Xinshun 1730

Chapter 995 Skilled
Compared with the Yanzheng and the canal reform that has been planned for 20 years, this set of tempting crime methods is extremely simple, not even fishing.

Before in Songjiang Mansion, Tian Zhenyi also laughed at Liu Yu, saying that Liu Yu had done so many conspiracy methods, that she simply didn't understand what a conspiracy was.

But Liu Yu laughed and said that Tian Zhenyi may understand the court and court, but she doesn't know what a grassroots gentry is.

There was a very famous case in history, the Gansu rice case in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.This case is very simple. Later generations understand that it is to sell academic qualifications. One wants to sell and the other wants to buy. In the end, if it weren’t for the counter-insurgency war caused by the conflict between Sufis and Hanafis, it was found that the annual report was dry all day long. It is difficult to march in the rain, and you may not be able to find a case in your life.

One wants to buy and the other wants to sell. It is understandable why it is so hidden.But the follow-up operation of the corrupt criminal in Zhejiang was more magical, and he could be called a "financial pioneer".

To put it simply, I just want to be greedy for money.But the local money is too little, what should I do?
Increase leverage.

Use the local apportionment, make interest, and borrow money from the squire.Then ask the people to collect the local apportionment, and use the apportionment to pay the "annual interest".With the addition of this small leverage, I could only be greedy for 10 yuan, but now I can be greedy for 50 yuan.

As long as the "tax" is lower than the "interest", it can be maintained forever.At the same time, due to the large inflow of silver in Zhejiang and the rapid depreciation, it lasted for a long time.

The gentry extended large amounts of loans to the government, and the government collected the money of the poor as interest, and the officials squandered the principal of the squire to make up for the shortfall, and the gentry enjoyed an annuity with a high rate of return.In such a cycle, no one reported it. When the higher authorities came to investigate, the squires all said that there was no deficit in the province and that the officials were good at governance. This kind of leveraged loan spread to the whole province, but the outside world knew nothing about it.

In the two provinces, the entire province lost its voice, the officials were silent, and the gentry were silent, and no one reported it.This is the real base.

And northern Jiangsu in Dashun is even more special. The country gentry has already completed the replacement of the evil gentry, and the good people have long since gone bankrupt.

Therefore, in mocking Tian Zhenyi, Liu Yu directly stated that it was not that he did not understand tricks, but that Tian Zhenyi did not understand grassroots gentry at all.

If they really use those complicated calculations, maybe they won't be fooled.

Just come straight to the straightforward, simple, and crude.

Anyway, the northern Jiangsu area has been doing disaster relief these years, and reselling disaster relief products has long formed an industrial chain. Now it is just a slight upgrade of the past industrial chain, eliminating the need for the process of "reselling the embezzled food and selling it for money" .

How tiring it is to resell food, and you have to hire people to transport it. How simple and convenient is it to sell tickets directly?
Liu Yu is also anxious about what the squire wants, thinks what the squire thinks, and serves well.

Enticing the squire to do this kind of thing is not as troublesome as imagined.The carnival of grassroots, subordinates and squires that started in the previous dynasty is still there today.

Therefore, when Butler Li went back and told his master Li Xiangshen what he had seen and heard this time, Li Xiangshen immediately keenly grasped the opportunity to make a fortune.

But this kind of thing, how to do it, there is a saying.

It's like when others just deduct one-tenth when cooking, but they directly make one-third, which is easy to cause accidents.

But if everyone does it, it's fine.

And this kind of thing is not something you can do by yourself.

Liu Yu asked the squires to contract, but a squire's ability to contract was limited, so several families got together to elect a general manager.

For example, if you have the status of Juren, or if the elders in your family have been officials and returned to their hometowns.

In short, it is the person in charge, with seven or eight or a dozen squires under his jurisdiction, and everyone will work together to contract a section, and the money will be calculated in the future according to the head of each person.

In fact, many people complained a little at this time. If Liu Yu hadn't been engaged in the development of Nanyang in the past few years and transported people from northern Jiangsu to Nanyang, he would have earned more this time.The more people there are, the more money will be distributed in the future.

Those who are now in debt and should go to Nanyang this year have all been sent to work in basic and critical areas.Or the intersection of crossing the river, or the estuary, or the key places such as tidal embankments.

These people are no longer under the control of these squires, and naturally they can't get head money.

As for the construction of the Huaihe River itself, the gentry from all walks of life couldn't say whether they supported it or not.

This is a very complicated situation, and it cannot be summed up simply by water conservancy.

If the Huaihe River is not repaired, it will suffer from frequent disasters, and there will be disasters.The main beneficiaries of the exemption... Now that the tax is levied per mu, and the poll tax is abolished, the main beneficiaries of the exemption are of course the landowners.

But on the other hand, after the Huai River water conservancy was built, the land was improved, and the rent I collected was more.

But on the other hand, the flood has changed water conservancy, the ninth-class fields have become second-class water to irrigate the fields, and the tax has also been raised. The imperial court must send people to check the acres of land.As soon as the fields were checked, many tax revenues that had been avoided were found again.

In short, there are good and bad.

But they also knew the importance of the task of building the Huaihe River. Since it was contracted, it had to be done.If you can't finish it, something big will happen.This has nothing to do with the country, mainly because Liu Yu said before that he only needs the river section, and other things can be discussed.

And this also leads to the basic logic of this major corruption and embezzlement case: the imperial court distributes rice, and the common people eat rice and corn noodles, and there is no difference in work.

Eating Baogu noodles and Zahe noodles will not kill you, you can work, you can eat enough, and you can finish your work.

Just like the logic of the emperor's exhortation to Liu Yu: finishing the winter work is the first priority.

The same logic applies to gentry.

As long as the work is done, the rest is easy to talk about.

When the gentry and bureaucrats see money, they see blood like a fly.I am not afraid of peeling day lilies. Knowing that I have to finish the work first to make money under this premise is also a huge realization.

When Li Xiangshen arrived at the house of Wang Jiansheng, the leader of the famous family and the squires in this area, all the squires who contracted with them had already rushed over.

Just as the Daming Tumu Fort triggered the collection of donations, there are several places in Dashun that have the most supervising students.

One is northern Jiangsu, and the other is Xijing.

The tax system and fiscal system are here, incompetent and inefficient.When there is a disaster in a local area or a war on the border, it is necessary to mobilize the strength of the local gentry.

And mobilization can't be red-mouthed and white-mouthed, but benefits have to be given.The only benefit that Dashun can give is academic qualifications.

Including that Dashun was able to counterattack and restore the world, not by the slogan of "protecting the world", but through the slogan of protecting the world, the previous land equalization policy was reasonably cancelled.

Otherwise, when the Great Shun entered Beijing in the year of Jiashen, the slaves in the south were clamoring for the world to turn upside down, so why should we always be slaves?

Wang Jiansheng's supervisors were donated by donating money and materials during the disaster in northern Jiangsu.

The squire paid the money, and the imperial court gave the academic qualifications and a "ruling class entry ticket".

However, since the last live burial incident, the gentry in northern Jiangsu have been honest for a while, at least they have not done anything like framing others for rebellion and directly burying more than thirty people alive.

It can be regarded as a squire in northern Jiangsu, who gave the court a huge face.

It's just that this time it's not a big event like burying people alive, but a small matter of making some money by taking advantage of the court's loopholes, and Wang Jiansheng's mind has already been activated.

As soon as Li Xiangshen arrives, all the squires who have contracted the river section together will be present.

Wang Jiansheng also knew what the crowd meant, so he played a tune first.

"Everyone, this time the imperial court trusts us and wants to repair the Huaihe River. This matter is also very beneficial to us. After all, the suffering of the tide, you all suffer from it just like me."

"The Huaihe River must be repaired, and the people who work must be fed. That's nothing to say."

Everyone nodded and said yes again and again.

Wang Jiansheng said again: "It's just that, if you say it again, Duke Xingguo is no better than you and me. The family of Zhongming Dingshi doesn't know the affairs of the poor. If you ask the people, would they like to eat two catties of white flour a day, or would they like to eat four catties of sorghum?" , Most of them also choose four catties of sorghum."

"Now, whether it is the imperial court or the people, they all pay attention to 'not talking about false numerology and mentality', and they must specialize in 'practical affairs'."

"This time we contracted the river section, we should also be based on this idea. What is 'practice'? The biggest practice is to make the working people have enough to eat."

"Before the disaster relief, some people said that it is better to replace the grain distributed by the imperial court with coarse grains, so that the victims will have enough to eat."

"If you are a real adult, you will praise it as a good deed."

"However, there are also some people who talk about reasoning, stubborn, and ignorant of flexibility, but treat the belly of a gentleman with a villain's heart, thinking that if they open their mouths, they will lead to corruption."

"But what is the result? The same disaster, assuming the same 20 shimi, the practical workers will have enough food for the victims and fewer will starve to death; those stubborn talkers will make the hungry people skinny."

In this way, everyone was happy, why didn't they understand what Wang Jiansheng meant?
As for disaster relief, exchanging rice for coarse grains is the consistent logic of corruption.

Logic, is absolutely fine:

The imperial court is incompetent, the financial system is completely retrogressed, the imperial court has no resources, and the only national grain reserves that can be mobilized are Caomi.Therefore, the imperial court can only distribute rice and silver.

In theory, if rice is exchanged for coarse grains, what the hungry people want is whether it is good or not. This logic is not problematic at all.

However, reality is reality and logic is logic.

The reality is, who will guarantee that all the rice is replaced with a sufficient amount of coarse grains?

The reality is that once it is released, it will be messy. As long as a small opening is opened, moths can destroy the entire embankment.

If the imperial court can guarantee that every grain of rice can be replaced with coarse grains, and has the ability to rule, then why take off their pants and fart to transport rice?Just spend money to buy coarse grains and transport them over.

Because I have no ability, I have to use the most rigid system.

Now Liu Yu has directly dismantled this rigid system, leaving a huge loophole, and naturally someone will drill into it.

Of course, Wang Jiansheng would not say that he wanted to be corrupt and embezzle money, but pointed out the way for them to make money in this part of the contract.

Liu Yu left too many paths, for different courage and different greed.The road pointed out by Wang Jiansheng is to exchange fine grains for coarse grains, and take the price difference of fine grains and coarse grains.

But to do this, Wang Jiansheng then pointed out the actual operational problems.

For the contracted river section, both ends must be dug first, and then dug in from both ends.

In this way, you can ensure that the people on your side will not communicate with the people next door.In order to avoid those who are really stubborn, they will give the people who dig the river fine grains with a guaranteed amount and quantity, which is easy to reveal their secrets.

(End of this chapter)