The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed.
Zhang Fei knew very well that his strength was weak, and the opponent could be said to control thunder and lightning. If they fought face to face, he would definitely not be able to defeat them.
The only way to win is by speed, and to keep creating time difference.
Simply put, when they are ready to respond to this move, they will take the next step immediately, instead of following the traditional rules and taking one step at a time.
Now everyone sees through Zhang Fei's tricks.
That is, to deal with the people first, and then deal with these powerful people.
In fact, many people believe that the powerful and the people are hostile to each other, but this is not the case. The relationship between them is actually very close.
Because the powerful control the means of production, while the people control the productive forces.
Whether it is obstructing reform or directly rebelling, the people make trouble first and then the powerful and wealthy raise the flag. The routine is basically the same.
Just when the powerful thought that the police would deal with the people first and then deal with them, they were wrong again.
...
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Another issue of the News is released.
This issue directly announced the collection of street infringement tax.
It is mainly aimed at those street encroachments that do not pose any hidden dangers and occupy land that exceeds the standard wall range.
The standard range is about 20 square meters.
Two options.
Or demolish it.
Or pay taxes.
The newspaper also publishes the tax rates, with the lowest rate being 2.83 percent of the current market price and the highest being 4.5 percent.
The larger the area, the more you can harvest.
And a specific explanation was given, the tax rate was based on the average increase in housing prices in Bianjing over the past five years, which was about 2%. The 0.83 was actually the current rent compared to the market price.
Simply put, this land does not belong to you, but you can use and sell it, and the usage and sales fees cannot be kept by you alone.
This is public land.
But in fact, they still have to make some profit, because Zhang Fei got the average based on house prices and rents, and the mansions of those powerful and wealthy people are definitely higher than the average.
They were pulled down.
The tax will be levied today.
Look, the fox's tail is finally revealed.
After doing so much, doesn’t it cost money?
This is definitely competing with the people for profit!
At that time, the Imperial City was filled with complaints.
Government Affairs Hall.
"Alas... after all, you are young and impatient."
Wen Yanbo sighed.
Sima Guang was also worried: "The people's affairs have not been sorted out yet, and the replacement stalls have not been settled yet, but he is in a hurry to collect taxes. I am afraid that this good situation will change again!"
They don't understand that this great situation is right in front of them. As long as the people are properly resettled, the replacement of stalls is done well, and public opinion is supported, those powerful people will be like dead fish in a jar. Why are you in such a hurry?
......
Police station.
"Old Hou! Why are you here?"
Zhang Fei asked Hou Donglai: "Did something happen at the bookstore?"
Hou Donglai said hurriedly: "No! No! It's just... someone wants to publish an article in the Mingshi Newspaper."
Zhang Fei asked: "Who?"
Hou Donglai said, "Doctor Pei Jian."
Zhang Fei scratched his head and asked, "Is he considered a famous scholar?"
Hou Donglai said hurriedly, "Of course it counts. Doctor Pei is well versed in astronomy and geography, and is in charge of the Imperial Observatory." Zhang Fei became interested, "Is he going to publish an article on astronomy and geography?"
"That's not the case."
Hou Donglai handed a document to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei took a look at it and saw that the whole article was criticizing the urban reform of the General Police Department. In the final analysis, it was all for money. He immediately laughed and said, "It seems that his family has occupied a lot of land! Publish it! Publish it! Print more. This newspaper will definitely sell for money, but don't stock it. This newspaper can only make a profit."
"Wait a minute!"
Suddenly, a shout was heard, and Cao Ping walked in and snatched the article from Zhang Fei rudely. After reading it, he immediately scolded Zhang Fei: "You really value money over life, and you dare to publish this."
Zhang Fei first waved to Hou Donglai and said, "Wait outside first."
After Hou Donglai left, Zhang Fei said to Cao Ping: "Chief Superintendent, can we stop the printing of tabloids? Why not let me earn some money? I have done so much, but I don't get any bonus at all."
Cao Ping waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this matter. Aren't you being a little hasty? It's already being rumored outside that, as this article says, the so-called rectification is just to make money and enrich the budget of our General Police Department."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Yes! They are right. I just want to make money to enrich the budget of the General Police Department."
"That being said, but...but don't say it so early." Cao commented: "The people's affairs have not been dealt with yet, and you go to provoke them again, which will only cause more people to oppose.
You know, before that, many powerful people hoped that they could pay a little money to get rid of the street invasion, so they didn’t oppose it. Now that they know that they have to pay so much money every year, these people will stand up and oppose it. "
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Has the Chief Superintendent ever cooked?"
Cao Ping glanced sideways.
Zhang Fei explained: "Cooking requires timing. A high fire may cook faster but not necessarily better. A low fire may cook better but slower. Timing is the most important thing."
Cao Ping looked confused, "What on earth are you talking about?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I just want to say that now is the best time. The Chief Superintendent can rest assured. Not only can we not cause any trouble, but it will be beneficial to us."
Cao Ping was stunned and asked, "Is it good for us?"
Just at this moment, Ma Xiaoyi suddenly walked in and said, "Excuse me, Chief Superintendent, I have something important to report."
Cao Ping asked, "What's the matter?"
"Yes...it's like this." Ma Xiaoyi nervously handed over a tax bill, "The street encroachment tax for the Chief Superintendent's family has just been calculated, and I see that the Chief Superintendent is here, so...!"
Cao Ping immediately began to doubt his life. Are you trying to use my family as an example to scare the monkeys? He immediately shouted angrily, "Your Ma family has also invaded the street."
Ma Xiaoyi said awkwardly: "My brother is at my house collecting the payment now."
Cao Ping was slightly stunned, then sneered, "I see, you two guys are taking turns to attack, humph, you are really smart."
Ma Xiaoyi immediately pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "This idea was proposed by Third Brother."
Zhang Fei suddenly became anxious, "Damn! Xiao Ma, where is the loyalty you promised?"
Cao Ping pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "If you don't explain yourself clearly today, this matter will not end."
......
Ma family.
"Xiaoyi went to the police station early in the morning and is not at home."... "I know Xiaoma is at the police station now. I came here specially to find Uncle Ma." Cao Dongdong said with a grin.
Ma Tianhao was stunned, "What do you want from me?"
"Nothing else." Cao Dongdong took out a tax bill, "This is the street encroachment tax that my uncle's family needs to pay, hehe...!"
Ma Tianhao's expression froze, "Dong'er, given the relationship between our two families, you are going to collect taxes from my family?"
Cao Dongdong immediately said: "That's Xiao Ma being dishonest. He came to my house to collect taxes first, and then I...!"
Ma Tianhao was shocked and said, “You said Xiaoyi went to your house to collect taxes?”
Cao Dongdong nodded and said, "That's right. He even ignored his brotherhood in order to get a promotion. If Uncle Ma doesn't believe me, you can ask my father."
Ma Tianhao wondered, "Can he still get promoted?"
Cao Dongdong sighed: "At that time, my father praised him for not fearing the powerful, being selfless, and strictly enforcing the law, and was ready to promote him to police chief."
"ah?"
......
The police station, not caring at all about the abuses from the powerful, has begun to systematically collect taxes from these big street-invading businesses and demand that they make changes.
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi's strategy is to take advantage of the familiar.
Start with acquaintances.
Baifan Building.
"Da Lang! Don't blame us for being ruthless. We have also surrendered everything in our family." Cao Dongdong sighed.
Ma Xiaoyi nodded repeatedly.
Fan Zheng looked at the tax bill carefully and said, "Paying the tax is fine, but I need to know clearly who owns the land after paying the tax."
Ma Xiaoyi said hurriedly: "These seventeen articles are written very clearly. The land tax varies from household to household. As long as you pay the tax, the land belongs to you, and you can buy and sell it at will."
Fan Zheng asked: "What if you don't pay taxes?"
Ma Xiaoyi chuckled: "Then it doesn't belong to you anymore."
The meaning is very clear, this tax will continue to be levied.
You are really cruel. Fan Zheng nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I will pay the tax when the time comes."
"Okay then, we'll take our leave first."
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi got up and left as usual.
"Wait a minute!"
Fan Zheng pointed at the food and wine on the table and said, "Young Master, Xiao Ma, you are wearing official uniforms now, so you have to be careful, lest someone catches you and thinks we are secretly giving and receiving things."
Cao Dongdong glanced at Fan Zheng and said with a chuckle, "Da Lang, your revenge is too quick. Let's talk about it at the next meal."
Fan Zheng cupped his hands and said, "I am doing this for the sake of your official careers."
"Hang the account!"
"It's so troublesome to put it on account, why not just offset some of the taxes directly."
"Taozi! Pay the bill!"
After shouting, Cao Dongdong put one hand on Ma Xiaoyi's shoulder and walked out, whispering: "Xiao Ma, we have to find another way to come here to drink for free in the future."
Ma Xiaoyi's eyes turned and he said, "Why don't we put the license plate somewhere else and sell it."
Cao Dongdong blinked and said, "Good idea."
......
At the same time, Pei Jian's article was finally published.
It received unanimous praise from the scholar-official class, which immediately united the scholar-officials.
They respected Zhang Fei as a man.
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However...what happened next left them dumbfounded.
The day after this issue of the Mingshi Newspaper was published, even more people went to the police station to pay the fine. … The more they cursed, the more eagerly people paid, fearing that they would be left behind.
this.......
Have these people become rich?
Taking out ten strings of cash at once is not a small amount.
We are cheering for you and speaking out for justice, why are you so active?
Little did they know that their scolding made the people feel very upset.
We only need to pay ten strings of coins, and the land will be ours. You have to pay ten strings of coins, or even dozens of strings, every year.
This is really a great profit!
For the first time, the poor paid less taxes than the rich and powerful.
Then again, if the rich and powerful have surrendered, how can they escape?
They were even afraid that the Police Headquarters would change their minds and ask them to pay every year, so they had to get the new title deed quickly because they had already consulted the Legal Aid Department and knew that as long as they got the new title deed, the land would be theirs.
This actually forms a kind of mutual encouragement.
The more the General Police Department collects from the powerful, the more active the people will be.
The more active the people are, the smaller the voices of the powerful will be.
Compete with the people for profit.
It seems that you are the people and those common people are the prime ministers?
The News also published another issue at the appropriate time, praising the people of Bianliang for knowing and abiding by the law, and calling them truly the best people of all time.
But don’t be so aggressive. Our police station has limited manpower and we are overwhelmed!
The powerful and wealthy immediately stopped their actions.
The voices of opposition are getting smaller and smaller. Whoever opposes is challenging the law.
You have to know that the whole process is law enforcement, not legal reform. They can choose to return the public land, and the responsibility for the previous occupation will not be pursued.
They can only stir up public anger to protect themselves, but now the people are so enthusiastic about paying taxes.
And it was very fair. If they occupied part of the land within the city wall, they would be treated just like ordinary people. If they used the land for residential purposes, they only had to pay 100 coins. If they used the land for commercial purposes, they had to pay 10 strings of coins. Then the land would belong to them. Only if they occupied more land than that would they have to pay a street encroachment tax.
......
Around noon.
I saw two patrolmen escorting a yamen servant who was pushing dung towards a large house.
"Hurry up, hurry up, didn't you eat today?"
"Fuck! Don't even mention eating, it's disgusting."
"We're not pushing shit, we're not disgusted, where is the pony going to eat later?"
"Baifanlou, by the way, talk to Dalang about the license plate sale."
"vomit...!"
.....
These three people are Cao Dongdong, Ma Xiaoyi and Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei went back to his old job today and started shoveling manure again. He received the money and the work was hard, but he couldn't say anything because the streets were still full of manure.
The three of them came to a big house.
Dong Dong Dong!
There was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
The doorman opened the door and immediately covered his mouth and nose, "What is that that stinks?"
Cao Dongdong asked: "Is your master at home?"
The doorman saw that it was a patrolman and said cautiously, "I'm... at home."
Cao Dongdong said: "Then please inform your master that our patrol officers are here to collect taxes."
"Wait a moment."
Speak, and the door will be closed.
After a long while, the door opened again, and the person who came out was certainly not Gu Ji, but Gu Shaoqing.
Gu Ji wants to save face.
Before Gu Shaoqing even stepped out of the door, a cart of feces was thrown in front of him. He looked up and saw that it was Zhang Fei. He was really jealous of each other when they met. He said to Cao Dongdong: "Yanei, you are pushing feces to my house, which is a bit too much." .... Cao Dongdong smiled and said: "Shaoqing, don't blame me. Our police station is short of manpower. We can only shovel feces and collect taxes at the same time."
Gu Shaoqing sneered, "When did Yanei become like these lowly people who associate with excrement?"
Ma Xiaoyi immediately said, "Mr. Gu, you don't understand this, right? Our cart of manure is very expensive, worth hundreds of thousands of strings of cash. We love to be associated with this manure."
Cao Dongdong nodded: "That's right! That's right! This is not shoveling manure, this is shoveling gold!"
As he said this, he waved his hand and said, "Zhang San, quickly take out the tax bill and give it to Master Gu."
"yes."
Zhang Fei immediately took out a tax bill and handed it over, smiling and saying, "Master Gu gave me a cart of manure as a reward, but I have no way to repay you. I hope you will accept this small gift."
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi laughed so hard that their shoulders shrugged.
Gu Shaoqing snorted angrily: "You are a beggar, what right do you have to come to my house to ask for money?"
"Goodbye!"
The three of them clasped their fists in understanding, bowed, dropped the manure cart and left.
"stop!"
Gu Shaoqing shouted, "Your manure cart."
Cao Dongdong said: "Our police station is very reasonable. If you don't want to pay the street infringement tax, we won't force you. I have already planned to requisition this piece of land as a manure pond, specifically for temporary storage of manure. This truckload of manure will be placed here first and a boundary will be drawn."
Gu Shaoqing opened his eyes angrily, pointed at Cao Dongdong and said, "Cao Dongdong, don't go too far."
Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "If Shaoqing is dissatisfied, you can sue us."
Zhang Fei whispered, "Mr. Gu, you can contact our Bian Jing Law Firm."
"you...."
"Take it!"
Zhang Fei's expression changed, and he handed the tax bill over directly. "You think you can cover the sky with one hand? Damn, this time I'm just teaching you a lesson. Next time you bump into my hand, I will dump feces directly at your doorstep."
"Oh! How dare you, a mere servant in the government office, act so rudely in my residence."
Gu Ji walked out with a gloomy face, followed by a group of servants.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "He is the judge of the Taifu Temple, but he evaded taxes and threatened law enforcement officers. This is really impressive."
Gu Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Are you tired of living?"
Zhang Fei said: "Wang Wenshan and Wang Hong also said the same thing to me. Does Gu Sishi want to go on a long trip?"
"Then we'll see."
After saying these harsh words, Gu Ji turned and left.
Gu Shaoqing also turned around and went back.
The old man snatched the tax bill from Zhang Fei and closed the door.
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