The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 746 Clues
"I invited Yang Hou here because I have important clues to tell Yang Hou. Is this the attitude of Yang Hou?!" Facing Yang Qingyuan's cup filling, Ming Yuexin was not surprised for too long, but immediately turned against the guest.

"..." Yang Qingyuan felt that his pretense was pointless.

In desperation, Yang Qingyuan could only pour another cup of tea, raised his hand, and let the tea cup fall in front of Ming Yuexin like an arm.

Although Ming Yuexin knew Yang Qingyuan's martial arts, she was still surprised to see that there was no ripple in the tea in the cup.

Not only that, when the tea was just poured out, there was no heat, but now the tea is still tumbling, such pure yang internal force is also amazing.

"The Marquis pours tea for you personally, this kind of treatment is not something ordinary people get!"

Tang Lan picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Tea is average, with more tea flavor but less fragrance."

She was born as a lady of the Tang Sect, and she can be regarded as a child of a different kind of family, so she also has a lot of experience in this way.

"Now you can tell! Why are you looking for me?"

Ming Yuexin put down the teacup, wiped her lips with a handkerchief, her posture was elegant.

At the beginning, the yamen servants didn't feel that the money was poor and the treatment was bad, but now when they compare it, they feel uncomfortable.

"Liu Hucao, you are too polite! You are diligent in your work, I can't wait to admire you!"

Originally, the salary of the six doors was similar to that of the government servants, and even the salaries given by the generous magistrates were better than those of the six doors.

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"Yes!"

"Is there anything special about this Tongshan Village, Marquis Yang?!"

Zhang Taishou nodded in satisfaction, "Go!"
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Back in his office and study, two policemen were already waiting here.

"It's not that there is a problem with the dossier, but that there is a problem with this village!"

"Um?!"

Ming Yuexin just said the place name, and didn't say anything else!

"There isn't a single problem on the tax page of the dossier, and that's the biggest problem."

"What's wrong with the two arrests?! Look at you!" Zhang Taishou picked up a cup of tea and said with some disgust.

But the two of them were also alert, "I'm just running errands, so I don't know what a person like Lord Dezhi wants to do! Now that I have obtained the file, I need to report back immediately, so I'm leaving!" "After speaking, the two got up and took the file back.

"Hahaha, you two, I'm sorry, just now the prefect asked me to explain some business, so I neglected you two, please forgive me."

"Both, I found it!" After taking out the file, Liu Hucao returned to the study.

"No, they have a warrant issued by the dethroning envoy!"

That's how people are, they don't suffer from scarcity but from inequality.

"Okay!" The head of the yamen servant didn't really want to prevent them from entering, so he went down the slope, "You wait, I will report to Mr. Hucao."

At any rate, Zhang Taishou had been a fifth-rank official for many years, so he came up with a plan in the shortest possible time.

After all, he still came to represent the imperial court's "big plan", so the officials in Yuzhou County would naturally have to investigate.

"If Mr. Dezhi needs your help, you must be careful and considerate, and handle the errands assigned by your adults."

"This village is located deep in the mountains, and the fields are not considered fertile. It is reasonable to say that it is difficult for them to pay their taxes. However, Hu Cao never went to this village to urge them to pay taxes. They have not missed any taxes in the past ten years. Isn’t it strange to pay and default?!”

As he spoke, Liu Hucao handed over the dossier to the two policemen.

"You... you bastard, go quickly! Invite someone in!" After speaking, Liu Hucao ran towards the government office regardless of his appearance.

Yang Qingyuan took the dossier from the hands of the two policemen, and asked them what happened.

"This Tongshan Village is indeed under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou County, north of Yuzhou City, 120 miles away from Yuzhou. There are 12 registered households in this village, with a population of [-] people."

However, the functions of the two parties overlap to a certain extent.

Although he is only a Hucao, he is also an eighth-rank official in office, an official appointed by the court, how decent is he to look like this? !
"My lord, there are two... two policemen outside the door..."

Having received Yang Qingyuan's promise, Ming Yuexin seemed relieved, and uttered three words from her mouth.

"Is there a problem with paying taxes on time?!" Liu Wangshu didn't understand.

"Tongshan Village?!"

"I also ask Master Hu Cao to check, is there a place called Tongshan Village under the rule of Yuzhou?!"

"It's a very remote village, seventy miles away from Yuzhou, and there are steep mountain roads..."

Li Changyuan was a little confused when he heard the new term that came out of Yang Qingyuan's mouth.

"What's wrong with Brother Yang? Is there something wrong with this file?!" Liu Wangshu heard Yang Qingyuan's suspicion.

"Found it!" Liu Hucao took out a dossier following the guidance of the roster.

This kind of feeling is like a local leader who trembles when a comrade from the Disciplinary Committee and the Supervisory Committee comes to the door with an inspection letter from the imperial envoy who is inspecting one side.

"What's going on! In a panic?!" Yuzhou prefect Zhang Gong felt displeased when he saw his subordinates running with messy hair and sweating on their foreheads.

The six doors robbed the original government servant's job.

"Master Zhang, Master Yao! Something is wrong!" Liu Hucao shouted while running.

"You send someone to the Yuzhou County Office, and cooperate with Hucao of Yuzhou County to find this Tongshan Village." Yang Qingyuan believed that Ming Yuexin would not tease him with a location for no reason.

To put it simply, Six Doors has changed from a contract worker to a public institution, and in terms of establishment, it is managed vertically and is not under the jurisdiction of the local government.

Hearing the commutation of sentence, Tang Lan's mouth showed a trace of sneer, she knew what crime she had committed, so naturally she didn't care about Yang Qingyuan's commutation of sentence.

But with the reform of a certain official surnamed Yang, the treatment of Six Doors has improved.

One of the arresters wanted to get angry when he saw this, but was persuaded by the other, "We were ordered to come here to handle the case. If this damages the reputation of Lord Hou, isn't it just me waiting?"

Although Liu Wangshu didn't ask, Yang Qingyuan also knew her question, the tacit understanding between the two was extraordinary.

There are many cases of pardoning innocent children for the crime of ransacking homes. Although the punishment of implicated people has some truth, it still does not conform to the moral and legal principles.

Liu Wangshu looked at Yang Qingyuan with a hint of incredulity in his eyes. This dossier records the basic information of the village and has been registered for population taxation. How could Yang Qingyuan see that there is a problem with a village from this document? !

This is a problem caused by the limitations of the times. The transportation is inconvenient, and the imperial court has always had some control over this kind of mountains. Even if people in the martial arts can climb mountains and ridges with brisk movements, they cannot replace roads.

Reaching out and not hitting the smiling face, Liu Hucao was so polite, the two police officers naturally couldn't say anything.

"Of course I won't invite my lord here for no reason, I have clues to provide my lord!"

Zhang Taishou frowned slightly, he always felt that he had heard this place name before...
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"Thank you for making this trip!"

"Okay, this Marquis will promise you, as long as Tang Qingfeng has nothing to do with what the Tang Sect committed, no one can implicate him."

"I don't know what the dethroning envoy will tell you, but if you have an order, how dare you disobey his orders?!"

The four yamen guards stopped the two arresters from the six gates, and their words were full of yin and yang.

Li Changyuan immediately found two capable police officers to go to Yuzhou County with Yang Qingyuan's warrant.

"Tongshan Village! Lord Yang sends people to this place, there will be something to gain."

The leader of the yamen servant smiled when he saw this, "The six gates and the government office are not under the jurisdiction of each other, what are you doing?"

"Hey, isn't this the adults from Six Doors?! Why come to us when you have time?!"

"I don't know what the dethrone envoy wants the case files of this small village for?!" Liu Hucao carefully tested the two policemen.

After the two of them left, Liu Hucao also left from the study where he was working. This matter had to be reported to the prefect as soon as possible, and he didn't know what kind of medicine this deposed envoy was selling in his gourd? !
"You mean, these two arresters came here to get the files of a village?!"

Zhang Taishou showed suspicion, not because he didn't believe it, but because it was really outrageous.

A yamen servant who looked older and had some gray hair said, "Boss, he is here for business, so it's fine if we keep venting our anger. If we keep blocking, we will delay the business and go up to the peak for accountability. I can't afford to suffer!"

"That's it?!" Yang Qingyuan didn't intend to implicate him either!
Although it is said to be the Xiaoxiaole of the Nine Clans, it is not decided by the emperor and the Ministry of Punishment who will be implicated.

"Tongshan Village?!" Liu Hucao was also unfamiliar with the name, "there are thousands of villages under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou County, and it is difficult for me to find out for a while. Please wait a moment for me to check."

Liu Hucao also understood the meaning of the superior, "The inferior official understands that if the dethroned emissary asks something that should not be asked, then the inferior official will be enthusiastic, polite, and know nothing about every question!"

Moreover, some villages and towns are hidden deep in the mountains, and they only go to the town when exchanging necessities for life. Maybe within ten or twenty years, the six gates will not be able to go to the village for business, so how do they know?

Even the infrastructure maniacs of later generations still have isolated villages and mountains that cannot be reached.

Not only the police here, there are also sensible people in the government office.

After saluting, Liu Hucao entered Hucao's file room and took out a village registration list of Yuzhou County.

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Not only has the salary increased exponentially, but the status in the court has also become much higher.

All villages with names and surnames in Yuzhou County are registered here. If there is no one in this book, it is a black household.

This Liu Hucao obviously lacks exercise, and he started to pant after taking two steps.

Li Changyuan was a little embarrassed, "My lord, I have never heard of this place..."

"If the dethroning envoy is here to investigate some other matters..." When talking about other matters, Zhang Taishou's tone was obviously different.

"Yes!" Liu Hucao knew this even if Zhang Taishou didn't tell him.

Yang Qingyuan signaled slightly to the female arrester at the side, and the female arrester immediately laid out paper on the desk for recording.

"Yang Hou just said yes or no!"

Then he bowed his hands to the head of the yamen servants, "Boss Wang, I still have to work hard for you to make a trip, brother will treat you to tea some other day!"

"I was ordered to come here and ask Master Hu Cao to check a place."

This should have belonged to Li Changyuan's dereliction of duty, but Yuzhou County has jurisdiction over 67 counties, 750 towns, and [-] nine villages.

Yang Qingyuan also took this opportunity to see the situation in Yuzhou County.

Ming Yuexin gave a place name, and then she didn't want to say more.

"Do you know where this place is?!"

"What?! You stopped people outside!?"

So the two sides are also peaceful.

After the two policemen left, Yang Qingyuan flipped through the files in his hand.

"This... I don't know yet!"

It doesn't make much sense to change from Ling Chi to beheading. If it really gets to that point, she will kill herself even before execution.

Yamen servants are just white officials, not officially recognized by the imperial court, and more like people hired by local officials themselves. They are contract workers and have no establishment.Their salaries are also paid by the local officials themselves, not from the local finances.

After reading the warrant and hearing what happened, Hu Cao was shocked.He felt that he was going to be tricked by his pig teammates!
"Why, Mr. Wu, is there any problem?!"

Seeing the appearance of the yamen servants, the two policemen also knew their attitude, so they took out Yang Qingyuan's warrant from their hands, "I'm ordered to come to Mr. Cao, please report."

"Tell me! If the clues you provide are indeed valuable, I will record them truthfully in the case file and reduce your sentence in accordance with the law as a major crime."

Unless it is a non-human like Yang Qingyuan, few people can remember every village.

"My nephew, Tang Qingfeng, is pure in nature. He is different from the members of the Tang Sect. He has never been involved in any violations of laws and regulations in the Tang Sect. When Yang Hou leads his troops to destroy the Tang Sect in the future, he should not implicate Qing Feng. .”

Regarding Li Changyuan's question, Yang Qingyuan rolled his eyes, you ask me, who should I ask? !

In particular, this was a condition in exchange for Tang Qingfeng not being implicated.

"I don't know where it is? How can you personally ask Mr. Liu Hucao what the two police officers said?" They thought they were here to invite him to drink tea!
This time Liu Hucao's hanging heart was relieved.

"What... it's hot..." Zhang Taishou was scalded by the hot tea in the teacup, but he didn't care about it at the moment, he just stared at Liu Hucao, "What did they say?"

This made the yamen servants feel very unfair, and even the government government offices in some places began to abolish most of the yamen servants, leaving only some errands to run errands.

"Before that, I have a condition. If Master Yang agrees, I will tell Master Yang the clue."

In principle, Yang Qingyuan is not allowed to talk about conditions, but it doesn't hurt to listen first.

Yang Qingyuan is an affairs officer, and he also understands this kind of local affairs.In a county, if [-]% of the taxes are not in arrears, they are already officials. Even in many wealthy towns, the taxes need to be paid, and they still cannot be collected.

And a village that is not considered wealthy has not defaulted on a single tax payment in the past ten years. Is this intriguing? !
Could it be because the people in Tongshan Village are very supportive of the imperial court and consciously pay taxes? !

Although the saying that troublesome people come out of poor mountains and rivers is biased, it also has some truth. Poor places generally lack awareness of the rule of law.

There must be something wrong with this Tongshan Village!

(End of this chapter)