"Sir, you'd better take a look first," Wu De said with a smile, "otherwise, if you destroy it when you go back, it will be too late."
Wang Zhaomin's face turned red, and he felt extremely embarrassed after being seen through. He had to open the envelope after being told this. There was a piece of paper inside.
This is a piece of thick paper made by an Australian paper mill. It is extremely stiff and has a slightly yellowish dark flower bottom. It feels very comfortable to the touch. Wang Zhaomin's heart moved. He took it out and took a closer look. It turned out to be a province-wide exchange banknote from Delong Bank.
, the denomination is one hundred taels.
Wang Zhaomin had a secret relationship with Runshitang because of taking tonics. I heard Yang Shixiang say: Australians now issue a kind of banknote, which can be exchanged for cash at designated shops all over Guangdong Province. You don’t need to carry large amounts of silver with you.
You don't need to entrust an escort to transport it when you carry it. You just need to deposit the money on the counter and pay the "receipt" according to the amount, and you can get the bills to exchange in other places, which is very convenient.
Carrying this note with you is much more convenient than carrying a large sum of silver. Not to mention, a hundred taels of silver wrapped into a package is also a very large package - it is too eye-catching. You can also add a secret stamp on the note.
Even if it is lost, it will not be falsely claimed.
Wang Zhaomin knew that this was giving away his "private money" in the food collection, and asked him to help more during the food collection process - this was the first time he had encountered such a cheerful boss - and he gained a lot psychologically.
Satisfied, he cupped his hands and said: "I will serve you wherever it is useful."
At this point, everyone already had a tacit understanding with each other. The long night was long and the conversation was in full swing. Wu De still had one more important thing to ask him, but it was not urgent just now, but it is almost done now.
He whispered: "How should we deal with Chen Minggang?"
"If you're being hypocritical," Wang Zhaomin closed his eyes, "you may not be the opponent of this old fox..."
Wu De understood it. It was almost the same as his own.
"Been taught a lesson."
The furtive conversation between the two men continued until early in the morning. Wu De returned to the office at night. The room was brightly lit. Members of the county government leadership working group were still awake and were gathering in the conference room to discuss issues.
There are a group of professionals here who have been transferred from various departments specifically for land tax matters, mainly financial talents. There is also Panda, a combat engineer of the army - he was transferred here because he worked in the tax bureau and was responsible for tax collection.
The tax system is very clear.
Of course, there is also Xiong Buyou, who is responsible for external relations, and Dong Weiwei, who is in charge of surveying and mapping, is also a half-hearted Ming history enthusiast. Of course, it is not to borrow her knowledge of Ming history, but because she has been doing social surveys in rural areas for several months and has first-hand knowledge.
Material.
There are also a group of liaison officers responsible for coordinating with various ministries and commissions, such as Sun Xiao from the Planning Commission and Zhou Botao from the Political Security Bureau.
Wu De asked people to make strong tea and conveyed the contents of the conversation with Wang Zhaomin one by one. Everyone was very interested in such intelligence information. However, the biggest dispute among the leadership group was how to deal with Chen Minggang.
This cunning bookkeeper is of course not worth a penny, but the Yulin Book in his hand is a key item. How many places to start classes in the county are all in this book.
The time traveler has only completed half of the county's social census, and the issue of land property rights is an even more complicated matter. It requires large-scale land measurement and property rights verification, which cannot be done in a short time.
The authority has been established at a high grassroots level, but the tentacles have not really been extended in place.
Therefore, there was controversy within the leadership group over how to deal with Chen Minggang. Some people believed that he should be arrested immediately, put on trial, and then shot. Some people believed that he should be used for a period of time first. Of course, they had no objection to the final result of shooting this person.
"Okay, let's summarize the issues at hand." Wu De said.
The purpose of the Chuan Chuan Group to collect taxes is mainly to take this opportunity to penetrate and control the county government, and secondly to establish a fair and effective new tax system to reduce the burden on the people and increase income.
To achieve these two goals, we must have a complete understanding of the number of acres, fatness, and property rights in the county. Otherwise, we will not be able to start.
The social investigation work that started after the Spring Festival has gone through a series of tasks such as the suppression of bandits and the construction of grassroots organizations. Now it has made initial progress, but it is still far from having a true understanding of the social situation in the county.
To grasp the total number of acres, we have initially obtained some data through the work team's investigation. Some people also proposed using model aircraft to conduct remote sensing mapping to grasp the precise number, nature and location of acres in the county. However, the issue of land property rights does not rely on simple surveying and mapping.
It can be investigated clearly.
In order to investigate property rights, you have to establish land. It is not only extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming to declare and survey again, but also has great resistance. In feudal society, whenever you want to establish land, it is easy to do it not only when a new dynasty is established, but also when reforms are carried out.
Every time it was carried out later, it would always cause a strong backlash from the gentry class, and in the end it would often stop.
One of the fundamental purposes of the Executive Committee's large-scale social survey is to prepare for a comprehensive land survey, but now it seems that the progress is far behind. According to Wu De's statistics, they have moved in through bandit suppression and work teams.
, now generally controls a quarter of the county's grassroots administration.
However, this administrative control is still very weak, and it is impossible to rely on them to carry out land surveying and inventory.
Moreover, it is now the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the grain collection is about to begin. According to Wang Zhaomin, the work must be completed by the beginning of November. The time is only two months. In these short two months, we want to expand the entire county's land.
The job is done, it’s simply unrealistic.
"So, this Yulin Book is very important to us, at least for now." Wu De said, "Before we have complete control over the land property rights of the entire county."
Although the Yulin Register is full of errors, it is the only proof before the new property rights registration book comes out. No wonder the Household Secretary Office can make a lot of money from this, and no matter how the dynasty changes, their wealth will not be cut off.
"It seems like we still have to cooperate with Chen Minggang?" Xiong Buyou said.
"Isn't it just a Yulin book? Let's find a way to get his Yulin book." Zhou Dongtian said slowly, "I believe he will definitely say it."
"Are you so sure?"
"Of course." Zhou Dongtian looked confident, "As long as you authorize it."
Of course Wud knew what he was going to do - but he had other plans.
"I have a plan, and I also need to do the land work, and the work of collecting taxes," Wu De said, "but this plan needs to be submitted to the executive committee for approval, and we need to have in-depth cooperation with Wang Zhaomin, so we
Discuss it among yourself first..."
The autumn grain has not yet appeared, but the news that the Australians are preparing to take over the entire county's autumn harvest has spread throughout the county. This news immediately caused a sensation and made the wealthy gentry feel nervous. They sent people to the city to inquire about the news. For a time, the county government
The teahouse in front was overcrowded.
The news that came out was very bad, saying that this time it was Mr. Wu from Bairen Village who was taking charge of the tax. Everyone knew that Mr. Wu from Bairen Village was the big boss in Australia.
, obviously with bad intentions. As long as the family has one or two hundred acres of land and is considered a grain farmer, they feel uneasy and don't know what the Australians are going to do.
Neither Wang Zhaomin nor Chen Minggang said anything about the Australians' specific methods of collecting grain and tax. Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine the two men would sell in the future.
Small civilian households are not worried about this. No matter who becomes the emperor, they have to pay for food anyway. The food for Australians is probably about the same. No matter how bad it is, it won’t be much worse. Fortunately, the weather is quite helpful this year, the weather is good, and the crops are good. Many people have
I have earned a lot of income by working for Australians, and I guess this year's autumn grain payment will be easier than last year.
A few days later, the gentry in the county recommended Zhang Youfu to negotiate terms with Wu De, hoping to find out from him how big the appetite of the Australians was this time.
Zhang Youfu went to Wu De's place for a walk, and after listening to Wu De's face-to-face instructions, he immediately returned home.
A group of anxious landowners and squires gathered in the living room, waiting for a response. Some of them did not come themselves, but they also sent trusted stewards.
"Chief Wu said that it will be business as usual this year," Zhang Youfu said.
There was a sigh of relief from the crowd. Since it remains the same, their interests will not be harmed. Although some of them have heavier and unreasonable burdens, they do not hope for any changes - after all, it is not the case right now.
It's passable. If you really want to change something, God knows what it will look like. The Chinese have known since ancient times that many things are inherently bad, but the results that are said to be improved often end up getting worse the more they are changed.
"Chief Wu also said that it was not their intention to collect taxes this year." Zhang Youfu said to everyone, "I just thought that reasonable burdens would cause trouble to everyone, so why not collect them together in the autumn tax?"
Okay. So that everyone doesn’t have to come here twice.”
This is not bad. However, the reasonable burden is collected on a per village basis, but the grain collection is calculated on an acre basis. Some people ask how to calculate it?
"Autumn food is autumn food, and reasonable burdens are reasonable burdens." Zhang Youfu said, "It just needs to be delivered together with the payment."
Zhang Youfu went on to announce that both reasonable burdens and grain taxes could be compensated with grain coupons. This news made the landlords make a fuss - they usually spent the coupons they got immediately. Now
Many people regretted it when they heard that it could be used as compensation for grain and tax.
After Zhang Youfu finished speaking, everyone felt satisfied and dispersed one after another. Liu Youren, who was sitting at the end, got up and came over and asked Zhang Youfu:
"Old Zhang! Is Lao Ba still in charge of this year's grain collection?"
"Of course! Without Lao Ba, and the Australians don't have Yulin books, how can they collect grain?" Zhang Youfu asked strangely.