Chapter 368: Benefiting the Government and the People (Part 2)
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Inside the county warden's house.
Wei Zheng's face was as black as charcoal, and he spoke loudly, and the saliva in his mouth flew all over the place.
"This is a note written by the humble post last night, set up a city office in Chengnan Cao City, and any capable official is the city bureau order, collect taxes, so that the income of a month can be increased by a thousand! But...... However, if you capture a Taiyuan county, before the tax arrives, you will expand the army by tens of thousands without consultation, and dare to ask where the money will come from? ”
"Since the humble post has been the county guard, trembling, not sleeping for three hours a day, for the county guard and the people of the people, opening up the source of income outside and throttling the inside, and working hard to raise money, but Shanggu Gong, you insist on going your own way, what is the use of working hard in the lowly position, and what is the use of spending half the night writing this Chen? Humiliation tore it apart. ”
Li Chongjiu hurriedly snatched this Chen from Wei Zheng's hands, and said in his heart that the rumors in the Youzhou Mansion were true, Ning met a ghost in the middle of the night, and Mo Lu saw Lao Wei.
Wei Zheng sat in the Youzhou officialdom and refreshed the rule of officials, and the officials in Youzhou were all trembling.
I thought that Li Shimin would say that it was not without reason that he swore to kill this Tian Shehan. Li Chongjiu couldn't help but hate it in his heart.
However, it is true that the current financial income is not enough to make ends meet, and the money that Wei Zheng has worked hard to save for Li Chongjiu has been spent like flowing water.
The next day, the two groups of people from Youzhou Mansion and County Shoufu held a meeting together. The officials of the two governments trembled when they heard this, and they didn't know who would be scolded by Lao Wei.
They didn't expect that this time it was actually Thorn Shi himself who was unlucky.
Everyone sat down, and Chen Xiaoyi was also taken aback when he heard that Li Chongjiu had expanded his army by 10,000, after all, Taiyuan Mansion had just been recaptured, and this year's taxes could not be paid.
Li Chongjiu took the lead in expanding the army by 10,000, plus the damage of this battle, comforting the families of the fallen soldiers and rewarding the meritorious soldiers.
Chen Xiaoyi looked at the long bill that Wei Zheng had listed for Li Chongjiu, and said, "If the envoy goes on like this, it won't be until next summer, and our treasury will ......."
Well, there is no word bankruptcy in this era.
Wei Zheng sat down heavily, silent for the moment.
Wen Yanbo said: "Wei Junshou, can you suffer for another three months, after all, in the coming autumn, the taxes below will be paid." We can get through this for a while. ”
Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "It's too late, not to mention Youzhou, the salaries of the officials of several counties in Shanggu can't be paid out even if tens of thousands of soldiers can't pay rice and grain, our officials are okay, if they can't send military food in three months, the soldiers may mutiny." In addition, if Dou Jiande kills him at this time, what will we do to fight this battle. ”
Xue Wan said: "There is a way to reduce the lowly position, it is better to advance next year's tax from autumn to summer. ”
"No," Chen Xiaoyi said no, "This is Yin's move to levy grain, the people have not reached the autumn harvest, where is the grain and rice to pay taxes, I don't know how many people will break their households when this order comes out." ”
Xue Wan said: "Chen Sima, listen to me, the people of Youzhou and Shanggu should plant more summer wheat, and the summer wheat can mature in April and May. We can tax summer wheat. ”
When everyone heard Xue Wanshu say this, they felt that there was some truth.
At this time, Chen Xiaoyi said: "Li Tang is in the rich land of Guanzhong, but he attacked the former dynasty to rent Yong, and rent two stones per dingna, two zhang of silk, and three taels of cotton. And my Youzhou tax is also the law of the previous dynasty, but Youzhou does not have to be rich in Guanzhong, but the tax is considerable, so the people are quite miserable. What about re-imposing a summer tax? ”
Ji Chuan said: "It's not easy, there is a discussion about lowly positions, there are many big businessmen in Youzhou, you can ask them to raise funds!" ”
Ji Chuan's unashamed words made everyone look sideways. Gao Xu Dao, Zhao Heran, and Lu Chengqing's faces suddenly became quite ugly.
is worthy of Ji Chuan, if he is so angry, only Ji Chuan can say it in the entire Youzhou.
Since ancient times, all taxes have been the way to get wealth from the people. As for the collection from those with vested interests in the past, don't sit on this one.
Li Chongjiu didn't say anything, he remembered that when he first entered Youzhou, in the granary, the grain official told him that the two layers of grain and rice in the granary were secretly taken and sold by the Youzhou scholars, and the rice and grain in their own homes were piled up like a mountain, and there was no penny. The Shi tribe used the Youzhou waterway dam as a mill, and the people along the river had no water to irrigate, and the fertile land was poor.
Therefore, Ji Chuan's words, Li Chongjiu had the idea of agreeing, but he also knew that if he agreed, it would be easy to maintain a harmonious relationship with the Youzhou Shi clan, and he would have to break up.
Wei Zhengyan said: "Ji Langzhong's words are good, but I want the big family to agree, I'm afraid there are some difficulties." ”
Lin Dangfeng said at the moment: "Shanggu Gong, we can make hundreds of commercial banks in Youzhou raise funds together to help the Assassin Mansion tide over the difficulties." ”
Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Sima Lin has a heart, when Beiping County asked your firm to help buy a dock, it has already cost a lot of money and food, how can I ask you to take the money again?" ”
Lin Dangfeng said with a grateful face: "Without Shanggu Gong, where is Lin today, so we must do our best to help him." ”
Li Chongjiu smiled slightly, looked at Gao Xudao, Zhao Heran, Lu Chengqing, and asked, "What do the three of you think?" ”
Gao Xudao, Zhao Heran, and Lu Chengqing glanced at each other, all of them with difficult faces.
Lu Chengqing said: "The treasury is insufficient, and we and other Youzhou scholars should contribute their own efforts. ”
Gao Xu said, and Zhao Heran also said: "Exactly, we are also willing to contribute together." ”
Li Chongjiu laughed and said: "At this moment, I am really glad that everyone can unite and do their best, but this time I am not just facing large businessmen, but the entire people. ”
"Shanggu Gong ......" Wei Zhenggang was about to speak out against it.
Li Chongjiu stretched out his hand and said: "As everyone knows, we just have no money at the moment, and once the grain tax is collected in the autumn of next year, we can guarantee money and food without worry, so I decided to lend money to the people in the name of Youzhou Mansion, which is called people's debt." ”
"People's debt?"
When everyone heard it, they didn't know the meaning of Li Chongjiu's new term.
Li Chongjiu said: "The so-called people's debt, is in the name of my Youzhou Mansion, to borrow from the people, I borrow 50,000 yuan from the private in the amount of 100 yuan, after February of the following year, the debt holder can go to the Youzhou Mansion to redeem huàn, the annual interest is half percent, what do you think?" ”
After listening to Li Chongjiu's words, everyone suddenly realized, but the annual interest rate is half percent, which is a very considerable income for many wealthy people who have extra money.
If Li Chongjiu can repay this loan, I believe that many people are willing to borrow, and the only thing is the problem of credit. In case Li Chongjiu does not repay his debts, or if Li Chongjiu loses Youzhou due to the war, then who will ask for this money when the time comes.
After listening to Li Chongjiu's words, everyone talked about it.
Li Chongjiu is completely sure that this modern method of national debt has long been used in the late Song Dynasty, but Song Huizong, who did this back then, was also forced to do it, and as a result, he left a gushing reputation among the people.
But Li Chongjiu not only has interest, but also limits the period of return, and for everyone, it is relatively new to lend money to the state capital.
However, as soon as the news came out, from the original apportionment to the fundraising on each person's head, to the current civil debt, in any case, it sounded much better in name.
Inside the Lu family's house.
Lu Ziqian was drinking tea on the couch, and his tea bowl was a tribute tea from Shudi, when the war was raging and the road was cut off. Lu Ziqian can drink the tea soup of Shangshu, I have to say that it is the ability of the Lu family.
Lu Ziqian covered the tea bowl and said with a sneer: "People's debt, it's really a big joke, do you really think Li Chongjiu will repay this money?" It's just a different way to get the money from us. ”
Lu Chengqing said: "Uncle, I think that if Li Chongjiu can really repay this money, it will be a good law." It can benefit both the government and the people. ”
Lu Ziqian snorted and said: "Take interest and lend, the behavior of the Pingliang Chen family and the Yongnu Zhou family, you haven't seen it, lending to those who are broken, three points of interest, three points of interest, and rolling interest, what is this half of the profit." ”
Lu Chengqing said: "Uncle is not the most despised for this kind of behavior, the Chen family and the Zhou family forced their neighbors to be broken one by one, unable to repay the loan, and finally forced people to pawn the land and become tenants. After that, my uncle strictly ordered me that no one in the Lu family should lend money. ”
Lu Ziqian sighed and said: "Yes, you can buy land and property in other places, and you can take advantage of it, it doesn't matter how you get it, but the local neighbors must not be bullied, and they should be helped if they are in trouble, this is the ancestral training of my Lu family for generations." ”
It seems that the Lu family is so big and has its own rules, of course, it is not like other small scholars to take advantage of it, and they don't even care about the township.
Lu Chengqing said: "The Chen family, the Zhou family has also been much more restrained recently, I am afraid that I will be caught by Wei Zheng, but uncle, how much should our Lu family give this time?" ”
Lu Ziqian's eyes narrowed, and he said: "This money should be thrown into the water, don't think about taking it back, but with your status in Youzhou Mansion and the face of our Lu family, it can't be too little, just three thousand!" ”
"Three thousand!" Lu Chengqing couldn't help but be stunned, with the financial resources of the Lu family, this is really too shabby.
Lu Ziqian said with a negative hand: "Even if the family wealth is worth everything, it is also useful, and if the children and grandchildren are not filial, they can also sit and eat empty, and they can't be empty and generous." ”
"Yes, uncle." Lu Chengqing hugged his fists and agreed.
Lu Ziqian saw that Lu Chengqing agreed a little reluctantly, knowing that he was too little. Lu Ziqian patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Uncle is old, this Lu family is about to be your turn to be the master of the house, do you know what my Lu family's property is?" ”
Lu Chengqing said with a smile: "I don't know this, but the ancients said that there are thousands of buildings, and one bed is slept at night; Ten thousand acres of fertile land, a solar eclipse for a minute. When I was in school, the master also said that people are more valuable than being poor. ”
When Lu Ziqian heard Lu Chengqing say this, he showed a look of praise and pride, and said: "Children and grandchildren don't ask Ye Niangtian, this is the good boy of my Lu family." My brother really gave birth to a good son, and among my children, there is no one like you. ”
Lu Chengqing listened to his uncle's praise, and said with a slight face: "Uncle praised it falsely." ”
Lu Ziqian smiled and said nothing, and then returned to the couch to drink tea.
This time, the Youzhou Mansion released the people's debts, which also made a lot of noise for a while.
Li Chongjiu and then the county and the county, sold separately, and let people make bills, who bought when and where, and the household registration was registered one by one.
In the place of sale, the people lined up in a long line.
ps: I'm going to go to the marriage check tomorrow, maybe there is only one watch, and I have two changes every day this week, which is really not easy for me as an office worker. I haven't been with my wife this week, and my wife already has a lot of opinions, so I'll accompany her tomorrow, and I'll make up for this next week. (To be continued.) )