不许我们征收公粮和税款
“we are not allowed to collect public grain and taxes,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We are not allowed to recruit young people to join the army,”
不许 我们 征收公粮 和税款
“we are not allowed to collect public grain and taxes,”
不许我们过问地方的行政 云魁兄
“and we are not allowed to interfere in local administration. Yunkui,”
“They are starving us out financially and logistically.”
In 20th-century Chinese history, collecting grain directly from farmers was the primary economic lifeline for sustaining armies and administrative apparatuses in rural base areas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to levy / to collect (taxes or grain)
An institutional term used for government or military taxation and requisitioning.
public grain (agricultural tax paid in grain)
A historical Chinese term designating tax quotas delivered in agricultural produce.
