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Chapter 1052 Is this called cleaning fee?
"You all have skills, but you don't have a good physique. Even if you want to kill, you can't do it. But in the past, you worked among the Xiang soldiers. Although you were not full, you always had food. The state government has reformed you from the Xiang soldiers. , but we cannot let you have no food to eat. Therefore, we will allocate you to the state government office, and then allocate some land to you for farming. They are all public lands in the state. In times of famine, no tax will be paid. You cannot mortgage it privately. Transaction, violators will be punished at the Xixia border.

The land is the land of the state government. If an official seizes the land, he will be dismissed and his family property will be confiscated. If a big family dares to seize the land, I will order him to destroy his family and family. You must keep this in mind. Even if I leave Hangzhou, if something like this happens in this state, I will definitely find a way to make people pay the price. Because that is not oppressing you, but oppressing the official. But if there is such a thing, you must find ways to inform me, and I will not let the rats have an easy time.

You can farm at home in your spare time. After farming, you can use your skills to earn some money to support your family, and the government will not care. If there is a need to build bridges and build roads in this state, you will need to come and do the work. In this matter, the prefectural government has regulations that require you to have two meals a day, one porridge and one dry rice, and pay you money while working, so you are hired to work in this prefecture. This matter is just like public land. If any official dares to embezzle money from you and other coolies and comes to sue me, I will not let him have an easy time. "

As soon as Wang Yan finished speaking, these craftsmen began to buzz with doubts and expectations, and it was very complicated.

At present, Wang Yan is actually unpopular with the people. Because he did not have much contact with the people, he was not praised for anything he did for the people.

But in fact, he did do a lot of work. He just cleaned up a few large households and purged the state government officials. He vindicated a large number of unjust, false and wrong cases, and made decisions for many people who had no way to appeal.

However, the magistrate of Hangzhou was Fan Zhongyan. Wang Yan was indeed very famous among the people, but in the end he was still not as good as Fan Zhongyan. Whether he was working under the leadership of Fan Zhongyan, it was Fan Zhongyan who finally won the hearts of the people, and he himself gained only a small part.

What he gains more is the hearts of officials and wealthy families. Because of the asymmetry of information, the majority of the people did not know the power of Wang Tongpan, but they were aware of it. And to be honest, they were more afraid of Wang Tongpan than Fan Zhongyan. After all, the ruling class in Hangzhou, including the scholars, knew very well that Wang Yan had sidelined Fan Zhongyan, and Wang Tongpan was now in charge of Hangzhou.

And he is the most powerful among all state officials in the past, no one can compare...

Wang Yan didn't pay attention to the buzzing of the people, he just waved his hand and the officials took them away. Afterwards, Wang Yan set up a stove outside the city, boiled water to make tea, and chatted with some scholars who had the courage to come over.

The most asked questions are actually about the new academy. Scholars are of course more concerned about this kind of thing.

Wang Yan had nothing to hide and told everyone about the plans that had been made. The academy was named 'West Lake Academy' and was divided into many areas, including small class lectures, large class lectures, and a lobby that he had mentioned earlier could accommodate a thousand people, as well as school grounds and the like. There is no need to mention other landscapes made of mountains, rocks and meandering water.

The most important thing is to build a library for people to read.

Overall, it's still very popular. Only the scholars understand how much Wang Yan did to provide everyone with a better learning environment. After all, among them, the more generous and generous scholars who had some reputation in the past were already on their way to the Xixia border...

Time passed while chatting, and some of the Xiang troops who were running for elimination began to come back sparsely.

The minor officials were registered in order. In the end, there were more than 500 people, and only more than 120 were qualified. There is no need to say more about those who are unqualified. If they are soldiers, they will be allocated land directly. If they are officers, they will need to be investigated. Some people may be able to stay in farming, and they may even be sent to the border. The evaluation of other soldiers is an important reference item.

Wang Yan has never been strict with others, and he is greedy for money, which is understandable in this environment. The number is not too large, it is not bad for opponents, it does not harm others, and it can basically be ignored. Of course not the other way around, you still have to pay the price.

The Xiang army was originally under the jurisdiction of the state government. As the actual leader, Wang Yan, not to mention that his own power of general judge overlapped with that of the magistrate, there was naturally nothing wrong with dealing with the local Xiang army. All you need to do is send an official document to both the Political Hall and the Privy Council and let them know.

As for the officers of the Xiang Army from top to bottom, senior officers need to be dispatched by the Privy Council, while the large number of middle and lower-level officers are local people. It's useless for Wang Yan to ask for high-ranking officers. Those who can be sent to serve as Xiangjun officers cannot be too sure, but the vast majority of them are waste, that's for sure. So as long as he appointed middle and lower-level officers, the team would be up.

If the officers sent are ignorant, Wang Yan will be very friendly and send them to the border. He was looking forward to another Di Qing coming out. With Di Qing's ability, other things are not unforgivable...

In the next half month, Wang Yan dispatched all the Xiang troops in the state to Qiantang and eliminated them as a whole. In the end, only about 500 regular soldiers were left.

Wang Yan and Fan Zhongyan discussed that the Xiang army must ensure its combat effectiveness and assume the responsibility of maintaining public security in the state. There cannot be too few people. Therefore, the final establishment of the Hangzhou Xiang Army was set at a thousand.

Reducing the Xiang Army solved a certain problem of redundancy, but it did not solve the problem of redundancy. Because after the formation and training of the Xiang Army, the funding is still the same, or even slightly higher. This is because the salary has been greatly improved.

As for the redundant staff in state and county government offices, there are actually not that many. Of course, Wang Yan has already dealt with them before. However, although the Song Dynasty did not occupy all the territory, it still occupied a lot of territory. All the prefectures and counties in the country were added together, which is a large number. And over the years, those who have come through various imperial examinations, those who are in favor, those who are favored, and those who belong to the clan, even if they are not employed, are still officials after all, so they have to pay. This is where redundant staff and waste come from.

Redundant troops are due to insufficient combat effectiveness of the soldiers and their inability to win the battle, and more money and food are spent on raising the troops. If we could always win battles and steal wealth, we wouldn’t have many millions of troops...

Hangzhou has a population of 300,000, which is more than enough to support a thousand regular soldiers. And a thousand people are enough to take on the task of protecting the security of the entire territory. After all, there are government officials and police officers in various places. These people maintain local security, and there are Xiang troops to suppress the local areas. The basic problem is not big.

Of course, the funding problem of the Xiang Army cannot be solved by relying on a population of 300,000, but as Wang Yan had discussed with Fan Zhongyan before, it must be solved by businessmen. Although there are a large number of these merchant families, they are engaged in the business of oppressing a large number of other poor people to make a fortune.

Now, it was time for Wang Yan to bully them as they thought...

After a month of regular training, the state government finally issued a list of relatively large merchants. This list was compiled from statistics from each county and was finally submitted, and was reviewed and confirmed by state government officials.

After the list was finalized, Wang Yan issued a notice asking everyone on the list to come to Qiantang. He wanted to discuss the future of Hangzhou with these people. They can indeed represent Hangzhou. If the business is large, there must be a lot of land. They are all families of wealthy families. The composition is very complex and the involvement is wide...

Because there were a large number of people, there was no place that could accommodate so many people, so we finally decided to have a picnic. The location is right next to the West Lake. From a distance, you can see the construction of the academy that has already started, as well as the work of cleaning up the West Lake.

In order to prevent exposure to the sun, Wang Yan had already prepared many awnings. Just sew a large piece with linen cloth, and then fix it with wooden sticks and ropes to form the top tent.

We also prepared many tables and chairs, teapots, teacups, etc. We also set up several large pots on site to boil water and make tea on the spot. Although the tables, chairs, and tents were all in tatters, the tea was okay, and they were all from Longjing. An unexpected gain from a previous house raid...

In order to facilitate hundreds of people to see and hear, Wang Yan stood in the middle. He walked around, glanced at the wealthy people who were staring at him, and then smiled and held their hands in all directions. Hundreds of people stood up and returned the salute. After that, they started to speak.

"It has been several months since I took office, and I have disturbed everyone present many times. This is all my fault. I hope you will forgive me."

After a moment of hesitation, Wang Yan continued, "You are all busy people, so I will not waste your time and talk about the business directly. The reason why you are gathered here today is because of the recent rise of bandits in the territory. It is not a disaster. The common people specialize in robbing caravans, killing people and stealing goods, and are extremely bold. Business is the life of our people, and we all rely on you to do business, or to connect the north and the south, and benefit our economy.

However, if the bandits are not at peace, the mountain roads will be unsafe. Therefore, bandits must be suppressed, otherwise it will not work. In the past two months, I have organized and trained the Xiang army, weeded out those who were unable to fight, and recruited from among the people, so that I had a thousand elite soldiers. However, since they are elite soldiers, they must invest carefully. Military pay, armaments, food, etc. are huge, and military expenditures are very large. Moreover, it is necessary to maintain elite troops for a long time, which is difficult to cope with with the strength of the state government.

Therefore, the reason why I invite you to come here today is about military expenditures. "

At this point, Wang Yan stopped talking.

Immediately afterwards, someone answered the conversation in a sensible manner.

"Wang Tongpan, elite soldiers are an important weapon to protect the people of Hangzhou. Our stable operation depends entirely on Tongpan and the state government, as well as the protection of elite soldiers and generals. Military appearance is really a trivial matter, and we should invest in supporting the elites. "We have hundreds of people here today. Each family has three to five thousand dollars. If the state government allocates money, why worry about not being able to support elite soldiers?"

"This statement is wrong. What Tongben said is the word "long-lasting".

"Why is it so bad? We give him three to five thousand guan every year, why can't it last long? Even the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, their monthly salary is only one guan. Such a monthly salary of 1,000 guan, 3,000 guan for food, and 1,000 guan for weapons and equipment maintenance, how can it not be enough? "

A group of people were buzzing with discussion, but no one asked Wang Yan what his plans were. None of them are fools. Even if they are fools, there is no chance for them to speak here. Although it was buzzing, there were only a few dozen people representing the opinions, and most of them only listened.

Listen to his words and understand his meaning. They knew that Wang Yan must have some ideas, but judging from Wang Yan's tough style in the past, this idea would definitely hit them.

Previously, while waiting for business representatives from various places to come to Qiantang, some people had already met. Some people even used money to find people in the yamen, hoping to find out what was going on. Unfortunately, after Wang Yan purged the state and county government offices, the style of officials changed drastically. They had the courage to collect money, but they did not have the courage to tell them any valuable information.

So now they are just pretending to be confused, or they have already compromised. Because the price they offered was not low, there were so many people present, and each family paid 3,000 guan a year, which could support 10,000 people, let alone 1,000 people. The people present were all from families who could afford three thousand guan, and they were all wealthy people...

But Wang Yan didn't speak, he just stood quietly in the center with his hands behind his back, watching their discussion with a smile.

After a while, they finally stopped buzzing, and even those who talked more began to feel anxious.

Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and raised his hand to Wang Yan: "But I don't know what the rules of Wang Tongpan are?"

Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction. Yes, he let people see his satisfaction. He smiled kindly at the person who spoke and waved his hand to signal him to sit down.

He said: "Each family has three thousand guans per year, so many people can indeed support the elite soldiers of the Xiang army. However, this is not a long-term solution. Moreover, there are people saying that I, Wang Yan, specializes in oppressing good people. If we accept it like this With all your money, isn't it more true that Wang will not be an official, but he will do banditry. If others serve as an official to benefit one party, how can this be done when it comes to Wang?

I know that you are all a well-known good family, helping those in need and those in need, doing good deeds, and never oppressing people, seizing people's property, or raping people's wives and daughters. You are truly a very good person. The king said that he must not do such evil things in the name of suppressing bandits and cut himself off from good people.

However, if the bandits want to be suppressed, they will not be able to do so without suppressing them. The matter of military expenditure is imminent. Therefore, I discussed with Fan Gong and others and worked out a temporary solution. All of you here are big businessmen in Hangzhou, and if you don’t agree, you can’t implement it. If you agree, then it will be allowed in this state. Now let me give it a listen and see if it is feasible.

Everyone doing business is in the city. However, there was a lot of filth in the city, and all the kings sent their own servants to sweep the gates. Although the discarded garbage was disposed of, it was not in an orderly manner. Therefore, I believe that more cleaning workers can be set up in Hangzhou to specialize in cleaning and sweeping the city. You can hire orphans and widows, which can be regarded as a way to survive, and it can also be regarded as a good deed. Since we need to increase our manpower, we need to pay wages, which requires all businessmen to do something. "

After Wang Yan finished speaking, there were people cheering and praising him. It was so flattering, and then he asked again: "But I don't know how Wang Tongpan plans to collect the money?"

"This is simple, just calculate a number based on your business income, and charge in steps. For example, if you charge one hundred guan, you will receive ten guan. From one hundred guan to five hundred guan, you will receive 50 guan. Of course, what I said is an imaginary number. "I don't know anything about business. The specific charging details need to be carefully drawn up by the Yamen. Today I just want to talk to you and listen to your opinions."

Finally Tu Qiong saw that damn Wang Yanzhen had swung the knife and let out their blood. He didn't even say anything to the polite 'everyone' before. He opened and shut his mouth like 'you guys'. It was really too much of a lie...

When it comes to one's own money, of course no one is a fool. What kind of cleaning fee is charged here? This is business tax...

Hundreds of people gathered together, and there was silence for a moment.

Finally, after a long period of silence, someone stood up, cupped his hands in front of Wang Yan, and said with some hesitation: "I'm afraid there's something wrong with Tong Ju's move..."

As soon as I said this, I saw the junior official standing outside. He quickly took out the charcoal and started writing in the small notebook he had cut and tied...

But this person didn't know and didn't pay attention, and neither did the others, because their attention was all on Wang Yan's face.

The man's hesitant words continued, "If more people are assigned to clean and sweep, I'm afraid... we won't be able to use so much money. Even... even if we have to use the cleaning money to support the army... ...Eh, elite soldiers don’t need...they don’t need so much...money..."

This person said it politely, but some people were not polite. He just slapped the table, stood up, and said loudly: "I think Wang Tongpan is using the name of cleanliness to increase business taxes. Tongpan acted like this, Aren't you afraid that we will bring the case to the capital? I have never heard of any state's general magistrate having the power to increase taxes privately. We all respect it, but this move is ultimately inappropriate and we still hope that the general magistrate will do so. Think twice.”

Someone had a big head and fired at Wang Yan first. Naturally, more people chose to follow, and they all loudly expressed their objections and strongly condemned Wang Yan's rebellious behavior.

Indeed, tax collection is the power of the emperor, and the officials below cannot touch it. This is the bottom line. So Wang Yan didn't raise taxes, he levied cleaning fees.

Finally, when everyone had stopped shouting, Wang Yan lowered his hands and waited until everyone calmed down before saying, "I would like to make it clear first that this is a cleaning fee, not an additional commercial tax.

However, I just said that if you don’t agree, this method cannot be passed. Now it seems that I am indeed sloppy, and the fee is not important. If you don't agree, the matter will be dropped. Because of such a trivial matter, it’s my fault that I have to rush you all the way to Qiantang, so let’s leave it alone. Have a safe journey, everyone. "

Wang Yan didn't say anything more, bowed politely to everyone, and left first.

Hundreds of people gathered together, looking at each other with a bit of pride in their eyes. There is strength in numbers. No matter how awesome Wang Yan is, he still has to stay away in front of all of them...

They didn't notice for a moment that many officials surrounding them shook their heads, sighed, and shook their hands that were a little stiff from writing records quickly. They silently took the small notebook into their arms and took pictures. I feel relieved once I take a shot...

Fan Zhongyan rarely poured Wang Yan a cup of tea, stroking his beard and asked with a smile: "How do you think, Zi Yan?"

"Already expected, it all depends on manpower, we'll see." Wang Yan raised his eyebrows at Fan Zhongyan and drank tea.

Fan Zhongyan laughed: "You are cutting out their flesh and drinking their blood. It's not easy to handle. What's the next step? Are there going to be bandits coming down from the mountain and destroying their families?"

Wang Yan did not hide anything. He nodded and said, "We are making statistics. After the students have seen it, we will choose a family that is full of evil."

"You can't count on using weapons to solve everything. This is really dangerous. If it backfires on you, your prince's life will be ruined."

"Fan Gong has also seen it. How can you convince these rats to pay for it by talking? You can't do it without killing. Kill the family farther away first, and then call everyone to see. If they don't agree, the students will have to be like They were generally punished before.”

"Be careful. If we get to that point, you will be in danger. You have to act quickly, otherwise it will cause trouble in the court, and you and I will not be able to escape being demoted."

"Mr. Fan, rest assured, there are many students."

Wang Yan didn't hope that killing a whole family would solve the problem, but he had to calm down first and try killing a whole family. If that doesn't work, he'll have to go to jail.

A dull knife is good for cutting flesh, but he couldn't make his knife any blunter. He had to cut them hard and kill them...

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