Chapter 23 Fire consumption in the canal transport

Author: Science and Technology Innovation Board

Chapter 23 Fire consumption in the canal transport

The sky was getting darker, and red lanterns floated on the bow of the boat, reflecting the bright lights of the red camphor wood ship.

The figures float, and the hearts float.

Hongqiao was about to get angry, put his hands on his hips, almost trying to imitate the shrew to curse the streets, and scold the aggressive Princess Shouning.

She treated her own people in the mansion with a soft heart, but she treated outsiders differently. The former personal female official Hongqiao, Hongqiao, was famous for her knife-like mouth in the palace, never had any tofu heart.

Princess Changping shook her head gently and signaled that Hongqiao didn't need to speak. This grievance was not a big deal. As long as the prince-consort was not made difficult by the so-called talents, I will endure it for the time being.

In Princess Changping's view, the relationship between the two was just the first step of the Six Literatures. In fact, they became a family of relatives and were not allowed to bully the prince-consort.

Hongqiao was depressed, turned his head and looked at the shore, and suddenly his eyes widened.

The son-in-law actually sat with Sun Gong and Yuan and talked loudly. Sun Gong and Yuan and Yuan were stroking their beards from time to time, nodding with a smile on their faces, and getting along very well.

The chatter and laughing look is not like a friend nodding, but more like a friend of the family in the capital, and meets a brother-in-law who comes from the place.

As an elder in the officialdom, listening to the nephew talking about his views on the current situation, it was very consistent with the wishes of the elders in the officialdom, and nodded with a smile with great satisfaction.

Hongqiao was in a good mood again and snorted coldly.

Humph, you are rushing to flatter Sun Gong, but Sun Yifa, who has some relationship with Sun Gong, has got the attention of you, the eldest princess now. However, they don’t know that Sun Gong and Yuan Gong have had a good chat with my son-in-law.

Li Mian got up early in the morning, did his daily horse riding and archery, and came to the Yinding Bridge and asked for a bowl of fresh and delicious locust juice.

Before he could take a few bites, he ran into the two of Sun and Yuan who also came to eat Leng Tao, and pulled him away.

Especially Mr. Sun, he had to ask him to give up the grain and change the sea, otherwise he would recommend him to go to Liaodong to be a grain supervisor.

When Li Mian heard Sun Gong's threatening words, he shook his head helplessly, and had to admit that Sun Gong was really good at grasping people's hearts.

The grain supervision officer of the border army is not a good job, and is usually served by eunuchs. With Sun Gong’s reputation and status, he can recommend a son-in-law to serve as the grain supervision officer.

The grain supervisor travels to and from the border and capital all year round. He is busy with his legs and has to deal with various complicated official duties all day long. Ordinary capable officials cannot bear the hardships of the grain supervisor, let alone he who just wants to live leisurely.

Li Mian could only talk and deal with Sun Gong: "The disadvantages of the canal transportation are to put it bluntly, the increase in the fire consumption of the canal transportation, that is, the consumption of grain transportation. The collection and transportation of the canal grass grain belong to two teams, well... that is, two sets of government offices. The yamen responsible for collecting taxes are local prefectures, the yamen responsible for transportation are the governor of the canal transportation, and the eunuchs, gubernators, kettle workers, etc. who rely on the canal transportation for profit. When the people pay the canal, they have to pay an additional amount of silver, that is, fire consumption, which is used for the consumption of eating horses and chewing various people during the canal transportation, as well as the so-called ICBC used to give millions of canal workers."

When Mr. Sun heard this, he put down the pine flower glaze cover bowl in his hand and stopped drinking tea. He looked at Li Mian with a serious look.

Today, I took advantage of the excuse of the grain supervisor and forced Li Mian to force him to hear the sudden idea of ​​young people about the canal transportation.

As for how many insightful insights they have, Mr. Sun and Mr. Yuan did not have much expectation in their hearts. After all, seeing this thing cannot be achieved by simply having a sudden idea.

It takes years to become an official and accumulate years of experience in the official position to understand some inside stories, or to have a very high talent.

Generally speaking, without the elders’ tips, young officials cannot be enlightened by the internal rules in the officialdom.

Li Mian's words were truly insightful, and he had a very thorough understanding of the canal transportation and analyzed them all in a clear and organized manner.

If Mr. Sun and Duke Yuan hadn't known that he was the son-in-law, they would even suspect that Li Mian was the eunuch of the Cao Prison.

Li Mian was only halfway through, shut up and stopped talking.

Yuan Gong waved, signaling the disciples who were following him to pour a cup of tea for Li Mian, stroked his beard and said, "It's not something that a gentleman does."

Li Mian took the pine flower glaze bowl, took a big sip, pointed to the blue and white glaze bowl next to it and said, "It's not that the younger generation is so happy that they eat a big bowl of cold bath. Before they can drink water, Sun Gong pulled him and said a lot of things. He was really thirsty."

Sun Gong laughed silently and placed the pine flower glaze teapot in front of Li Mian, meaning that he had given all the best pine roe tea.

It is rare to find tribute tea, and it is difficult to drink tribute tea in the mansion several times.

Um.

It should be possible to drink it frequently in the future. Jack Ma, the mansion's partner, served as the tax eunuch of Chongwenmen, the salt merchants in Lianghuai, Hui merchants and other wealthy merchants will give them a filial piety in the future.

Li Min took back his thoughts and continued to say something without finishing it: "But as time goes by, the fire consumption is not enough. The Governor of the Grain Transportation Bureau, who is responsible for transporting grain, cannot pay out of his own pocket. He can only put pressure on the prefectures and counties to ask for more fire consumption. Prefectures and counties are also impossible to pay out of their own pockets, and can only put the fire consumption of increased income on the heads of the people. After two sets of yamen, the taxes of the people have become heavier and heavier."

When Li Mian said these words, he did not mention the word "officials and gentry" from beginning to end, and he always talked about the people.

Officials and gentry who occupied most of the land in the world had the grace of superior exemption and paid very few taxes.

People who own a small amount of land need to pay a lot of heavy taxes. Over time, the people are overwhelmed.

In order to plunder money, some prefectures and counties have imposed high fire consumption, even higher than regular taxes.

The people were overwhelmed and had to choose to become fugitives or hidden houses, and made a dedication.

Mr. Sun and Mr. Yuan nodded slightly, knowing the disadvantages of fire consumption in the canal transport. With their fame and status, they are still powerless in the face of the word "fire consumption".

After years of development, the canal transportation has long formed one profit-making clique after another. Whenever it moves, anyone who dares to risk the big deal will be attacked by groups.

Many officials were afraid of the canal transportation and even talked about it, and they did not dare to talk about the problems of the canal transportation.

Today, it was rare that a young junior dared to talk about this, so Mr. Sun became interested: "Do you know how to contribute?"

Li Mian did not keep silent because of taboos, and said without any scruples: "The dedication involves fugitives and hidden households. The so-called fugitives are the people who are overwhelmed and abandoned the land directly and stopped farming. They go to other places to find a way to survive, and the grain collected is reduced. The grain collected is related to the decrease in grain. The common people put the land in the name of officials and gentry who can be exempted from taxes. They only need to give the officials and gentry a portion of silver, and there is no need to worry about the government's various layers of increased consumption."
Chapter completed!