"Isn't there Delong who collects it on your behalf?" Yan Ming was very sensitive to this issue of management authority.
"Delong is the acting county treasury, not the main body of collection - the tax payment is handed over to the bank, which does not mean that the bank is collecting taxes."
"You mean setting up a tax bureau, right?"
"That's it. This organization will be established sooner or later, starting with this year's grain collection work." Wu De told everyone his idea. The reason why it is called the "Grain Collection Bureau" is that it will temporarily use the disguise of Ming Dynasty officials.
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"This grain collection bureau is nominally a temporary agency of the county government. We asked Wu Ya, the county magistrate, to serve as the general office. Of course, he is just a sign. In this way, many things can be done in the name of Lingao County Government.
It has been carried out. If necessary, official forces can also be dispatched..."
"What official force is, isn't it our own people?"
"Haha, that's right." Wu De smiled, "The main task of the Grain Recruitment Bureau is to assist Delong in collecting autumn grain, and the main task of our leadership group is to clear the land."
From the fall of this year to the spring of next year, it is the stage to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Lingao field and grain production conditions, and to make preparations for the new tax system. The new tax system will be officially implemented starting from next summer.
The first step is to clean up the land property rights, reissue the land deeds, and verify the land for tax payment. Because the Household Secretary Office has been engaging in fraud for a long time and privately altered the fish scale register, causing the fish scale register to be inconsistent with the actual land occupation status.
The second step is to clean up the fields that have been hidden, "sent" and other ways to avoid grain requisition.
Finally, a basic survey is conducted on the fertility, planting and harvesting conditions of the fields as a basis for formulating tax rates.
"...This needs the help of people from the Agricultural Committee. I have discussed it with Wu Nanhai, and he will allocate a group of people who understand agricultural technology as consultants to investigate the land conditions. After all the details are found out, then
Only then can we design new tax rates and collection methods.”
"This will mean that the future household houses will be useless."
"Of course. From now on, they will just need to do some official paperwork. However, some things may require the help of retained personnel."
"I'm afraid there will be great resistance to clearing the land, and the gentry grain farmers will react violently."
"Their passion must have been shaken by this incident. Even if they want to cause trouble, we can prescribe the right medicine."
The biggest benefit is that through this incident, we have a rough grasp of what the big gentry households will probably do, how far they can achieve it, and who will react the most intensely. Although Chen Minggang's motivation for "zhangtian" was not pure, it gave him a
It was an opportunity for Wu De and others to observe the reaction of the wealthy gentry.
The Grain Collection Bureau then devoted itself to the intense work of cleaning up the account books, and transferred some "better-performing" personnel from the grain difference in the study class and the retained personnel in the household houses to participate in the sorting. All the account books were in accordance with Sun Xiao's
Instructions to use modern format for re-registration.
It took a lot of effort to re-register the fish scale book. Although Yu Eshui boasted about Haikou at the time, he was still in a hurry once he got the real thing. He mobilized ancient Chinese professionals and some scholars from the staff to help.
Fortunately, they turned to Zhou Qi, who had been Chen Minggang's apprentice for almost twenty years, to figure out the ghostly data and land map inside.
Based on this booklet, the collection records are compared to check the collection figures of each household, and then a new "food allowance" is issued according to the principle of refunding more and subsidying less.
"Chen Minggang and his gang engaged in land management, and the money they extorted from grain farmers must also be fully investigated." Wu De looked at the newly registered account of charging "land management" benefits, "How much did Chen Minggang do by himself?
How much each of my subordinates have done must be thoroughly investigated!"
"There's no need to investigate this. Anyway, all their belongings belong to us..."
"No, these bribes will all be returned after investigation."
"Ah, is this necessary?" Sun Xiao was very surprised, "This is a bribe given to Chen Minggang and his gang. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Even modern law does not say that the bribe money will be returned."
"No," Wu De shook his head, "Attention, these bribes were given for the Zhangtian matter. We must draw a clear line from this matter."
Wu De planned to tell the grain farmers by returning the bribes: the Zhangtian matter will continue, don't think that you can get rid of it with bribes.
"Oh, it's a bit unnecessary." Sun Xiao felt very sad.
"Spitting out a little bit is not important," Wu De said. "It is crucial to establish rules for these grain farmers."
The incident that happened in the county government was later spread to the ears of the common people, and also to the ears of the gentry and wealthy families. This sudden change, the atmosphere of fear caused by martial law and mass arrests in the city made the city and the countryside
The common people were very nervous for a while, but then they saw that everything was normal, and there was no sign of the King's flag changing on the city wall. Except that many faces became unfamiliar, the county government was still doing everything as usual. Recently, the county government has not released announcements as usual due to busy farming.
The county magistrate did not go to court to handle the case, but Mr. Wu still went to the countryside several times in a sedan chair, supposedly to "inspect the anti-Taiwan and flood prevention work."
Huang Hankun, who worked hardest in the previous stage, was completely trapped in a sense of powerlessness and confusion. Logically speaking, he should be happy. He moved around and lobbied everywhere, and finally put an end to the Australians' attempt to use subordinate officials to collect grain in the county.
It was dismissed. Now that the grain requisition was suspended, even the grain collectors headed by Chen Minggang were wiped out, and the gentry grain farmers were very angry.
But he is still not sure whether it was his own activities that had the effect, or whether the thief had originally planned to do this?
If it was to control the county government - they did not touch the county officials, but they eliminated the subordinate officials who were responsible for specific affairs! The subordinate officials were certainly hateful, but without this group of people no one would be able to manage the county.
Affairs, don’t the thieves know this?
In order to find out what the thief wanted to do, he wanted to find out the information from his acquaintances in the county government. Originally, the Huang family was very well-connected in the county government, and there were many acquaintances who were willing to take the Huang family's money. But now this person originally only wanted
A place where you can get all the information you want for money has become tightly guarded, with no details at all. The few remaining familiar faces kept silent when they saw Huang Hongkun coming to inquire about the information, and they were determined not to give up even the money.
I'm willing to do it - this look is like the sun rising from the west.
He had to often go to the eight-character wall in front of the county government office to see if there were any notices.
On the walls that were washed away by the rain, there were several new notices posted, and there were many passers-by watching in front. Huang Hankun suddenly became energetic and hurried up to take a look.
He was wearing the clothes of a Confucian scholar, and someone shouted from behind:
"Scholar! Help me read it."
Huang Hankun read as he read. The first one was a notice announcing the establishment of the Grain Collection Bureau. It denounced the various drawbacks of using grain margins when collecting grain taxes in the past, and announced that the drawbacks of using grain margins for private use in households would be abolished from now on.
Instead, a special department—the Grain Recruitment Bureau—was established.
"The Grain Collection Bureau is the new government office, right?"
"Don't make any noise, just listen to him read on."
Huang Hankun had no time to think about the joints, and was urged to start reading the second piece.
But this one is strange: it talks about the county treasury's agency. From now on, all entry and exit from the county treasury will be handled by Delong Grain Bank.
After all, Huang Xunkun had limited knowledge and was stunned for a moment - could the county's warehouse also handle this?
The common people are also confused about the meaning of this acting county treasury. Everyone knows about Delong Grain Store. It is a large grain store in Dongmen City. Many fully loaded oxcarts come in and out every day.
It looks like a very grand and well-established large store. The most useful coupons for shopping in Dongmen City are issued by this shop.
While there was a lot of discussion, Huang Hankun took advantage of the chaos and walked away. Although he didn't understand the specific "agency" method of the county treasury, it was still mentioned in the notice that all money, rice and grain incomings and outgoings of the county government should be handled in Delong.
know.
When I thought about it again with the matter of the Grain Recruitment Bureau, it suddenly dawned on me. This was a thieves trying to seize the county's financial power! In this way, the households in the county government completely lost their actual power, and the grain requisition officials
The matter became a matter for the Grain Recruitment Bureau controlled by the Australians. This so-called Grain Requisition Bureau was the work of the Australians.
They are really pressing forward step by step. Huang Xunkun thought, now the thieves are no longer willing to interfere in county affairs outside the city, but directly interfere openly and openly.
He strolled to the side of the county government office, which used to be a place where subordinate officials in the county lived together. Most of the subordinate officials who worked in the government office lived here. He wanted to find out the family members of the people inside, and maybe he could learn from the women and
I heard only a few words from the child's mouth.
The alley entrance was deserted and deserted, and the wooden gate was closed. There was also a Minzhuang from the Zhuang class holding a wooden stick standing guard at the door. Where did this rule come from? Huang Hankun felt strange, and just about to ask, he
Seeing that Minzhuang shouted: "What are you doing?"
The accent was definitely not that of locals, which surprised Huang Hankun. As far as he knew, the people in this county were all locals - because they were exempted from service and tax, outsiders could not get this benefit at all.
Looking at the way he stood and held the stick, and the short stubble of hair exposed under his hat, Huang Hankun immediately recognized him. This was a "fake Kun"! Most likely he was still the country hero from the "militia group" they had made.
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Huang Hankun said that he was here to find someone, but after talking for a long time, he refused to let him go. The other party did not take him as a distinguished scholar seriously at all, and did not say a word except repeatedly saying "No passage".
Huang Hankun took out a bunch of copper coins from his sleeve and stuffed it into it: "Brother, it's convenient!"
"I don't want the money." Minzhuang pushed his hand back with great force. If Huang Hankun hadn't had some skills, he might have been on his back.
"I don't know how to appreciate it!" He cursed secretly, put the money away in frustration and left in embarrassment.