Fangshan County.
Su Yang has been a little frowning recently.
Because after waiting for almost half a month, he still didn't get the yellow registration notice from the Yamen.
That damn fat man couldn't really take the money and do nothing, could he?
Without the yellow registration account, there is no way to find a way out from the Yamen!
Is it possible that we really want to hide in the mountains with our little wife?
Su Yang didn't care, he was afraid that Xiaowan wouldn't be able to endure the hardship.
After all, she is the rich daughter of a wealthy family. It is not like asking her to hide in the mountains and forests with him to endure hardships.
Seeing his frown, Zhu Wanqiu immediately held Su Yang's hand.
"Ms. sir, don't worry!"
"When you marry a chicken, follow the chicken. If you marry a dog, follow the dog. Wherever your husband goes, Xiaowan will go!"
When Su Yang heard this, he smiled freely and held his little wife in his arms.
"I was thinking that your eldest cousin is not a man of his word."
"Why hasn't this household post been sent yet?"
Zhu Wanqiu was stunned and shook her head blankly. She was also puzzled.
With the ability of his own palace, he could just give an order to the Fangshan County government office, and the husband would be able to obtain the yellow registration list.
But almost half a month has passed, and I still haven’t waited for the household notice.
Then it can only be because someone is obstructing it and preventing the eldest brother from applying for a household registration for Su Yang.
Who else could he have besides his own father?
Zhu Wanqiu also had a bitter look on her face when she thought of this.
But at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
When Su Yang opened the door, he saw an old man with gray hair.
"Dare I ask my father-in-law..."
"You are Su Yang, right? My father-in-law is Huang Laosan, the mayor of East Street!"
The old man spoke kindly, but kept looking at Su Yang.
This kid doesn't look like anything special, so why would he alert the master bookkeeper to personally handle the yellow registration list for him?
Is it possible that this boy is the illegitimate son of the bookkeeper?
Huang Laosan secretly observed Su Yang.
As soon as Su Yang heard the word "branch chief", he knew that this was a door-to-door tax collection.
The Ming Dynasty implemented the Lijia system in local areas, whether in the suburbs or in the countryside.
Taking ten families as a unit, ten families are called a Jia, and a head is set; ten families are a li, and a li is set as long.
The term of the li chief is one year. The li in the city is called Fang; the li in the suburbs is called Xiang.
The functions and powers of the head of the branch and the head of the compartment are the same as those of the head of the li, and they are still the same as those of the third child: serving every year, urging for money and food, and taking care of official affairs.
Among them, the most important task of the li leader is to "rush for money and food"!
If the court wants to operate, it must have a lot of money and food. Therefore, the court attaches great importance to money and food. If you are late or in debt, you may be imprisoned.
Therefore, if the district manager wants to continue working for a long time, he must work hard on "rushing for money and food".
Su Yang was not surprised that the head of the workshop, Huang Laosan, came to visit. He calculated that it was indeed time to pay the summer tax.
Although Su Yang's family did not have any land, he still had to pay taxes.
Considering that not all farmers made a living from farming, the court stipulated that the scope of land tax collection was not limited to cultivated land.
Mulberry trees, orchards, fish ponds, woodlands, and even palm trees on Hainan Island are all included in the scope of taxation, which can be regarded as proof of the land of kings.
Although Su Yang doesn't have any land at home, he does have people!
Ming taxation can be simply divided into three categories: land tax, head tax and corvee.
As the name suggests, the poll tax means a tax is paid per head, and as many people as there are people pay.
Corvee means hard work, which is what the common people fear the most. They bring their own dry food to build river embankments, repair roads, and work as errands for post houses.
Not only did they not get paid, but they also had to provide their own dry food. Whether they worked or not, and how well they worked, all depended on what the officials said. If you want to go home early, you have to spend money.
As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to mess with, but the little devil is difficult to deal with.
Su Yang was going to pay to settle the matter and send Huang Laosan away first.
But when he was about to take out the money, Huang Laosan hurriedly smiled and spoke.
"Boss Su, my father-in-law is not here to collect taxes today."
Su Yang was stunned when he saw Huang Laosan take out the house sign and hand it over.
"This is the household registration card that the master of the bookstore asked my father-in-law to send over."
"You and your wife have been registered, and you will be good citizens of Fangshan County from now on!"
"As for the tax, considering that your family has no land and it is difficult to make a living, we will waive it this year!"
Hearing this, Su Yang took the household registration card and looked at Huang Laosan with a half-smile.
The latter smiled kindly and left in a hurry.
"Ms. sir, this village chief is quite nice!"
The little girl showed her head, looked at the door post and smiled.
"Not only did I personally deliver the household registration card, but my family was also exempted from taxes this year."
Su Yang shook his head and closed the courtyard door directly.
"It's not that he's kind, it's that he misunderstood."
"Huang Laosan mistakenly thought that we had something to do with the chief secretary, Tang Wenming, so that's why he did this!"
"Ah, it's just a bookkeeper!" Zhu Wanqiu was a little surprised.
In Princess Anle's impression, the county chief clerk was not even an official.
But now it seems that just being a bookkeeper can rule the country.
For example, take Tang Wenming, the chief administrator of Fangshan County!
Su Yang looked at the household sticker in his hand, his eyes sparkling.
The chief of a county is called the "magistrate" and is the seventh rank.
Below the county magistrate, there is a county magistrate, a chief clerk, and a dianshi each. However, in middle and lower-level counties, there is no county magistrate. The chief clerk is in charge of documents and is responsible for money, food, household registration and other matters, while the dianshi is in charge of catching bandits and arresting criminals.
Fangshan County is only a small county, so apart from the indifferent county magistrate, there are only chief books and records.
But the chief bookkeeper and the dianshi are not officials, but officials!
The people who truly control the life and death of the people in Fangshan County are these petty officials.
The ancients said that officials are like big fish and officials are like small fish. The people who have enough food are depressed. Officials are like tigers and officials are like cats. They are like licking people's ointment slightly.
Officials are more powerful than officials. They travel through public affairs, travel between right and wrong, understand the key points of the system, and some even control the financial and military power of a county, bypassing the official county officials sent by the court.
A smooth county magistrate and an iron-clad subordinate!
The sentence "all subordinate officials in the world can be killed" contains the blood and tears of many officials and common people.
Autumn can be known by looking at a leaf. Fangshan County is in chaos and petty officials are in charge. I am afraid that other prefectures and counties in Beiping Prefecture will not be much better.
The storm is about to come and the wind is filling the building!
Su Yang glanced at the household registration in his hand and made up his mind to leave Beiping Mansion.
However, it is not enough to have a household post, you must also have a road guide.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, people who travel hundreds of miles away from their territory need to be led by roads. Otherwise, the soldiers will be punished as deserters and the people will be punished as smugglers.
The lightest thing you can do to stow away is eighty sticks, but if you don't die after being beaten, you will be disabled.
However, applying for a "road guide" is also a troublesome matter. You must first apply to the local Lijia in your hometown, and then submit it to the prefecture and county for review. After approval, the "road guide" will be issued.
The "Road Guide" must indicate your name, age, address, reason for the incident, start and end locations, and return deadline.
The reason why it is so troublesome is that the court deliberately restricted it.
The so-called "road guide" is essentially a measure taken by the imperial court to restrict population movement and tie the population to the land.
There is only one reason. People have fled and the land is deserted. Where can we collect taxes?
The land at home is still waiting for you to plant it, so hurry up and go home and plant it!
Although applying for a road guide is troublesome, Su Yang has an idea.
Since it was the "master bookkeeper" who forged the household registration and yellow records for the couple, it shouldn't be difficult to go to him and apply for a road guide with the help of his eldest cousin.
When he thought of this, Su Yang suddenly smiled.
"Daughter-in-law, do you want to go to Jiangnan?"
"Jiangnan?" Zhu Wanqiu was stunned, a look of longing flashed in her eyes.
She had only heard of the hazy misty rain in Jiangnan, but had never seen it before.
"Wherever my husband goes, I will go!"
The little girl nodded firmly and hugged Su Yang tightly.
Su Yang smiled knowingly.
"Okay, let's go to Jiangnan!"
