This "excessive burden" is considered "expected", so although the directors of the aftermath bureau all have sad faces, half of them are pretending.
Since ancient times, the key to raising funds for charity has been management. As long as the fundraising and food raising are handled by the aftermath bureau, there will naturally be a way to pass on the burden.
This time Wuzhou's "large fund-raising for the aftermath" is still levied according to the past "reasonable burden" model. It is generally raised by the aftermath bureau itself. It is mainly collected from various business associations in Wuzhou and large local households.
Slightly different from "reasonable burden" is that in the past, reasonable burden was collected in a relatively general way. A village, a town, or a trade association was used as a unit to give figures, and the internal apportionment ratio was shared by these entities themselves.
The reasonable burden apportionment ratio proposed this time is quite detailed, not only specific to various industry guilds, but also the big gentry households and trade names were named one by one. Basically, no one with money in the city was spared.
Because the position of the aftermath bureau is mainly occupied by Miguhang and Pingma, in order to prevent them from using their power to shift the burden, the two largest trade associations in Wuzhou must jointly bear 40% of the total "reasonable burden". Other companies
The guild shared the money in proportion according to its economic strength. The final 12% was borne by the local wealthy gentry households who owned large amounts of land.
The specific proportions and figures are certainly not something Xie Yiren came up with - Luo Yangming has been lurking locally for many years, and his focus is on collecting Wuzhou's economic and social information. The details of Wuzhou's business system and "village sages" are naturally the focus.
Therefore, it is natural for Xie Erren to take it out.
The directors of the Bureau were dumbfounded. This apportionment ratio was both accurate and ruthless. Generally speaking, the number apportioned to each village sage would be enough to feel the pain of peeling off the skin without breaking the bones.
On weekdays, everyone would bear the pain and take it out, but this time Xiong Wencan has already led the officers and soldiers to do a lot of hard work. Now that the Senate has come to "reasonably bear" again, the skin has been peeled off too much, and everyone has suffered from excessive blood loss.
dizziness.
"Don't come to me in a hurry to cry for poverty." Xie Erren felt that he must be extremely handsome looking like he was cutting human flesh with a smile. "The foundation of this Wuzhou City, I, the Senate, know everything about this ratio.
There is absolutely no wrongdoing - those who have money will pay more, those who have less money will pay less, and those who have no money will not pay. So don’t say that this is wrong or that is wrong. Within three days, all the money and food will be prepared."
Mr. Qiao, the deputy director of the aftermath bureau, didn't want to speak. Seeing everyone staring at him eagerly, he had no choice but to stand up and report:
"Chief! It's not that we have to bargain with you all the time. The proportion and amount of the apportionment were nothing in the past. We don't dare to say a word. In fact, this time the officers and soldiers - the Ming army caused trouble in the city.
The common people and all the big households suffered heavy losses. Even the small shops had 3,000 kilograms of rice confiscated, and they didn't get a penny! They also took away hundreds of taels of silver... Every household here is big or small.
There have been losses, and some shops have been looted by officers and soldiers, and they can no longer even do business... Now if we have to apportion these, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
Xie Erren frowned, thinking that just after my first project came out, you guys came to compete in the arena. You really don't take me as a veteran in your eyes. He was unhappy, his face suddenly sank, and he said: "So You said, everyone is going to have trouble living?"
Mr. Qiao shuddered, these words were not good. He regretted that he came out to say these words, but he is the leader of the Migu Chamber of Commerce and the general manager of Nancheng. If this leader does not come out, he will not be able to survive in the local area. He added:
"Sir... The leader came here to serve as an official, and he is very eager to seek governance. However, Wuzhou has just been attacked by war, and all parties have suffered losses. It is not just the common people who are hungry and cold. Or... or... the priority is to preserve vitality - please, sir Some reduction or exemption..."
Xie Erren felt very unhappy. As expected, these old rich men are not good people. It seems that they will not be obedient if they are not allowed to taste the taste of "dictatorship". Instead, he smiled lightly and said: "In this case, Mr. Qiao feels that it is a good idea to How much is good?”
Mr. Qiao is an old fox with many years of experience. Seeing that Xie Erren is not angry but smiling instead, with a fierce look in his eyes, he knows that this gentle and gentle thief is also a rough guy. However, the words have come to this point, and there is no way to go back. He has to make up his mind. Dingshen said: "I don't dare to say how much the reduction will be - I just ask the chief to take advantage of the vitality of Wuzhou and reduce it by one or two as appropriate. The whole city of Wuzhou is grateful..."
"As for all the people in Wuzhou, I should say that you people will be grateful, right?" Xie Erren sneered.
Mr. Qiao had no choice but to bow his head and say nothing, and the whole atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Luo Yangming felt that things were about to get worse, and was about to go out to smooth things over. Suddenly, a man next to him came out with a bent waist. He first made a 90-degree bow to Xie Erren and said: "Chief, it's not the juniors and the chief. Fighting in the arena, it is true that everyone suffered at the hands of the officers and soldiers this time! Even the small shop was robbed of hundreds of grains by the puppet Ming army. Now I don’t know what to do! But no matter how difficult it is for us, there will always be nothing on the street. The refugees are in trouble, and we, the young ones, must prepare all the food money that the chief wants to raise!"
Luo Yangming took a closer look and saw that it was Da Xinxuan. Xie Erren thought that this boy knew something, so he asked: "Are you..."
"This little man is the shopkeeper of 'Yu Xin Xing', Da Xinxuan." Da Xinxuan was hunched over, very humble.
Xie Erren thought for a while and remembered that this business name was included in the materials. It was a Migu store that also ran Pingma. The key was that the financial owner behind this business was the Wu Zhixiang family, a business partner of the Senate.
Because of Wu Zhixiang's relationship, the Wu family had close contacts with the Senate's businesses in Guangzhou. In addition to the rice business with Dachang, they also purchased various supplies for the Senate in Wuzhou as a merchant.
Because of his background as a "business partner of the Senate," Xie Erren couldn't help but be polite. He raised his hand and said, "Sit down and talk. Sit down and talk."
However, Da Xinxuan did not sit down and said: "In fact, the severity of damage to each shop is different. Although some shops are big, they are severely tortured by the false Ming officers and soldiers because of their big trees. If they collect according to this share, they will be forced to hang themselves." The water cannot be collected, which would harm the good life of the Senate. The younger ones are bold and ask the chief not to limit the share of each family, and allow the younger ones to allocate it by themselves - in short, there is not a penny or a grain of this food. Everything will be done for the chief within three days."
What he said was both sincere and well-founded. Xie Erren didn't know how to refute it for a while. After thinking about it, as long as he got the money and food, he had to give face to the Wu family and the bureau directors, but it was a complete stalemate as soon as it started.
The subsequent work was difficult to carry out - after all, he only had more than a hundred people, including the top soldiers, and he had to rely on this group of people to get things done.
He nodded immediately and said: "That's it, I will agree to your proposal, but the money and food must be prepared within three days!"
Da Xinxuan hurriedly said: "Young men, we will definitely take care of it." Mr. Qiao and all the bureau directors immediately agreed. Luo Yangming worked in seclusion, focusing on observation and surveillance. Naturally, it was not convenient for him to just come out and talk and mix in the crowd.
After the money and food matters were settled, the next thing would be easy. Xie Erren immediately ordered all the strong teams formed by the original communes in the city to defend the city to be dismissed - these people were temporarily recruited from citizens engaged in industry and commerce or from the surrounding countryside.
The peasants have very low combat effectiveness and low morale. Thousands of people gather together and do not produce. Although it has an effect on public security, it consumes a lot of money and food. The cost-effectiveness ratio is too low. If the Ming army really counterattacks or suppresses bandits,
It's of no use either.
"If street fences are damaged everywhere, they must be repaired immediately. If watchmen are missing or missing, they must be replaced as soon as possible. Public security in the city depends on everyone's joint efforts."
Everyone agrees with this. After all, every day the strong men team exists, everyone will spend an extra day of money and food. Maintaining law and order is obviously more meaningful to them than the poor and refugees.
Article 3 is about industry and commerce in the city. All industry and commerce in the city will resume operations within a limited time. If stores, property, and personnel suffer significant damage during the war, part of the commercial tax will be exempted after reporting. If you are unable to resume operations in the short term, you must report within fifteen days.
Otherwise, the store will be confiscated.
Xie Erren believes that Wuzhou is an important commercial town. As long as commercial circulation can be restored as soon as possible, money and food are no problem. Moreover, industry and commerce itself also have to solve the problem of employment. Wuzhou has a large non-agricultural population. If industry and commerce cannot be restored as soon as possible, this will cause a large number of unemployed people.
Even if the population time bomb is on our back again.
"... From now on, the sales price of grain and cloth will be subject to the daily government-guided price, and the increase or decrease shall not exceed 10% of the guide price. It is strictly forbidden to hesitate to sell! Anyone who hoards and drives up prices will be dealt with according to military law!"
Xie Erren said sternly, sweeping the entire flower hall with his eyes that he thought could kill people. Everyone did not dare to say anything, but they were muttering in their hearts: The war is raging right now, and the source of food in Guangxi has been cut off. What can be done if the stored food is sold for less?
By maintaining "no price increase", isn't this forcing everyone to stay calm?!
But everyone knows that this is a move by the Australians to win people's hearts. It is impossible to resist forcefully, and maybe you will become the unlucky chicken. So they are all submissive.
Next, we discussed some aftermath matters, especially the thousands of corpses abandoned inside and outside the city, which had to be collected and buried. Except for some corpses that were claimed and buried by themselves, many of the dead were either guest soldiers from outside or were buried in the city by themselves.
Most of the poor people from outside Wuzhou who work for a living do odd jobs and do not even know their names after death. Even if there are employers, there are also employers who are unwilling to identify the body in order to avoid having to bear the funeral expenses.
These corpses have to be collected and buried. For the work of collecting and burying them, Xie Erren plans to arrange for a labor team composed of prisoners to work, but another task must be undertaken by the labor team: collecting the weapons left on the battlefield——
Next update: Volume 7 - Guangzhou Governance Chapter 338