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"This is our first time collecting local taxes. Please forgive me for some inconsiderate things. We will correct them next year. There is a small souvenir here, a gadget. You can take it back and make a toy for the ladies...

"

I don’t know if this habit of “giving souvenirs at meetings” was popular in the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, they used modern rules. Of course, the things they gave were definitely not too expensive. After all, they were just souvenirs to thank the wealthy households for paying taxes.

, rather than returning the favor.

However, this so-called "not too expensive" is just a modern concept. On the carriages where the wealthy people were returning home, many impatient people could not wait to open the gorgeous outer packaging and wanted to see what the shorthairs had given them.

Inside the big wooden packaging box is another small wooden box, but the material is much higher-end. Anyone who is a member of aristocratic families should be able to tell at a glance: this is the finest South China Sea red sandalwood.

It looks like a jewelry box, with the surface wrapped in silk and some silver ornaments inlaid on the corners. It is quite exquisitely and gorgeously decorated. It is indeed a thing for ladies and young ladies. However, compared to the most fashionable Su on the mainland,

The goods are widely available, but they don’t seem to be too outstanding... A few rich people who thought they were quite discerning thought to themselves and opened the lid of the box.

Then, they all shouted loudly...

Although it is already dusk, the sun sets late in Hainan. Even if you are sitting in a carriage, as long as it is not too closed, there will still be some light coming through.

Therefore, when those people opened the lid of the jewelry box, some of them were blinded by the reflection of sunlight, while others, for the first time in their lives, could clearly see their true appearance, including wrinkles on their faces and temples.

You can see every strand of hair clearly!

——On the back of the lid of the jewelry box is a silver-plated glass mirror.

When people came to the master in panic, they were surprised to find that their master was either holding the gift box from the short hair tightly. Or he was holding up a jewelry box and looking around, staring at the inside. His face.

He also made all kinds of weird expressions...

"It's not good, the master has been possessed by short-haired evil!"

——More than one servant was slapped by the master for shouting recklessly, and then was given a stern order: No matter what, this gift is not allowed to be leaked, especially not to the inner house!

——Similarly, more than one gentleman was caught in a huge contradiction on this day: Should such a delicate thing be used to please his most beloved concubine? Or should it be handed over to the main wife? Or should it be used as a treasure?

My daughter’s future dowry? It’s absolutely decent to have this as a dowry, and it can even be worthy of being used as a family heirloom!

In addition to being stupid, some shrewd guys continued their research, and they discovered something unique about this jewelry box...

First of all, the box cover can be easily removed, and of course it is equally easy to put it on. There is a folding handle on the back. That is to say, in addition to making it convenient to look at the flip cover and take a picture of yourself in the mirror when dressing up. At other times, this

The box cover can be used as a handheld mirror by itself, and there is no need to stupidly lift the entire box up and down.

Secondly, the bottom of the box is unusually thick. After careful inspection, it turns out that there is a hidden compartment underneath. It can be used to place some confidential documents and the like. This was a function that many jewelry boxes at that time had, and this one is no exception.

...All in all, in terms of itself, this jewelry box is not surprising. Some of its structures still have a bit of a Western flavor. Although it is very delicate and considerate, it is still nothing more than a superficial trace - the people of the Ming Dynasty at that time were still very ethnic.

Of pride.

But if you consider the glass mirror attached to the lid of the box, its value is impossible to estimate. Many wealthy people immediately recalled that during the meal just now, Mr. Pang laughed at Mimi and told her a Western story.

——It is said that there is a big country in the West called France. Just thirty years ago, when the queen of that country got married, someone gave her a silver glass mirror that could reflect a person's face with extremely clear clarity. However, the value of something the size of a book was unexpectedly

Reaching 150,000 gold francs... Although I don't know how many silver taels that "franc" can be converted into, since the amount is so large and there is the word "gold" in front of it, it must be worth a lot of money.

At first, the wealthy people did not think that this was any different from other anecdotes told by the short-haired people. Anyway, they were chatting at banquets, so let’s just listen to it. However, some attentive people noticed that the Honshu wealthy people present, such as Xu Dahu, Mo Dahu and others, were smiling.

It was a little weird, but I didn’t think much about it at the time.

Now it seems that they clearly know the location of this thing. It's no wonder that these merchants are in the city and get along with shorthairs day and night. Since these shorthairs are so generous, of course they can't help but benefit.

Originally, they heard that Shorthair had captured the state capital, and some wealthy households living in remote places mourned their old friends in the city, feeling that they must be doomed. But now, their hearts are filled with only envy - those people

It is obvious that those who are near the water and the towers get the moon first!

"Ten for three...are these short-haired pirates really?"

More than one wealthy family held a jewelry box and fell into deep thought. Just like those people in the city, they also began to seriously consider the relationship between these people and their own future.

In addition to large landowners, the new government's tax collectors this time also include a large number of local farmers, the middle class, and ordinary small households - in fact, they are the main force supporting the wealth and income of the Ming Dynasty over the years. In the past, those Ming Dynasties

Government officials are not as cunning as short-haired people, and they can directly squeeze the oil out of big households.

For these people, modern people are too lazy to take action personally, and entrust all execution to local officials. Anyway, this is their old profession. However, the judge still requires them to do a good job in publicity work and "create the correct direction of public opinion."

, we must vigorously promote the correct concept of "paying taxes is glorious, tax evasion is shameful".

Although the subordinates did not quite understand, they still followed his request. But after all, these people were from the old bureaucrats of the Ming Empire. It is obviously impossible for them to master the modern way of doing things all at once. So in the specific implementation,

During the process, some small deviations will inevitably occur...

A few days later, Zhang Shenyue came to Jie Xi and others with several government notices, his face full of anger.

"I said, Lao Jie, Lao Pang, who are you using? Is there any place to promote this!"

Zhang Shenyue threw the notices in front of Pang Yu. The latter picked them up curiously and read a few sentences. He couldn't help smiling on his face, and later he laughed.

——Those are some propaganda slogans. As expected, the subordinates followed Lao Jie’s top directive of “promoting vigorously and making it easy to understand” and wrote a lot of jingles on government notices, which are absolutely easy to understand:

"Tax evasion and grain resistance, Morning Bull Steakhouse!"

"If one person resists taxes, the whole family will bear it. If one household resists taxes, the whole village will suffer!"

"Delusion does not pay for food, and the land divides all the light!"

...and so on.

Jie Xi was also curious. After taking a few glances, he also laughed wildly with his belly in his arms. Zhang Shenyue's face turned darker and darker, and he slammed the table:

"Stop laughing, do you think this is funny?"

Seeing that Zhang Shenyue was really angry, Pang Yujie's face had to become serious.

"Okay, Lao Zhang. Tell me why you are angry?"

"Haven't you noticed that our current route is getting more and more deviated?"

Jie and Pang looked at each other, both of them puzzled:

"route?"

"Yes - we chatted and laughed with a group of wealthy landowners, ate and drank, and gave them gifts. But we let our petty officials use such naked threats to oppress and exploit ordinary people. Is this normal?"

Pang Yu was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Shenyue to be a communist... But it's no wonder when he thought about it. Jie Xi seemed to have introduced it before: Zhang Shenyue's family is from a rural area in Shaanxi, and the economic conditions are not very good. He relies on loans from relatives.

After finishing college, Qian had been working hard to pay off his debts. At that time, he was willing to go out with them to celebrate because he had paid off his debts.

"So what do you think is the correct route?"

"Crack down on the local tyrants, divide the land, reduce rents and interest rates. Land reform - a vast ocean relying on the people. Pang Yu. You said so yourself at the beginning, right?"

"Uh... yes, that's what I said. What I mean is: we should use all available means... But... Lao Zhang, I never said that is the only correct way. "

"Then are you planning to take the path of the landlord class?"

Seeing that Zhang Shenyue was obviously a little embarrassed, the judge next to him couldn't help but shake his head:

"Okay, Lao Zhang, we can take any path that is conducive to the development of our group. Why insist on drawing circles to limit ourselves. "

"But two days ago, when we were in Wangjiazhuang, Lao Jie, you repeatedly claimed that you and the people are one family. And then when you had dinner with those landlords and wealthy people, you insisted that you were of the same mind as them... These two

The two are opposites! Lao Jie, whose side are you on?"

"Day!" Jie Xi couldn't bear to lose face after being told, "Actually, I'm an actor! Shen Yue, didn't you go out with me to discuss projects before? Why are you still so stubborn? What kind of songs do you go to in what mountains? Customers

Say whatever you want to hear! Aren't the common people and landlords our customers - we need everything from them!"

After all, it was the former boss who relieved Zhang Shenyue's anger and calmed down a little. He shook his head sadly:

"I've been here for a year. I thought everyone had integrated into this era, but I didn't expect..."

Zhang Shenyue was stunned for a while. Zhang Shenyue seemed not to know how to express his words, but Pang Yu had already picked up something:

"Are you trying to say: If we want to establish political power here, we should naturally learn what the Communist Party did back then and follow the mass line?"

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