Cheng Zhijie has some egg pain, yes, it is egg pain.

I want to be a governor of Huai and Jiang Inspectors, but now I can only sit here and drink tea?

Well, the tea in Jiangnan is indeed good, but what is Lao Tzu's identity? Thousands of miles away from here to drink tea?

Is it OK to drink?

No way!

Forbidden alcohol, this next Cheng Zhijie is a complete egg pain.

Now even if I want to find something to do, I have nothing to do.

Yes, the governor of Huai and Jiang is an idle and moldy position, and his only task is to sit here, or sit in other places, and he does not need to meddle in specific things, he only needs to give orders, and other things are done by the people below.

Such an idle official position, this is what Cheng Zhijie dreams of, but why can't he be happy for Mao now?

This has to be said back to half a month ago, after Li Yuanji talked to Li Chengguang again, he officially explained their detailed responsibilities to the three governors.

The main task is to arrest people, and then the rest of the things, at present, there is basically nothing to do, they have no power to take the initiative to do things, unless the provinces come to the door and need coordination or help, it will be Cheng Zhijie's turn.

Half a month ago, the team got acquainted with it for half a month, and all the work was almost arranged, and then it was time to travel.

Before leaving, Li Yuanji gave Cheng Zhijie a box, no, to be precise, he gave Cheng Zhijie a key.

The box is in the forbidden army, and then tell him that when he arrives at the place, he will open the box, and then take out the information marked as one inside, and then arrange it for the people below, Cheng Zhijie doesn't have to do anything, just clear the obstacles for the people below.

Then, Cheng Zhijie felt full of malice, and the special meow was that this was a box with a box, a large box on the outside was locked, and a bunch of small boxes inside were also sealed with oil sludge.

After removing the box marked one, the Janissaries took it away and relocked it.

And then there is now, Cheng Zhijie just glanced at the contents of the box, and handed the box to the people below, and then he began to do nothing.

"This is to squeeze the old man dry......" Cheng Zhijie pouted in pain.

Everyone else has something to do, but he has nothing to do, so he can't stay in the executive office all day and stare at it, right?

So, I can only go out and look around, see the excitement or something, a pot of tea costs 300 yuan, the high-quality Longjing, more expensive than the wine of Temeow, the flesh hurts......

If you continue like this, it is estimated that if you stay here for two years, your family will have to sell the house, right?

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Yangzhou, as the only area in the southeast of the Tang Dynasty that can be compared with Luozhou and Chang'an, is naturally not said to have an economy here.

The heavy water transport slightly offset the stress caused by the train.

Moreover, Yangzhou is not without its own opportunities, at present, the railway from Xuzhou to Yangzhou has completed the preliminary exploration, and the location has been selected, it is said that Xuzhou has begun to build a fork, and other places will also start construction within half a year.

Why wait so long? It is not that it has been troubled by the engineering corps, most of the young and strong laborers have joined the army, and the number of civilian railway builders has naturally decreased, and it needs to be retrained, and the speed will not be fast at all for a while and a half.

Although the railway has not yet been repaired, this does not hinder the status of Yangzhou, which has two major transportation advantages of water and land, as well as historical and administrative advantages, has naturally become the boss of Jiangnan.

Judging from last year's economic aggregate, Yangzhou even slightly pressed Luozhou, but each has its own advantages.

Yangzhou's advantage lies in tea, silk, etc., Luozhou's advantage lies in heavy industry, and Chang'an's machinery factory is responsible for a large number of military orders, so more civilian orders are transferred to Luozhou, while Zhenbei is mainly based on grain and livestock.

Chang'an is a concentrated place, so I won't talk much about this advantage, even if it doesn't need to be said, everyone can understand that under the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is normal to be a little awesome.

With the development of the economy, the original urban generalization can no longer meet the normal demand.

As a result, the city gates were expanded in cities all over the country.

Originally, it was a single city gate, and people, goods, and everything went in and out of here, but now it can't be done.

A new gate was opened on each wall about 50 meters to the left and right of the original gate, and the original gate was mainly used for people to enter and exit.

The gate on the left is mainly for goods entering the city, and the gate on the right is mainly for transit into the city.

The meaning is obvious, when the caravan leaves, there will be a destination certificate issued by the tax office of the place of departure, if you arrive at the destination, you will go directly to the city, and at the same time enter the city, you need to pay taxes according to the goods on the list, and the goods sold on the way will be deducted from the tax certificates issued by various places.

And the transit into the city is much simpler, show the certificate, and then get a certificate of registration into the city, and when you leave, take this certificate out of the city, but when you go out of the city, you need to check the goods, according to the rules, you need to declare the number of goods sold, and take the initiative to pay taxes.

But there are also shrewd fellows who like to pour goods in the city to ensure that the number of goods is the same as when they enter the city, and in this case, they will be severely punished if they are found out.

However, in a perfect system, people will also find loopholes to exploit.

For smart people, there are no impermeable pants in this world.

"Brother Tai, we lost a box of goods in our caravan, I wonder if we can ......?" A man stepped forward and whispered to a tax officer.

"Lost a box?" The tax officer frowned, a little embarrassed: "You make me very embarrassed...... According to the rules, even if you lose this box, you have to pay taxes, unless you go to the official and get the yamen's notice. By the way, how did you lose this product? Lost in your caravan? Or was it stolen by thieves? ”

"If you accidentally lose it, what you lose is not a valuable product, and the cost is more than 300 yuan, do you see if you can be accommodating?" The man continued to negotiate.

"This is really not accommodating, so many pairs of eyes are watching, what do you want me to do?" The tax officer spread his hands, more than 300 yuan, and the tax payment is only about 30 yuan, which is not much.

However, it is precisely because this money is not much, so there is room for operation in it, and if the amount is too large, they dare not have any thoughts.

"Brother Tai help, the caravan can't afford to delay......" The man's face was full of anxiety, and he secretly quietly handed over a small bag from below.

As the saying goes, as soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he knows if there is one, and the tax collector can guess that there are about twenty dollars in it just by taking the money bag.

For the caravan, of course, it is possible to earn a penny, and for goods worth more than 900 yuan, it is good to be able to give 20 yuan, after all, even according to the rules, it is enough to pay a tax of more than 30 yuan.

If you give more, then it is better to pay taxes directly, so why do such a risky thing?

"Hey, you caravans, you really don't have any vigilance at all, according to your method, it is estimated that they haven't even arrived at the place, and this cargo is almost lost." The tax officer shook his head and reprimanded, but this was just a show, then stretched out his hand and said, "Go check their goods, and if there is only one box missing, take him to report the case." ”

Naturally, there was only one box of goods missing, and this could not be faked, and then, the tax official who went to inspect it walked in the direction of the yamen with the man.

However, in the end, he did not enter the yamen, but after leaving the sight of the crowd, he turned a corner and walked directly into an alley, entered a small courtyard, and then let him wait outside.

After about half a cup of tea, the official walked out of the courtyard, holding a report slip in his hand, and handed it directly to the man.

The content of the pass is very simple, that is, the caravan accidentally lost a box of goods overnight in the city on a certain day, and reported it at what time on a certain day, after investigation, the goods were loosened due to the poor custody of the caravan itself, etc., resulting in the loosening of the reins of the horses, and the wreckage of the lost goods was found in the stable, which had been all abandoned, and this box of goods was exempted from taxes, and it was also stamped with the seal of Yangzhou Wuhou.

The general article is in triplicate, one copy is left in the Wuhou Office, two copies are handed over to the informant, one copy is kept by the informant, and one copy is handed over to the tax official for the record when he leaves the city, which is reasonable and compliant.

The system itself was designed to avoid having to pay taxes when the caravan was lost, and to avoid even greater losses in the event of a loss.

But now, it has become a means for some people to accumulate wealth, so that the merchant is equivalent to a dozen less than a dozen yuan, the tax official gets twenty yuan, and the court loses more than thirty yuan.

Singlely, it's not much, but it can't stand up to a large amount, day after day, and the devil knows how much tax these people have deducted through this means over the years.

Is the cargo really lost?

Lose a fart, this caravan is an ordinary caravan, after the people of the Governor's Mansion revealed their identities, they asked them to cooperate with the actions of the Governor's Palace, and the benefit was that the tax payment was halved.

Of course, in order to protect the caravan's own safety and hide this matter, this money is not done through tax reduction, but when the cooperation is determined, the Governor's Palace directly gives the reduced money to the caravan, and then the caravan should pay taxes or how to pay taxes, which is the same as a normal caravan.

In addition, they will not move until the caravan leaves, which is also to ensure the safety of the caravan.

Handed over a pass, the caravan left Yangzhou City smoothly, during which it did not suffer any obstruction, because the number of goods had been checked before, so this time it was directly released without even the regular inspection, and the other caravans had no opinion on this, everyone had long been used to it.

During the day, there is no action, although the curfew is lifted, but the city gate is still closed at night, but there is no limit to the time on the street, so when the city gate is closed, it is the best time to start.