Shecao, Shipeng and Qian Peng are all official positions, and Shecao is in charge of the county's currency, salt and iron affairs, and Shipeng manages the market. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as these three Cao officials came, together with the other people in the house, the officials of the economic, financial, and market systems of the entire Dai County could be said to have gathered together.

The county, as the level below the state, has a lot of authority in the Xinhan Dynasty, and its yamen is also quite perfect, compared with the center, there are all kinds of departments and departments, which can be regarded as a miniature imperial court.

After Chen Zhi took over the affairs of the county, he was mainly familiar with the various departments of the county government, and there was no further interference, and there was no reduction or replacement of personnel.

Therefore, these people from various offices are still the original team, such as the county Shaofu Wang Yu who is currently in front of him, who is the person of the county king's family.

The county magistrate is the position in charge of the county's finances, but it is mainly responsible to the county keeper, and the county keeper has the power to control the money he manages.

And that is better than Cao Zhoujian, the officials are the number of people, household registration, and the property situation of the county, according to Chen Zhi's understanding, this person is the son-in-law of the Zhou family.

As for Cangcao Zhai Xiao, his official position can see his authority, which is related to the management of the granary.

Chen Zhi called them over, naturally to find out about the income and expenditure of the Daijun Yamen, and to ask at any time, but compared to asking them, Chen Zhi was more looking at the files, because these files were more intuitive.

When he was checking, the officials didn't dare to disturb his train of thought.

After giving the order, Chen Zhi looked down a few more times, and the other people in the room looked at each other faintly, and they all saw worry in their eyes.

These few of them either have in-laws with the family, or they are elected by the family, or they are the children of the local big families and wealthy families, so they all know about the invitation of the border army, and they are quite scruples about Chen Zhi in their hearts, and they don't know how to deal with it, but they are suddenly called over, and they are inevitably worried.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

When the names of Shecao Zhuge Yue, Shi Peng Tianqi, and Qian Peng Zhu Hu arrived, it could be regarded as breaking the tense atmosphere in the air.

"County guard, are you looking for us?" As soon as Zhuge Yue came, he saluted respectfully, and the other two also followed, and then glanced at Shaofu Wang Yu and the others with some doubts, his brows furrowed slightly, and the same worry appeared in his heart.

"I called you here to know what the situation is in our Daijun market," Chen Zhi sat on the seat, and asked people to arrange seats for the new people, and then asked, "Before the Huns entered the Kou, all parties were in a hurry to deal with it, and the people in the city also avoided it, and the market has recovered a lot in the past few days, and there are a lot of merchants coming and going, but I looked at the case file, and there seems to be something wrong with this harvest." ”

When a few people heard this, their hearts jumped, and then the king hurriedly said: "Taishou, you are from the south, I don't know, although we have a lot of merchants in Daijun, but under the threat of the Huns, we have been asking the general to send someone to protect it, so the income from this passing, sixty percent must be handed over to the general, otherwise let the Hu people wreak havoc, and someone from Aneng will come to do business, and they will have changed their routes a long time ago." ”

Chen Zhi glanced at him and said with a smile: "Here in Daijun, the west is the Xiongnu, the east is Youzhou, and there is Xianbei in the north, you can contact the two, and it can be regarded as a traffic point. ”

Wang Yu was stunned and silent.

But that Qian Peng Zhu Hu took over and said: "Taishou, the account is not calculated like this, my Daijun is scarce, and it is difficult to provide for food and grass, how can I support the army guarded?" Besides, such consumption is also very unwise, there are enough generals to have soldiers, if there are no soldiers, who will travel? If there is no travel, where can the tax of Guanjin be collected, so a large part of this tax must be distributed to the general's mansion. ”

Perhaps considering that the border army was planning and was afraid of irritating Chen Zhi, this Zhu Hu did not mention Wang Quan's name or the garrison, but the "general's soldiers" referred to in the words were undoubtedly the border troops in the north.

Chen Zhi still chuckled, and said: "But it seems that the business travelers are all people who come and go from the south to the north, and the goods they carry are even more all-inclusive, including things from the grassland and things from the south, so it can be seen that they are all high rollers, don't they buy something in Daijun?" ”

In the new Han Dynasty's household survey style, there is also a system similar to the commercial tax, which is called the Guanjin tax, the city tax, and the Shanze tax, which can be understood as the road tax, which is collected through the checkpoints on the road, and is mostly located in key places or on the edge of the national border, and there are many in Daijun.

Because this kind of road checkpoint itself has the role of security and protection, and it is one of the safety guarantees for businessmen, and they generally do not deliberately detour, otherwise they deserve to encounter bandits.

At the same time, the pass was also a place of inspection and inspection, and a means for the dynasty to maintain stability.

The municipal tax, also known as the municipal tax, is similar to the commodity transaction tax of later generations.

Most of the shops in the Han Dynasty are in the market, and they have to pay money when they get started, and the government has a special official to estimate the amount of their transactions and collect money, which is the city tax.

In addition to salt and iron ore deposits, which are monopolized by the government, other mining, picking, etc., can be open to the people, but the people who mine need to pay the government's goods, and this is the mountain tax.

It's just that many mountains and rivers are now occupied by wealthy families, and the income of the imperial court in this area is becoming more and more scarce.

In addition, the mine of the Chen family in Pengcheng was mined in the name of the imperial court, most of which was handed over to the imperial court, and a small part was kept for his own family.

In this situation of Daijun, its mountains and rivers are not occupied much by the family, because the special environment here forces the family to pay more attention to the population, rather than the wild land - the mountains and rivers are spiritual, without support, it will be bad when the Hu people enter the Kou.

But in the same way, the mountains and rivers that no one exploits will not bring enough income to the government, and the main income of Daijun in commerce and trade comes from the first two.

But as soon as Zhu Hu opened his mouth, he buckled his hat and gave a large part of the Guanjin tax to Wang Jun with confidence.

Chen Zhi didn't argue with him, but talked about the city tax.

This time, it was the city Peng Tian Qi, he arched his hand, and said respectfully: "Qi Yu Taishou, we are the people of the county, most of them are poor, where can I buy many things, this businessman who comes from the south to the north will not stay long, and will not sell too much here, they will sell the valuable things of the Central Plains to the grassland, and sell the rare things of the grassland to the south, back and forth, and get a lot, but its things are very expensive, not people in small places can afford it, since no one buys it, naturally there is not much city tax, Fortunately, there are many chariots and horses that they carry heavy loads, so they have a lot of money. ”

"What about a lot, don't most of them have to be turned in?" Chen Zhi said something deliberately, and when he saw that several people looked embarrassed, he changed his words again, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Could it be that we don't have anything to attract merchants and let them buy on a large scale?" ”

"Where?" Tian Qi smiled bitterly, "We are still not enough to support the people, where can we have surplus production?" Besides, the things we produce are, in the eyes of the people in the south, sparse and ordinary, and not as good as the fur objects on the grassland. ”

Na Shecao Zhuge Yue also added: "Yes, and there are no mineral deposits in our Dai County, salt and iron have to be bought from the outside, and there is nothing to sell to others, so there is no way to collect much city tax." ”

No mineral deposits? That's right.

Chen Zhi's heart moved, he knew that the county of this generation was located, in the first generation, it was the land of Wei County, which was a well-preserved coal mine in Hebei, and there were also different mineral deposits unearthed in the surrounding counties.

However, he knew very well that the times were different, and the technical limitations of exploration and mining were not so easy to find, even if Chen Zhi knew that there was a treasure in the future and asked him to find it now, he would have no clue, but when he thought of the thing in his hand, he couldn't help but resist.

"Now is not the time to use the 'search for the square', I have to make sure that everything goes wrong, and now that I have found the mineral deposit, the existing strength in my hand is not enough to keep it, it is equivalent to making a wedding dress for Wang Jun, I can't do it."

Thinking so, he said: "Then according to what you say, our generation of counties is really miserable, the food is not enough to eat by ourselves, in order to let the soldiers support, we have to give the limited harvest to the general's mansion, and all kinds of needs have to be bought outside." ”

Several people looked more and more embarrassed, and Wang Yu was about to say more, but saw Chen Zhi waving his hand.

"However, I also understand what you are saying, does it mean that if you have enough soldiers and horses, you can balance part of the customs and taxes? If there is production, can the market tax be overcharged? ”

Several people glanced at each other, but Wang Yu said loudly: "If this soldier and horse are sufficient, they need money and food, where can we afford it, and we have to let the general talk about it, it is better to be like now, and there is no need to worry about the soldiers' family affairs, as for this production, it is really not the strength of the county, and it cannot be forced." ”

"Well, you're right." Chen Zhi nodded, "In that case, you guys retreat first, the official thinks about it, and I just want to understand the situation when I call you over today." ”

Everyone did not doubt him and retired one after another.

But as he walked, Tian Qi couldn't help but say: "Although Taishou mentioned the soldiers and horses, it seems to have the meaning of his own offerings, don't anger the general, it's extraneous." ”

"Don't worry," Wang Yu shook his head, "The former Taishou Lu District also asked about this, but even if they were asked, there is no possibility of implementation at all, after all, there is no money and food, everything is not to be discussed, the situation of our Daijun is like this, several Taishou cannot be reversed, at most, it is to follow our family to make more money, I think this Chen Taishou is no exception." ”

At the same time, Chen Zhi was also chattering in the room.

"Money and food, money and food, these two are fundamental, if you want to gain a foothold, if you want to be stable, you have to have money and food."

Thinking about it, Chen Zhi glanced at the time, went to deal with the cumbersome government affairs first, and after resting for a while, someone came to report, saying that the people from Xiapi had arrived, and there were more than 100 people.

"Just in time!" Chen Zhi's eyes lit up.