Chapter 88 Dilemma
Du Zhongxiao looked at the stack of tables handed over by Luo Jing, all neatly arranged, and the handwriting was neat, and it was obvious that he had put his thoughts at first sight. He forgot to hand him the pencil the last time, but Luo Jing didn't know what he used, so he dipped in ink and carefully drew the fine grid.
Putting the table on the table, Du Zhongxiao said: "This time I'm much clearer. The last table, how many cattle, horses, and sheep are all clearly listed. I also counted the forage and added them together, remember the price, you have put your heart into it."
Luo Jing hurriedly crossed his hands: "I'm not hiding the official, the number is small and I've calculated it many times, for fear of adding mistakes. The official's command was not found."
Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "I didn't look for that. We made a pair of them ourselves when we were free. That thing was not magical, and the difficulty lies in how to use it. Don't look at how many beads it only have. If it is used well, many accounts can be calculated as if it is flying. Only by practicing this magical skill and copying and accounting can we calculate it quickly and well. I can't use the abacus well. When I make one, we will study it together."
Luo Jing dared not to say anything, but he was happy in his heart. Du Zhongxiao said this, and his status was no longer the same as before. However, he didn't know that Du Zhongxiao really couldn't plan well, and only remembered the mantras taught in his previous life, and he also had to practice them again.
After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "Since you are so capable, you are really wronged by the accounting in the restaurant. If you don't dislike it, you will first build a branch office in the Yingtianfu business and specialize in the accounting. It is already autumn and the autumn grain is about to be collected. When you go to the Yingtianfu business, you will record the number of farmlands and villages that have been distributed in detail. Then estimate how much grain will be produced this fall, and hand it over to me."
Luo Jing was stunned: "Officials, the most difficult thing in the countryside is, how can I do this?"
Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "How can such a big thing as Fangtian be difficult for you? The land management is different from other places. When opening the fields, you will make them square and set up a good land. You don't need to re-measure it. You just need to check it roughly according to the accounts."
Fang Tianjunshi, when he was in the history class in his previous life, Du Zhongxiao knew how difficult it was to do this in this era. Of course, history class just said in general that doing so would harm the interests of bureaucratic landlords and would not be implemented if it was opposed. Only when it was really time for this era did he realize that this matter was far from that simple.
The Song Dynasty did not establish a field system, and this sentence is often said to be different from the latter sentence. The non-establishment system means that since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, there has been no statistics and measurement of the land in the world. The land acres were from the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and some from the Five Dynasties, with various sources. The land figures came from the previous dynasties, and the same was true for land taxes. The Song Dynasty only made a few fine adjustments. That is, for each prefecture and counties, only the money and grain set by the court were determined, and only God knew how much arable land there was in the local area. This situation is the reason why Emperor Zhenzong did not increase the positive tax. Because one plus the positive tax, God knew who to add it to. The most reasonable thing for the court to increase the tax is to trade tax.
In the Song Dynasty, equal taxes in square fields were by no means as simple as the equal tax burden of landlords and farmers. It also involved the balance between regions, the balance between poor and fertile land, involving the rise and fall of households and other households. Between regions, especially in many states and counties in the south, the Song Dynasty unified the establishment of local governments. The tax rates of local governments such as the Southern Tang and Minyue were different, resulting in the far-reaching tax rates between states and counties in the same prefectures. In places with heavy taxes, such as Xuanzhou, it can be several times more than that of neighboring counties. The accumulated problems have been in the past years. Unless the regime is stable and the country's financial pressure is not high, the land can be first established and then the tax equal. This issue involves so wide that few officials are involved.
Du Zhongxiao does not have the ambition to undertake such a large political task. Moreover, for the magistrate, the equal tax on Fangtian is not politically beneficial. No matter how much land Fang has paid, the tax paid is still so much. Some people in the county take advantage of others and some people know that they have lost money, and their efforts are not thankful.
The old accounts of the past can be ignored, but Du Zhongxiao did not allow the newly built field business to be built. When raising fields, the fields must be squared along the ditches and roads. Places with corners are listed as wasteland, grazing, or planting mulberry dates.
After hearing what Du Zhongxiao said, Luo Jing felt relieved. He was just a small person. He went to the county to be a public official and earned a few chunks of money. He would not scare him to the task of giving himself a tax on the square field. After asking clearly, he said, "Even if the land is clear, how can he estimate how much grain is produced if the small ones are produced?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "This is a bit of knowledge. One acre of 240 steps, you can choose a place that is neither good nor bad in the field, one step longer, one step wider, one step closer, and one step closer to the square. Take the rice ears and measure how many it is, multiply by 240. The key point is to be in the place you take, so that you can estimate it accurately. It doesn't matter if you do it the first time, it doesn't matter if you are a little worse, as this kind of thing always becomes more and more mature."
Luo Jing bowed: "I understand what the official means, so I estimate grain in this way."
This method sounds simple, but it can only be used in farming and farming, and it is not available in other places. In other places, it is a number that no one has figured out. Even Du Zhongxiao can't explain how much acres there are in Yongcheng County now, how many arable land there are, how many books and how many hidden it is, so Du Zhongxiao can't understand. This is not a problem of anyone, but a legacy of the entire society.
The field affairs of the camp do not belong to Yongcheng County. Du Zhongxiao was just the director of the camp, which belongs to the state. Now it is not just Du Zhongxiao, but Xia Shu is also staring at the field affairs of the camp to see how the results are. He wants to implement the Guwu Preservation Law in the Mainland, and the effect in general places must be reduced. Only the field affairs of the camp can be as ideal as possible. If the camp is well done, it will become a strong evidence for Xia Shu to implement the Guwu Preservation Law.
As the autumn harvest was approaching, the Xia Shu asked Du Zhongxiao to report all the land and farming households, land and harvest. This year, this is an income other than the official tax of Bozhou, and a fortune in the state. The court exempted the three-year money and grain from the imperial court, but Du Zhongxiao used a collective economic method. The households of the land only received labor remuneration, but the harvest was still collected. Of course, in the early stage, farmers in the land suffered some losses and later made a profit.
Let Luo Jing go to the field affairs to take a look at the situation, and then come to him three days later and show him the prepared table. Whether the statistics can be done well is very important. If the table is well prepared, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort. In the past life, I felt that the table was not important, but I really started everything from scratch, and then I realized how good it was. Statistics started with such simplest tables.
Luo Jing left, and Du Zhongxiao looked at the pile of forms on the table for a while and said.
Why is he so unlucky? He met Xia Shu, a historical villain, to be his boss. Unfortunately, Han Yi, when he was about to make great achievements, he retired. If he worked hard to achieve something for two or three years, and worked hard to achieve some results, it would be a good thing for himself and Han Yi. Or, his boss is not Xia Shu, but Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others. With his own abilities, even if he cannot get their promotion, he can spread his reputation, and there will be endless benefits in the future.
Why did I meet Xia Feng? They all came back from the northwest. This genuine coach was called a traitor and a demon, and was finally demoted to him. Oh, I have hit a god. No matter how strong this person is, even if he really achieves something, his reputation has become bad in the Shilin. Could it be that he can still go back to be the prime minister?
Chapter completed!