Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 69 The ancient productivity level is not good!

Wang Long sneered, and said: "The little one used to follow Mr. Jia... Ah no, in Jiawu, after collecting taxes for two years, he traveled the entire county, and the taxes paid by the common people were at most only the tax collection required by the superiors. One-third of the amount, and the rest is the tax money that Mr. Jia found from the county gentry."

"Most of the land in our county is owned by those squires. The common people are just renting and planting, and the squires have to take [-]% of the grain they grow. We tax it down, which is based on the amount of grain stored by each household, on average. , and then set a number according to the ratio to collect. But the number specified by the above is based on the total amount of grain and the ratio is collected. "

"Although this year is a good year, it can only allow the people to have a little surplus after paying this amount... and the amount collected is far from enough. Because the gentry in this county are either famous or descendants of officials. , are exempt from taxation.”

There is such a thing?

Qin Feng was really surprised, isn't this a bug?
The gentry took away [-]% of the grain in Ninghai County, and then they didn't hand over [-]% of the grain.

When Qin Feng went to collect taxes, he could only collect [-]% of the grain.And every household can't collect all the money, they have to leave something for others to eat.

Just like that, the magistrate reached out to Qin Feng, but the tax was calculated on the basis of [-]% of the grain, who the hell could pay it?

Qin Feng didn't know, in fact, the state government's delineated figures, according to the proportion of grain production, are already very humane, because the imperial court does not even refer to this, and directly stipulates a figure - how many loads of grain must be collected this year Tax……

"Alas..." Qin Feng sighed, now he finally understands, no wonder the officials and businessmen colluded in ancient times, and officials and officials protected each other, it seems that officials were also forced.

Failure to pay taxes means that if it’s too light, it’s just that you have no political achievements, but if it’s too serious, you will be held accountable.

But the common people have no food and no money, and forcing them to death is useless. If you want to get promoted and get rich, or avoid being dismissed or punished, you can only collude with squires and wealthy businessmen and ask for money from them...

This is too difficult to deal with. He just gave these squires a fat beating. These squires probably hate him so much that his teeth itch. Is it possible to ask them for money?
No.

How to do?
Qin Feng gritted his teeth: "Call the accountant."

"Yes."

……

Not long after, Mr. Accountant came.

Originally, the county government did not have the post of accountant.

On the contrary, there should be two kinds of secondary officials, the county magistrate and the chief secretary, who, like Qin Feng, are appointed by the imperial court and are officials of the eighth rank and the ninth rank.

But Ninghai County was an exception. After Jiawu came to Ninghai County, the original master book and county magistrate disappeared. The original owner Qin Feng had this memory in his head, but he didn't know their whereabouts.

Qin Feng himself estimated that either they must have been killed by Jiawu.

Although they are Zhima officials who are younger than Qin Feng, they are also officials ordered by the court. As long as they don't die, how can they be allowed to be bullied by Jiawu?

So it must be dead.

As for this matter, I am afraid that it will be stopped when it reaches the state capital, because Jiawu has something to do with the magistrate, and Qin Feng doesn't know the specific relationship.

But thinking about it now, if the magistrate can suppress such a big matter as the disappearance of the imperial court official, it is estimated that the relationship will not be bad.

Without the master book, many facts need to be dealt with, especially the cost of the county office, which needs to be recorded by someone, so the original owner Qin Feng found such an accountant.

Nowadays, you have to ask him about the data type in the county government.

"The villain kowtowed to Mr. Qin."

"Well, how much tax should Ninghai County pay to the state capital this year? Is there any amount? Tell me."

Qin Feng asked.

This kind of number is usually sent from the state capital to their county in the form of a letter at the beginning of the year.

The accountant is a clever one, and he kept it in his mind early in the morning, so he knew it without looking through the account book and letters.

"My lord, this county should pay 26 shi in grain tax to the state capital this year."

This number is determined by the Terengganu government based on the area of ​​cultivated land in each county and the yield per mu.

Qin Feng has only been here for a few days, but he knows that the county magistrate is in charge of paying taxes, so he has seen some basic conditions of the county.

Ninghai County has a population of about 20, including the elderly, weak, women and children, but the household registration number is only about 4.

On average, a household only needs to pay 6 shi for grain.

The arable land area of ​​Ninghai County is about 180 million mu.

Qin Feng did a random calculation, 180 million mu of land, even if one mu of land produces 500 catties of grain, that is 9 million catties, 120 catties is one stone, that is 750 million stones, let the gentry and landlords take 150%, and the remaining Divide 4 million shi by 37.5 households, and one household has [-] shi.

Even if you pay 6 shi of grain, each household can still have 31.5 shi left.

31.5 stone ah, 3780 catties of grain.

365 days a year, on average, a household has more than 10 catties of grain per day.

It's a bit tight, but it seems to be ok.

After Qin Feng finished the calculation, he felt that this level was not bad.

As for the squires, he must have no hope. If they can still pay taxes for Qin Feng after calculating them like this, they will really be kicked by a donkey.

So this year, he can only feel wronged and wronged the common people, each household receives them 6 shi of grain, let’s pass this year, as long as this pass, Qin Feng, a person from the future, can’t do anything to benefit the local people still?

"Well... good! good! Jiawu is dead, and the county has not found a suitable tax official for the time being. You will be responsible for the tax and food this year."

Qin Feng said to the accountant.

The accountant glanced at Qin Feng, stepped forward with a smile and said: "The villain takes orders. In this case, the adults only need to let the government servants go door to door and tell the farmers to prepare the grain that should be paid and send it to the county after the autumn harvest. Just a warehouse."

"Uh, as for the part of the squire's support every year, please arrange someone to bring it."

Qin Feng shook his head: "Uh, no, I don't need their support this year. Just expropriate farmers."

"Ah? This... isn't it enough? How much grain does a family need to pay in order to pay taxes?"

The accountant widened his eyes.

"Hehe, not too much, not too much, the official has already calculated, and the family only needs to pay 6 shi."

Qin Feng said confidently: "It is indeed a little more than in previous years, but this county will explain the situation to the people in advance. Anyway, the lack of these 6 stones of grain will not have much impact on their lives..."

The accountant frowned, hesitated for a while, and then said to Qin Feng: "My lord, if we follow the collection method in previous years, each household only needs to pay a little more than one shi, which is almost enough. If it is 6 shi, I am afraid that this year our county will pay more than one shi. Many people died of starvation. I hope the adults will carefully consider it."

"People starve to death? How can people starve to death? Just eat food and nothing else. Isn't it enough for a household to eat more than ten catties a day?"

Qin Feng asked in surprise.

The accountant felt even more incredible.

"More than ten catties? My lord, if a household weighs more than ten catties a day, even if the people don't pay taxes, they can only live for more than half a year."

"How could it be? Let me ask you, how much land is planted by an average household in the county?"

"About... 45 acres."

"That's it. A family has 45 mu, and the yield per mu is 500 catties. That's..."

Before Qin Feng finished speaking here, the accountant yelled out: "500 catties?"

"Ah? 500 catties... Isn't it normal? This year is a good year, isn't it?"

This figure was not obtained by Qin Feng's investigation, but his estimation.

In the era of Qin Feng, the yield of hybrid rice was 1200 catties per mu.

Of course, Qin Feng knew that there were not such good varieties and techniques in ancient times, so he made a discount, one-third, so it would cost 400 catties per mu, right?

The weather is good this year, so the 500 catties per mu should be about the same, right?

The accountant waved his hands again and again: "Master, you are joking. This year is indeed a good year, but the grain yield per mu will not reach 500 catties anyway. There are still two months until the harvest. If there is no disaster, it will continue to grow like this, mu The production may reach 300 catties. This is already a good idea."

"I really don't know, my lord, why would you have the idea of ​​yielding 500 catties per mu? It's a fantasy, a fantasy."

This time it was Qin Feng's turn to be surprised.

Good year!

Only 300 catties per mu?
What about trouble?This level is too low!
Qin Feng was stunned. Isn't the level of productivity in ancient times too low? !

(End of this chapter)