"What did he think of abandoning his official position and running away?" Even though Li Kui's analysis was well-founded, Gao Xiaoli still felt that this possibility was slim and he screamed loudly.

No wonder Gao Xiaoli exclaimed that the bureaucracy of the Song Dynasty was extremely stable. There was only one reason for the stability. The imperial court not only won over the officials, but also the descendants of the officials. The condition was that the descendants were tax-free. This is why the big households in the Song Dynasty,

Most of them come from official families, and there are very few families that have never had an official, but can become a wealthy family.

Abandoning his official position and even his welfare and running away was an unimaginable stupidity in the Song Dynasty. When Gao Xiaoli heard that Li Kui judged that Jia Daoquan and others were going to run away, his first thought was that it was impossible.

"Then tell me, after Jia Daoquan sold all his land, what else can he miss in Yingzhou besides his official position that cannot be sold?" Facing Li Kui's question, Gao Xiaoli hesitated, and it was really difficult to say.

He gave favorable testimony. It seems that Jia Daoquan only has one daughter... Thinking of this, Gao Xiaoli seemed to understand the other party's intention: "He only has one daughter. But he can give up this official position if he can. What if he gives birth to a son in two years?"

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"After working hard for most of his life, he only has one daughter. It would be the biggest tragedy if one of his wives and concubines gave him a child." Li Kui felt that it was strange for a strong man with many wives and concubines to have only one daughter. So he used him

His ingenuity came up with a terrible result. Facing the intimidation of Li Kui's big eyes, Gao Xiaoli became a little timid.

I kept shouting in my heart: "No, it's impossible."

After finally keeping his mind, he said with a hint of doubt: "I still don't believe that Jia Daoquan and the others will give up their official positions. After all, if you give them money, you can eliminate the disaster, so why pay such a huge price?"

Li Kui complained: "Because your appetite is too big, they are afraid that they won't be able to feed you!"

Everyone in Gao Xiaoli was dumbfounded. They didn't seem to be talking about Zishi's problem at all, okay?

When a person passes middle age and has no heir, the possibility of continuing his official position is lost.

Li Kui could not understand this mentality, and even Li Yun felt that this guy must run away. On the contrary, Shopkeeper Qiu and others showed solemn expressions. In the Song Dynasty, there was a very big difference between being an official and not being an official.

These are two completely different classes. Once an official abandons his official position, all the benefits given by the court will be taken back. For example, his lifetime tax exemption, exemption from corvee, and his descendants will not be able to inherit these benefits, etc.

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Unlike other dynasties, only officials can enjoy it while they are alive. The welfare system for officials in the Song Dynasty was extended to the officials' descendants. It can be said that once you become an official and receive the favor of the court, you are separated from the people.

Become an official class. It is no different from the nobles, except that the official position cannot be inherited. However, the Song Dynasty court will also give a certain amount of favor to the descendants according to the official's grade.

For example, Su Shi, his two sons received favor.

This is a benefit that children and grandchildren can always enjoy as long as there is no interruption in the family. It will push the entire family to a height that ordinary people can only look up to.

Even if officials in the Song Dynasty were demoted, they would rarely give up their status as officials and go back to be ordinary people. This is unimaginable, unless there are people of this kind, such as the official family, the Zhang family in Jianning, and the Lu family in Shouzhou.

It is a first-class wealthy family. Not to mention the Jinshi in the family, there are several members of the Three Tripods. For example, the Zhang family has two number one scholars. In every subject of the Jinshi, members of the clan have achieved success. If you win the Jinshi, you will not be an official.

On the contrary, it is ordinary.

Almost everyone who lived in the Song Dynasty was an official fan.

Even the people of the Song Dynasty had an almost crazy obsession with being an official.

Be an official!

Be an official!

Life without being an official is unsatisfactory.

The reason why there is such a big obsession is that part of the benefits of officials in the Song Dynasty can be inherited by the next generation like inheritance. For example, property is tax-free and free of corvee. Compared with the benefits of officials in the Song Dynasty, the benefits of officials in any dynasty are

They are all scum. Even in the Song Dynasty, some people would think of mistakenly identifying their ancestors because they wanted to be exempted from corvee and land taxes. This often happened.

The main reason is that the taxation system of the Song Dynasty is simply unbearable.

On the surface, the land tax in the Song Dynasty was one tax per fifteen, but the taxation in the Song Dynasty was simply a waste.

Fold grain, fold money, fold salt...

The key lies in the word fold. When the government collects grain with a market price of 60 Wen and converts it into money, it becomes 30 Wen. Taxes on silk, linen, etc., will be converted into salt, tea, and the like. As the court enters,

To make money, you must first earn twice the profit, which invisibly increases taxes, but the people can only support it. There is also the Ding tax, which is an unavoidable big tax. It is said that the people of the Song Dynasty lived in dire straits.

Among them, it is not an exaggeration.

But officials, the descendants of officials who inherit the official's tax exemption, don't need to think about this at all.

They enjoy most tax exemptions except commercial tax.

This is how the redundant officials of the Song Dynasty came about. There were only tens of thousands of officials in the Song Dynasty. How could they become the two major evils that brought down the government of the Song Dynasty?

Jiajiazhuang.

Jia Daoquan, Sun Zhuo, and Liu An were once considered prominent people in Yingzhou. What they didn't expect was that when they were about to give up, something went wrong and the three of them had to leave their hometown.

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Giving up official status will be an extremely painful experience for their class.

Sun Zhuo swallowed the wine in large gulps, but his mouth was extremely bitter. He said angrily: "I am not willing to accept it. I can't accept anything and just walk away like this. Gao Xiaoli! You thief will not die a good death!"

On the surface, their desperate situation was caused by Gao Xiaoli's blackmail, but if they had not committed crimes themselves, they would not have fallen into this situation.

Jia Daoquan did not look at Sun Zhuo, but looked at Liu An and asked: "Brother Xian, have you thought about it?"

"Brother, I can't be the leader of the village, and I have never thought about it..." Liu An thought for a while and said firmly: "I still want to take my family to Quanzhou. In the future... I may become a maritime merchant in the future!"

"Marine merchant?" Sun Zhuo turned around and looked at Liu An blankly. In the past, he would have ridiculed without any bottom line, and then told Liu An: "You can't do it!"

But compared to maritime merchants, banditry was not a path he was willing to choose.

Because they had no other choice, they left their hometown. But after all, they were the children of officials, and they probably never thought about standing on the opposite side of the court in their lives. Being a maritime businessman is a life-threatening business, but business on the sea is more profitable than on land.

It was much richer. As the one with the least capital among the three, Sun Zhuo was moved.

Forget about recruiting troops and horses with the money in his hands.

But as a maritime merchant, I could barely scrape together the cost of a ship.

Thinking of this, Sun Zhuo also agreed: "Brother, I have also thought about becoming a maritime merchant!"

There was a trace of disgust in Jia Daoquan's eyes, but he did not have an attack. Instead, he put on a smile and said to Sun Zhuo and Liu An: "It's good, Quanzhou is a good place. Maritime business is very profitable, but the risks are also great, so you should be careful.

But before that, we still have something big to do.”

"What's the big deal?" Liu An asked in confusion. Apart from escaping for their lives, what else could be considered a big deal?

Jia Daoquan said bewilderedly: "We were forced to leave Yingzhou. Don't you have any resentment in your hearts? All of this was given by one person. We are already ready to leave. Do we still have to swallow our anger?"

Jia Daoquan gritted his teeth and said: "It's hard for us, and we won't make it hard for Gao Xiaoli, otherwise I will never be able to bear this tone."

"Brother, we listen to you!"

"Through fire and water, I will do whatever it takes!"

He is different from Sun Zhuo and Liu An. In order to completely turn himself into a tyrant in Yingzhou, Jia Daoquan even spent many years forming a small army, which is actually a private armed force. There are a total of 800 people. These people can only drag down

The biggest reason why he chose to be a bandit instead of a maritime trader was that when these people went to sea, they would become lambs to be slaughtered.

But on land, the combat capability is certainly impressive.

If he chose bandits, he could not use the previous methods to cover up the strength of this private army.

This time, he wanted to show off his sword in Yingzhou, and he had already thought about the person to sacrifice the flag, Gao Xiaoli.
Chapter completed!