The"Shi Ji"(Ten Seasons)service was a type of township service during the Ming and Qing dynasties,specifically responsible for tax collection.The personnel who undertook the township service was positioned between Li Zhang(the head of Li,a unit composed of a hundred households)or Liang Zhang(the head responsible for collecting grain taxes)and Jia Zhang(the head of Jia,a unit composed of ten households).Their responsibilities varied in different regions.The"Shi Ji"service was not a type of township service that was prevalent nationwide,but existed in certain areas due to a specific task of tax collection.The system of compensation for taxes made people avoid township services,which provided those crafty men with opportunities to extort money from the households by undertaking the"Shi Ji"service,further increasing the burden on these households.
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