194, Jiashan tax exemption [2/3]

When Yi Yun heard this, he was immediately happy and raised his foot and kicked Wu Mingliang: "What are you saying? Although Song Yu colluded with Japanese pirates, he was not Japanese pirates, and the person who did not come was his accomplices. Isn't this too much?"

Wu Mingliang laughed and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that these people are in trouble. (Piaotian Literary Registration Member Recommended This Work" Piaotian Literary Registration Member Recommended This Work.) They are timid and afraid of things. If they don't tell the reason, many of them dare not go to the square to listen to your accusations. But if they threaten them to say that they are not going, they are accomplices, and they must come faster than the other."

"Ah? There is such a thing?" Yi Yun Daqi.

Wu Mingliang nodded and said, "At that time, Taizu-hist promulgated the "Da Meng Constitution" to the whole country, hoping that the people would learn the law and understand the law. However, most of the people could not read and could not understand. Taizu-hist also ordered scholars to stay in front of the yamen at regular times, but the people would not listen... The "Da Meng Constitution" could not be spread at all..."

When Yi Yun heard this, he felt quite interesting and smiled and said, "What did the Grand Master do?"

Wu Mingliang laughed and said, "Taizu-hsien ordered that if the criminal is caught by the government, as long as he can recite the "Da Meng Constitution" skillfully and say what each sentence means, he can reduce the crime by one level. If he cannot recite the "Da Meng Constitution", he will increase the crime by one level. As a result, as soon as this provision is made, everyone in the Da Meng Constitution can recite the "Da Meng Constitution" in a reverse way."

Yi Yun: "..."

Damn, those who can be proficient in memorizing legal provisions should be guilty of being aware of the law, and the crime is increased by a first-class level, right? Why is the crime reduced by a first-class level? This great-grandfather is also a talented person by using this strange method to spread the law. However... Yi Yun has to admit that this method is very useful. In an era when people's wisdom is not yet open, there is no better way than spreading the law like this.

At this time, two hundred soldiers were divided into twenty groups, scattered into the entire Jiashan Oasis, and promoted the story of the prince at noon today according to the method Wu Mingliang said. This publicity was indeed effective. Before the noon could arrive, many people ran out of the house in panic and ran towards the county government square for fear that they would run slow down and were regarded as a party to the Japanese pirates. The Shengtang Piaotian, a registered member of the literature, recommended this work.

You should know that the Japanese pirates have been harming Jiangnan for a long time. Not to mention that the government wants to wipe out the Japanese pirates, even if the people hate the Japanese pirates to the core, if any family becomes a party to the Japanese pirates, the court does not need to deal with them, their neighbors can kill them, such as throwing them into the water and poking them twice with a bamboo pole. It is definitely not a strange thing.

In a short while, the square was filled with people. The people sat down on the ground, waiting for the arrival of noon, and also asked each other about what was going on: "Zhang Xiucai, what did you think is wrong?"

"It goes without saying that there is a new official taking office!"

"The new official needs to burn three fires when he takes office. Killing Song Yu is the first one, killing Japanese pirates is the second one, and then he will be the third one after another."

"The scholar knows a lot. You said, how would he do to us?"

"What else can you do? Just collect taxes from everyone like Song Yu! You can't kill all the people."

"Then do you think this tax will be collected like Song Yu?"

"Isn't this nonsense? How much can the previous official be greedy? The next official cannot be less greedy than him. Since ancient times, the tax has been collected more and more. When have you heard of the less collected?"

"Oh, Zhang Xiucai, you are the master of scholars. Can you help us say a few words later? Song Yu's tax has been collected very high. We don't ask the new master to reduce taxes, just hope he won't raise it again..."

"Oh, what's the point of showing off? Look at how many people I killed today, I'm going to go out to talk, can my head stay on my neck?"

Talks like this have come one after another among the people, and many people are in a panic, thinking that the end of the world is coming, and some people are exploited too hard and have become numb. They look at the gate of the yamen with their godless eyes and wait for the arrival of noon to announce the heavy tax.

Jiashan Oasis is a small oasis with a population of only 50,000. At this time, no matter men, women, young and old, they all brought their children to the front of Yamen Square. There were too many people, not only the square was crowded, but also the streets next to the square were full of people. Shengtang Piaotian, a registered literary member recommended this work.

It was finally noon, and the people were waiting for it. The gate of the county government finally opened. A young man wearing the young master's clothes carried a bird cage in his left hand and a folding fan in his right hand. He smiled and smiled. Many soldiers immediately ran over from both sides, brought a few wooden boxes and helped him build a high platform. The young master slowly climbed up the platform and stood high so that everyone could see it.

Seeing that the person who was giving a lecture was actually a young man, some experienced people sighed: No, Jiashan County has fallen into the hands of a playboy, and now it is probably worse than Song Yu...

The young man took out a cylindrical strange thing from his arms. The back was small and the front was large, which looked like a funnel. He put the big funnel to his mouth and smiled and said, "Hey...hey...hey...I'll try it. This iron-clad microphone is made, and I don't know how the effect is..."

The soldier standing at the end of the crowd raised his hand and signaled to hear what he said. The young man's face suddenly burst into laughter: "I knew that it is reliable to call the microphone in the iron sheet, hehe, okay... Now let's talk about the serious business."

"People... I am the newly-appointed Prince Jiashan from the court! Ahem, the new master of this oasis!" The young man shouted loudly at the call microphone.

"Ah, this young man is King Jiashan? He is too young!"

"Danny, we are being controlled by such people, it's over... it's over..."

There was a commotion in the crowd.

Yi Yun laughed and said, "I will announce something that makes everyone happy first, which is about tax collection..."

The people had another commotion: "As soon as they came, they said they were taxed, this guy is so greedy."

"Maybe he's more greedy than Song Yu..."

"I can't survive anymore... Woo woo..." I don't know which widow started crying.

Yi Yun cleared his throat and said loudly: "I announce that this oasis is exempt from tax for one year, and... all those who have not paid their taxes for a long time will be exempted... Let's talk about tax collection in a year."

"What?" The people in the venue were shocked: "Tax-free?"

"You heard it right?"

"It seems like it's really tax-free!"

"You heard it right!" Yi Yun laughed loudly, "I said tax exemption is tax exemption! In the Great Man, the prince is 'below the emperor'. Besides the emperor, I am the biggest, is there any fake tax exemption?"

"Wow, it's really tax-free, it's great!"

"Happy days are coming."

"Woo...Why am I crying?"

The people were suddenly in an uproar, and the sound of surprise cries came from the crowd.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the crowd and said loudly: "I am Zhang Xiucai. Everyone, please be quiet, don't be anxious to be happy first, I have a few words to ask..."

This scholar Zhang's people were obviously good. When he made a statement, tens of thousands of people actually calmed down. A Confucian scholar stood up in the crowd, about twenty years old. He gave a big gift to Yi Yun, and then asked: "Please forgive Xiaosheng for his crime of rudeness. Xiaosheng wanted to remind the prince that although the prince of the Great Cute Kingdom is the best emperor and is extremely noble, and can formulate taxes at will, recruit soldiers, do business, and appoint and remove officials... But the prince also has to pay taxes to the country. With the scale of Jiashan Oasis, he must pay 50,000 taels of silver to the court a year. If the prince exempts us from taxes, how can he pay this tax?"

"Well, this question is good!" Yi Yun raised his finger at Zhang Xiucai and smiled: "You are a smart person. This question is just right. I will tell you now..."

He pulled out of his arms and took out several silver notes. This was his entire net worth, about 300,000 taels. Today, in order to perform this scene, he brought them all with him. Yi Yun shook the silver notes in the air and hummed, "I have money, and I will pay the tax for you this year! As a newcomer, I will give you a gift to everyone."

"Wow!"

The people suddenly started to scream. They had seen officials who were greedy for money, but had never seen officials who paid for money. The sun came out from the west? Yi Yun was a little worried that the people would dare to believe him. However, this era is different from later generations. When officials in later generations say something, the people may not believe it. People in this era are generally reliable. Since Yi Yun said this in public, the people did not have much doubt.

The entire oasis exploded, and countless people were so happy that they were dancing. Song Yu collected too high a tax, with the commercial tax reaching 50%, which is half. People who bought things had to pay 20% of the tax. In addition, those who farmed had to collect land taxes, those who eat had to collect stove taxes, and everyone also had to collect head taxes based on the heads of the people, which was messy and scattered. These heavy taxes were pressing on the heads of the people in Jiashan Oasis, making them miserable. Now they were all exempted, and the lives of the people could immediately reach a higher level... It was like a dream.

Yi Yun was very happy to see the lively and jubilant people in the audience. It was really not a problem for him to pay the tax of 50,000 taels of silver on his behalf. He firmly believed that if he gave him a year, he would definitely be able to revitalize the city. When the city's business became prosperous, he would study the tax again. By then, the people's lives were rich, and even if the tax was levied, he could collect more taxes than before.

Yi Yun waved his hand awesomely on the platform and laughed: "Okay, what I want to announce today is like this. Let's break up. Go back and work hard, do business hard, and work hard, and you will be yours..."

"Prince, aren't you going to talk about the problem of Song Yu's Japanese pirates?"

"Bah, that's something I have to say? It has nothing to do with us."

“For… duty exemption is much more important than that.”
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