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Chapter 22: Misfortune and Fortune

"Xiaolang, you are so amazing. Even if my father comes, you will have a headache." Zhu Jun said.

In some aspects, Zhu Jun did make some progress, but Wang Ju still doesn't understand why the Zhu family didn't have the eldest son of Zaipai, but was faintly vaguely the second son of Zaipai, the nerd?

But this time I didn't say much.

I still remember the books I read in my previous life, but now when I think about it, I know how much nonsense those bricks talk.

No bricklayer has fairly discussed the tax history of the Song Dynasty.

For example, this is a commercial tax.

Is the annual commercial tax of more than 20 million yuan in the Song Dynasty?

Is there a lot? Let’s start with the sword in Wangjiazhai. One is carbonite and the other is iron ore. This is the income and tax of the mine. The iron ore will be transported into pig iron and dry iron. The taxes for smelting, the maintenance and maintenance of vehicles required for transportation, like the wheels of the current cargo, the equipment required for transportation must be repaired several times. The equipment required during the ironing process has not yet been completed. There are leather processing, painters, carpenters, etc. There will be taxes one to four or five times when the sword reaches the customer...

Not to mention the derived taxes, just these taxes that can be collected directly. With a sword of one hundred stakes, the court can get at least a dozen stakes of taxes!

In fact, Wang Ju should forget it.

Is it more than a tax of 20 million yuan?

Twenty-three million is not much, but the most people who should pay taxes are not payable, but the people who pay taxes are not the ones who pay taxes are not the ones who pay taxes, and the terrible people who pay taxes will pay taxes until they lose everything!

It’s not that you cannot tax it, but how to impose taxes fairly and reasonably.

"Don't underestimate your father."

Even if Zhu Huan comes out, the clerks will not dare to do anything wrong. However, this small matter can be solved by himself, and there is no need to move Zhu Huan out.

But Zhu Jun obviously didn't understand.

"Erlang, are you ready?"

"What are you doing? Apart from clothes, the rest of things will be thrown to you, but I can't move, maybe I will come back."

"Blind!" Wang Ju made a contemptuous move.

"Brother, I'm going to go too." Erniu said.

"That won't work. You are too young now. When you grow up, I will take you to Yanzhou City."

"Don't forget the clothes."

"I'll forget it. This time I go to the city, I will definitely buy the best-looking fabric. Ask the female worker in the city to make a few beautiful clothes for you."

This time, Wang Ju went to the city in person not to send Zhu Jun back, but to take a look at the processing of sword craftsmanship in the Zhu family.

But these are secondary.

The most important thing is that he is worried about the consequences of the battle at Hei'aoling, so he must go to the city to take a look and listen.

…………

Wang Ju and Zhu Huan met for the first time. Zhu Huan looked at Wang Ju, and Wang Ju also looked at Zhu Huan, a thin man, in his forties.

"Dongweng."

"Please sit down."

The two of them were not very polite, and Zhu Huan said straight to the point: "It is reported that after Duke Lu Baochen arrived in Chengdu, everyone suspected that his young man had broken the law. There was a battalion of soldiers in Chengdu who violated the law and acted as sticks. Duke Baochen was sentenced to punishment. The soldier proudly said that he would rather receive a sword than a stick, so he used this to force Duke Baochen to let him go."

"Duke Baochen persuaded him repeatedly, and the soldier refused to follow him. So Duke Baochen told him that the national law must be followed. Sword, what you ask for is also your disobedience. Let the yamen runners pull him down and fight first, and then kill him with a sword, so the army is solemn."

Lu Baochen is Lu Gongbi, and he is also the former governor of Yanzhou.

There was such a big thing happening in Yanzhou, and he was responsible for it.

Maybe I was holding my breath in my heart.

However, Wang Ju was a little dumbfounded. Could this soldier be 25? Even Di Qing made the prostitute in Han Qi's family shameless and dare not attack. You, a soldier, why should you show off your arrogance with the prefect?

With him in the center, I feel thankful again.

This proves that the Zhu family is well-informed. However, Zhu Huan has not received any information in the battle in Fuzhou. It can be imagined that the two people from the Imperial City Department were wrong, and they were covering up for Zhao Niannu.

That really cannot be made public. Once it is made public, it is even more serious than breaking the sky.

"Inspired by Baochen, Mr. Cheng killed three small schools in Qingjian City. The army was also shocked by Mr. Cheng. In addition, the court heard about the frequent exchanges between Shaanxi Qingyan and Yan, so he deliberately asked Mr. Xue Shizheng to serve as the Shaanxi Transportation Commissioner to calm the salt price. So Mr. Cheng responded to it and asked the soldiers to patrol the border day and night. Everyone was suffering during this period... Mr. Cheng issued another order, ordering the government to pursue Yu Feng and Song Ji and other deserters, and at the same time made an excuse to find clues, and inquire about the mule and merchants who ambushed the bee thief that day."

Wang Ju knows the reason why he killed three primary schools in Qingjian City.

That is the camp field left by Zhong Shiheng (see related to the work). Cheng Kan killed three small schools, undoubtedly targeting this camp field, and then used three small schools to kill chickens and monkeys to intimidate private salt vendors.

Moreover, if this matter happened within the jurisdiction, Cheng Kan would be angry and angry. He would hate Yu Feng and other scum in the army, as well as the brave private salt dealers of the Zhu family, and the group of mules of the Wangjiazhai.

Looking for clues is just an excuse. Once Cheng Kan learns the truth, I believe that half of the people who participated on the day will fall to the ground next time, including Wang Ju! This is exactly what he is worried about.

"Have you not found that group of people yet?"

"No."

"Strange, that's more than a hundred people. Where can they hide?"

The problem lies with this group of bees.

In fact, private salt is no big deal.

Since Li Yuanhao's rebellion, Yanzhou has become extremely important, and the prefectures are bigger than each other. For example, Zhao Zhen's teacher Fan Yong, famous general Zhao Zhen, Zhang Cun, Fan Zhongyan, Pang Ji, who served as the transfer envoy of Shaanxi and Hebei many times, Shen Miao, one of the most talented ministers among the Qingli ministers, Cheng Lin, the son of the famous Song Dynasty Li Jilong, Li Zhaoliang, Di Qing, Shi Changyan, a relatively active minister during the Qingli period, Wu Yu, who was as famous as Bao Zheng, Xia Sheng's eldest son Xia Renqing, and Lu Yijian's eldest son Lu Gongbi.

The new magistrate Cheng Kan is a big deal, but among these people, he can only be considered ordinary.

Why don’t they dare to touch the salt in depth?

The circle of interests is too big.

In terms of honesty, Bao Zheng is considered awesome.

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, the country's land reached more than 5 million hectares. Because the cost of the Northwest War was to be met, the court's two taxes increased, and many subjective households also wanted to evade the two taxes, so the phenomenon of hidden fields became more and more serious. The country clearly reclaimed many new farmlands, but the Song Dynasty's land was only about 3 million hectares.

And the number is getting smaller and smaller.

The court wanted to solve the problem, but there were only two ways. The first way was to exempt two taxes or reduce two taxes. However, the state expenditure was serious and the court could not do it at all. If the two taxes were not wanted, then it would be possible to spread them evenly on this acre, and the poor people would become poorer. The second way was to check the hidden land.

The imperial ministers Sun Lin and Guo Zi founded the Qianbu Fangtian Method. Soon after, Bao Zheng sentenced the three envoys, so Zhao Zhen asked Bao Zheng to investigate the case of Hidden Field. Bao Zheng also brought several capable ministers to investigate, but it was left unresolved soon.

The circle of interests is too big, even Bao Zheng can't chew it, and even if his teeth are chewed, there will be no tooth mark left. It's better not to check it out.

The interest circle in Shaanxi is even larger, with at least tens of thousands of stones or even 200,000 stones of green salt a year. What is the value? Besides, it is not green salt, the pastures, fur, medicinal materials, jewelry, spices, Lianggong Xia Guojian, the grain, silk cloth, tea, gold, silver, copper and iron, and various handicraft products of the Song Dynasty, which involved too many people's interests. For example, because of the inflow of private salt of the Liao Kingdom, the country had to implement commercial laws and salt administration from Beichanzhou. It was impossible to ban it!

Therefore, Huai Salt, Zhejiang Salt, Guangshen, has been investigated vigorously, and even led to some small-scale rebellions and uprisings. However, the Song Dynasty always implemented a diversion policy in Shaanxi. Fan Xiang, Bao Zheng, Xue Xiang...

This is also a relatively clever approach. Just like in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He spent a lot of money on his voyage to the West, so he burned the treasure ship to ban the sea. Then the real Japanese pirates came together.

I believe Cheng Kan cannot not know.

The key is still the group of bee thieves. Not only did they kill many people, but they also killed many colleagues and soldiers. If they were not arrested for one day, the court would be pressed for one day.

Cheng Kan had no choice but to start from the other side.

"There is a good news. I heard that the court was about to transfer the soldiers of the Tiger Wing Camp to replace Zhenwu Camp."

Why did Wang Ju ask the people of other villages to lead the people to ask for rewards? He also made those specious "treasures" pictures. One was to escape. In the battle of Tianshan Road, many soldiers and thieves escaped. Can they not bring reinforcements to kill people when they go back? At least come to find clues. However, after Wang Ju made fun of them, many villagers were looking for treasures. Where did they go to find clues? And this trouble would make a big deal, and they would force out the group of soldiers and thieves hidden in the dark. Otherwise, once they found out in the future, it would be unfavorable to the Zhu family and even more unfavorable to the Wang family.

Make a wish.

But the hidden dangers have not been eliminated.

Cheng Kan wanted to find them, but Yu Feng might be looking for them too.

If I had known this, I would not have been a mule carrying that day. But if he didn't go that day, many people would have died in Wangjiazhai. He might have studied hard with a book on the Analects of Confucius. He did not know his future, and sooner or later he would be forced to be a mule.

"Liezi is right, misfortune is the place where blessings depend, blessings are the place where misfortune is hidden."

"Xiao Lang, I am the one who is in charge. Now there is only one way. After you go back, you ask the villagers in the village to keep the secret again. Anyway, the court ordered officials to be replaced frequently, so Mr. Cheng will be transferred to another office sooner or later. If Mr. Cheng leaves, the case will be over."

That's all.

But Wang Ju didn't like this kind of passiveness.

"I have to think of a way."
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