Suddenly, the county is just a microcosm, and almost the same scene is playing out in the three new counties under Yunzhou County.
The common people who had been deceived by low-level officials into paying more food were unusually calm after learning the truth. Perhaps they had known the true colors of those corrupt officials for a long time, so they were no longer surprised.
The yamen under King Yun not only told them clearly about the deceptions they had suffered in the past, but also acted in a fair and just manner and in full accordance with the regulations, and did not grudge them a grain of food.
This kind of quality of officials made the people of the three counties have a rapid increase in trust in the government of the three counties. The people under King Yun are all good officials. This is the subconscious consensus of everyone.
Both Shendu and Song people think so.
Because although those poisonous government officials were not very polite to those poisonous people, they did not harvest an extra grain of grain.
This makes even a drug addict feel that the current government seems better.
This is a good thing, occupying such a large territory. If Zhao Jun wants to fully control these three counties, the support of the grassroots people is undoubtedly extremely important.
Today there are more than 1 million Song people, evenly distributed in the three counties, and the rest are poisonous people.
As for Zhao Jun, the master of the three counties, in addition to being absolutely sure of suppressing the three counties militarily, in peacetime, the support of the people of the three counties is even more indispensable, especially those who have the same origin as Zhao Jun. Song people.
As long as they still support Zhao Jun, Jun Zhaojun will have the ability to completely and firmly control these three counties. He has his own foundation, which is the Song people.
And this point seems to be somewhat similar to the early stage of the last imperial court in the previous life.
It's because the population of the tribe in his hands is insufficient and the force value is strong. There are a lot of local people.
To far exceed the population of their own race.
When necessary, Zhao Jun felt that it was not impossible to learn from the practices of any dying dynasty, except of course the perverted ones.
The spring tax collection work went very smoothly. With the expeditionary force violently attacking and poisoning the army not long ago, no one dared to cause trouble at this time, and everyone had to pay the taxes honestly.
There had been cases of tax resistance before, involving people from the former Kshatriya class.
After the three counties returned to Zhao Jun's command, these former nobles actually demanded the rights of the nobles and wanted not to pay taxes.
After the government officials came to ask for taxes for the first time and failed, they even organized people to drive the government officials out.
This immediately angered the local government. You, the nobles of the previous dynasty, dared to resist the tax laws of this dynasty!
It's against you!
The situation was reported directly to the local garrison.
The local garrison was also busy suppressing a riot at the time. After thinking about it, they sent some soldiers who had retired due to injuries to help.
Although these soldiers have retired due to injuries and cannot go to the battlefield, their combat effectiveness is not weak.
After getting the equipment, this group of veterans with missing arms and legs quickly arrested the former poisonous nobles who tried to arm themselves to resist the tax. The anti-tax servants organized by the poisonous nobles had no chance in front of these elite veterans. The power of one!
He was beaten so hard that he was running around!
That's not all. After taking care of their servants, these retired veterans also hung the client directly on a three- to four-meter pole. The pole was erected in front of his house. People coming and going saw it. They started talking to each other.
"Hey? Isn't this Mr. Bashar? He is a Kshatriya noble. How could he be hung on the pole?"
"Hey, nobles? Don't you look at what time it is now, and you are still nobles. This land is not controlled by poisons now. Their so-called noble status here is bullshit!"
"I heard that the reason why he is hung here is because he resisted taxes.!
Everyone, every household, paid the grain tax, but he was the only one who wanted to refuse to pay because he was a noble before.
Even when the government came to collect taxes, he organized people to beat the government out.
How could the government be so willing? They immediately sent troops to come up. Look at how embarrassed he is now. This is the end of tax resistance! "
"Hiss... He actually dares to resist the tax. These Song people are not easy to mess with. Nanli County has been lost for a year. Have they not recognized the reality yet?"
"Haha, there are always some people who are immersed in their own fantasies and are unwilling to wake up.
But reality often slaps him hard and wakes him up from his dreams.
Look at him now, does he look like a embarrassed dog? "
"It's indeed quite similar!"
After the first ex-noble was dealt with, when this group of disabled veterans arrived at the second home, this family was originally unwilling to pay taxes, but this time they took the initiative to open the door and welcomed them in, and greeted them respectfully. All the taxes that should be paid were paid.
It's like a mouse that doesn't dare to explode after seeing a cat!
Then the rest of the tax collection work went smoothly.
Even these Qianchadili nobles have to pay taxes honestly, not to mention other people.
Everyone started paying taxes and food honestly, and no one dared to cause trouble.
No one dared to do so before, let alone now. Around the beginning of May, after a month of tax collection, the spring grain tax collection work has been completed.
After the three counties counted the grain taxes received and confirmed that they were correct, they began to transport them to Yunzhou County.
Now all the 60 granaries planned to be built in each of the three counties have been completed.
According to the procedures, these grain taxes need to be transported to Yunzhou County for verification and receipt before priority is given to filling the 60 granaries in Yunzhou County.
After the food security of Yunzhou County is ensured, the remaining food will be transferred by the Yunzhou County Yamen to the secondary granaries of each county for storage.
Although this procedure is cumbersome and consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, it is necessary.
Some people may say, isn’t this just taking off your pants and farting? Isn’t it unnecessary?
Since the rest has to be returned, then calculate what Yunzhou County needs and send the corresponding amount directly, and the rest will be directly stored in the county. Wouldn't it save a process and reduce the consumption in transportation?
But people who think this way are too naive after all.
There is a reason why all the food must be sent back to Yunzhou County first, even if it takes time and effort, and then allocated by Yunzhou County to each county.
First of all, you can think about a question. If those taxes and grains are really needed by Yunzhou County, only what Yunzhou County needs will be sent to Yunzhou County, and the rest will be kept by the local government.
So, if things continue like this, would it be okay if the local officials were honest and upright?
But what if he is a corrupt official?
When the central government needed to adjust food supplies, he directly said that one million shi was replaced by 500,000 shi. Anyway, your central government didn’t know how much I had left, so why didn’t you just let me say it?
What's more, if someone has any idea of secretly using the money to do something, since the central government does not know how much money has been intercepted by the local government, the central government cannot control the local financial situation at all, and it is extremely likely that the local government will It secretly grows stronger and finally gives the central government a blow.
To put it bluntly, today's Yunzhou County is like this. The Central Committee of the Song Dynasty has no idea about the true strength of Yunzhou County, and Yunzhou County has secretly developed so much strength. If there are any ideas later, the Song Dynasty will be completely caught off guard. .
Yunzhou County itself is like this, how could Zhao Jun make the same mistake on himself?
Although handing over food and then distributing it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, it also allows Yunzhou County to understand the detailed financial situation of each county governor.
Once there is an abnormality in those counties, if the grain check does not match the records kept by oneself, it will be very clear.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, this procedure cannot be omitted in any case.
It's not a useless act.
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(End of chapter)
