Qian Bangxin couldn't stand it, and Shunqing Tongzhi Fan Wenguang, who was sent to various places to check and pay taxes, also shook his head secretly, saying that he couldn't stand it.

After the implementation of the new policy, because the land of the people was fixed at 6 cents of silver per mu, the official field was only 8 buckets of grain (about 4 buckets of grain), and each adult strong man was not more than 1 yuan and 2 cents of silver (1 cent per month), and the tax deduction could also be used with invoices, and the burden on the people was also reduced a lot.

Considering that in the past few years, natural disasters have been repeated and many people have fled from famine, and all counties and townships have encouraged the people to return to their hometowns and carry out official and people's settlements.

Compared with the scenes of other places being deserted in two days, and the people dragging their wives and children to flee the famine, this made Fan Wenguang feel a lot of emotion.

In addition, the most amazing thing is that the government of officials has been purged, from the office of the scribes in each county to the office of the head of the township and township, and the office of the head of the township and township, the wall is hung with the office of the official, and the details of the fees.

Carefully compare the details of this charge, it has dropped by half compared with the past, and it is much more humane, in the past, it was necessary to pay errand fees, flail fees, board fees and other fees to the government servants and catchers, and there are many names, too many to mention.

Now that it has been cleaned up, it has been much better, and the complaint does not need to pay other fees during the trial of the case, except for the registration fee of 1 yuan of silver that was first charged.

The yamen first conducts the trial, and then charges the losing party 3-5% of the trial fee according to the complexity of the case and the amount of money involved, and does not charge any fee if the amount involved is less than 1 tael of silver.

Although the money and property in the township pass through the hands of the officials and go to the county yamen to do things, there is no need at all, and after the work is done, the officials issue a notice of fees, and the parties directly go to the account office to pay the fees, and the money is not allowed to pass through the hands of the officials.

Every quarter, the magistrate, the county clerk, and the clerk of each room will be issued to everyone as a certain work subsidy and work bonus according to everyone's performance.

Although the annual salary of the scribe is still more than 8 taels of silver, at the end of the year, everyone has an income of more than 50 or 60 taels of silver.

Although the annual salary of the official is only 5 taels and 5 cents and 9 cents, there is also an income of more than 20 or 30 taels of silver in a year, although this is much worse than in the past, and each official has a full amount of forty or fifty taels in the past.

Many of the officials who had taken advantage of the past and had a bad reputation have been cleared out, and many of them have just been promoted, such as those who were seriously injured on the battlefield and retired, or the people who fought and made meritorious contributions with the volunteers, or the poor talents with a good reputation in the mountains.

In the past, we were not like those servants in the past, who were hereditary from their parents, but came from mountain villages, and they used to work hard for a year and could only mix one food and clothing, but now they are different, not only have a reputation in the township, but also have a lot of income.

In the Ming Dynasty, the annual income of ordinary merchants was only more than 20 taels of silver, and a government servant had an income of 20 or 30 taels of silver a year, which was also considered well-off.

Everyone cherishes this job, and if it is true that they are accused of taking money and robbery, they will be immediately removed from the ranks of officials.

Now all counties and counties in Pengzhou have elected nine to eleven squires to form a council to implement the co-governance of the gentry, and these squires in order to gain a good reputation, some of them even hope to become the head of the township, scribe or something, and are quite enthusiastic about the new policy.

Most of the replacements are volunteers who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield and have been seriously injured, or they are the first and third lieutenant commanders with outstanding work achievements.

With the expansion of the territory of the volunteers, it was rumored in the society that this township chief and that councilor had a good reputation and did practical things for the people, and were promoted to township heads, scribes, county magistrates, and county magistrates.

In ancient times, many scholars often took Confucianism as the body, the law as the use, the Huang Lao as the power, and the vertical and horizontal as the change.

Fan Wenguang sometimes felt that the new policy was too aggressive, and sometimes he secretly comforted himself and obeyed the power in a hurry, but now he has to fight a war and calm down the people's grievances, and the implementation of the new policy is also a last resort.

After five or six days like this, today I was completely enraged by an incident.

Gaozu implements the principle of three classes and nine rules to collect taxes from merchants and workers, and its basic idea is to divide merchants into three classes according to the size of the store and the amount of turnover, and divide three small grades under each grade, so divided into nine grades and charged.

After the implementation of the new policy, the government still charges fees according to the principle of three classes and nine rules, but the standard has changed slightly.

All merchants and workers shall be given 1 tael of silver for the lower class, 1 tael of silver for the lower class, 2 taels of silver for the lower class, 3 taels of silver for the lower class, 4 taels of silver for the middle class, 5 taels of silver for the upper class, 8 taels of silver for the upper and lower class, 10 taels of silver for the upper class, and 15 taels of silver for the upper class.

These are no different from the past, but above them, there is also a level, that is, superclass, as long as the annual income exceeds 400 taels of silver, or more than 20 employees, they all belong to the superclass, and 8% of the annual income needs to be paid as a commercial tax.

There are four or five of these super-fine shops and workshops in every county, and these merchants earn a lot of money every year, which is nothing, but the fault is that brothels and casinos are also included, which makes these shops very unhappy.

Chinese people are good at gambling, all over the country, and even more so in the feudal society, Sichuan people who live comfortably, in the county seat, in the countryside, everyone often gets together to gamble and have fun.

The casino is a place where profits are made every day, and as long as the business is good, everyone doesn't mind this tax at all.

After obtaining a super business license, a casino will be hung in the center of the casino with a plaque, and the solicitors will boast about how their casino is, and it is a super casino in the county.

Gamblers are also willing to show, everyone flocked to the casino, so the casino business is much better than in the past, the surrounding casinos see this, have hung out the business license, in order to compete for gamblers.

In addition to the casino, the brothels are even more so, the Chinese people are good, and they have never changed, after seeing the casino so prosperous, those brothels also follow the example, hang out their business licenses, and let ** solicit customers on the street every day, and say that they are super brothels recognized by the government.

In ancient times, many people who did not do their jobs liked casinos and brothels, and under the spread of these people, in less than a few months, they became synonymous with casinos and brothels in some places.

Many people who are dissatisfied with the New Deal find an excuse to attack the New Deal in this way, after all, many businesses and workshops are well-behaved businessmen and pay great attention to reputation.

Fan Wenguang sat on the Wangjiang Tower, the shopkeeper and the big business and big workshop shopkeeper in the city all had sad faces, as everyone said, although in the past year, although only paid a maximum of 10 taels of silver in the past year, now there are so many more, everyone has a lot of complaints about the new deal.

But everyone didn't dare to directly say that they had paid too much, and now they are connecting the super class with casinos and brothels, and everyone is just taking advantage of the topic.

The big shopkeeper looked sad and said: "My lord, now the war is in chaos, the surrounding counties are calm, the people live and work in peace and contentment, everyone's business is good, and there is nothing to pay this business endowment."

But now when everyone sees super-class, they intentionally or unintentionally say that casinos, brothels or something are also super-class.

My lord, we have been in business for generations, and what we want in the local area is a good reputation, you see, now we are connected to casinos and brothels, and everyone is psychologically uncomfortable. ”

Fan Wenguang looked quite puzzled, in the past, the collection of taxes was simply life-threatening, and he couldn't imagine that now these merchants actually turned a 180-degree turn, and he couldn't believe his ears, so he hurriedly asked the reason.

In order to make Fan Wenguang believe in himself, the fat shopkeeper pointed to his restaurant, which has three floors, can put more than 20 tables and can accommodate more than 30 tenants, and said proudly: "My lord, my reputation in the county is well-known, and now it is rated as a super merchant.

My lord, to tell you the truth, in the past, not only had to pay business taxes, but also had to pay some government servants, and some ruffians, and in a year, it was far more than that, but now it is paid to the government, and there are invoices, which feels much more down-to-earth. ”

Only at this time did Fan Wenguang react, in the past, he may have paid a little less, but if he wanted to do some government service or something, now he doesn't need it much.

Thinking of this, Fan Wenguang was a little relieved, and looked at everyone: "Everyone, the third-class nine rules are determined by the ancestors, and the adults have added a super class according to everyone's actual situation."

Won't the adults cancel the superclass right away, and everyone will go back to the top?

Besides, you have such abundant financial resources, if you are only superior, it is not in line with your identity at all. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but they didn't dare to deliberately provoke adults, and in the past two years, there has been no good fruit to eat for those who provoke.

The fat shopkeeper cried and explained: "My lord, we don't mean anything else, we are normal businessmen, and we have never defaulted on government taxes.

Now the people in the society are ridiculing, saying that super class is a place like casinos and brothels.

My lord, we just don't want our reputation to suffer. ”

Back at the official yamen, the more Fan Wenguang thought about it, the more angry he became, the new deal actually made such a joke, so that these serious businessmen were burdened with such a bad reputation, isn't this a waste of honest people?

Fan Wenguang wrote a long letter that night and sent a special person to send it to the prefect's yamen, so anxious and uneasy for three days, on the fourth day the prefect's yamen came to report, asking Fan Wenguang to rush to the city within five days, along with the county magistrates, the newly elected speakers.

At noon on July 13, everyone arrived one after another, and saw that everyone was gathered together, almost the lobby was crowded, sitting at the top were county magistrates or something, and below there were more than 20 big businesses and big workshop shopkeepers.

When everyone heard the news, they were all nervous, someone attacked the New Deal like this, and it seemed that someone was going to be unlucky today.

Some of those who participated in the ridicule begged for more blessings, hoping that they would only be in the flail (on the flail), and not to be beaten on the board, let alone sentenced to exile.

Yang Lin came to the yamen in a new-style military uniform, since the issuance of the new-style military uniform, he rarely wears an official uniform, not to mention that the official uniform is too big and uncomfortable to wear, but he is still wearing a robe on a hot day.

Although it was made of fine silk and didn't feel too hot on the body, the person who was used to short clothes and short coats in his previous life wore a new military uniform and walked out.

Everyone looks weird, there is no official authority, but it looks heroic.

He wears a large-brimmed hat on his head, and two neat rows of large buttons on either side of his chest, which are made of brass and covered with a layer of gold leaf.

In addition, the shoulders are deliberately raised and thickened, and there is also a long strip with gold leaf on the left and right shoulders.

Of course, everyone didn't know the meaning, but one by one they were still quite panicked, and everyone hurriedly saluted, some kneeling, some arching, and so on.

Yang Lin felt funny, and after letting everyone sit down, he opened the sentence and asked everyone to summarize the gains and losses of the business endowment in the new policy.

Yang Lin sat on the top, his face expressionless, and Zhou Zheng, the governor of the experience division next to him, called everyone's names one by one and asked everyone to speak.

To everyone's surprise, the first to name those lowly merchants, everyone did not dare to say that the new deal was bad, everyone just said that they were rated as super-class, and the business was much more prosperous than in the past.

But seeing a brothel and a casino is also super class, everyone feels quite uncomfortable.

In addition, some faintly mentioned that there are still yamen extorting bribes, and there are also ruffians and other scoundrels, extortion.

Yang Lin listened, nodded from time to time, and sometimes interjected two sentences, but everyone was frightened, and some actually wiped the sweat beads on their faces with sweat towels when they spoke.

It took two hours like this, and finally it was Yang Lin's turn, seeing everyone's tense expressions, Yang Lin laughed out loud to relieve everyone's nervousness.

Looking at everyone, Yang Lin spoke for an hour, from having money to paying, having strength to contribute, and those who can work hard.

From the meaning of taxation to the redistribution of wealth.

Looking at everyone's stunned appearance, Yang Lin secretly felt very refreshed, and said with a smile: "Everyone, everyone says that they help the old and the young, and help the disadvantaged, think about it, are you paying higher taxes than ordinary farmers?"

A homesteader cultivating his own land is calculated according to fifteen acres, and the land tax is six cents per mu.

In addition, each adult male has to pay 1 yuan and 2 cents of the tax, plus forced labor, plus commercial endowment or something, so far more than 10% of the annual income, and the maximum commercial endowment is only 8%.

According to the third-class nine rules, ordinary merchants have less than 5% of their annual business endowment, even if they are super merchants, they are only 8%, their goods are only 3% of their county customs endowments, and their government is only 5%.

And 5% of the tax paid can also be used to offset the tax payment, so that the tax paid by the merchant is far lower than that of the ordinary yeoman farmer. ”

Everyone looked at each other, which was basically a fig leaf lifting, and bluntly saying that everyone said that casinos and brothels were super-class but a fig leaf against the New Deal.

In addition, I also clearly tell everyone that don't look at everyone paying more taxes, but there are more people than everyone, and the people have not complained.

But everyone didn't dare to refute it, and the facts put forward proved that this was true, and everyone kept saying that they wanted to be Confucian businessmen, but they didn't pay more taxes than the common people.

Since this layer of window paper has been pierced, everyone has nothing to argue, and some people seem to refute it from other aspects.

A middle-aged shopkeeper in a short coat stood up, shook his head and said: "What the adults said is not unreasonable, but in addition to normal taxes, the officials also have to take care of it, although the implementation of the new policy now does not need to be like in the past, but there are still some officials who openly ask for bribes."

In addition to those hateful officials, what is even more hateful is those ruffians and hooligans, who come to ask for bribes every now and then.

My lord, if you add these up, the burden on our merchants is not 5%, 8% from time to time, but 10% or 20%. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked pitiful and wailed loudly.

Yang Lin smiled and said: "I also know this, but have you ever thought about it, in the past, the government stipulated that the field was only 6 cents per mu, but the official actually received 2 yuan, 3 yuan per mu, and now the maximum is 6 liters of rice per mu (1 bucket of rice)."

We must do things to the root cause, and we must treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and this official has adhered to this principle since he came to power.

Although there are still officials who accept bribes, it has now been resolved from the system, and Pengzhou has begun to choose village elders and squires as councilors.

If you think that your character, knowledge, and prestige in society are enough to be a member of the Legislature, you are welcome to run for election.

If there is a servant who dares to accept bribes, as long as it is verified to be true, no matter who he is, he will be dismissed from his post with a cane, sentenced to military service at a serious level, and may lose his head if he is even worse.

Also, you say that the ruffians and hooligans are asking for bribes, and you still have the face to say that, you are raising these ruffians and hooligans and are unwilling to pay taxes, you must know that taxes are a means of income adjustment.

Even so, I can punish the local ruffians, all the ruffians who dare to extort money, and the hooligans who do not do their jobs properly for the sake of the locality, once discovered, although they are not worthy of the sentence, I can set up a labor camp and send them to the labor camp for labor re-education.

Now there are a lot of taxes, but everyone knows that the rogue is in chaos and needs money to fight a war.

After the military needs are resolved, we will return a batch to various counties to be used to build roads and bridges, and to train the township heroes. ”

Everyone was speechless, and everyone didn't dare to refute the new policy, let alone Yang Lin, one by one, they were worried about what would happen if they were replaced by a corrupt official in the future?

Of course, Yang Lin knows the problem of this controversy, that is, everyone has no awareness of paying taxes, let alone the glorious consciousness of paying taxes.

What we need to do now is to slowly establish everyone's awareness of paying taxes, so that everyone can have the glorious consciousness of paying taxes.

Although many people feel disappretaken about playing the piano with the cow, Yang Lin knows that thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground, and it is not a day's work to truly establish a sense of paying taxes.