After the harvest, it was time to pay taxes.
The tax law in the early Ming Dynasty was a two-tier tax system.
It was divided into summer tax and autumn tax.
It was the autumn tax now.
In the Ming Dynasty, the population of every household and the farmland owned by each household were registered.
The person who registered the number of people was called the Yellow Book.
The one that recorded the status of the land was called the Fish Scale Atlas.
After that.
The officials of the local state and county government took these two books to collect taxes.
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Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma followed Meng Yin to collect taxes.
Each family had just finished harvesting the crops in the farmland, so they paid the tax here and asked the people from the county government to transport them back.
A few days later, the people from the state and county government sent all the taxes to Ying Tian.
Meng Yin's subordinates shouted,""Everyone, line up and start paying your taxes!”
The commoners obeyed the order.
They quickly formed a long line.
This was because every household had a bumper harvest.
Pay taxes.
They did not look worried like the commoners in other places.
On the contrary, they were all very proactive.
Hurry up and pay the taxes. There are still other things to do when we get home.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were satisfied.
It had to be said.
Pei County's citizens were the most enthusiastic about paying taxes.
He was looking at it well.
However, when the first farmer paid his family's taxes, he was shocked.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there was only a little bit of a flat tax.
His expression changed.
He thought that the family's harvest was not good.
However…
At the second and third shops
Until almost half of the tax was collected.
The taxes collected were actually about the same as the taxes of ordinary counties.
Zhu Yuanzhang was truly dumbfounded.
He had personally stood on the ridge field just now and watched the commoners harvest the crops.
Why did they pay so little when it was time to pay taxes?
Where did the extra taxes go?
Pei County had a bumper harvest this year!
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the tax collection was about to end, but it was still the same as before.
His heart gradually turned from calm to extreme anger.
He asked Empress Ma beside him.
"Look, aren't the taxes paid by these commoners too little?”
"In such a bumper harvest year, they pay the same taxes as ordinary people.”
Empress Ma also noticed that something was wrong. She looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with an ugly expression.
She didn't want to persuade him.
Because…
The taxes paid by the farmers were the country's royal grain.
This was the foundation of the country!
There must be no mistakes!
She only sighed heavily, her brows furrowed with worry.
There was also some disappointment.
She didn't say anything, but she seemed to have said everything.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked coldly at Meng Yin, who was collecting taxes, and the anger in his heart grew.
When he was in the capital, he had heard from the Gongwei Division that Pei County's annual tax was only slightly higher than that of ordinary counties.
Every year, it was still increasing bit by bit.
Back then, he had been very puzzled. Now that he had seen it with his own eyes, what was there to explain?
It must be Meng Yin, this big corrupt official, who was even greedy for the country's imperial grain.
In the past, Meng Yin was greedy for other things, and there was a reason for it.
But this time!
There was no excuse!
However…
Even if he already had an idea in his heart, he had no way of convicting Meng Yin before a thorough investigation.
Or rather…
A small Meng Yin was not the only corrupt official.
If that was the case…
Zhu Yuanzhang was even more disappointed.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves.
He turned around and left.
Of course, he didn't want to leave just like that.
Instead, they were going to mobilize troops to investigate this matter thoroughly!!
In the crowd.
Zhu Yuanzhang's back was too conspicuous.
Meng Yin also saw it very quickly and called out to him.
"Hey, Old Zhu, where are you going in such a hurry?”
Zhu Yuanzhang stopped in his tracks and continued walking without looking back.
Meng Yin found it strange and complained,"What a strange old man."
"Just now, he said that he wanted me to bring him here to see the tax collection.”
"Now he's running away without even saying goodbye.”
"You're really looking down on me, the county magistrate.”
After Meng Yin complained, he thought of how the other party could get special supplies from the royal family.
Forget it! It was better to endure it.
Then…
He thought of the matter that he and Zhu Yuanzhang had not finished discussing.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others had not taken the goods yet.
They would definitely come back.
Thinking about it this way…
Meng Yin could not be bothered to care about what Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were doing.
Perhaps he had something important to do.
It was hard to say if he would cooperate with others in Pei County.
Of course, Meng Yin did not have the right to care so much.
He continued to collect taxes from the people.
"Everyone, hurry up. The sooner you finish, the sooner you go home.”
"I don't want to waste my time on you unruly people.”
The commoners were used to hearing Meng Yin's daily complaints.
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After Zhu Yuanzhang left, he ordered the guards with a dignified expression.
"Immediately drive the horse to the nearest guard station.”
The guard saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
He did not dare to ask.
He quickly got into the carriage and drove off.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty.
They followed the principle of 'riding on the light while holding the heavy.'
To put it simply, it was to firmly hold the military power in one's hands and defend internally and externally.
In the early Ming Dynasty, there were a total of 1.2 million soldiers, of which 200,000 remained in the capital.
However…
Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen established a new military management system.
It was made by Wei.
It was formed by Wei He, and Wei was the commander.
This is the place where thousands of households live and hundreds of households live.
The size of each place depended on the situation. It was equivalent to a grass-roots management unit.
At this moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others were going to the Wei Station, which was set up in Xuzhou. It would take a certain distance to reach Pei County.
They were also the only soldiers that Zhu Yuanzhang could transfer over as soon as possible.
This time!
Zhu Yuanzhang was serious!
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