[Second update, ask for red tickets, collect]

Seeing that Han Gangken opened the golden mouth, the tax collectors knew that the matter had finally passed, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not Suide City that is making trouble." The goatee jumped up, led Han Gang's horse reins and walked forward, while instructing his subordinates to let go of the fat Shu merchant, he raised his head and replied carefully, "Millions of money and grain a year are smashed, and I can't hear a sound." The capital said that they would give money and food, but they were all discounted, and we were asked to fill the deficit in Guanzhong. However, Shaanxi is short of money and grain, and there is no way to transfer the minister, so there is no choice but to collect more commercial taxes. Today is Jingzhao Mansion, and Shaanxi Road will be strictly investigated in a few days. The transfer minister clearly said that no matter which way the gods are, if they don't pay the taxes in full, they can't let them go. God is pitiful, we usually don't have a benefit from these tax draws, the taxes paid are short, and we have to be boarded, and now the New Year is sent out to eat the wind, and the children of the Hun family at home are waiting to go back to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival. But what can be done? Who dares not to listen to the public when the transport minister speaks? The villain is also okay! I was fed up in the wind, and I saw that the sky was all white, my head was stiff, and my eyes were dizzy, and I didn't want to offend the officials. Fortunately, the official and prime minister measured it, and they didn't care about the villain......"

The goatee can speak, and the cannons fly denser than Wang Sunchen's arrows, and he complains about it, but he has poured all the bitter water over and over again, even if Han Gang still has resentment in his heart, it is not good to sprinkle it on him. However, Han Gang also knew that this was a goatee bullying him for being young, and he didn't know where the oil and water of being a tax collector were. If the tax collectors are really so hard, why not go back to their hometowns and farm?

Han Gang didn't poke at him, but he thought about this order from the Shaanxi Transshipment Division. Now Chen Yi, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Transport, heard that he was proficient in the art of criminal names and had rehabilitated many unjust prisoners, but other than that, Han Gang knew nothing about him. But since he is proficient in criminal names, it is natural that he understands the world and penetrates people's hearts. If such a person makes a move, there will naturally be a deep meaning behind it.

Chen Yi made such a big fuss about tax extraction, but how much commercial tax can be drawn during the Chinese New Year? And I'm afraid that in a few days, a complaint will spread to the capital. This is called poverty! Han Gang said in his heart, Chen Yi did this, it is very likely that he is forcing the imperial court to allocate money quickly. It's just that if he thinks about it deeper, it is more likely that he is borrowing his strength and using the public opinion in Guanzhong to obstruct the implementation of the Hengshan strategy.

And in the mere part of Suide City, there were millions of money and grain smashed into it, which also surprised Han Gang. It seems that the movement of the seed is not small. It is no wonder that Li Shizhong was able to calmly refuse Wang Shao's proposal to build a city in Weiyuan. Shaanxi's budget is limited, and the transshipment department will not pay for it. No matter how capable Wang Shao is, it is difficult to dig out the money and grain for the construction of the city in the treasury of the Shaanxi Transshipment Division.

Han Gang frowned, it seemed that he had gone to the capital and had another mission.

Of course! Han Gang looked down at the goatee that was holding the reins in front of his horse. The Shaanxi Transshipment Division will extend its hand to the officials in the past, and the reason should not only be to make the poor and make trouble, and to hinder the development of Hengshan. On the other hand, today's civil and military officials have indeed gotten into the eyes of money.

Han Gangdu had heard that some officials would bring local products and goods with them when they went to Beijing in order to profit from trafficking. And before he went to Beijing, there were indeed a few trading houses that wanted to invite him to set off together. Because Wang Hou seemed to inadvertently mention something, Han Gang was alert to this, and rejected the idle hospitality of those commercial houses.

Tokyo is the capital of the country, with a population of one million and tens of thousands of bureaucrats. There are more people, more money, commerce is prosperous, and goods from all over the world converge to the capital. Transshipment of local products from all over the world to the capital for sale is a profitable business. And the world style of laughing at the poor and not at prostitutes makes officials not ashamed of doing business. They often assign family members and relatives to run businesses, and use their official status to avoid state tax cards.

According to the laws promulgated by the imperial court, local commercial taxes are divided into two types: resident tax and excessive tax. As the name suggests, the resident tax is the tax paid for the local sale of goods, that is, the business tax, and the tax paid when the tax passes through the tax card, that is, the customs duty. The standing tax is 3%, or 3 percent, and the excess tax is 2%.

This tax amount seems to be very light, but the tax is not paid once and you have to sit back and relax, but after passing through a military state, you have to pay it once - this is the general situation - some military states tend to add more tax cards. Generally speaking, if the journey exceeds 10,000 miles, taxes are included, and then the freight is added, and the transportation cost will exceed the original price of the goods - this still refers to the waterway. If you travel three or four hundred miles by land, the price will have to be doubled so that you will not lose money.

There is a saying in all the world, called a hundred miles do not sell wood, thousands of miles do not sell rice - more than a hundred miles, you will not make money by selling firewood, and more than a thousand miles, you will not make money by selling rice. Freight and taxes are the biggest factors that curb business development.

In order to circumvent these two expenses, the easiest way is to use the government's transportation channels. Many officials would bring local products with them when they came to Beijing, and they also borrowed official ships to transport goods, just to save all freight and taxes.

Han Gang despised such mediocre officials very much, and going into battle shirtless at home would only ruin his reputation. If you want to make money, there are many means. As long as there are credible manpower, thousands of times a year is not a problem at all.

Goatee helped Han Gang lead a horse, the tax card was also passed, and filial piety was also expressed. Han Gang was not too worried, and was about to signal Goatee to go back, and he and Liu Zhongwu continued on the road together. But just after leaving the tax card office, there was a sudden commotion. A somewhat shrill voice shouted: "I am the Gongsheng of Pizhou, what do you want to stop the way?!" ”

A mouthful of Confucian sour words made Han Gang turn around curiously, only to see a small mountain flying in the sky, just in front of the tax card, but the poor mule he had just seen had arrived.

Goatee looked at Han Gang and turned around, thinking that he wanted to help that Pizhou Gongsheng. It's no wonder that he thinks so, since ancient times, literati have been contemptuous, but scholars have always been unable to see the same scholars being bullied by villains. "Official, the villain will go and let him go."

"No more searches?" Han Gang didn't know that he had just glanced back, making Goatee think that he wanted to help Pizhou Gongsheng, and was a little surprised how the tax collectors could talk.

Goatee thought that Han Gang was talking the opposite, so he hurriedly smiled: "Since the official wants to help Xiucai from Pizhou, how dare the villain search again?" ”

When did I say I was going to help him?

Goatee looked at the tax card again, turned around, and sighed to Han Gang in distress: "Official, this matter is a little difficult to do." If it were normal, we would have turned a blind eye and let it go. It's a tribute student anyway, maybe I'll take the Jinshi exam this time. But not right now, the transfer minister is ruthless, he is such a mountain-like package, he can pass the first and second levels, but he can't pass the third and fourth levels. If you can't get out of a hundred miles, you will definitely be stopped......" Suddenly, his voice paused, like a flash of inspiration, "There is!" Official, please wait. ”

Dropping a word, he staggered back. The goatee talked to himself, which made Han Gang a little depressed. He didn't speak, he just watched what the goatee was doing. But the result surprised Han Gang.

Goatee is really good at being a man, he pulled Bizhou Gongsheng aside and said a few words, I don't know what he said, Gongsheng suddenly stopped making a fuss. Soon the two walked towards Han Gang together. And Gongsheng's mule was left with a package, but one of the three mules that originally belonged to the fat Shu merchant was pulled by Gongsheng in his hand instead.

This is a three-one equal share! Han Gang shook his head and sighed, the three mules returned one to the fat Shu merchants, the tax collectors laughed at one, and the tribute sheng changed one. Okay, except for Shu Shang, everyone is satisfied! And the fat man Shu Shang was almost alive, and he didn't dare to complain.

What a good officer! What a capable officer!

Gongsheng walked over with a goatee, and Han Gang dismounted to greet him.

Na Gongsheng was about forty or fifty years old, he looked a little thin, his beard didn't grow at all, or he shaved it off to pretend to be young, and his face was clean, but in this way, the wrinkles like thousands of hills were also exposed. looks more like a eunuch than Liu Xizao.

He had a robe covered with wind, which had not been washed for a long time, and it was so black and shiny that he could no longer see the original color. He bowed in front of Han Gang and said humbly: "Lu Ming, a late student in the later school, cursive Mingde, a native of Pizhou, has seen an official." ”

Looking at the middle-aged man who was at least twice his age, claiming to be a late student in front of him, although it was a common practice in the world, Han Gang's psychology still felt a little awkward.

Han Gang felt a little strange in his heart, "The provincial test was in mid-February, and now half of the first month has passed. Brother Lu has only entered Beijing now, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to catch up with the test? ”

The local examination ended in August last year, and under normal circumstances, the scholars who won the Zhonggong students would choose to enter Beijing in September and October to take the exam. They were to stay in Tokyo for three or four months, until the rite examination in mid-February and the temple examination in early March. On the one hand, it is necessary to get used to the water and soil of the capital, so as not to damage your body during the exam, and on the other hand, you can also make friends with scholars from all over the world, broaden your knowledge, and learn from each other.

And Lu Ming has not entered Beijing until now, and he will be able to get the exam time stuck, if it weren't for his sour demeanor, Han Gang would definitely regard Lu Ming as a liar who forged evidence.

Lu Ming raised his neck and said proudly: "I learned everything in my womb in my late life, and I want to be a jinshi when I enter Beijing this time." How could he be such a mediocre person, and he would be terrified when he entered the capital? ”

This product really dares to say, and if you are really talented, you won't be in your forties or fifties. Han Gang wanted to probe his bottom, so he asked: "Brother Lu is only able to learn, and the solution of the test in Pizhou should be easy. ”

Lu Mingha said with a smile, "How can it be reasonable to go to the exam later, which time in the past was not easy?" ”

As soon as Lu Ming replied like this, Han Gang knew it in his heart. In order to confirm, he asked tentatively: "The terroir in Beijing is different from that of Qinchuan, if you don't recuperate for a while after arriving in Beijing, I'm afraid you will not adapt to the water and soil." Brother Lu is not worried about any accidents? ”

"I've been to the capital a lot in my later life, how can I not adapt to the water and soil!?"

Lu Ming's two sentences finally got to the bottom of it, "It turned out to be a tribute-free student." ’

The so-called exempt tribute students refer to the scholars who have passed the examination many times, but have repeatedly failed the examination after entering Beijing, so that they can directly enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination without having to participate in the local examination. In fact, this is a condition for the special performance of the famous jinshi, but it is just to appease those scholars who refuse to give up the examination for the real jinshi, so as to save them from throwing themselves into the enemy country in anger - mainly Western Xia.

Because the solution of the test in the states of Shaanxi is far easier than that of the southeast roads, there are countless tribute students in the continuous examination, whether it is a special performance name, or a tribute student who is exempt from the solution, mainly Shaanxi people. These two systems were originally taken out by the imperial court to appease the hearts of the scholars in Shaanxi.