The poem says: Viewed from the side, it looks like a ridge and a peak on the side, with different heights near and far.

Based on the different patterns and interests, everyone sees differently.

Whether it was the officials of the Hezhong Prefecture, the scholar-bureaucrats, or the big landowners, they all believed that the Tax Department was the murder weapon, because what the imperial court expected was to improve finances, and that was the only thing.

This understanding is of course very accurate.

But they ignored a crucial plan, which is the salt debt and salt banknotes they now hold.

Although the reform of the Taxation Department may increase tax revenue, in any case, it only maintains the basic fundamentals, because the country's basic finance is taxation, which should be collected in the first place, but the new tax law has become more balanced, and

Instead of exploiting the poor to death, we need to collect more from the rich and subsidize them.

What those big landowners saw was that their illegal behavior might be discovered, so they had to find ways to resist.

But they should have paid taxes according to law.

This is perfectly normal.

But Wang Anshi came here for open source and needed economic growth.

Salt debt and salt banknotes are catalysts for economic growth.

In addition, salt debts and salt banknotes can also make up for the shortcomings of limited development of the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate. Now the Public Security Bureau has struggled for a year in Hezhong Prefecture to slowly gain a foothold. It is impossible to expand to the entire Shaanxi Road at once. Other state capitals

It is impossible to increase tax revenue, and the fiscal contribution that one government can make is very limited.

But salt debts and salt banknotes cover the entire northwest region.

Because of the large amount of salt debts and salt banknotes, they were sent to the Bianjunzhou area, and then the merchants took the salt debts and salt banknotes to Hezhong Prefecture to exchange for salt.

This breaks through the limitations of the Public Security Bureau, which also controls Jiezhou, the core salt-producing area, and provides salt debt and salt banknote guarantees.

It's just that those big landowners only care about their own interests. He saw that it was the Department of Taxation, but he didn't notice at all. In fact, the government has recently increased its efforts to issue salt banknotes.

All salaries were changed to salt banknotes, and salt banknotes were also used for water conservancy and prison construction there.

And those salt merchants came to Hezhong Mansion with salt banknotes and found that they could buy anything with the salt banknotes in their hands, and they also used the salt banknotes.

A large amount of salt banknotes poured into the market, but at the same time, the tax department, public prosecutors and law over there endorsed the salt banknotes, and many people had already used the salt banknotes to pay the deed tax, so the credibility became very strong. Everyone took the salt banknotes without panic, anyway.

It's taxable.

However, the entire Shaanxi region lacks currency, which is also a reason for the sluggish local economy. Because bartering is always difficult, the monetization of salt banknotes is a great stimulus to economic development.

In addition to the craziness of business, crazy harvesting is also going on in the farmland, and women account for the majority because their husbands are working for the government to earn food rations during this period. Although it is very, very hard, they are full of energy.

Motivated, even if they are exhausted, because they believe that good times are ahead, as long as they get through this difficulty.

They are all already thinking about next year.

They won't need to pay too much tax next year. If they don't have any debts, they will have enough food to get through the lean period. They can also go to work in the city in their spare time, and their lives will get better and better.

In fact, for most people, they are not afraid of hardship or tiredness. It doesn't matter if it is 996 or 997. They are afraid of despair. Once they are given hope, they can endure it no matter how hard or tired they are.

During this period, the Taxation Department was also making arrangements for tax collection. All law school students were mobilized. At the same time, the Hezhong Law Firm and various bookstores sent many people to provide free assistance.

Those bookstores who send people to help are not doing good deeds, nor are they trying to curry favor with the tax department. They all know that the tax department cannot be currying favor with them. They do this purely for their own business, because they all know that there will definitely be something going on here.

When a dispute arises, they all want to get more detailed information as soon as possible.

Autumn has arrived, and many literati have also come to the suburbs in this crisp autumn atmosphere. However, this year they have no time to pay attention to the autumn scenery. Most of them focus on the tax collection points of the tax department.

Fan Zhen and Su Che also went to a tax collection point in the suburbs together.

"It's finally here!" Fan Zhen looked a little uneasy.

Su Che glanced at him and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that we, the public security organs, the procuratorate, and the law still have a long way to go!"

Fan Zhen looked at him doubtfully, "Why did Zi say this?"

Su Che smiled and said: "Now we are not robbing families or adding excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. We are just collecting taxes in accordance with the law. But even so, it still makes Master Fan so uneasy. It shows that our public prosecutors and law still have many aspects to improve!"

If you are so uneasy about something legal, it must be a problem with law enforcement.

Fan Zhen stroked his beard and smiled, "The road is long and long. I will search up and down."

But after that, when Su Zhe didn't respond, he looked at him again and saw that he was looking into the distance. He couldn't help but follow his gaze and asked, "Huh? Why are there so many people over there?"

Su Zhe asked: "Could it be that you are paying taxes?"

Fan Zhen shook his head and said: "Impossible, this is specifically for ordinary self-cultivators, and a lot of grain has not been harvested yet. How can anyone come to pay taxes? The Taxation Department also stipulates that formal declarations will be made after half a month.

Tax.”

At this point, he frowned and said, "Is there something wrong?"

After all, many young students have been arranged to work here this time, but they have little experience.

So the two walked over quickly.

When I came to the door of the warehouse, I found barefoot farmers standing in the open space, tiptoeing, looking forward, seeming very anxious.

Su Zhe saw some of them holding salt banknotes in their hands and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, are you paying taxes?"

"Um."

The uncle didn't even look at Su Zhe, his eyes were fixed on the front.

Su Che and Fan Zhen looked at each other, then went to the front of the team, only to see two young people sitting at a long table, with three or five Royal Police officers patrolling around to maintain law and order.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! These two young people Fan Zhen knew each other, they were law students Huang Zhibo and Wang Zongrui.

"Master Fan, Prosecutor General Su."

When they saw Fan Zhen and Su Che, they were about to stand up and salute.

Fan Zhen hurriedly pressed his hands to indicate that they did not need to salute, and then asked: "Isn't it still in the preparation stage? Why did you start collecting taxes?"

Wang Zongrui replied: "Originally we were preparing, but the villagers nearby always came to pay taxes. Later, the Taxation Department asked us to start collecting taxes."

Su Zhe looked at the farmers again and said, "We haven't even harvested the grain yet. Why are you so anxious to pay taxes?"

The farmer said hurriedly: "I have to pay it anyway, so why not pay it early? I will feel more at ease."

Fan Zhen asked curiously: "But the grain is still in the fields, where did you get the money?"

"This is what I earned from my recent work, and I didn't steal or rob it." The farmer said, protecting the salt banknotes in his hands with both hands.

Suddenly I heard comments coming from behind, "What's going on in front? Why aren't you moving?"

"What are you doing in front?"

"Hurry up then, I'm in a hurry to get back to work."

...

Fan Zhen saw that the people behind him were very anxious, so he said, "Sorry for bothering you."

After saying that, he and Su Zhe stepped aside.

The farmer hurried forward and handed over the land deed, household registration and a few salt banknotes.

Because they were illiterate, they probably did not hire Erbi, otherwise, they would not have needed to come in person.

Huang Zhibo looked at the land deed for a while and asked, "Is there any other income?"

The farmer said: "I recently helped the government build rivers and earned some money."

Huang Zhibo asked: "Besides, is there any other income?"

The farmer asked, "Does the chicken you raise at home count?"

"How many have you raised?"

"Five!"

"That doesn't count. Is there anything else?"

"My wife also makes some money by sewing and mending for others."

"any left?"

"Gone!"

While they were asking questions, Wang Zongrui was helping to fill out the form, and it was really hard all the way to the end.

"alright!"

Huang Zhibo accepted the two salt notes, added the remaining two between the land deed and the household registration, returned them both to the farmer, and shouted back: "Next one."

The farmer seemed relieved and secretly rejoiced.

Su Zhe nodded slightly, understanding why these farmers were anxious to pay taxes. They were still worried that the tax department would not recognize the salt banknotes.

Fan Zhen stepped forward, glanced at the form, and asked: "Doesn't the money earned from building the river channel need to be taxed?"

Su Che whispered: "Master Fan may not know that helping the government build rivers is government relief, so the tax department decided to exempt this part of the income from tax."

Fan Zhen nodded and said, "I see." Then he smiled at Su Che and said, "It seems that the tax department is not as unkind as the rumors say."

Su Che smiled and said, "Maybe that's not their intention."

Fan Zhen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
To be continued...