The next day, Chongmen.

At the gate, Xu Jiang led a group of brocade guards to guard the main checkpoint, interrogating and inspecting passing trucks and extracting tax silver. More than ten other scattered tax outlets were also guarded by brocade guards.

There is a night curfew in the capital, and the city gate can only be opened during the day. Li Xiu arranged for the people in Nanzhen to rotate here in two shifts and change shifts every four hours.

"Master Guan, why is there another tax card?"

Trucks lined up along the way past the city gate, and a vendor asked Xu Jiang. Behind him, there were also two men pulling the cart, who had stopped at this time, waiting for inspection.

Several brocade guards stepped forward to inspect the goods, and the old god Xu Jiang replied on the ground: "You don't understand this, do you?" Our adults, this tax is divided into 'national tax' and 'local tax'. In front of us, the national tax is collected, and in our case, the land tax is collected. Got it? ”

Xu Jiang's set of laws on national and local taxes was still taught to him by Li Xiu. These people are rough men, how can they understand many of them?

Li Xiu also told him to treat the vendors kindly, and to estimate less, after all, it is not easy for people to do business. And when they come across those big convoys, they go up to the price and estimate it, and they can afford it anyway.

is equivalent to the so-called Qingliu officials who shout "not to compete with the people" every day, what Li Xiu did was the real thing that did not compete with the people.

The vendor was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "This tax is also divided into national tax and local tax?" ”

Xu Jiang smiled: "Isn't it? In the past, the imperial court only collected national taxes, but it was because the emperor was merciful that he did not overcharge the land taxes. But now, there are rebellious people in the local area from time to time, and the imperial court has to not only send troops out to fight, but also to suppress the rebellion and protect the safety of our people. You, for the sake of our lives, should you support the imperial court? ”

The vendor made him stunned for a moment, and nodded again and again, but he still felt a little distressed if he had to pay more taxes. However, the people are afraid of officials, and officers and soldiers set up tax cards to collect money, and naturally they have to pay money if they want to go over.

Moreover, these officers and soldiers looked fierce and vicious, but they were much kinder than the people at the previous checkpoint, and he did not complain so much.

At this time, after the inspection of the goods in the rear was completed, an official in charge of the account knocked on the abacus for a while, and then reported: "My lord, the inventory is finished, the estimated value of this cart of goods is about ten taels of silver, according to the example of taking one out of thirty, and the tax should be paid three hundred and fifty silver!" ”

"What? Only three hundred and fifty? ”

The vendor blurted out in surprise, a look of incredulity on his face. This tax-pumping official is usually a tough exploiter, when did he become so merciful?

Xu Jiang smiled and asked, "What?" Too little? Why don't you charge more? ”

"Don't!"

The vendor immediately put on a smiling face, hurriedly took out the money and handed it to Xu Jiang, and said with a huff: "Thank you, master, you are really a living bodhisattva!" ”

Seeing his respectful attitude, Xu Jiang was proud: "Hey, this adult is an adult, his method really works!" ”

When the vendor passed, a convoy of ten carts appeared in front of him. The leader was dressed as a steward, he stepped forward and said with a flattering smile: "My lord, it's the steward of the Wailang family, the head of the Ministry of Rites, do you see if our car is?"

Etiquette member Wailang?

From the five products only, receive!

Xu Jiang snorted and said, "It turned out to be the family of the Ministry of Rites?" Okay, everyone's movements are faster, don't delay other people's time. ”

Li Xiu once told Xu Jiang that the convoys of ministers above the fifth grade, relatives of the emperor, eunuchs of Dongchang and the celebrant will not be accepted, and the convoys of the rest of the officials will be collected.

As for the noble yamen, such as the "Hanlin Academy", there are no exceptions. No matter how noble you are, if you want to enter the cabinet from a Han Lin, it will take ten or eight years, right?

I'm sorry, I'm going to leave in a few years!

The steward's face was red, and he was angry, but he was helpless. The tax card in front is in the custody of the celebrant and is also in charge of them.

He just saw that Xu Jiang was kind to the person in front of him, and he thought that there would be better things here, and the family who dared to love didn't take their master in their eyes at all.

However, these people moved quite quickly, and after a while, they listened to the report of the official in charge of the accounts: "My lord, ten carts of goods have been counted, and the estimated value is six hundred taels, according to the usual thirty to one, and the tax should be paid twenty taels!" ”

The steward was in pain when he heard this, but the tax collected here was less than before, so he had to take out the silver and pay the customs duties, and lead the convoy over.

It will be winter, and Li Xiu is wearing the mink fur sewn by Yang Yuxuan himself, and he is inspecting the tax outlets.

These brocade guards are used to running rampant on weekdays, and suddenly let them collect taxes, and they have to be kind to the common people, and they are really not used to it for a while.

Before that, Li Xiu personally told them not to use their power to bully the people, so they had to restrain themselves.

Just kidding, do you dare to listen to the words of the adults? Beware of crippling you!

Walking to the main tax gate, Li Xiu was a little relieved to see that Xu Jiang was doing a good job.

When Xu Jiang saw him coming, he hurriedly asked a hundred households to watch first, and he stepped forward and saluted: "My lord! ”

"No need to be polite!"

Li Xiu gently lifted him up, patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "You did a good job!" ”

Xu Jiang was praised by him, and said with a smile: "The humble position is just doing what the adults tell him." ”

Setting up customs and collecting taxes can actually make some oil and water more or less. However, Li Xiu had rectified it before, and these people were afraid of his majesty, and they might not dare to make a move.

Li Xiu still understands the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and he said with a pun: "In this cold day, the brothers are very hard, and they can still go to drink after the rotation." ”

Xu Jiang was stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted, and he smiled: "It's still our adults who are considerate of their subordinates." ”

Li Xiu smiled indifferently and advised: "You have worked harder these days, they have just started, you have to watch a little." ”

Xu Jiang immediately responded: "I understand!" ”

After beating Xu Jiang, Li Xiu stood in place, quietly watching everything inside and outside the city gate.

In Chongmen, the tax amount set last year was already 100,000 taels, and the average monthly quota was 8,500 taels.

This is only received by the imperial court on the surface, but in fact, these tax officials will always deduct some of it. Especially with the eunuch's greed for money, I am afraid that there will not be too little interception.

Nanzhen just added a banknote customs and charged an extra tax, which is not as good as the previous banknote customs, but there is no need to pay 100,000 taels every year. After all, there are many types of banknote tariffs in the front, and it should be over 30 to 2.

According to Li Xiu's estimate, he handed over 60,000 taels a year, which is a lot. In this way, it is only 5,000 taels per month, which is not difficult for a banknote like Chongmen.

He roughly calculated, even if the Jinyiwei gang ate and drank a little, the money that could finally reach their hands was definitely a lot.

If you can make it, you can catch it, rebellion requires capital, anyway, the big head is on those Beijing officials, and if you don't exploit the people too much, you will have a clear conscience!

"Bastard thing! Do you know whose car it is? ”

Hearing this shout from the city gate in front of him, Li Xiu came to his senses and said in his heart: "Which family is so arrogant?" On the first day of my Nanzhen Fusi, I dared to stir up trouble? (To be continued.) )

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