This tax storm can be said to be both reasonable and unexpected.
Although those officials and wealthy people have already thought that in this storm, compared with previous years, they will definitely suffer some losses. After all, they are well aware of the evil deeds of the Taxation Department in Bianliang, Tokyo. But what they never expected was that they would suffer such heavy losses and be defeated so quickly.
During the entire process, they were almost powerless to fight back. From the initial attempt to prevent losses, to the later attempts to save money and save lives, they were just blindly defending.
They did not use their powers to fight back and create chaos for the Public Security Bureau, as before. There was not even a memorial to impeach the Taxation Department sent to the capital.
Because they did not expect that the Department of Taxation could obtain so much evidence, of course they did not dare to file a complaint in a big way. If this matter was brought to the court, they would probably die more miserably. After all, the court still upholds the law and does not involve the New Deal. , but the court has to deal with administrative law, and will either let them go home or go to Qiongzhou to log wood.
To put it simply, this is a competition of means and strength. In the end, their skills are inferior to others.
This is very different from Wang Anshi's reform.
Wang Anshi's New Deal is about seeking change and seeking wealth through change. In short, it is changing the law to seek wealth. This gives many people an excuse to fight back, and they dare to create chaos to block the New Deal.
However, the Public Security Bureau is not seeking change, but only seeks to crack down on illegal activities and maintain public order. Therefore, whether it is the Public Security Bureau or the Taxation Department, they have not shaken the privileges of these upper-class people in the process of enforcing the law. To a certain extent, , they are still defending these privileges, they are just cracking down on illegal activities outside the privileges.
This forced those privileged people to hide in the dark, but unfortunately, they were all picked out by the tax department.
As long as they are found out, they will have no choice but to accept the punishment.
But they still couldn't avoid wailing all over the place. After these rich people came out, they knew that their lives had been saved, and they immediately felt pity for their small money. They couldn't help but feel sad. What they cried was that it was so miserable, and they could only hide under the quilt. Crying, because no one of them can believe it now, they are all bad people, they are all bad people.
In fact, this happens every year during the tax collection period, but this year is special. The tears moved from the faces of ordinary farmers to the faces of wealthy people.
Of course, for them, they only lost one round and did not lose the entire game. They have not forgotten that the main theme at the moment is the battle between judicial reform and the public prosecutor and the law.
So they urged the tax department to quickly hand over last year's total tax revenue accounts to the government. It happened that the tax department, which had a big victory over there, was also eager to divide the spoils and make a big holiday. On this point, the two parties hit it off.
at dusk.
A tall man, carrying a baggage, came to a farmhouse at the foot of a mountain. They stood in front of the door, glanced left and right, and then knocked lightly on the door.
Boom, boom, boom!
"who?"
A very cautious voice came from inside.
"Lao Gao!"
The man said.
After a while, the door opened with a creak.
The man entered the house and saw two similar-looking men standing inside.
The two were professionals rescued from Luoyang Prison by the Taxation Department, brothers Fu Qian and Fulin.
The two brothers looked at the burden on Lao Gao's shoulders in unison, looking very uneasy.
Just this little baggage, what can be packed in it?
Gold?
It doesn’t look like much!
Deflated.
The man named Lao Gao glanced at the two of them, put down the bag on his shoulders, opened it, and placed two small notebooks on the table.
"what is this?"
Fu Qian looked at the book with a very uneasy expression.
The old man said: "This is the Feiqian account of Majia Jiekupu. The Taxation Department has deposited all your bonuses into it. Your brothers performed very well in this tax inspection and obtained key evidence for the Taxation Department." , according to the regulations, one person will receive five thousand guan."
Although the accounts stolen by their brothers are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, it is impossible for the two brothers alone to handle everything. There are many professionals who are providing them with clues, such as surveillance personnel and For example, there are experienced tax collectors, some accountants who are good at calculation, etc.
All in all, this ghost force of the Tax Department is actually made up of small professional teams. Maybe these team members don’t know each other, but they only need to do what they are good at. There are dedicated analysts in the middle to arrange tasks. Help them communicate with each other.
"so much?"
The two brothers exclaimed at the same time.
Although it is quite different from more than 100,000 yuan, to them, this is simply a huge sum of money!
The annual salary is 5,000 guan, which is comparable to those of middle- and upper-level officials, no, even more comfortable than those of middle- and upper-level officials, because they only work for a few hours.
I really don’t want to feel too comfortable these days!
The young Fulin couldn't help but rubbed his hands, "Hey, actually, we didn't do anything, we just found a few books of accounts."
They do think they are somewhat unworthy of this huge sum of money.
After all, they are not asked to steal gold, silver and jewelry, but just a few accounts, so the difficulty is a bit low!
Fu Qian took the small notebook and said, "Brother Gao, how do you get money for this thing?"
Lao Gao said: "It's very simple. You just take your household registration and this little book to Ma's Jieku Store and tell the clerk in the store how much money you want to withdraw."
"That'll be fine."
"Um."
Lao Gao nodded and said: "I suggest you withdraw as much as you need. After all, it is not very safe to keep too much money around. Also, save a little money. Now those people are on guard. In the future, this Things will get harder and harder.”
"Hey! We know it."
"Also. You have two months of vacation, you can go and have fun, but you must remember to be cautious in everything and don't talk nonsense. Nowadays, many people outside are investigating the Taxation Department. Once you are discovered by them, , although this will not affect the Taxation Department, it is difficult for the Taxation Department to protect you all the time."
"Yes Yes Yes."
In Pinglu County, a large cargo ship was docked at the dock, but there were more than ten people sitting in the cabin. These people were tenant farmers, domestic servants, and even accountants who had testified against their boss before the court.
In other words, the legendary Er Wu Zai.
They all seemed to be waiting anxiously for something and were restless in the cabin.
After a while, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe bowing into the cabin.
"Mr. Wen."
"The villain has met Mr. Wen."
Mr. Wen looked them over and said, "What? Are you worried that I won't come?"
"No, no!"
"hey-hey.!"
"Don't worry, our tax department will never break our promise to you easily. Everyone, sit down!"
"Why!"
Everyone sat down one after another.
After Mr. Wen took his seat, he shouted outside: "Bring them all in."
But I saw a few guards coming into the warehouse with a few bundles, and then distributed the bundles to these people.
Mr. Wen said: "You have some burdens for this baggage, as well as a land deed, all of which are at the place you designated. This cargo ship will escort you to the designated place. At the same time, the boatmen on this ship are also people from our tax department. , they will also escort you to your destination, and you will live a good life from now on."
"Thank you, Mr. Wen. Thank you, Mr. Wen."
These people couldn't help crying with joy.
Originally, they were all tenant farmers at the bottom of Hezhong Mansion, but after this incident, they could not help but repay their debts and were promoted to third-class households or even second-class households.
After they confirmed that there was no problem with the remuneration, Mr. Wen stood up and left.
Mr. Wen added: "You can live a good life from now on."
When I just got out of the cabin and was about to get off the boat, I saw a young man chasing me out, "Mr. Wen."
Mr. Wen looked back and said, "It's Xiaoyu! What? Is the reward wrong?"
Chen Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "No, it's not."
Mr. Wen asked again: "What's the matter with you?"
Chen Xiaoyu scratched his head and said, "That's right, I. I want to continue doing this job."
Mr. Wen looked at him confused.
Chen Xiaoyu said hurriedly: "I want to continue to help the Taxation Department with tax inspections."
Mr. Wen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Xiaoyu, tax inspection is not as simple as you think, you..."
Chen Xiaoyu said hurriedly: "I know, I know, I don't have any other abilities, but I can continue to work as a tenant farmer with those big landowners, and then secretly help the tax department collect evidence."
Mr. Wen was stunned and said: "But this is very dangerous and very painful, you!"
Chen Xiaoyu said excitedly: "I have already made up my mind. As long as the Taxation Department wants me, no matter how hard and tiring it is, I am willing."
"Why?" Mr. Wen asked.
"Because...because I hate those rich people. Seeing them begging in front of the judge makes me very happy. So...so, I want to continue to help the tax department with tax inspections."
Mr. Wen thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. I will arrange for you to go to Luoyang first. During this period, you can think about it carefully. If you regret it when you get to Luoyang, then don't disembark in Luoyang."
"I won't go back on my word."
"let's discuss it later."
For the tax department, this moment is their New Year's Eve and their annual vacation.
At this moment, all the officials of the Taxation Department, big and small, were sitting in the lobby. These people were all well-organized. Although they were all sitting upright, from the corner of their eyes, they glanced at Chen Ming who was sitting on it from time to time. Glittering with anticipation.
Chen Mingdao: "Last year's taxes have been completed. Fortunately, there are many people who evade taxes. According to regulations, 10% of the fines will be used to give you bonuses. At the same time, you will have half month’s holiday.”
Regarding the fines imposed by the Taxation Department, first of all, the Taxation Department and the imperial court split the fines 30/70, of which 30% is to be handed over to the treasury, and the remaining 70% goes to the Taxation Department.
Of this 70%, the Taxation Department will keep 20% as funds for the coming year, 40% of which will be distributed to ghost tax policemen, and the remaining 10% will be distributed to the tax policemen and swordsmen and pen clerks of the Taxation Department, who are mainly responsible for daily official duties. , someone who gets a salary every month will naturally not get a bounty of thousands of dollars.
This is ten percent.
That’s a lot!
There are also 120,000 strings!
The person sitting here was rubbing his hands together, very excited.
Similarly, each person still has a savings book from Majia Jiekupu.
It has to be said that the existence of Majia Jiekupu has really helped the tax department. The tax department only needs to deposit all the money into Majia Jiekupu and open hundreds of accounts.
Majia Jiekupu will handle the rest for the tax department, so there is no need for the tax department to worry about it.
Of course, all the accounts given to the ghost tax police were opened secretly and arranged by Zhang Fei himself. After all, he is the real boss of the tax department and controls this ghost army.
Because the end of the Taxation Department is the Imperial Court, but the Imperial Court cannot openly support the Taxation Department and must pay attention to evidence. If Zhang Fei does not control the Taxation Department, there may be conflicts between the two.
Zhang Fei knows better than anyone what kind of evidence the tax department needs to provide in order to win each of these lawsuits.
Precisely because of this, it seemed that the Imperial Court was very relaxed in this case. Zhang Fei basically just sat on it and watched the performances of these monsters and monsters.
However, there is another person who is more relaxed than Zhang Fei.
This person is Han Jiang.
At the time of the incident, this guy was patrolling the Yongxing Army in various places, asking about the local disarmament situation. He only returned to Hezhong Prefecture recently, so he perfectly avoided the whole process.
Returning to Hezhong Mansion, he first found Yuan Jiang and said, "Brother Yuan, can you come up with the final accounts of last year's taxation?"
Yuan Jiang said: "The tax department has submitted the accounts. Although the final results have not yet come out, they are almost there."
Han Jiang asked slightly nervously: "How much?"
Yuan Jiang said: "Compared with the previous year, there was at least an increase of two million strings."
Han Jiang couldn't help but gasped, "How much more?"
Yuan Jiang said: "Two million strings."
"Does it include salt banknotes and salt debts?" Han Jiang asked hurriedly.
Yuan Jiang said: "The salt debt is not counted. After all, the salt debt is to repay the debt, but the salt banknotes are included, but the salt banknotes we collected are also deducted."
"How can this be?"
Han Jiang felt incredible.
Yuan Jiang said: "Actually, the calculation is almost the same. Although we collected some salt banknotes, there are still a large number of salt banknotes circulating in the market. These are counted as fiscal revenue, and the tax department collected an extra salt banknote for us. The tax of one million guan, plus the increase in its own tax revenue, reaches two million guan."
At this moment, a civil servant came to the door and said, "Report to the Transportation Department that Judge Wei Tong and Judge Cao are here."
"Invite them in."
"yes."
After the clerk went down, Han Jiang said: "I just came back, and they came to me to complain. It seems that they have been greatly wronged."
Yuan Jiang smiled and said: "I don't think they are here to complain."
Han Jiang looked at him doubtfully.
Yuan Jiang said: "How dare they complain about illegal things? I think they are here to sow discord."
Han Jiang nodded doubtfully.
As expected, when Wei Yingfang and the others arrived, they didn't mention anything about tax evasion. They focused on attacking the Tax Department, thinking that the Tax Department should not take away so many fines, more than 800,000 yuan. This is simply an act of embezzling finances. .
"I also know about the fine system of the Taxation Department, and it is the same in the capital."
Han Jiang nodded and said helplessly: "I can't do anything about this, because the Taxation Department can increase a lot of revenue for the imperial government."
They can make money for the court, can the officials blame them?
It’s too late for love!
Cao Yi suddenly said: "But whose head should the credit be given to?"
Han Jiang's expression changed and he immediately said: "Of course this is all the result of the New Deal. You must know that the increase in tax revenue last year exceeded that of the year before. This is all because of the salt debt and salt banknotes implemented by the Changping Division when Bachelor Yuan promoted it. The reform further promoted the development of business. At the same time, the household registration reform caused more people to pay taxes, and young people's money helped many people. Bachelor Yuan deserves the most credit for this. If it does not count the New Deal, who does it belong to? Of course. I don’t deny the credit of the Taxation Department, but you have to know that the Taxation Department collects taxes based on the people’s income. If the people can’t make any money, it will naturally be difficult for the Taxation Department to receive an extra penny.”
Yuan Jiang said modestly: "Where! Where is it coming from? Han Temple is over-rated."
Han Jiang said: "This is a fact. There is no need for the transshipment messenger to be modest."
Wei Yingfang and others also followed suit one after another, exaggerating Yuan Jiang's policies.
They never forgot to provoke the New Deal and the Public Security Bureau, but Han Jiang did not mention the Public Security Bureau and the Law in his words. He obviously took all the credit for himself.
Can the Public Security Bureau agree?
At least Sima Guang would definitely not agree.
Now that the finances of Hezhong Mansion and Jingdong East Road should have been released one after another, it is time to decide the outcome. For them, the best result is that the New Deal and judicial reform will be destroyed together. If they cannot achieve this goal, then they will I hope the New Deal can win.
As for the Taxation Department, they have studied it very thoroughly now. The reason why they have no way to deal with the Taxation Department is mainly because the Taxation Department takes the legal route and makes everything public. This has caused many wealthy people to be very afraid and dare not interact with them. Unlike the tax collectors in the past, who could easily provoke conflicts between the people and the tax department by collecting excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
It can be said that without the Public Security Bureau, they would have been able to drive the Taxation Department out of Hezhong Prefecture in just one year.
However, Han Jiang is really not kidding. He really wants to attribute all the credit to the New Deal. Just imagine, if the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Law can also promote financial growth, then the New Deal is really unnecessary.
However, Han Jiang knew what the specific reason was. The real contributors were the public prosecutors, so she had to discuss this with Zhang Fei.
Imperial Court.
"Han Sishi is back."
Seeing Han Jiang, Zhang Fei suddenly felt regretful and said: "It's a pity that Han Si's affairs really missed a big show!"
Han Jiang glanced at him and said, "Don't you kid make insinuations here. I just avoided it on purpose. I came here mainly to inspect disarmament matters, not to get involved in your troubles. I've been fooled once. Isn't that enough?" ?"
The last time he self-declared tax exemption in the capital, he was frightened and could not sleep at night. The situation at that time was much more dangerous than that of Hezhong Mansion. Even siege vehicles were dispatched at that time. It was precisely because of that incident that It directly shocked the officials of Hezhong Prefecture and made them dare not act rashly. Moreover, after the lawsuit in the capital, it directly turned into a purge of officials. At that time, many officials were directly exiled. Han Jiang never wanted to experience it again.
He calculated that the time was almost up, so he quickly went on a business trip.
"Han Temple's words are serious."
Zhang Fei smiled and cursed in his heart, this old fox. Then he asked: "Did Han Sishi come here really just to inspect disarmament?"
"certainly.!"
As soon as the words came out, Han Jiang reacted suddenly and looked slightly embarrassed. He glanced sideways at Zhang Fei and saw that the boy's eyes were full of smiles. Knowing that he couldn't hide it from him, he simply said: "Besides that, there is another thing. thing."
Zhang Fei remained silent, waiting for the answer.
Han Jiang coughed and said, "Why don't you speak?"
Seeing that he was still shy, Zhang Fei simply said bluntly: "Based on the current financial situation, it is impossible for Jingdong East Road to win the Hezhong Mansion."
Han Jiang said angrily: "The finances of Hezhong Mansion have increased by two million yuan, which is more than the money of Qingmiao on Jingdong East Road. How can we win?"
Zhang Fei said: "But I think the credit should be attributed to Wang Xueshi's New Deal. Although our public security organs, procuratorates and law found many flaws in the system, it was all because of Yuan Xueshi's policy adjustments that turned corruption into magic and led to rapid financial growth. .”
"You have a conscience, kid."
Han Jiang nodded approvingly. It had to be said that although this kid was a bit hateful, he was always able to help Wang Anshi at critical moments, and often achieved a decisive effect. He asked again: "Then how do you ask Is Sima Jun really on a mission?"
Zhang Fei said: "Of course I will truthfully report to Bachelor Sima. In terms of governance according to law, our public security organs, prosecutors and law have done a very good job, and they have won the support of the people. Moreover, the security of Hezhong Prefecture is getting better and better, but... But they won It’s finance, isn’t it? Of course, the main credit for this aspect still belongs to the Transportation Department.”
Han Jiang nodded.
Zhang Fei sighed and said: "Actually, the Public Security Bureau and the New Deal are complementary to each other. I don't know why they are incompatible."
Han Jiang also felt the same way. In fact, he did not oppose Sima Guang's policies. It was just that Fan Zhongyan and others had proved that that road would not work. Wang Anshi had just proposed the political concept of financial management. Now he agrees more with Wang Anshi's policy. Concept, I couldn't help but sigh: "This man can't help himself when he is in court!"
After getting a definite answer from Zhang Fei, Han Jiang left. As soon as he left, Xu Zhiqian came to the house behind, "Is Han Sishi here to grab the credit?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zhiqian pursed her lower lip, "Can't one person get half the credit?"
Zhang Fei glanced at her, shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course not. The New Deal cannot afford to lose in this battle. Once the credit is taken away by the public prosecutor and the law, the New Deal may face bankruptcy."
Xu Zhiqian asked: "Can the public security organs, prosecutors and law afford to lose?"
Zhang Fei said: "So we have to find a way to persuade Master Wang to support our public security law."
Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.
Zhang Fei stood up and gave up his seat, "It's almost time. We have to write a letter to each of Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Sima."
(End of chapter)
