Li Rui had just come out of the room, and Yan Dulan, who was brushing pots in the courtyard, looked at Li Rui and said with a smile: "Xiaolin is back, I am still thinking that the car is outside, why is no one there." ”

Li Rui was embarrassed for a while, and said with a smile: "No, there was something just now, what is the matter with you, auntie?" ”

Yan Dulan thought to herself that this guy wouldn't have anything to do with Xu Daka inside, but after thinking about it, it was impossible, so she smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing, just let you look at that incubator, it seems that there is a little problem, and the other people in the chicken farm don't know much about it, I think you should know something about it." ”

As soon as Li Rui heard the sound, he followed Yan Dulan into the incubation room.

"Yes, the incubator is a bit of a problem, but it's a very basic problem, and I'll fix it right away."

After a while, Li Rui was repaired, and Yan Dulan looked at Li Rui's repair, and immediately said with a smile: "Xiaolin, you are really amazing." ”

Li Rui waved his hand and smiled: "It's nothing, it just so happens that I will only do this." ”

Yan Dulan glanced at it, thinking that this guy is quite modest, the more she looks at it, the more pleasing it becomes, if she is not married, and she is a few years younger, she will definitely chase this guy. And this kind of affection has also accumulated little by little in her heart, and gradually has the momentum to break through the ground.

Li Rui said with a smile: "Okay, there's nothing wrong with my aunt, I'll go out first." ”

"Well, don't be in a hurry to leave, don't wait a while?" Yan Dulan said.

Of course, she didn't want Li Rui to leave so soon, it was best to stay a little longer, even if it was to talk for a while. 33

Li Rui stayed in the incubation room for another ten minutes, and then walked out, and when it was time to eat at noon, Wang Wenhai drove back from the community office with Yu Yi, and only after asking did he know that Yu Yi went to the community office to pay the New Year's money.

This money is a big "cancer" in the suburbs, and it is not equivalent to a tax, but a separate amount of money handed over to the community office.

For a suburban citizen, one of his important functions is to bear various obligations, including paying taxes, performing military service, and performing hard labor, which will stay with him for almost the rest of his life. As early as the Second Empire, the suburbs suffered greatly due to the variety of taxes. In the early years of the Second Empire, in order to alleviate the deep social crisis and allow the common people to recuperate, the Second Empire was founded after years of war, and pursued a policy of "lightly taxing and paying as little as possible" to collect as little tax as possible from the common people.

The tax standard in the suburbs of Shanghai was maintained at a very low level for a long time, even reaching the level of "30 taxes and 1", which was of great significance for promoting social stability in the early years of the Second Empire. But in such a place where the people are prey, it is impossible for the ruler to maintain such a standard of taxation for a long time. Soon, as the Second Empire became more secure, taxes and fees rose and the people were miserable. At that time, there were many types of taxes in the suburbs of Shanghai, including oral tax, household tax, donation fee, field tax, weed, municipal tax, fish tax, animal husbandry tax and mineral tax.

The so-called oral tax refers to the poll tax, and at that time, the government would levy different poll taxes according to the age group of the population. At that time, the income of middle-class families was 100,000 yuan a year. A poll tax of five thousand per year was paid to the Doge's House by adults, three hundred per year per child between the ages of seven and fourteen, and generally no tax was levied under the age of seven. But by the end of the Second Empire, the treasury was empty due to years of war, but the war machine could not stop there. To this end, the Doge's Office lowered the threshold of the poll tax to three years and imposed an additional 100 poll tax on children, making it necessary for each child between the ages of three and 14 to pay a poll tax of 400 per year to the State.

The increase in the poll tax had a very bad effect, and many people were forced to reduce their childbearing in order to pay less or less money. But in addition to the poll tax, the burden of household taxes is also very large. The so-called household tax refers to the fact that the people have to pay a tax of several hundred yuan to the governor's palace in May every year, which is customized since the First Empire, but there are too few historical records about the household tax, and it is difficult for people today to see its true face.

The so-called contribution fee is a tax evolved from the original "tribute", which was originally levied by the community offices and then used to pay tribute to the governor of Shanghai, and was inherited in the following dynasties and renamed the donation fee. The contribution system requires the local community office to levy 500 yuan per person per year based on the population of the community, which is not a small amount. In the beginning, the number was higher than 500, but it was eventually established at 500 due to public outrage.

The so-called land tax is the land tax, which is the main component of the fiscal revenue of the suburbs, and the basic standard of the land tax is 15 taxes or 30 taxes. However, although the level of taxation in the early suburbs remained low for a long time, the amount of land tax levied was not calculated according to the actual harvest of the year, but "as a matter of course", that is, according to the average of the harvest of previous years, regardless of whether the year was a good year or a famine, and whether there was a difference in the fertility of the soil in different places.

The so-called weed refers to the fact that the government levies taxes on the people to subsidize the cost of forage for cattle and horses, so as to maintain the government's sufficient animal power in communication, transportation, and warfare. The collection of weeds is determined according to the number of fields owned by households, and those with more land are paid more, and those with less land are paid less, but at least in one stone. It is also often associated with the field endowment, and if the field endowment is reduced, the herb will also be reduced.

The rest of the municipal tax, fish tax, animal husbandry tax, and mineral tax are well understood, mainly to collect commercial tax on merchants, fish tax on fishermen, animal tax on herdsmen, and mineral tax on industrial and mining industries. However, because there are only two kinds of people in the suburbs, one is the worker and the other is the peasant, these taxes are not universal and will only be taxed if a person is engaged in the business.

However, heavy taxation was not the main thing that crushed the people in the suburbs, and the last straw was forced labor. During the Second Empire, there was no distinction between soldiers and civilians, and they had to bear forced labor. Men are required to serve in the military at the age of 17 and are exempt from military service until the age of 60. At that time, there were two types of military service, one was a regular pawn and the other was a military pawn. When men reach the age of service, they have to start military service, and they first have to become local soldiers in the local area, and for the common people in these suburbs, they go to the garrison to serve as soldiers, and at this time they are called regular soldiers. They would receive some military training during their regular period, and then they would be able to go home and become reservists from then on. During this time, these men were trained to take on the task of guarding and were called guards. At the end of the service, they can go home, but they still have to bear a month's labor in the local area, and they are engaged in engineering activities such as building barracks and building official works in the local area, and this process is called changing the pawn. In general, men are no longer required to perform military service after the age of fifty-six, but the age of service may be lowered or increased in exceptional circumstances.

However, by the middle of the Second Empire, with the frequency of wars, this situation of not separating soldiers and civilians was no longer suitable for the needs of war, and the conscription system was adopted. By the time of the Third Reich, the regular soldier system was abolished, and the main military service system became a conscription system. At that time, soldiers who enlisted in the army were either given financial rewards or exempted from service, in addition to certain rewards.

However, by the time of the Fourth Empire, the society was relatively peaceful, and the head of the empire advocated the importance of literature and the suppression of military force, and the local troops were suppressed, disbanded and absorbed, and only a part of the garrison troops with weak combat effectiveness were retained. The conscription system was readjusted to a compulsory military system. For the rulers of Shanghai, the need for the common people in the suburbs to undertake military service became even lower, as long as they could cultivate the land well and provide sufficient agricultural and sideline products for the urban area, it was their main responsibility, so the annual money system came into being.

The so-called annual money means that if you don't want to serve, you can use the money to redeem it. All service members will be called "pawn", and the original meaning of pawn is "subordinate to people". And to undertake forced labor, it is generally called "change pawn", also called "change service". When the actual levy is issued, the number of required servants should be calculated according to the quantity of work, and then the number of shifters should be distributed to determine the number of shifters. Once he is conscripted as a pawn, the law stipulates that there is no escape, and if anyone flees in the process of undertaking the shift, if he is caught, he will only be beheaded.

However, the law is not unsympathetic, if as a common person, for various reasons, do not want to take on the shift, then it is okay, as long as you pay the money, the community office will use the money to recruit others to serve the shift. If the people don't have money, then they can't help. Undertaking a shift is an obligation, but at the same time it can also be used as a means of payment. What if a family can't pay that much this year? In this case, even if the people owe the government a debt and need to pay it back, if they can't pay it back, they can also pay it off with military service.

"Why did you two come back so late?" Yan Dulan asked, "Why did it take so long to pay the New Year's money?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it, this year's New Year's money has risen again." Wang Wenhai shook his head and said.

"Yes, now the big guys don't go to do forced labor, and the governor's palace can't afford to hire labor, so this year's money is getting more and more expensive." Yu Yi complained.

Li Rui didn't feel good when he heard it, and asked, "What if I don't pay this money?" ”

Wang Wenhai said: "Don't pay? Hehe, the patrol battalion will come to the door immediately and arrest you directly. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't know, I heard that I went to dig mines, and I also heard that I went to war, but I was caught anyway, and I never came back." Wang Wenhai sighed.

"It's disgusting!" Li Rui said.

"Xiaolin, it would be nice if we could not pay this money one day." Yan Dulan said.

Li Rui nodded and said, "Not only can't you pay this year's money, but even those personal head taxes, household taxes, field taxes, and the public grain, all of which shouldn't be paid!" ”

Everyone looked at Li Rui in surprise, although they agreed with Li Rui's words in their hearts, but they still didn't have the courage to tell them to say it.

At this time, Yan Dulan stood up and said: "I think Xiao Lin is right, why should the money we have worked hard and the food we grow be given to those who are officials in vain, it's no problem to be a soldier to protect the family and defend the country, but now it's not a war, the money we paid is all in the pockets of the officials, and this money really shouldn't be paid!" ”

The reason why she said this was to support Li Rui, she knew that Li Rui, this kid, had lofty ambitions, and was by no means a thing in the pool, and what she said just now directly showed his attitude. And this is the time when someone needs to stand up and support him. Of course, she also wanted to make a good impression in front of Li Rui, although she didn't dare to guarantee whether Li Rui could look up to herself, but if she behaved well, what if she could also capture her heart?

Some people died, but not completely......