If things had gone by in the past, Huang Huangkun would have had to give him a few compliments for such a blind little character. Let him know where the gate of Huangjiazhai opens. But Huang Huangkun has been a little frightened recently - Australian
His ingenious and obscene skills put him in a state of constant panic. Now he and Li Xiaopeng were whispering when they talked, which made Wang Ci, who taught at the county school, very unhappy. He even scolded him yesterday.
Them: “Sneaky!”
What worries him the most is the meeting between himself and Gou Chengxuan - in the county school, he can see Lai Xiao who works hard in the county school almost every day and eats chestnuts from time to time.
Every time he thought about Fu He's private conversations with the three culprits in the teahouse in front of the county government being recorded and then released by the Australians, Huang Huangkun was afraid that the conversations between him and Gou Chengxuan would also be known to the Australians.
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However, seeing that Lai Xiao was still alive and kicking and that Nan Bao was not caught sifting the sand, it means that the secret of this matter has probably not been revealed yet. Moreover, he and Gou Chengxuan did not discuss the matter at that time. Of course, the matter of joining forces with Gou Chengxuan must be put aside for the time being.
The time has not come.
Huang Huangkun wandered around the county full of thoughts, and finally found an acquaintance's scribe's wife in the city. The woman told him very nervously: Recently, most of the yamen officials were captured by the Australians.
Not only that, but their families were also taken away.
"...It was all done quietly at night, arresting people from house to house, men and women, old and young, not sparing any one..." The woman was still frightened, "I don't know what method was used, but they just happened to pick them up one after another silently."
The gangsters were taken away."
"Where were the people arrested?"
"Who knows, he won't go to the labor camp. Fortunately, we are pretty decent people on weekdays..." The woman began to ramble.
Huang Hankun patiently listened to the woman's story and quickly asked about the changes in the Yamen?
He learned about the general personnel changes from her mouth. The woman told him clearly that there were many new outsiders in the yamen - this was a rare thing. Generally, the subordinates were related to each other.
many.
This further confirmed Huang Hankun's suspicion that the thieves wanted to directly install their own people in the county government office! This group of people is really brave! However, he had no way to do it - the officials didn't care, he was alone
How to manage a small scholar?
While Huang Xunkun was secretly distressed, the ordinary gentry and wealthy people were secretly happy, almost to the point of celebrating. Even if there was no such thing as the expropriation of grain and land this year, this group of subordinate officials who usually do evil things and come to Qiufeng to extort money from time to time were actually
Being wiped out by the Australians, no matter what the Australians planned to do, they obviously did a good thing.
But the happiness didn't last long. Soon, Liu Dalin received an "administrative complaint reply letter." This was the first time everyone had heard of this new term. After opening it, he found that the grain farmers were answered in vernacular.
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In response to the three requirements put forward in the complaint, the reply clearly answered them one by one:
The first point is to stop "farming". The answer is clear in the reply: Clearing out the number of acres is a reasonable and fair basis for collecting grain taxes. In the past, "household records" and "grain difference" colluded with each other to privately change the tax rolls, which not only disturbed the people but also
It harms the people. If grain farmers are law-abiding and good people, they don’t need to worry about this move that “benefits the country and the people.”
"Doesn't this mean that we want to have a piece of land?" Several relatives who stopped at Liu's house were shocked.
Liu Dalin signaled them to be silent and continued reading.
The second point of the complaint is to cancel the monopoly of grain and tax, and to "continue to the old practice." The answer here is that the monopoly of grain and tax is a disadvantage, so the county has permanently banned "household packages" and "grain differentials", and has instead set up special
Please contact the "Grain Collection Bureau" to handle the matter.
The last one is "severely punishing those who are underprivileged". Needless to say, Chen Minggang has been dismissed from the job of household registration. Not only that, he and his whole family have disappeared. However, the reply still admitted that "the appointment of non-human beings" was made, and stated that it had been
"Treat it seriously".
The entire document is handwritten, and the handwriting is very good. It is probably the handwriting of a scholar - Australians are very bad at writing with brushes, and everyone in the county knows it.
Liu Dalin fell into deep thought. Although the reply was written in colloquial style and in vernacular, its flaws were not concealed. There was not a single nonsense word in the whole reply. All the requests in the reply were answered one by one without concealment or avoidance.
.It’s all explained whether you agree or disagree. Such an attitude in handling things is truly rare!
Although Liu Dalin has never been an official, he has a lot of experience in the officialdom. In the Ming Dynasty government, although there are some rejections for this kind of talent, he will either reject it directly or respond with empty words. It is obviously urgent.
However, the officials still had to shirk the blame, and if they couldn't push it away, they would put on an official face and scare people. If the person who submitted the letter was a local gentry or something like that, the senior official's staff would come out to deal with it and say
A few empty words without any appeasement, if they were ordinary people, they would be whipped by the government officials, and they might even be sued.
The Australian government is a hundred times more sophisticated than the Ming Dynasty! Liu Dalin said in his heart, suddenly startled and felt that his idea was very bad. He suppressed the fluctuation in his heart and looked towards his relatives.
"Is it better to have a husband? What should I do?" Someone was anxious.
"This is impossible." Liu Dalin no longer had much interest in this matter. "The Australians are determined to do this." He said slowly, "Theoretically, what they said is not wrong. Nowadays,
The grain levy is really full of disadvantages and harms the people a lot."
"Sir! We have lived in the countryside for a long time, so we naturally know the disadvantages. But if we want to clear away the land, will we still have a way to survive?"
Liu Dalin was a little disgusted with this relative of his - after all, he had a Jinshi relative who could secretly send land to evade taxes. What about ordinary people with no power? They barely survived. Liu Dalin was a great scholar after all.
Understand the truth and know that the corruption of this grain tax is largely related to the abuse of tax exemption privileges by the gentry.
If the Australians could really sort out the land acres in this county and make taxes more equal, the common people would be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
While he was pondering without saying anything, the person at the door came to announce: Huang Hankun has come to pay his respects.
"Please." Huang Hankun was the one who initiated the petition together with him. Now that there is a reply, he naturally has to be notified - there are other co-signers, so this matter can be handled by Huang Hankun.
"...Uncle! Even the imperial court does not dare to deal with the matter of clearing the land and clarifying the land tax easily - it is originally a matter that benefits the country and the people, but this divine grace cannot be sprinkled on the heads of the common people!" Huang Zhen
Kun heard his thoughts and said quickly.
"That's what I'm worried about." Liu Dalin knew that what Huang Hankun said was true. When he was studying, he had a vague feeling that the imperial courts in the past dynasties wanted to get rid of some bad policies, or something.
When you do something for the people, it will always change for the worse.
"Even if Australians really want to do things for the people," Huang Hankun advised, "but in Zhangtian, there are so many things to do to clean up taxes. In the past, Chen Minggang used this banner to harm the people, and he was very vicious. Now it's not easy.
Even if Chen Minggang is gone, he still has to marry a farmer. Without Chen Minggang, there is no guarantee that there will still be Li Minggang and Wang Minggang!"
Liu Dalin nodded, knowing that Huang Xunkun was right. No matter how good his intentions were, he could not withstand the random interference of those who were in charge of the matter below, and good things would turn into bad things. Can Australians avoid this custom? He had no idea.
"Forget it, I'll talk to the Australians again. It's better to take it slow for a while about the husband's land."
"Uncle, you are kind to the people of the county." Huang Hankun quickly put on his hat.
"I didn't want to get involved in these matters." Liu Dalin sighed, "It concerns the livelihood of the people, so I have to be Feng's wife again."
Since the Australians have to stay in Lingao for several years, judging from their actions, they will inevitably have to govern the people. For the sake of local considerations, he wants to "educate" some principles of governance to the Australians to prevent them from making similar mistakes again.
Immediately, I ordered people to go to the Dongmen City Management Office to post a message and request to see Xiong Buyou.
Xiong Buyou is not in the Dongmen City Management Office. As the director of the county office, he is based in the county and goes to the county government office almost every day to do things. The work of taking over the county government office has begun to enter the detailed stage, and a comprehensive inspection of the county government office must be carried out.
There were a lot of things to do during the cleanup and enumeration. I received a call saying that Liu Jinshi wanted to see him. I knew that he was probably here to lobby for the "exemption from land ownership" - this is what landlords are most afraid of - this old man is really stubborn.
Yes, he is worthy of being the spokesperson of the landlord class.
It's not appropriate to ask him to see him at the county office where he lives - it's too messy and not suitable for meeting guests. He might as well go and visit him at home.
"...Chief Xiong——" Liu Dalin said as everyone called Australians.
"If you don't dare, just call me Xiong Buyou." Xiong Buyou carefully looked at this famous Jinshi. Both the local natives and the executive committee regarded him as a treasured Jinshi. He found that although Liu Jinshi's figure was a little wizened, he had a pair of eyes.
Extremely divine.
"Students are here today because of their husband's affairs."
Sure enough, it's here, Xiong Buyou thought, let's see what you say next.
"The Zhangtian matter is extremely disturbing to the people. Please take it back. The people of Lingao are very grateful!"
This opening represents the people of Lingao. Xiong Buyou was a little disgusted. He asked: "The purpose of establishing land is to clarify taxes. How can it become a nuisance to the people if the burden of the people is evenly distributed?"
"The nobles are coming, and they keep saying they want to protect the country and the people. Don't you know that in this world, it is easy to protect the country, but the most difficult to secure the people." Liu Dalin put on a face of teaching, "With the power of the nobles, muskets, cannons and iron ships, three
This has not happened twice in a hundred years, but raising the generals of the people does not happen overnight."
Xiong Buyou was tired of hearing this, but he was a cadre responsible for external relations and was equivalent to a diplomat. He couldn't have no self-restraint at all. At the moment, he just pretended to be all ears.