Eight hundred and eighty-eighth chapter master of thieves to control thieves
Chen Lifu just came back from Songjiang Mansion a few days ago. This time he went to Songjiang Mansion, and his methods were still sophisticated and bloody.
Under his drastic measures, Songjiang Prefecture's tax rectification effect was quite remarkable. The tax revenue in the first quarter of the sixth year of Xuanping more than doubled compared to the third and fourth quarters of the fifth year of Xuanping, especially tax evasion.
The most serious agricultural tax has increased by more than 300%!
This made his superiors very satisfied. After rectifying the tax work of Songjiang Mansion, he was recalled to Jinling City by his superiors.
In the system of the Tang Dynasty, officials were recalled to the capital. Generally speaking, it was nothing more than the following situations. Either it was a routine return of senior officials to the capital to report on their duties, or a middle-level official had a major problem and was recalled to the capital for accountability, or
It's about promotion and reuse.
In Chen Lifu's case, he is neither a high-ranking official nor a problem, so he can only be promoted and reused. If it were not for his promotion, then he would usually be allowed to continue to patrol a certain prefecture or state without returning to Beijing.
Official documents are enough.
After returning to Jinling City, although his rank has not been upgraded yet and he is still doing tax inspections of the sixth rank, he has already heard the news and the superiors are already planning to add an extra burden to him. If nothing else, he will be promoted from the fifth rank this year.
You should have it, and then you can go to the local area to inspect the tax. Then it will not be a prefecture or a state, but an entire province!
However, Chen Lifu, who was extremely popular in front of outsiders, after returning to Jinling City, he closed the door and thanked guests. Except for his routine work at the Inspection Office of the Grain Recruitment Department, he basically did not interact with other officials.
No one knew that he was still suffering immensely in his heart!
When he went to Songjiang Prefecture before, not only a hundred but also dozens of gentry died at his hands. He ransacked more than 20 houses, and all those whose houses were ransacked were the gentry families in Songjiang Prefecture.
When he was in Songjiang Prefecture, his teacher when he was studying came to him personally and asked him to let one of the families go because that family and his teacher were related by marriage, but Chen Lifu was also helpless!
The list has been sent and law enforcement has begun. What can he do? There is no way at all. Besides, if he dares to bend the law for personal gain, he will be targeted immediately and beheaded in a matter of minutes.
In the end, his teacher yelled at him on the spot, calling him a court hawk, scolding him for killing Zhongliang, and spitting in his face three times. He announced on the spot that he had severed the relationship between master and disciple, and he pretended that he had never accepted him
This disciple!
That day, Chen Lifu felt that his heart was going to die!
Why is it so difficult for me to endure the humiliation and want to do something? Why don't they understand me?
His teachers and friends did not understand him, but after all, Chen Lifu was a man with a strong heart, and he still did his work meticulously. In order to avoid suspicion, every time he returned to the capital, he thanked guests behind closed doors.
It's not just him. In fact, many tax inspectors have little contact with outsiders after returning to Beijing. Although the position of tax inspectors is said to be very powerful and has great authority when they go down to the local level, it has great power and great risks.
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Many tax inspectors are hindered by various personal relationships, or simply want to make money. In the end, they end up losing their official status, or even beheaded after being convicted.
Chen Lifu is not short of money. The Chen family is rich and looks down on small money that is corrupt. He does not want big money. He is not short of money. What he lacks is power, the power to help the world and bring order to the court.
From the beginning to the end, he never forgot his responsibilities. He entered the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty not for glory and wealth, but to realize his ideal, which was to clean up the many chaos and tyranny implemented by the imperial court today.
, let the world return to the beauty of the past.
There is a long way to go!
It’s just something Chen Lifu always warned himself!
And another sentence is to endure the humiliation and bear the burden!
Let him laugh, let him scold, let him be crazy. When one day Chen Lifu ends the chaos and tyranny of the imperial court, who in the world will dare to say that Chen Lifu did something wrong?
Today, he got off work a little early and came back from the Yamen early. After coming back, he painted in the study. He has been painting frequently recently, and only when he was painting could he forget all his worries.
At this time, when he heard the steward Zhao Fu said that there was an extra number in the imperial newspaper, he immediately put down his painting. As an official of the Tang Dynasty, every issue of the imperial newspaper in the Tang Dynasty was a must-read, and the extra number was no exception.
Because now the Datang Chao Bao has become the most important propaganda window in the Tang Dynasty. All kinds of important personnel changes and policy changes are announced to the whole world in the Datang Chao Bao.
Many of the contents above are the original text of the imperial edict, which begins with the emperor being sent to heaven to summon the emperor, and the edicts using the two words "zhaoyue" are all declared to the whole world.
It is actually more important to prevent outside rumors than within the officialdom!
After taking over today's order, the first thing Chen Lifu saw was the word "exemption" in big letters, followed closely by the two words "Anping Victory".
Anping? Who knows where?
Continuing reading, the front page says that the Eternal Saint King personally led an army to fight against the main force of more than 100,000 puppet Ming rebels and nearly 100,000 Tatar cavalry outside Anping Town, Shandong. The soldiers fought bravely and defeated the Tatar cavalry and cavalry on the spot.
The pseudo-Ming thief army.
The Pseudo-Ming rebels suffered numerous casualties and over 100,000 prisoners, while the Tatar cavalry suffered tens of thousands casualties and only a small number fled in embarrassment!
The Tang Dynasty Daily's reports on wars have always been wild and unreliable, and there are basically no accurate figures because they are all military secrets. In addition, for the purpose of publicity, appropriate artistic processing will be carried out.
For example, the Tatar cavalry suffered only about 10,000 casualties, and more than 40,000 escaped. However, in the Tang Dynasty newspaper, it was 30,000 to 40,000 casualties, and only 20,000 to 30,000 escaped. As for the specific number, to be honest, I don’t understand the matter.
It is difficult for outsiders to know the truth.
However, no matter what the numbers are, a great victory is a great victory, and this cannot be denied!
As an official, Chen Lifu's political sensitivity is quite high. When he read this article, he could immediately guess that no matter what the specific losses of both sides in the war were, since this slogan was published and widely publicized, then this battle would definitely
I won, and what does this mean?
This means that the Tang Dynasty has completely defeated the Ming Dynasty. I dare not say that China has been completely unified now, but the nominal unification is absolute. If the residual Ming forces are continued to be eliminated, then the Tang Dynasty will be with the Ming Dynasty.
Like the traditional central dynasty in the past, it has become the new master of the land of China!
The impact of this battle is definitely greater than the previous Battle of Yangzhou and Battle of Anqing!
Then he flipped through the following pages of reports, which said that Emperor Zhengde was defeated and died. Of course, the Tang Dynasty Newspaper would not say anything good about Emperor Zhengde, let alone give him a feeling of sadness, and
It is said that this person brought all the blame on himself, and then it is also said that this person went completely crazy in the end and massacred the officials and soldiers of the pseudo-Ming Dynasty.
In short, we try to belittle Emperor Zhengde and Pseudo Ming as much as possible!
The Tang Dynasty Daily has never had the habit of elevating the enemy or respecting the enemy!
But all the enemies of the Tang Dynasty are scum and unforgivable sins. This is the basic principle of many reports in the Datang Dynasty newspaper. In the article of the Datang Dynasty newspaper, Emperor Zhengde was so bad that he leaked pus.
And Zhang Yue was also a corrupt official like a devil, harming the people.
To put it simply, Zhang Yue collected excessive taxes to satisfy his luxurious life. It is said that when Zhang Yue ate, he had more than a hundred dishes, all of which were delicacies from mountains and seas. They were extremely luxurious, and these were all looted from the people. Said Zhang Yue
In order to satisfy his luxurious life, Yue collected countless amounts of money in Huguang, Sichuan and other places, forcing people to sell their sons and daughters, and even exchange their sons for food.
Oh my god, although Zhang Yue, like all Ming officials, also made a lot of money as an official, he was not as luxurious as the Tang Dynasty newspaper said. A meal would only consist of dozens of dishes at most. This plunder
There is also money, but it is used to maintain the army.
As for taxation, Zhang Yue's tax collection methods are actually far inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty's tax department!
Moreover, when Zhang Yue collected taxes, he was different from Emperor Zhengde. The levy he set up for thieves was not only for poor people, but also for merchants and gentry. It was just not as harsh as the Tang Dynasty, and there were a lot more twists and turns.
Around, for example, in a fundraising situation!
Most of the time, Zhang Yue raises military expenses through compromise methods, such as raising donations and setting up checkpoints to collect tolls. Otherwise, Zhang Yue really cannot afford to support hundreds of thousands of governors by relying on those miserable poor people.
standards and military training.
In fact, to a certain extent, Zhang Yue has always been imitating the Tang Dynasty!
Needless to say, his supervision and military training, organization, training, and weapons were all copied from the Tang Army!
Even in his own staff team, he followed the example of the Tang Dynasty and set up some organizations with various names. For example, his shogunate team had a food and salary department, which was nominally to raise food and wages for the army, but in fact
It is somewhat similar to the Grain Collection Department of the Tang Dynasty. They are both used to collect taxes, but Zhang Yue's tax collection is not so direct and the methods are relatively mild.
Although he has not said it publicly, Zhang Yue and his confidants often expressed their appreciation for some of the policies of the Puppet Tang Dynasty in private situations, and said, "Learn from the strengths of thieves to control thieves."
Especially tax collection, damn, if Zhang Yue can collect tens of millions of taels of silver a year, why worry about the injustice of the Tang Dynasty!
Well, such words must not be said outside, and many of the policies of the Puppet Tang Dynasty cannot be learned!
If he dares to set up a notorious organization like the tax inspection team, where the gentry and the gentry all pay taxes, divide the land into acres, collect high commercial taxes, or even set up a tax inspection team, the superintendent will be against it in a minute!
You must know that the core of Dubiao are the children of the landlords and gentry. They are dissatisfied with the many chaos and tyranny of the Puppet Tang Dynasty, so they come to join Dubiao to resist the Puppet Tang Dynasty!
If Zhang Yue were like the Tang thieves, he would pay taxes as one unit among the gentry, divide the land into acres, and charge high commercial taxes!
They, the sons of the gentry, are still resisting. Why not just surrender to the Puppet Tang Dynasty?