Yunfeng's resolute look made Xun Guanniang give up her persuasion for the time being. She thought it would be better to find an opportunity for Zhang Lingyun to persuade him, so she stopped worrying about it, her face softened a little, and she asked again: "Duan Shan, since you don't want to Regarding Shen Chong, then what are you worrying about?"

Yunfeng couldn't help but feel something in his heart. He felt that Xun Guanniang was a little unusual today, and seemed to be quite concerned about him... 78xs thought in his heart, but did not show any abnormality on the surface. He sighed honestly: "This civil war will bring great harm to the DPRK." It brings a heavy burden to the court, and what I am thinking is that no matter which side wins, it will eventually be passed on to the common people, and for a long time in the future, I don’t know how many people will have their families broken up and their families dead!”

Xun Guanniang felt more and more that she couldn't see through this man. Just now he had vowed to kill the whole family, but now she had a Bodhisattva-like heart! 'Perhaps he has a dual personality?'

Xun Guanniang secretly defined Yunfeng, but Yunfeng's worries resonated with her, and she couldn't help but express her feelings: "Duanshan, you are right, our dynasty has heavy taxes, far more than those of the Han Dynasty." , Take the land rent as an example, the oral tax is 50 meters and 50 kilograms, and it is also levied on those who are unable to work, old and young. This is extremely unfair and benefits the good people who have more land and less people, while the ordinary people who have less land and more people are levied. The burden on the people is extremely heavy."

As he said that, he looked at Yunfeng and saw a look of surprise on his face, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Perhaps Duanshan, you would think that the burden of a good man is lighter, then you are wrong, it was just a land gift, The collection of rent transfers is another method, that is, levy on a per-household basis based on asset rating! Most local officials go to great lengths to overcalculate and make false calculations of the property of a good person. They raise the level of the good person's pension in order to collect as much as possible, and the private sector has The song goes: The task is to carve and engrave! It is also said: if the mulberry grows one foot, the fence is worth the price; if the field is one acre, it is the money; if the house does not have tiles, it is all because of the material. This makes the people dare not plant trees. , the soil did not dare to be cultivated, and the dilapidated and leaking houses did not dare to add mud and tiles. Of course, there was a slight convergence near Jiankang, and the emperor and many important officials in the court were under the feet, and officials did not dare to act rashly. But in local counties and counties, as the teacher said These are all common phenomena, hey.”

"Oh? Is this still the case?" Yunfeng couldn't help but asked. This is simply sensational. Compared with it, the people of Bashu under the former Li Xiong were as if they were living in paradise, and they were extremely happy. And it cannot be compared with Liangzhou under Zhang Shi!

Xun Guanniang smiled bitterly and said: "It's far more than that. I'm afraid you won't believe it if I tell you about it, such as conversion. The so-called conversion means that it is not levied according to the original name, but converted into money and materials needed by the court. Sometimes The cloth is folded into rice, and sometimes the rice is folded into cotton silk, and sometimes the rice cloth silk is folded into cash or other physical objects. Generally, rice is more expensive than rice, and cloth is more expensive than cloth. If both are cheap, then cash money is collected. The money must be round and big.

You are also aware of the situation in our dynasty. Most of the coins in circulation are privately minted and inferior coins, such as goose-eye coins: a thousand coins are not more than three inches long. There are even worse coins than this. Except for the big square hole in the middle, the surroundings look like a fence. There is a thin line on it. So it is called Bianhuan money. This kind of money will not sink when it enters the water. If it breaks easily, one hundred thousand dollars is less than a handful!

Inferior coins are generally held by ordinary people. In order to pay taxes, they must go to the ghost market and exchange them for coins of sufficient value at a high price. However, coin dealers must make profits from them. These people are almost all sent by local powerful people, which invisibly affects the common people. It's equivalent to paying an extra layer of tax.

There are also some people in remote areas, such as some mountainous areas in Guangzhou, who are originally engaged in farming and do not produce silver. However, Tao Kan, his senior brother who was a teacher, forced the people to pay silver. The people could only be forced to sell in the market.

Agricultural and sideline products, and then buy back the silver. Because they speak a different language from the outside world and do not understand the trading rules, they are often deceived when buying silver. The mountain people are simple in nature and do not know how to redress their losses.

It’s really a dumb thing to eat Coptis chinensis, and it’s hard to tell. Although Panyu, the prefecture of Guangzhou, is an important foreign trade port for our country, there are often Linyi (central Vietnam), Funan (Cambodia), Haruoyu (Indonesia), Shiziguo (

Sri Lanka), Shendu, as well as merchants such as Besi and Daqin from Haixi came here. It is true that they need gold and silver transactions, but such disregard for the life and death of the people is really too much."

Yunfeng's complexion became increasingly ugly, and Xun Guanniang seemed to have opened up a chatterbox, telling all her dissatisfaction with the court: "In addition to the land tax and rent regulations stipulated in the law, the court has many other things.

Miscellaneous taxes. Such as mouth money,

Subsidy money for servicemen, pond tax, salt and wine tax, Guanjin tax on merchants and travelers, municipal taxes and tax assessments, miscellaneous supplies needed by local governments, money to welcome local officials when they arrive and leave, fishing for common people, woodcutting

Tax on harvested fish, tax on mountains, forests and rivers, etc.

What's even more outrageous is that Guanjin Ferry in some places actually sells its annual tax collection rights through bidding, and the one with the highest price gets it! For example, this was the case in Shitoujin before Wang Dun captured Stone City. The price that year was 5

Millions of dollars, the overcharge belongs to oneself. Later, the tax collectors were driven out by Wang Dun.

Temporarily suspended, from this point on, Wang Dun has done a good thing. In short, the court and the prefectures and counties at all levels have cleverly set up names, and there is nothing they can't think of! Especially the money for greetings and gifts from the governor of the prefecture and the prefect of the prefecture.

Millions! All the money collected above is also required to be round and big!"

Yunfeng looked at Xun Guanniang dumbfounded. This is really a collection of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes from all dynasties in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad! I am afraid that many of the measures of later generations can be traced back to the small court of the Sima family. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and asked: "Then

Why don’t the people resist?”

Xun Guanniang sneered and said: "The middle and lower class good people account for about 20% to 30% of my court population. How can such a small number of people resist? Therefore, many people living in poverty would rather be sold to powerful families as slaves than to be good people. Although the court

Three orders and five

However, the application was repeatedly banned, which directly resulted in the imperial court holding fewer and fewer yellow registrations, and the burden on those who were registered was correspondingly increased. At the same time, in order to attract refugees, the imperial court registered white registrations for the refugees coming from the south.

If you don’t pay taxes, you won’t do corvee.”

The so-called yellow book, because white paper is easy to be eaten by insects, so important documents and documents that need to be retained for a long time are written on paper soaked in liquid. This kind of paper is yellow in color and can be stored for a long time. The official household registration is registered in the yellow book.

On paper, the white registration is a temporary household registration, a special

Prepared for the refugees. But not all refugees can enjoy the preferential treatment. The scattered refugees are almost all divided up by the nobles and powerful people, and they become their patrons. Only the refugee groups that form groups and are relatively powerful, such as Xi Jiansuo

Ministry can not pay taxes or serve in military service.

Yunfeng was silent for a moment, and Xun Guanniang ignored him and continued: "Since we talked about land taxes and miscellaneous taxes, we have to mention corvee service. According to the court regulations: men between the ages of sixteen and sixty are considered to be full-service men.

, children under 12 years old and over 66 years old are exempt

Those who are caught in the middle must serve half of the service. In the view of the teacher, it is unreasonable to let 13-year-old boys and elderly people over 60 years old serve. But in fact, it is more than that. In some counties, sergeants of

Some are still serving in their late eighties, and others have been serving since they were only seven years old.

Moreover, not all those who are registered are required to serve. Officials, state guests, descendants of sages, descendants of scholars and their patron guests, as well as those with military honors, those who pay money to serve, monks, nuns, and Taoists are all exempt from service. In this way,

Heavy corvee can only fall on the middle and lower class good people.

Regarding the burden of corvee, the court has regulations: the male slaves must serve no more than twenty days per year, and eighteen people are sent out to serve. This is two layers of corvee, totaling forty days. The first layer is to repair

Weir, build houses, dig trenches, build forts and

Other temporary miscellaneous services, the second level specifically refers to transportation services, including transporting rented rice to prefectures, counties and capitals, or transporting grain during wartime. Especially grain transportation during wartime cannot be exactly twenty days, and a battle may last ten days

Half a month, also

The people who may be transferred to transport food with the army for several months will never be replaced in the middle of the war. Just like the Ping Wangdun Rebellion, the court imposed corvees for this battle of more than 100,000 people, and Wang Dun was in Jingjiang II.

The number of levies collected by the state will not be less than that of the imperial court. Although if the levy exceeds 20 days in a year, the excess can be used to offset future levies, but in fact, it is almost impossible to carry out the service. There are many types of levies and the total number

Ten items, how to offset them?"

Then, Xun Guanniang snorted coldly: "For the corvee levy, the court followed the three-five levy system of Emperor Wu, that is, half of the even numbers, one of the third ding, two of the fifth ding, at most two of the three, and three of the five.

In emergencies, all households were often given men or had empty households to serve! And when there were not enough men, women were often drafted into the service.

What is particularly outrageous is that when ordinary people die in labor or military households die in battle, they are often accused of deserting or defecting to the enemy. Firstly, they do not need to pay pensions to their families, and secondly, they can notify the local government to hunt down the traitors.

In the name of going to the deceased's house to capture a young man to replace his replacement. As a result, the deceased's family was forced to flee together, so they also took people from the same clan. If the same clan fled again, they took the neighbors. When the neighbors fled, they would arrest the villagers when they saw them! As a result, one person was guilty, and together they were

The village is empty!

In short, the people in our dynasty are the most miserable, perhaps not even as good as Jie and Zhao. They struggle painfully from hunger and death, have their limbs amputated, sell their children and daughters, give birth to infertile children, pawn their wives, and sell themselves into slavery.

, fled to the mountains and lakes, and hanged themselves in ditches everywhere!"

Yunfeng only felt that his heart was extremely heavy. From the crowds attracted by the open water of Baidang Lake, from the secret sentry posted in Jiankang, Liu Zhao was able to attract girls just by eating, making other women fall in love! And from some scattered hearsay, he

Get to know the ordinary good people in Jiangdong r

I was by no means a bad person, but I didn’t expect the hardship to reach such an extent. I couldn’t help but ask: “Is it possible that no one in the court cares about people’s livelihood? Zhongshu Ling, Da Situ and other more upright officials would not turn a blind eye to it? In fact, as long as the decree is slightly

If you relax, people will live a better life."

Xun Guanniang smiled bitterly and said: "Why not? Bian Shangshu once said: In ancient times, the servants were no more than three days old, but today's hard work almost never stops for three days! However, the court does have difficulties, and it can only be used by people.

The household registration for taxation only has so many people, so there is no way to relax! Wen Jun told his teacher everything you did in Qin and Liangzhou. You relied on the strength of your troops and horses, and misunderstood

The Land Occupation Order forcibly confiscated land and property, freed the population, and imposed heavy taxes on large landowners on the grounds that the local tycoons were not nobles. Although it was a cruel method, it was extremely effective and solved the problems of land annexation and population encirclement. But this

The same thing is completely unfeasible in Jiangdong. The people in power are all nobles. How many of them are willing to give up their own property?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!