Wang Lan was excited to watch from the side, and secretly said in his heart, this kind of thing actually wanted to be done a long time ago, but he was still Wang Ying's subordinate, and even if the two sides swapped positions, it was not so simple, we must take into account the national law and human feelings, as well as the game of the big people behind the two sides, now this court bureaucracy is like a big net, and it is not so easy to do something.

But Du Jia doesn't need to think about it so much, he is not a member of this system in the first place, and he doesn't have any taboos and constraints, and he doesn't even need to report to a corrupt official like Wang Ying.

In addition, the old man also saw that Du Jia really thought about the people, otherwise Wang Ying's family's property would not be more than one million? He is not a fool who does not know the use of the silver, so he just moves away, so why should he stay in the treasury?

In his excitement, the old man forgot that he hadn't promised Du Jia yet, and asked excitedly: "Okay, well done, this thief should have been punished a long time ago, and the sooner the public trial, the better, so that the people in the city can be happy." ”

After speaking, he remembered that he seemed to be a prisoner, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but Du Jia smiled and said: "Since Elder Wang is willing, then you are now the prefect of Dezhou Mansion, you can decide this kind of thing for yourself, so why ask me?" ”

Wang Lan asked in disbelief: "This, did you really hand over this Texas to the old man?" ”

Du Jia said calmly: "Yes, otherwise? Did the old gentleman think I would joke about such a big thing? ”

Although Wang Lan is loyal and righteous, he is not a fool, and it is impossible for a fool to sit in this position, and he will not believe that Du Jia has spent so much effort, consumed a lot of money and food, and taken a huge risk, and finally spent so much effort to lobby himself, the purpose is to live a carefree life for the people of the city, and he does not want any benefit at all, if he really does this, he is not a saint but a fool, and such a fool will soon be eliminated.

Therefore, he simply showdowned: "Du, eh, Du Yishi, let's say it bluntly, what did you take down this Texas Mansion for?" I won't ask for nothing, you tell me so that I can feel at ease, otherwise the old man may lose sleep at night. ”

Du Jia smiled and said: "Only a saint or a fool would do this kind of pure harm to himself and others, I am neither, naturally I will not ask for nothing, but Wang Lao don't worry, my requirements are actually very simple - at least much less than those of the imperial court, one, the Texas government must swear allegiance to me; Second, every year I will pay 10% of the city's income as taxes; Three, I can recruit soldiers here - of course, it will not be forcibly requisitioned, but for Yulu, and definitely more than the original imperial court. ”

Wang Lan pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and then saw that Du Jia didn't speak for a long time and couldn't help asking, "Is it over?" ”

"It's over."

"That's all?"

"That's all."

"This, this, how is this possible?" The old man was completely shocked, Du Jia's conditions are not too high, but too low, the old man was originally responsible for the audit of taxes in the city, how heavy the taxes here are naturally Men'er Qing, although the Song Dynasty was first built when it was first built, although it was only set a tax of one bucket per mu per year, it does not look heavy, but you must know that there are a series of miscellaneous taxes such as the head money, the Yicang tax, the agricultural instrument tax, the cow leather tendon and horn tax, the entry tax, the silkworm salt money, the Qu Yin money, the city money, etc., together the people have worked hard for a year, at least more than half of the harvest will be taken away.

In the back, it became more and more stringent, salt, tea, wine, minerals and other aspects had to be taxed, in addition to a lot of forced labor - of course, it can also be replaced by money, so that sixty or even seventy percent of the people's income must be paid, as for the artist Huizong of this dynasty after taking office, it was even more miserable, Hua Shigang made the world complain, and the people were busy for a whole year and found that all the harvest was not enough to pay taxes, so they were forced to be displaced or even destroyed, which is why so many thieves came out.

Of course, the old man hates thieves, but he also understands that the root cause is caused by this excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and if everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, how many people are willing to go to the dangerous life of licking blood and being frightened, and he has repeatedly written in the hope that he can be exempted from some taxes and forced labor, but what is the use of relying on his general judgment from the five grades? Who will listen to him?

In his opinion, as long as all kinds of taxes are reduced to less than sixty percent, the common people can barely survive; Less than 50% has a slight savings; And if it is three or four percent, it can add a chicken leg every day, as for the lower, he doesn't dare to think about it, after all, there are so many officials to raise, and who will pay for the luxurious life of the emperor's magnates?

But Duggard turned out to be only one percent! What kind of concept is this, if it can really be implemented, he is confident that within three years, he will be able to double the prosperity of this Texas city, increase the population by 30% in ten years, and even break hands with Tokyo in 20 years.

Therefore, he really couldn't believe it, in that case, what would Liangshan rely on, if they wanted to resist the imperial court, they would inevitably need a large amount of money, food, and population, and how could such a thin tax support it?

As if guessing the old man's thoughts, Du Jia smiled at him and said softly: "Elder Wang, do you think that only charging such a small amount of money is not enough for our cottage?" ”

Wang Lan immediately nodded: "Yes, from the perspective of the people and me, of course, I would like to pay as little as possible, but how can such a cottage grow, and how can it resist the imperial army?" I think this can be discussed again, the old man thinks that if it can be reduced to 30%, the people will be thankful. ”

He didn't know it himself, and unconsciously he had regarded himself as Du Jia's subordinate, and he also regarded the Dezhou Mansion as a subordinate force of Liangshan, so he would make such a suggestion, Du Jia smiled secretly in his heart but did not say anything, and patiently explained: "Elder Wang, what you said is very true, if you keep paying 10% of the tax in the future, it will definitely not be enough, but after all, Dezhou is the first city government under my rule, and I must let it set an example, so as to attract more places to invest."

Secondly, the people have been living too hard over the years, let everyone take a breath and recover well, anyway, I am not the kind of rogue who runs away with a vote, what I value is the farther future, in fact, if the city develops well in the future, my income will naturally come up, for example, if Wang Lao can triple the income of this city, isn't it equivalent to me taking the current three? And when the people get benefits, they will naturally fully support my rule, which is much more useful than shouting any slogan, Wang Lao said but? ”

(End of chapter)