Chapter 1,739 Knowledge (rolling to ask for monthly votes)
When he entered the Hubu Yamen compound, Brother Jiu's steps became a little heavy.
Since he came to study government affairs, he originally planned to be a good student.
Especially when there is Si Age, a worrying brother above me.
He had made it clear before that he would not compete with Si Age for power.
In this matter today, I have directly surpassed the fourth elder brother and become the first person. I don't know if he will care about it.
When he arrived at the door of the check-in room, he slowed down and walked in quietly.
The door to the east room was open, and Si Age was sitting behind the desk, lowering his head and writing something.
Brother Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and quietly entered the west room.
When he arrived at the West Room, he breathed a sigh of relief and lay down directly on the kang.
I stood in front of Qianqing Palace for more than half an hour, and my body became stiff.
Seeing this, He Yuzhu opened the cabinet next to him and took out a pair of small hammers. They were bamboo hammers with cloth wrapped on both ends.
"Sir, will this slave give you a good beating?" He Yuzhu lowered his voice and asked.
He followed Brother Jiu, and naturally he saw that his master was feeling guilty and was afraid of the man in the east room.
He Yuzhu was also afraid.
That man doesn't look like an elder brother, but rather like his own master.
But He Yuzhu knew what was good and what was good, and knew that that person had good intentions, and his master was willing to accept it.
Brother Jiu turned over and said, "Pound it!"
He Yuzhu pulled up a stool, sat next to the kang, and beat Brother Jiu's waist.
In addition to felt, the kang is made of coarse cloth sheets.
Brother Jiu narrowed his eyes and told He Yuzhu: "It's getting cold and we need to change the thick felt. Make a note to tell Cao Shun later and change the furnishings of this room."
He Yuzhu wrote it down and said, "Sir, is it time to use a fumigation cage?"
It is now early September, and there is still nearly a month before the earth-burning period begins, but the house is relatively cold in the morning and evening, especially since this is a wing room, the house is low, and there is a wing in the front to block the light.
Before Brother Jiu could reply, there was movement at the door, saying: "Spring covers the air and autumn freezes. Now we use fumigation cages. In winter, we are even less cold-resistant and prone to colds."
It's Brother Four who's here.
Seeing this, Brother Jiu stood up and said with a smile: "Are you done with your work?"
Normally, Fourth Brother's side can't take a breath until early noon, but now it's normal.
The fourth elder brother sat by the kang, looked at the ninth elder brother and said, "I haven't seen you sitting around the house all morning, how come you are tired?"
Brother Jiu coughed slightly and said: "This... this is not standing in front of Qianqing Palace for a long time..."
With that said, he didn't hide anything, and handed the discount booklet to Si Age and said: "I wanted to take advantage of it and pick out two properties first, but when I saw this, I became so angry that I went to the palace..."
Brother Si took it and looked at it. He immediately frowned and said, "Is this someone sending a message to the Eight Banners Division?"
The first thing he suspected was the prince's uncle Chang Tai.
Although Chang Tai's Duke Cheng'en is no longer alive, he is still the prince's biological uncle.
Even when Suo'etu was alive, this person in the Heshe family was also a core figure.
After Suo'etu disappeared, the Heshe family was vaguely dominated by this person.
Set the selling price at a very low price and then buy it back, saving a lot of money every time you go in and out.
Brother Jiu really didn't think of this and said in surprise: "You still need to send a message? Isn't this kind of valuation a common practice in the Eight Banners Division?"
Brother Si frowned even more and said, "How common is this?"
"Based on the depreciation and valuation of the red deed..." Brother Jiu said.
Brother Si's face showed anger and said: "In order to save deed tax, the red deed has always been lower than the actual transaction price. How can it be used as a valuation certificate?"
"Huh?"
Only then did Brother Jiu find out about this saying, and said: "Is this the case? I saw the red deed in our Fujin's hand before, and the bid was the real price? If this one could be sold at a lower price, how much is the deed tax? Is it still worth a penny? Come back?"
Brother Jiu has always been shrewd, but he has never purchased a property himself. He has only purchased one property to his name, and it was all handled by the steward of the Guo Luoluo family. He did not know that there were these connections in the process.
Fourth elder brother looked at him.
Ninth Prince is a down-to-earth prince. He is not ignorant of the world, but his experience is limited.
"This kind of red deed of land and house stamped by the government imposes a tax of three cents..." Si Age said.
Brother Jiu did a mental calculation and nodded: "Then the tax is quite a lot. No wonder there is less written in the deed. I thought it was because of the age that the transaction price on the red deed was so high compared to the current market price. It’s so different.”
Fourth brother is still sitting and sulking.
He had long heard that the Hubu was rich in wealth, but he also thought it was "Bingjing" and "Tanjing". After all, when governors from other places came to Beijing, the two yamen that needed to be managed were the Hubu and the Libu.
He didn't expect that there was such a big loophole in the Eight Banners Division.
None of these handlers are clean.
Otherwise, if a transaction price is suspicious, it will be blocked and not stamped into the file.
Brother Jiu saw that he had strayed off topic and pulled him back again.
"I saw that the estimate was too low, and I was afraid that the money I would get back was too little, so I went to the palace because of a fever. However, Khan Ama happened to be meeting an official. I waited for more than half an hour, with the breeze blowing, and I knew that this was a bit imprudent. , the impeachment of Li Zhenyu just came out, I said this directly, as if it was aimed at him, I changed my words and mentioned bidding. I had thought of bidding before when the Royal Merchant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs exchanged annual passes... …”
Brother Si listened carefully, nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's right, you thought it through."
Li Zhenyu, a Han minister with a Jinshi background, has nothing to fear.
People who are old and live in ancient times are expected to become officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
However, he was close to Suo'etu in his early years and was regarded as a "**".
If Ninth Brother confronts him directly, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he is suspected of adding insult to injury, and the prince will also make a mark.
The ninth elder brother was praised and immediately became very proud and said: "Fourth brother, fourth brother, this bidding is really a good way, much better than the valuation. Not only the land and property sold by the government can be dealt with in this way, but also the three major treasury regularly The replaced old materials, medicinal materials, pigments, etc. can also be dealt with according to this method, which is better than directly depreciating and reporting losses!"
The household warehouse is divided into three major warehouses.
In addition to the silver warehouse, there is also a satin warehouse and a paint warehouse.
However, in addition to these items, there are also various precious medicinal materials, spices, leather materials, etc. stored.
These things come in and out. In addition to normal expenditure, some of them are reported for damage and cleaning.
The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "Are you idle and want to find something to do for yourself? Guan selling has changed the system and is famous as a teacher. This warehouse is reported as damaged. It only costs a few silver in total. Mix it up and make it."
Varied?"
Who doesn’t know that there is oil and water in it?
However, even if a loss is reported, the proportion is very small. The money that comes out is shared equally by all the people in the yamen, so there is no need to mix it up.
Brother Ninth immediately wilted, puffed up his cheeks, and said, "Aren't you disgusted with this? You took the salary as an errand and didn't let Bai Gan work, so why are you trying to get money out of it!"
The fourth elder brother rubbed his forehead and said: "In this household department, except for the two ministers and the four ministers, most of the others are in the fifth rank or lower, and there are still nine ranks in the writing style, with an annual salary of dozens of taels of silver, and support
Half of the horses are consumed, and the remaining money is barely enough to support the family, so where does the money for 'three festivals and two lives' come from?"
Except for the first- and second-grade officials in the capital, all other officials ride horses, so it is necessary to keep horses.
Manguan is okay, most of them have houses in the inner city and their families have property.
When you get to Hanguan, you can just rent a house in Nancheng and raise a horse, and you can get most of your salary.
The ninth elder brother is the head of the family, and he also knows that living in the capital is not easy. After hearing what the fourth elder brother said, there was no fight.
He said: "Let me tell you, the salary is still too small. For a first-class official, there are only two hundred and fifteen taels. If you don't receive some 'annual respect' and 'township respect', you can't live at all."
Seeing the ninth elder brother like this, the fourth elder brother felt a little scared.
Brother Ninth is so tossing.
No wonder, in the three and a half years of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, most of the yamen have been sorted out.
Maybe Brother Jiu is wrong?
Brother Ninth is completely selfless and dedicated to serving the public. This is something that should be commended.
Besides, Brother Ninth also made it clear that he was working so hard for the future of his second son.
The eldest son and second son born on the same day are different from the ordinary eldest son and second son, and they really need to be carefully arranged.
This is growing up, thinking long-term, and loving children.
He did not criticize harshly, but said comfortingly: "Take your time, and only take care of the official sale, that's your credit."
"Uh-huh……"
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "After Xinyu is punished, it is estimated that the property and population under his name will be sold to the government in a few days. I will not do anything else in the past few days, so I will think about this carefully."
The fourth elder brother decided that he could not let the ninth elder brother toss around in the household department like this without any idea. He had to think about whether there was any specific errand and find one for the ninth elder brother.
Otherwise, with a hammer in one place and a hammer in the other, if it is not kept straight, it will hit the iron plate.
Brother Jiu doesn't know it yet, but it won't be long before he fishes for himself.
After lunch, he sat in front of several cases, but he was not in a hurry to write about the bidding, but thought about Shu Shu.
After returning to Baylor Mansion, he looked at Shu Shu and said, "Do you know the three-cent deed tax on the house?"
Shu Shu nodded and said: "Of course I know. Thanks to me, the properties I acquired before the wedding are all red deeds."
"Then is the tax paid by the buyer or the seller?" Brother Jiu asked.
Shu Shu said: "According to the rules, half of the family."
Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "Then why didn't you write a smaller red deed? A smaller property can save dozens of taels of silver..."
Shu Shu shook his head and said: "There is no need. This tax goes into the national treasury and does not go outside. If everyone thinks about saving taxes and enriching themselves and the public, there will be disasters and man-made disasters. When the money is needed from the national treasury, there will be one less person." point."
So in order to make the buyer agree to pay the tax truthfully, she also paid the other party's one and a half cents of the deed tax.
Brother Jiu looked at Shu Shu and said: "I have remembered that this 'hidden tax' is also against the law. If it is revealed, both the buyer and the seller will be slapped fifty times each. In serious cases, 50% of the price will be recovered in the name of the buyer." Enter the official position."
Shu Shu said: "Yes, it is indeed against the law. It's just that the people don't take action and the officials don't investigate. Tax evasion is a common practice outside. But it can't be a one-size-fits-all approach. The real estate transactions are less external and more transferred between relatives." , the selling price can also be set low.”
Brother Jiu sighed with emotion: "It's all knowledge. If the fourth brother hadn't mentioned it, I would never have imagined that the price of this red deed is so low..."