little fool's child bride

This village is called Lijia Village, which is the closest village to Han Yi's farm, and many men from other families work in Han Yi's farm.Today is the time when the master brought the officials to collect taxes. When Xiao Xiao passed by, he happened to meet a group of people who were carrying cloth and grain to the village head's house, so they also followed.

"There is an extra piece of cloth in the tax this year," the big man with a dark and red face said sadly to the people next to him as he walked, "If it weren't for my mother and my wife's hard work, they paid a lot of shoe soles and so on to go to the town Sell ​​it, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay the tax!"

"No, I can only take money now?" The big man beside him touched the money in his pocket and smiled wryly, "I have to marry a wife and housekeeper, otherwise all the money I have saved so hard will have to be handed over." tax!"

"No matter what, it's better than a few years ago," another big man joined their conversation, with joy in his eyes, "If it wasn't for the tax change, I might have to go to the town to beg for food with Xiao Si'er and the others..."

The other two stopped complaining and began to think about how much money they could save after deducting taxes this year.

Baiyu Kingdom originally implemented a tax system similar to the Tang Dynasty's two-tax law, where money is paid on a household-by-household basis, and rice millet is paid on a field-by-mu ​​basis, that is, both money and goods are collected.It is collected once a year in summer and autumn, so it is called the two-tax law.As the "New Book of Tang" said: "The tax of the residents is paid in both summer and autumn", that is, the summer tax and the autumn tax respectively. It is stipulated that the summer tax must be paid before the end of June, and the autumn tax must be paid in November. The payment was completed before the end, so this Xiao Xiao happened to be in time for this year's autumn tax scene.

The content of the "Two Tax Law" is mainly that the central government determines the total amount to be collected based on financial expenditure, and then distributes it to each household to determine the amount that each household needs to pay. And the two tax law is based on the population of each household Therefore, all poor people who are widowed, widowed, lonely, and have no financial means do not need to pay taxes. The two-tax law can be said to have greatly reduced the polarization of the rich and the poor. But everything has a good The two-tax law is actually an advanced system, so it is difficult to implement it perfectly.

The first is the ruler of Baiyu.Emperor Liu hardly adjusted the level of each household on a regular basis. As a result, tax collection has always been based on the most primitive level. No matter whether the rich become poor or the poor become rich, the tax paid remains the same. Therefore There has been a big hole.

The second is that the household tax is for collecting money, but because the currency circulation in the white jade market is not smooth, the value of money and goods is not equal. In this way, the common people have to sell their cloth and grain at extremely cheap prices. Go, go in exchange for money for tax collection, which increases the burden on the common people.

Finally, under this policy, there are more and more land transactions and land mergers.Some rich people will force poor people to sell their land to themselves, but poor people still have to pay land tax after losing their land, so that in the end, poor people cannot afford to pay taxes and can only flee.

Under such an environment, the land is highly concentrated, but the farmers live very hard, and the people are struggling to make ends meet.Therefore, when Liu Ziming first returned to Wangcheng, he encountered too many refugees near Wangcheng, so when he asked Xiao Xiao for a solution, Xiao Xiao wrote him "one whip".

The "One Whip Law" inherits from the Two Tax Laws of the Tang Dynasty and starts from the Qing Dynasty's severance to the mu, which is a social change with far-reaching historical influence in Chinese history.It is not only a passive move to intensify social contradictions in the Ming Dynasty, but also an active choice for the development of the commodity economy in ancient China to a certain extent.

The "one whip method" is a taxation and corvee system established in the Ming Dynasty. It was proposed by Gui E in the [-]th year of Jiajing and later promoted to the whole country by Zhang Juzheng in the [-]th year of Wanli.The new law stipulates that the land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous levies of each prefecture and county will be combined into one, and the silver taels will be collected together, and the payment will be converted into mu.This greatly simplifies the tax system and facilitates the collection of taxes.At the same time, it makes it difficult for local officials to cheat, thereby increasing fiscal revenue.

As a science student, Xiao Xiao knows very little about history, so she can only think of the knowledge that these teachers have repeatedly emphasized.But fortunately, it was enough for Bai Yu, and the whipping method was well implemented. According to Liu Ziming, the emperor even wanted to give him some tricks.

"If I had known earlier, I might as well be an official." Xiao Xiao sighed, thinking of her ups and downs in life since she woke up from the cliff, she deeply regretted, "Why didn't I agree to be an official, at least I don't have to be an official like I am now I can't even get a penny..."

Xiao Xiao muttered, and unknowingly followed the crowd to the village chief's house.Today's "one-whip method" can pay both silver and cloth grain, so the peasants who love to stockpile grain rarely carry grain or cloth. Instead, they carefully touch the silver in their arms, and then fear He looked at the people wearing official uniforms beside the village chief.

"Originally, Lizheng was supposed to collect it and hand it over to the government office, but since your Lizheng just passed away and a new one hasn't been selected yet, then we will collect it directly," the master watched with satisfaction as everyone lined up according to the village chief's order. Stand in two lines, and then ask the officials to drive away those who refuse to line up, "And you, don't be too scared, we will act impartially, and we will not count you more or less."

The village chief agreed with a smile, but he was still a little timid about this master.After all, the status of these masters is not ordinary. Although they are not considered officials, they have the power to handle most of the affairs of the government.

"Let's start then?" The master stroked his goatee with one hand, took over the thick ledger handed over by an official on the other side with the other hand, and then sat on the stool and raised his legs, "There are ten miles and eight towns, and we still have to count them." Your Li Family Village is more capable, and you can still pay a lot of taxes in the face of disasters..."

Lijia Village has not been infested by locust plagues this autumn, nor has it been troubled by floods, so compared with the neighboring villages, the taxes are really high, and it may be the most among all the county offices near this Youcheng.But it's nothing more than not being able to eat enough to eat well, so the villagers didn't look happy, they just thought about how much more this year's tax was.

The master checked the tax that everyone should pay against the ledger, and the officials were busy moving the property handed in by the villagers to the ox cart.Xiao Xiao still had tasks on her body, so she looked around and moved closer to the village chief.

"Village Chief Li, it's like this, I want to tell you something..."

Li Qing had seen the out-of-fit Xiao Xiao in a fancy dress a long time ago, his eyes had been paying attention to this man who looked like a young master, and he was relieved to see him finally speak.With a smile all over his face, he asked Xiao Xiao what he wanted to do. He thought that he might be here for a meal, but he didn't expect it to be about the locust swarm on the mountain.

"Well, how can I be free today?" The village chief pulled off the sweat towel on his head in embarrassment to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then frowned and said in embarrassment, "It's not that we don't want to go, but it's just in time for the official The lords come to collect taxes, you can’t say that you put the lords here to catch locusts..."

To be honest, the village chief didn't want to go at all. After all, even if the plague of locusts came tomorrow, so what?Anyway, their crops are all harvested. Could it be possible that the locusts can sneak into their homes and eat food when they come?It must have just flown away.What's more, this mountain road is not so difficult to walk. It will probably be dark when they finish their tax collection. They are afraid of the tigers, leopards and wolves in the mountains, so they don't want to go up the mountain in the dark.

"The people who have paid their taxes can go directly with the axe?" Xiao Xiao pretended not to see the reluctance of the village chief, "Now don't wipe them out when they are few, and wait for the next spring to hatch their next generation , it will be a catastrophe.”

The village chief also thought about it, but he didn't want to take responsibility, so he told Xiao Xiao to ask the official for instructions.Seeing that he was a little loose, Xiao Xiao didn't stop him, but followed the village chief and went with him, thinking that if the master and the others disagreed, she could persuade him.

Of course, Xiao Xiao thought in her heart that Master and the others had no reason to reject such a good thing that benefited the country and the people.

However, Xiao Xiao didn't expect that there is a kind of people in this world, they don't care whether the people under them can live better, but only care about whether they can benefit from it.

"Are you going to kill locusts?" The master frowned, and suddenly swallowed the word of agreement that was on his lips, "Although you said that you have a solution, this matter is not a trivial matter after all, so you have to ask for instructions." Just go to the county magistrate."

Xiao Xiao calculated the current time, and then anxiously said to the master: "It's getting late, if I go to the government office again, I'm afraid it will be dark!"

"It's a rule, there's nothing you can do about it," the master said to Xiao Xiao majesticly, "Every plant and tree on this mountain is the property of the county government. Burn it if you say so. Who will bear the loss? Can you bear the responsibility for killing people again and again?"

The master just refused to let go, there was no other way, Xiao Xiao had no choice but to ask the hidden guard to take an official to the county government office with light work, hoping to go back as soon as possible.The villagers were amazed when they saw the dark guard leading the people disappear at the end of the road in the blink of an eye, only the village head was full of sorrow.

"It's over, this is the person from Tsing Yi Villa..."

The village head regretted so much, hated his poor eyesight that he didn't even recognize the people in Tsingyi Villa.Next to their village is the Han family's farm, and they buy their things at a higher price almost from time to time, but now I am being smart enough to block their way!

Will the Han family's villa still accept their things in the future?Will people from their Lijia Village be hired to work during the busy season?

The village chief barely maintained his composure, and pretended to confirm to Xiao Xiao casually: "Is the young master from Han's farm?"