I stayed temporarily in Gyeongju, the provincial government for two days, registered the official petition, and completed all the official appointment procedures. All that was left was to go to Dongnae to take up the post.

The autumn wind is getting colder, and winter will come soon. This time I took office just before winter, which is a good time.

The light horses galloped all the way, and stagecoaches were able to be commandeered along the way. Hong Jinglai and the four of them traveled very quickly.

Arriving at Sushan Cave, the first stop in Donglai Prefecture, Hong Jinglai took advantage of the break to change horses and climbed up Sushan Mountain.

The mountain breeze made the gauze hat tremble, but it did not hinder the passion in Hong Jinglai's heart. He put the riding whip under his arm and looked at Donglai City in the distance and the sea further away. Hong Jinglai's heart was filled with admiration for a while.

This large international port, which will be named Busan in the future, is now just a small trading port with Japan developed by Hangjuwa. Isn't this an opportunity for Hong Jinglai to flex his muscles?

"Gelang, it's windy on the mountain, let's go down the mountain, it's time to set off!" Han Sanshi looked at Hong Jinglai and smiled wildly, a little baffled.

"Let's go! Follow me and take office!" Hong Jinglai took out his riding crop, shook it and pointed forward.

Donglai City has arrived!

The city had long received news that the new judge of Dongnae Prefecture was about to take office. The soldiers guarding the city gate guessed that this was the new judge as soon as they saw the clothes of Hong Jinglai and his party.

The guard guarding the gate came up and asked, and sure enough it was so!

Someone immediately went to the government office to report the news, and then they enthusiastically helped Hong Jinglai lead the way with his horse.

The Donglai County Supervisor, Donglai Registrar, Donglai Professor, Donglai Inspector and other officials stationed in Donglai City all gathered at the government office to wait for Hong Jinglai's arrival.

They showed the official notices registered by the officials and the Taoist government, exchanged greetings, and introduced each other. The officials put Hong Jinglai on the first seat. After thinking about it, Hong Jinglai decided to take the first seat.

"The judge must be here to take charge of the Donglai Mansion, right?" Hong Jinglai, the supervisor of Donglai County, refused to take charge and was a little confused.

"Agent? Has no one ever acted for Donglai before?"

As a government envoy, he makes money all the time. As long as the bills are issued, he can collect taxes on various excuses every month. He governs so many counties with a population of hundreds of thousands, and there are also trading ports with Japan.

It’s hard to say how much money you can make every day, but your average monthly income of two thousand taels is guaranteed to be no problem!

Donglai Mansion had been vacant for four months before, and I thought someone would be appointed soon, but there was a change of officials. In addition, with the east wind of the great victory in Guyi, the capable officials of Jin Zuchun's family had to confirm the case, and for a while

During this period, people were promoted to be officials in the United States, but no one really thought about going to Donglai, which is located in the "countryside".

"Including this month, Donglai has been without a chief official for five months." The county supervisor carefully replied.

"Five months? That's not ten thousand taels! Ah...that's not even the autumn tax that has no one to collect it!"

"That's true! So the judge didn't transfer from the Taoist government to come here to act?"

If he had known that not only the actual professor had not come, but also that there was no one to act as an agent, Hong Jinglai and Min Tinghe would have asked for a letter to come and work for a few days.

It is not easy to be a people-friendly official, but it will be much better if you can hold the seal. At least you will be the boss in charge of the territory.

"I thought there would always be an agent..."

"The judge is a real professor of Hanyang Licao, and he is not acting as an agent. I have seen all the officials in the Taoist government, and I am afraid that the Lord who is acting as Donglai is already on the way."

The expression on the county supervisor's face slowly changed from a compliment to one of colleagues, because Hong Jinglai was a fifth-grade judge, two ranks higher, and it was just a false story.

The scene quickly turned from lively to dull. Since Hong Jinglai was not here to act as the envoy of Donglai Palace, but was actually stationed in Toyamapo as a small judge, he was no longer the boss of all the officials present, and there was no respect for him.

The point of being humble.

"Then the judge will wait with us in the capital city for a while. It will be complete until we welcome the acting envoy."

"Can."

Although there is still a reception banquet, which is quite lively, but it is regarded more as a daily communication party, rather than a flattery party for the boss to clean up the dust.

Is it that the dancers' dancing is not beautiful, or that their singing is not sultry?

Just drink it, isn't it good to be happy?

On the other hand, Hong Jinglai was heartless. He didn't expect to be the most handsome guy in the center of the crowd anyway. It was enough to have food and drink. Besides, these officials were forced to do so. How could they be officials if they didn't please their superiors?

After waiting for another two days, the acting envoy from the Gyeongsang Provincial Committee finally arrived. Although he was not a genuine Shangguan, with the title of acting, he might be officially appointed one day.

Hong Jinglai, who wanted to do something big, had no choice but to follow the local customs. He and other officials paid homage to the government envoy, and presented him with a congratulatory gift of four hundred taels. Only then did he escape from the prison of a dog and run towards Toyamapo.

The acting envoy must have spent a lot of money, but now he finally seized the opportunity, his eyes turned green, and he almost rolled up his sleeves himself.

A family member was specially sent to Hong Jinglai, and several scribes and officers from Donglai County were dispatched. They took the yellow book with the sign and ordered that the Qiqiu tax should be collected within fifteen days.

During the reign of King Yeongjong, in order to cultivate the people, he changed the tax system. Let's not mention the land administration. He only said that the amount of military administration was one dingkou and one piece of cloth, but it can be converted in rice. One piece of cloth is worth six bushels of rice.

, this is called refraction.

This number is not too exaggerated and is within an acceptable range. However, Hanyang does not tax according to the actual number of people. For example, in Donglai, there are more than 100,000 people in a prefecture, and Dingkou only has a population of 30,000 at most.

Logically speaking, it is more than 20,000 stone meters (or 30,000 pieces of cloth), but the actual quota issued by Hanyang to Gyeongsang Province is 42,000 stone, and the quota issued by Gyeongsang Province to Dongnae Province is 55,000 stone.

When he arrived at the county, Donglai County, the first county where Hong Jinglai was located, he had to bear 20,000 shi!

If public dissatisfaction boils over, there is a ghost!

It was only when I actually experienced taxation at the local level that I realized why the taxes were doubling and why in the next hundred years, southern Korea would have one after another, with large-scale peasant anti-tax riots occurring year after year.

Drive the people into following thieves and breed the X-religion!

Anyway, when Hong Jinglai sat down behind the Fushanpu government office, all he saw all day long were arrests. The family members of the famous official were carrying blank documents full of burdens. Anyone who resisted taxes would fill in their names and arrest them.

Anyway, depending on the family's attitude, if they can't finish it this year, it will definitely make life difficult for the entire Toyamaura community.

It was impossible for Hong Jinglai to stop him. If he could not complete the tasks assigned by Hanyang, all the officials in the Donglai Prefecture would suffer, even if Hong Jinglai was an official who did not have to worry about taxation.

He just kept out of sight and left the city in the name of inspecting Gyeongsang-do Usuyeong and Toyamaura Wakan.

In fact, I went to find my friend Li Xizuo. Since he said that he came to Lai merchant Liu Chengyong under the name of the uncle, then there must be someone who knew him among the Lai merchants who were doing business in the Japanese palace.
Chapter completed!