"Sir, it's better to take a look first," Wu De said with a smile, "otherwise I will destroy it when I go back, and it will be too late to regret it." ”

Wang Zhaomin's face turned red, and he was extremely embarrassed when he was seen through it. I had to open the envelope when I said that. Inside is a piece of paper.

This is a thick piece of paper made by an Australian paper mill, extremely crisp, with a slightly yellowish dark flower bottom. It feels comfortable to the touch. Wang Zhaomin's heart moved, and he took it out to look carefully, and it turned out to be a provincial exchange bill from Delong Bank, with a denomination of one hundred taels.

Wang Zhaomin because of the relationship between taking tonics, and Runshitang had a very secret, I heard Yang Shixiang say: Australians now issued a kind of silver ticket, which can be exchanged for cash in the pointing firms throughout the province of Guangdong, and the bulk of silver does not need to be carried, nor does it need to be entrusted to the dart shop to transport, as long as the silver is stored in the cabinet, according to the amount of "remittance", you can get the ticket to exchange in a different place, which is very convenient.

This ticket is much more convenient to carry with you than a large sum of silver. Not to mention, a hundred taels of silver wrapped into a package is also a very large package - too eye-catching. You can also add a secret mark stamp on the ticket, and it will not be claimed if it is lost.

Wang Zhaomin knew that this was to give his "private expenses" in the grain collection first, and asked himself to help more in the process of collecting grain -- it was the first time he had met such a refreshing lord -- and he was very satisfied, and he arched his hand and said: "If it is useful, you should serve yourself." ”

Having said that, everyone already knew each other, the night was long, the conversation was strong, Wu De still had an important thing to ask him, but it was not yet the time just now, and now it is almost there.

He said in a low voice: "Chen Minggang is this person, how should I deal with it?" ”

"False and wronged," Wang Zhaomin closed his eyes, "you may not be the opponent of this old fox......"

Wu De understood. It's about the same as I thought.

"Taught."

The sneaky conversation between the two men continued into the wee hours of the morning. Wu De returned to the office in the night. The house was brightly lit. The cadres of the county government leadership working group have not yet slept and are gathering in the conference room to discuss problems.

There was a group of professionals who had been transferred from various departments for the purpose of the field service, mainly in the financial field, and there was also a combat engineer of the army, Panda, who had been transferred because he had worked in the tax office and was well aware of the taxation system.

Of course, there is also Xiong Buyou, who is specially responsible for outreach, and even Dong Weiwei, a half-baked Ming history enthusiast, who is in charge of surveying and mapping, also came, of course, not to borrow her knowledge of Ming history, but because she has been conducting social surveys in the countryside for several months and mastering first-hand materials.

There are also a group of liaison officers responsible for coordinating with various ministries and commissions, such as Sun Xiao of the Planning Commission and Zhou Botao of the Political Security Administration.

Wu De took care of the people to make strong tea and conveyed the content of the conversation with Wang Zhaomin one by one. People are very interested in this kind of information. However, the biggest controversy in the leadership group is how to deal with Chen Minggang.

Of course, this cunning scrivener is worthless, but the fish book in his hand is a key thing. How many fields in the county are for classes is all in this booklet.

The traverser has only done half of the county's social census, and the issue of property rights is a complicated matter, requiring large-scale measurement of acres and verification of property rights, which cannot be done in a while. The traverser had just established his authority at the grassroots level of Lingao, and the tentacles had not really stretched out yet.

Therefore, there was controversy within the leading group about how Chen Minggang should be handled, and some people believed that he should be immediately arrested and tried and then shot. Some people think that they need to use him for a while. Of course, there is no objection to the result of Zuihou shooting this person.

"Alright, let's summarize the problem at hand." Wu De said.

The purpose of the tax collection by the crossing group is mainly to take this opportunity to infiltrate and control the county government, and secondly, to establish a fair and effective new tax system to reduce the burden on the people and increase revenue.

In order to achieve these two goals, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the number of acres, fat and thin, and property rights in the county. Otherwise, you can't get started.

The social investigation work, which began after the Spring Festival, has gone through a series of work, such as the fight against bandits and the building of grassroots organizations, and has now made initial improvements, but it is still far from having a solid understanding of the social situation in the county.

Some people have also proposed to use model airplanes to carry out remote sensing surveying and mapping to accurately grasp the number, nature and location of acres in the county. However, the issue of land property rights cannot be investigated by KAO simply by surveying and mapping.

If you want to investigate property rights, you have to go to the field. In feudal society, where you want to make a field, in addition to the beginning of the new dynasty, it is easy to do when the old and the new are renewed, and then every time it is carried out, it will always cause a strong backlash from the gentry class, and Zuihou will often fail to do it.

One of the fundamental purposes of the Executive Committee's large-scale social survey is to prepare for a comprehensive land survey, but it seems that the progress is far from catching up. According to Wu De's statistics, they have now roughly controlled a quarter of the county's grassroots administration through the stationing of bandits and work teams.

However, this kind of administrative control is still very weak, and it is impossible to carry out land surveying and inventory according to KAO.

Moreover, it is now the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the grain levy is about to begin, and according to Wang Zhaomin, the work must be completed by the beginning of November. It took only two months. In just two months, it is simply unrealistic to want to complete the county's zhangtian work.

"So, this book is very important to us, at least for now." "Before we had full control of the county's land titles," Wu said. ”

Although the Yulin book is full of errors, it is the only evidence before the new property rights registration book is released. It is no wonder that the household book office can make a fortune in this way, and no matter how much the dynasty changes, it will not cut off their financial route.

"So, don't we still have to cooperate with Chen Minggang?" Xiong Buyou said.

"Isn't it this Yulin Book, let's find a way to get his Yulin Book." Zhou Dongtian said slowly, "I'm sure he will say it." ”

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course." Zhou Dongtian looked confident, "As long as you authorize it." ”

Wu De knew what he was going to do, of course—but he had other plans.

"I have jihua, and I have to do the work of Zhangtian, and I also have to do the work of collecting taxes," Wu De said, "but this plan has to be submitted to the executive committee for approval, and we have to have in-depth cooperation with Wang Zhaomin, so we will discuss it ourselves......

The autumn grain has not yet appeared, and the news that the Australians are ready to take over the county's autumn endowment has spread throughout the county, which immediately caused a sensation and made the gentry nervous. They sent people to the city to inquire about the news, and for a time the teahouse in front of the county yamen was overcrowded.

The news that came out was very bad, saying that this time it was the old man Wu of Bairen Village who was in charge -- the so-called old man Wu of Bairen Village, everyone knew that he was the chief of the Australians, and this person was obviously ill-intentioned to collect taxes on bread. If there are 1,200 acres of land in the family, even if they are a grain household, they all have a sense of anxiety, and they don't know what the Australians are going to do.

Whether it is Wang Zhaomin or Chen Minggang, they are silent about the specific practice of Australians to cover the grain endowment. Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine the two people were selling in the gourd after that.

Ordinary people are small, but they are also calm, anyway, whoever becomes the emperor has to pay food. It is estimated that the food for Australians is about the same, and no matter how bad it is, it will not be much worse. Fortunately, this year's weather was quite helpful, the wind and rain were smooth, and the crops were good. Many people have earned a lot of income by working for Australians, but speculate that this year's autumn grain will be better than last year's.

A few days later, the gentry in the county publicly recommended Zhang Youfu to negotiate terms with Wu De, wanting to know from his mouth how big the Australian appetite was this time.

Zhang Youfu went to Wu De to take a circle, and after listening to Wu De's face-to-face teaching, he immediately returned home.

In the living room gathered a group of anxious landlords and squires who were waiting to hear the reply, some of whom did not come themselves, and also sent a trustworthy steward.

"Chief Wu said that everything will be business as usual this year." Zhang Youfu said.

There was a sigh of relief from the crowd. Since it is business as usual, their interests will not be lost. Although some of them are burdened and unreasonable, they don't want anything to change - after all, they can get by now. If you really want to change something, God knows what will become of it. Chinese have known since ancient times that many things are inherently bad, but the above says that if you want to change haode, the result is often that the more you change, the worse it gets.

"Chief Wu also said that this year's tax collection was not what they meant." Zhang Youfu said to everyone, "It's just that I want to make trouble for everyone by considering a reasonable burden, so it's better to collect it together in the autumn endowment." lest the people have to come twice. ”

That's not unavoidable. However, the reasonable burden is collected according to the village, but the grain levy is calculated according to the acreage, so some people ask how to convert it?

"Autumn grain belongs to autumn grain, and reasonable burden belongs to reasonable burden." Zhang Youfu said, "It's just that it is sent when it is delivered." ”

Zhang Youfu went on to announce that whether it is a reasonable burden or a grain endowment, it can be compensated with grain circulation coupons. The news caused a stirring noise among the landlords - they usually spent the negotiable notes they had in their hands immediately. Now that I have heard that it can be compensated for the food supply, many people regret it.

After Zhang Youfu finished saying a few points, everyone felt satisfied and dispersed. Liu Youren was sitting in Zuihou, and only then did he get up and come over and ask Zhang Youfu:

"Lao Zhang! Is this year's grain requisition still handled by Lao Ba? ”

"This is natural! There is no old eight, and the Australians don't have a fish booklet in their hands, how can they collect grain? Zhang Youfu said strangely