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- After Zheng Qiu and Wei Feng left, Xiao Yi came up and said to Yang Yi: "Sir, this group of people must have some background, I'm afraid they may not be willing to let it go."
Yang Yi smiled, nodded and said: "I don't want to delay my trip or lose my interest over such a trivial matter, so I will leave this matter to Mr. Xiao. The Zhizhou governor's surname is Wei Mingshang. Mr. Xiao will go and hammer it, I guess it won't work." It would be wrong.¡±
"Young Master, if this Wei Feng is really the son of Wei Shang, and he sees the big from the small, I'm afraid Wei Shang also has a problem. Don't you want to investigate carefully, Master?"
"Although what Mr. Xiao said is reasonable, we are here to check the implementation of various policies of the imperial court. If it is extraneous, it will be unsightly. Regarding the punishment of corruption, we do not need to interfere too much. If we find anything, we can report it to the police." Just let the various inspection and envoys investigate and deal with it."
Xiao Yi thought for a while and said with a smile: "Young Master has thought carefully, but I am not as good as me. I am ashamed, I am ashamed."
Corruption occurs in every dynasty and every generation, and punishing it is often thankless. Xiao Yi thought that Yang Yi did not want to make too many enemies with local officials, so he did not want to get involved in the matter and left it to various inspection and envoys to do it. It will be reported to the court soon, and it will be handled by the court in the end, so Yang Yi can stay out of the matter.
In fact, Xiao Yi had a misunderstanding. Yang Yi was not afraid of punishing corrupt officials, but he had other plans for this trip privately.
After Xiao Yi hurriedly finished his meal, he rushed to Haozhou City with two guards.
After Yang Yi, Qing Niang and Adela had a meal, they also asked for a pot of tea. When the waiter brought the tea, Yang Yi said with a smile: "Brother, I'm new to Haozhou, and I want to know about the customs and customs of your place. How about chatting with me, brother?"
Yang Yi said and stuffed all the money into the waiter's pocket. The waiter was overjoyed. It's rare to see such a generous customer. He looked around. He asked in a low voice: "Does this young master want to know the origins of the group just now?"
"Oh? Does the second brother know the origins of those two people?"
"I just came to work in our shop. I didn't know it at first. It was only after the fight happened that the shopkeeper told me that the person named Wei was the second son of Lord Wei, the governor of the state, and the person named Zheng was the manager who joined the army. The eldest young master, they share the same odor and are inseparable. They are always domineering. No one dares to provoke them. You beat them both, I am afraid that the matter will be difficult to resolve. I would like to advise you, it is best for you to leave as soon as possible. "
"Thank you for reminding me, brother. I'll let someone handle this matter, so there's nothing I can do about it. Is the younger brother a local?"
"Young Master Lao asked, the villain is from Hongjia Village ten miles away."
"Oh. The second brother is employed by this shop, doesn't he have any farmland to farm at home?"
"That's not true. The little man's family has ten acres of land. It's just that since the imperial court conquered Hexi and Liaodong, the price of cattle has become much cheaper than in previous years. The family bought a cattle, and now they are throwing rice. Compared with It was much easier to plant rice seedlings in the past. My father said that farming between him and my brother was enough. He asked the villain to hire laborers to bring some income to the family."
"Throwing out rice seedlings? Have all your villages thrown out rice seedlings?"
"Young master, I'm afraid you don't know. Throwing rice seedlings is much easier than transplanting them. In the past, three or four people could plant one acre of rice in one day. But since the method of throwing rice seedlings came from Jiangnan, one person can plant one or two acres of land in one day." , with such a good method, who would go to plant rice seedlings? Not only in our village, but also in our prefecture, the method of throwing rice seedlings is now used."
"How about the harvest? In addition to the spring and autumn taxes, does the family have to pay other miscellaneous taxes?"
"The government has overhauled water conservancy in the past few years. It is easier to collect water for irrigation in the fields. The harvest is better than in previous years. In addition to the spring and autumn taxes, people now have to pay labor and service fees on a per capita basis. There are no other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. As far as small people are concerned, I pay nearly ten thousand dollars less in taxes every year than before. My father often says that he has caught up with the better times, but "
"But what?"
The second brother got a lot of money from Yang Yi, which was equivalent to his wages for several days. When Yang Yi asked something, he answered everything he knew. It was probably because it involved a sensitive issue, so he hesitated. Yang Yi pressed the question. , he replied: "To be honest, sir, everything else is good, but there is one thing. When paying taxes every year, the buckets used by the officials are always larger, and an additional 10% of the tax is charged."
Yang Yi smiled, said nothing, and talked about a lot of other things before waving for the waiter to leave.
The waiter in the shop was secretly disappointed. People who work in car and boat shops are good at observing people's emotions. After Yang Yi found out that he was beating the son of Zhizhou, he didn't panic. It was not difficult for the waiter to guess that he had an extraordinary origin. When the corruption among officials was revealed, he originally had a glimmer of hope that Yang Yi would take care of the matter, but he was disappointed.
After the waiter left, Qingniang couldn't help but ask: "Brother Yang,?Don¡¯t you believe what the second brother said? "
"What are you talking about?"
"It's just a matter of officials engaging in fraud when collecting taxes. I don't think the second brother is telling lies. Brother Yang, don't you care?" Qing Niang is kind-hearted and can't bear to see such things that harm the people. Adela It was almost the same, they all looked at him, hoping that he would stand up and punish the lawless.
Yang Yi smiled casually and said: "Qing Niang, it's not that Brother Yang doesn't want to take care of it, but it is impossible to put an end to the phenomenon of big fights in and small outs. There are so many officials in the world, how many can you keep an eye on?
In recent years, the court's three orders and five applicants have also been collected, but they also have to do many officials, but if they want to eradicate this accumulation, they can't do it even if they are immortals. You don¡¯t know that what the second brother said is already good;
In the past, when local officials levied additional losses, some of the levy amounts were 50% of the regular tax, sometimes as low as 20% to 30%. An increase of 10% could be said to be a great upright official.
Because after the grain is put into the warehouse, it is inevitable that there will be some loss. If it is levied according to the tax, the officials will have to spend their own money to make up for the shortfall caused by the loss. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible to prevent them from imposing additional losses. "
Qing Niang thought for a while and said: "Then the court can give local officials a quota for losses. As long as the losses are within this range, they will not be considered a deficit. This way there is no need to force local officials to pass on the losses to the people."
Seeing Qing Niang¡¯s perseverance, Yang Yi couldn¡¯t help but smile bitterly and said: ¡°Qing Niang, first of all, give the local government a loss quota. This is difficult to pass at the court;
Second, you give a loss limit. Local officials may not levy additional losses on the people. The key is that supervision cannot cover everything. It mainly depends on local officials¡¯ own moral restraint;
??For example, there are so many states and counties in the world. When it comes to tax collection, does the court have to send thousands of officials to supervise local officials?
This is obviously impossible. All that can be done now is to severely punish those officials who impose excessive taxes and deter them so that local officials will not go too far. Other than that, there is nothing anyone can do. "
Qing Niang was a little discouraged after hearing this. Her little mouth pursed slightly, Yang Yi stretched out his hand and scratched her little nose and said with a smile: "Qing Niang, don't be like this. As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Corruption cannot be eradicated at any time. It was not possible before, but it will not be possible in the future." Nor is it possible;
As long as people can live and work in peace and contentment on the whole, this is a peaceful and prosperous age. You should be able to hear it from what the second brother just said. The people are living a good life now, at least much better than before. Qing Niang should stop worrying about these minutiae. "
Qing Niang wrinkled her little nose and made a face at him. It made Yang Yi laugh again.
After resting for an hour, Yang Yi and his party set off south again, which was still twenty or thirty miles away from Haozhou. Arriving at Haozhou City at night is not a problem.
There are already people plowing the fields on the roadside, and there are shepherd boys chasing yellow butterflies in the fields. The playful laughter came from afar, making people smile knowingly.
Adela is pretty. The intoxicating body fragrance of Pingting's graceful body made Yang Yi a little distraught. He lay on the soft cushion, taking advantage of Qing Niang's opportunity to admire the spring scenery outside the car, and stretched out one hand to Adela's fragrant buttocks to gently caress her. , Adela was worried that Qing Niang would find out, so she didn't dare to move a little, and a blush appeared on her cheeks, making her even more beautiful.
Just when Yang Yi was about to take further action, Qing Niang suddenly turned her head and said with a lively smile: "Brother Yang is dead."
¡°Uh, does Qing Niang have eyes in her back?
While Yang Yi was in a daze, Adela was so embarrassed that she threw herself on the cushions and didn't dare to raise her head. Qingniang was a spoiled girl and had always had a playful side. She hugged Adela's waist and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Princess, I know you were forced, but don¡¯t worry, as long as I¡¯m here, Brother Yang won¡¯t dare to bully him.¡±
Yang Yi didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and immediately said through gritted teeth: "Okay, Qing Niang, if you dare to spoil my good deeds, see how I deal with you."
Yang Yi said as he hugged her waist, turned her over and pressed her down, and then kissed her red lips. Qing Niang couldn't struggle away, so she had to let him kiss her. She was as beautiful as poetry, and her body was Her skin is as delicate as jade, which makes people fall in love with her. Her voluptuous breasts are of moderate size and graceful shape, and her hands are indeed fragrant.
Fortunately, Yang Yi stopped and didn't go too far. But when Yang Yi let her go, Qing Niang was completely weak, her plump breasts were rising and falling sharply, and her beauty was hard to describe.
"Qingniang, are you still naughty?" Yang Yi sat up and asked with a smile.
Now Adela was no longer shy, and it was her turn to cover her mouth and snicker. Qing Niang refused, and kept beating Yang Yi's chest with a pair of pink fists.
The three of them were playing around when Xiaobai suddenly howled outside the car, and then heard the guard shouting: "Sir, be careful, there is an ambush in the forest."
Yang ?Hearing the sound, he was shocked, Haozhou was not far away, there was an ambush here?
He hurriedly pulled out his Damascus sword from the car, pressed Qingniang and Adela onto the cushions and said: "You guys lie down in the car obediently. You are not allowed to sit up, let alone stretch your head to look out. Do you hear me clearly? "
"Brother Yang"
"Qing Niang, don't talk. Brother Yang will solve everything. Just lie down and be obedient."
After Yang Yi finished speaking, he quickly got out of the carriage and jumped on his horse. The road here passed through a forest. Although the forest was not very dense, there were hundreds of people hiding in the forest. They could not be seen outside the forest. At this time, there was a rush of people rushing through the forest. Hundreds of men came out, twenty or thirty of them carrying bows and arrows.
Six of the eight guards accompanying Yang Yi rushed forward, and the remaining two were guarding the car. The ambushers had bows and arrows and were shooting arrows at Xiaobai. Xiaobai was forced to hide in the woods. The situation is quite unfavorable for Yang Yi.
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