Among the four tasks assigned by the executive committee, he could barely cope with recruiting labor even though he was given a discount; for land intensification, relying on the Agricultural Committee and the Tiandihui, he was able to get a decent answer;
Disaster relief and replanting are the strengths of the Chuan regime, and there are dedicated people in charge, so it won’t be impossible to handle.
But the most important issue of food is still not clear at all.
With the approval of the Planning Institute, the gap in disaster relief food and seed grain was temporarily supplemented from the Qiongshan grain depot of the Planning Institute. However, Wu De would have to settle this food account with him sooner or later. If he did not make concessions on the food issue,
The Government Affairs Council and the Planning Institute were satisfied with the answer. My report card in Qiongshan for the past six months was not very good.
Local officials are really hard to do. Liu Xiang sighed sincerely. In the past, he only thought that local officials were simply emperors of the country, real "Hundreds of Miles", but this good feeling has now been shattered.
"I'm also trying to figure this out." Liu Xiang responded vaguely, "I can't get food. Do you have any ideas?"
Chang Shide smiled implicitly: "No wonder Du Wen said that since you arrived in Qiongshan, you have begun to have a warm and affectionate tone of the petty bourgeoisie. Of course you can get food, but it depends on your means."
Liu Xiang knew that "Red Flag" had often used him as a target recently. Although not many people watched it, it also caused him a little trouble.
"You think so too? I'm worried that when we first settle in Qiongshan, people's hearts are unstable, so we shouldn't make things too fierce..." Liu Xiang always thought that Chang Shide was a "moderate", but he didn't expect that he sometimes had a very aggressive attitude.
.He nodded and said: "I'll think about it again!"
Liu Xiang returned to the county office. He had no one to discuss this matter with. Chang Shide had already made his attitude clear - but after all, he was not a local cadre and lacked direct interests. As for Wan Lihui, Yang Yun and other veterans who came to provide disaster relief, even more
They were no longer relevant. He felt very lonely and could hardly find anyone to discuss with him on major decisions.
It is of course very convenient to use coercion. There is no need for the Political Security Bureau and the county office to produce all kinds of black materials. Just a few of the big households who usually don't listen to the greetings are detained in the county, and the next day they open a
If you know how to apportion, each family must obediently pay all the grain.
But he didn't really want to use this coercive method. He always felt that it seemed that he had no "ability." Liu Xiang has been struggling with this matter recently.
"Why don't I have the ability to have an idea like the protagonist in a time-travel novel?" He muttered behind his desk and casually opened the newly delivered documents from the Finance Director's Department on the table.
After flipping through a few pages, he saw a document about the collection of summer taxes.
It was a serious matter. He quickly looked at it carefully.
The document is very long, and everything is written down one by one. Because the tax department of ** has just been established, the tax system is not perfect, and the manpower is not enough. It is temporarily unable to establish vertically led local tax bureaus. Therefore, each county collects taxes
At present, the State Administration of Taxation formulates specific policies and tax rates, and each county office organizes the grain collection bureau to collect the tax. The professionals of the grain collection bureau are dispatched by the Ministry of Finance to guide and preside over the work on short-term business trips.
According to this notice from the Director-General of Finance: This year, except for Lingao, which has started to trial the new tax system, the summer and autumn taxes in all counties will continue to be collected according to the Ming government's per-acre system; in areas where land clearing has been completed, new land registration must be strictly followed.
The number of land acres registered will be levied; in areas where land clearing has not yet been completed, taxes will continue to be levied according to the fish scale records stored in each county; the additional Liao rates added to the grain tax will be stopped; various miscellaneous taxes will be levied and abolished at the discretion of each county based on local conditions.
The number of grain taxes collected by each county should not exceed 180% of the old tax collection amount and the minimum should not be less than kc%. However, the document clearly stipulates that it is necessary to ensure that the past "floating collection" and "extra distribution" situations will no longer occur, and to ensure that collection
Every grain and every cent of the money is clearly recorded and can be traced. It is absolutely forbidden to enrich a large number of managers in the name of collecting royal grain and national taxes.
As for the way to pay taxes, except for Lingao, all counties are trialling circulation coupons, and the silver coins and copper coins that are issued simultaneously for grain are no longer the objects of collection. They must be exchanged for grain circulation coupons according to the grain price before taxes can be paid.
Liu Xiang looked at it very carefully. Maybe he could make some decisions about the summer tax? He suddenly became energetic: Although apportionment is unpleasant, taxation is a reasonable and legal matter.
Of course, this tax cannot be levied on ordinary people, but must come from large households.
"Humph, let's see where you can slide to!" Liu Xiang thought of this group of wealthy gentry, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips, "This is the system set by Zhu Baba..."
He continued to look through the documents. At the end of the document was a thick "Old Tax Detailed Account of Counties in Qiongzhou Prefecture."
"Qiongshan County Branch", which is also stamped with a red "confidential" stamp. This is a reference material compiled by the Director of Finance based on historical books, county archives and household book offices, and is specially distributed to each county.
Used by county offices.
Liu Xiang knew nothing about the tax system, and of course he was not prepared to do it on his behalf, but he was very interested in how much tax he could collect, so he opened it and looked through it. At first glance, he was disappointed because the summer tax in Qiongshan County was only eight stone.
Six buckets. Not even a fraction of Qiu Fu.
Scroll down further and see various names such as "commercial tax", "fishing class", "miscellaneous goods", "local tribute", "miscellaneous needs", "corvee", etc. I can't help but look at the door to make money.
it's here!
Although the amount of money for each luxury item is not large, there are many kinds, from isinglass, feathers, medicinal materials, silk and cotton, suede to paper and pen and ink used in the yamen office, officials' salaries, workers' food and work, and finally to Sheji,
Almost everything required for the sacrifices in the Confucius Temple was collected from the people: some were money, some were grain, some were various groceries, and some were labor. Except for part of the wealth collected from the collection, which was turned over to the national treasury, most of it was retained for local use.
If the grain tax is a national tax, then most of these miscellaneous taxes are local taxes. The prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty basically rely on these revenues to operate.
For Liu Xiang, the biggest benefit is from corvee work. The entire Qiongzhou Prefecture has an officially designated corvee burden of 7 corvees. After Wanli adopted the whip method, these corvees have basically adopted the model of collecting silver in lieu of labor. Qiongzhou Prefecture only has corvee labor.
The full amount of silver is 1 tael. Of course, according to the usual practice in this time and space, the document states that the actual amount of the corvee silver levied is probably between ~ taels.
Qiongshan County, as the first county of the whole prefecture, has almost 600 levies at the prefecture and county levels. In other words, even if there is no floating tax, Liu Xiang can get at least two taels of silver. Together with other miscellaneous taxes, Qiongshan County has a summer tax
Finishing the above two is no problem.
Naturally, Liu Xiang would never be satisfied with just five thousand taels. He immediately asked Ma Benyuan, a retained employee from the county government, to be found.
Ma Benyuan turned out to be the "connection" of the Gou family in Qiongshan. After the Gou family was destroyed, he was coerced by Lin Baiguang with black materials and became a member of the Qiongshan Intelligence Network. After the Spring Awakening Campaign, he became a Qiongshan investigator of the General Political Security Bureau.
"Hidden cadre" personnel controlled by the Internet. On the surface, they are still retained personnel from the Qiongzhou Prefecture Yamen.
Ma Benyuan was smart and capable, and he was a man who was very aware of current affairs. If serving Lin Baiguang was forced in the past, after the Battle of Chengmai, as soon as the flag of the Ming Dynasty fell, he served the "Kun thieves" without any psychological barriers.
He is a veteran of Qiongzhou Prefecture and knows the local situation very well. Although he is not officially appointed, he is actually a secret consultant to the Qiongshan County Office.
After listening to Liu Xiang's thoughts, he thought for a moment, then asked with bright little eyes: "Chief, you want to get this money from the wealthy gentry, have you ever asked the executive committee what its attitude is?"
Nothing can be accomplished without great determination."
Ma Benyuan paid great attention to the political system of the "chiefs".
"No problem." Liu Xiang nodded.
"This matter is not difficult, but it is too disgraceful to the gentry. Please pay attention to it, sir."
Liu Xiang was puzzled: "Why do you want to lose face?"
"Chief, you are planning to work as an errand for the government and the gentry..." When Ma Benyuan said this, he couldn't help but lower his voice, as if he had said something treasonous.
Liu Xiang had read this in a novel, but didn't quite understand it. Seeing that the leader was confused, Ma Benyuan quickly explained that according to the system of this dynasty, people with meritorious status can be exempted from a certain number of cadres of corvee according to their grades. This is different from passing the exam.
The idea that a scholar can be exempted from two shi of food means giving preferential treatment to scholars and gentry.
According to Liu Xiang's calculations, the 600 ding of corvee silver is now going to be allocated to the large gentry accounts in the county. It is unrealistic to ask the people to pay the corvee silver after the typhoon.
"Money is still a trivial matter. If you announce that you want the gentry to pay corvee silver, they might as well be buried as heirs?" Ma Benyuan continued in a low voice, "I'm afraid that making a fuss is not in line with the above-mentioned policy of 'stabilizing the situation, right?'"
Liu Xiang suddenly realized: No wonder Ma Benyuan spoke so mysteriously. It turned out to be a g-spot. After pressing it, the scholars in Qiongshan County would definitely have sexual intercourse. He thought of the various plots in the novels and movies he had read about the officials and gentry receiving food together, and clicked
nodded.
In essence, he was not interested in the attitude of these people. Under the rule of the Senate, gentry and scholars had no status. If they really wanted to cause trouble, he would simply deal with them.
He did not particularly trust Ma Benyuan and did not express his true attitude. He just nodded and said: "I understand. You go back first." Then he added, "My conversations with you must be kept confidential."
"Yes, little one... I know." Ma Benyuan looked at Liu Xiang, hesitated, and stepped out cautiously!