Chapter 268 How about I buy your house at the appraised price?

In the north, drought may result in a total loss of harvest for two months, and people may even starve to death afterwards. However, it is different in the south. Take Sichuan for example. Even if there is no harvest of staple food, people will not starve to death by finding a shady spot in the corners of the house to plant sweet potatoes, pumpkins, etc.

Rice in Guangxi can be harvested three times a year. Even most areas in Guilin can achieve two or three harvests a year. Only a few places can only harvest one crop a year. Therefore, a few months of drought does not actually have much impact on Guilin.

As long as the distribution structure is optimized, otherwise, even if there is no drought, it is not surprising that people will starve to death even if there is food in the fields.

Hearing Chen Jue's willingness to provide money and food, Xie Qikun's expression finally relaxed and he said with a smile: "The government really does not have money and food for disaster relief!"

"As for money and food, there is always a way to get them." Chen Gu smiled, then asked someone to go to the baggage camp in the back to get a thick book, and then handed it to Xie Qikun.

The book was one foot long, seven inches wide, more than two fingers thick, and weighed almost two kilograms. There were four big characters written on the cover: Chinese Law Code. Xie Qikun casually opened it and took a look, and found that it was filled with densely packed tiny regular script.

"Please forgive me, leader. I am old and cannot read such small handwriting."

"It doesn't matter if you can't see it clearly, just ask the clerk to copy it." Chen Gu smiled and continued, "This is my Chinese Code. The full text is currently 300,000 words and is still being improved.

It covers all aspects such as taxation, criminal law and civil law. Although Guilin is autonomous, it must be autonomous based on our Chinese legal code.

The first thing is about various taxes. The old man can ask the clerk to copy it down as soon as possible, and then collect various taxes this year. The property tax alone should be able to solve Guilin’s urgent needs. "

"I wonder what property tax is?" Xie Qikun asked.

"The property tax in my Huaxia Department is very simple. It is collected every year at 1% of the house value and 70% off, and each person has 3 square meters of tax-free area.

That is, if a person's housing area is less than three square meters, it is free, and if it exceeds three square meters, tax will be collected. As for shops, workshops and other buildings, they are tax-free for two years, and after two years, they will be taxed according to the normal valuation! "Chen Ku explained.

Xie Qikun couldn't help but be shocked and asked, "Is it collected every year?"

"Of course!" Chen Gu nodded affirmatively.

"This, this, this~!" Xie Qikun was stunned. Isn't this a place specifically for collecting money from rich people?

"Go back and read the tax section carefully. Taxes can be collected tomorrow. I would also like to trouble you to collect all the boats in Guilin and transport them all to Lingqu. I will stay in Guilin for five days.

Leave after five days. If you have any problems, you can contact General Fu Hang in Nanning. General Fu will help you remove all obstacles! " After Chen Gu finished speaking, he glanced at the officials and gentry behind Xie Qikun.

Xie Qikun naturally understood what Chen Gu meant. Within these five days, the tax laws of the Huaxia Ministry must be enforced and the money must be collected, at least the property tax must be collected. As for after Chen Gu left, there was still Scar from Nanning, and if anything happened in Guilin Prefecture, the army would have to invade.

But once the army approaches, things will not be as easy to deal with as they are now. After Liuzhou Prefecture was captured by Yang Erhu's peasant army, all the officials and gentry fled or died, and their end was miserable. If the army approaches, I am afraid that Guilin Prefecture will not be much better than Liuzhou Prefecture.

"Please go back, old man. I will not go into the city to avoid disturbing the people in the city. I would also like to ask you to prepare the food and grass for our army for ten days. Is this okay?" Chen asked. "Of course, no problem!" Xie Qikun said quickly. Since Chen was driving them away, Xie Qikun took the officials and gentry of Guilin Prefecture back.

After returning to the city, Xie Qikun took everyone to the county government office, and then took out the Chinese Law Code that Chen Gu had given him, and asked one person to copy it while another person recited it.

The property tax alone was enough to make the gentry and officials in Guilin Prefecture unbearable.

"This is too much of an insult. This property tax is unheard of. It's unprecedented. How can the Huaxia Department do this?"

"That's right. If I pay taxes every year on my century-old house, wouldn't the taxes I pay in the end be more than the house itself?"

"This is simply unreasonable!"

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Xie Qikun remained silent until everyone had vented their anger, then he slowly said, "Chen Ju will stay outside the city for seven days. He asked me to start collecting taxes tomorrow and leave after seven days. However, he told me to send someone to Nanning to find General Fu if I have any questions.

Please tell me what you think, whether to pay the property tax or not, and how much is appropriate to pay. Everyone can express their opinions. I respect the opinions of all the wise men. I originally wanted to retire and return home, but Chen the Executor insisted that I stay for three years.

It is said that the results will be observed after three years. If the people of Guilin Prefecture live a good life under self-governance, then we will continue to govern. If the people do not live a good life, then we will talk about it later. However, self-governance is self-governance, but the Chinese Code must be implemented. "

After Xie Qikun said this, everyone fell silent.

Whether to pay the property tax is a big problem. If you don't pay it, the army is outside the city, and everyone here may be in danger of their lives, and the family's incense may be cut off. If you pay it, it's really painful, and this is not a one-time deal, you need to pay every year!
Xie Qikun left after three years, but where should they go?

The monk can leave, but the temple cannot. Their roots are in Guilin Prefecture, and seeing that the Huaxia tribe is becoming more and more powerful, they are afraid that they have nowhere to escape unless they go overseas.

In the end, everyone compromised and decided to pay the property tax to deal with the current situation first, but they fiddled with the appraisal price and paid very little tax.

Three days later, when Chen Ju got the account book, he couldn't help but sneer and said to the yamen runner who came to report: "Go back and tell your Lord Xie that tomorrow I will go to the city to buy shops and houses according to the assessed price in the account book and increase it by 30%. If anyone refuses to sell, don't blame me, Chen Ju, for being rude."

The yamen runner who came to report almost laughed out loud. The reason he came to report was because this account book was unreliable. Such a low price was to fool fools.

Three days later, the new account book finally came out. After reading it, Chen Gu reluctantly agreed to the valuation on the new account book.

"Let's follow this standard." Chen Gu thought for a moment and then said, "In view of your hypocrisy, I will leave a recorder in Guilin to set up a record department.

Responsible for recording the implementation of the Huaxia Code in various counties and towns in Guilin."

(End of this chapter)