When Ma Zhou was about to end the meeting, Jing Wen called everyone. Ma Zhou didn't know what was going on, and Jing Wen immediately looked at the minor officials. These minor officials didn't know what Jing Wen, a high-ranking official, was watching them for. Is there any other thing they had to do?

"Now, I want to tell you what you are going to do next. Do you know what you are going to do when you collect taxes?" Jing Wen asked.

Jing Wen asked these minor officials because they actually collected the taxes, so Jing Wen took the initiative to ask them.

"Charge taxes!" someone answered immediately.

Jing Wen continued to ask: "What if someone doesn't want to pay, or they have opinions and don't understand what we do? Especially those who sell luxury goods, they made more profits in the past, but now they have to pay taxes, can they feel happy? So, what do you think you should do?"

Someone immediately replied: "Forcing them to pay taxes, as the people of the Tang Dynasty, how can we not pay taxes? If we don't pay taxes, we will resist taxes, and this will rebel!"

Jing Wen couldn't help but slapped him in the face, obviously speechless about this answer. It seems that Jing Wen, a later generation, had a serious generation gap with them! In ancient times, tax resistance was rebellion, and officials would not explain to you the meaning of paying taxes. And they just thought that you did not pay taxes, and then rebelled, so they had to suppress it. The tax officials in later generations did not suppress you from the beginning, but explained to you the meaning of paying taxes, and explained to you one by one the general purpose of these taxes. Many people even explained to you the source of taxes and told you why they paid so much taxes. But in ancient times, officials would not explain to you so much, collect what they should be collected, and take you to jail if they don't.

"Your grandpa, the officials from ancient times to the present. Why is there such a big gap between you?" Jing Wen thought.

At that time, Jing Wen thought that civil servants in later generations had bad service attitudes, but in ancient times, Jing Wen finally found that there was only worse, not the worst. The officials in ancient times had no sense of service to serve the people. Later generations would at least educate them to serve the people. If the people were unwilling, they would not force them most of the time. However, in ancient times, these guys were so unscrupulous, and they were even more arrogant than some people in the later departments responsible for urban management, so Jing Wen thought it would be impossible not to rectify them!

"Let me listen. If the people have doubts about paying taxes more, you must explain it to them. You must explain it clearly to them, tell them where the taxes come from and where they will be used. Let them pay the tax with confidence, pay it clearly and comfortably. You must also let them understand the importance of paying taxes. Let them know that the court will build roads in the future, and then protect the national economy and people's livelihood. It will also allow everyone's children to read and read step by step.

These are all expenses from taxes. You must let them pay taxes and pay them clearly! If you explain clearly and let them understand that they will pay taxes. The ultimate benefit is yourself, then I think most people are willing to pay taxes on their own initiative. The key is whether you explain clearly and let them understand? If you don’t let them feel at ease, let them think that their taxes are used to support you, these big rats. Then who would be willing to pay taxes? Do you think so?" Jing Wen asked.

But someone hesitated and said, "This is too troublesome. Directly..."

"Bang!" Jing Wen slapped the table hard.

"Afraid of trouble? You know that the wages you earn from the yamen are all paid by the people. If there were no taxes paid by the people, then you yamen staff would have starved to death long ago, so why would you be a job here? You can support your family, all the taxes of the people are supporting you. Is this how you treat your parents with food and clothing?"

"Also, are you very unfilial on weekdays?" Jing Wen continued to ask.

"Sir, it's unfair! I'm very filial. I have known since I was a child that it's not easy for my parents to raise me, so I wash my parents' feet every day!" someone said immediately.

Jing Wen asked immediately: "You also know that it is not easy for your parents to raise you? Then the people should not be filial to them if they spend money to support you? Do you have no patience with your own 'parents'? Do you treat your parents like this?"

Although those minor officials looked respectfully listening to the preaching, Jing Wen clearly saw that these guys didn't care much. However, Jing Wen had no choice. The officials in ancient times were the same. They had a poor service attitude and thought they were rulers, so they didn't treat the people very well. Not to mention ancient China, even in ancient times in foreign countries, the so-called government is a service agency, which is actually a kind of idea that was gradually formed after the 18th century later. This path was taken for hundreds of years before it truly transformed a ruling government into a service-oriented government. Now Jing Wen knows that it is too difficult to turn it fundamentally in a short period of time.

"Okay, remember that when you start working, you must recite 'Your salary, your people' ten times every day. This sentence means that the people spend money to support you, and you must serve the people. Also, we will conduct an assessment and start according to the Chang'an examination method. You will assess your tasks and conduct a random check on your tax collection goals. If those people who are taxed think that your service attitude is rough or too arrogant, and are impatient when explaining the tax collection, then you will complain to you, then you can see for yourself." Jing Wen said.

The little officials looked like a rustle. They were originally all old men to those taxpayers who were collected, but now they were going to become grandsons. The relationship was immediately dislocated, which made them speechless. However, this was the above request, and they could only accept it.

Jing Wen immediately continued: "Also, if you serve well, when I return to Chang'an, I can draw some people from you and work in Chang'an's yamen. At that time, you can enjoy the same treatment as a minor official in Jingzhao Prefecture and participate in the selection and entry."

When these tax collectors in Mengjin County heard this, they were happy because if they could work in Chang'an, of course it would be fine. Now everyone knows that within the Jingzhao Prefecture, there is an assessment every six months, that is, a group of people can successfully get rid of the status of minor officials and become officials. However, this policy is only implemented in Chang'an, and the local area has not been implemented. Therefore, many people hope to work in Chang'an and enjoy this treatment. Now they all really began to want to do things well, so that the high-ranking officials from Chang'an can take a good look, and they are also capable people, and then they can take them to Chang'an with them.

"And, we have done this for a long time. In the future, if someone in Mengjin County has a good attitude towards the people and has the ability, he can also recommend him to work in Chang'an. In the future, he will be recommended by the Mazhou County Magistrate of Mengjin County. As long as you do your work well, you will have the opportunity to work in Chang'an." Jing Wen said.
Chapter completed!