Seriously.
Han Jiang really didn't believe it.
Why did we have to calculate household status so much before? Isn't it because those things are easy to check and can be seen at a glance. Every household has them, and when the country is short of money, it can ask for more.
Of course, houses, fields, carriages and horses are easy to check, but the problem is that most people don’t have these.
According to Zhang Fei, to investigate them one has to check their income.
But income is not that easy to investigate.
"That's impossible."
Han Jiang shook his head. "For example, the laborers at the dock are paid per day, and there is no contract evidence. How can we check this?"
"I don't know about this either. The tax department didn't tell me. But..." Zhang Fei changed the subject and said, "But they all went to the dock to move things. I guess they don't have much money to pay taxes."
Han Jiang's expression froze for a moment, and he continued, "I was just giving an example. It's not easy to check the income of ordinary people."
...
...
Zhang Fei said: "If you want to investigate a person, you can find out quickly. After all, this income is earned from others. It is impossible for such a large tax bureau not to find out. If the household status is reasonable, I believe that the people will not take this risk."
Han Jiang frowned and turned his head to look at Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi had no idea what to do for a moment. This voluntary declaration really disrupted his overall plan.
If we calculate based on income and then distribute it equally, will it end up being concentrated on officials and wealthy households?
Of course, he also wanted to collect more taxes from these people. In his eyes, national finances were the top priority. But if he collected too much, the reformists would turn against him.
If no one supported his reform, Zhao Xu would not be able to suppress it.
After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Anshi said, "Zihua, we are still counting the data now, so let's discuss it after the data is calculated."
Han Jiang nodded. He could only nod now.
In fact, he has the power to veto. He has no control over voluntary declaration because it is the authority of the Commissioner of Taxation. However, the statistical method should not be calculated by the Commissioner of Taxation, but by the Ministry of Agriculture. This is a government decree.
But things have come to this point. If he suddenly calls a halt before the results come out, he will have to take the responsibility.
"You go out first!"
Han Jiang said to Zhang Fei with a frown.
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Zhang Fei bowed and turned to walk out.
Sima Guang also stood up and bowed, saying, "Zihua, Jiefu, I have something else to do at home, so I'll take my leave now."
Han Jiang stood up and bowed in return.
After Sima Guang left, Han Jiang said to Wang Anshi: "Jiefu, this plan will surely cause dissatisfaction among many people, which will be detrimental to the implementation of the new law."
Wang Anshi sighed, "I have thought of this, but now that things have come to this, there is nothing we can do. At first I just wanted to use the police station to rectify the situation... that's all. It's no use saying this now.
Tomorrow there will be many people asking us what the algorithm is. We should first reassure them that this is just statistics and will not target anyone. "
Han Jiang nodded: "That's the only way."
But he added, "But with this plan, plus the expenses of the police station, I think it will be difficult to save this money!" Wang Anshi frowned, "Although that brat seems a bit reckless, judging from the results, he has always been sensible. He shouldn't think of a way to put me in a dilemma."
......
"You little brat!"
Sima Guang went out and caught up with Zhang Fei, "You are harming Jiefu! Those powerful people will see that your calculation is clearly aimed at them. They will definitely try their best to stop Wang Jiefu. Even many officials who supported Wang Jiefu before may change their minds."
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Why is Scholar Sima worried about Scholar Wang?"
"Isn't this what you planned?"
Sima Guang snorted, "Your plan is not only closely related to Wang Jiefu's new policy, but also closely related to judicial reform. If we are not careful, we will all fall into it."
Zhang Fei said: "Sima Xueshi, please rest assured that the final result will not make them feel painful, but there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied with it and challenge the tax commissioner. But this is also part of the judicial reform. If the judicial reform has no effect on these powerful people, then what is the point?"
Sima Guang hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Of course I understand this, but don't overdo it."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I know."
If it were someone else, whether it was Sima Guang or Wang Anshi, they would have stopped it, because politics has never been about reason, the essence of politics is still interests.
If you offend everyone, no one will be able to help you.
Although Wang Anshi brought in government households, he still ensured that they only paid half. Even so, this aroused opposition from many people. If government households were directly changed from tax-exempt households to heavy-tax households, both the reformists and conservatives would not be able to stand the contrast.
This is playing with fire.
However, based on Zhang Fei's previous deeds, he was not a reckless man but a man of great sense. Based on this point, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi both felt that they should wait and see.
After all, now it is just the tax calculation, and the power to set taxes is still in their hands.
The result was just as they expected.
On the second day alone, both the royal family and officials began to complain.
You, Wang Anshi, are a liar.
Your article is very clear and straightforward. What we officials pay is called auxiliary service tax, while those people who have to serve in the military pay the exemption tax.
Based on this, the labor service tax should be halved.
This calculation is not reasonable at all. The law states that we do not have to serve in the military, but you ask us to pay.
Now that you have made this calculation, a large number of people will not have to pay taxes, and the cost of hiring labor will be spread among a small number of people. Not to mention the second and third class households cannot afford it, we officials cannot afford it either!
Wang Anshi had expected this and could only explain to them that it was just statistics at the moment and that your accusations were completely groundless and purely imaginary. Who told you that with this method of calculating taxes, the people would not have to pay taxes?
Who said that?
Call him over and I'll ask him.
Although many officials believed that Wang Anshi was just making clever arguments, they really didn't have a good way to refute it.
Because what Wang Anshi said is true, it is just statistics at present.
If you don't understand, stop talking nonsense. ... Compared with the complaints in the officialdom, the situation in the public is quite different.
The citizens were originally very nervous, but after a day, they found that the matter was completely different from what they had imagined. The royal police specifically asked about property that we did not have.
That would be great!
The next day, people came to register enthusiastically, fearing that if they missed this opportunity, they would miss it.
Progress is very rapid.
The most important thing is that it provides very good training for the auxiliary police. They have just been hired and have encountered such tedious work. They immediately follow their seniors to maintain order and quickly realize the difference between the Royal Police and the previous clerks.
The enthusiasm and passion of the people also touched them with dignity.
The same thing is done so easily, comfortably and reasonably by the Royal Police, so of course the people's favorability towards the Royal Police has doubled.
On the third day of tax calculation in the city, the police station officially conducted a census of rural households.
This is the tax calculation platform that is completely based on the Bian Jing Law Firm.
Last year, the Bian Jing Law Firm expanded on a large scale, and those spies had already hired their own people to calculate taxes. Relying on Zhang Fei's reputation, every extra client they brought in meant extra income.
It has been rolled out in rural areas.
Baima Township, Luomapo.
I saw a long line in front of a house.
This house belongs to Geng Ming. In order to repay Zhang Fei for his help in redressing his injustice, he took the initiative to lend his house to the Royal Police as a base.
The Royal Police currently has relatively few bases in rural areas and is only responsible for public areas, because there are still village heads and household heads in both towns and villages.
"Brother Geng, how are you doing lately?"
Zhang Fei asked, "Then Wei Yushan didn't come to trouble you again, right?"
Geng Ming hurriedly said, "Thank you for your concern, I am doing fine. Wei Yushan has never come to see me."
"That's good!"
Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "What do you think of this conscription law?"
Geng Ming immediately said, "Of course I support it. If we can pay taxes and be exempted from military service in the future, then I can put my mind at ease. But..."
Zhang Fei asked: "Just what?"
Geng Ming said: "It's just that we, the powerless upper-class households, are more supportive, while other rural households are not so supportive."
Zhang Fei asked: "What do you mean?"
Geng Ming said: "For many villagers, military service only means patrolling the village, which is just a bit of physical effort. Unless there are special circumstances, it won't interfere with their farm work. But if they are asked to pay to be exempted from military service, most of them are unwilling to do so."
Zhang Fei nodded.
"Sanlang! Brother Geng!"
Suddenly, an excited shout was heard.
The two of them turned their heads and saw Wei Yushan walking towards them shamelessly.
Geng Ming's eyes flashed with anger, and he bowed to Zhang Fei and said, "My benefactor, I have some things to deal with, so I'll leave now."
Zhang Fei nodded.
Geng Ming snorted angrily and walked away.
Now that this land has been borrowed by the Royal Police, he cannot stop Wei Yushan from coming!
Wei Yushan came over, glanced at Geng Ming's back, and sighed, "It seems that Brother Geng is still angry with me!"... Zhang Fei was amused, "Mr. Wei, if he is not angry, is he still a human being?"
Wei Yushan immediately said, "You can't say that. In that lawsuit, Sanlang defended him and made me pay a lot of money. I didn't bother with Sanlang. People should be more broad-minded. It's so tiring to be so petty!"
Zhang Fei was speechless and asked, "Is Mr. Wei here to report?"
Wei Yushan immediately said, "How could I cause trouble for the Royal Police? I have already hired your firm to calculate my taxes. Doesn't Sanlang know?"
Your old man is really broad-minded. I asked you to pay so much money and lose face, but he still did business with me. He is a talent! Zhang Fei said: "I'm sorry, I haven't been in charge of the store recently."
"Yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot to congratulate Sanlang for becoming the youngest doctor in our Song Dynasty." Wei Yushan bowed.
Zhang Fei bowed and said, "Thank you very much! Thank you very much!"
After Wei Yushan got close, he suddenly looked around and whispered, "Sanlang, not everyone in Baima Township supports the Royal Police as much as I do."
Zhang Fei asked, "Is someone hiding property?"
Wei Yushan nodded.
This old man is very sinister. He suffered a great loss last time. He didn't say it, but he remembered it in his heart. However, he didn't want to take revenge on Zhang Fei. He was really scared. His strategy was to make others do the same as him and suffer a great loss at the hands of Zhang Fei, and then no one would laugh at anyone else.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "That's none of my business."
Wei Yushan was stunned. "No... It's none of your business?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes! I am only employed by the police station. I am here only to arrange the statistics. As for whether they come or not, it is not our business."
Wei Yushan asked, "Who is in charge of this?"
Suddenly, a shout was heard, "Li Feng, Luo Shou."
Cao Dongdong strode in with a ferocious look on his face.
Two more Royal Police officers responded, "Deputy Superintendent."
"You guys come with me."
"yes!"
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Fei hurriedly called out to Cao Dongdong, who was looking furious. "What's the matter?"
Cao Dongdong snorted angrily, "I just received news that someone in Qinjiazhuang over there threatened and instigated the villagers not to report."
Wei Yushan's eyes flickered a few times, and he whispered, "It must be Qin Guang who did it."
Cao Dongdong immediately glanced at him and asked, "How do you know?"
Wei Yushan said: "Qin Guang is the largest landlord in Qinjiazhuang. No one else dares to threaten the villagers."
"Yeah?"
Cao Dongdong smiled coldly, "I want to see who Qin Guang is and how dare he go against our Royal Police."
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Fei grabbed Cao Dongdong and said, "Yanei, do you understand what self-declaration means?"
"Of course I do."
Cao Dongdong said: "Now they don't understand, I have to teach them."
Zhang Fei said: "We are here only to count. It is their own business whether they come or not. It is not our business."
Cao Dongdong said: "If this is not our responsibility, then why should we care about it? That guy played tricks under my nose, which clearly shows that he doesn't take us seriously."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Yanei, if you go to him now, it's nothing more than asking them to come and report it. What else can you do? You are helping him. If he doesn't come, he will face prosecution, fines, or even jail time. In the end, it will fall into our hands. That's cool enough!" .... Cao Dongdong blinked, nodded and said, "That makes sense. I can't go to them."
Wei Yushan, who was standing by, broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. Zhang Sanlang was still the same Zhang Sanlang, a smiling tiger, and he was still so ruthless.
Just then, Ma Xiaoyi came over with three or five auxiliary police officers, and saw that they were still holding a drunk man.
Cao Dongdong asked hurriedly: "Xiao Ma, who is this person?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Just now this drunkard
"You've come just in time! My brother is just worried about where to vent his anger, so drag him into the house!"
Cao Dongdong began to roll up his sleeves.
Ma Xiaoyi blinked at Cao Dongdong in tacit understanding, as if to say, how about doubles?
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Fei patted his arm and said, "I just told you that. How come you forgot?"
Then he turned to Ma Xiaoyi and asked, "Did he have a conflict with you guys just now?"
Ma Xiaoyi whispered, "I just pushed Wu Er."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's enough! Take him back to the police station and have the procuratorate sue him for treason."
When the drunken man heard that he was going to be accused of treason, his red face instantly turned pale with fear, and he shouted in a very sober manner: "You are wrongly accusing me, how could I have committed treason? You are wrongly accusing me."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I, Zhang Da Erbi, never wrongly accuse others. You attacked the royal police, or in short, attacked the royal family. If this isn't treason, what is it? Is this chivalry?"
Wei Yushan's mouth is long enough to fit several eggs.
He was glad that he took the initiative to report it this time. This "abbreviation" was really scary.
"Attack...attack on the royal family?"
The drunk was also dumbfounded. He suddenly fell to his knees and cried, "Royal Police, spare me, spare me! I was just drunk and acted on impulse. I deserve to die. I really deserve to die."
He slapped himself as he spoke.
After he slapped her more than ten times, turning her pale face into a red one, Zhang Fei walked over and said, "Stop."
The drunk man looked at Zhang Fei with tears in his eyes.
Zhang Fei said, "Go to the city tomorrow and report to the government. Dig out manure for three days. Also, tell the person who ordered you to do this. If this happens again in this area, I guarantee that he will either go to Qiongzhou to open up wasteland or go to the northwest to build a city wall."
"yes...."
The drunk just nodded and looked at Zhang Fei guiltily.
Zhang Fei just smiled and said, "Go away."
"Thank you, Royal Police, for your life. Thank you, Royal Police, for your life."
The drunk saluted several times and then staggered out.
Zhang Fei said to Ma Xiaoyi again: "Xiao Ma, go and give the order. We are only going to maintain order at the reporting point. If anyone dares to cause trouble at the reporting point, they will be arrested. But don't bother with the affairs of the village."
Ma Xiaoyi nodded disappointedly and said, "Hey! I'll go and give the order right away."
After Ma Xiaoyi left, Zhang Fei turned around again and saw Cao Dongdong looking dazed. He habitually reached out to pat his shoulder, "Yanei!"
"Don't touch me!"..
Cao Dongdong slowly turned his head, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "You are attacking the royal family."
"Go to hell."
"ah!"
Cao Dongdong immediately pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "You are insulting the royal family. Zhang San, if you dare to disobey my orders in the future, I will report you." .... "Goodbye! Royal Police!"
“Hey hey hey!”
Cao Dongdong quickly grabbed Zhang Fei and said, "I just realized today that attacking the Royal Police is a rebellion."
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said seriously, "Yanei, remember, don't be impulsive. We only maintain order at the reporting point and don't care about anything else. Otherwise, you will fall into the other party's trap."
Cao Dongdong said unhappily: "Then I'd better go back to the city. I can't stand this kind of cowardice."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Whatever you want."
As he spoke, he called Xu Hao over and gave him some instructions.
Compared to the smooth sailing in the city, there are constant accidents in the countryside. Drunken hooligans and unreasonable villagers are emerging one after another.
After all, the common people in the city have no boss above them, only laws. But it is different for the villagers. The village has its own clan system, as well as the head of the village and the head of the household.
The strategy of the police station is, we don’t care whether you come or not, and we don’t care if you curse in the village, but as long as you come to report some trouble, we will arrest you.
Although accidents continue to occur, due to the special nature of voluntary reporting, the Royal Police will not be dispatched and will not force the people to report. You can come or not.
Those who wanted to cause trouble had no choice but to give up when they saw that the Royal Police were as steady as old dogs.
So generally speaking, the overall situation is still relatively stable.
But it is also conceivable what would happen if it was not declared voluntarily.
This rural area is the most difficult to conquer. The imperial power does not extend below the county level, and the police may not be able to do it. This is still in the capital, which is the dragon's territory after all. If it goes out of the capital, the situation will be even more complicated.
Of course, those landlords who were clamoring not to come had actually already asked Li Guozhong and others to do a count in private. They would not be stupid enough to be the first to come.
The general routine is that when something goes wrong, they start to speak up for justice and take sides.
It’s a pity that they didn’t succeed!
After staying in the village for a few days and seeing that everything was going in an orderly manner, Zhang Fei returned to the city.
New house.
But I saw several big men carrying tables and chairs into the hall.
"Sanlang, are you satisfied?"
Li Bao asked Zhang Fei who was sitting on a long bench.
The furniture in this new house was all made by someone hired by Li Bao. If he wanted to develop informants, he had to make friends, and what better way to make friends than doing business?
"Good! Good! This is what I want."
Zhang Fei stood up and told Li Si, "Li Si, tell someone to move to the backyard."
"Why."
"Isn't this placed in the hall?" Li Bao asked curiously.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "My father-in-law is not used to sitting on this chair."
This bench is a wooden sofa. Sitting on it would be awkward. Xu Zun and Xu Lingxiao would definitely not sit on it.
After Li Si and the others left, Zhang Fei asked Li Bao, "So fast? I haven't finished the statistics yet."
Li Bao laughed and said, "They just want to test our tax commissioner on purpose."
Zhang Fei asked: "Who?"
Li Bao said: "There is a big fish among them."
"How old?"
"This man's name is Wang Hongjin. His father is the head of the household of Magistrate Zhao in Zongzheng Temple. His family started from nothing, but through lending money, they became wealthy landlords in Xiangfu County. We suspect that all his land belongs to Magistrate Zhao. But he only declared 300 mu of land."… "Governor Zhao?"
"This Governor Zhao is the cousin of Emperor Zhenzong."
"......?"
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, then said unhappily: "Brother Bao, are you getting carried away?"
Li Bao hurriedly said: "I'm just telling you this."
Zhang Fei said: "Forget it!"
Li Bao nodded.
After Li Bao left, Zhang Fei suddenly frowned and thought, this is strange, Li Bao is an official, why would he want to use the royal family as a warning to others.
After returning home, Zhang Fei asked Xu Zun, "Father-in-law, do you know anything about the royal family?"
Xu Zun was surprised, "Why are you asking this?"
Zhang Fei said, "I've been doing some statistics recently, and I found that many members of the royal family are very rich."
Xu Zun sighed and whispered, "The royal family is also a problem at the moment."
Zhang Fei asked: "What's the problem?"
Xu Zun said: "Although Taizu was worried in the Great Instructions that the royal family would be overpopulated and burden the state finances, he inherited the Tang system and stipulated that descendants outside the five mourning periods should be sent to places outside the capital, with their salaries and allowances stopped and land given to them instead, so that they could establish themselves and no longer appear in the royal family genealogy.
Even so, Tokyo now has thousands of royal family members, and the monthly expenses for supporting these royal family members alone are as much as 70,000 kan. Not to mention the rewards during festivals and holidays."
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Has any minister mentioned this?"
Xu Zun thought for a moment and said, "The ministers did discuss this privately, but they didn't tell the emperor."
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The Imperial Palace.
"I pay my respects to the emperor."
A guard clasped his fists and saluted.
Zhao Xu asked, "What do you mean?"
The guard said: "According to Li Bao's report, Zhang San does not seem to want to implicate the royal family."
"Why is he so timid this time?"
Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Make arrangements. I want to see Zhang San."
"I obey your command."
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