Chapter 62 How Difficult Is This?
Master Li entered the county hall and bowed to Wang Anshi: "The head of the county has been in June, and the summer tax revenue has reached less than 30%. If the relocation continues, it is afraid that the time limit will be violated. The county officials are sent to do misconduct, and they are afraid that the summer tax will be missed."
Wang Anshi said: "It's okay, the township officials have books, so let the officials who come to work in the county to collect the debt."
Li Zhubu said in embarrassment: "Although the words are said, the records in the sacred book may not be clear. Some villages need to increase the number, while others need to reduce the exemption. It is impossible to do the same according to the sacred book. It is not that old officials cannot distinguish the grievances."
"If you can't tell the difference, just collect it according to the books. The increase and decrease in the number is based on the imperial edicts, and clean it up one by one. If you should be exempted, you should be exempted, and if you should be added, it is just trivial writing skills. If you are in charge of the shop in front of the yamen, you can all know the words and write, and you have to keep accounts for the shop. How can such things be difficult to deal with them?"
Seeing that Wang Anshi was like this, Li Zhubu was in a dilemma and hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but say, "City Chief, things should be like this according to the principle. But the difficulty of governing lies in those unreasonable places. According to the knowledge of the subordinates in previous years of handling summer taxes, they can only receive 60% to 70% of taxes according to the rules, and cannot be more. The less than 30% of the less, the veterans need to analyze how to collect them to the superiors and not let the people complain."
Taxes are collected according to land acres and households. The changes in the number of land acres and poverty are actually false, and they have not been changed in books for many years. The most important change of the two taxes is households, which are different every year. Households and households are changing year by year, while the two taxes set by the court remain unchanged. How to share the taxes by households and then collect them? They have explained to the superiors and subordinates, and not everyone can handle them.
Those old officials were born and raised in their hometowns and knew the people and households in the county. They could not only deal with the ups and downs of households, but also maintain the situation. Even if they were engaged in private fraud, there was nothing wrong with the general situation and some people went to the state to sue them.
Several officials in the county are all vacancies. Not to mention Wang Anshi, a novice who just passed the Jinshi, Li Zhubu himself has been an official for more than 20 years, and he cannot raise the Xia tax without the help of the veteran officials. Forcibly levying it, it is probably a big mess.
Seeing that Li Zhuan Li was standing there in panic, Wang Anshi said: "The chief clerk should not worry. Just let the townships come and go to collect the offices. If there are any problems, the chief clerk is unsure and just come and ask me."
Master Li shook his head and said nothing more, so he had to turn around and leave the county department.
Wang Anshi didn't care and still lowered his head to deal with his business. He just collected taxes, but just collected them according to the article. What's the difficulty? Wang Anshi really couldn't figure out what Li Zhuzhu was worried about. He couldn't do anything without a few veteran officials. Could this official do it?
What is unexpected is that after Master Li learned that Wang Anshi did not change his mind, he took leave the next day. Without waiting for the above to agree, he went away directly. He reported to Wang Anshi, which made Wang Anshi confused.
County Session, Cui County Magistrate said to Wang Anshi: "The chief of the county, don't blame him for saying offense."
Wang Anshi, who was walking, stopped and turned around and said, "Yiwei has something to say. Master Li left with his crown. Now there are only two of you who govern the county. How can you not be so heartless?"
County Magistrate Cui sighed: "The chief of the county must know that the reason why Li Zhuzhu asked for leave was because the county recently removed the official from his post and replaced him with a group of nonsense. He was in charge of money and food. Instead of being punished in the autumn, it would be better to leave now."
Wang Anshi was confused: "If the officials change, the money and food will not be collected? I just can't figure it out. The finance and tax books are there, and there are people under his command. Why is Li Zhubu afraid that he will be punished by the court in the autumn?"
Seeing that Wang Anshi was serious, he didn't pretend to behave, he seemed to be unable to understand. He said: "For us officials, it is the most difficult thing to govern the county, and the difficulty lies in money and grain. Why? Although all the money and tuition are based on books, books are recorded by officials and local clerks. There must be something inconsistent with reality when collecting taxes. How to do it? It depends on the old officials. The chief of the county changed all the officials in the county, not only missing the familiar ones, but also the people in the countryside heard about it, and they also had a treacherous heart. This is how things are done in the countryside. When everything goes well, everything goes well. Once something goes wrong, it will be disagreeable. Li Zhuzhu wants to collect taxes, but he actually has nowhere to start."
Wang Anshi was silent for a while and said to County Magistrate Cui: "It is difficult for the county magistrate to say something, and it is difficult to do things. I am afraid that those officials with resentment will be involved in the trouble. They know the truth from their hometown, and they all know the tax books and books. As long as they provoke it in the countryside and teach a few confidant families, they will mess up the matter."
County Magistrate Cui smiled awkwardly and nodded. Yes, not only the difficulty of collecting taxes itself, but also the slimmers are also making trouble from it. They know the most about which link is prone to problems. As long as they provoke it, they will almost be wrong to collect taxes according to books. Master Li must know the difficulties and knows that he can't handle them no matter what, so he simply quit.
Wang Anshi shook his head: "Master Li is too careful. I asked him if he has any questions. Even if I come and ask me, why do you still have to leave? It is good to have money from the countryside, but there are still accounts to check for previous years. As long as you check the accounts in recent years and compare them with the mastbook, there is no place for officials to sell their traitors. As long as we are officials, how can we be controlled by minor officials! This is a matter of Li Zhuan Li! "
Seeing Wang Anshi's confidence, County Magistrate Cui tried to ask: "Civil Secretary, checking the accounts of the past years, and speaking of the current situation is a waste of money. But the person who can do it will be rude, and he has not seen anyone who has been an official for more than ten years."
"Why is this difficult?" Wang Anshi looked at Prince Cui strangely. "The accounts are all there, and there are also copybooks in Caobu County. Just compare them one by one. I have read them before. As long as there are three or five helpers, it will be done in less than ten days, and I can't miss the business."
When Cui County Wei heard this, he was stunned and looked at Wang Anshi as if he was looking at a monster. He couldn't help but feel upset. Does this young magistrate really have this ability? Although he is a Jinshi and is said to be the top scholar, these officials are not writing poetry and essays. It requires years of experience in handling official affairs, and also a clear mind. If Wang Anshi really finds it difficult to do this, it would be a bit scary. He is often afraid that officials can be officials, and the officials below dare not deceive him. With this ability, who dares to deceive him? But if you don't want to say that you are a person, Cui County Wei has never even heard of such a person.
Wang Anshi felt that this was nothing extraordinary at all. He just checked the account, what was the difficulty? So he couldn't figure out what Li Zhubu was thinking no matter what. He just left for a small matter, and he started to investigate it himself, and it was a small matter to take his official position.
It is not difficult to check accounts, but in this era there are no computers, spreadsheets, and various mature accounting methods. It would be difficult to sort out the accounts one by one. Even if a lot of manpower is used, it is not guaranteed. In fact, Gong County has no suitable personnel at all. The officials who can do this have been driven out by Wang Anshi to do chores.
Wang Anshi never forgets it. He holds the two accounts in his hand, and he can figure it out clearly after reading it. Not to mention Gongxian, how many people in the world have such skills? Xu Ping does this kind of thing, drawing various forms and burying his head to do it, and he can't do it like Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi thinks that a very simple thing is that few people in the world can do it. Li Zhubu didn't expect that his boss was such a monster. If he couldn't collect money and food, he would be severely punished. It would be better to quit early.
From the beginning, Wang Anshi's eyes were all very simple things. So he didn't worry at all and put all his attention on agriculture. Agriculture could only be done by hard work, which was something that Wang Anshi thought was difficult to deal with.
When he found that the public officials were doing something wrong under his nose, Wang Anshi drove the group out without hesitation and used the yamen front that they were bullied. In Wang Anshi's eyes, those officials could not do anything at all.
Chapter completed!