Chapter 604: So the Tax Collector

Under Huang Sanyuan's expression, Shen Kang said his intention, and handed over the drawings that he had been carrying with him to Old Man Fu for a look.

Old Man Fu looked at it, was stunned at first, and then asked, "What kind of name is this?" ”

Shen Kang smiled and said, "Point out the direction." ”

Old Man Fu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "Didn't this thing come up from the incense sachet of that girl's house, right?" ”

Shen Kang arched his hand, but he was a little embarrassed, nodded and said, "Xiao Sheng is embarrassed." ”

Old Man Fu smiled and said, "Childe, can you name this thing?" ”

Shen Kang said: "Three-axis gyroscope." "Well, this is a straight man.

After paying a deposit of three taels of silver, and agreeing to pick up the things in ten days, he left Xihou Luo Lane.

After doing another big thing, Shen Kang was in a very good mood, and he took Huang Sanyuan on a half-day vacation, and took Wei Wuyi and Liu Shu to hang out on the street.

Walked to the vicinity of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, which is adjacent to the main street, the place of the yamen, which is majestic and extraordinary. Shen Kang walked closer, raised his eyes and looked at it, as if passing by a tourist attraction, and planned to leave.

At this moment, I saw a team of imposing ceremonial drivers coming this way, passers-by retreated one after another, Shen Kang glanced at it from a distance, and asked, "Is this the sedan chair of the tax collector I saw in the teahouse that day?" ”

Liu Shu glanced at it, hurriedly lowered his head, and said, "Yes, son, the same sedan chair." ”

Shen Kang smiled: "It's really majestic. ”

At this time, out of nowhere, a ball of rotten vegetable leaves flew in the crowd, only to see it cross a perfect parabola in mid-air, and then "snap" and call steadily on the top of the sedan chair.

The ceremonial driver panicked for a while, stopped the sedan chair, and the yacha guards stepped forward one after another to surround the sedan chair.

The sedan curtain swayed slightly, stretched out a slightly yellow-skinned, calloused hand in the palm of the palm, opened the sedan curtain, and a heroic eunuch walked out of the sedan chair.

This man is six feet five inches tall and has a strong figure, if it were not for the hairless on his cheeks and sitting in this sedan chair, no one would have seen that he was actually a eunuch.

The man walked out of the sedan chair, first glanced at the rotten vegetable leaves on the top of the sedan chair out of the corner of his eye, then smiled silently, and then glanced at the trembling crowd with a sharp gaze.

As soon as his eyes swept like this, the people in the crowd did not dare to look up at him, and they all tightened their necks.

He looked at Shen Kang, raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled kindly, and then turned his gaze to look at the crowd again.

Shen Kang was puzzled by his laughter, and only half-lowered his head, wanting to see what this eunuch would do.

I only heard him cough, and then said slowly: "Sun Hong first came to Gusu, although he didn't understand the customs and customs, but this etiquette is not welcome, our family understands in our hearts, you are not disgusted with Sun, but you have a misunderstanding of the position of tax supervisor." However, our family is going to stay in Suzhou City for a while, and you can slowly understand. ”

He pointed to the vegetable leaves, smiled again, and said, "Our family will not sit in a sedan chair, so let's walk to the weaving and dyeing bureau like this." The hero who threw things at us, even though he threw it on the top of our family's head, hummed. ”

The words of these words are even eliminated, and they do not put the troublemakers in their eyes at all, and this kind of indifference is the contempt of the superior for the people below.

Sun Hong walked through the crowd with his hands in his hands, and he didn't need the protective posture of these people at all, and he was generous, like a spring outing.

As he passed, the crowd began to come alive again.

Shen Kang unconsciously let out a sigh, and when he took this breath, he realized that he didn't dare to breathe in front of that person?

Shen Kang deeply despised himself, and then smiled with relief, this is called Guanwei.

Just as Shen Kang and the others were about to leave the door of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, an errand ran out of it.

Standing on the steps of the yamen, the yacha shouted: "From today onwards, the looms of Suzhou Prefecture, in addition to the taxes already levied, will add three coins of silver to each machine, and three cents of silver for each horse of silk fabrics. ”

Shen Kang was slightly stunned, only listening to the complaints of the people around him.

"This is not going to let people live!"

"It's really a hungry tiger coming down the mountain, and even the sparrows have to peel off a layer of skin!"

"Belly button farting! How did Xiao come up with this tax stick! ”

“......”

“......”

It was only at this time that Shen Kang understood why, no matter who he was, when he heard about the tax supervisor or saw the tax collector, he showed either disgust or fear.

It turns out that Sun Hong's responsibilities are not only to supervise tax collection, but also to increase taxes? No wonder it's not welcomed.

He sighed lightly, there must be something wrong with the imperial court's finances, otherwise it would not be easy to come down and raise taxes. If this tax matter is added in this way, the final result can only be the shutdown of the operator.

After the shutdown of the machine owner, those shop owners have no silk to sell, how can the shop be maintained?

When the shopkeeper closes down, it will cause a lot of dissatisfaction among the middle strata of society, and when these dissatisfaction accumulates to a certain extent... At worst, they will resist taxes, and at worst, they will riot and boycott the market.

Such a series of reactions is the direction of the results that people who have studied some economics can easily associate.

Shen Kang said in a low voice: "Suzhou, it's going to be chaotic." ”

Liu Shu looked at Shen Kang inexplicably and asked, "Why did Childe say that?" It's just a tax increase, Suzhou is a land of fish and rice, and as long as the people are full, they can't get into chaos. ”

Shen Kang asked with a smile: "If Wei Wuyi started from work, he could receive two coins of silver every month, but suddenly one day, I want to tell him that you Liu Shu wants to take away one coin, what will he think?" ”

Shen Kang paused, and then said: "It doesn't matter what he thinks, more importantly, he used to spend two dollars of silver a month, and he is used to it, he can drink a good wine every day, and from now on, he can only use money to eat, and he can't drink, will he be happy?" ”

Liu Shu turned his eyes to look at Wei Wuyi and asked, "Will you be happy?" ”

Wei Wuyi glared and asked, "Why did you give you my moon silver?" ”

Liu Shu shrugged, smiled, looked at Shen Kang, and arched his hand: "The villain understands." ”

Shen Kang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "One Wei is undefeated, so unhappy, what about tens of thousands of Wei undefeated?" Suzhou ......"

Liu Shu said: "People's hearts are unstable, and disasters are bound to happen. ”

Taxes, since ancient times is not a trivial matter, every tax reform, must go through careful thinking, gradual changes, in order to make the people gradually accept, such an arrogant reform, Shen Kang really wants to ask Sun Hong face to face, who came up with this bad idea?

After all, Shen Kang had no official title, let alone a position, so he could only shake his head and leave the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau.

At this time, in the yamen of the weaving and dyeing bureau, Sun Hong slowly poured a cup of tea for himself, let out a long sigh of relief, and said lazily: "Write a letter to Wu Junyu, saying that this method is very good, and our family will visit the Changzhou County Ya in a few days." ”

"Yes, sir!"