People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 305 Drenching the tip and kicking Dendrobium, the pain of the common people

In the northeast of Dongyang City, a strong wind swept across a dense mulberry forest, bringing out bursts of noise.

A team of government soldiers rushed out from the road on the side of the mulberry forest.

The black-clothed policeman went first, followed by the servants and tax collectors in white and blue short robes, followed closely by the Qianniuwei in red and gold armor.

Surrounded by dozens of tall horses, there is a two-driver black carriage.

Inside the carriage, Li Xuan raised her eyes and looked at Cheng Yan who was sitting opposite, dressed in a light green skirt, with a pretty face and a gentle temperament.

"My lord!" Cheng Yan put the file in his hand forward, pushed it towards Li Xuan, and said in a deep voice, "The Huang family is the oldest existing family in Dongyang. They have settled in Dongyang since the pre-Qin period. , It has already spread its branches and leaves, people spread all over Dongyang, studying and joining the army, farming and doing business, respecting the old and helping the young, with one heart inside and outside..."

After a slight pause, Cheng Yan looked at the other people in the car.

Gu Tan, the county magistrate, and Cheng Zipu, the county school's sacrificial wine, are also sitting in the carriage now.

Cheng Zipu sat side by side with his daughter, and Gu Tan sat opposite him.

Gu Tan and Li Xuan sat side by side, and sitting opposite Li Xuan was Cheng Yan.

Cheng Yan's eyes were very clear, and she said cautiously: "My lord, the Huang family is not domineering in Dongyang, and the land they occupy is not the majority in Dongyang, but what they own is the most fertile land in Dongyang. There are quite a lot of people."

Gu Tan nodded in agreement, and said, "For many years, many people have tried to plot the land of the Huang family, but in the end they all let it go. The Huang family is not easy to mess with."

Li Xuan took the case file from Cheng Yan, and asked at the same time: "The Huang family is in the court now, who is the highest official?"

"Report to the lord!" Gu Tan shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "The Huang family has nothing to do with being in the court. The most outstanding son of his family is serving as the county magistrate in Huzhou. It is said that he is already quite capable."

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

Although the Huang family is one of the outstanding wealthy families in Dongyang, their reputation can only be spread locally in Wuzhou.

Once he left Wuzhou, Li Li's children could only serve as a nine-rank county magistrate.

Gu Tan is already one of the most marginal children of the entire Gu family, but he is also the first-term Jiupin county magistrate.

The support of the family is particularly evident in the officialdom.

Unless it is born in troubled times.

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"The Huang family had started the summer harvest a few days ago, and it was the earliest in Dongyang. At that time, the patriarch Huang Ren invited the subordinate officials to go to the field to open the scythes. Although the subordinate officials were a little embarrassed, they still went with the cheek." Although Gu Tan said That's what he said, but the person didn't look embarrassed at all.

Such an act of harvesting and opening the sickles in summer is very symbolic. Usually, the county magistrate is responsible for it himself, but now it is done by Gu Tan.

Just this moment, Gu Tan's desire to become a county magistrate has been clearly revealed.

It is not a bad thing to be ambitious, as long as you have the ability to match your ambition, it is best to bring some love for the people.

"Today's preparations are in a hurry. In Dongyang, only the patriarch Huang Ren's family has finished harvesting the rice fields. Others are just beginning, and some even need to wait until July." Gu Tan explained briefly.

Li Xuan nodded seriously: "That's true. Different lands are fertile and barren, different rice varieties are good or bad, and there are good and bad planting methods. There are also hardworking and lazy people. The one that can mature the earliest must be the best in everything. And those who fall into the final harvest may not necessarily be due to personal reasons, this king's province."

Li Xuan is not someone who knows nothing about Nongsang.

Whether it's the rice farming in the Prince Peng's Mansion in Pengzhou in central Sichuan, or the fields of the Prince Nanchang Mansion in Nanchang, these years have already been handled by Li Xuan.

Concubine Peng Ouyang is very attentive in education and let Li Xuan start training very early.

He teaches farming and mulberry, builds water conservancy, divides the fields, fertilizes and raises the land, and collects taxes. He personally presides over the completion every year.

Li Xuan is also well aware of all the malpractice in it.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage stopped suddenly.

At this time, I heard Li Zhu's voice outside: "My lord, Huang's town has arrived."

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, opened the curtain of the car and walked out first.

A simple and square village appeared in front of Li Xuan.

There are mulberry forests everywhere around, and not far away, there is a big green lake lying in the northeast of the town, with beautiful scenery.

Standing at the exit of the village and town, you can clearly see children with bare buttocks climbing and playing around.

There are old people and old women staring at it from time to time, showing kind smiles.

The child's parents have already gone to the field at this time, and began to harvest the mature rice in batches.

After the rice is harvested, it has to be dried in the sun and sieved before the government officials come to collect taxes.

This is one of the biggest events of the year, and no one dares to take it lightly.

"I've seen the Shangguan, but I didn't know that the Shangguan was coming. I'm terrified!" An old man with black hair and white beard strode forward from a distance with a somewhat anxious expression, and greeted everyone from afar.

When he got close, the old man hurriedly cupped his hands: "Old Huang Ren, I have met all the superiors!"

Huang Ren, the patriarch of the Huang family in Dongyang, looks ruddy and has a voice like a bell. He is wearing a gray robe and has a bit of a refined posture.

He looked at Li Xuan and the others with respect on his face, but there was nothing but respect.

"Huang Weng, this is the new Wuzhou Biejia Li Langjun. I came here this time mainly to check on the collection of Wuzhou's summer tax." Gu Tan politely bowed his hands and said, "Now the whole Dongyang is also Only Huang Weng's family has finished harvesting the summer rice, so I personally brought people to collect the summer tax from Huang Weng's family, although it is a bit earlier than in previous years, but please be considerate of Huang Weng."

"It doesn't matter. After all, my family's summer tax has always been the first in Dongyang. It's nothing more than a few days earlier." After Huang Ren finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Li Xuan: "I have seen Mr. Don't drive me!" , the old man is a little confused, didn't the post of don't drive be changed to Changshi during the Zhenguan period?"

"Your Majesty reopened it this year, and it's less than a month away." Li Xuan returned the salute to Huang Ren gently.

But there was a stern look in his eyes.

If it is said that Huang Ren doesn't care about the situation in Dongyang County these days, so it is understandable that he didn't know that Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County, Wuzhou Biejia, came, but he shouldn't be ignorant of the assassination of the governor of Wuzhou. Such big news as being killed on the spot.

In this case, the imperial court re-activated the post of Biejia, what is the intention, and those who have a heart should see through it at a glance.

Rely on the old and sell the old!

"Okay, Huang Weng, I don't need to say more here, let's get someone to prepare and start this year's summer tax inspection." Gu Tan directly brought the topic back.

"Follow the order!" Huang Ren first bowed to promise, but then said with some embarrassment: "I still need some help from the health workers, but they are all in the field right now..."

"Not busy, I just happened to go to the fields to take a look, the land tax is fundamental, so don't delay!" Li Xuan's smile was still gentle.

However, Gu Tan, the county magistrate standing aside, did not dare to neglect at all, took a step forward, and shouted at Huang Ren: "Hurry up and lead the way."

Gu Tan didn't know what kind of gourd medicine Li Xuan was selling in his heart, but he knew that their new boss had never been so easy to deal with.

In just two days, the whole Dongyang has been turned upside down by him, who knows what he is thinking right now!
Be careful what you say and do.

"Follow the order!" Although Huang Ren didn't know what it meant, he still honestly led Li Xuan and his party to the fields.

The farmland is green and green, the farmers are undulating, and the buffaloes are buzzing!
"It seems that this year's harvest will not be bad." Li Xuan walked around the field full of half-ripe rice, and finally stood by the roadside in satisfaction.

Then Li Xuan looked at Huang Ren and said, "Huang Weng, let me go to the family's field and take a look."

Huang Ren cupped his hands with a wry smile: "All the rice in the old field has been harvested, so I don't know if there are any good ones now."

"It's okay, let's go, lead the way." Li Xuan smiled lightly, her expression was slightly cold, Huang Ren had no choice but to take everyone forward.

Soon, a series of empty paddy fields appeared in Li Xuan's sight.

Sure enough, all the rice in the paddy field has been harvested, and it has been many days.

"How many paddy fields does Huang Weng have?" Li Xuan couldn't help looking at Huang Ren.

"Five hundred acres, this is accumulated by the family over the past few decades." Huang Ren smiled a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay!" Li Xuan waved her hands and shook her head calmly.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu issued a decree in the seventh year of Wude that each male and middle male should be granted 1 hectare of land, which is 80 mu, of which 20 mu is the land for the mouth, and [-] mu is the permanent land.

The 20 mu of Yongye land can be inherited by the family, and can also be added to each other. It can also be traded, but the koufen land is leased to the people by the imperial court, so trading is not allowed.

Huang Ren's family has passed down three generations at most, and the last 160 mu of land, but now, Li Xuan has [-] mu of land in front of him.

Huang Ren's sons have already established their own families, but the most fertile land in Dongyang in front of him belongs to Huang Ren alone, and the deep meaning in it is obvious.

However, the patriarch of the clan, leading the clan to struggle and struggle in this world, should have more land.

"Let's go, I'll wait to go back..." Before Li Xuan finished speaking, he couldn't help but look to the other side when he was about to leave. There was a rice field that was only half an acre that hadn't been harvested yet.

The rice in the paddy field is fully mature, and there are still several people busy there, Li Xuan asked curiously, "Whose family does this belong to?"

"This is the property of Huang Bai, the nephew of the old family. It has [-] mu, and it is almost finished harvesting now." Huang Ren smiled reluctantly.

Li Xuan took a deep look at him, then turned her head to look behind her: "Go find a sickle, although it's late, this king will cut an ear of rice with his own hands this summer, and then take it to Zhoucheng."

"Follow the order!" Li Zhu immediately went to look for the sickle, and quickly found it.

Li Xuan nodded to Gu Tan and Huang Ren, and without waiting for the others to react, she went straight into the paddy field, went deep into the paddy field, and came back with a single ear of rice.

At the same time, Huang Bai's family also returned with Li Xuan.

"I have asked, some of his rice has been dried, which is enough to pay for today's summer harvest, let's collect it together today." After speaking, Li Xuan nodded to Gu Tan, and then walked towards the village first.

Huang Bai at the back cupped his hands at Huang Ren with some fear: "Fourth Uncle!"

Huang Ren took a deep look at Huang Bai, waved his sleeves, and said indifferently: "Let's go, go back."

Huang Ren's field was at the edge of the village, and not long after, everyone had returned to the village.

At this time, Hucao's soldiers were on the Dakong field, ready to collect grain and pay taxes.

Huang Ren's family on the side quickly put the grain into the dendrobium, and the grain pile was deliberately piled into a pointed pile, and the tax Ding on the side immediately began to weigh.

Li Xuan glanced at it, stopped caring, and called Huang Bai's son who was not far away: "What's your name, and how's your studies?"

"Little man Huang Xi, I have met Shangguan, and now the villain has begun to recite the thousand-character prose..." Huang Bai's son looks very clever, with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he looks very happy.

Li Xuan ignored the bustling tax collection scene over there, and was just trying to teach Huang Xi's knowledge.

For a family, the biggest way out is to study.

Even if it's just a Jinshi or a champion, it's enough to change the future of such a good family.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, Li Xuan frowned and turned his head, and saw a young tax official kicking hard on the Dendrobium wall.

Just at this moment, the grains beyond the wall of the dendrobium immediately fell to the ground.

Huang Ren, who was standing by the side, had an inexplicably complicated expression on his face, but he never spoke.

Li Xuan's face darkened, and she stared at the tax collector fiercely, then looked at Huang Xi as if nothing had happened, and continued to test his knowledge.

Seeing that Li Xuan didn't have an attack, the people around him breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to pay their respects.

Everything was in order, and when everyone was relieved, there was a sudden "bang" sounded again.

Li Xuan turned her head to the side, and there was already a trace of killing intent in her eyes.

In the middle of the clearing, the young tax ding just now kicked the wall of the dendrobium, and the grains fell down with a clatter.

Seeing Li Xuan's attention, the young Shui Ding's face was immediately full of embarrassment and apologetic smiles.

And beside Shui Ding, there were Huang and Bai couples standing, and the expressions on their faces were already weeping and mourning.

(End of this chapter)