Poor Family Chapter 553

  Chapter 553 Open source is good

Of course, Li Yanqing has to find a way to solve the immediate financial difficulties. The most realistic and reliable way is to exchange resources for resources, exchange the land resources controlled by the county government for money in the hands of merchants, so as to overcome the immediate financial difficulties, and then think of a solution Expanding the source of government revenue is a convenient and effective way to solve the problem.

The businessmen were all interested, stretching their necks one by one, holding their breath, the hall was silent, Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I don't know if everyone feels the same as me, that the land of the Town God's Temple is too wasteful to leave there. It covers an area of ​​60 mu, and it can be rebuilt into a tile shop. I plan to sell this land to the public, with one mu of land as a share. Everyone can buy it with money. The government has also solved its financial difficulties and has money to repay everyone's debts If you are interested, register at the county government first, and it will be sold publicly in a few days."

  The inside of the Yingbin Hall suddenly felt like a pot was exploding. The land on the side of the Town God's Temple happened to be located in the center of the county. It can be said that it is the most prosperous area in Jiayu County. Who wouldn't be greedy? Everyone has been looking forward to it for many years, and it was finally sold after the arrival of the new county magistrate.

But Yang Ju was shocked. The county lord would sell the land without discussing it with him. That piece of land cannot be sold. If it could be sold, he would have sold it long ago. The government land needs to be approved by the state, and we applied to the state to sell that piece of land last year, but it was rejected.”

   "Why was it rejected?"

   "Whether it is selling official land or official land, there must be a good reason. At that time, we used the lack of supplementary public funds as the reason, but the state refused."

  Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "It means that you don't know how to do things. If I use the same reason, the state will approve it. Do you believe it?"

Yang Ju was right when he thought about it. Last year, County Magistrate Wang happened to be at the end of his term, and he might be promoted or transferred. At this critical moment, he didn't want to cause trouble. I don't want to fight anymore. If Li Xianjun can fight again and again, there should still be a glimmer of hope. At this moment, Yang Ju suddenly remembered that Li Yanqing used to be a servant of the censor, and he had a lot of connections in the court. Maybe Zhizhou would really give him this face. .

  Thinking of this, he nodded happily and said, "If the state really agrees with us to sell the land, then the big problem will be solved."

  At this time, the proprietor of Yancha shop asked impatiently, "How much is the county magistrate planning to sell for one mu?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "Of course it is sold according to the market price. If the seat is good, it will be more expensive, and if the seat is slightly out of the way, it will be cheaper. If several families rush to buy a piece of land, then it depends on who offers the highest price. There will be a detailed notice posted at the gate of the yamen, just take a look, everyone can rest assured that this land sale is absolutely fair, the county will never accept any favors, only money!"

  Everyone laughed and got up to leave one after another. The news quickly spread, and everyone in the county government was excited. As long as the land was sold, the county would have money, and their big problem of salary would be solved.

  Li Yanqing sent someone to find Yang Ju, the county magistrate, and Zhou Ping, the county magistrate, and the three discussed the sale of the land in detail.

Zhou Ping has been in the official circles of Ezhou for more than 20 years. He obviously knows better how to deal with this matter. He stroked his beard and said calmly: "I said last year that the reason why Wang Zhizhou did not approve our application is because we are afraid of worrying. It is not only the lack of funds in Jiayu County, but other counties are the same. If Jiayu County is approved by the state, other counties will follow suit, and the matter will become serious. Of course Wang Zhizhou cannot bear this responsibility, so he It is definitely not approved. I suggest not to sell the land directly to the state. When the raw rice is cooked, Wang Zhizhou has no choice. He will not make things big and cause trouble for himself. It's over."

  Li Yanqing nodded secretly, this Zhou Ping is a fine person, he sees the problem very thoroughly, so he underestimated him.

   "It turns out that Zhizhou is also surnamed Wang. I don't know what relationship he has with the former magistrate Wang of our county?"

   "They have nothing to do with each other. Wang Zhizhou is from Huizhou, and Wang County Magistrate is from Kaifeng Prefecture. Although they have the same surname, the relationship between the two is not very good."

"Why?"

   "The Zhizhou is a Jinshi in the second year of Chongning, but the county magistrate is not from a professional background, so..."

  Li Yanqing smiled, "I understand, if you don't enter a family, it's hard to be a friend, right!"

"exactly!"

  At this time, Yang Ju next to her said worriedly: "Although selling the land can relieve temporary worries, what will we do in the future? Without a long-term income, it still cannot solve the fundamental problem."

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I have a long-term open source solution. The key is to solve the urgent problem first."

  Yang Ju and Zhou Ping were overjoyed, "What can the county lord do?"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Our public land has 12,000 mu, and the annual rent is only 4,000 guan, which is too low. If the annual income of the tenant is 10,000 guan, wouldn't the problem be solved?"

Yang Ju and Zhou Ping looked at each other, and Zhou Ping quickly said: "I'm afraid it won't work. Jiayu County has a small number of people, good land is very cheap, and the income from renting is extremely low. If the rent is raised, no one will come to plant farms. It's gone."

Li Yanqing said calmly: "The biggest advantage of public land is that you don't have to pay taxes, so no matter what I plant, it won't affect the tax amount of the county. I can rent 12,000 mu of land to Baoyanzhai Planting flowers is much more profitable than farming. Then I receive a rent of 10,000 per mu of land every year, and 12,000 mu of land is 12,000. Subsidies, charcoal and firewood subsidies for clerks, and food subsidies for yamen servants and policemen can all be greatly increased, and if we sign a 20-year lease, won't the long-term business come?”

  Yang Ju smiled wryly, "The question is whether Baoyanzhai is willing to rent our land. They have several manors in Jiangxia. Even if they want to rent, they must rent land in Jiangxia County!"

  Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Whether Baoyan Zhai will come or not is up to me. If I am not sure, I will not propose this plan."

Li Yanqing didn't want to break the relationship between himself and Bao Yanzhai, he discussed with the two about the auction of the land, and he handed over the matter to Zhou Ping. And he is a fine person, he will get things done.

Of course, Li Yanqing has another consideration. He has seized Zhou Ping's military power. In order to appease him, it is best to give Zhou Ping some benefits. So how to sell the land and how to operate it is up to Zhou Ping. If one or two pieces of the best land were left to his family, Li Yanqing would just turn a blind eye.

  As for his promise to the businessman to be fair and just, that is just an attitude, no one will take it seriously, and no one will take it seriously.

The land auction cannot be completed immediately, and various preparations, such as measuring and marking, will take at least ten days before it can be carried out. His salary is about 700 guan, and the other 300 guan is used as tea money to subsidize his subordinates, which is regarded as the welfare of the new official.

He did what he said. He took out a thousand guan coins and exchanged them into copper coins at the money shop. Soon, the one thousand guan copper coins were piled up on the small table in the courtyard. After the police got the news, they all rushed over.

   One of the three redundant officials in the Song Dynasty was official officials. In each county, there were as many as one or two hundred people, and as few as thirty or fifty people lived on official food. Jiayu County is a Shang county, and there are nearly a hundred people.

  Generally speaking, the various personnel of the county government are divided into two types: officials and servants.

And the service is subdivided into three types, one is government servants, such as hand strength, miscellaneous duties, Jiezi, foot strength, etc.; They are all kinds of professional deacons, including Xiangshushou, Douzi, Scale, Caizi, Dizi, Kuzi, Postman and so on.

   There are also some special personnel who also rely on the county to support them, mainly personnel from government schools, government-run primary schools, and charitable organizations.

  To support so many people every month, the basic salary is 700 guan, and there are also various subsidies and miscellaneous materials, which add up to thousands of guan.

  The public funds allocated by the imperial court are pitifully small, and each county has to find its own way to solve it.

In the yard, Li Yanqing looked at the dark crowd and said: "I know that many brothers have to support their families. They have not been paid for three months, and everyone has been wronged. Today I decided to sell the land in front of the Town God's Temple to solve the problem of the county government. All the debts will also be settled for everyone's salaries, but it will take at least ten days to collect the money from the sale of the land. Maybe many brothers are waiting for the rice to be cooked, so I personally advance 1,000 yuan and give everyone a month's salary in advance. Salary, and then give everyone an extra half of their salary as tea money. I will not treat my brothers badly!"

Cheers erupted in the yard, no matter if they were civil servants, policemen or yamen servants, they were all very excited. Because they couldn't get the money back to their families, they had suffered a lot in the past few months. Going to set up a small stall at night, life is not easy, Li Yanqing sympathizes with his subordinates, and pays them salaries with his own money, how can they not be moved, on the first day of taking office, Li Yanqing won the hearts of all his subordinates.

In the courtyard, Mo Jun and Liu Fang were still sitting at the table, figuring out how to distribute money to everyone, but Li Yanqing returned to his official room. Li Yanqing's official room was located in the back hall, just at the end of the central axis of the county government. There is a small yard, the yard is very small, but there is also a rockery, two wintersweet plants are planted, and there is a clump of thin bamboo in the corner.

There are three rooms on the front, the middle is Li Yanqing's official room, covering an area of ​​at least 30 square meters, with all tables, chairs and cabinets, and the left one is the clerical room. There are no suitable candidates.

On the right is the tea room, there should be a little tea boy in charge of making tea for them, similar to Brother Ying from Yushitai in the past, and no suitable person has been found so far. The tea boy is fried instead.

Li Yanqing is sitting in the lobby dealing with some cases accumulated in the past. They are placed in file bags one by one. There are civil cases and criminal cases. From the bags, we can distinguish between civil cases and criminal cases. The ordinary white bags are civil cases, and the yellow plus The bag of the seal is criminal cases. Relatively speaking, there are far fewer criminal cases, most of which are civil disputes. Before he came, Yang Ju and Zhou Ping had already dealt with simple cases, and the rest were relatively tricky case.

  At this time, Zhou Ping walked to the door and smiled, "Can I bother you, the county lord?"

  Li Yanqing put down his pen and said with a smile, "Please come in!"

   Zhou Ping walked in, handed a document to Li Yanqing and said, "This is a land sale draft that I just drafted, please have a look at it, the county lord!"

  【Ask for monthly tickets, recommendation tickets! 】

  (end of this chapter)

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