casket of old days

Chapter 72

Hao Wen looked at Chu Qiguang and said, "Chu Qiguang, do you understand?"

Chu Qiguang nodded, enduring both physical and mental discomfort, and thought to himself: "This Ding Daoxiao's attitude is also a bit problematic."Does he support retiring the fields?

But according to what Qiao Zhi said... He and his Ding family were conservatives in the future. They not only opposed the reform, but also farmed a lot of land. '

'Hehe, the reformist son of Mr. Wu Ge refused to retire the land.The conservative Ding Daoxiao wants to support the retreat instead?If this is the case, then the water here is very deep. '

"It's a pity that Qiao Zhi doesn't know much about the inside story of the battle in Qingyang County..."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Chu Qiguang couldn't solve the key point in Ding Daoxiao's attitude for a while, temporarily suppressed the doubts and discomfort in his heart, and said slowly: "The way to break the situation lies in the demon's salary..."

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the world was full of monsters, and even more monsters gathered in the wilderness.In order to control demons and open up wasteland, Emperor Taizu collected demon wages and used them to dispatch troops to crusade against demons everywhere.

Later, as the number of demons in the wilderness was greatly reduced, a large number of fields were opened up in various places, and the imperial court no longer sent troops to encircle and suppress them.

The demon salary will also be collected and distributed by the states and governments on the spot, and will no longer be sent to the central government for unified mobilization.

It is now the 15th year of Yong'an, and in the 2nd year of Yong'an, Beiyue Mansion found that there was a problem with the increase or decrease in the number of acres of land in Qingyang County during the accounting, so they sent someone to investigate, and finally calculated that the summer wheat in Qingyang County was 1051 shi less. Therefore, he ordered the county to replenish the 1051 shi of summer wheat every year in the future.

"This 1051 Shi Xiamai's demon salary should have been shared by the whole county of Qingyang County, so it wasn't too much, but at that time, among the six clerks of the county government... there was no one from Nangou Township, Qingyang County, Instead, they all come from twelve other townships in Qingyang County."

"So with a swipe of a pen, they joined hands and counted the 1051 stones of summer wheat on the head of Nangou Township. Because Qingyang County was going to pay the demon's salary, the people of Nangou Township didn't find out for a while. Problem. Just let them pay 1051 shi more summer wheat every year in a daze."

"Now it is the 15th year of Yong'an, and Nangou Township has paid 13 more years of summer wheat, and has become more and more impoverished. The subordinate families of the other 13 towns have passed on the position of the sixth house for [-] years, and firmly controlled it. Lost the authority of Liufang in the county.

Even if someone finds out about Xia Mai's problem, they will be able to suppress the matter if they evade each other and perfunctory.

As far as Daidai County magistrates are concerned, as long as Qingyang County can collect the demon's salary, it doesn't matter which village pays more or which village pays less, and they don't want to offend the gentry, officials, and common people in those twelve towns.Once this matter is exposed, Nangou Township and twelve other townships will make trouble. "

Hearing this, Hao Wen's eyes also lit up: "If you are not satisfied, you will make a fuss, and if you are a little provocative at that time, it will be a civil uprising."

Instigating civil uprisings, fighting against the imperial court, and driving out magistrates, these are the basic operations of local tyrants in the Han Dynasty. Hao Wen came up with a bunch of methods as soon as he heard it.

At this moment, Ding Daoxiao on the side frowned, and said indifferently: "Chu Qiguang, your method won't work."

He criticized: "Then Nangou Township is nothing more than a group of unruly people, even if there are a few martial arts students, it's not good enough.

Once there was a disturbance, He Wenyan directly led people to suppress Nangou Township, and asked them to continue to pay the overcharged demon wages. Could it be that these gangsters could still make trouble against He Wenyan, a majestic Wu Jinshi?

What's more, you also said that the current Liufang scribes are all from those twelve towns, and it is even more impossible for He Wenyan to offend the gentry, officials, and ordinary people in the other twelve towns for the sake of one Nangou Township. "

Chu Qiguang looked directly at Ding Daoxiao, and said word by word: "The overcharged demon salary should have been the burden of the whole county, but it was spread on the head of Nangou Township. He Zhixian, as the official of Qingyang's parents, shouldn't pay evenly , to relieve the people's hardship?"

The housekeeper Hao Fulai said impatiently: "Didn't you hear what Mr. Ding said? A mere Nangou Township..."

"Shut up." Hao Wen laughed after hearing Chu Qiguang's last words, and cursed directly: "You slave don't understand shit."

Hao Fulai stared blankly at Hao Wen and scolded him, but he was angry but never dared to express it, so he could only stare at Chu Qiguang with hatred.

And Hao Wen's words were equivalent to scolding Ding Daoxiao on the side, causing Ding Daoxiao's face to turn blue and white.

However, Hao Wen didn’t notice this, and continued to laugh and said, “Equal taxation and labor... This is a national policy. He Wenyan’s surveying of land is for the purpose of equal taxation and labor, isn’t it just a tiger’s skin for the national policy? The monster’s salary To equalize the entire county to relieve the poverty of the people is also to promote the national policy.”

Hao Wen said cheerfully: "We not only want to appeal to the people, but also write letters to the governor, inspector, and chief secretary, asking He Wenyan to hurry up to equalize the wages of the demons, so as to benefit the people of Nangou Township."

Ding Daoxiao's face darkened, he wanted to object but couldn't find fault in it.

Once the teachers of the Wu family and the Hao family became famous, they started to fan the flames and stir up the common people. In the name of the fair salary of more than 1000 Shi Xia Mai, it was easy to cause trouble in the county.

At that time, just find a few more leaders to encircle the county government office, go to the governor's office to write a letter, and beat the county government servants... It will be a civil uprising immediately.

The ministers of the DPRK and China must not blame the public for this. They only think that He Wenyan is incompetent and use him as a scapegoat.

Hao Yongtai, who was on the side, understood his father's explanation instantly, and looked at Chu Qiguang with some admiration at this moment, thinking that this guy is really talented.

Hao Wen looked at Ding Daoxiao and asked, "Nephew Ding Xian, what do you think of this method?"

Ding Daoxiao's face froze slightly, he looked at Chu Qiguang and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a good idea. No matter how even He Wenyan is, the twelve towns will be dissatisfied. Even if he knows, there is nothing he can do about it."

Hao Wen patted Chu Qiguang on the shoulder, smiled and said, "This trick is to retaliate against him in the same way. Nephew Chu Xian is really quick-witted, hahahaha."

Ding Daoxiao sat quietly at the side, as if he was seriously looking at Chu Qiguang in front of him for the first time, there seemed to be a glimmer of haze in his brows.

Hao Wen said: "I'll talk to Wu Wei and ask him to write a letter to Li Peiqian, the governor of Lingzhou, to reflect on the situation in Qingyang County, and urge He Wenyan to quickly equalize the demon's salary."

If it is said that the Wu family was tied up before, then now that they have raised their behavior to the point of responding to the court's call, they can wantonly exert their influence in the court and the county.

Hao Fulai had just been scolded by Hao Wen, and now he stood aside with a dark face, looking at Chu Qiguang with surprise in his eyes.

The more Hao Wen thought about it, the more excited he became, and after saying hello, he wanted to take the boy to Wu's house, and told Wu Wei about this method quickly.

Before leaving, he asked his servants to prepare a banquet, and asked Hao Yongtai to greet Ding Daoxiao and Chu Qiguang well.

Looking at Hao Wen who was leaving, Ding Daoxiao smiled slightly, looked at Chu Qiguang and said, "You are really smart to see this loophole in the vast amount of money and grain books."

"I'm honored." Chu Qiguang looked at Ding Daoxiao without backing down, and suddenly said, "Brother Ding doesn't support the actions of the Wu family and the Hao family?"

Ding Daoxiao was slightly startled, but he thought he hadn't revealed any flaws, and fixed his eyes on Chu Qiguang: "Why do you think so?"
This chapter is inspired by the Huizhou silk case from Longqing to Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the Huizhou silk case in history must be much more complicated than this. If you are interested, you can learn more about it. The best written one is "Daming under the Microscope" written by Prince Ma.

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