At this moment, the moon was shining and the cool breeze was blowing. On the banquet was set up in the backyard hall of the Cangzhou Prefecture Office, only Shi Guozhong, Lu Yihao, Liu Ruoshui, Xin Yijin and Ji Yi. When the magistrate Shi Guozhong led the topic to the number of fields, there was a dead silence in the huge hall.

I don’t know how long it took to hear Ji Yi, a member of the Cangzhou Judicial Army, breaking the silence: “Prince, do you really want to figure out how much land and population there are in these five counties in Cangzhou?”

Shi Guozhong just smiled but said nothing.

Cangzhou is now very large. It starts from the Border River in the north, reaches the former Yellow River in the south, faces the Border Sea in the east, and flows from the Yellow River in the north. However, there are only five counties on the huge territory, namely Qingchi, Nanpi, Yanshan, Leling and Wudi. The reason why Cangzhou has a vast territory but few counties is naturally because the number of households and the number of land is too small. Because there were a large number of redundant officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was necessary to create enough official positions to be resettled, so the standard for setting up prefectures and counties is very low. The counties are divided into Chi, Ji, Zi, Zi, Zi, Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, and the total number of households is ten. The lowest-level lower county is even less than 500 households!

With such a standard for establishing a county and such a vast land in Cangzhou, there are only five counties. It is conceivable that the number of land in this place is "small".

However, even if truly experienced officials are not in Cangzhou, they can tell by looking at the map that they have been developed in Hebei East Road for many years, and during the Taiping period, the population and land of the land cannot be so small. Even if Sanyi returns to the river, it is impossible to lose the good land.

As for the population, drowning is inevitable, but the vast majority of people should be running away. Moreover, when Sanyi returned to the river, Cangzhou was not affected by the entire territory, and there were more places that were not flooded!

Moreover, the Yellow River did not break in Cangzhou. When the flood came, the water had slowed down and it was not very deep. How could it be that most of the people could be submerged?

Even officials who have no political experience will know how big the tricks are after understanding the situation!

The past magistrates of Cangzhou, Tongzong, Sihu joined the army, and the magistrates and county magistrates of the five counties of Cangzhou also had the idea of ​​rectifying the local areas and checking the number of households acres.

But this thought was finally shattered in the face of the ruthless reality!

Ji Yi, Sihu Army Xin Yijin and Liu Ruoshui, the first county, exchanged glances with each other, and then slowly said: "The prefect doesn't know that because it is close to the Liao Kingdom, Cangzhou was a place where soldiers were stationed in the early years of this dynasty, and it is not too far from Daming Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. Therefore, it has always been the gate of the imperial guards. Kaifeng nobles purchased a large amount of land for land. The Yellow River flooded several times, causing a large number of self-cultivated farmers to go bankrupt, and the land was concentrated in the wealthy families. Even Cangzhou's households who can also have a large amount of land, most of them are strong clans who live in villages. Not only is it unruly and difficult to control, but also monopolize the public officials of prefectures and counties... We, the foreign officials, are really difficult to display in Cangzhou!"

In fact, there are all over the world where there are great families, strong clans and prominent families, monopolize the local area, and hidden land and hide households. It is not surprising that in Cangzhou, the problem seems particularly serious because of the concentration of imperial guards and the return of Sanyi to the river.

Ji Yi was talking heavily, but Shi Guozhong looked smiling and waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, we are the emperor, the emperor, Mu Shou, and clarify the land household registration. How can we not do anything because there are too many wealthy families in Cangzhou? No matter how powerful those wealthy families are, will they still dare to openly fight against the court?"

What does it mean? I really need to inspect the house and Qingtian? This person surnamed Shi wants to play. The officials present were stunned for a moment, and then they had the same idea: Impossible, absolutely impossible!

This old fox is not the first day he becomes an official. He is already over the age of being young. How could he really make things difficult for a wealthy family?

So checking Tian Qinghu is fake, I am afraid that it is true that it is necessary to ask for money!

If you want money, you must have a name? If a new official does not take office, he will burn three times and no one will miss you. Where can I take bribes? Therefore, although the local officials of the Song Dynasty can never find out the number of land population, the new official will be in charge of the previous investigation with great fanfare...

"Yes, I definitely don't dare!" Qingchi County Magistrate Liu Ruoshui agreed first, "If the prefect wants to investigate, how could he not find out some hidden houses? In Qingchi County, which is under the jurisdiction of the subordinates, the number of hidden houses that were hidden is probably twice as many as the number in the account book! If the prefect wants to investigate, you might as well start with Qingchi County!"

Qingchi County is the first county in Cangzhou and also a Wang County. The number of registered households is 7,000 or 8,000 yuan, and the land is about 2 million mu. It is definitely among the top counties in the Song Dynasty.

However, this does not mean that there are fewer hidden land and hidden households in Qingchi County than elsewhere... In fact, the situation is just the opposite. Because Qingchi County is oversized, it accounts for half of Cangzhou, so the hidden land and hidden households are also the most serious among the five counties in Cangzhou.

Xin Yijin, a military officer from Cangzhou, immediately agreed: "The officials have long wanted to investigate the land population in this prefecture!"

Shi Guozhong turned his attention to the Tongzong Lu Yihao. The Tongzong power of the Song Dynasty was extremely powerful. All military and civilians, money, household registration, taxes, prison lawsuits and other state affairs needed to be signed by the Tongzong to take effect. In addition, the Tongzong also had the power of supervisory officials, known as the "Superior Prefecture". Without Lu Yihao's consent, Shi Guozhong would not be able to investigate the land and Qing households.

Just as Shi Guozhong and Liu Ruoshui and Xin Yijin were talking, Lu Yihao had exchanged glances with Ji Yi repeatedly. As soon as he checked the land and Qinghu, the rich people in Cangzhou who occupied a large amount of land were busy concealing the land customers. How could he dare to expose the hidden land and sell it to Wu Haogu? Doesn’t this mean “suburd”?

But they were worried about how to cause trouble for Wu Haogu! Shi Dazhou gave him an opportunity to come... Isn't it a bit coincidental?

Will this Shi Zhizhou have secretly defected to the new party?

Lu Yi pondered for a while, and finally resolutely raised his head and said, "Prince, the senior official is willing to fight with the wealthy families and the powerful people in Cangzhou together! In any case, we must find out some land population for the country!"

Ji Yi quickly agreed, "If anyone dares to resist the investigation of Tian Qinghu, the judicial officer, the military officer, must let him know the strict laws of the court!"

"Okay!" Shi Guozhong smiled and said, "Since all of you are consistent with me, I will definitely investigate and thoroughly in Cangzhou. No acre of fertile land will be hidden, nor will a strong man be allowed to be out of the household registration!"

...

"The bachelor and the subordinates have personally checked the accounts of the Republic Bank and have no major mistakes. The total amount of commercial tax paid by the banks last year exceeded 75,000 yuan, accounting for more than 15,000 yuan of all commercial tax revenues in Kaifeng Prefecture..."

In Kaifeng Prefecture, within the Taifu Temple office, the pale-faced minister of Taifu Temple, Lu Jiawen was listening to a green-robed official report on the results of the Municipal Taxation Check for the Republic Bank's accounts.

"There are no big mistakes?" Lu Jiawen frowned, "There are always small mistakes?"

The Republican Bank actually paid so much tax last year, which was indeed beyond Lu Jiawen's expectations.

The official said: "Of course there are small mistakes, but, just..."

"Speak quickly, talk quickly!" Lu Jia asked, "What's there to be afraid of? Kaifeng Prefecture is a bright world, a bright sun and a moon, and the saints are in power. Who dares not pay the city tax? I will immediately transfer the article to Kaifeng Prefecture to capture it!"

"But this person is not dared to arrest him!"

Lu Jia asked, "Kaifeng Prefecture dared not arrest him and the Censorate! Even the minister of the current dynasty dared to impeach him!"

The green-robed official in the hall took a breath and said, "The things that Christie's under the Republican Bank are all subject to housing tax, and most of them are also paid. There is only one Kaifeng painter named Zhao Xiaoyi, and the calligraphy, paintings, and cultural relics he purchased, all of them are not paid housing tax..."

The so-called "residential tax" refers to the tax levied on the sale of goods by merchants in urban markets, which is about 3% of the value of the goods. Of course, most merchants will try their best to escape this 3%. However, calligraphy, painting, cultural and entertainment that have been publicly auctioned by Christie's store cannot evade tax. The 3% housing tax is directly deducted by the merchant bank. Only transactions involving "Zhao Xiaoyi" are exceptions.

"Who is this Zhao Xiaoyi? Why didn't you arrest Wen Kaifeng Prefecture?"

Lu Jia asked about having been an official in other places in recent years, but he didn't know who Zhao Xiaoyi was.

The green-robed little official was probably a clever person, and he didn't know how to become an official (he was a new Jinshi who was admitted to the exam). He said seriously: "The officials are not very clear about it, but I heard from the city tax clerks that Zhao Xiaoyi is probably the current emperor, so Kaifeng Prefecture dare not capture it."

Lu Jia was stunned when asked, "Official family?"

"I don't know what happened to the officials. Why don't the scholars ask the officials when they go to court?"

"Ask..." Lu Jia was so upset by this stupid official that he asked this guy to check taxes, and he was going to pick the bones in the eggs. If there was no problem, he would create problems. He was fine, so he checked it carefully and finally found out that the emperor was on the head! He also asked when he went to court himself! Is there any official to do it after asking?

"Father, when my child was taking the exam in Kaifeng Prefecture, I heard about Zhao...uh, I heard about the official private visits."
Chapter completed!