Seeing that it was not early, several people returned together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When it was time to get out of the dam area, Zhang Dayou pointed to the mountain next to him and said: "When the dam was repaired a year ago, a dragon king temple was built on this mountain, and there was a viewing pavilion next to it. How about we all take a break there? ”

"Well, it just so happens that I have something to tell you." Xu Ping nodded in agreement, and immediately hit the horse and headed to the top of the mountain.

To build such a project, it is natural to build places such as the Dragon King Temple in this era and pray for the blessing of the water god. It is not so much feudal superstition as it is the customs of this era, unless the local officials are confused, they will not pin the hope of national peace and security on ghosts and gods. Xu Ping himself has built a temple, as long as it is not excessive, he will not stop these things.

When I got to the top of the mountain, there was a small temple, with only three main rooms and a small courtyard. At this time, there was an old Taoist in the temple who presided over it with two small Taoist servants, and the scale was very small. Seeing the officials coming, Lao Dao hurriedly came out with the Taoist servants to greet him.

Time was tight, Xu Ping ordered his subordinates to follow the old road into the temple to burn incense, and he took Li Shen and Zhang Dayou to the viewing pavilion next to him and sat down. This pavilion is being built on the top of the mountain, although it is only a wooden pillar thatched roof, it is a little simpler, but it is taking in the surrounding mountains and rivers into the bottom of the eye, the view is wide, and the scenery is very good.

Sitting on a stone bench in the pavilion, the accompanying soldiers took hot water from the temple and served tea.

After drinking tea, Xu Ping said to Li Shen and Zhang Dayou: "Yesterday I went to Xingqing Hall, met the local elders, and talked about the school established here in Bishui. Everything is fine, but the villagers who join the society have limited financial resources, there is no place to teach, and the wind and rain are blowing. ”

Zhang Dayou said: "There is such a thing, I want to build a school for a place where there is a school society, but the county's financial resources are limited, and it has not been possible." When the canal is opened to navigation this year, I want to be able to collect some taxes, so I will do it. ”

Xu Ping waved his hand: "No need, I have already asked the big families in my hometown to work together to build a house and use it as a place for the school to teach." ”

Zhang Dayou frowned: "This thing is not easy, I originally thought the same, and the exhortation was sent several times, but the big families in the township just turned a deaf ear." There is no way, so I thought that the county would pay for it. Du Cao's identity is unusual, and it is rare for those big families to know the truth and give you this face. ”

"Where does the face come from? I have been talking bitterly for a long time, but a big family just doesn't let go, only that the family wealth is saved by himself for several generations, and he has no schoolchildren of school age in his family, and he doesn't want to pay a penny. In the end, I had no choice but to ask them to report the amount of money to the county to offset the future distribution and purchase, and then I agreed. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Li Shen said: "Du Cao, I'm afraid that this matter is a little inappropriate." Offset the distribution and buying, why bother to let the big households pay? Wouldn't it be good for the county to collect money and build it by itself, it is the moral government of the county to build it, so why let the big families lose the reputation of a good person in vain? Speaking of the villagers, if the government does not do anything, it is the good deeds of a few good people, so what is the benefit? ”

"What you say makes sense, and that's exactly what I'm trying to explain to you." Xu Ping sighed, "If doing good deeds can offset the government's science allocation, then why not directly collect money from the government and build it directly by the government?" This is indeed the case. Therefore, I have repeatedly emphasized that the offset is the allocation and buying, and it must not be offset against the tax and servitude. Branch distribution and buying, folding and branching, this year Jingxi Road will be written down, and the state and county will not be allowed to collect it privately in the future. What money can be collected by the state and county, the transshipment envoy will make a list, and only those who are in the list can do so. However, the previous items of distribution and buying and conversion will not be cancelled, but they must be approved by Cao Si if they really want to be collected. In other words, starting after this fall, although these names have survived but not been discarded, they have not really been collected. ”

Zhang Dayou couldn't help frowning: "What does Du Cao mean?" I don't understand why. ”

This means that tax and servitude are the obligations of the villagers to the imperial court, which cannot be changed, otherwise where will the state use come from? But all miscellaneous donations are not mandatory, don't think of a way in the future. However, if these names are abolished, it is inevitable that the local government will invoke the old rules and re-launch the levy. Two years ago, when I first returned to Beijing, Master Cheng was the third envoy, so I was not allowed to merge the names of taxes and miscellaneous donations in various places, which is also the meaning. At the time, I didn't think so, but now I don't agree with it, although I think there is some truth. To put it simply, what is really collected in the future, the taxes and miscellaneous contributions of various names still have to be combined, otherwise the names of the money collected are complicated, and it is inconvenient for the officials and the people. However, those that are only in name but not actually collected will remain there, and there is no need to discard the name to prevent future generations from creating new names. ”

Seeing that Li Shen was about to speak, Xu Ping waved his hand: "After listening to me, the biggest difference between this and the previous one is that the right to levy new taxes is to receive the right to levy new taxes from the local government to the transit envoy." What can be collected, according to the official document of the transshipment envoy, and those that are not in the list are not allowed to be levied. Let the money for doing good deeds be offset against the distribution and buying, the most feared thing is that someone will take advantage of this to evade taxes, and if you really want to offset the taxes, why let the big family be this good person? However, after the distribution and purchase, it is only saved and not collected, which does have this benefit for the villagers who have done good deeds, and for the government, the general situation will not really affect the income. ”

Zhang Dayou said: "What does Du Cao mean, this is just to let the big country households draw cakes to satisfy their hunger?" ”

"Yes, exactly! But don't really take this as a deception to them, some miscellaneous donations will still be levied when they have to do so in the future, and it will naturally be useful at that time. This is what I want to tell you, in the countryside, the government has limited financial resources, and many things cannot be done if they want to, so they have to borrow the financial resources of the private sector. In the past, miscellaneous donations were used to collect money directly from the hands of the people according to the head, which inevitably aroused public resentment. In the future, this will not be done, but instead focus on persuasion, so that the local rich people will voluntarily donate the money, and the local government will give certain benefits. However, the state and county must not be a good person, and reward all good deeds, that will not work. It's okay to pay money to help students, you can pay to build bridges and pave roads, and you can build Yidu, but if you donate money to repair temples and carve Buddhas, and give monks and Taoists incense money, it's not okay. It must be something that helps the government and is good for the people. This matter starts from Mengzhou, and the two of you use some heart to make a list, which ones are the good luck of the award, and which ones are not, there are rules to follow. The general principle is that money should be used where it is useful, and not spent on ethereal gods. ”

Li Shen and Zhang Dayou lowered their heads and thought for a while, understood what Xu Ping meant, and nodded in agreement.

If the donations can really cover the taxes that must be levied, then why let private donations? It is not better to collect money directly from the government to do it, and the magistrate also has a good reputation. Offsetting and buying is just an attitude, indicating that the official reward cannot really have much effect. This must be combined with the imposition of strict taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

According to Xu Ping's previous life, in the future, in addition to the regular tax, the white list system will be implemented, and the authority to levy taxes will be received by the transfer envoy at the road level, and the state and county will no longer have this power. There are many names of these miscellaneous taxes, and they cannot be abolished all, and the fiscal revenue from the regular tax cannot cover all the financial expenditures, which is the limitation of the times, and there is no way to do it, but it will become stricter in the future. All Xu Ping can do is this. Moreover, the situation is different from place to place, and at most you can only receive the road level.

Li Shen and Zhang Dayou are Xu Ping's own people, and they can tell them directly that they don't need to fight wits and courage like other local officials, and they have to go back and forth before they can be implemented.