During the reign of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Chen, the governor of Jiangnan, was surprised to find that Suzhou's arrears of taxes and grain were as high as 7.9 million stones.
Regarding this situation, he decided to go and check it out in person, which reflected his serious and responsible attitude towards being an official. Zhou Chen does not distrust the local **, but pursues a work style of seeing is believing.
The next day, Zhou Chen took his entourage and took a small boat to go deep into the villages and alleys to understand the situation on the ground and listen to public opinions.
After half a month of investigation, he found that the crux of the problem was that the rich households passed on the taxes and grain they should pay to the poor people, resulting in a large number of fledgles.
In order to solve this problem, Zhou Chen quickly proposed"Square metering"It stipulates that both the government and the private sector must pay the rice consumption tax, which realizes the fairness of the tax burden.
Zhou Chen also selected personnel from the grain chiefs to be responsible for taxation and transportation. He skillfully set up a convenient warehouse, reasonably collected field tax, and set up a freight system in transportation, so that both the first and the people could benefit from it.
This measure was approved by the imperial court, thoughtful"Square metering"Successful implementation has brought good results to the local area.
In the subsequent disaster, Zhou Chen actively allocated Yu Mi for disaster relief and infrastructure repair, showing his wisdom and responsibility as an official.
His"Square metering"It is considered to be a model of financial management, reflecting his concern for the poor people and his accurate grasp of government affairs.