It was not until it was dark that Xu Zhiqian came out from the back hall. However, she did not look tired at all and was still full of energy.
As they got on the carriage, Zhang Fei couldn't help but ask, "You didn't hold it in for two months and force yourself to add more work, did you?"
"Of course not."
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him: "It's just that those sisters will inevitably complain a few words, so... we just chatted a little more."
As she spoke, she sighed softly, "Zhang San, why does Master Wang have to collect exemption taxes from these women? They all have a hard life."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I think what Master Wang did was actually for the good of the women."
Xu Zhiqian asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei explained with a smile: "It's like those clients who come to our firm to seek help. Ordinary people can only sit in the front hall, while the rich businessmen sit in the back hall, with good tea and good wine. They have louder voices, more demanding requirements, and they often make sarcastic remarks to me, not because they are handsome, but because they pay us hundreds of strings of cash every year.
If you women want to get more rights, the sympathy of others will not solve this problem. You have to work hard on your own. First, you have to prove your worth, and money can prove many things. When women can pay more taxes, the court will naturally give you more rights. "
Xu Zhiqian agreed with this statement and nodded, "You are right. I should have asked you to talk to them just now."
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“No thanks!”
Zhang Fei shrugged and said, "I am a married man."
......
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night!
This voluntary declaration has completely activated the entire public security, procuratorial and judicial system, and is also causing subtle changes in the entire power structure of the court.
When the Commissioner of Taxation became independent, he had to rely on the Procuratorate and the Royal Court to collect taxes, which led to the judiciary becoming independent.
Of course, Wang Anshi deserves 70% of the credit for this.
If he does not collect taxes from officials, female households, monks and Taoists, the effect will not be very significant.
In fact, in comparison, this exemption tax is just a small tax. The main income of the national fiscal revenue still comes from the summer and autumn taxes. However, since this small tax covers a wide range of people, basically everyone except the poor is included, which leads to the increase of the power of the tax commissioner.
This also led to many clerks resigning and joining the police station. After all, there was a fixed salary there, and if they were converted to regular employees, their salary could be doubled. It was a stable job. The police station was also short of civilian staff, so basically they could get the job if they went there.
The police station also began to become stronger.
You have to know that the police station was originally established to issue carriage plates and collect carriage fees. This is the police station's forte, and they are very experienced in this kind of propaganda. In addition, many wealthy families, officials, monks, Taoists, and female families all go to major bookstores to do their statistics, so it is impossible for them to come here to line up to file their claims.
Because showing off your wealth in public is not a wise choice.
If you are a little wealthier, you might write it down first and not come here to report the number.
….So, after only a few days of publicity, the police station officially began to collect statistics on the property and income of the people in the city.
Coupled with the house number as a tool, the work is much easier than the original license plate, and it will not delay people's work. Because it is stipulated in advance that from which date to which time to go to which place to report.
The people were also prepared.
Then again, there’s nothing to count in ordinary people’s homes.
At dawn, each reporting point was already filled with queues. For the common people, reporting by themselves was much better than having the management to count them, but every common person's face was filled with anxiety.
Although I applied myself, the final result has not come out yet, and I still feel a little worried.
Because no one knows what the result will be if they report it.
"Police, my family sells pancakes."
A five-foot-tall, hunched man handed over his household registration and spoke nervously.
The policeman in charge of registration took the household registration, filled in the information, and then circled the merchant. Due to the development of movable type printing, they now use declaration forms.
This greatly improves the efficiency of registration.
"Does the family have any other income?"
"My wife occasionally helps people mend clothes and earns some money."
"Do you have any land at home?"
"No."
"But do you have livestock?"
"No!"
"Are there any houses?"
"My house is rented."
“How much is the annual rent?”
"Seven strings of cash."
“How much tax do you pay every year?”
"Three strings of cash and fifty coins."
He then asked, "How much income can you earn each year?"
"About sixty or seventy strings of cash."
"Okay."
"What? That's it."
"Yes. Next."
Another middle-aged man came up.
The man came up and said eagerly, "I am the only one working in my family, moving goods at the dock, and my annual income is about 30 or 40 strings of cash. Police, I should not have to pay this tax."
"I'm just responsible for helping you register. I don't know whether you need to pay or not."
......
Just a few simple questions, with circles and crosses, and then the next person.
This made the people a little bit unconvinced.
Is it really that simple?
In the past, when officials came to calculate the household income, they would basically turn the house upside down, so they would search every stitch in the house. But when they come here, they just say a few words, and many of them don't ask any questions or question anything. They just write down what you say.
By daybreak, the first batch was complete.
The efficiency value is directly maximized.
Suddenly I heard a burst of noise.
"Deputy Superintendent, Horse Team."
"Deputy Superintendent."
Cao Dongdong was seen walking towards them with his hands on his hips, dragging his followers along. He looked left and right with a pair of smart eyes, showing a strong leadership demeanor. Beside him stood two bodyguards, Ma Xiaoyi and Zhang Fei, and behind him were three or five royal policemen including Taozi, looking extremely majestic.
"Old Xu, how are you?"
Cao Dongdong asked a man in his forties who was dressed like a scholar.
This person is the civilian supervisor of the police station, named Xu Hao.
"To answer the deputy superintendent, everything went smoothly." Xu Hao said, and then glanced at Zhang Fei and said, "Thanks to Sanlang's application form, it saved us a lot of trouble!"
….Cao Dongdong snorted: "Don't praise him. We spend hundreds of strings of cash every year. This is what he should do."
He had tried every way to please Zhang Fei before, but to no avail. Later, Zhang Fei kept reminding him to renew his subscription, which made him gradually realize that the customer is God in the end. If you are not happy, I will spend a few hundred more coins from you.
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes."
"You little brat!"
Suddenly I heard a shout.
Cao Dongdong tilted his head to look, but when he saw Wang Anshi approaching with bulging eyes, his expression changed drastically. He pretended to be busy and gave Ma Xiaoyi and the others some random instructions. When Wang Anshi came over, he wiped his sweat and panted, "Your humble servant greets Grand Secretary Wang. Oh, Grand Secretary Wang, if you have anything to say, please look for me. I... I still have a lot of things to deal with."
This acting is really... impeccable.
Wang Anshi said, "Okay, I'll talk to you in writing."
There was only Zhang Fei in his eyes.
"Why!"
Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi left in a hurry.
d! Next time we renew the contract, if I don’t double your salary, I’ll take your last name Cao! Zhang Fei glared at the two disloyal guys, then walked over and saluted Wang Anshi, saying, “Master Wang.”
Wang Anshi said calmly: "Do you know why I haven't come to see you recently?"
Zhang Fei shook his head.
Wang Anshi said fiercely, "I'm afraid I won't be able to resist giving you a beating."
"Why?" Zhang Fei asked fearfully.
"Your approach is completely dependent on the public security and judicial system of Kaifeng Prefecture. There are no public security and judicial systems in other places. What's the point of my attempt?"
"Master Wang, you have to be reasonable. I am employed by the police station, and they are only responsible for Kaifeng Prefecture. Of course, I am only targeting Kaifeng Prefecture. Other places have nothing to do with me."
"Oh, are you telling me that you value money over people?"
"Uh...of course not."
Zhang Fei chuckled: "Master Wang, this is actually more beneficial to you."
Wang Anshi frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei said: "If Kaifeng Prefecture succeeds, other places will certainly actively cooperate with Wang Xueshi to collect the exemption tax. Otherwise, we will send him to the public security, procuratorate, court, and taxation department to declare it on their own. Just ask them if they are afraid."
Wang Anshi's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Yes! If anyone refuses to obey, I will hand them over to the police and courts."
Of course he knew that many big landlords and powerful people were very distressed by this voluntary declaration. In comparison, the previous method was much better, so those officials had to work hard, otherwise the public security, procuratorate and courts might come to their door.
Just then, someone suddenly shouted, "Hey, hey, hey! You guys have already counted the numbers, so just hand in your application forms here. Don't hold up other people's queues there."
"Oh! It's the Grand Secretary Sima. I meet the Grand Secretary Sima."
Sima the old thief?
Wang Anshi and Zhang Fei turned their heads at the same time, only to see the old man Sima Guang standing more than ten steps away with an application form in his hand.
"Let's go and take a look."
Wang Anshi said hurriedly.
The two of them walked over quietly.
I saw Xu Hao asked Sima Guang anxiously: "Sima Guang, you... why did you come here to report?"
Sima Guang asked in return: "Then where should I go?"
….“No…no, I…I thought that Master Sima would ask the ear pen to help.”
"I can write and do math, why should I spend this money?"
"Yes, yes, Master Sima, just hand me the application form."
Sima Guang directly handed the application form to Xu Hao, "Take a look and see if there are any problems?"
"yes."
Xu Hao took a closer look and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a little too detailed. For example, you don't need to write about tea utensils and tools. Just write about the house, fields, and carriages."
Sima Guang was also curious and asked, "When we calculated the household levels before, we had to remember all these. Why don't you remember them here?"
Xu Hao hurriedly said, "I don't know. The higher-ups have issued a declaration form, and we are just asking based on it."
"Is that so? Fine then. If there is no problem, I will take my leave."
"Master Sima, take care."
Sima Guang bowed slightly, but when he turned around, he saw Wang Anshi and Zhang Fei standing not far away, looking at him in confusion. He had just seen Zhang Fei, after all, Cao Dongdong was so arrogant. He walked over and said without any emotion, "What a coincidence?"
Wang Anshi was puzzled and asked, "Junshi, you are reluctant to spend even this little money?"
Zhang Fei was also depressed and said, "Yes! Master Sima, you won't even let me make this little money."
Sima Guang was also puzzled and asked: "Why should I let you make this money?"
Wang Anshi, however, just shook his head in a pitiful manner, "Zhang San, I finally understand why the police, procuratorate and court have been working on this for a year and haven't even left Bianjing. He...he is always thinking about daily necessities, how can this not be slow?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Master Wang is right."
Sima Guang immediately glared at Wang Anshi and said, "Stop pretending here. My wife remembers all that."
"No wonder! No wonder!"
Wang Anshi pretended to be enlightened again, "I was wondering why you came on the first day. With your personality, you must have spent half a year thinking about it to make sure there were no omissions before submitting it. It turns out that your wife wrote it."
Sima Guang's face turned green. "That's better than your carelessness. If it weren't for your wife helping you, you would have been sleeping on the street."
"Sleeping on the street is fine, what does it matter?" Wang Anshi ignored him and asked Zhang Fei, "Zhang San, if you fail to report on time, does that count as tax evasion?"
Zhang Fei pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Ear pen! Where is this superintendent's ear pen?"
I heard Cao Dongdong's shrill shouting again.
Double it? I want to triple it. Zhang Fei's mouth twitched a few times, but he still responded: "I'm here!"
"Come here quickly, my uncle Han is here."
"knew."
"Zihua is here, let's go together."
Wang Anshi said.
The three of them walked over together and saw Cao Dongdong acting like crazy. "Oh! Uncle Han, your nephew is really too... too busy. How about you...you talk to my earpiece. He...he is very familiar with it."
This is something he cannot ask, as asking would expose his identity. He went to Zhang's house early this morning and brought Zhang Fei over.
Han Jiang smiled and nodded, "Okay! Go ahead and get busy."
"Why!"
Cao Dongdong panted, nodded and bowed to Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others, saying: "My uncles and aunts, I will not accompany you any more."
….“Excuse me, Deputy Superintendent.”
"Where! Where!"
Cao Dongdong said to Zhang Fei with a serious face: "Zhang San, you have to explain it clearly to my uncles, otherwise I will replace you."
Zhang Fei forced a smile and said, "Yanei, go get busy."
As Cao Dongdong left, he heard someone say, "Those who don't have their household registration documents should go line up over there."
I heard someone shouting in the distance: "Those who don't have their household registration, come here and line up."
Sima Guang asked, "Since they don't have their household registration, shouldn't they go home and get it? These people should live nearby."
Zhang Fei whispered: "When they say they don't have their household registration, they actually mean those who don't have household registration."
Han Jiang frowned and said, "Without a household registration, how can I pay taxes?"
Zhang Fei said, "I don't know the details, but the tax bureau explained it this way. First, those who have no household registration and no money don't have to pay taxes, and secondly, they can't check them. But those who have no household registration and have money may be noticed by them, so the tax bureau thinks they should be given a chance to pay taxes, so that when they go to court, they won't have to say that they didn't have the chance to pay taxes."
Is it so rigorous?
Sima Guang was stunned.
Wang Anshi nodded repeatedly as he listened, thinking that what Zhang Fei said made a lot of sense. All officials and households had to pay taxes, so how could those without household registration not have to pay taxes?
Han Jiang asked curiously, "Does the Taxation Commissioner have any other abilities?"
Most of those who do not have household registration in the countryside are clients who hide their household registration, but one can imagine what kind of people these people are who do not have household registration in the city.
Can the tax commissioner catch them?
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but that's how they explained it."
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