readsfreenovel Chapter 137 Tax Refund
Chapter 137 Tax Refund
"Government? What a shitty government. They said tax exemption at the beginning, but now they are collecting head tax from us at the beginning of the year. They say one thing and do another."
"Yes, they said they would exempt agricultural and miscellaneous taxes for a year, but they started collecting taxes again within a few months. They have no credibility at all."
"Okay, stop talking. These officials are so powerful. What can we ordinary people do?"
"Alas, these officials..."
When they heard someone say that the truck belonged to the government, some people in the crowd became indignant. Of course, they only dared to talk about it in a low voice on the street and did not dare to do anything.
The four people who came to Yujia County were Wang Shaoxing, Li Shuhai, Du Changgeng from the political and legal training class, and Han Shenwen from the Intelligence Department.
Fang Jian appointed Wang Shaoxing as county magistrate, Li Shuhai as civil affairs section chief, Du Changgeng as finance section chief, and Han Shenwen as general affairs section chief.
Because there were not many people to be trained in the early stage, each county did not send too many people. The remaining staff could only be recruited by Wang Shaoxing and others in Yujia County.
In the morning, most of the government officials, including the former Yujia County magistrate and the general affairs chief, were arrested and their homes were searched.
More than 500,000 silver dollars, more than 400 large yellow croakers, and more than 8,000 small yellow croakers were seized from the residences of these officials, which attracted a lot of attention.
When the former county magistrate and his men were brought up, he looked at Wang Shaoxing and his men and said angrily, "Who are you? How dare you arrest me? Do you know who I am? Let me go."
"Oh, tell me, who are you?" As an agent of the Intelligence Department, Han Shenwen is not afraid of this man's threats.
The former county chief said disdainfully: "I am a member of the Wang family, the Wang family of Nanshan Province. I advise you to let me go, or you will be in big trouble."
"The Wang family is your reliance? You disobeyed the commander's order and deserved to be put to death." Han Shenwen shook his head slightly, thinking that this man really couldn't understand the situation.
Hearing the words "he deserves to be put to death", the former county magistrate was shocked. Unfortunately, before he could react, Han Shenwen waved his hand and he was taken away.
In the afternoon, police and soldiers rang gongs in Yujia County and surrounding towns to announce: "The former Yujia County magistrate violated the commander's order and collected taxes privately in Yujia County. He has been arrested."
“All privately collected taxes will be fully refunded, and no agricultural taxes or miscellaneous taxes will be collected this year.”
As teams of police and soldiers reported, a citizen whispered, "Is it true? Is it true that the former Yujia County magistrate is collecting taxes privately? And the collected taxes can be refunded?"
"Xiao Liuzi, you've paid taxes, go and see if you can get a refund," someone encouraged.
"Yes, Xiao Liuzi, go and try it."
"Yes, yes, go and try it."
Instigated by a group of neighbors, the young man called Xiao Liuzi came to the policeman who was beating the gong and asked, "Sir, can I get a refund for the taxes I paid? Where can I get it?"
The police asked Xiao Liuzi about his situation and told him that he could go to the county government to get a refund of the miscellaneous taxes he had paid previously.
With the mentality of giving it a try, Xiao Liuzi came to the county government. There were very few people applying for tax refunds here, and most people were still waiting and watching, not believing that tax refunds were really possible.
At this time, there was an office desk in the government compound, and Du Changgeng was sitting there sorting out the tax collection records registered in Yujia County.
"What's your name? How much tax do you pay?" Du Changgeng asked when he saw Xiao Liuzi coming forward.
Xiao Liuzi said, "Yang Xiaoliu, our family of six has to pay a total of 1.2 yuan in taxes."
After checking that everything was OK, Du Changgeng handed a silver dollar and some copper coins to Yang Xiaoliu, and pointed to a register and said, "Count the money on the spot, and sign here when everything is OK."
Because he was illiterate, Yang Xiaoliu pressed his fingerprints under the guidance of Du Changgeng.
I walked out of the county government in a daze, but before I got home, I ran into neighbors. One of them asked, "Xiao Liuzi, did you get the money?"
"I got it, one dollar and two cents, not a cent less." Yang Xiaoliu nodded.
"Can I really get a refund? Let's go, let's go get a tax refund."
"Wait for me, together."
After confirming that they could really get a tax refund, those who had paid taxes immediately rushed to the county government to apply for a tax refund.
On the road, people would occasionally say: "The governor is a good man, but these officials are too bad. They even collect taxes privately."
"Who said it wasn't true? I thought the warlord was just breaking his word."
"Yes, I heard that the county magistrate and others who collected taxes have been arrested. These people must be severely punished."
This scene took place in various counties under the jurisdiction of Nanling City. Since Nanling was the closest, all dispatched personnel arrived first. Although other counties and cities were a day or two late, they all completed the arrest of the county governor and carried out the tax refund work before March 19.
Nanling City, Fang Jian’s office, Tao Yunong and Zhuang Jiwu were both standing in front of their desks.
Fang Jian looked at Tao Yunong and asked, "How many officials have been arrested? Have any confessed?"
"Commander, so far, more than 400 prisoners have been escorted to Nanling, one third of them have confessed, and some of the stubborn ones will soon speak up." Tao Yunong replied respectfully.
"Some people saw the neighboring county collecting taxes privately, so they followed suit, without anyone instructing them."
Fang Jian nodded, thinking that these people really valued money over life: "Sort out the crimes of several major families, and then confront them the day after tomorrow."
"At the same time, have all divisions be prepared. Once these big families make any unusual moves, do not let them cause any big disturbance."
Afterwards, Fang Jian looked at Tao Yunong again and said, "All the proceeds from the house confiscation and the property of the five major families will be sent to the bank to prepare for the bank to issue banknotes."
With the arrival of banknote printing expert Shen Xueyi and financial expert Hu Hanzhang, banknote printing has begun.
The twelve cities of Nanling have all chosen locations to build Nanshan Bank. Once the bank is completed, paper money can be officially issued.
Since every bank has a vault with a solid structure, it takes a long time to complete the construction.
"Jiwu, we need to pay more attention to the people's livelihood in each county in the future." After explaining the financial matters, Fang Jian said to Zhuang Jiwu.
"The mayors of these twelve cities will be selected from the officials of Nanshan Province who are honest and fair. Those who are not qualified will be supplemented by those in the training class."
“Each city also needs to set up an inspection office to supervise officials in the counties under its jurisdiction, as well as people’s livelihood.”
"Yu Nong, the Intelligence Department needs to establish a base in each county and report on the people's livelihood and abnormal situations in each county at any time."
"Yes, Commander." After Fang Jian'an finished giving the instructions, Tao Yunong and Zhuang Jiwu responded and went to make arrangements.
Fang Jian sighed. Hundreds of county-level government officials were arrested at one time, and the personnel to fill the gaps were uneven. In addition, local areas had to recruit a large number of government staff on their own.
This is very difficult for maintaining stability in the county. We just hope that these trainees, who have undergone several months of training, can stabilize the situation.
That's the downside of large-scale cleansing of places, there aren't enough people to fill the gaps.
At present, each county can only fill four to six senior positions. To maintain the normal operation of a county, the office staff of various units combined need at least 100 to 200 people. The rest can only be found by each county on its own.