The next day, Chongwen Gate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

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 Xiuwen 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 small 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?" As our adults said, there are two types of taxes: '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 statement on national tax and local tax was still taught by Li Xiuwen. These people are rough men, how can they understand many of them?

Li Xiuwen also told him that he should be kinder with small traders and less valuation, 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 Xiuwen has done is the real thing that does not compete with the people.

The little trader was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Is this tax 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 say, for the sake of our lives, should we support the imperial court? ”

The little trader made him stunned for a moment, and nodded again and again, but he still felt a little distressed if he wanted 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.

Besides, these officers and soldiers looked fierce and vicious, but they spoke much kinder than the people at the checkpoint in front of them, and he didn't complain so much.

At this time, after the inspection of the goods in the rear was completed, a small official in charge of the accounts knocked on the abacus for a while, and then reported: "My lord, the inventory is finished, the estimated value of this car 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 wen!" ”

"What? It's only three hundred and fifty Wen? ”

The little 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 little trader 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 peddler had 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, the little one is 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 Xiuwen once told Xu Jiang that the convoys of Wenchen above the fifth grade, the emperor's relatives, the eunuchs of Dongchang and the celebrant will not be accepted, and the convoys of the rest of the petty officials' families 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 small 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 Xu Jiang talking kindly to the person in front of him, and thought that it would be easier to talk here, and the daring lover didn't take his master in his eyes at all.

However, these people moved quite quickly, and after a while, they listened to the report of the little official who was 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 take 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 Xiuwen is wearing the mink fur sewn by Yang Yuxuan himself, and he is inspecting various 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 Xiuwen 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!

When he walked to the main tax gate, Li Xiuwen 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 Xiuwen gently bowed his head, helped him up, patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "You did a great 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 Xiuwen had previously rectified it, and these people were afraid of his majesty, and they might not dare to do it.

Li Xiuwen 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 a little wine after the shift." ”

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 Xiuwen 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 sending Xu Jiang away, Li Xiuwen stood in place, quietly watching everything inside and outside the city gate.

In Chongwenmen, the tax amount set last year had already exceeded 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 tariff items in the previous banknote, which should be more than 2 out of 30.

According to Li Xiuwen'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 Chongwenmen.

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