Chapter 427 Donate taxes

"This master, it's not that we don't pay taxes, but that the taxes are too many and too strict. We fishermen rely on the weather for their meals. It's common for a few people to die on their seas. It can be said that they are just keeping their heads on their belts to earn some food. However, when we get off the boat and go out to sea, the government will collect taxes on the boat. After returning from fishing, no matter what the harvest is, they will charge 30% of the fishing tax. When they get home, they will have to pay regular money every month and capitol tax every year."

"Even so, we gritted our teeth and could barely support it. But before the annual leave was finished this year, these officials came to collect taxes. A few days ago, my 80-year-old mother was sick. I killed the only chicken in my family and asked me to replenish her body. All these officials had to take half of them. How can the people live with such heavy taxes?"

As soon as these words were said, the fishermen were in agitation and all pointed at the officials and shouted and scolded them.

Su Jinpa, who followed him out, heard the truth and suddenly his pretty face turned cold. He looked at the face of Guancha’s side and became unkind.

The Sanbao next to him immediately scolded: "What's the noise? Silent!"

The heavy taxes are more powerful than the tiger. Before most troubled times begin, natural disasters follow the local taxes and taxes.

On one hand, the people have no harvest and cannot eat enough, and on the other hand, they will be subject to heavy taxes by the government. This is the basic logic of the officials forcing the people to rebel.

Most of the time, the court knew this well, so every year of disaster, taxes will be reduced and exempted, which means that the court ordered taxes to be exempted. However, if the local government does not implement it, how to implement it is another matter.

Li Chen was not surprised by this.

But since this happened under his nose, he had to deal with it.

"It's just that you are like this, or is it the whole Weihaiwei?" Li Chen asked.

The man in charge replied: "We are all like this in Weihaiwei. There are not so many miscellaneous taxes and heavy taxes next door. Those who are capable will all go to the next door, leaving us with old and young people who are reluctant to leave our ancestral land. After going to the next door, there are no places to settle down."

"good."

Li Chen nodded and said, "I will intervene in Weihaiwei's heavy taxes, and there will be a result to inform the people of the whole city in the next few days."

"But today you fight and fight, but you are still the officials. You can't give up this matter. It's because there is a reason, but the empire has laws, so you can just talk about the matter."

"Everyone who is present will be detained for three days to serve as a warning to others. In addition, you will not be punished or fined. Are you convinced?"

The man was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "This is already a great tolerance. We are not a troublemaker, so we are naturally convinced and willing. But what the master said can solve the problem of heavy taxes and taxes seriously? This is the order of the prefect of Weihaiwei."

Li Chen bowed his hands and said, "I came from the capital. Is it the capital's official or the prefect of your Weihaiwei?"

Such a simple and crude comparison gave these people a very clear understanding.

The man grinned and immediately kowtowed to Li Chen with everyone, saying, "If the master can really solve this problem for us, 320,000 people in counties, towns, and villages under the jurisdiction of Weihaiwei City, kowtowed and burned incense to the master every day!"

It was Li Chen, and he was so happy when he heard this.
Chapter completed!