[The 2084th chapter leader]
Although Song Yan did not show up, none of the officials present knew that they were able to get salaries, thanks to Lord Song who brought someone to copy Yuanjiabao.
Liangzhou military town.
Xu Xing had already learned that Song Yan had raided Yuanjiabao with a large amount of food and more than 200,000 taels of silver.
For a moment, his eyes were a little red.
then.
Xu Xing called the generals together to discuss the matter, and informed his generals about the matter.
Hearing that the prefect’s yamen had obtained more than 500,000 catties of grain and more than 200,000 taels of silver, this group of generals, big and small, were all jealous.
Someone suggested: “General, why don’t we check a few houses too?”
“Stupid, if this general really did this, then Su Bingwen would definitely be the first to join me!” Xu Xing said angrily.
“Why, they prefect the yamen can do the thing of raiding the house and destroying the family, why can’t we do it?”
The general said unconvinced.
Xu Xing sneered and said: “Because they are officials, we are soldiers! Although Lao Tzu’s official position is the same as Su Bingwen’s, Lao Tzu still has to be controlled by him. Unless the prefect has an order, the general’s military can mobilize the army, otherwise, this general will arbitrarily When the army is deployed, Su Bingwen dares to join me!”
“Then we can only watch the prefect yamen eat meat, we can’t even drink soup?”
There are generals who are not reconciled.
Xu Xing said: “Who said that they can eat meat, we don’t even have soup, you immediately send someone to spread the news quietly, saying that the prefect government plans to copy all the fortresses, then Song Yan can copy most of Yuanjiabao. He caught the Yuan family by surprise! As long as those guys were on guard, it would be impossible for him to copy other families as if he had copied the Yuan family. As long as they couldn’t bite the hard bone, the magistrates would come to ask for it. We, then our chance will come!”
With Xu Xing’s deliberate promotion, in less than a day, the news that Song Yan planned to copy all the families in Liangzhou Mansion spread quickly. For a time, all those families were in danger, and they all sent private soldiers. It was pulled out, and the alert was strengthened.
But in the next few days, Song Yan did not have any extra actions.
However, Su Bingwen personally tried the Yuan family and convicted the Yuan family as treason.
this day.
Song Yan once again summoned the officials in the government office.
Distribute tasks directly, and let them go to the family that owes the government tax silver and tax grain to collect taxes.
The inspection of the Yuan family not only solved the current predicament of the magistrate’s yamen, but also made the prestige of Song Yan, the prefect of the prefecture, soar.
But this time, they were more positive than one.
An official goes to a family, and three more arresters or yamen are deployed.
Song Yan demanded not only to hand over the taxes they owed, but also to take 10% of it as interest. The grain and silver of the imperial court were not owed in vain, and they owed them for so many years.
That night, the officials sent out to collect taxes all returned to the city with money and grain, and the people who escorted the grain carts were all from those families.
They originally thought that Song Yan would deal with them the way he would deal with the Yuan family, but they did not expect that Song Yan would only charge them the tax that they should pay.
Therefore, in just one day, those large taxpayers paid the tax, silver, tax and grain they owed.
Xu Xing, who heard the news, smashed a teacup, because his plan to make a fortune failed, so Song Yan didn’t follow the routine at all.
Solved the tax of large households.
Song Yan began to sort out the taxes of ordinary people.
However, he did not rashly send people to collect taxes, but personally took people to the countryside to check.
To achieve Jindan, he has spiritual thoughts in his body, and he only needs to go to a certain village to know whether they are rich or poor.
After three days of visiting, Zhou Qing visited nearly 100 villages, but found that their lives were not easy, and it was difficult for the family to survive this winter, let alone pay taxes.
Next, he did not visit again.
Instead, he came up with the idea of shops in the city. As far as he knew, there were hundreds of shops of various sizes in Liangzhou city, but the business tax received every year was only more than 2,000 taels.
And it is difficult to collect more than two thousand taels of silver.
After calling the official who specializes in the management of commercial tax, Zhou Qing finally knew the reason. ,
It turns out that the most popular businesses in Liangzhou City belong to Xu Xing. Even if it is not his, he will change his way to become his. Therefore, among the hundreds of stores, only the stores under Xu Xing have reached the One hundred and nine.
And Xu Xing is a general who controls an army of 5,000. Who dares to collect his taxes?
There are also some cheating and slipping away from Xu Xing’s brother-in-law Liang Yu, and they only need to hang a flag of the military town to avoid paying taxes.
Song Yan looked at the ledger, and this year’s business tax has only collected more than 200 taels.
Let’s talk about the composition and expenses of the prefectural government first.
In the entire Liangzhou Prefecture, there were more than 100 officials, large and small, plus the yamen and arresting officers, the number was about 260.
In addition, there are three hundred city guards.
The city guards were under the control of the prefect yamen, so the salaries were also distributed by the prefect yamen.
The salary of the three hundred city guards plus food is about 400 taels per month. As for the more than 100 officials in the yamen, the salary is about 400 taels. Inkstone knows ten taels of the state, of course, and food.
There are also arrests and yamen, and their salary is almost five hundred taels.
Therefore, the monthly expenses of the prefectural yamen have reached about 1,500 taels, and the military town side needs to give them 15,000 taels a year, 1,250 taels per month, and finally the To the imperial court, the annual cost is 2,000 taels and 50,000 catties of grain.
Based on this calculation, the monthly expenses of the prefect’s yamen will reach 3,000 taels.
Because Liangzhou is located on the border, it is often harassed by barbarians, and it is not bad to receive 30% of the annual agricultural tax.
Except for the part paid to the imperial court, even its own expenses cannot be maintained.
No wonder when Song Yan came, Su Bingwen threw all the big and small matters to him, because he really couldn’t do anything about this shabby yamen.
Don’t look at the fact that so much grain and silver were seized from the Yuan family this time, and the tax and silver tax and grain of other big households were collected, but this kind of thing can only be a must, and it is still accumulated for many years.
It would be good to receive 100,000 catties of grain and several thousand taels of silver from these big households next year. It is simply not enough to maintain the operation of the prefectural government.
Therefore, commercial tax must be collected.
The state of Wei does not have a heavy tax on business, and divides the shops into three levels: upper, middle and lower.
Low-level shops only have two taels of silver a year.
Medium shops are 5 taels a year.
The first-class shops are 12 taels of silver a year.
In Liangzhou City, there are 225 low-level shops, and if they all collect the commercial tax, there are 450 taels.
There are 80 medium-sized shops, and there are 400 taels of business tax.
There are 120 high-end shops, and among these 120, if you can collect them all, there will be 1,200 taels.
The total commercial tax should be more than 2,200 taels.
Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the business tax must be collected as soon as possible. Song Yan decided to send someone to re-count the shops tomorrow. After all, the shops recorded by the yamen were set five years ago.
After five years, these shops have collapsed, and some have grown bigger.
Therefore, the above records do not count.
After closing the book, Song Yan was ready to go back to the inn.
Yes, it has been almost ten days since he came to Liangzhou City, but he still lives in the inn.
He did not sit in a sedan chair or ride a horse, and walked towards the inn on foot.
Halfway through the journey, Song Yan paused slightly and shouted, “Come out!”
“Master Song has such a keen perception that he can actually find the trace of this seat!”
The figure flashed, and a middle-aged man in black appeared several meters away.
The other party stood with his hands behind his back, with a master-like demeanor, a white face without beards, a handsome face, and there was no trace of air leaking from his body.
But Song Yan still saw through the other party’s cultivation base at a glance, the middle stage of the great master.
“Are you the leader of the Black Sky Demon Sect?”
Song Yan looked at him and asked.
“Yes, it is this seat!” The middle-aged man in black nodded.
“It turns out that the sect leader is driving, what does it mean that it’s not just the sect leader who came?”
Song Yan said calmly.
“Sir Song, how about I want to treat you to a drink?”
The middle-aged man in black said with a smile.
“OK!”
Song Yan nodded.
Half an hour later, in a restaurant, Song Yan and Heitian Sect Leader sat opposite each other.
“Sir Song, I respect you!”
“Okay!”
Song Yan nodded, picked up the wine glass and bumped it with the opponent, then drank it all.
After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere between the two parties seemed to be much more harmonious.
“Sir Song, I have a request from this seat.”
Suddenly, the leader of Hei Tian put down his wine glass and said.
“Please tell me!” Song Yan nodded.
Heitian sect master said: “Before the bad guys were offended a lot, I don’t know if Master Song can save face and let this seat take her back to give her a good education!”
Song Yan looked at him and asked with a smile, “With the power of the Black Sky Demon Sect, the leader should know where Li Xiner is!”
“knowledge!”
The other side nodded.
“Since you know, why don’t you just take her away?” Song Yan asked again.
Heitian sect master said: “Don’t lie to Lord Song, I do have such an idea, but I am more curious, who can easily capture that bad guy, and it has damaged a lot of good players in my teaching!”
“And now? Changed your mind!”
“Indeed! I changed my mind after seeing Lord Song!”
“Come on, sect master, this official toasts you!”
Song Yan raised his glass.
After drinking another glass of wine, Song Yan put down the glass and said, “Your decision is very wise, fortunately you didn’t do that, otherwise, not only would you not be able to take your disciples, but even the sect leader would have to stay in Liangzhou as a guest. !”
Hearing this, the Heitian sect master suddenly narrowed his eyes, and there was a flicker of light. He stared at Song Yan, as if he wanted to see through him, but after a long while, he still gave up: “Sir Song may be right, Ben. You can’t see through the cultivation of Lord Song!”
“Okay, that’s it for today!” Song Yan got up: “When this official returns, I will release Li Xiner!”
“Thank you, Lord Song!”
The head of the Black Sky clasped his fists gratefully.
Song Yan nodded and walked down the restaurant with his hands on his back.
Soon.
As soon as Song Yan stepped into the courtyard behind the inn, Xiao Yu’er greeted her and shouted loudly, “Miss, my uncle is back!”
