Zhang Laowu was a veteran in Liao Town.
He had lost his right leg in the battle with the Northern Barbarians.
Zhang Laowu had no choice but to retire from the army.
He had a wife and three children at home.
Zhang Laowu limped on one foot and couldn't work smoothly in the fields.
This time, the winter in Liao Town came early, and the family was already unable to make a living.
Every day, Zhang Laowu would sit in front of his house with a cigarette pot and smoke.
But soon, his comrade told him a piece of good news!
His Majesty had already decreed that the injured soldiers of Liao Town would be sent to the nearby provinces as officials.
When the messenger of consolation read out the imperial edict, he read out the edict of placement.
Zhang Laowu and the other veterans were already in tears!
His Majesty is merciful!
All the soldiers in Liao Town were chanting the Emperor's benevolence!
To these ordinary soldiers, officials were also unattainable.
Although the status of an official was far inferior to that of an official, the positions of an official were all occupied by the local wealthy families in the Great Qian Dynasty.
These ordinary soldiers had never thought that they could become officials.
As for the soldiers who were not injured, seeing how the imperial court treated the injured soldiers so well, they were shocked.
Their battle prowess soared.
Zhang Laowu stepped on the road to Jinzhou.
He was placed in a small county in Jinzhou as a county captain.
In the county of the Great Gan Lord Dynasty, there were only two officials.
One was the county magistrate, and the other was the county overseer.
The county magistrate was in charge of the entire county and had always been addressed as Baili Hou.
The overseer was in charge of the local culture and education, as well as the local imperial examinations.
The other positions were taken up by the officials.
The main registrar was the deputy of the magistrate and managed the civilian affairs of the county government.
This position was usually held by the advisor brought by the county magistrate, who had great power in the county government.
Next was the county captain.
The county captain was responsible for the security of the county, arresting thieves, and chasing criminals.
He could almost be considered the county's police chief.
Further down was the fourth branch of the county.
This was set up to correspond to the four departments of the imperial court.
The Official Office was responsible for the assessment of the county's officials.
Hufang was responsible for the county's expenses and taxes.
The workshop was responsible for the construction of the entire county.
The torture chamber was in charge of the county government's prison and was also in charge of pursuing and interrogating criminals.
The head of the fourth household was also an official and also received a salary from the imperial court.
The servants in the fourth room could not be considered officials.
They were considered to be the people in the county who had to serve the corvee, but these jobs were also fat jobs in the corvee.
These servants were also from the local wealthy families.
There were also local housekeepers who took office with Zhang Laowu.
This was a veteran who was blind in one eye. He also knew Zhang Laowu. The two of them were assigned to the same county.
The two of them were happy. They had just arrived, so it was good to have someone to take care of them.
The county magistrate was also very warm to them and did not discriminate against them because of their disability.
However, the local officials were not so friendly.
Zhang Laowu did not mind. It was the emperor's grace for him to be a county captain.
Zhang Laowu was also from a poor background and had killed Northern Barbarians on the battlefield. He looked down on these landlord tyrants.
What made Zhang Laowu even more unhappy were the local chambers of commerce.
Jinzhou had a tradition of doing business.
However, the trading partners of these chambers of commerce were actually the barbarians in the north.
Zhang Laowu lost a leg on the battlefield.
He hated these northern barbarians to the core!
The big families here were actually trading with the barbarians in the north!
Zhang Laowu couldn't take it anymore!
However, he also knew that he had no foundation and could not touch these powerful trading companies.
At this moment, in the cabinet, Minister Wu was pouring out his grievances to Chief Lin.
"Lord Lin! I can't live like this anymore!"
"Lord Wu, what's going on?"
"Lord Chief! Liao Town had more than 10,000 injured soldiers, and the Ministry of Revenue could not hold on any longer.”
Lin Jiancheng felt relieved.
It was difficult for these border counties to be self-sufficient in taxes.
Not to mention bearing so much salary.
These places were short of staff for a long time, not because no one was willing to be an official.
It was because the locals could not afford to support so many officials, so there were so many gaps.
With so many gaps filled in all at once, the governors and governors of various places were asking the Ministry of Revenue for money.
Minister Wu was about to be crushed.
This was the effect he wanted!
Lin Jiancheng took a sip of tea and said,
"Lord Wu, why don't we try levying a business tax?”
"Impose a business tax?" Minister Wu was stunned for a moment.”
"A few border states and counties have businesses with the Northern Barbarians.”
"Rather than them getting rich, it would be better to collect business taxes from them.”
"With this money, we can also relieve the pressure on the Ministry of Revenue.”
Minister Wu thought for a moment, and it seemed like this was the only way.
Lin Jiancheng immediately took out a memorial."This is the memorial I drafted. Lord Wu, please sign it.”
It turned out that the chief assistant had already had a countermeasure and was waiting for him here!
However, the Minister of Revenue did not have much room to bargain.
He signed his name.
Soon, the memorial was sent to Gao Lingfeng's desk.
Gao Lingfeng, who was so engrossed in adding incense to the Empress's sleeves, didn't even bother to read Lin Wan 'er's comments.
When he saw that it was Lin Jiancheng's memorial, he immediately approved it.
Under the swaying candlelight, Lin Wan 'er was wearing a tight golden palace dress.
He gently raised his hand to grind the ink.
Gao Lingfeng's mind was also swaying with the candlelight.
During this period of time, the Empress had become more graceful and luxurious.
It was more of a woman's style.
Especially a graceful woman like her, who was always teased by Gao Lingfeng until she couldn't even lift her head.
Gao Lingfeng quickly approved the memorial and pulled Lin Wan 'er to the back hall.
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