"Jieshuai, the business tax we have collected during this period is five or six times higher than in the past! And those luxury goods account for about half, I didn't expect the business tax to be so collectible! Ma Zhou said.

Ma Zhouke is really excited, in the past few days, according to the new tax system, Ma Zhou's Mengjin County's commercial tax has been collected five or six times that of the past, and the taxes contributed by those luxury goods have also been more than half. As for those ordinary merchants, they also like to come to Mengjin County to trade. Because the tax collectors in Mengjin County are "serving" and other counties are "extorting", in this case, people want to be able to go to those who can be good to themselves! After all, they all have to pay so many taxes, who doesn't like a good service attitude?

During this time, the commercial tax in Mengjin County has increased very rapidly, and now it is five or six times that of the past, and in a few days, I am afraid it will increase more than ten times. And the flow of people is surging, which is of course very gratifying. Moreover, the flow of people has surged, and many people have been able to get some benefits from the people in the vicinity. Now the people have just harvested food, it is winter, and there is a lot of surplus food in the house. And these surplus grains have taken advantage of the current surge in people to get a good price.

As for the various inns or something, they are making a lot of money, and then because of their popularity, the benefits are conceivable. And Ma Zhou didn't expect that there was such a good way to govern the local government, and it could actually change the commercial tax, and then it caused so many "butterfly effects", and then brought so much benefit to the local people. In the past, everyone was staring at the income in the land, harvesting it day after day and year after year, and then handing it over to the government, and then the government was at most doing some trial cases, and some idle duties. And now, although there are more things, life is relatively fuller. It's not like in the past, repeating the previous day's things every day. People have become machines. Not many people like to crash the machine, so Ma Zhou was a little happy when he saw this situation, after all, it seemed that he had "political achievements"!

"Ma Zhou, you are optimistic, next, your Mengjin County will change more and more. Don't look at it, it just changed the method of taxation, and changed the attitude of the officials in the past, which is extremely important for the people. My Chinese people have been the kindest since ancient times, and you have been kind to them. They will repay you with ten times their gratitude. And you should have seen by now that although you have increased your taxes, you have clearly told them that the taxes are for their good. Moreover, you are mainly raising taxes on those local tyrants, and you are not involved in the necessities of daily life. But you have changed the attitude of the officials, and as a result, they are willing to come to you to trade, so isn't that a tax for you? You see, they'd rather take an extra detour of the road. I will also come to you to trade, then this is the gratitude of the people. They all know that you are sincerely for the good of the people, and the people will repay you good officials. Jingwen said.

Ma Zhou saw that more and more businessmen were willing to take the initiative to take a detour. Even if he would rather spend more to come here to trade, Ma Zhou also felt a little emotion in his heart. In the past, although Ma Zhou was a poor family, life was not very difficult. If Ma Zhou is used in later generations, he is the middle class. There is a certain amount of property in the family for him to study. After that, he was able to become a small official of the government, and then went to Chang'an to meet Jingwen. Now he is the county magistrate of Jing County. The career is rising step by step.

Therefore, Ma Zhou actually does not know much about the mentality of the people at the bottom of society. And now Ma Zhou has finally realized that the people know how to be grateful. As long as you can let them know that you are genuinely for their good, they will also repay you as a good official. Now it is only in the process of collecting taxes that they explain more about the content of taxes taken from the people and for the people, but they all realize that the officials here are really for their good, and the taxes collected are also for the people, so these businessmen have a good impression of these officials, so they would rather increase their own costs and come here to pay taxes.

"Who says businessmen are forgetful of profit? It seems that they also have their own innocence! Ma Zhou finally said.

Ma Zhou used to think that businessmen were forgetful of profit, but now he sees that these businessmen would rather make less money and spend more freight, but also come here to trade, which is regarded as handing over taxes to the government here, and then hoping that the government of Mengjin County can be used by the people, which is enough to show that they also have their own love for the people. This shows their trust in the officials of Mengjin County, and it shows their trust in Ma Zhou.

"Ma Zhou, you must know that your county officials, and even those small officials under him, are actually the image of representing a national government in the eyes of the people. If you knock out the bones and marrow of the people, then the people will think that this court is all corrupt officials. If you can do your best and not extort money from the people, then although they will think that this government has some corrupt officials, they will also think that this court is still very useful, and they will not be completely disappointed in the court. Therefore, I was in Chang'an at that time, I always proposed that you little officials are the real executors of the imperial court's policies, and if you are high enough, it is enough to make the people trust. This is much better than the so-called Shang Yang Ximu for the faith. However, this is a long-term phenomenon that can only be reflected, so you must pay close attention to these low-level officials in the future, they are the ones who really affect the people's image of the government. Jingwen said.

Jingwen remembered that in his later life, the window units of some departments treated the visiting people with difficult doors, difficult to do, and ugly faces. In fact, in many cases, the image of the government is also tarnished by these front-line service personnel.

And in this era, the people are still very simple, as long as you can treat them better, they will take the initiative to repay you. This era is not like the kind of people in later generations who were exposed to a lot of things and a lot of information, and as a result, they were much more "mature" than the ancients. If it is a later generation, the government will be better to the people, and the people may still suspect that the government has ulterior motives. But in this era, the government is kind to the people, and they can really repay you wholeheartedly. (To be continued......)