God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Page 1158

So, after dinner, everyone started to rush to Chang'an City with their families.

This person, everyone entered Chang'an City, and according to Liang Kai's arrangement, they used all kinds of methods to find people and send money, just to get in touch with officials from the DPRK and China.

……

Hu County.

The backyard of the county government.

Wei Shuyu commanded four yamen servants to carry something with difficulty, and walked into the courtyard where Du He lived.

The thing was wrapped in cloth, and it was impossible to see what it was.

Then he waved his hand to let the servants leave, and then came to Du He mysteriously.

Du He asked in surprise: "Brother Wei, what do you mean?"

Wei Shuyu scratched her head, shyly like a bride who was just pressed on the mat by her husband, and said embarrassedly: "I...Brother Du, I'm giving you a gift!"

Du He looked curious: "What the hell?"

Wei Shuyu stepped forward and opened the wrapped cloth.

Immediately, a young cattle that had just been slaughtered appeared in front of Du He.

Li Ke hurriedly stepped forward to observe it, then turned around and said, "Teacher, this cow is very strong. It should be more than one year old, about two hundred catties, fat and thin, and without any disease."

Du He asked, "How did you die?"

Wei Shuyu said in a low voice, "It was...it was suicide. When the yamen guards found out, it was too late to save her."

Seeing Wei Shuyu's serious look, Du He and Li Ke glanced at each other, and then couldn't help laughing wildly.

Li Ke pointed at Wei Shuyu, tears were about to come out: "Teacher... the idiot has turned bad!"

That's right, such things as cow suicides, in the beginning, only Cheng Yaojin's family would happen in Chang'an. Later, the mansion of the Duke of Lai was the place where cattle committed the most suicides, and then Hu County.

Such a thing has never happened in Wei Zheng's house.

Anyone who understands the so-called suicide of a cow knows what's going on.

But what Du He didn't expect was that Wei Shuyu, who was always upright and upright, would actually do such a thing.

Du He turned his head and stared at Wei Shuyu.

Wei Shuyu was guilty of being a thief, and whispered: "Actually... I came to ask Brother Wei to borrow money!"

Borrow money?

Du He said, "Brother Wei, you and I, why are you being so polite, I'll let the old horse bring you two thousand guan, if it's not enough, I'll give you some later."

In fact, Wei Shuyu made a lot of money when he was in the pig farm, and ten pennies a month was not a problem.

This guy doesn't support his family, so how can he use it so quickly?

Du He was also curious.

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuyu waved his hand: "Brother Du, you misunderstood, it's not me borrowing money from you, but the county government borrowing money from you!"

……

Chapter 959? Tax Collection

Hearing Wei Shuyu's explanation, Du He was also stunned.

"Brother Wei, what's going on?" He asked hastily.

Wei Shuyu scratched his head, and said awkwardly: "Brother Du, to tell you the truth, the balance of last year's taxes was more than 3 guan. Originally, the annual expenditure of a county government, in fact, a few thousand guan is enough. However, during my tenure as the county magistrate, I first built a number of houses for the homeless people in order to appease the people, and remodeled the two roads in the county seat of Hu County. It's empty, now, the county government is gone, but there is still at least 3 yuan for road construction, so, I wonder if I can borrow money from you in the name of the county government, after this year's taxes come up , except for turning over to the imperial court and repaying the loan from Wudi Bank, all the rest will be returned to you first..."

Taxes in this era are usually collected once a year.

The county government is now on the verge of bankruptcy.

Wei Shuyu had no choice but to send Du He a suicide scalper, but the purpose was to borrow money from Du He.

Du He couldn't laugh or cry.

Wei Shuyu obviously doesn't have the ability to make money, but he has been dealing with Du He for a long time, and he doesn't feel bad at all when spending money.

If [-] guan were given to the county magistrates in other places, those people would probably be unable to sleep with laughter, and they could use it for ten years if they embezzled casually.

Fortunately, Wei Shuyu directly built houses for the common people, and also rebuilt two roads in the city, the standard was exactly the same as Chang'an's Renmin Avenue.

No wonder it went bankrupt.

Du He thought for a while, turned to look at Wei Shuyu, and teased: "Brother Wei, you are guarding the golden mountain without knowing it. You are rich now, why do you need to borrow money from me?"

Wei Shuyu didn't come back to his senses for a long time: "Brother Du, what do you mean, the county government still has money? That's impossible, I have already taken people to the warehouse of the county government to look inside and out, and there are indeed a few Kaiyuan Tongbao , but this is not enough for the county government’s daily expenses.”

This guy is out of his mind.

Du He said with a smile: "Brother Wei, now a large number of people have come to the county, and all the restaurants, grain shops, and cloth shops have all opened up. Why don't we change the tax collected once a year to monthly?" As for the collection, in the past, merchants only had to pay taxes every year, and most of the merchants were local nobles, who paid the same taxes every year, and the taxes received by the county government were pitifully small...Now, why don't we change the way we used to be? Those who make more money pay more taxes, and those who make less money pay less tax or even no tax. They collect one-twentieth of the money they earn from various merchants every month, and those who earn less than ten per cent do not have to pay taxes. ...in this way, can't this problem be solved?"

In the past, merchants paid taxes the same every year. Some were based on the size of the merchants, and some were based on the business they were engaged in. It was very complicated and there was no standard.

What Du He has to do is to change the previous tradition and directly change the ratio of turnover to pay taxes.

Wei Shuyu asked suspiciously: "But when you were the county magistrate, didn't you implement the three major policies to exempt the people of Hu County from paying taxes for two years?"

Du He smiled and said: "That's right, it was written in black and white, and it was aimed at the people of Hu County, but now all the merchants in the entire county have changed a group of people, most of these people are from Chang'an or other places, and they are not here. The people of Hu County are not counted in the yellow book of Hu County, so it is reasonable to collect their taxes?"

Wei Shuyu asked again: "But, what if the merchants object? Brother Du's move will make some small merchants happy, but it will also harm the interests of many people!"

In this sentence, he was not wrong at all.

Before the words were finished, Li Ke, who had been standing by the side without opening his mouth, laughed and said, "Why do you need to worry about anything? With the Guancheng Brigade here, I want to see who dares to oppose who is not afraid of death!"

Du He said earnestly: "Brother Wei, why don't we set up a tax bureau to take care of the collection of taxes, so we don't have to worry about merchants playing tricks on it. The tax bureau conducts random checks every month. The minimum fine is [-] guan, and the maximum fine is [-] guan... Let’s train a group of professional account inspectors, and encourage the people to file complaints, and within a few months, the situation can be stabilized.”

In this era, it is difficult to achieve the transparency of future generations because there is no technological means, and it is too complicated at the beginning, which is not conducive to promotion.

So what Du He told Wei Shuyu was the easiest to operate.

Wei Shuyu, Du He, Du He's words, he firmly believes, and he unconditionally believes in Du He.

The next day, the county government issued a notice to recruit a group of accountants, as many as 50 people.

In less than a few days, the recruitment is over.