ushernet Chapter 136 Officials secretly collect taxes
Chapter 136 Officials secretly collect taxes
Fang Jian frowned slightly, stood up and asked, "How many areas have this situation occurred in?"
"Among the eight cities and 75 counties including Nanling, Huai Chong, Pingshan, Nanfeng, Hongxing, Qingchang, Zhengshan and Changye, 64 of them secretly collect taxes from the people," Tao Yunong introduced.
Fang Jian sneered, "Great, great, you are so confident. How long have these people been collecting taxes privately?"
"Starting from the day before yesterday." Tao Yunong said truthfully.
Fang Jian stood up and said, "Send an order to all local anti-bandit forces. All county heads and relevant personnel in the county involved in the private collection of taxes will be arrested and their homes confiscated."
"Yu Nong, Ji Wu, select intelligence agents and outstanding students from the political and legal training class to serve as county governors in various places. After these people go down, the first thing they should do is return all the taxes collected."
"All county magistrates who violate laws and discipline and bully the people will have their homes confiscated and be taken to Nanling for trial."
The time was too short and the foundation was insufficient, so Fang Jian had no choice but to transfer some students and intelligence agents from the Political Science and Law Training Class. The training class was those recruited before the establishment of the Political Science and Law College.
Of course, at most only a few of these personnel can be transferred to each county. Now there are 64 counties with problems. If one person is transferred to each county, there will be 64 people in total.
There were only more than 300 students in the training class, and the Intelligence Department could mobilize a maximum of 200 agents, with each county able to send four or five people.
Now problems have been found in 64 counties. There are 110 counties in the entire Nanshan Province. We must guard against the same problems in other counties and supplement the remaining personnel.
Thanks to the fact that Francis Jian had dispersed five or six thousand people to various places to serve as police officers, he still had a certain degree of control over each county.
These dispatched personnel, with the cooperation of the police, should be able to deal with the situation quickly.
Then Fang Jian said, "Let Shen Liren and Zhou Zhuowu set up the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Taxation Bureau. From now on, only the Taxation Bureau will be able to collect taxes in Nanshan Province."
"The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is responsible for counting and verifying the amount of tax paid, not collecting taxes. The tax bureau is only responsible for collecting money."
Francis Xavier hoped to eliminate internal corruption by dividing the company into two different departments, one responsible for accounting and the other for collecting money.
Of course, there is no perfect system in the world. Even the most perfect system will be full of loopholes if there are problems with the people who implement it.
Even in the modern blue planet with a sound legal system, there are still false and wrongful convictions. Can this be said to be an institutional problem? Many times, the key lies in the people who implement the system.
"Commander, what should we do with the major families that caused the riots?" Tao Yunong asked.
When mentioning these major families, Fang Jian said coldly: "I didn't intend to move against them so early. Since they are looking for death, let's fulfill their wish."
"There must be some local officials who are in collusion with the major families. I think these officials should be willing to cooperate. After obtaining evidence, expel all these families from Nanshan Province."
Tao Yunong was a little disappointed when he heard that they were just going to expel these people, but Fang Jian's next sentence made him inexplicably excited.
Fang Jian said, "Aren't there still bandits in Qingshan? These people passed through Qingshan with their accumulated wealth. I think they would be very tempted."
Tao Yunong understood Fang Jian's meaning immediately. He went down to make arrangements and sent a telegram to the Seventh Division, asking them to slow down the bandit suppression work in Qingshan.
Because both the 201st and 301st Regiments were stationed in Nanling, the defense of Nanling City became more stable. Therefore, when Tao Yunong sent out intelligence department agents and political and legal students, he also brought soldiers from the garrison division with them.
As various departments were mobilized, several county officials under Nanling who had collected taxes privately were all caught in one fell swoop.
This also made Fang Jian look very ugly. He could understand that places a little further away collected taxes privately, but they dared to collect taxes privately right under his nose, which showed how unscrupulous and fearless these people were.
As Francis Xavier vigorously arrested officials from all over the country, several major families became somewhat panicked.
Tang Houyong, Wang Cenyuan, Dou Dexu, as well as Chen Mushen, the head of the Chen family, and Song Guangqing, the head of the Song family, gathered at the Wang family mansion.
Dou Dexu felt a little regretful in his heart, thinking that he had acted on impulse this time. Just looking at the resolute way Fang Jianan dealt with the Jin Honghui, he knew he should not be provoked.
Although Wang Cenyuan felt that the law did not hold everyone responsible, Fang Jian lacked the talent to govern and would not punish these officials on a large scale, let alone replace them.
But now many county officials near Nanling have been arrested, and it is not known whether they will be punished.
If these officials are to be dealt with, it is hard to say that their major families will not be liquidated.
The foundation of the gentry family is those officials, and the patrons of those officials are also gentry. The two complement each other. Once the relationship with those officials is eradicated, the gentry family will exist in name only.
Dou Dexu asked in panic, "Master Wang, will these arrested officials be okay? Will this military governor attack us?"
"It's okay. At most he will just catch some typical cases." Wang Cenyuan was a little panicked inside, but he still tried to remain calm.
"This time it affects more than 80 counties. I don't believe that this governor dares to punish all these officials."
The more than 80 counties that Wang Cenyuan mentioned are all those controlled by their five major families. Among them, there are some counties where operations have not yet been launched or cities and counties that have not been discovered by the Intelligence Department.
In Wang Cenyuan's opinion, with so many counties and nearly a thousand officials involved, even if Fang Jian arrested all of them, it would be impossible to kill them all.
If we kill these people, who will govern these counties and maintain local stability?
Chen Mushen, the head of the Chen family, looked a little serious: "Don't push too hard on this matter. Let the people below be more sensible in what they do."
"If we really anger this warlord, the gun in his hand will not reason with us."
The Chen family and the Song family also joined the action later. After Fang Ji'an settled in Nanshan, a series of policies caused the income of the five families to drop sharply, so they all complained.
"He's just a young boy. What's there to be afraid of?" Song Guangqing, the head of the Song family, said with a hint of disdain.
"This warlord has offended the Northern government and is now at war with it. I don't believe he would dare to offend us again."
In Song Guangqing's view, Fang Jian was at war with the northern government and needed them to stabilize the rear, so the other side would definitely not take action against them again.
Because of the Changhuan War, the entire Changhuan City was under martial law, and several major families were unaware that a ceasefire had been reached on the front line.
After hearing what the Song family head said, the other family heads felt a little more at ease.
Tao Yunong and Zhuang Jiwu acted very quickly and the personnel had been arranged and assigned in the afternoon.
Early the next morning, the arranged personnel were sent to the county towns of the seven counties under Nanling by trucks and cars.
After the accompanying officers and soldiers sent the intelligence agents and political and legal students to the local areas, they quickly launched operations such as arresting officials and searching their homes.
"Is this the big truck? It's really impressive."
"Yeah, this car is really impressive. I wish I could buy one too."
"The truck belongs to the government. You can buy it anywhere else. With your wealth, don't even think about buying it."
In Yujia County, Nanling, trucks entered the county town early in the morning. When people saw the trucks, they started talking about them on the streets.