The difference was only two taels of silver, so it was probably just an error, so Shuai Jiamo came to the conclusion: at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the entire six counties of Huizhou Prefecture owed a total of 20,480 shi of summer grain, and the debt should be divided into "summer taxes"
In the name of "raw silk", 8,780 pieces of raw silk were folded. This was originally no problem. The problem was that after Yisi was restructured, for some reason, the tax was borne by the whole government instead of being borne by She County.
The county is solely responsible.
What's even more tragic is that these 8,780 pieces of raw silk belong to the color tax and must be paid in kind. However, Huizhou does not raise silkworms at all, so the people of She County must first sell the grain for money, and then
Use money to buy raw silk and finally pay it to the government. This means you have to fold it twice. Needless to say, the cost must be very high.
Also, this 8,780 horses is the number that arrived at the warehouse, and the cost of transportation and losses during the journey must be added. So after the whole calculation, the people of She County actually paid more than the book, maybe 9,000 horses, or even
Maybe tens of thousands of horses.
It is conceivable that if this situation is indeed correct, then She County is extremely unlucky! Because from the beginning of the "Yisi Reorganization" in the 25th year of Zhizheng to the third year of Longqing - this situation on the people of She County
I have been paying unjust taxes for more than two hundred years!
Shuai Jiamo was so shocked that his scalp was numb, so he acted very cautiously. He did not rush to alert the government, but first did some careful research in She County. As a result, he discovered that he was not the first to realize that there was something wrong with this matter.
As early as the 14th year of Jiajing, two people from She County, Wang Xiang and Cheng Peng, discovered that there was something wrong with this "human ding silk silk".
At that time, they did not protest locally in Huizhou Prefecture, but directly submitted a report to the superior of Huizhou Prefecture - Governor Yingtian, and more than once!
At that time, the first people to receive the report were Yingtian Governor Chen Kezhai and Inspector Song Maoxi. These two were serious about their work and quickly issued a reply, requesting the Huizhou government to conduct a thorough investigation. Unfortunately, the timing was not coincidental, and these two
He was promoted and transferred quickly, and the successor didn't know the previous situation, so no one asked about the matter again.
Wang Xiang and Cheng Peng also estimated this possibility, so they submitted another report to the Governor of Yingtian and the Inspector's Office. The successor Governor Ouyang Duo and Inspector You Jujing also received the same report. These two people had just
Of course, when he took office, he couldn't leave things unattended, so he quickly gave the approval and asked the Huizhou government to convene the six counties for a collegial meeting. As a result, the officials and officials responsible for the matter were all from the other five counties, so they were perfunctory and delayed.
Later, Wang Xiang and Cheng Peng died inexplicably one after another, and the matter fell into disuse.
What should I do? These two people died in strange circumstances, most likely not from a normal death, but most likely related to this incident. If I hold on to this unjust tax payment, will I encounter the same disaster in the future?
The stubbornness of a mathematical genius occupied his entire brain: people can die, but the accounts cannot be wrong!
Thinking of this, Shuai Jiamo pushed aside the account books and made a decision: he would submit a third submission to seek justice for She County. He did not talk about getting back the overpaid taxes in the past or seeking to reduce or reduce other taxes in the future, but at the very least, he had to
If this tax is redistributed to the six counties, She County must not be allowed to bear it alone!
It was not easy for Shuai Jiamo to make this determination. You must know that the tax system of the Ming Dynasty was inherently chaotic, complicated, and involved many things. Unless a certain place was severely affected by a disaster, it would be extremely difficult for the emperor to increase or decrease it by one or two.
It is really difficult for a civilian to delete an entire subject. Moreover, if the tax is re-allocated, it will mean that the other five counties will increase taxes for nothing. This huge interest group will definitely block it.
However, Shuai Jiamo, who had already made up his mind, still wrote a submission in person, describing his investigation process in detail. Then at the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing, he did not pass the Huizhou Prefecture, but skipped the level and submitted it to the then Yingtian Xunjian Censor.
Liu Shihui.
In this report, Shuai Jiamo used a little trick. When describing the reason, he added a sentence: "Because of the survey of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the next year of the year, I took 8,780 pieces of ding silk and folded raw silk.
The original six counties all lost, as evidenced by the official records."
In fact, in the "Huizhou Prefecture Chronicle", it only vaguely records the amount of Ding Sijuan paid by Huizhou Prefecture or She County. It does not clearly say that "the original six counties all lost", let alone the debt owed to Xia in the early years of the Guo Dynasty.
Mai linked together.
Shuai Jiamo secretly added these six words in order to create an established impression on Shangguan and make it easier for him to act - but little did he know that this small trick would later become a key point in the lawsuit.
In addition to this, Shuai Jiamo also said: "Nanjing's shipping warehouse receives 20,190 pieces of silk every year, of which only 8,501 pieces are paid by silk-producing areas such as Zhejiang and Huguang; Yingtian
The Thirteen Prefectures only need to pay 2,905 pieces. But our Huizhou Prefecture does not raise silkworms at all, but has to pay 8,780 pieces. The local people can only sell the grain, convert it into silver, and buy it from Zhejiang and other places.
The repurchase and these two procedures doubled the cost, which was unbearable. What's more, if this burden was shared among six counties, it might be bearable, but now it is borne by one county in Shexian County - among the counties
The tax is higher than that of Zhejiang and Huguang (Wu Feng’s note: the Chief Envoy, similar to a provincial administrative region), which is totally unreasonable!”
To be honest, Shuai Jiamo played another little statistical trick here. Because the tax system of the Ming Dynasty was not unified and unified, one place often had to pay taxes to several places.
For example, the silk tax in Zhejiang, Huguang and other places is not only sent to the Nanjing shipping warehouse, but also a large part is sent to Taicang Bank, C Ziku, etc. In fact, the total silk tax in Zhejiang is as high as 130,000 pieces, and Huguang
The total amount of silk silk tax is about 27,000 pieces, which is far more than that of She County.
But Shuai Jiamo did not talk about the total number, but only took out the Nanjing shipping warehouse for comparison. It immediately seemed that the situation in She County was particularly miserable.
The wonderful thing about this method is that these figures are real and can completely withstand verification. Just a slight manipulation in the comparison method will immediately show extraordinary results. In fact, the burden on She County itself is indeed heavy, but it does not mean that
As a result, the people were in dire straits, but when compared to Shuai Jiamo, normal people would find it tragic and shocking.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition to making some small manipulations in historical data and statistics that he felt were hidden enough, Shuai Jiamo also had other methods.
He wrote in the first sentence of his submission: "The heritage of the world is of equal value, and the old things cannot be equal. She County has long been focused on endowments, and the people are extremely poor. When Ren Ming reigns,
Prepare a statement of love and beg for equality."
In just one sentence, the word "mean" appears twice. Obviously, this is not because of his limited writing skills, but because he has a profound intention.
When Gao Gong and Gao pragmatic uncle and nephew discussed financial management plans in private before, Gao Gong mentioned that even Zhang Juzheng was a little concerned and hoped to promote the one whip method throughout the country. Gao Gong believed that the one whip method could be used by some wealthy people
Regions - that is, "economically developed regions" with high pragmatism and familiarity - can be implemented, but it must not be implemented in some poor areas, otherwise the poor will inevitably suffer more exploitation. [Wufeng Note: As mentioned above,
Readers who don’t remember can look it up themselves.]
At present, Jiangnan is of course a prosperous land, so a tax reform policy, which will be called a whip law in the future, is being implemented. The prototype of this tax reform policy began in the 10th year of Jiajing. From the 40th year of Jiajing to the Longqing period, it gradually began to develop in the economy.
The Southern Zhili region, which is the strongest but also has the heaviest tax burden, is conducting experiments. The slogan it puts forward happens to be: "Equalize taxes and levies and relieve the people's poverty."
So what was the purpose of Shuaijiamu's two "equalizations"? It was to elevate this tax dispute to a level that responded to the imperial policy.
On a deeper level, the core gist of a compilation is indeed to merge land taxes and corvee services, cancel the in-kind taxes other than rice and wheat, and change them to a unified rate of taels of silver. Therefore, Shuai Jiamo repeatedly emphasized in his submission that "rending silk silk" is
The physical tax is very troublesome to pay and needs to be adjusted urgently. This is closely linked to the reform that the central government is vigorously advocating.
In Shuai Jiamo's opinion, as long as this matter can be used as a basis for national policy, it will probably attract the special attention of Governor Yingtian. The thousands-year-old Chinese tradition is there: once the top management pays attention, things will be easier to handle.
In particular, the current Governor Yingtian is very committed to the implementation of the policy. As long as he is willing to express his position, the matter will be half-no, more than half. The reason why Shuai Jiamo has this confidence is
Because this governor is so famous that he is far more famous than ordinary officials - his surname is Hai, his given name is Rui, his courtesy name is Ruxian, and his nickname is Gangfeng.
This incident indeed alarmed Hai Rui in the end, but at the same time, Gao Gong, who was at the helm of the national policy far away in the capital and the standard bearer of reform, also learned of the news - it was Gao Pragmatic who had this one.