"Sir, you'd better take a look first," Wu De said with a smile. "Otherwise, if you destroy it when you go back, it will be too late. [Read the full text]"
Wang Zhaomin's face turned red, and he felt extremely embarrassed after being seen through. He had to open the envelope after being told this. Inside is a piece of paper.
This is a piece of thick paper made by an Australian paper mill. It is extremely stiff and has a slightly yellowish dark floral background. It feels very comfortable in the hand. Wang Zhaomin's heart moved. He took it out and looked at it carefully. It turned out to be a province-wide currency note from Delong Bank, with a face value of one hundred taels.
Wang Zhaomin had a very secret relationship with Runshitang because of the tonics he took. I heard Yang Shixiang say: Australians now have a kind of banknote, which can be exchanged for cash at designated shops all over Guangdong Province. You don’t need to carry large amounts of silver with you. You don't need to entrust an escort to transport it when you carry it. You only need to deposit the money on the counter and pay the "receipt" according to the amount, and you can get the notes to exchange in other places, which is very convenient.
Carrying this note with you is much more convenient than carrying a large sum of money. Needless to say, one hundred taels of silver wrapped into a package is also a very large package - it is too eye-catching. You can also add a secret stamp on the ticket to prevent it from being stolen if lost.
Wang Zhaomin knew that this was giving away his "private money" in the food collection, and asked him to help more during the food collection process - this was the first time he encountered such a happy boss - and he gained a lot psychologically. Satisfied, he handed over his hand and said: "I will serve you wherever it is useful."
At this point, everyone already had a tacit understanding with each other. The night was long and the conversation was in full swing. Wu De still had one more important thing to ask him, but it wasn't urgent just now, but it's almost done now.
He whispered: "How should we deal with Chen Minggang?"
"If you're being hypocritical," Wang Zhaomin closed his eyes, "you may not be the opponent of this old fox..."
Wu De understood. Pretty much the same as I thought.
"Been taught a lesson."
The two men's furtive conversation lasted until early morning. Wu De returned to the office at night. The house was brightly lit. A group of people from the county government leadership working group had not slept yet and were gathering in the conference room to discuss issues.
There are a group of professionals here who have been transferred from various departments specifically for land tax matters, mainly financial talents. There is also Panda, a combat engineer of the Sixth Army - he was transferred here because he worked in the tax bureau and is very important to the tax bureau. The taxation system is clear.
Of course, there is also Xiong Buyou, who is responsible for external relations, and Dong Weiwei, who is in charge of surveying and mapping, is also a half-hearted Ming history enthusiast. Of course, it is not to borrow her knowledge of Ming history, but because she has been conducting social surveys in rural areas for several months and has first-hand knowledge. Material.
There are also a group of liaison officers responsible for coordinating with various ministries and commissions, such as Sun Xiao from the Planning Commission and Zhou Botao from the Political Security Bureau.
Wu De asked someone to make strong tea and conveyed the contents of the conversation with Wang Zhaomin one by one. Everyone is very interested in such intelligence information. However, the biggest controversy among the leadership group is how to deal with Chen Minggang.
This cunning bookkeeper himself is of course not worth a penny, but the Yulin volume in his hand is a key item. How many fields have started classes in the county are all listed in this booklet.
The Travelers have only completed half of the county's social census, and the issue of land property rights is an even more complicated matter. It requires large-scale land measurement and property rights verification, which cannot be accomplished in a short time. The time traveler has just established authority at the grassroots level in Lingao, and its tentacles have not really been extended in place.
Therefore, the handling of Chen Minggang aroused controversy within the leading group. Some people believed that he should be arrested immediately, put on trial, and then shot. Some people think that they need to take advantage of him first. Of course, there is no objection to the final result of shooting this man.
"Okay, let's summarize the issues at hand." Wu De said.
The purpose of the Chuan Chuan Group's monopoly on taxation is mainly to take this opportunity to penetrate and control the county government, and secondly to establish a fair and effective new tax system to reduce the burden on the people and increase income.
To achieve these two goals, it is necessary to have a complete understanding of the number of acres, fatness and property rights in the county. Otherwise there is no way to start.
The social investigation work that started after the Spring Festival has gone through a series of tasks such as the suppression of bandits and the construction of grassroots organizations. Now it has made initial progress, but it is still far from having a true understanding of the social situation in the county.
To grasp the total number of acres, we have initially obtained some data through the work team's investigation. Some people also proposed using a model aircraft to conduct remote sensing mapping to grasp the precise number, nature and location of the county's acres. However, the issue of land property rights cannot be investigated clearly through simple surveying and mapping.
To investigate the property rights, you have to land the land. Re-reporting and surveying are not only extremely labor-intensive and labor-intensive, but also extremely difficult. In feudal society, whenever land was needed, it was easy to do so except when a new dynasty was first established and when reforms were made. Strong class backlash often ends in nothing.
One of the fundamental purposes of the Executive Committee's large-scale social survey is to prepare for a comprehensive land survey, but now it seems that the progress is far behind. According to Wu De's statistics, through bandit suppression and work teams, they have now generally controlled a quarter of the county's grassroots administration.
However, this kind of administrative control is still very weak, and it is impossible to rely on them to carry out land surveying and inventory.
Moreover, it is the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and the grain collection is about to begin. According to Wang Zhaomin, the work must be completed by early November. It only lasts two months. It is simply unrealistic to complete the land management work in the entire county in just two months.
"So, this Yulin Book is very important to us, at least for now." Wu De said, "Before we have complete control of the land property rights in the county."
Although the Yulin Register is full of errors, it is the only evidence until the new property rights registration account book is released. No wonder the Hufang Book Office can make huge profits from this. No matter how different dynasties change, their financial path will not be cut off.
"It seems like we still have to cooperate with Chen Minggang?" Xiong Buyou said.
"Isn't it just a Yulin book? Let's find a way to get his Yulin book." Zhou Dongtian said slowly, "I believe he will definitely say it."
"Are you so sure?"
"Of course." Zhou Dongtian looked confident, "As long as you authorize it."
Of course Wud knew what he was going to do - but he had other plans.
“I have a plan, I have to do the land work, and I have to do the tax collection work,” Wu De said. “But this plan needs to be submitted to the executive committee for approval, and we need to have in-depth cooperation with Wang Zhaomin, so we Discuss it among yourself first..."
The autumn crops have not yet appeared, but the news that the Australians are preparing to take over the entire county's autumn crops has spread throughout the county. This news immediately caused a sensation and made the wealthy gentry feel nervous. People were sent to the city one after another to inquire about the news, and for a while the teahouse in front of the county government office was overcrowded.
The news that came out was very bad. It was said that this time it was Mr. Wu from Bairen Village who took charge of the tax. Everyone knew that Mr. Wu from Bairen Village was the eldest man in Australia. This man came to take over the tax collection. , obviously with bad intentions. Anyone whose family has one or two hundred acres of land and is considered a grain farmer feels uneasy and wonders what the Australians are going to do.
Neither Wang Zhaomin nor Chen Minggang said anything about the Australians' specific methods of collecting grain and tax. Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine the two men would sell in the gourd.
Small civilian households are quite calm, since whoever becomes the emperor has to pay for their food anyway. Providing food to Australians is probably about the same, and no matter how bad it is, it won't be much worse. Fortunately, the weather is quite helpful this year, with good weather and good harvests. Many people have earned a lot of income by working for Australians, and they speculate that this year's autumn grain will be easier to pay than last year.
A few days later, the gentry in the county recommended Zhang Youfu to negotiate terms with Wu De, hoping to find out from him how big the appetite of the Australians was this time.
Zhang Youfu went to Wu De's place for a walk, and after listening to Wu De's face-to-face instructions, he immediately returned home.
A group of anxious landowners and squires gathered in the living room, waiting for a response. Some of them did not come themselves, but they also sent trusted stewards.
"Chief Wu said it will be business as usual this year," Zhang Youfu said.
There was a sigh of relief from the crowd. Since it is business as usual, their interests will not be harmed. Although some of them have heavy and unreasonable burdens, they don't want any changes - after all, they are getting along well for now. If we really want to change something, God knows what it will look like. Chinese people have known since ancient times that many things are inherently bad, but the results that are said to be improved often end up getting worse the more they are changed.
"Chief Wu also said that it was not their intention to collect taxes this year." Zhang Youfu said to everyone, "I just thought that reasonable burdens would cause trouble to everyone, so why not collect them together in the autumn tax?" . So that everyone doesn’t have to come here twice.”
This is not a bad idea. However, the reasonable burden is collected on a per village basis, but the grain collection is calculated on a per-acre basis. Some people ask how to calculate this?
"Autumn food belongs to autumn food, and reasonable burdens belong to reasonable burdens." Zhang Youfu said, "It just needs to be delivered together with the payment."
Zhang Youfu went on to announce that both reasonable burdens and grain taxes can be compensated with grain circulation coupons. This news made the landowners make a fuss - they usually spend the circulation coupons they get immediately. Now many people feel regretful when they hear that the grain tax can be compensated.
After Zhang Youfu finished speaking, everyone felt satisfied and dispersed. Liu Youren was sitting at the end. Then he stood up and came over and asked Zhang Youfu:
"Lao Zhang! Is Lao Ba still in charge of this year's food collection?"
"Of course! Without Laoba, and the Australians don't have Yulin books, how can they collect food?" Zhang Youfu asked strangely! ~!
