Wei and Jin cooks

Zhao Mingming worked hard and achieved outstanding results, and she soon stood out in the household. Not only the bookkeeper, but also the county magistrate knew about her.

Doesn’t the Chief Registrar want to go further?

Doesn’t the county magistrate want to be promoted?

They are naturally happy to have a subordinate with outstanding abilities. Zhao Mingming is not really stupid. As a subordinate, her achievements are the achievements of the chief clerk, and the achievements of the chief clerk are the achievements of the county magistrate.

In addition, Zhao Mingming is modest and cautious after really putting himself in the position of a small official, and he is still very able to win people's hearts.

Before the census of the population and fields was completed, the summer harvest was over, and the Yamen began to collect summer taxes.

Coincidentally, taxation is also the responsibility of the household, which also requires the cooperation of various departments. At this time, Zhao Mingming has become the most valued deputy of the chief clerk. Even Fan Lianyin and Zu Daozhong are valued by their respective superiors because of their outstanding abilities and responsible ones. There are more and more things, and they are becoming more and more important.

After the establishment of the New Dynasty, in order to cooperate with the land equalization system, the taxation implemented by the state was based on taxation and taxation. To a certain extent, it continued the taxation policy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but with some optimizations in some details.

For example, the tax rate has been reduced from the original tax rate of one tax per ten to one tax per thirty, and detailed tax regulations for commercial taxes and craftsmen have been added; rents, taxes, and transfers have been collected in two stages to reduce the amount of people paying too much at one time. taxes, and at the same time, taxes to benefit the people can also be issued according to different weather conditions in summer and autumn.

Since the founding of the new dynasty, the imperial court has exempted and exempted taxes and labor every year, and different regions have different exemption and exemption policies.

In the past, people avoided government offices, but now, the bulletin walls in front of government offices and schools have become the people's favorite places.

Every afternoon and evening, everyone would go to the bulletin wall after dinner. Everyone who went to the county government market, no matter how busy or tired they were, would go there when leaving.

Since Zhao Mingming went to work, whenever he had time, he would come to the bulletin wall and hang out.

Not only to read the information on the bulletin wall, but also to communicate with the people who come here.

The county magistrate saw this and was very satisfied with her, so he told the chief clerk: "She is quite motivated. I think she should also be responsible for the bulletin wall."

The head clerk smiled and responded, "I have read her handwriting and it is very good. It is quite suitable for her to be in charge of the bulletin wall."

The county magistrate stroked his beard and said regretfully: "It's a pity that her family is poor and she did not continue studying. Otherwise, at her age, with such talent and motivation, she could have tried the national examination."

The chief bookkeeper immediately said: "It's not a bad idea. I went to see their rented house. There is also "Spring and Autumn" and many scripture annotations on the desk. It can be seen that they have never given up studying. Maybe they will take the state examination in the future."

The imperial court restricted the age for the national examination to fifty years old, and did not restrict status. In other words, even if she was working as an official in the county government, if she wanted to take the examination, she could take it, as long as she passed the state examination.

This is one of the reasons why the chief bookkeeper is willing to support Zhao Mingming.

Young, talented, ambitious, and perseverant, he felt that there was a high probability that she would take the state and national exams again, and that she would succeed.

So he supports her, befriends her, and invests in her.

It's easy to add icing on the cake, but it's difficult to provide help when it's time, and the chief bookkeeper thinks that he is just giving help when it's time.

In the future, if Zhao Mingming can pass the Chinese examination and become an official, he will start with the county magistrate and the upper limit will be the prime minister.

If he could register with her, she might even be able to talk to her and have a romantic relationship with him if she didn't talk about him in the future.

The county magistrate may not have such a plan, so he is willing to leave some important things to her.

For example, when tax revenue increased this year, Zhao Mingming was promoted to the team leader and led people to be responsible for approving the taxes and grains handed in at the county government office.

Zhao Mingming wrote down this year's tax policy for their county, and then posted it on the bulletin wall.

The county magistrate is already working hard to explain this year's tax policy.

Their county is a poor county in Xuzhou, and the disadvantages are obvious: poverty.

The good thing is that their county is always on the list of tax exemptions and exemptions made by the court every year, and this year is no exception.

The imperial court ordered that this year the Ding tax in their county will be halved, there will be no national service, and the land rent will be 40 levies per 1, which is much less than the 30 levies per 1 in Linxian County.

The soil in their county is not good, and the grain harvest is always not as good as that of the neighboring county.

Many people know that it is the time for the New Year’s tax policy to be released recently, so there are many people staying in the square.

Seeing Zhao Mingming coming with the government servants to post announcements, everyone immediately gathered around.

After Zhao Mingming posted the announcement, he did not leave. Instead, he stood aside and read it to everyone, answering everyone's doubts.

When everyone heard that this year's Ding tax was still halved, and even the land rent was reduced, they were very happy and immediately said: "I will go back and prepare the grain tax soon."

As soon as they said they were leaving, they hurried home after confirming the news.

An old man looked at the words on the bulletin wall and sighed, "Okay, okay, I can save more food at home this year."

When Zhao Mingming heard this, he asked, "Aren't you going to sell it? If the grain is stored until next year, it will become old grain."

The old man smiled and said: "I also sell some, but I have to save more. I have to save enough food for next August. Otherwise, if the summer harvest is not good, won't I be hungry?"

In fact, their family would save food for a year and a half. He came from a time of war and food shortages. He would feel panicked if he could only save food until the next May. He still liked to save it until the beginning of the third year.

In this way, even if the harvest is not good next year, their family will not go hungry and can have a year of relief.

Therefore, even if the price of new grain is high and the price of old grain is low, he is still willing to lose this money and save the grain until the spring of the third year.

Don't sell old grain until there is a famine.

Zhao Mingming started chatting with him, "How much money can your family earn every year?"

"It's a lot of money. If we didn't have to be transferred to labor, several of my grandsons would work as part-time workers. They are from the New Dynasty and they are all literate. Whether they go to the brick kiln to make bricks or run errands and deliver things to people in the county, it is easy." , I have a granddaughter who was lucky enough to learn how to be a tailor. She is very fast on a sewing machine. She works in a garment shop for only four months a year and earns three liters of money."

Zhao Mingming exclaimed, "That's more than what an adult man earns."

"No, she's even more powerful than her brothers," the old man laughed loudly, "So she's very fierce at home, and she's true to her word."

He smiled happily, with wrinkles on his face, and said to Zhao Mingming: "Every year, the children at home can earn this amount for the family. With this money, my family will build a brick house. Otherwise, we will only rely on farming and the money exchanged every year." There aren’t even two hangings yet.”

Their family is reluctant to sell food, and the price of food is not expensive now, so the profit they can make is limited.

Now it is better to go out and work part-time to make money. If the children can find stable long-term employment, it will be even more profitable.