When Ma Zhougang wanted to end the meeting, Jingwen stopped everyone. And Ma Zhou didn't know what was going on, and Jingwen immediately looked at those little officials. And these little officials don't know what Jingwen, a high-ranking official, is doing when they look at them, is there still something to do with them?

"Now, I'm going to tell you what you're going to do. Do you know what you do when you collect your taxes? Jingwen asked.

Jingwen asked these little officials, because the actual taxes were collected by them, so Jingwen also took the initiative to ask them.

"Collect taxes!" Someone answered immediately.

And Jingwen also asked: "Then what if someone doesn't want to pay it, or if they have an opinion and don't understand what we do?" Especially those who sell luxury goods, they used to be more profitable, but now they have to pay taxes, can they be happy? So, what do you think you should do? ”

And someone immediately replied: "Forcing them to pay taxes, as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, how can I not pay taxes?" If you don't pay taxes, you will resist taxes, and this will be a rebellion! ”

Jingwen couldn't help but slap him in the face, obviously speechless for this answer. It seems that Jingwen, the future generation, has a very strict generation gap with them! In ancient times, resisting taxes was rebellion, and officials would not explain to you the meaning of paying taxes. And they will just think that you don't pay taxes, and then it's a rebellion, so it's going to be suppressed. Later generations of tax officials will not suppress you at the beginning, but explain to you the meaning of paying taxes, and explain to you one by one the approximate purpose of these taxes, and even many people will explain to you the source of taxes and tell you why you pay so many taxes. But in ancient times, where would other people's officials explain so much to you, they would take what they should collect, and if they didn't, they would drag you to prison.

"Your grandfather's, an official of ancient and modern times. Why is there such a big gap? Jingwen thought.

At that time, Jingwen still thought that the service attitude of civil servants in later generations was not good, but in ancient times, Jingwen finally found that it was only worse, not the worst. The officials in ancient times had no sense of service to serve the people at all. Later generations will educate and serve the people, and if the people are unwilling, most of the time they will not be compulsory. But in ancient times, these guys were so unscrupulous, and they were even more arrogant than some of the people in charge of urban management in later generations, so Jingwen thought that if they didn't rectify it, it wouldn't work!

"Listen to me. If any one of the people has doubts about paying more taxes, you have to explain it to him. You have to explain to them where the tax comes from and where it will be used. Let them pay taxes with confidence, understand and pay comfortably. You also need to make them understand the importance of their taxes. Let them know that the imperial court will build roads in the future, and then there will be protection of the national economy and people's livelihood. There is also the need for everyone to be able to read and write step by step, all of which have to be paid out of taxes. You have to make them pay their taxes, and you have to pay them! If you explain it clearly, let them understand that they pay their taxes. In the end, it is you who will benefit, so I think the vast majority of people are still willing to take the initiative to pay taxes. The point is that did you explain it clearly, did they understand it? If you don't reassure them, make them think that their tax dollars are all for your bunch of rats. So who of them would want to pay taxes? Is that right? Jingwen asked.

But some people still hesitated and said, "This is too troublesome." Direct ......"

"Smack!" Jingwen slapped the table hard.

"Afraid of trouble? You know that all your wages from the Yamen are paid out of the people. If there is no tax paid by the people. Then you yamen workers are going to starve to death a long time ago, why are you doing an errand here? You can provide for your family, all the people's taxes are supporting you, is this how you treat your food and clothing? ”

"Also, are you very unfilial on weekdays?" Jingwen then asked.

"My lord, I am wronged! I am very filial, I know since I was a child that it is not easy for my parents to raise me, so I wash my parents' feet every day! Someone said right away.

Jingwen immediately asked: "Do you also know that it is not easy for your parents to raise you?" The people spend money to support you, shouldn't you be filial to them? Don't you have even the patience to explain to your own 'parents'? Is that how you usually treat your parents? ”

Although those little officials looked like they were listening to the lecture, Jingwen could clearly see that these guys didn't care much in their hearts. However, Jingwen didn't have much to do, and the officials in ancient times were all like this, with a very poor service attitude, thinking that they were the rulers, so they didn't treat the people well. Not to mention ancient China, it is also the case in ancient foreign countries. The so-called government is a service organization, in fact, it is a kind of thinking that was gradually formed after the eighteenth century, and this road has taken hundreds of years to really transform the ruling government into a service government. And now Jingwen knows that it is too difficult to reverse the root in a short period of time.

"Well, you remember for me that every day when you start working, you have to recite 'Erfeng Erlu, the people's fat and the people's anointing' ten times. This sentence means that the people spend money to support you, and you must serve the people. In addition, we will conduct an assessment, starting according to Chang'an's examination method. Evaluate your completion of tasks, and also conduct spot checks on your tax targets. If the people who are being taxed think that your service attitude is rude, or that you are too arrogant, and that you are impatient in explaining the collection of taxes, then you will be spot-checked and complained about you, then you will be done for myself. Jingwen said.

And those little officials were like earth, originally they were uncles for those taxpayers who were taxed, but now they are about to become grandsons, and the relationship is suddenly misplaced, which makes them a little speechless. But this is the above request, and they can only accept it.

And Jingwen immediately continued: "Also, if you serve well, then when I return to Chang'an, I can select some people from among you to work in Chang'an's yamen." When the time comes, you can enjoy the same treatment as the officials of Jingzhao Mansion, and you can participate in the selection and entry. ”

And when these tax collectors from Mengjin County heard this, they were immediately happy, because if they could work in Chang'an, of course, it would be good. Now everyone knows that within the scope of Jingzhao Mansion, there is an assessment every six months, that is, a group of people can successfully get rid of the identity of small officials and become officials. However, this policy was only implemented in Chang'an, not at the local level. Therefore, many people hope to work in Chang'an and enjoy this treatment. At this time, they all really began to want to do things well, so that this big official from Chang'an could take a good look, and he was also a capable person, and then let him take him to Chang'an.

"Besides, we've been doing this for a long time. In the future, if there are people in Mengjin County who have a good attitude towards serving the people and have the ability, they can also be recommended to work in Chang'an. In the future, it will be recommended by the Mazhou County Order of Mengjin County, as long as you work hard, you can all have the opportunity to work in Chang'an. Jingwen said.

"Thank you, sir!" Everyone said right away. (To be continued......)