The first lady is sweet and sweet

Chapter 270: It's Ancient (Five)
Qi Yaoyao looked at Shen Zhouheng with bright eyes, this analysis is very correct!
With the rise of shipping in later generations, the prosperous cities along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal declined a lot.

"That is to say, the road to Xigang Town is blocked by big rocks and needs your help." Qi Yaoyao looked at him with dark eyes and said, "Other places are fine."

"The roads are basically open, and the villagers organized their own strong labor to clear the roads." Shen Zhouheng said with bright peach blossom eyes looking at them.

"It's also not raining for a long time. After a long time, I won't be able to guarantee the road conditions." Qi Yaoyao said seriously looking at him with dark and bright eyes.

"There are also most of the mountains in Pingyi are stones, unlike other places where the mountains are soiled, the road can collapse for you if the rain is heavy." Shen Zhou looked at them with his clear eyes and said, "The road will be washed away. It won't be easy to repair."

"Then what should we do?" Qi Yaoyao asked concernedly, there is no large machinery, only manpower, how long will this road be repaired, if it is repaired, it will be washed away in case of heavy rain.

"Repair must be time-consuming and labor-intensive. If you can't fix it, change the route." Shen Zhouheng thought about it and looked at her.

Qi Yaoyao's mouth twitched when she heard that, "Estimate?"

"Otherwise, what should I do?" Shen Zhou looked at her seriously and asked humbly.

Qi Yaoyao was stopped at once, the productivity of modern times is much more developed than in ancient times, and there are still things that cannot be done, let alone now.

"I thought it was too easy." Qi Yaoyao looked at him apologetically and said.

"What did you say?" Shen Zhouheng gently fanned her and said, "What does this have to do with you."

"Where is the land? Has the water receded?" Qi Yaoyao asked with her eyes like ink jade looking at him.

Hearing this, Shen Zhouheng looked at her with a bright smile on his face and said, "When they came back, they had already retreated. The water is going to retreat faster than expected. Turn over the ground and you can plant autumn."

Suddenly I remembered and said, "The horns were planted in the nooks and crannies, and cucumbers and beans came out. Why didn't you tell me, let me plant them!"

"It's all in the corner of the wall, and it's not as big as a palm. Where can I use you." Chen shi said, turning his eyes on the two of them, "Don't worry, your wife didn't do anything, I won't let my daughter-in-law do anything. Farm with a big belly."

"Mother, I didn't say that!" Shen Zhouheng hurriedly declared.

"I didn't say that, you think so." Chen Shi pointed to his eyes and said, "I can see it with both eyes."

"Haha..." Qi Yaoyao pursed her lips and snickered.

"Is there not enough vegetables in this vegetable garden? I think they are all alive again." Shen Zhouheng looked at the green vegetables that were emerging again and said, "Isn't it replanting again?"

"I still have to dry the vegetables! I won't eat them in winter!" Mrs. Chen looked at him angrily and said, "Don't worry about the family affairs."

"Okay, okay, I don't care." Shen Zhouheng said with a smile when he heard the words, and said again, "By the way, things here are basically over, Lu Ming should go back to his hometown to participate in the children's test."

"Then what happens to the clerk and the clerk once Lu Ming is gone?" Chen shi looked at him with concern and said.

"This summer is over, I have to get busy with taxes, so I don't have much time in the county." Shen Zhou looked at them with warm eyes and said, "I have to go to the prefecture for this matter of digging a canal. .I don't know when I'll be back."

"Is the tax high?" Qi Yaoyao asked with her dark eyes looking at him.

"How can I say this?" Shen Zhou pursed his lower lip lightly and looked at her.

"Tax? When the Great Ancestor conquered the country, he set the thirty-one tax, which has not changed for so many years." Shen Zhou looked at her with clear eyes and said, "Actually, reading the history books, the taxes of the dynasties and dynasties can be said to be not high." He frowned and said, "It's just that the tyranny of the government is fiercer than the tiger. Under the heavy force of subordinate officials, officials and gentry, the actual burden of the people is far greater than this." After a pause, he said, "I checked the records of the past years, because it Yixian County has more mountains and less land, and is famous in the state and provincial governments, so the tax set is really not high, or even very low, but there are a lot of extortionate and miscellaneous taxes."

"Understood." Qi Yaoyao nodded when she heard the words.

Relying on their intricate network of relationships, the gentry have many ways to evade tax, some of which are even reasonable and legal, not to mention tax evasion and tax evasion.

Even if the officials and gentry abide by the law and pay taxes according to the rules, the taxes they pay and the taxes borne by the common people are only a drop in the bucket.

The official tax of the imperial court will also be enough to cover the salaries of officials who have passed the scientific examinations.

Other subordinate officials, like the yamen clerks, were all assigned by unspoken rules.

really!

Shen Zhouheng looked at them with deep and upright eyes and said warmly, "This food tax has come up, what about the storage cost? It will be added. What about the cost of transporting from the county to the prefecture? Continue to add, if you encounter something along the way, you will need money. Do it, and the money will still be added."

The feather fan in his hand shook a little big, "The tax officials sent by the county government to collect grain, don't look at the arrogance in front of the people, they are neither officials nor subordinates, they are not qualified to receive royal salaries. of."

They are all temporary workers!Qi Yaoyao slandered in her heart: "It really existed in ancient times.

In later generations, those who eat imperial food will have financial expenses, so the wages of temporary workers and the welfare of the unit are not just sent everywhere.

"Then where do they get their salary?" Chen shi looked at him curiously and asked.

"Of course it's also in the midst of extortionate taxes, and they can't bring their own rations." Shen Zhou said with his clear eyes looking at them.

"No wonder everything is inferior, only reading is high! I have a deep understanding of it now." Chen said with emotion, and said happily, "Thanks to you, Heng'er passed the test."

When government tax collectors rely on unspoken rules to make money, do they look for gentry?They will still find those poor and powerless ghosts, and the answer is obvious.

It has been 80 or [-] years since Emperor Taizu established the country. When Taizu established the tax system, the tax amount was sufficient.

But now the official organization is huge, and there are more and more complicated people who are attached to the official's side, and these people do not have to pay taxes.

Obviously, the present is different from the past. If the tax is still fixed according to the amount when the country was first established, it is impossible to increase the tax, and the law of the ancestors cannot be changed.

The imperial court formulates policies from landlords. Even if there are underprivileged children and relatives and friends from landlords, who would cut their own flesh!

Isn't it fragrant to cut leeks!
The taxation of all dynasties and dynasties is simply self-deception. I don’t raise taxes in the system, but is there really no tax?
On the contrary, it is a million tax, a million tax, a million tax!

The gentry have the privilege and I don't pay taxes, and the tax collectors actually collect no less tax from the common people.

　Ten thousand changes are completed, ask for a monthly ticket

　　
　
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