Chapter 1118 Tax Relief

   It was another ten-day rest day, and the people in Zhuoxian County, Youzhou subconsciously rushed towards the county government announcement wall and the gates of each city, while the people in the countryside went to Daji.

In the past, the market was held on the first and fifteenth day of the new year. Since Youzhou had a school, and the school shouldered the task of passing on the imperial government's decrees, the market in Youzhou has gradually changed to once every ten days. Every time, the students take a rest first day.

   This was not requested by the Yamen, but spontaneously by the common people.

In the past, they didn't feel that these imperial decrees were very relevant to them, but every time the imperial court issued a series of policies such as relief, service, and tax exemption, the students would read them in Daji, which was more detailed than what they learned from Li Changcun's elders. I couldn't help but listen to it on Daji.

  Since we have all gone to Daji, how can we not exchange some urgently needed things and come back?

  So every time Daji is very lively, even if the farming is busy recently, they will still spend half a day on this day to rush to Daji.

The four students who came to be on duty this time, two of them were sixteen or seventeen years old, all scholars who had studied for several years, accompanied by two eleven or twelve-year-old boys, they had just entered the school for half a year, and they could barely read At least, they are here to maintain order and do chores.

The two biggest ones have been studying for a few years, and after another year of reading, they can become school teachers after they have finished learning new books such as "New Mathematics". Officials, or to participate in the recruitment examination.

  However, with their current knowledge, they will definitely not be able to participate in the recruitment examination. For small government officials, they might as well be teachers in schools.

  The monthly salary of a teacher is much higher than that of a yamen official.

"...The price of official salt is uniform across the country. This month, the price of official salt is 800 Wen a stone, and 7 Wen a catty. You can only buy it in the salt shop of the yamen and the designated grocery store. The imperial court strictly prohibits hoarding official salt. Anyone who sells it outside If the price of salt is less than six renminbi and higher than nine renminbi, it will be treated as private salt hoarding..."

  The buzzing voice lingered in their ears, and people couldn't suppress their joy, "That half catty of salt is enough for my family to eat for half a year."

   "Not enough, how much salt can half a catty have?"

   "It's okay to save some."

The student pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then turned over the residence newspaper, and continued to shout: "The general ordered that Youzhou had frequent natural and man-made disasters last year, and the people were in hardship. Therefore, this year, Youzhou will be exempted from transfers, oral taxes, and land rent will be reduced." Half, and the rest of fishing and hunting, animal husbandry, weaving, medicine and witchcraft, and trading, except for the cost, calculate the profit, and pay one of ten taxes, there must be no mistakes."

  When it came to taxation, the people who came to listen to the government immediately became anxious and asked, "What do you mean, what do you mean?"

The student said loudly: "The general has exempted Youzhou from the reconciliation tax. This year, the land rent will be halved, and the handicraftsmen, such as medical workers, animal husbandry, textiles and traders, will divide the income into ten shares in addition to the costs. I have to pay tribute."

  Many people only dealt with Tian before, so they didn’t understand the previous policy, so they couldn’t help asking: “Is that too much or too little?”

"not enough."

  When everyone heard this, they became happy, and asked again, "If the farming is slack, I will take time to tend the fields or build houses for others. Will the money I earn be taxed?"

  Before, it was required. When Dajin was short of money, he could find out what it was. If he carried bags for others and earned ten Wen a day, he had to hand over three Wen to the court.

As long as people go out of the village to find a job, whether they can find it or not, they have to pay a loss fee for the official road, even if the trail they take is not good. One year, Wang Jun asked people to set up a card on the road, and everyone who passed by They have to pay a penny for shitting. The reason is that they have to pay this money because they are out of the village, and they will stink the nature when they are outside.

  Even if someone held back and said they didn't pull, it's useless.

The student is also from Youzhou, and has also been charged with these messy fees. He clicked on the mansion and reported: "The general said that except for the taxes stipulated by the court, all other miscellaneous taxes will be cancelled, and counties and counties have no right to donate privately. Donations need to be reported to the governor's office, and if there is no court decree, no more than three kinds of new taxes can be added in one year, and each kind of tax can't exceed three liters of food per person."

  When the people heard it, they couldn't help cheering.

  The whole market was full of cheers, and when the people who went to the market returned to the village, the news spread throughout the countryside.

The woman who was sitting by the fire twisting the thread heard that because she used her eyes too much, she raised her head and burst into tears, "That's great, that's great, then this year's silk and cotton can be left for you to make clothes." gone."

  The man stepped forward and put the thread in her hand aside and said: "Since the imperial court has dispensed with the adjustment, there is no rush to do it. Wait until the daytime light is better before doing it. Your eyes need to be nourished."

  "I'm not tired. I made a few more clothes for the children this year. Last year it was really cold and spoiled them."

  The ones who have the same treatment as Youzhou are Yanzhou, which has been killed thoroughly, and Yongzhou, which has been suffering from food shortages, while Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Guangzhou and other places have been reduced by half, free of mouth tax, and land rent has been halved.

  The decree of the imperial court was issued to the states. Except for some officials who were worried about local finances, the rest of the people were happy with the people and the whole country was happy.

  Among this kind of joy, Luoyang and the places to the south ushered in the summer harvest.

  The school is on summer vacation, and the students go home, waving sickles and rushing to the fields with their families to harvest wheat.

   Xuzhou and Yangzhou are separated by a river, and they are both harvesting wheat in the fields. The joy from one side spread to the other side, and the people there couldn't hold back their conversation.

  So, the people on this side of the river also knew that there was no oral tax and a lot of taxes on that side, and they suddenly felt envious.

  The news spread into Jiangdong and Jiangnan little by little, and the people in both places were envious.

  In the past year, they didn’t experience war like the Northland, but ordinary people’s lives were not easy, especially in the Poyang Lake area. Because the refugees from Shudi came in, Wang Dun fought several times with the Beishang faction.

  Combined with the migration of a large number of gentry and civilians from the North, not only are they having a hard time, but ordinary people who have been squeezed out of their living space are also having a hard time.

  The local people in Jiangdong and Jiangnan envied the Central Plains’ tax relief this year, fled to the south, and tried hard to integrate into the local area, but the small gentry who hadn’t settled down were also flustered. Looking at the north, they had the idea of ​​going back.

  Only the Dashi clan, no matter where they go, their life will not be difficult.

  As for Zhao Hanzhang’s actions in the Central Plains, they naturally heard about it, so they went to Director Wang, “Why don’t Maohong suggest to the king that he also reduce taxes and stabilize the people’s hearts?”

  Wang Dao said: "This method is good, everyone can write a book together."

   Several people looked at each other, agreed, and agreed to write a proposal together.

After walking out of the palace, several people did not leave separately, but changed to another place to continue drinking and gathering, "Since February, the king has not seen Mao Hong, and I don't know what happened to them. In the past, such trivial matters as tax reduction and exemption, It’s all about Maohong talking to the king, but now we have to write the letter ourselves.”

  (end of this chapter)