On July 18, the Great Ming Dynasty (all the dates in this article are lunar calendar), because of the influence of the small glacier weather, the weather in late autumn has been very cold, coupled with the fact that ordinary people in this era do not have such a rich side food, and the ability to defend against cold is very poor, so some people have put on cotton clothes on the street. /p

At the post station outside the Yongding Gate in the outer city of Beijing, a group of people are sending Zhu Yuan, a Yanwang to the south under the leadership of Prince Zhu Hai. /p

Zhu Yuan is the identity of Chin Chai, and is still the prince, as the national reserve and the big brother Zhu Hai naturally to send, although the two brothers have already broken. /p

Zhu Hai in the presence of outsiders naturally can not show too disgusted with this brother, Zhu Hai before the hand of Zhu Yuan said: "Four brothers, this is your first time to go out, and bear the heavy responsibility of the father, we must pay attention to the body."Big brother heard that Henan is very messy, do not leave the protection of the guard, must come back safely!" /p

Zhu Yuan also took out a brother-in-law's respect, took the prince's hand and said: "The prince brother rest assured that the younger brother must listen to the words of the prince brother, must check the affairs of Henan clearly, and give the people of Henan an account!" /p

The two people finished performing, each returning to their respective carriages, Zhu Hai returned to the palace and then read, and Zhu Yuan boarded his carriage and accompanied the escort of the forbidden guard to go south to Henan. /p

Now, although the great war in the country is over, there are still a large number of bandits in the north, especially in Henan, which is the land of Zhongzhou, and it is full of bandits.Zhu Hongsan in order to protect the safety of his son, specially transferred a battalion of 300 people from the Guard to take charge of protection work, but also sent 200 brocades to accompany, so Zhu Yuan and his team have more than 700 people, which is really huge. /p

After Zhu Yuan bid farewell to the prince, he first asked the teacher to get on the car in Jackie Chan, and then he respectfully got into the car.As a teacher of Yan Wang, Jackie Chan was also a de facto minister, so he was second only to Yan Wang in this team, so he also owned his own carriage. /p

The route chosen this time is the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in the future, but there is no transportation with a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour in the Ming Dynasty, so the journey from Beijing to Kaifeng Province in Henan Province is one month. /p

The first day of the team in Shuntian Fangshan County rest, here the county has already received the news, know that Qin Chai is coming, so the city station clean, used to place the line. /p

At the door of the station, Yan Wang Zhu Yuan came down to look around, the station is not large, only a dozen rooms, it seems that not everyone can have a room. /p

Zhu Yuan looked at the Fangshan County order accompanying him and asked, “Are you Fangshan County Order?” /p

The county ordered more than 40 years old, listen to this young Qin sent to ask himself quickly and answer: "Return to Qin Chai, the official is the Fangshan County Xu Youdao!" /p

Zhu Yuan nodded: “Is your station so big?”We have more than 700 people, and we can't live!" /p

Xu Youdao is not: "Qin Chai, this is also no way, Fangshan County has a small population, there is only one station in the county, can not please Qin Chai belongs to the city's lieutenant colonel camp!" /p

Zhu Yuan listened to let his people go camping in the wild, and said, “Fart, let the king’s people go camping?”Pour your county out and let the king’s people live.”

Xu You heard this Qin sento quickly weeped and said, "Adult, even if the officials will pour out the county, it is not enough to live!"Fangshan County is still Jiajing ten years of repair, these are more than 100 years, have been in disrepair, and there are not so many rooms!" /p

Zhu Yuan listened to this county make crying poor, still do not believe, pull the county order to the county in the county to watch.Zhu Yuan at the gate of the county found that the county made Xu Youdao and did not lie, Fangshan County is really dilapidated, the three steps at the door have long been gone, has leaked out of the foundation of the rammed soil.The paint of the two colonnades at the gate has fallen, and one of the pillars has been interrupted, and it is not supported by a few sticks. /p

The plaque on the top of the county gate is mottled, only vaguely see the two words of the county, from the county gate to see is also dilapidated, the red bricks on the ground are less than half, the ground potholes leaking soil, a few half-dead and inanimate battlekeepers standing at the door, see the county order to come back to knelt on the ground. /p

Zhu Yuan came from a rich and rich country, or the first time he saw this kind of county called Huazi.In his impression, the officials were all high-doors, and the mighty soldiers stood at the door, and saw that the outsiders came and grinned, like fierce gods.But in front of the county can be poured, if the door on the Fangshan County plaque removed, is completely a disrepaired land temple. /p

Zhu Yuan pointed to the county and asked, “Xu You Dao, is this your county?”Are you in this broken place?” /p

Xu said with a sad face: "Back to the adults, this is it!" /p

"No, the king has heard in Beijing, a seven-pin county order to pay twelve hundred silver dollars a year, how have you been like a poor ghost?"

"Adult, the pay is in full, but these money to support the official, including the caravan, the attendant, to help the staff, these need to pay, so twelve hundred silver dollars will also be enough!" /p

Zhu Yuan listened to Xu Youdao so frowned: "Xu You Dao, do you think that the king is young and do not know, the father and emperor have already ordered in Guangzhou that year, all the county's 胥吚俸䓚 have the state finance!" /p

Xu Youdao then knew that the young Qin sent in front of him was the emperor's prince, but Xu had a small office, and he did not dare to ask why Qin sent to the prince, and now he heard the adult Qin Chao asked about the bitter water. /p

"The adults do not know that there are only sixty-five people in the county with the state financial allocation, but Fangshan is in the heavy land of the Beijing Division, and the heavy service is heavy every year, and at the same time, the collection of food and clothing, handling local affairs, these 65 people except the county, the main book, the history of the classics, the three classes, the six rooms, and three masters, only 49 people, it is not enough, there is no way to hire more than 100 people in the county.

Zhu Yuan heard that such a small Fangshan County would have to hire more than a hundred helpers, where did all this money come from? /p

"The state does not give you money, nor does it charge fire, where does the money from these employees come from?"Zhu Yuan did not understand anything, before this departure also found people to make up for the local financial knowledge, know that since the implementation of the new policy from the father, the largest investment in local finance has been gone.Now this Fangshan County still has money to hire people themselves, there must be other entry. /p

Xu Youdao looked at Zhu Yuan, he did not want to say this matter, but Qin asked no way, Xu Youdao as long as the truth said. /p

"Mr. Chin Cha, the state is not allowed to charge fire consumption, but the county still needs to operate, there is no way to borrow money from the local big family!" /p

“Lending money?Is your county so rich that someone else lends you money?”

Xu saw that Zhu Yuan was angry and did not speak with his head down.On the edge of Jackie Long in the locality, although he does not understand the administrative operation of the county, some of the folk rules still know some. /p

Yu Chenglong came to Zhu Yuan and whispered: "Lord, although you are not allowed to collect the fire, but the county still has to collect taxes, so the county in the lack of money to borrow money, the right to collect taxes mortgaged to the big family, anyway, the amount of money in the county is enough, as for who to collect from the hand, how much of these will not be returned to the county." /p

Zhu Yuan listened to this, the national New Deal tax collection is based on the land to ask for money, now Fangshan County can be good, the right to collect taxes mortgaged to individuals, this will not be the original tax imposed by the whole people on those who have no power over the small people? /p

Zhu Yuan just wanted to get angry, it was up to Jackie Chan to make the color of himself, indicating that he did not care.Zhu Yuan saw that Jackie Chan had something to say, as long as he pressed the fire, he would pull to one side of Jackie Chan, and then asked in a low voice, "Teacher, what should I say to the students!" /p

Yu Chenglong whispered: "Mr. Wang, Fangshan County is not a case here, it can be said that all the world is like this, coupled with the king's errand this time is the case of corruption in Henan, Fangshan back to the north, not to the king's management!" /p

“But teacher, do you see this Fangshan County so misinterpreting the law of the court?”

Yu Chenglong sighed and said: "Lord, in fact, this can not complain about Fangshan County, Qianming County tax every year to the level of this level to leave 10%, for the annual use of the county, but in the calendar year for the three major levies, began to collect all taxes, and then according to the annual use of the application.But pay it off, it’s hard to get it down.Therefore, these know-how counties charge 10% to 20% of taxes every year for the operation of the county.Five years later, Chongchen began to practice pay and pay, and the northern counties could not be collected, and there was no way to hand over the tax to professional tax collectors to collect and implement the package tax system.But the money was collected, and the northern provinces were smoking.” /p

"Teacher, did the father not abolish the three pays in Guangdong?" /p

“Lord, it is easy to abolish, but it is difficult to implement.The package tax system has been implemented for many years, and there are a number of vested interest groups in various places, and it is not an overnight effort to abolish it completely.” /p

Zhu Yuan listened to Jackie Chan sigh and said, "Teacher, how far away from the Jingshi has encountered problems, then you say that the problem in Henan is worse than that of Fangshan?" /p

"Lord, because the water in Henan is too deep, so the prince went to Henan to look more and ask less, we only need to report the truth to your majesty on the line, how to decide is your majesty's thing!" /p

Zhu Yuan is only 15 years old now, and is still in that kind of angry youth for the country, and has not been assimilated by this social and official place, and is now very dissatisfied with Jackie Chan. /p

"Teacher, but the father said to give the people of Henan an explanation, shall we go and see and go back to Beijing?" /p

Yu Chenglong listened to Zhu Yuan so bitterly said: "Lord, from ancient times to today is like this, the officialdom is like the Yellow River, will not become a pool of clean water." /p

Zhu Yuan listened to Jackie Chan said this is also very lost, standing at the door of the county for half a day, did not continue to clean up the mood of Xu Youdao, waved his hand to let Xu Youdao go back, Zhu Yuan himself also returned to the station to rest. /p