Xu Changshan belongs to the Changsha Prefecture's Transfer Envoy Office. He is the deputy transfer envoy of the Changsha Transfer Envoy Department. He is the seventh rank and is specifically responsible for the taxation of Xiangyin County. He has been in Changsha Prefecture for more than two months. For Xiangyin County

, I don’t know everything about it, but I probably can’t leave it.

Luokou is the county seat of Xiangyin County. It is a prosperous port. Both food, herbs and furs are very popular, so it is naturally a prosperous place.

Two months after taking root in Xiangyin County, he recruited a dozen innocent local officials from the county government and local governments to serve as tax collectors, waiting for the arrival of the autumn harvest. This was the opportunity to show off his magical powers.

As early as September 15th, when most of the rice fields in Xiangyin County had been harvested, in order to completely cut off the yamen's ties, he directly sent an order to ask each village in Xiangyin County to send five people to Luoyang.

mouth, but did not explain why.

There are 137 villages in Xiangyin County, with a total household registration of about 12,000. Less than half of the population is in Champa City, and the population of the villages is at least 30,000.

There were five people in each village, which meant that there were probably more than 600 people who finally arrived at Luokou, not too many, not too few.

Xu Changshan waited for the arrival of the people.

"Have the orders been received?" he asked.

"The news has reached almost every village in Xiangyin County, and the elders (township officials) have already heard about it. Moreover, I even sent a caravan to spread the word, for fear of omission and concealment."

The taxman on the side was about forty years old, with a shrewd look on his face.

"The county government is naturally reluctant to part with so much money, and the key point is that those original tax collectors colluded with the local government, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and robbed the people of the people. Now that we have taken away their wealth, naturally we cannot do anything to us.

I hate it to the core, but this is the law of the imperial court, and the elders are all colluding with them, so we can only resort to tricks!"

"They don't dare to go too far. The inspection camps are watching! If we can't collect taxes, those inspection camps will go hungry!"

Xu Changshan originally worked as a tax collector in the Lingnan Transportation Envoy Si Yamen. After performing well, he was promoted to the position of deputy transportation envoy. When he came to Hunan, he had seen too many dramas about the collusion between powerful local officials.

In order to draw out wages, he did not let the elders collect the grain like the previous yamen did. Instead, he directly sent tax collectors to each village to collect grain, with the help of soldiers dispatched from the inspection battalion.

Before collecting taxes, it is necessary to let the reputation of the transfer agent Si Yamen reach every village and let the people know that this Yamen is specialized in collecting taxes.

Therefore, each village is limited to five people, just to spread the name of the transfer envoy. As for the county seat, we have already found out in the past two months, and now only the villages are missing.

"It's just, transfer envoy, will it be effective to let these mud-legged people come over?" the taxman asked.

"Most of you are locals and have never known that this method is very effective!" Xu Changshan said lightly:

"Each village is a gathering of ethnic groups. In a village, all relatives have the same surname. There are often few scholars and illiterate people. As for how much tax the court wants to collect, the villagers often let the villagers talk about it. Now when I come here,

You will definitely know how much tax the court collects, and you will understand that you don’t need to pay taxes according to the advice of the elders. No matter how confused you are, you will still know that a few more buckets of food would be good.”

"What if no one comes from some villages?" the taxman asked.

"Of course it's possible!" Xu Changshan said proudly:

"Those who didn't come must be from some villages who don't know the king's laws or are in cahoots with local officials. It would be better for him to be exposed. These are areas that need to be dealt with seriously. Let's just send people there. Don't you believe he dares to be so arrogant?"

"Whether they come or not, they are already in my hands!"

Xu Changshan was very proud.

This time I was promoted to the position of Deputy Transport Envoy. If I stay in Hunan for a few more years, I will definitely be qualified to be the Transport Envoy. Then my promotion will be just around the corner.

Should I be in charge of the government? Or should I go to the central government or the Ministry of Household Affairs? This is really a headache.

A few days later, people from the villages furthest away from Luokou also sent people over. Seven to eight hundred people gathered in the entire Luokou in an instant. It was a rare event in a century, and Xu Changshan was very happy.

"Why, there are actually 180 villages? Aren't there only 137 villages in the household registration?"

When Xu Changshan heard the report from his subordinates, he was a little confused. Why were there suddenly dozens of villages added? Is the household registration wrong?

"Why is this?" he asked.

"You send someone to spread the word. If you don't send someone, let the inspection camp go there. In addition, the caravan has gone deep, and many villages in the mountains are afraid, so they will send people over."

"Okay, very good!" Xu Changshan nodded. He got a lot more taxes and said happily:

"The names and locations of these villages have been recorded for me. When tax is collected, people will be sent there to check carefully for me. There can be no mistakes!"

For a tax collector like him, under the rules, the more taxes he pays to the court, the more achievements he will have, especially finding many missing holes in the court, which is an even more conspicuous achievement and cannot be criticized.

"If anyone goes to look at the mansions of the officials in the county government, tell me, I would like to see which pig's hands are that long."

"promise--"

Here, as soon as Tian Chang arrived in Luokou, he went directly to the inspection camp and showed his status badge as Dutou. According to convention, the imperial army was one level higher than the local government. Although he was only Dutou, he had no contact with the commander of the inspection camp.

Make it equal.

So, he was welcomed over, had a good meal with good wine and food, and asked his doubts.

"Brother Tian, ​​I see that you are a good man at first glance. Your future will naturally be good. We won't hide it from you. This matter was brought about by the Transport Envoy. There is no danger. It will be dispersed in less than a day. You can

Just relax!"

The commander of the inspection camp patted his chest and said loudly.

"Brother, are you also from the Forbidden Army?" Tian Chang looked at his comfortable appearance and listened to his bragging, and couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." The commander said, "I was a commander before and didn't like fighting. Then I walked around a bit and came here. I became a commander and took my wife and children with me. I was very happy!"

"Although we live in a local area, our salary is higher than yours, and we are filial on weekdays, so our life is very comfortable!"

Hearing what he said, Tian Chang's heart suddenly moved, but he asked again:

"If I want to come somewhere, what are the rules?"

"Inspection camps are set up in counties and prefectures. There are 300 people in the prefecture, 200 in the upper county, 150 in the middle county, and 100 in the lower county. Our Xiangyin is rich, and there are 200 people in the upper county. Unless you are the head of the capital, you can't be in charge."

"Xiaxian and Zhongxian just need to be aligned!"
Chapter completed!