense are you kidding, how could I do such a thing."

Cao Dongdong said: "That's fine, my nephew is afraid that Uncle Qin will fall in if he doesn't pay attention, and he may not be able to get out."

Is it so evil? A guilty conscience flashed in Qin Zhongshou's eyes, and he secretly winked at his son.

Qin Yijie asked: "What if you don't pay?"

Cao Dongdong said: "Then it has to be dealt with according to the law. In fact, it is a fine."

Qin Zhongshou immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "I still think it's something."

Cao Dongdong said: "Uncle Qin must not be careless. We have a landlord in Bianjing who was tossed because he deliberately concealed the report. He aged dozens of years this night, and my nephew felt pitiful looking at it."

"Just a little fine, as for that?"

"Uncle Qin doesn't know something. He's a guilty conscience. Once he is discovered, will he be able to sleep peacefully at night? Then he will have to go to the imperial court for a trial, but every inch of the land will have to be inspected. If there are any tricks in it, Then that might be the case.”

Qin Zhongshou was sweating when he heard that, thinking to himself, let's pay the tax secretly first, and see if it's really that terrible.

And Cai Yanqing couldn't sit still, because at present, the tax right is still in the hands of their government, if they can't collect taxes, he has to be in charge, so he ran to Zhang Fei directly.

"Director Zhang, how much tax can you collect with this tax collection method?" Cai Yanqing said anxiously: "You can't just look at the land deed, you also have to look at the household registration!"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Prefect Cai, this is a matter of the police station, no, isn't your government asking the police station for assistance? Why do you still come to ask me?"

"Do you want me to tell you about your dealings with Bachelor Yuan." Cai Yanqing really couldn't hold back, and was tired of guessing, so he immediately had a showdown.

The key point is that your frequency is too fast, one thing after another, guessing is tiring!

Zhang Fei's heart skipped a beat, he blinked, and said in astonishment, "What are you doing, Prefect Cai, what are you talking about?"

Cai Yanqing said: "I have long seen that whether it is salt money or military pay, you and Bachelor Yuan have secretly negotiated. You set the questions and he solves them. You just use this method to solve the problem." I just don’t want to talk about financial interference, how long do you want to hide from me.”

Zhang Fei said with a confused face: "Prefect Cai, I really don't know, what are you talking about?"

"OK!"

Cai Yanqing stood up, "I'll send someone to investigate later to see if your imperial court is secretly interfering with finances."

After saying that, he went outside.

Is he bluffing me? Or did he really see it already. Zhang Fei also looked a little anxious, this matter must not be disclosed, otherwise, it would be difficult for Yuan Jiang to carry out work.

You must know that after Yuan Jiang came to the Hezhong Mansion, he immediately felt like a fish in water, and it was entirely because of his resolute resistance to the imperial court that he won everyone's support.

But after thinking about it, Cai Yanqing doesn't need to bluff himself, he just needs to reveal his thoughts, which will naturally attract the suspicion of many people.

Moreover, even if he admits it at this time, he can still deny it when he leaves this door.

Since Cai Yanqing has been helping to conceal it, and according to Cai Yanqing's previous choices, he should support him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fei hurriedly called Cai Yanqing who had already walked to the door, "Prefect Cai, please wait a moment."

Cai Yanqing looked back at him coldly.

Zhang Fei hurriedly stood up and invited him back to sit down, and then said: "Just now the prefect Cai asked about self-declaration."

That topic, of course, has to be avoided.

Cai Yanqing remained silent.

Zhang Fei said awkwardly: "Actually, I really don't know, what is Cai Zhifu worried about?"

"What am I worried about?"

Cai Yanqing said: "Actually, I don't want to impose taxes on those poor people, but if the taxes are not collected, there will be a big problem. Now the police station has released the word that only rely on the land deed to collect taxes. tax, but do you know how many ways there are in this autumn tax."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I know it all. After all, it's not a secret. Many official lands and gentry's lands are shared equally among the common people, including those who have no land."

Cai Yanqing said: "Since you know, why are you still doing this? I might as well tell you frankly that I have been an official for decades, but today I really can't estimate how much tax I can collect. Those landlords Even if you are willing to make up, it is impossible to make up all of them.

Next year, the Hezhong Government will urgently need financial support. If the finances are not good, all your previous plans may fail, and there will definitely be people who will obstruct it, which may cause great chaos. "

Zhang Fei said: "I believe that everyone will pay taxes legally, as much as they can. If there is less, then we will use less. We can't let the royal police collect taxes illegally."

Cai Yanqing said with a smile: "If everyone pays tax legally, the tax will never be less, but you may take it for granted."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "I didn't take it for granted, I will enforce the law in a down-to-earth manner, anyway, things have come to this point, why don't you use this to sort out the mess of land deeds, and by the way, check how many fields there are in Hezhong Mansion, Anyway, I will sort it out in the future."

Cai Yanqing said: "Then do you know that those big gentry all have backgrounds."

Zhang Fei asked back: "I don't know which prince it is?"

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