Having said that, what should be reported should still be reported.
The Zhongdu Police Inspectorate has made strict arrangements on the scope of activities of the members of the distant caravan and requires daily checking of the personnel list. Naturally, there is a reason for this.
The prosperous and well-ordered commerce in the Great Zhou Dynasty did not occur naturally. In the early years, when military stations in various places took shares or established supply and marketing cooperatives, they were often led into traps by unscrupulous businessmen. After the organized caravans set out on the road, they were often ignored by merchants. Hundreds of people were ignored. He walked down the street in confusion, having no idea what was going on. Some merchants who cooperated with the army even drank the soldiers' blood under the banner of the army and poached the court without any scruples.
At its most dangerous time, the caravan became a tool for illegal gatherings of force outside the military, causing disruption to public security wherever it went.
When Guo Ning first took control of Zhongdu and established the Capital Marshal's Mansion, the northern defense line was unstable, there were many ambitious bandits roaming around, and there were countless local ruffians. Many of them were either motivated by greed or were captured by Enemy forces instigated the idea of attacking several prosperous cities under the rule of Zhou Dynasty.
During that time, the intensive traffic of caravans was the easiest to exploit.
The most serious consequence occurred when a group of Mongolian horse thieves mixed with a large livestock team and entered the city. That night they burned down Yongfengku in Zhongdu and hundreds of surrounding houses, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries. Another time in Tongzhou, when the thieves fled in a panic, He broke into the building and killed many master weavers hired from the north with high salaries, triggering riots among many people in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Fortunately, no matter how greedy the merchants were, the warriors could only deal with it with the handle of their swords. As the rule of the Zhou Dynasty stabilized, merchants who could not stand their ground and did not regard themselves as people under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty were brutally killed in batches. , and a large number of soldiers were added to the caravan system, ostensibly as guards, but in fact they also had supervisory responsibilities. When the manpower of the garrison troops and local government offices gradually became sufficient, the security situation gradually improved.
There is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days in this world. As the danger gradually recedes, ordinary people will inevitably relax. But after all, the rules within the royal family are indispensable. Even if they are just a show, many control measures have been continued, and people are directly accountable. .
The governor of Yangfangdian took the documents and arrived at the Dushang Taxation Department at dusk.
The governor's face was not very good, and Yang Woyan who was following him was also a little embarrassed. The stewards of the caravan usually took good care of him, and even took him to have wine with the shopkeepers, but once something happened, none of the stewards would do anything. Willing to come forward. Only Yang Woyan, the person directly responsible, came forward and was ready to face Yousi's questioning at any time.
Yang Woyan had never been through this kind of battle, and his legs felt a little weak following him all the way.
The superiors that each city in Zhongdu faces on a daily basis, that is, the Dushang Taxation Department of Zhongdu was established during the Dading period of the previous dynasty. It was in charge of the taxation of commercial transactions from Hebei to the Northeast, and appointed envoys, deputy envoys, governors and other officials. The rank ranges from the eighth grade to the ninth grade. During the Dading period, the ratio of commercial tax in Zhongdu was one percent of gold and silver, and three percent of everything. During the Taihe period, military affairs were frequent, and the commercial tax was raised to one hundred percent of gold and silver. Take three points, and take four percent of everything.
The tax rate is actually not high, but the ruthless gentry from all over the country often travel more and more than plunder. Many times, the Jurchen fierce An Mooke in various places even set up their own tax cards and exploited wantonly in broad daylight. It is not a big deal for the Jurchen nobles to seek wealth and death. , not to mention robbery? As long as the trouble is not too excessive, they can feel confident in front of the emperor.
So in the end, the merchants were miserable, and local prices were rising. When the tax department in Zhongdu had the most merchants, the annual commercial tax they received was only 214,500 guan. Compared with the Southern Dynasties, Extremely poor.
Naturally, the Taxation Department of Zhongdudushang in the Great Zhou Dynasty would not be so helpless. This yamen now has two functions: industrial and commercial promotion and tax collection. Both its authority and scope of control are far greater than those of the previous dynasty. Therefore, the chief official is from the eighth rank. The envoy and the deputy envoy were changed to the fifth rank of doctor, and the subordinate organizations became larger. They were one of the real power departments of the Zhou Dynasty.
The eunuch carrying the documents rode across three streets, turned west of Yuhua Gate, passed the main gate of the Tax Envoy Department, and walked for a long time before arriving at the side gate. In the afternoon, when the subordinates from various departments came to report, two consecutive There was a queue at the entrance of every small courtyard.
The governor did not dare to delay, and quickly entered the third courtyard and handed in the documents. However, he saw the clerk above flipping through the books. He did not look at the import and export of goods and taxation status in the city, but went straight to the back to record the missing persons. One page to go.
The governor was startled, fearing that he and his superiors would be punished, so he quickly interrupted with a dry smile: "Where is our doctor? Yesterday, forty cartloads of good iron ingots were transported from Jinshan. It’s a total of 80,000 kilograms, the doctor must be very happy, maybe he wants to take a look?”
"Eighty thousand catties?"
The clerk did the math. Recently, several large iron yards that were inherited from the Liao Dynasty have been reopened in Jinshan. One of the largest shaft furnaces can produce more than 2,500 kilograms of iron per day. The furnaces used for frying steel are also there. Constantly expanding.
Although the output has increased, the price of iron has not changed much, and has been fluctuating around 50 qian per catty. Eighty thousand jin of iron is worth 4,000 guan, and the tax driver pocketed 120 guan.
Last year, a single hundred thousand dollars of tax money was already worth a certain doctor's intervention, but this year's situation is different.
"You're confused. Nowadays, all the iron yards are trying their best to produce. The iron yard in Jinshan has iron ingots shipped every ten days. Thirty batches of iron ingots are shipped every year. It's a rule! It's a rule! Since it's a rule , there is no reason for the doctor to come forward in person!"
Saying this, the clerk turned back to a page that recorded the whereabouts of people.
Yang Woyan saw his eyes glancing at him and immediately took half a step forward.
Along the way, he had carefully calculated the interactions between his family and the missing three people. He had carefully considered the backgrounds of these three people, the reasons for their escape, possible hiding places in the city, possible escape routes outside the city, and other details. After sorting it out clearly, I was also ready to atone for my sins. I personally led people to search everywhere and would not stop until these mice were found.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue the exciting content! But I never thought that he didn't speak, but I heard the clerk say: "Huh? Sure enough, people started running away from your side!"
"Varied?"
"I have long felt that among the crowd gathered around Yangfangdian, many people have Monan backgrounds, and there are also many Mongolians. These people must be mixed with many spies, and they come from all kinds of backgrounds."
"Ah this..."
Sweat broke out on the forehead of the governor. He kept saying: "My area is constantly inspected and inspected on a daily basis. There are also people from the left and right departments and the recording department! How can there be so many spies?"
As he spoke, the governor gestured to Yang Woyan, asking him to explain a few words as well.
But the clerk didn't seem to want to listen at all. He took the page of the document, stood up and shouted to the back hall: "Three people left the Yangfang store too!"
Several people in the back hall vaguely said: "That adds up to more than thirty people! In three to five days, more than thirty suspicious people escaped from various places, markets and livestock farms. Even the Taiqing Palace lost a newly converted Mongolian. Taoist priest, now the Yangfang store we have been keeping an eye on has also lost people. If there is no response from either the police patrol or the yamen, it will look fake."
"Then let the Police Patrol Bureau sort through the city, just in time to try to dig out spies. As for outside the city... it would be too much to make a fuss if the Recording Department or the Inspection Department in front of the palace intervene. It might as well be done by Jinshan. Come forward."
"The Jinshan garrison suddenly sent people to search everywhere. There must be a reason."
"Let's just say that two escapees stole the precious rug pattern."
This sentence caused several people in the inner hall to burst into laughter: "You really never leave the carpet without saying anything!"
Amid the laughter, someone answered briskly and then left: "I'm going to arrest them right away... Don't worry, I will keep them in check and not arrest more. As promised before, half will be arrested and half will be released!"
When this man spoke, Yang Woyan felt that his voice and tone were very familiar. When he walked out of the screen, Yang Woyan said in surprise: "Judge Lu, is that you?"
Lu Wusi paused for a moment: "Lao Yang, are the few who ran away from the Yangfang store your people?"
