The position of head of grain was invented by Old Zhu.
They weren't officials, they were local village officials.
However, there was no salary, and they were responsible for collecting grain taxes from the farmers.
He was equivalent to a tax collector.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that all officials in the world were corrupt officials.
If the government asked the people to collect taxes, they would definitely corrupt and bully the people!
Therefore, the Spring and Autumn taxes of the Hongwu and Ming Dynasties were collected by the grain chief.
Then, the grain chief and the officials would escort the taxes from the entire country to the capital.
Generally, the grain was borne by the local big families.
Because transportation taxes required laborers, livestock and people had to eat and drink during transportation.，
The imperial court did not care about this part of the expenditure. The people had to bear it themselves.
This cost was very high, and they could not exploit the common people. That could only be borne by the big families themselves.
This was a rather deceptive job!
It was the type that would take a lot of effort but not gain anything!
Zhu Yuanzhang was shameless. This was equivalent to letting the people bear these expenses.
However, the grain chief also had some power, which was the power to collect taxes from the people.
As far as Zhu Can knew, there were more than 13,000 grain officers in the country who all had one identity.
He was the inspector, which meant that he was Old Zhu's spy!
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to show his respect for the Empire's taxes.
He had summoned the grain chiefs of the country for meetings several times.
In the Ming Dynasty, a grain officer was more useful in the countryside than the government!
After all, the imperial power of the Hongwu and Ming Dynasties did not go to the countryside. The villages were all autonomous units.
Others feared this position, but Zhu Can did not care.
But he still hesitated.
The loss of one of Xia Yuanji's grain officers meant that Ningguo County's tax revenue this year would be reduced by one.
How did this grain officer die? Perhaps there were other reasons?
Ningguo County would be in big trouble if they could not complete the tax collection work!
Zhu Can thought for a moment and said,"How about I make a deal with you?"”
"Tell me!"
Xia Yuanji was furious. He was an official, yet Zhu Can actually treated him as a merchant.
He really didn't value her!
He only remembered that one of his thirteen grain officers had died.
The most important one had died, and he was already very angry!
As long as Zhu Can was willing, he could endure it.
"Are my uncles still registered in Ningguo County?”
"Naturally!"
"I wanted to find them to be the head of the grain department, but I was rejected…" Xia Yuanji said.
"My fourth uncle is going to marry the censor.”
Zhu Can said casually, and Xia Yuanji nodded.
He looked at Zhu Can thoughtfully.
This kid was sinister!
He deliberately reminded himself that Zhu Bocheng and the others had a backer now and were provoking him!
He was a county magistrate and the chief official of Ningguo County.
Although he had a lot of parents, he was the one in charge.
It was very easy to kill some people within the scope of his authority!
Zhu Can smiled and said," I'll take this position. My request is that my uncle and the others have to be under my jurisdiction. I want to levy taxes from them!" No one knows better than me how much money they have!”
Xia Yuanji smiled." I don't care about that. I just want to see that the spring and autumn taxes are in order. This spring, you have to hand over 3,000 bundles of silk and hemp to Ningguo County. The per person tax is 4,000 taels. The autumn tax is grain! We'll talk about that when the time comes. Are you confident?”
Zhu Can said," No problem. Don't worry, Your Excellency. I can settle this with my own money!"”
“……”
You're sick!
However, Xia Yuanji heaved a sigh of relief when Zhu Can was willing to be the head of the grain department.
In Hongwu and Ming Dynasty, taxes were the most important.
The most important job of a county magistrate was to complete the year's worth of taxes that should be given to the court.
As for where this tax came from, it was not important!
"Chief Zhu is too polite. In the future, help this official do things well. If there are any difficulties, this official will naturally take care of you!”
"I'm the head of the grain department now, so what about the violation?" Zhu Can said.”
"Your family didn't break the rules. I'm the magistrate of Ningguo. Who knows better than me? Your house was given to your grandfather by the emperor. Your grandfather Zhu Shiqi is old friends with the emperor, so what's there to be afraid of?”
Zhu Can's eyebrows twitched.
F * ck, how did you know?
Xia Yuanji smiled." There are records in the county annals. It's recorded that your family's ancestral home is in Fengyang. The emperor has many fellow villagers in Fengyang…"
"So there's no problem with my house?" Zhu Can nodded. Then why did my uncles say that they were out of line?”
Xia Yuanji said," I'm just ignorant and incompetent. I've been in Ningguo for ten years. Do you understand?!"”
How could a ten-year-old county magistrate not know what was going on in his jurisdiction?
Xia Yuanji said this to dispel Zhu Can's doubts.
But in Zhu Can's opinion, Xia Yuanji's official luck was not good!
It was a three-year term, and he had already been elected three times!
Now, it seemed that he had to continue being one.
This fellow, there was no one in the court!
However, since Zhu Can knew this person's name, this person was a famous official of the Ming Dynasty.
Xia Yuanji was the Minister of Revenue of the Jianwen Dynasty.
All the way to the Yongle Dynasty!
In the end, he was killed because he offended Zhu Di and died in prison.
After his death, Zhu Di ordered the house to be raided.
In Xia Yuanji's house, other than the things that Zhu Di had given him, there were only a dozen taels of silver.
Zhu Di immediately regretted it and swore that he had listened to the slanderous words!
But Zhu Can knew that this was bullsh * t.
Zhu Di was definitely an actor!
He had killed Xia Yuanji because Xia Yuanji was against him continuing to fight the Mongolians.
The finances of the Yongle Dynasty were on the verge of collapse.
Zhu Can looked at Xia Yuanji, a famous person who had lived through the ages, and sighed.
The father and son of the Zhu family are not good people!
Xia Yuanji thought for a moment.
Seeing that Zhu Can was young and a scholar, he hoped that Zhu Can could get an official position.
Just as he was about to persuade him, he saw a group of officers rush into the county office.
When these people saw Zhu Can, they glanced at the portrait in their hands.
He wanted to take Zhu Can away without saying a word!
Zhu Can smiled at Xia Yuanji. The person who captured him was here!
"Stop! Who are you?" Xia Yuanji was furious.”
"The Ministry of Justice!"
After saying that, these people brought Zhu Can and stuffed him into the prison carriage outside.
Zhu Can's neck was stuck on it, and his hands and feet were chained.
He could only stand inside the prison carriage, which instantly attracted the attention of countless commoners!
Zhu Can even saw the Zhu family members in the crowd.
"Second Uncle, Zhu Yong, I've been arrested. Just you wait. Overstepping the rules... is a major crime! None of you can escape. The emperor is going to kill my entire family!”
"The emperor's grace is vast!"
Xia Yuanji almost fell to the ground when he heard Zhu Can's words.
He must be crazy!
The people from the Ministry of Justice scolded Zhu Can for not allowing him to speak nonsense.
"My mouth is my own. What does my words have to do with you? Everyone, go to the Ministry of Justice to take a look! Big case, super big case, I, Zhu Can, rebelled with someone else!”
" I'm not afraid of death. I'll sing a song for all of you…"
"I was standing on top of the city gate, admiring the scenery…"
Zhu Can was singing "The Empty City Stratagem."
Actually, he didn't know how to do it either. He only knew a few words.
However, when the accent of Beijing opera came out, the commoners were intoxicated!
They all followed behind Zhu Can's prison carriage!
The people of the capital often saw beheading, but they had never seen Zhu Can's.
They had never heard of someone who was still in the mood to perform after being captured!
There was no Beijing opera in Da Ming!
The most famous art of Ming Dynasty was the Fengyang Flower Drum Play. After all, the emperor came from Fengyang.
The bailiff of the Ministry of Justice was furious and whipped Zhu Can with his waist knife.
Zhu Can shouted,"The Ministry of Justice's bailiff hit someone!" Who gave you the guts? I'm a criminal, how dare you touch me!”
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