Chapter 184 Year-end Welfare
When it came to Shen Chu, as the yamen drums rang out, Luo Cheng also stretched to get off work.
At the beginning of Shen, it was about three o'clock when the yamen got off work. However, it is not called off work now, but it is called Sanya or Sanshi. It is still very comfortable to be an official. The officials of the Great Sui Dynasty continued the vacation system since the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Also known as Fu Mu, it is closed every five days.
In ancient times, mu refers to washing hair, bath refers to taking a bath. Rest mu means washing hair for officials on holiday. It is said that because the ancients' hair is long, it takes a lot of time to wash their hair, and they cannot dry for a while after washing their hair. The hair is disheveled and distant, so officials generally do not see the director after washing their hair.
The government also deliberately gave officials a day off every five days.
From the Tang Dynasty, it would be changed to one day of rest, called the last rest.
Luo Cheng is a county military commander, and is considered to be a county military system. Generally, he does not need to sit on duty at the county government office. However, now it is the end of the year, and there are many inventory work.
In addition, Du Ruhui initiated the Qing Dynasty at the end of the year, which made a lot of excitement.
With Luo Cheng taking the lead in Qing and paying for his debts, other powerful households dare not be perfunctory. However, some people wanted to be perfunctory, so they paid some money and food to deal with it, but this time Du Ruhui had a clever trick.
He handed over the task of urging the county corps. Of course, he would not get up early without any profit, and the emperor would not have hungry soldiers. Du Ruhui told Luo Cheng that there would be commissions for urging the payment. If he urging the payment, he would reward the county would reward a bucket of barracks. If he urging the money to raise the money, he would reward one hundred yuan.
This is a commission of 10%, which is quite generous.
Luo Cheng’s county barracks are a big money-spending businessman. How could you miss such a good thing?
On that day, Luo Chengzu passed the order, and the county barracks had 500 people. Except for the one hundred people on duty, the other 400 people gathered together, led by the commanders of the brigades and team leaders, and followed the county magistrates and other servants to go to the countryside to clear the countryside together.
The commissions received should be divided into 20% of the team responsible for urging them according to the old rules, and half of the remaining 80% will be deposited into the camp as the expenses required in the future, and the other half will be used to share them for the whole camp brothers.
In short, whoever has the ability to get the money can get more than 20%.
Under the stimulation of this reward, the brothers in the county barracks put in full force.
The county soldiers are no more than ordinary yamen runners. These people go to collect debts and do things directly like fighting a war. They are fully armed and carry guns and knives. When they arrive at the place, they can't afford to pay, so they sit there and check your family's assets directly.
You said you had no money, but the county soldiers didn't look for ordinary people. They specifically looked for those big merchants who owe a lot, but they didn't have money, right? You'll know after a look.
In fact, most big and powerful people are not without money, but are unwilling to pay.
If they really don’t have money to pay, then ordinary people will not be able to survive.
The county soldiers checked your warehouse directly and flipped through your cabinets. You could not resist. If you resist, I'm sorry, they were fully armed. Even if the wealthy families had servants, would you dare to fight with the county soldiers? These guys had seen people killing people when suppressing bandits.
However, the county soldiers also have discipline. Even if they urge them to go to the clearance, they will not do anything wrong.
I won't take the opportunity to rob, and I won't beat people casually.
But you have to pay if you owe money. If you turn it over, you will pay the debt. If you don’t have money, you will always have food. If you don’t have enough food, you will always have gold, silver and fines in your house. It’s really not possible. There are horses, mules, donkeys, and slaves in your house.
They are clear and simple, and there are special people who will give you a valuation, so they will never make random estimates.
If it's time for dinner, you have to care about their meals, no matter whether it's not possible.
When they met such a group of Qiu Balai who could not be beaten or scolded, they collected the accounts. Although the powerful households were full of anger, they had no place to complain yet, because this was the county magistrate's intention, and the county magistrate agreed, and the county magistrate sent someone to collect them himself. What can they do with the three major heads?
It's not considered a big loss if you owe it.
This family owes dozens of stones of grain, and the other one owes more than ten cents of chunks of money, not much or less, but it's just a little angry.
But no one would have to turn against the county government and fight against the county soldiers for such a little money and food.
In a few days, the wealthy merchants and landlords in the county government almost paid off their debts.
After several years of accumulation, I paid it all at once, and the county government warehouses were full of money.
However, after clearing the debts of these big investors and the remaining people, Luo Chengzhuo was no longer responsible.
First of all, the people did not have money to pay for the owed, but they didn’t have much money to come again. This family costs a hundred yuan, and that family costs hundreds of yuan. Luo Cheng was unwilling to let his county soldiers go door to door to grab the chickens and the one bag of grain from the house.
He doesn't do that kind of thing.
Fortunately, Du Ruhui didn't force it. Anyway, the people who owe a lot were those powerful households. When their urging came, there wouldn't be much left.
Du Ruhui issued a notice, asking the people of each township to take the initiative to pay it off, but it was just a notice. He ignored the specific people and whether they had the money to pay it back. This matter was successfully completed.
Du Ruhui is a relatively good at doing things and is not rigid. He promised to give Luo Chengyicheng a commission and immediately gave it to him.
Then he kept another 10% as a small treasury for the county government. He used it as the year-end bonus and paid the year-end bonus to the public officials in the county. All the officials in the county government were all part of the servants in the county government, and all the village officials in the villages in each township had one part, even the county soldiers, and each township soldiers had one part.
Although they don’t get much, others have a share.
This is the first time Zhangqiu County has encountered such a thing in so many years. Everyone is very happy and praised Du County as a good official. Du Ruhui not only did this. He also sent some money and grain to the elderly over 60 years old in the county. The widowed and disabled people also gave some money and grain.
There are not many people in each person, but it represents the county's intentions.
Compared to the average county soldiers who only divided 100 coins per person, Luo Cheng, the commander, divided a lot, and the total amount was 60 cents. Luo Chengdu was a little worried. Will this be too much?
This is obviously corruption, what if the superiors pursue it?
As a result, Du Ruhui and Zhang Yichen told him that such a thing is actually not a matter at all, and it is the default allowance from above. After all, if the officials of prefectures and counties only rely on that little salary, life would not be easy.
Job distribution, public land, and public money are all considered public welfare income.
Du Ruhui's act of setting up a small treasury and distributing bonuses is a completely common practice.
As a result, Luo Cheng smiled and accepted it, with sixty stakes, a considerable bonus. It is said that Du Ruhui and Zhang Yichen each won 100 stakes, which is much more than him.
As the assistant to the judicial department, the fourth brother won twenty stakes. As the head of the county strait and the captain of the township strait, the second brother won ten stakes.
Everyone was smiling and praised County Magistrate Du as a sensible person. The fourth brother praised several times, not remembering how he shouted that dog thief named Du.
Chapter completed!