"Zhong Lizheng, why are you here?" In the thatched hut of Lan Atan, Lan Atan looked at the few people who came over and asked in amazement.

"Haha, what? Ah Tan sets up wine, can't the old man come? A middle-aged man in his fifties with a big belly replied with a smile.

The middle-aged man with a big belly was wearing a red gold bamboo robe, the cuffs of the robe were embroidered with a few green bamboos and green man, the clouds were falling, the fat and bloated waist was tied with a dark green Qin Suyu belt, the slightly yellowed long hair was tied high, a black turban was tied on his head, and a camellia was also worn in his ear.

The middle-aged man's surname is Zhong, a member of the She ethnic group, and he is also the Lizheng of Meiyu Village.

The so-called Lizheng, also known as Lijun, Liyin, Lizai, Liyousi, etc., is the length of a mile, and is the most basic grassroots official in the Song Dynasty, so it is also called "Lizheng Yaqian" in the Song Dynasty.

Although Li Zheng is the last official of the Song Dynasty, he cannot be underestimated, the reason is that Li Zheng and the head of the household and the township scrivener jointly supervise the tax, that is, the household registration, servitude, and the arrest of theft, and at the same time, Li Zheng is generally served by the rich or landlord in the township, rich and powerful, and the villagers are very afraid on weekdays.

Lan Atan cowered when he heard this, and didn't dare to answer.

Of course, Lan Atan doesn't want these people to come to the house from the bottom of his heart, the reason is that they have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and every time it is time to pay taxes, these people will come to the door like a desperate person, and they will never stop if they don't search the house cleanly, they are completely digging into the ground and looting money.

If they encounter a happy event at home, they will come uninvited, and after eating and drinking, they will also take the sheep by the hand, and take away the few pigs, cows, sheep and other small belongings at home.

"Where did they come from?" After Zhong Lizheng snorted with a nose full of nose hair, his fat hand was raised, pointing at Li Sanjian and the others and asking Lan Atan.

Zhong Lizheng and the others were extremely rude, which made Yao Yu and the others raise their eyebrows, and they were about to attack on the spot, Li Sanjian hurriedly stopped Yao Yu with his eyes.

Li Sanjian wants to see what this so-called plum blossom village is trying to do?

"They are guests from afar, people from the people." Lan Atan replied when he heard this.

"People from the people's house? Why are they here? Zhong Lizheng asked with a frown when he heard this.

"It was Yaoyao who led them here, come here to rest and rest, and then they have to hurry." Lan Atan didn't want to answer, but under Zhong Lizheng's authority on weekdays, he didn't dare not answer.

"Yaoyao?" Zhong Lizheng was immediately interested when he heard this, his bloated face showed a kind of oily brilliance, and he asked with a smile, "Where is Yaoyao?" ”

Lan Yaoyao is as beautiful as a fairy and is famous in ten miles and eight towns, so of course it is inevitable that some people will covet her beauty, young and old, including Zhong Lizheng in Meiyu Village.

Zhong Li is coveting Yaoyao's beauty, and he has reached the point where he doesn't want to think about tea and food, and he can't wait to immediately put Yaoyao in the room and ravage it wantonly.

Previously, Zhong Lizheng had also proposed to Lan Atan, using a pig as a dowry, and wanted to include Yaoyao in the room, but Lan Atan refused, which made Zhong Li extremely annoyed.

"She... She... In the house. Lan Atan replied hesitantly.

"Haha, are you afraid to come out without clothes to wear?" Zhong Lizheng smiled when he heard this: "Today, the old man is preparing two sets of dresses, and the old man will send her in." ”

As soon as Zhong Li said this, he immediately angered Yao Yu, Xu Biao and others, and even Li Sanjian felt sick for a while.

If it wasn't for Li Sanjian to stop him, Xu Biao would have gotten up and pressed this old man to the ground and beat him to death.

Yaoyao has no clothes to wear, isn't Zhongli going in at this time just to take advantage of Yaoyao? It's just disgusting.

"No... Don't bother Master Zhong... "Even if it is a clay figure, it is also a three-point character, Lan Atan was angry when he heard this, stood up and stopped Zhong Lizheng and the others and said: "I don't need to spend money on dresses, I am planning to buy a few dresses for Yaoyao." ”

"Oh, it seems that Atan, are you rich?" Zhong Lizheng then pointed to the two copper coins on the wooden table and asked, "Is this money used?" ”

Zhong Lizheng then glanced at Li Sanjian and the others a few times, especially focusing on Li Sanjian's body, and when he saw the young and handsome Li Sanjian, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Hmph, even if he is young and handsome, he is not a poor stick, Zhong Lizheng then said secretly in his heart, besides, the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, if he annoys himself, they will definitely not be able to get out of this Meiyu Village, no matter who Li Sanjian is.

Zhong Li is coveting Yaoyao's beauty, and at the same time, he understands that he can't mention anything other than being rich and powerful, so as long as someone touches Yaoyao a little, they will regard him as an opponent and an enemy.

"You don't care what money you use." Lan Atan said angrily.

"Smack!" Zhong Lizheng suddenly stretched out his fat hand, slapped Lan Atan violently, and then scolded: "Splash slave, you still don't have a face to you?" Don't you know the master with a little money? Today, the lord will tell you the truth, my lord, I brought people to the door today to collect taxes, your little money is not enough to pay taxes, if you don't have money to pay taxes, you will take people to deduct taxes, Yaoyao, this girl is good, use it to deduct taxes, how about exempting you from taxes and forced labor for a year? ”

"The thief bites the worm... Xu Biao was furious when he saw this, stood up angrily, knocked over a jar of wine, and wanted to step forward and grab Zhong Lizheng. 101 Chinese Net

"What are you panicking about? Sit down. Li Sanjian pressed Xu Biao and said in a low voice.

It is not appropriate to act rashly before we have even figured out what is going on.

Moreover, even if Zhong Lizheng's means and methods of collecting taxes are extremely bad, he is also collecting taxes for the government, the imperial court, and the Great Song Dynasty, so it is extremely inappropriate to prevent it.

You must know that Li Sanjian at this time is also a person from the government and the governor of Quanzhou, and taxes and conscription are the top priorities of the state government, and they cannot be sloppy.

Therefore, Li Sanjian must fully understand the ins and outs of the matter before he can respond to the situation.

"Collect 。。。。。 Tax? Lan Atan covered his right cheek and said angrily: "Didn't you pay this year's tax?" Why are taxes still being charged? ”

Lan Atan was beaten, and he wanted to fight back at that time, but he was afraid of Zhong Lizheng's several wolf-like subordinates, so he dared to be angry but did not dare to act.

"You paid the summer tax, and now you have to pay the autumn tax." Zhong Lizheng said with a smile.

"Autumn Tax... You... You... Lan Atan was immediately speechless when he heard this.

The main tax of the Song Dynasty was the field tax, which was a regular tax.

The land endowment includes two taxes and their annex taxes, two of which are the summer tax and the autumn tax.

The summer tax, Kaifeng Prefecture and other 70 prefectures are taxed from May 15 to July 30. Hebei and Hedong prefectures will start on May 15 and end on August 5. Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, Fujian, Guangnan, Jinghu, and Chuanxia will be accepted from 1 May to 15 July.

The autumn tax is paid from September 1 and ends on December 15.

This day is May 18 of the first year of the founding of the Yasukuni Dynasty, that is, just three days after May 15, and Lan Atan and other villagers have already paid the summer tax, so it can be regarded as early payment, as long as the tax is not paid on August 5, it is considered to be a timely payment.

But at this time, Lan Atan had just finished paying the summer tax, and Zhong Lizheng actually brought someone to the door to urge the autumn tax, which made Lan Atan extremely angry.

It is important to know that the autumn tax is generally paid between September and December on weekdays.

"Master Zhong... Yaoyao's mother folded her hands, bowed in front of Zhong Lizheng, and begged in a low voice: "When the food at home is finished, you will... You are ... Spare us. ”

"Zhong Lizheng." Yaoyao's mother dragged behind her and said angrily to Zhong Lizheng: "The autumn tax must be collected when the autumn harvest is due, right?" It's just May, you ... Just come to the door to collect taxes, how can you bully people like this? ”

"Bullying you?" Zhong Lizheng laughed when he heard this: "You are a little, you can't afford to be a master, I bully you, my lord, I am acting on orders." ”

"Here you go... Here you go... Come on... Come on... In front of so many neighbors, in front of Li Sanjian and other guests, Lan Atan really didn't want to entangle with Zhong Lizheng and others anymore, so he grabbed two pieces of money and stuffed them to Zhong Lizheng and said.

Zhong Lizheng took the copper coin and shook it in his hand, and sneered: "Cheap slave, are you playing with the old man?" That's not enough. ”

"Two times is not enough?" Lan Atan said angrily when he heard this.

Lan Atan's family has three acres of thin fields, harvesting about three stones of grain per year, then according to the Song system, each year at most need to pay about two or four buckets of grain, and at this time the price of grain in Quanzhou is one bucket of fifty Wen, three or four buckets of grain is about two hundred Wen, plus other miscellaneous taxes, no more than five hundred Wen.

Lan Atan gave Zhong Lizheng nearly two times of money, which was more than enough.

"Do you still need the old man to tell you?" Zhong Lizheng sneered: "Branching, adding consumption, humming, and so on, have you forgotten?" ”

Song Zhitian includes two taxes and additional taxes, the two taxes are taxed according to the acres of land and the amount of harvest, and one of the additional taxes is the additional consumption, which is an important annex tax, as the name suggests, is the increased consumption.

There are many kinds of additional consumption, among which the elasticity is very large, and the additional consumption of each road in the Song Dynasty is not the same, which makes the burden of tax households increase exponentially.

Hu noodles are also an additional accumulation when officials collect grain, and it is also a kind of additional tax.

The transfer is to force the taxpayer to transport the money and goods to the designated place in order to enrich the military along the border.

The transfer of branches has reduced the burden on the imperial court and the government, but it has increased the burden on tax collectors.

According to the Song system, the grain paid by the tax collector could be converted, that is, into money, silk, silk and other things, which was also very elastic or watery, and the government officials also took the opportunity to get their hands on it and make a lot of money.

In addition, there are also branches, suppressions, fines, taxes, etc., in short, all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which are numerous and countless.