When he returned to the inner courtyard and saw the gold and silver treasures in the wing, Wang Ying couldn't help it, and asked the other party Yingwu: "With so many belongings, what does Brother Qiu plan to do with them?" Could it be true that you really have the guts to swallow it all? That's not a good thing."

Fang Yingwu thought for a moment, and then replied: "This property is eye-catching, I don't know how many people are staring at it, and you must not be tempted to take it for yourself."

First take the time to sort, among which the antiques and calligraphy and paintings are collected, and they will be sent to the palace in the future, and they will be counted as tributes for this trip, and no one will dare to pay tribute. As for the tens of thousands of taels of silver, I can use it for myself."

When Wang Ying was about to inquire further, Fang Yingwu said first: "You send someone to deliver a letter to Hangzhou, and ask Wang Kui to come over quickly, I have a big deal to hand over to him to do!" ”

This Wang Kui is also a native of Huaxi, Chun'an, and settled in Hangzhou City with his brother Wang De, doing some silk weaving to make a living, and he could only be regarded as a middle-class family.

But since Wang De's daughter Sister Yu gave Fang Yingwu as a concubine, the two Wang family have been supported by Fang Yingwu several times, and now they specialize in commerce and trade between Northwest China and Zhejiang, and they are also famous wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou.

Wang Ying promised to come down and go find someone to do it. At this time, a scribe came from the government office and presented a set of lists to Fang Yingwu.

A few days ago, the government government was ordered by the lord of the Qincha to make a statistical record of the people who have more than 100 acres of land in the house.

Fang Yingwu flipped a few pages at random, and said with a smile to the scribe: "A month ago, I asked the government to count large households of more than 100 acres and register them. The results have been slow to come true. This time, the government was very fast, and in just a few days, the list was sent to the official. ”

The scribe seemed to be afraid of Fang Qincha. replied cautiously: "At this time and that time, it was still Mrs. Li who was sitting in the office. ”

Fang Yingwu closed the roster. I nodded with satisfaction, and the satisfaction was not how high the quality of the roster was, but the attitude. "The children can be taught! You go back and spread the word and ask the government officials to come to the mansion tomorrow to discuss the matter of money and food! ”

And the next day, none of the government officials were bad, and all of them appeared on time at the Qincha Mansion. This made Fang Yingwu more satisfied, and secretly said that the military heart was available!

After beckoning the bureaucrats to sit down, Fang Yingwu opened his speech and said, "I will invite you to come today." It is specifically for money and food, and this is currently the biggest errand of the government! ”

The bureaucrats watched their noses and noses, and they were all silent, and continued to listen to Fang Daqin's words.

Fang Yingwu was not polite, and continued to say: "In the past two years, Suzhou has had difficulties in money and food, and after the official figured out, there are two external reasons, the first is last year's flood, and the impact has continued to this year; The second is the multiplication of Suzhou in recent years. The consumption of rice grains is increasing day by day, and under the growth of one another, the capacity of rice grains to be transported abroad will inevitably be inferior to before. However, the tax rules of the imperial court are not easy to change, and it is still mainly based on grain collection.

As for the internal reasons, there are still two. The first is that Suzhou has a heavy burden of official land, and tenants who rent land for farming, especially those who rent official land, are easy to make ends meet. If there is a slight disturbance, there is no way to pay for food.

The second reason is that most of the grain chiefs are filled by large families, but large families are used to being comfortable. There are many people who are unwilling to go to the trouble of transporting money and grain, after all, transporting large quantities of rice and grain to other places is a hard job.

All of the above reasons are combined. As a result, Suzhou Prefecture has had difficulties in collecting grain and serious arrears in the past two years, which has directly affected the operation of the imperial court!

This official was ordered to supervise the grain and send the commission, not only to complete the rated tax grain of 2 million stones, but also to make up for the arrears of money and grain of at least 400,000 stone over the years, so that he could give an explanation to the imperial court!

Therefore, this year's grain levy target is 2.4 million stones! Please also ask the gentlemen to do their best to help, this official is not stingy with rewards, and will naturally recommend to the imperial court! ”

The officials secretly thought in their hearts that this Qincha was not a fool, and he summed it up very thoughtfully, and it seemed that he had worked hard to understand.

After Fang Yingwu judged the situation, he began to arrange official business: "The situation is complicated, and the government has a lot to do. The official thinks about it, and there is no one-time magic formula, so he must use several methods and multi-pronged approaches.

The first is persuasion and guidance! Your government has issued a new notice, urging the wealthy households in the territory to take the initiative to donate grain to their hometowns to tide over the difficulties!

At the same time, it is also necessary to warn the rich households that if they sit back and ignore the bankruptcy of the poor households in the township, it will be too late for them to regret it when the poor households in the township flee one after another and the population declines! If there are no poor households, who will be tenant farmers for them? Who made them cattle and horses?

The official also knows that what you get purely by donating may be a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing, and tens of thousands of stones are tens of thousands of stones. The most important thing is to stabilize the hearts and minds of the poorest people and avoid mass flights. ”

Ma Tongzhi, who temporarily acted as the prefect, asked in a low voice: "What does the Qin Cha mean, is it up to our government to come forward?" ”

Fang Yingwu said clearly: "Yes! The official just made arrangements. As for the specific affairs, they are all handled by your prefecture and county, and if you can't do it, it's your responsibility! Did you make it very clear? ”

The official level crushed the person to death, and Ma Tongzhi shrank back and stopped talking.

Fang Yingwu glanced at everyone and continued: "The second guide is to persuade large households with more than 100 acres of land to use silver to go to Huguang to purchase rice and grain, and then transport it to Guazhou Warehouse, so that the tax can be calculated.

If you are still too lazy to move, you can directly hand over the silver to the government, and the government will come forward to Huguang to purchase rice and grain. Of course, you have to pay a little more, and it is calculated according to the calculation of one stone of tax grain equivalent to two taels of silver. As long as the rice grain enters the Guazhou warehouse, the return ticket received is taken back to the prefecture and county yamen, and it is considered a tax payment certificate!

This is aimed at large households that do business while ploughing the fields, or large households that are overwhelmed by grain chiefs, and I think there are quite a few such people in Suzhou Prefecture. They have silver in their hands, and they are unwilling to give up the land, so they can dig out the money to solve the problem, which is naturally the most comfortable. ”

This method is to use a workaround method to change the natural grain tax into a silver tax, which is more in line with the reality of Suzhou's industrial and commercial development. But someone questioned: "I can't wait for the vision of adults!" Traveling to Huguang to buy grain, few people have done it before"

Fang Yingwu could not be questioned: "I don't want a new method, how to solve the problem of insufficient money and food in Suzhou Prefecture?" What the court wants is not inedible silver, but rice! In recent years, the land of Huguang has been cultivated, and there have been bumper harvests year after year, and the rice and grain are sufficient, so you can definitely buy it as tax grain!

Because few people have done it before, it is necessary to guide it, and in the next month or two, the official will make an example for you and the people in the government to see! ”

The officials secretly commented in their hearts that these two ideas were feasible and not too intense, and they belonged to the category of gentle wind and drizzle. If you are optimistic, the whole government can levy an extra 120,000 stones.

Coupled with the money and grain collected under normal circumstances, even if the total amount does not reach the target of 2.4 million, the book figure will not be too ugly.

Of course, Fang Daqin is ambitious, and he will definitely not be satisfied with just "the book numbers are not ugly". After everyone digested their thoughts, they coughed again and spoke again: "The foundation of money and grain lies in the land, some things can be guided, but some things cannot be guided, and they must be implemented by government decrees!" ”

The officials couldn't help but tremble, and they had a hunch that the next was the main thing. Sure enough, I heard Fang Qin say: "One is to level the loss, and the other is to clean up the hidden land!" (To be continued......)

PS: Asleep...... It's dawn when I wake up, hurry up, I want to cheer up!!