It’s just a matter of kicking the dendrobium with its tip. It’s understandable. After all, it’s an open “hidden rule.” However, it’s a bit too much to play tricks on the dendrobium and its weighing.
Zhou Dalu looked at the angry Gu Zhixian and was not worried at all. This dendrobium was not provided by himself, but was given by the county government office. If you want to check, that's up to you.
Tao Yong of the household was a little surprised. He looked at Luo Shao and didn't understand why the county magistrate was so angry. The county government collected a lot of money here, so why couldn't he get along with the money?
What's more, these things no longer happen every year or two. The people are used to it and know how to prepare more food to send. Why does the county official still care about this?
Luo Shao sighed. It was obvious that the county magistrate was too upright. Since he had given Yang Lian Yin, he could not continue to tolerate such things as dripping and kicking dendrobium trees, let alone allow the grain chief to use this to deceive the people.
But the county magistrate forgot that only a thin stream can flow long.
Yes, the amount of money gained by losing the Guo family is huge, enough to run the county government for a period of time, but the county magistrate is also very capable of spending money. The three courtyards need to pay a lot of money and food every month...
Where will the county government's future Yanglianyin come from? Wouldn't it be good to kick it out of this? You can play twice a year and eat for half a year at a time. It's fine. The people won't say anything anyway and have already adapted to it.
Don’t change after you get used to it?
Gu Zhengchen refused.
After finding out that the capacity of Dendrobium was four buckets and seven liters, and that the scales and weights were inaccurate, Gu Zhengchen ordered the village chief to find an axe, split the Dendrobium and the scale rods directly, and threw the scales into a pond nearby.
A fire was lit.
Looking at the burning dendrobium and the weighing beam, Gu Zhengchen announced in front of all the people: "From today onwards, Jurong Pinghu will be accepted, and county officials and grain chiefs are not allowed to take advantage of the situation and do whatever they want! If anyone else If you dare to kick the dendrobium, I will definitely break his legs! Four buckets of dendrobium are weighed, and the dendrobium is weighed to prove it. The village chief and the old man are supervising, and the grain chief is assisting the court in collecting taxes. Only the amount of tax specified by the court is allowed. If you charge an extra spoonful of rice, then That’s it—violating the law! I will never give you mercy!”
Zhou Dalu's face looked ugly. The county magistrate was warning himself!
When the people heard this, they cheered.
The collection of Pinghu can save the people a lot of burden. Don't think that it is just a small matter of paying a few buckets of rice less. This rice may be a matter of life and death for the people's families!
Gu Zhengchen looked at Luo Shao: "You are the county magistrate, in charge of tax collection. Please report this matter to the grain chiefs, and also inform the village chiefs and the elderly. From today on, Jurong will never allow another incident." Regarding the matter of Dendrobium, the people should pay as much grain as they need, and everything will be done according to the rules! Among the autumn grains that have been harvested so far, all the excess grain will be returned to the people!"
"It is the duty of the people in the world to pay taxes. They are the kindest and most industrious people of the Ming Dynasty! Officials must not increase the burden on the people for selfish reasons! They will definitely try their best to pay taxes and grain to them in full. Come on, why should they bear the taxes and grains that they should not pay? Folks, remember, as long as I, Gu Zhengchen, are in Jurong, all your taxes and grains will be paid according to the notice. If there are any problems, you will be allowed to pay them. Beat the drum and hear the news!"
"Master Qingtian!"
Zhou Da was so moved that he pulled his son and knelt down directly. The people knelt down and expressed gratitude.
Gu Zhengchen was a little sad.
After hurting them for many years, they consider it a favor just to stop the sinful and illegal harm.
Where can we find such simple people in this world?
I am just China.
These simplicity made them endure too much.
But it was these simplicity that allowed the Chinese dynasty to develop stably and allowed the Chinese civilization to continue.
History is created by the masses, but the people and events recorded in history books are often emperors and generals, and many people ignore them at the bottom.
Even though Lao Zhu was born a peasant, he betrayed the peasants. The li chiefs, armor chiefs, and grain chiefs he employed were either big landowners, small landowners, or rich peasants, and most of them were not poor people.
It goes without saying that it goes without saying how landlords and wealthy households treat ordinary people.
This is not to blame Lao Zhu, he has jumped from the peasant class to the big landlord class, and is still the largest landlord. Naturally, he needs to protect the interests of the landlord family.
But Lao Zhu was different from other emperors. Other emperors protected the interests of the landlord groups, but in Lao Zhu's eyes, these landlord groups seemed to pose a greater threat and harm to his own family, far more obvious than the harm caused to ordinary people's families, so this This leads to a strange phenomenon:
Lao Zhu valued the common people and despised the landlords, and favored the common people and neglected the landlords...
Of course, the landlords here mostly refer to the founding heroes and wealthy gentry in eastern Zhejiang.
It is based on this understanding that Gu Zhengchen must be more obvious in the team and keep up with the big boss.
For me, Jurong is a testing ground.
If he succeeds in governing Jurong, he can find a way out. In the future, he can even improve this method to states, prefectures, provinces, and even the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
It's just that this road is still long, and it also requires the support of the prince and the emperor.
Since he was born in the Ming Dynasty, Gu Zhengchen would never allow wild boars to pass through Shanhaiguan, and he would not allow Japanese pirates to cause trouble in the southeast again! Although many things appear a bit late, it is also a good thing to plow the garden and clear the hole once and for all, right?
No matter how hard it is, we must build this great Ming Dynasty into a strong one, let the sun and the moon shine brightly on this land, and let everyone shout proudly:
I am a citizen of Ming Dynasty!
And the founders of all this were the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty.
Only by solving the people's fundamental problem of eating can we create a prosperous Ming Dynasty!
Gu Zhengchen looked at these simple people and shook his fist.
Lao Zhu is good at top-level design and has the courage to make drastic reforms. He even abolished the prime minister system that had lasted for thousands of years. But Lao Zhu is not good at low-level governance. This is his shortcoming and the shortcoming of Lao Zhu's family.
A powerful Ming Dynasty cannot reach the top without making up for this shortcoming.
It's just that I'm still very weak now, but being weak doesn't mean I can't do anything!
Gu Zhengchen looked at Luo Shao, Yang Liang and others. Just like the principle of settling the internal affairs before fighting foreign affairs, if you want to govern Jurong well, you must do your homework as a county official.
Without unified thinking and uncertainty about good standards, it is unlikely that the county government will collude with the district chiefs, grain chiefs, etc. to exploit the people.
It's time to teach them a lesson.
Gu Zhengchen did not investigate the issue of dendrobium and scales in depth, nor did he investigate the issue of kicking dendrobium in the tip. After all, in the end, the county government will inevitably be found in this matter.
There is no point in holding people responsible for this matter. Those who really need to bear the responsibility are the previous county government officials, but these people are all dead.
After supervising the people of the Southern Zhou Dynasty to pay autumn taxes, Gu Zhengchen summoned Zhou Dalu, the chief of grain, and said forcefully: "No matter how you assisted in collecting and transporting grain in the past, or how you made up for the losses on the way, under my rule, the losses on the way are borne by the grain." The chief will bear the responsibility himself. If you are dissatisfied, you can go to Fengtian Palace to complain, or ask for an order to resign as grain chief! I don’t mind returning this responsibility to the county government!"
