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Chapter 54 Taxation

Wang Shixian has always been responsible for the task of running around on behalf of Guo Ning.

Although he was born in Wanggu, he was from a good family when he was young, and he had studied and entered school seriously.In terms of conversation, even if it can't be compared with those Confucian scholars with great knowledge, it is always better than the wine and meat monks under Guo Ning, the local ruffians in Zhongdu, and the rough men in the army.

Moreover, during this period of time, Wang Shixian has met many big figures who he could only look up to in the early years, and talked about many important things. His own confidence and bearing are quite different from those when he was trapped in Xinqiaoying a few days ago.

At this moment, the other person was a few feet away, and he said something astonishing, which immediately lifted the spirit of Tu Shanhang: "What? Taxes?"

Du Shanhang has been in Anzhou for more than a year. The most troublesome problems are the reorganization of military power and taxation.

When it comes to the taxes of the Dajin court, the types are very complicated.

The main normal tax types are the old system of the Liao and Song Dynasties in effect, relying on the two taxes on land; there are material money estimated according to the scale of property such as land, slaves, houses, cattle and sheep; there is a household survey for silk and silk; there is a special tax for Jurchen The cattle head tax of Meng'an Mouke households; there are also taxes on salt, tea, merchants, and customs.

Generally speaking, compared with the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, Dajin’s tax rate is not high, and the regulations on discounts and consumption savings are also very considerate to the people.When Sejong was in power, tens of thousands of Song people in the Southern Dynasties even fled to the north year after year.

However, the same thing between the Great Jin Dynasty and the previous dynasties is that all the taxes that can fall on legal documents are all good governance; but in fact, what the people really bear is more and more as time goes by, far more than On paper these.

Not to mention the means of floating income, suppressing allotments, and reducing household income but not reducing taxes, etc., by subordinate officials. Once the nobles of the imperial court in Zhongdu have tight accounts, they can use a large sum of money, such as horse money, military supply money, exemption money, etc. All kinds of money from Hefu came in.There is even a miraculous operation in which the imperial court stepped forward and confidently borrowed taxes from the people of the world in advance for the next few years.

And every time there is a war, all these exorbitant taxes will be turned up ten times and a hundred times, and all policies of suppression and restraint will be ignored, even digging three feet of the ground, and countless families will be destroyed.

Although the imperial court clearly stipulates that when there is a poor department, it must be registered according to the registration. The rich can be paid to the officials at that time, and the powerful can be acquired first, or the merger can be acquired.As a result, the county officials and Xiangxu were able to act as traitors, forcibly making the people exhausted and poor, and the power of the township tyrants greatly increased.

After Tu Shanhang took office in Anzhou, he has been trying to cheer himself up, but what can he do?Outside Ocheng County, relying on the achievements of the six roads in the early years, there are plenty of official land that should be lost in rent, but no one cultivates it, and the people have fled long ago.There are also many private lands that should be taxed, but those belong to the subordinate officials, Lizheng, and chief officials. They are intertwined with each other and their voices are connected.

Several times, Tu Shanhang has been angered by their obedience and transgression, but what can he do?
In the past few years, there have been many vicious battles in northern Xinjiang. The imperial court has tried its best to recruit millet and sign troops on Hebei Road and Zhongdu Road, and has already evacuated a military prefecture.Tu Shanhang wanted to intimidate them, but he couldn't mobilize a grain shooting army of more than a hundred people in Wocheng County.

If you don't have soldiers, you can't get money and food; if you don't have money and food, you can't recruit enough soldiers.This situation went round and round, which almost made Tu Shanhang completely desperate.But at Zhongdu Road, orders are still being issued. The imperial court wants to raise food, raise money, collect horses, and requisition, all of which are supervised by important officials, but Du Shanhang can't do anything!
After years of catastrophe and catastrophe, there is no regular tax, so where is the spare energy to do this?
At the end of last year, he turned to various places to break up troops and work hard, hoping to enrich the power of the Governor's Mansion and suppress the township headed by the Yu family in Xinqiaoying.In the end, Xi Jun was finally persuaded, and his leader, Xiao Haohu, was killed by Guo Ning in an instant... The rest of the hundred or so people were like timid quails, unable to do anything!
Since the Taihe period, the examination and curriculum method has been fixed, and the four good and seventeen best systems have been made.Tu Shanhang himself compared the system and calculated several times, knowing that even if his uncle Tu Shanyi was in charge of the Ministry of Officials in person, he would not be able to find a reason for his promotion even if he tore through his own family records.

until this time.

Tu Shanhang exclaimed, feeling that he had greatly disrespected the court officials.But he couldn't hold back his emotions, so he couldn't help but stepped forward and stared at Wang Shixian: "What did you just say?"

Wang Shixian hastened a few steps, and gave a standard salute to Tu Danhang.He raised his head with a smile on his face: "Master Inspector, please take a look."

He raised his finger and pointed: "There are ten large carts following me here, and there are still ten waiting outside the city. These carts are loaded with the rent tax that was shipped in advance. First, the summer tax of last year is paid, and then the tax is paid according to the tax. The number of acres of fields after the six roads included in the Taihe period is taken as three-fold per mu, and the total is here."

Tu Shanhang quickly walked over with his robe in his hand, and lifted the tarpaulin on the car. Sure enough, the heavy shaft of the car can't fool anyone, the car is full of grain bags!

"This... these grains... so much grain, where did they come from?" Tu Danhang subconsciously scolded, and then slowed down his tone: "Summer grain is fine, it's a small head. Autumn tax mu takes five liters , and pay a bundle of [-] catties of straw, which is not a small sum... Where is the autumn tax?"

Wang Shixian smiled: "According to the arrangement of the governor, the dilapidated Baojia in Anzhou will start to be recultivated at this moment, and all things such as farming and mulberry will be properly done by someone. By August, the whole The autumn grain for two years will be given in full. In addition, from next month, the material money that the prefecture should have and the autumn grain owed last year will be given one after another. By June at the latest, the governor will definitely have an explanation. "

Still according to my arrangement?Tu Shanhang sneered.

"The leader of your family, that Changzhou Guo Ning, what does he want?"

Wang Shixian gave another gift: "Anzhou is in such a state of decline that it is unbearable for the imperial court to confiscate again. I also ask the governor to continue to deal with the people of Hezhou; and my husband will stay in the camp and feed the army river to keep the place peaceful. After that, I just ask Both sides are safe and sound."

As soon as he said this, everyone present changed their faces.

Guo Ning, the leader of a defeated army, sent an envoy here. Does the meaning in his words mean that he wants to fight against the governor?What do these words mean, from now on, the governor only needs to face the court, and don't care about other things?

Sijun Jiagu Aludai and housekeeper Cui Xiannu immediately yelled and cursed, and many servants hurriedly followed them to threaten.Zhang Jiao was stunned for a moment, but said nothing.

Wang Shixian was completely unmoved, and still stood with lowered eyebrows, only glancing at Tu Shanhang from the corner of his eyes.

After Tu Shanhang was stunned, he continued to sneer,

Using this kind of rhetoric to force the imperial court officials to compromise, it would be to underestimate me!

Now a total of [-] carts of food are given, and the rest are just promises, but you want me, the governor, to protect you from the wind and rain?What a joke.

This Changzhou Guo Ning, a mere defeated army, unexpectedly gathered troops and joined forces with local powerful men, obviously with bad intentions.He and Yang An'er and his ilk are basically the same thing!The court's law is here, and this kind of chaotic army must be severely punished, and must be on guard; if you cooperate with it, it must be seeking skin from a tiger!

He thought so, but he looked at the vehicles full of food and insisted on not moving.

but……

But this is food!

Twenty carts, this is last year's summer tax!If the autumn grain can arrive, it will be one hundred, no, three to five hundred carts of grain!Not to mention Anzhou, given the situation last autumn, the entire Zhongdu Road might not be able to harvest so much grain!

So, will the situation this year be better than last year?

Impossible, the fierce battle with the Mongolian army is still going on, and the central capital will always be short of food.At that time, whoever can deliver food to Zhongdu will be the savior, and whoever will be reused by the imperial court.

Tu Shanhang remembers very clearly that the year before last, his uncle Tu Shanyi, because he dispatched [-] troops to defend the Central Capital in time, so he stayed behind in Shangjing and became the Prime Minister of Shangshuyou in one fell swoop.The soldiers of the previous year are just like the food of this year.As long as I can make achievements on this...then the merit is nothing greater than saving him!
Even if this Changzhou Guo Ning is really another Yang An'er, if he wants to rebel, it's not now, right?With that little time, maybe... maybe... I'll go back to Zhongdu with food?How about the successor of Anzhou, what does it have to do with me?
Thinking of this, Tu Shanhang's face became more serious.

He took a step in front of the shaft of the cart, waved the driver away, and beckoned Wang Shixian to come closer.

"You said that, really?"

Wang Shixian said seriously, "It's absolutely true."

Tu Shanhang pondered for a moment: "I don't intend to serve as governor of Anzhou for a long time. After autumn this year..."

"Pay the autumn grain to the superior, and I will definitely not miss the matter of the governor. In addition, my husband still has a few small gifts to give. I think it will help the governor's promotion."

"what gift?"

Wang Shixian walked to a large cart and lifted the tarpaulin: "Master Inspector, please take a look!"

Tu Danhang followed quickly, looked at it, and said in surprise, "These are flags and armor? Where did they come from?"

"There are four military flags and ten pieces of armor. They were all captured when we fought with Hu Shahu a few days ago. An insider can tell where they came from at a glance."

"What am I going to do with this thing?" Tu Shanhang asked.

"My lord said that Tudan governor's uncle, the current prime minister Tudan, has always disliked those generals who run amok, and he is even more of a political enemy with Hu Shahu. Now that Hu Shahu is in Zhongdu, presumably he is bragging about his feat of defeating Yang An'er. In order to add luster to myself. Then, these objects must be useful to Prime Minister Tu Dan when they arrive in Zhongdu."

"Your Mr. Guo Lang is very knowledgeable!" Tu Shanhang heyed, and asked again: "If my uncle asks, where did these objects come from..."

"Naturally, it is the result of Anzhou's bravery to repel the traitor Yang An'er's troops."

In other words, Anzhou Yiyong defeated Yang An'er, and captured what Yang An'er had captured when he defeated Hu Shahu's troops?Haha, it would be interesting to think about it if the princes of Chaotang Gungun understood the meaning.

After thinking about it, Tu Danhang asked again: "Where did the name of Anzhou's bravery come from? I didn't know that Anzhou had such a troop!"

Wang Shixian laughed and said, "The volunteers of Anzhou are naturally the subordinates of the governor of Anzhou. The governor personally formed and commanded him. How can he not know the situation of this army? On the contrary, we are only stationed at the Feijunhe camp. I don’t know anything, I’ve never heard of anything!”

That is to say, I, the governor of Anzhou, can also share in the credit for repelling Yang An'er?Very good, this treatment is at least no worse than that of Nianjiazhen!
A gust of cold wind blew along the road in the city, shaking the withered grass in front of the Governor's Mansion, and rolled up half-dried dust.Tu Shanhang raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, he couldn't help thinking about it.

The people on both sides didn't say anything more, but when Wang Shixian left, Tu Shanhang nodded slightly, and asked Cui Xiannu to come forward to see him off.

　Note: In the national language, waving hands and worshiping is called "Sasu".

　
(End of this chapter)