As soon as the day was dawn, Luo Yong got up. Yesterday, the county magistrate and others presented him with some information, which were all about the situation of some difficult households in various villages and towns.

He has been too busy these two days. He has saved a lot of the information on hand, and he has no time to read it carefully. There is no other arrangement this morning, so he got up early to read this.

As he looked at it, Luo Yong felt something was wrong, so he changed his clothes and went to the front hall, and sent someone to call the county magistrate and others over.

County lieutenant Guo Fenglai had already gotten up at this time. He had just arrived in Changle County for a while. He was not familiar with many places. In addition, he had the emperor's will, so he dared not be lazy.

The county magistrate's chief clerk probably hasn't gotten up yet. He was so tired when collecting taxes a few days ago. He probably hasn't eased up yet. When he arrived in front of Luo Yong, he was still feeling a little tired.

"I looked at the villages and towns early this morning and found something was wrong." Luo Yong said to them after he was all here.

"Where is wrong?" the county magistrate asked.

"That's..." Luo Yong was about to say this when he heard another movement outside. The officers who were guarding outside said that the county magistrate and others were discussing the matter. He told Yan that he would go to the small hall first to wait.

When Luo Yong heard that it was the voice of the old county magistrate Tan, he told the servants outside that he asked them to invite the old county magistrate Tan in. Today, the old county magistrate Tan should be more clear about this matter than the others present.

"Why did you discuss matters here early in the morning and don't know what to discuss?" After Magistrate Tan came in, he asked Luo Yong and others.

"It's the matter of these unemployed households in Changle County." Luo Yong first reached out to signal the old county magistrate Tan to sit down, and then said to him: "I think these people who cannot pay taxes can clearly be classified as unaccompanied households. Why do they have to pay rent and mediocre adjustments, and there are so many households?"

At this time, most of the population was calculated based on the number of households. How many households in the village, who was the head of the household, how many people in the family, etc., all had to be compiled into a book, so these people were also called households.

If you distinguish them by taxation standards, these households are divided into households and non-participants, which refer to taxation. Households refer to households who need to pay rent, mediocre and corvee service. Households do not need to pay rent, mediocre and corvee service. As for land tax and household tax, usually, as long as you have land at home, as long as you live in the Tang Dynasty as a household, you generally have to pay.

In addition to some noble people and related departments of noble people, slaves, etc., there are monks and nuns, old people, widows, concubines, disabilities, etc. The last ones are targeted at the situation where some poor people in society cannot afford taxes.

When Luo Yong was in Lishi County, although the standards for distinguishing between the class and the non-class household were not strictly followed the above standards, it was still very different. Why did he go to Changle County so big? Many disabled families were also required to pay rent and mediocre service, and there were obviously no strong laborers at home, and only some of them were half-old. This was the case.

"Mingfu should also know that the division between the households and the households without the households is updated very often, just once a few years. When the actual assessment is made by officials from all over the country, they are often strict. Otherwise, where can they collect so many taxes?"

The current county magistrate of Changle County has traveled to many places in the past. He is not surprised by this situation. In his opinion, the situation in Changle County is not very bad.

"Although I know this, I didn't expect that it was so serious in Changle County." The situation that the county magistrate seemed relatively optimistic was quite serious in Luo Yong's place. After all, everyone's experiences are different, so the standards are naturally different.

"Mr. Tan is ashamed." The magistrate of Tan's old county magistrate said in shame.

In the past, the village chief came to the public mansion and wanted to ask some families in their place for a family without any tuition. The county magistrate had ordered the servants to beat the person out without saying a word. After several times, no one came to ask the family for a family without any tuition.

Many years have passed, and the local people have probably no expectations for the non-class households. Luo Yong has been in office for more than half a year, and no one has ever mentioned the non-class households to him.

"Mingfu thought, what should I do at this time?" Guo Fenglai asked at this time.

Luo sighed and said, "Recount it."

"For those newly designated as non-participants, if they have paid taxes, they should be refunded and returned. If they have not paid yet, they should be exempted."

"There are also these households, this, this... you have already understood and verified these, so let's get rid of them first."

"How should I return this...the rent and medicinal service that has been paid?"

"Let's get out of the household tax."

"Here."

"I'm here today and I have something to ask for." County Magistrate Tan said again at this time.

"Please speak with Mr. Tan," said Luo Yong.

"There are still some lonely, widowed, elderly and weak under Changle County. Not to mention taxes, if no one helps them, they can't even support themselves. In the past, I would allocate some firewood and rice from my own field to distribute it. I would help a little. I wonder what Mingfu plans this year?"

It is said that he has allocated some firewood and rice, but in fact, the output from his own field every year is basically invested in. If the year is not good, he has to pay some salary to supplement it. Because of this, his wife and children at home have complaints.

"What happened in previous years is still the same this year. I have to worry about this matter more."

"Why do you need too much etiquette in the Ming Mansion? The kind-hearted heart of the Ming Mansion is a blessing for always enjoying the people."

It was also on the same day that in Jinchang City, not far from Changle County, Chen Jiao had a drink with the magistrate of Jinchang County, called Fu Bingcao over and asked him about his experiences in Changle County during his time.

Fu Bingcao said everything he saw. While talking, he saw the two of them siping wine with leisure and comfort. He couldn't help but think of Luo Yong and others who were busy leaving early and returning late all day long.

Luo Yong used tea trading as an excuse to seconded troops from Jinchang. Now that winter is approaching, the peak of trading has passed, and the Hu merchants have almost gone.

In addition, Tang Jian brought a new county magistrate to Luo Yong this time, and it was heard that it was the saint's choice. In this way, there was no such thing as the military officer.

But after staying in Changle County for a while, I saw the thriving scenes of those who were busy every day and the whole of Changle County, I was really a little uncomfortable when I returned to Jinchang City.

They are all officials, such as Chen Jiao, who are born into a gentry, and being an official is their destiny and their destination. It is common to eat and enjoy drinking and enjoy. Sometimes they have a kind heart and understand the hardships of people's livelihood. That is great kindness.

Seeing him sitting here today having a drink and chatting, is it because there is nothing to do in the Duke's Mansion?

It's not that nothing is wrong, it's just that those things are nothing in their eyes.

“…that’s all that?”

"That's all I heard and saw in Changle County."

"Seriously, you go down first."

"Here."

Winter is approaching, and Fu Bingcao should prepare for the winter. Recently, I have seen the salary and benefits of those servants in Changle. Let’s look at the people under my command...

When Fu Bingcao, who had arrived outside the Duke's Mansion, couldn't help but look back and frowned slightly.

At the same time, thousands of miles away.

The group of young talents who were selected and selected by the aristocratic families in Chang'an City were about to cross the Yellow River at this time, and then crossed the Yellow River. Going westward, the Hexi Corridor was the Hexi Corridor.

Before they reached the ferry, they were walking upstream along the Yellow River. They met some villagers blowing sheepskin rafts by the Yellow River.

Blow the empty sheepskin raft to a bulge, then tie the air outlet tightly with a rope, then tie the vegetables and other items that each carried out from the village firmly on the sheepskin raft, push them to the shallows, and people can also sit on it, and then they can flow down the water.

Most of these gentry young men lived in Chang'an City in the past, and were not the key training targets of the family. If the family refused to provide financial support, they would naturally not be able to study around to increase their knowledge. This is the first time they have seen such a scene like today.

Among the villagers, there was a talkative boy who even started talking to these young men and asked about Chang'an City. He also told them that he would transport these two baskets of reeds to the downstream town for money today. When he was in a sheepskin raft, he walked back along the bank of the Yellow River with his legs.

As the young men listened and found it very novel. They saw the villagers boarding the sheepskin rafts, floating further and further away. When they were about to leave, they saw the young man's sheepskin raft being driven by the turbulent flow in the river. The young man seemed to be a little panicked and couldn't hold it. His raft turned over and the people also fell into the river...

The young men on the river bank had never seen such a scene. They were stunned for a moment. When they realized, they saw the river water turbulent. They were all unfamiliar with water. No one dared to say anything about going into the water to save people.

Fortunately, the young man was good at water. After a while, he saw him rising in the river, pulling his sheepskin raft with one hand, while searching everywhere, probably looking for his two baskets of reeds, but the river water was deep and fast. After a moment, I had no idea where he had washed away his two baskets of reeds.

"Don't look for it, you'd better get ashore soon." A young man here couldn't help but shout at him.

"..." The young man ignored him and was floating in the water, and was carried downstream by the river. After a while, he was climbing onto the sheepskin raft again, and his eyes were still searching on the surrounding water.

These young men from the aristocratic family stood on the river bank and watched the young man wandering on the river surface, slowly drifting further and further as the river water drifted farther and farther, feeling very uncomfortable.

"My husbands, hurry up and hurry up, don't miss the ferry today."

“…Let’s go.”

The horse's hooves stomp on the road, and the carriage swayed. Outside the car window was the turbid and turbulent Yellow River water, and the two sides of the Yellow River were endless vast rivers and mountains.
Chapter completed!