Peaches are sweet and juicy, exuding a strong sweet aroma. Jiang Anyi was not polite and was juicy. He was about to find something to wipe his hands when he accidentally found a child of six or seven years old hidden behind the door, staring at the peach in his hand and swallowing.

Jiang Anyi smiled and picked up a peach from the plate and waved her hands. The child could not resist the temptation of the peach and walked over. The child was clean and cleaned up, and the clothes on his body were corrected. With patches, he took the peach handed over by Jiang Anyi. The child leaned shyly in Wu Youshan's arms and ate it in small mouths.

"But Ling Sun?"

"I am the second child of my Saner family. This kid is naughty." Wu Youshan straightened his hair for his grandson with loving affection.

"Can you read?" Jiang Anyi asked.

"The country people don't have money to study. I teach him the word "know" when I'm free, and I won't just be blind." Wu Youshan sighed.

Wu Youshan is the township chief in the village. His family has a row of large tiled houses in the village. Can't even his grandson afford to study? Jiang Anyi pointed to the fritillaria that was strong in the courtyard in confusion and said, "Wu Xiangzheng, these fritillaria can be sold for 1,200 kilograms per kilogram. I think there are more than ten kilograms in your yard, and this way it can cost fifteen or sixteen taels of silver. Why can't you afford to support your children's schooling?"

Wu Youshan hesitated for a moment, saw Jiang Anyi's encouraging smile, and said boldly: "Sir, since you asked, I will tell the truth to you. There are many mountains and few fields in Fuluo County, and each person gets less land, but the land tax still has to be paid."

A string of numbers flashed through Jiang Anyi's mind: Fuluo County: 13,429 hectares of mountains, 4,639 hectares of turbulence, 2,627 hectares of fields, typical seven mountains, two rivers and one part of fields.

"According to the rules, adult males give 20 acres of land, but there are not so many fields. In addition to me, my family has three sons and one grandson who has adult land. There are 100 acres of land under their name. In fact, only six acres of dry land are divided into three cents, and the rest are all barren mountains to make up for the number of land."

If the county government fills the fields with barren mountains, the more than 2,000 hectares of land recorded in the book may be less than half. Jiang Anyi frowned and asked, "How do you pay the annual land tax?"

"It's calculated based on one hundred acres. One acre of land pays a tax of one dou and two liters. My family's land pays 20 acres. The others are calculated based on one dou. Ten stones of grain are paid every year. The fields in Fuluo County are small and expensive, and the grain planted is not enough for the food to eat. If you can't take out the grain and pay tax, the yamen runners will collect money at 30 cents per bull. Just pay the land tax for a year will cost three taels of silver. There is also a tax of 20 cents per coin, and my family's five people will pay 100 cents a day. If you don't go, you will pay 10 cents a day. If you don't go, you can distribute 10 cents a day. The five people in my family can spread a thousand cents a year. The money on the light side costs more than four taels of silver a year." Wu Youshan sighed deeply and continued: "That's not counting. The yamen runners go to the countryside to eat and get some cards. Xu Mingyuan's hands have to deal with open and secret robbery, and the county's miscellaneous donations have to deal with it. The money spent in these dark places is not less than the money in the light places."

The taxes in Fuluo County are much heavier than those in Pingshan Town. If you have to calculate taxes according to Fuluo County, the Jiang family had already lost their family. No wonder Fuluo County has rich resources and the people are diligent, and their lives are harder than those in Pingshan Town. Take the land tax as an example. The yamen runners charge thirty cents per bucket, but in fact they pay only ten cents to the county. The other 20 yamen’s land tax was privately divided by the clerks and yamen runners in the yamen.

After glanced at Qin Zixiong beside him, Jiang Anyi said, "Brother Qin, you have to restrain your subordinates when you go back."

Qin Zixiong blushed and replied, "Yes".

Seeing that the county magistrate Jiang was not angry, Wu Youshan opened his conversation and said, "My family is 363 families in Huanghua Village. My family is considered good. There are five strong laborers who go up the mountain to collect herbs and hunt for money every year. Take Fritillaria for example. My family can always collect about 20 or 30 kilograms. Xu Mingyuan can also exchange for more than 20 taels of silver. The county stipulates that Fritillaria is taxed for 260 cents per catty, and after paying taxes, there is still 17 or 8 taels of silver. After calculating inside and outside, there is an income of 20 taels of silver every year to support the whole family of nineteen. Apart from food and clothing, there is no spare money for children to study."

Jiang Anyi nodded and said, "I have driven away Xu Mingyuan. Is the medicinal materials business this year okay?"

Wu Youshan smiled and said, "For the blessing of the adults, the business is good this year, and the medicine price is several hundred cents higher. The old man's family can earn more than 700 taels of silver this year, and the villagers can earn more income more. Maybe they can have a good New Year this year. Everyone says that adults are real parents."

"The people's parents cannot say that Jiang just did something they should do." Jiang Anyi waved his hand and said, "Brother Wu, according to what you said, the servants and miscellaneous donations in this yamen are deducting a lot."

Wu Youshan glanced at Jiang Anyi timidly without saying a word.

Jiang Anyi coughed lightly, and Qin Zixiong beside him understood that Lord Jiang was about to start to draw a vision for the villagers again. Following Jiang Anyi these days, Qin Zixiong understood that the top scholar was clearly sent by the emperor to Fuluo County to carry out pilot projects. If the "tax-to-tax-to-one" he said could be implemented smoothly, and the taxes and service were unified, and it would be difficult for everyone in the county government to make a clever name. The disadvantages would be cleared, the taxes would be stable, and the people would be happy.

Qin Zixiong was very excited. This was a major event that benefited the country and the people. If it was successful, he would definitely be able to follow Jiang Anyi and keep it in history. Looking at Jiang Anyi who was talking about it, Qin Zixiong couldn't help but listen quietly again.

"Boss Wu, the emperor of the country is worried about the suffering of the people, and intends to reduce labor and labor, and re-clear the land and reduce the burden on the people." The cliché did not arouse Wu Youshan's attention. The county cleared the fields, changed the soup and did not change the medicine, and the hundred acres of land in his family were still there, but he just divided the twenty acres into lower-class land, and reduced the amount of dozens of cents, which was not painful or itchy.

Wu Youshan is a village chief. He knows a little bit of the rules in the officialdom. He looks moved on his face and bows to the north and bows, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, the common people are grateful."

Jiang Anyi secretly sweated, this old man was dealing with it too casually. However, after talking about it these days, Old Man Wu has a good attitude. Ordinary people care about your emperor's surname. If you can make yourself have enough food and clothing, you will be a good emperor.

"Ahem, the emperor intends to abolish the miscellaneous donations that the old man said, and classify the original land tax, corvee service, tax on duty, and miscellaneous donations into one type. The tax is calculated based on the number of land acres. For example, the tax is 30 cents per mu, the tax is 25 cents per mu, and the land is 20 cents acre. Except for this land tax, no other money is required. There is no need to pay grain, and you can directly pay the tax with copper coins."

As soon as Jiang Anyi finished speaking, Wu Youshan stood up "twist" and opened his eyes wide and asked, "Sir, do you think this is serious?"

Wu Youshan quickly calculated the calculation in his mind. The tax of 30 cents per mu of land seemed to be a lot, but according to the output of grain per mu of land, one dime was calculated as 1 stone and two dou of grain per mu, one dime was divided into twelve cents of tax, and the tax was distributed to 20 cents per mu, and the tax was paid for 20 cents per mu (20 acres of land), 200 cents of labor service, ten cents per mu, about 23 cents per mu, and about 23 cents per mu. With miscellaneous donations and levies, the actual tax expenditure for buying grain every year was far more than 30 cents per mu. This is not the case of labor-intensive and consumables transporting grain to the county town, and the energy was received.

From the surface, the land tax has changed from the previous "ten taxes and one" to "four taxes and one", but after the tax on taxes, labor service and miscellaneous donations, it will almost cost 30 cents. It is less exploited by clerks and yamen runners. It is cost-effective no matter how you look at it. If this is the case, the burden on the Guangtian tax can be reduced by at least four or five taels of silver, and with the more money you can sell medicinal materials, you really have spare money to let your grandson study. Wu Youshan's heart is eagerly looking forward to it.

"Of course it is true, but we will ask everyone to discuss the specific plan at that time. After the results are released, we will report it to the emperor and the Ministry of Revenue, and then report it to the prefecture. I guess it will be possible to implement the "tax-to-tax-to-one" strategy until the beginning of next year. I will say hello to all the villagers first. If you have time, you may as well talk to the villagers about the tax-to-tax-to-tax-to-door calculations and help them settle the accounts." Jiang Anyi said solemnly.

Wu Youshan put his palms together and bowed respectfully to the north. He sang Youyou's words and said, "The emperor's kindness is so great. Thank you, Long live, the little people." He turned to Jiang Anyi and bowed, "Thank you, Lord Jiang."

After sitting back, Wu Youshan gently twisted his grandson's red cheeks and smiled and said, "You are a blessing. Today, the top scholar came to our house. This is God who asked you to study. Dog kid, you must be successful."

Gouwa took the peach that was bitten by the bumpy bit and looked at his grandfather blankly, not knowing what he was talking about.

Jiang Anyi also had a filing in his heart. The emperor sent him to change Fuluo County from Xia County to Shang County. There are two difficulties. First, the tax. Last year, Fuluo County's tax was 2,867 jin, and it would take at least 10,000 jin to reach Shang County. Secondly, the population. The Fuluo County Chronicle states that the current population is 50,436, and it would take at least 80,000 to meet the standard of Shang County. This is very difficult.

You have to eat the rice in one bite, and you must first pass the tax. Calculate the tax of 30 cents per mu of land. One hectares of land can get three taels of silver, and more than two thousand hectares of land will have three to four thousand guan. The rest will be collected by commercial taxes. Fuluo County is rich in resources and produces medicinal materials and tea. It is not difficult to complete the tax of 10,000 yuan. However, in this way, the benefits of clerks and yamen runners will be gone. Beware of their detriment.

The commercial tax of medicinal materials is five to one, and it is charged to sellers. Xu Mingyuan lowered the price of medicinal materials and reported less quantity. The commercial tax collected is naturally low, and most of them were swallowed by Yan Kaichen. Now, taking Fritillaria for example, the price per catty is 400 to 500 yuan, and it can be collected for nearly a hundred cents of tax. The decimal number is calculated. Fuluo County produces more than 10,000 jin of fritillaria every year. This item alone can charge more than 2,000 jin of commercial tax. With other medicinal materials and tea, it can exceed 10,000 jin of fritillaria.

In the setting sun, several cavalry returned to the city. Jiang Anyi said to Qin Zixiong beside him: "Brother Qin, I think that most of the yamen runners in the county are greedy people. You can take good care of them during this period. I plan to replace those who have not changed after repeated enlightenment."

Qin Zixiong nodded and agreed. There is no need to worry about the yamen runners. The evil officials in the yamen also need to be replaced. The replacement of the clerk is not that simple. First of all, the clerks must be honest, know the text and write, and be able to proficient in drafting documents, sorting case files, making uniforms, and accounting accounts. Once replaced, the county yamen will not operate properly, and the yamen will be slack in all matters.
Chapter completed!