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Chapter 1,682 Accumulation of debts

The memorial continued: "Several roads have suffered from floods and droughts for many years. Everyone knows it, and the transportation department is beneficial to the financial use. For example, it is unwilling to release taxes, and even if it is allowed, it is not true.

Although there is no explicit command, but the officials are informed by the wind of joy and anger, who dares to disobey it?

Therefore, all counties and counties are in arrears with the two taxes. Compared with what they owe, it is no different from inspecting and releasing them according to the actual situation. It is of no benefit to the officials, and the people have the pain of being harassed and flogged.

I know both Hangzhou and Yingzhou, and I have personally seen that the people in Zhejiang, west of Beijing, and Huainan are all burdened by accumulated debts, and they are becoming poor every day.

, at the end of the farming period, everyone was sick, and both public and private people were in trouble.

If you apply this to the world, it will be the same for most people.

I moved from Ying to the capital and sailed through various states. Wherever I arrived, there were wheat and wheat clouds. Every time I went to visit the officials and visited the villages, the elders and elders all looked worried, saying: "A good year is not as good as a bad year. Natural disasters are common, but even though the people are poor,

If you eat, shrink your clothes and keep your mouth shut, you can still live; if a good year brings about accumulated debts, a disciple is at the door, and the yoke is on the body, then everyone will not be able to die." After saying this, I burst into tears, and the minister also shed tears.

Also, when they arrived at the cities and towns, there were many refugees, and the officials all said: 'Since the summer wheat is ripe, the money has accumulated, so the refugees dare not return home.'

I heard that Confucius said: "A harsh government is as fierce as a tiger." In the past, I often didn't believe what he said, but looking at it now, it seems that there is nothing serious about it.

Floods and droughts kill a hundred times more people than tigers, and people are more afraid of debt than floods and droughts.

On the day of Hangzhou, I wrote four things in September of the fifth year of Yuanyou:

The first is that when one sees the property that is owed to the market and is easily redeemed by the emperor, and the divine grace is promised to repay it, or to accept and redeem it at a discount, some administrators come up with new ideas and create a method of paying and accepting the property, so that in nine cases out of ten they should not be redeemed.

The second one is that there is an accumulated amount of salt money, and the imperial edict has stopped paying the official price of the salt production in the salt field, and the rest will be released.

The third point is that before the Great Amnesty, when a household used its property in exchange for wine and found a debt, it also followed the law of salt payment and only paid the official title.

The fourth is that in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, Hangzhou picked up 58,290 pieces of silk that could not be offered as offerings and bought 58,290 pieces of silk, and sold them to households. They kept whipping them to collect them, and they still owe 82,300 pieces.

Passed through, and were released in accordance with the imperial edict on April 9th ​​of that year.

However, after one hundred and eighty days with this memorial, I was not given the command to surrender, so I went back to the inspection meeting. The Minister of Finance reviewed the meeting and said that I had not received the previous memorial.

On December 8, the three provinces issued an imperial edict and ordered Su Shi to listen to the memorial.

On the 9th day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Yuanyou, I prepared the record of the imperial examination and handed over the legato to complete it. After more than 500 days, I followed the previous instructions and performed the prelude to the inspection meeting.

The four things I have mentioned before have only been seen in Yangzhou and Hangzhou. The world is so vast that there are many such four things. If it is not cured today, in a few years, the people will become more and more desperate, exiled, and plagued by thieves and thieves.

The indescribable.

When I see where I am being transported and when I am sent to the punishment department, my priority is to collect debts instead of caring for the people.

I want to beg to record this statement, and the four things I reported on the ninth day of the first month of the sixth year of Yuanyou. I went down to appease the people, and appointed them to be in charge of the department. I entrusted myself to evict the department and select one or two officials under my jurisdiction. I might as well appoint the department in my own post.

To request all kinds of debts from state to state, including the name of the department and the reason for the debt, the household name and the yuan are due, and the application must be made within one month to ensure that there are no omissions, and the order of the debt should be recorded, and the notice will be published.

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If the prefecture and county did not comply with the regulations, Xu Yi would report the matter to the department himself, and the department would be required to examine the matter thoroughly within one season.

If the state and county fail to comply with the regulations, they will be exempted and corrected.

If there are no clear provisions for the coordination of the affairs, or if there are obstructions to the provisions, the authority will urge the affairs, report the decrees, and still beg the imperial court to send three or five officials to take a closer look at the situation and set limits to end the situation.

In this way, from year to year, tired people will still have hope for survival, wealthy families will resume their businesses, merchants will gradually become more prosperous, wine taxes will increase, and public and private loans will be liberalized. This will be the beginning.

The hearts and minds of the people and the foundation of the country are related to the safety and security of the country, and there are many stakes in the process. I hope that the Holy Mercy will leave his spare time and pay special attention to the Holy Spirit.

At that time, my body was far away and my words were profound, and my sin was worthy of death. I was so grateful that I could not remain silent for my partiality."

Gao Taotao felt pity after reading it and issued an edict: "The situation set by the capital is due to the detailed instructions."

However, Su Shi did not stop there. He continued to write, and also filed a complaint with the Ministry of Household Affairs, describing the implementation of central policies he saw after arriving at the local area: "When I passed through Huainan, I saw the ultimatum from the Department of Transportation, and I sat on the talisman of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It is mentioned above that due to the disaster in Huainan, begging and granting money will be exempted. For the rest of the households who owe money, they will also beg and be reduced to three points. If there is still money owed, it will be transferred to the second-class households. If it cannot be reduced in one case, begging and granting will be given.

I am waiting for the taxes to be paid this autumn. His words are true."

"Xun Meng was sent to the Ministry of Finance by the Holy Grace, but the Ministry only reviewed the imperial edict issued on July 24, the third year of Yuanyou. The regulations for paying for disasters and injuries should be violated. The imperial edict should be violated. The officials who begged for relief were exempted from the exemption.

Whether Yuan Bu Xiang can handle the incident or not, it shows that the Holy Mercy wants to do what he says, but Hubu doesn’t want to do it. Even if he does it, it’s the same as if he doesn’t do it.”

At the same time, he expressed his doubts about the attitude and ability of the Ministry of Accounts to implement the clearing of outstanding debts:

"What I have come to discuss now, if it were not for the special command given by the imperial court, the Ministry of Household Affairs would have no reason to implement it."

"Recently, the Huainan Transportation Department has seen twice as many refugees as the locals, but the number of injuries caused by disasters is less than five points, and the food supplies are limited. Fearing that people are not at peace, they have petitioned for extrajudicial support."

"If all real inspections and releases are carried out, there should not be so many refugees. Instead of extrajudicial rescue after they are exiled, how about legal inspections and releases before they are exiled?"

"We all know this path and cannot be deceived. I am an obedient servant and dare not fail to listen to the report."

Half a month later, seeing that the court still had no decision, Su Shi wrote again: "I heard that Mencius said: 'With a heart that cannot tolerate others, you implement an intolerable government.' If your Majesty did not have such a heart in the beginning, how could I dare to hope for such a policy?"

, you can stop if you keep talking but don't listen. However, if the minister is still diligent and insistent, it is because your Majesty really has this intention, and he is discouraged by the ministers."

"Looking at the beginning of the throne, he implemented policies and benevolent, and the world was in awe. He hoped for peace in the month of Qi. In the past eight years, the people have become poorer. How can this be done? May your Majesty think deeply about this."

“If it weren’t for the burden of accumulated debts, how could anyone from ancient times to the present have practiced benevolent government for eight years but the people did not survive?

Since the minister had been discussing the memorial for a long time, the government began to write the memorial. Yunchu didn't see the minister's comments, so he ordered the minister to record the memorial separately according to the imperial decree.

It means that this memorial was sent out in the morning and went out in the evening, and it has been here for two years now. This way I know that I have accumulated arrears and the minister has no intention to implement it."

"If it had not been for His Majesty's attention, pain and command, and he would have only issued the usual written text, but still submitted familiar matters and sent them to the Ministry of Household Affairs for detailed inspection according to the regulations, there would be no reason to implement them."

"I have spoken lightly and don't care about it. I am sorry that your majesty is an innocent child. He is suffering from hardship and anxiety day by day and has lost his physical health. I have also stolen the information and the minister will tell you that now he is sending troops to the west. He is eager for financial gain and cannot do this.

The minister said that the amount of debts owed to the household department is not enough, which seems to be a pity. If we really calculate the amount collected by the prefectures and counties, and accumulate even a few cents over the years, how can it be enough to finance the emergency?

I am willing to make a decisive decision and implement it as soon as possible."

"I visited and heard that there was a severe famine and epidemic in western Zhejiang. The people of Su, Hu, and Xiu prefectures were favored by the imperial court. They still need to be recruited by officials. After three years, the common people can be fully restored. The book says: 'The government will not be in chaos. To protect the country before it is in danger.' Fortunately, the disaster in western Zhejiang was saved a year or two ago by everyone's guilty conscience, and they worked together to save it. The labor, expense, and harm were not worth it."

By the way, I complained: "On the day I learned about Hangzhou, I asked the shipping department to buy a lot of dendrobium in order to save the hungry people in the coming year. The Holy Ming noticed it and gave me a million yuan of money to buy dendrobium. However, Wang Jian, the shipping officer, insisted that the rice was not expensive. "

"Although rice is a little more expensive this year, it is still very cheap compared to the spring and summer of the following year. Even if it is expensive to buy, it is still better than nothing. But he insists on seeing what he sees and refuses to accept the grains. This will cause the next year's relief work to be unprepared. , everyone knows it.”

"But the villain only cherishes money for the court and does not cherish the people for the king and father. This is the case for everyone."

"The counties in the east and west of Huainan have suffered from years of disasters, which lasted ten years in recent times and fifteen or six years in distant times. Now that the summer fields are ripe, the people are dying a hundred times, and there is little business, but the supervisors are arguing for debts, so that As the people reflect on the bad years, their resentment and resentment will inevitably lead to floods and droughts."

"If I dare to die in ignorance, please send me an imperial edict: 'When I visited Huaihe, Zhejiang had the most accumulated debts. Years of disasters have caused them to die together. Now that I have come to Huainan, I have only harvested one wheat. Western Zhejiang is not guaranteed to be fertile. Therefore, east and west of Huainan , all kinds of debts in western Zhejiang, regardless of whether they are old or new, whether they have official records or not, will be eliminated in one piece.'"

This was a bit excessive. It was like holding Zhao Xu's hand and helping him write the edict.

In the end, Su Shi used Zhao Xu's wedding as a reason: "To make the people who have been trapped for a long time know the joy of having a full meal. Still more, give them command, do the four things that the ministers said, so that everyone can be appeased, and the commander-in-chief can infer the consequences." Be diligent and seek peace with all the tired people in the world."

"I saw the edict and appointed the queen on the 16th day of the fifth lunar month. This branch will last for hundreds of generations, and the world will celebrate. Mencius said: 'The poem says: 'The ancient Duke and Danfu came to court and rode horses. They led the Western Water Margin to Qixia. Yuan and Jiang Daughter, Yu comes to Xuyu. 'At this time, there will be no resentful women inside and no unruly husbands outside.' That is why this week is king."

"Your Majesty is planning this great celebration, but you don't care about the people who have accumulated debts and are displaced from the road, their homes and families are in danger, and those who pledge their property to lose their official positions? If you personally send out Yuyin and do this with all your strength, you will save tens of thousands of people. God's Guide Not far away, it will surely bring boundless blessings to our descendants."

"I can't help but be loyal, and I won't say anything until I die."
Chapter completed!