Chapter 163: Greasy

Guo Zhiyuan nodded and said: "I have my own consideration for this, now that the cigarette workshop and the clothing workshop have a lot of income, I am ready to take out a part of it to set up a 'Yang Lian Yin' to ensure that they have no worries about their lives, if they dare to exploit the people again, don't blame this official for being unpredictable!" ……”

Bai Du's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "If that's the case, it's okay!" The name of this 'Raising Honest Silver' is quite appropriate, it seems that the adults have already made up their minds, but Bai is too worried! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan smiled and didn't speak, this method of 'raising honest silver' was not thought up by him, but by Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, and he also knew that the so-called "high salary and honesty" could not fundamentally solve the problem of corruption, because people's greed is endless, so it is impossible for him to rectify the rule of officials, and it will inevitably cause an uproar in Gutian County!

Therefore, this entry point is very important, if you don't move, you will have to sweep the acupoints with thunder and take down the officials and officials involved in the case in one fell swoop, otherwise once these slippery officials are given a chance, they will definitely destroy the evidence, and Guo Zhiyuan's action to rectify the rule of officials will become a pot of raw rice, so it will be passive.

This is like untying a knot, you must find the end of the rope first, so that you can untie the knot, otherwise it will only become more and more chaotic, but there are so many officials involved in this case, who is the "rope head"? If Guo Zhiyuan wants to make the truth unclear, fortunately, Baidu has been a county official for so many years, and he is naturally very clear about the cats, and said with a slight smile: "If you want to rectify the rule of officials, you must first start from the rectification of the house......

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard it, this house is equivalent to the modern Finance Bureau, naturally it is rich in oil and water, and the power is also very large, it is the hardest hit area of corruption, and now the officials and historians of the household are still people from Wang Demin's era, but Wang Demin was desolate and died by Guo Zhiyuan, so these people are also very afraid of Guo Zhiyuan and behave very honestly, plus Guo Zhiyuan has been busy suppressing bandits some time ago, and later he built roads, promoted sweet potato planting and pig raising, and couldn't take care of cleaning them up for a while. Now it seems that these people are only honest on the surface, but secretly they are still making small moves.

At this time, Bai Du changed his words and said: "But the officials of these households are all old oilers, it is not easy to catch their handles, if it is just to find out the general small mistakes, the adults can only be slightly punished, and it will not have the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, if the adults want to check, Bai suggests that the adults start from this fish scale atlas!" ……”

"Fish Scale Atlas?" Guo Zhiyuan scratched his head with a little headache, this fish scale map is the ancient land registration book, which arranges houses, forests, ponds, and fields in order, indicating the corresponding name, and is the general book of folk fields. Because the picture of the field resembles fish scales, because of its name, Guo Zhiyuan has also seen it, but just looking at the dense marks on the fish scale book, his head is big, and he wants him to check how these slippery low-level officials in the household room are doing ghosts through the fish scale book, and he really doesn't know where to start.

Bai Du looked at Guo Zhiyuan's expression and was secretly funny, this county magistrate is usually very shrewd, but he is the most impatient to do this kind of fine work, he said with a smile: "This fish scale atlas is very knowledgeable, this squire landlord hidden field is sprinkling, and the students are free to send it, all of them have to use this fish scale atlas to make a fuss, the household supervisor of this fish scale atlas, it is naturally very convenient to do it, at least half of the rich oil and water in the household room falls on this fish scale atlas, if the adult wants to catch the handle of this house, check this fish scale atlas must be a catch!" ……”

"Flying?" Guo Zhiyuan scratched his head even more, Guo Zhiyuan knew about the problem of hidden fields, that is, in order to pay less taxes, the squire landlord class concealed or underreported the land under their names, for example, they obviously had 1,000 acres of land under their name, but only reported 100 acres, so that the 900 acres did not have to pay taxes.

Guo Zhiyuan also understands the problem of exempting students from entrustment, because the Ming Dynasty in order to show the importance of intellectuals stipulates that students do not need to pay taxes, so there are many people who take advantage of this policy and entrust their fields to the names of students, so that they do not have to pay taxes, the treasury was empty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army was often in arrears, and even Chongzhen, the emperor, was so poor that he had to wear patched clothes. It can be said that the fall of the Ming Dynasty is not unrelated to the loss of control of these two problems. But what the hell is this "sprinkling"? Guo Zhiyuan is really the first time I've heard of it.

Baidu also saw that although Guo Zhiyuan was shrewd, he lacked grassroots work experience, so he didn't understand the "tricks" of these low-level officials, so he explained in detail: "At present, the fish scale atlas used in our county is still in the ninth year of Wanli (1581), but there are always changes in the division of people, buying and selling, so there is a lot to do here, such as the ten acres of paddy fields under the name of the deceased Liu Changfu, if the adults send someone to measure on the spot, I dare to conclude that there will be no ten acres!" Eight acres at most! The remaining two acres are likely to be distributed to him under the name of others, the people have no culture, do not understand the key to it, naturally how much is written in the atlas, so Liu Changfu only has eight acres of land but has to pay ten acres of taxes, how can he afford it? This trick is called Flying ......"

"How can this be true? And such things! Guo Zhiyuan was angry when he heard it, this Liu Changfu's family is so difficult, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials still have to use their brains on him, this is not to press and call Huazi to pull out the, how can he be ruthless? How do you get started?

Bai Du shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This 'flying' is the usual trick of low-level officials, it is indeed vicious, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. As long as there is no major change in the total amount of land in the register, it is impossible for them to investigate it carefully, and the low-level magistrates may know, but they will only turn a blind eye, because to investigate this 'sprinkling' problem, they will have to re-measure the land, which will not only consume a lot of manpower, but will also completely anger the local squires, which will cause public anger, and I am afraid that the official position will not be guaranteed......"

"They don't check, I'll check!" Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand vigorously and said loudly, because he knew that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was precisely because the landlords and squires wantonly embezzled the land of the people, and the scholars did not have to pay taxes, which led to the huge pressure of national taxation to be transferred to the poor people, which forced the people to rebel.