With Feng Zhishui's purchase of grain, the grain purchase points opened by the government are also crowded. However, Jingwen immediately stopped the acquisition and eliminated all these acquisition points. As for the silk cloth merchant Zhao Yang, he also began to sell silk cloth, which could be used by the people to make clothes. As for the next, the people also give priority to purchasing silk cloth from Zhao Yang, because they are here at a ninety-fifty percent discount of the market price. Moreover, Zhao Yang also has the title of "righteous businessman", so the trust of the people has increased a lot. And those small silk cloth merchants saw this scene, obviously they were all very red-eyed, but they knew that they were sold by their boss, but they could only cry out in vain, after all, the shopping mall was like a battlefield. And there are people who betray their compatriots on the battlefield, let alone such merchants! If you look at it from their point of view, I'm afraid they will all sell those people.

"Dangdangdang......" the official began to sound the gong.

"Fellow villagers, our county commander Ma Zhou, and Lord Jingwen from the capital, they have formulated a new method of paying taxes, called a whip law. In the past, the common people had to pay for grain, silk cloth, and even sell their labor to serve in forced labor. But now, we have a new strategy, which is to combine these three things into one, and all we need to do is pay for food. You can pay grain to the government according to the normal market value of the silk cloth, and you can also pay grain through guò to be exempted. In the future, all conscription was offset by the uniform payment of grain, and then the government paid for the rations, and hired a group of people to serve in place of the authorized people. ”

When some fathers heard about this new policy, they immediately began to talk about it.

"Ergouzi, such a good thing, why didn't you encounter it last year? But I only met it after paying the tax! It would be great if you came across it when you were paying your taxes last year. Someone sighed.

"Yes! In the past, we paid a lot more for taxes than the government stipulated. And now the grain is paid uniformly, and there is no need to exchange it for silk cloth, and it is oppressed by those profiteers. Right now. We've actually reduced our efforts by at least half. Another said.

But another person said, "It's not just that! In the past, conscription not only had to delay the journey back and forth for several days out of thin air, but these were not counted in the prescribed 20-day conscription. Moreover, the government does not provide meals, but also provides meals themselves, which is even more expensive. And if we can pay grain to avoid forced labor, then we can spend more time serving the land, and then we can harvest more? If we gain more, maybe we will earn more when the time comes. ”

"Also, in the past, some officials in the former Sui Dynasty also set up a plan to increase the number of days of forced labor, so that we suffered even greater losses. However, if you can pay grain uniformly, you will be exempted from forced labor. We'll lose a lot less. Conscription, but it is the most killing of us little people! ”

And the people are talking about it, and the most serious thing everyone is talking about is the issue of forced labor. Conscription is a great delay in production, and once it is served, then I am afraid that the fields will not be cultivated. And if the time of the conscription coincides with the agricultural season, I am afraid that the harvest of the year will be delayed. However, if the agricultural season is delayed, the government taxes still have to be paid, which is very miserable. So. Conscription was the most terrible thing in ancient times, worse than paying taxes. Many of the people were overwhelmed by the forced labor, and finally rose up. It has been recorded in many historical books that the common people could not afford to serve the conscription. This is why they were forced to rebel. Because the chain effect of forced labor is too great, it is easy to delay the harvest, and at this time, those agricultural taxes are added to them again, so that they simply cannot afford it.

Although the people have some opinions about not implementing this method when paying taxes last year. But overall it's good. Especially since they have just paid their taxes, and the pain they feel is the most terrible. And at this time, the practice of a whip law is the most empathetic time for the people. Their gratitude to Ma Zhou and Jingwen is the greatest. Now that everyone is like this, it naturally feels very promising for the future life. Moreover, they all began to be grateful to the emperor for allowing them to live happily ever after. This is also the idea of worshipping the emperor in ancient times, and Jingwen has no way to eradicate it.

"Shuai, it seems that one of your whips is really a good strategy. The people praised this as a good way, and the people said that we were good officials! Ma Zhou said.

But Jingwen said: "Good official? These two words are not sorry! But in this whip law, we deliberately diverted 3 percent of the tax revenue, do you think we are for the good of the people? ”

"No, Jie Shuai, you also said that taxes are taken from the people and for the people, and that is also for the good of the people! Therefore, we are still for the good of the people, and there is nothing. Ma Zhou said.

But Jingwen said: "You will also believe this statement? I am absolutely sure that if there is an increase of 3 percent of the tax revenue in the whole world, I am afraid that the vast majority of officials will not use the 3 percent tax on the people, but on their own welfare, and give the officials a reasonable and legal official allowance. I'm afraid that there are definitely not many officials who can think of using it on the people. This money was originally a windfall, and I am afraid that those local officials took it as their own. They will definitely make a name for themselves to improve their lives. ”

"Maybe it's not like that, right?" Ma Zhou also hesitated.

Jingwen can think with his ass that if this three percent tax appears all over the world, I am afraid that it will definitely not be used on the people, I am afraid that the officials will first think that this is a windfall, and first think about the welfare of their own official class. This 3 percent is not too much to say a lot less than it is, and it is really just right in size and length for the distribution of benefits to officials. Therefore, Jingwen's whip law is not only beneficial to the people, but also to officials, and even some businessmen who have interests, which is simply a means to please everyone. In fact, this is only a way to alleviate the tax pressure of the people, not a real means to eradicate the tax pressure of the people.

If you really want the people to farm without pressure, then you will be exempted from agricultural taxes in later generations. However, Jingwen didn't think that he would be able to encounter such a good thing in his life, so he could only expect later generations to be able to do it. (To be continued......)