Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 477 Autumn Fu (33)

In the past, Huang Tikun would have to give him a few mouthfuls for such a small character who doesn't open his eyes.Let him know where the gate of Huangjiazhai opens.But Huang Tinkun has been scared out of his wits lately—the ingenious prostitution skills of the Australians have put him in a state of constant panic.Now when he and Li Xiaopeng talked, they were whispering, which made Wang Ci, the teacher in the county school, very upset, and scolded them yesterday: "Sneaky!"

What worries him the most is the meeting between himself and Gou Chengxuan - in the county school, he can see Lai Xiao who works hard in the county school and eats chestnuts from time to time almost every day.

Every time he thinks that what Fu He said privately with the three culprits in the teahouse in front of the county government office would be recorded and released by the Australians, Huang Tingkun is afraid that the conversation between himself and Gou Chengxuan will also be known by the Australians .

However, seeing that Lai Xiao was still alive and kicking, and Nan Bao was not caught to sieve sand, it probably didn't reveal the matter.Besides, he never discussed things with Gou Chengxuan at that time.Of course, the matter of joining forces with Gou Chengxuan has to be put aside for the time being, the time is not enough.

Huang Tingkun wandered around the county full of thoughts, and finally found the wife of an acquaintance in the city. The woman told him very nervously: Recently, most of the clerks in the yamen were taken away by Australians. up.Not only that, but their family members were also taken away.

"...It's all done quietly at night, arresting people from house to house, men and women, old and young, never letting go..." The woman was terrified, "I don't know how to do it. The string of people was taken away."

"Where did he get caught?"

"Who knows, it might be going to the labor camp. Fortunately, our guy is still a passable person..." The woman began to ramble.

Huang Tikun listened patiently to the woman's story, so he hurriedly inquired about the changes in the yamen?

From her mouth, he knew about the general personnel changes, and the woman told him very clearly that many outsiders had been recruited in the yamen—this is a rare thing, and the comparisons between the subordinates are generally relatives. many.

This more and more confirmed Huang Tiankun's conjecture that the gangsters wanted to directly install their own people in the county government!This group of people is really courageous!However, he has nothing to do with himself - he doesn't care about being an official, how can he manage as a little scholar?

When Huang Tingkun was secretly distressed, the ordinary gentry and wealthy households were secretly happy, almost to the point of celebrating each other.Even if there was no such thing as expropriation of grain this year, this group of subordinates who were doing evil on weekdays and came to blackmail from time to time were actually wiped out by the Australians. No matter what the Australians planned to do, they obviously did a good thing.

But the happy time was not too long, and soon, Liu Dalin received an "Administrative Complaint Reply".It is the first time everyone has heard of this new term.When I opened it, I found that it replied in vernacular to the grain households' submissions:

In response to the three requirements put forward in the submission, the reply clearly answered one by one:

The first point is to stop "Zhangtian". The reply clearly answered: Clearing up the number of acres of land is the basis for a reasonable and fair collection of grain taxes. Harm the people.If the grain households are all law-abiding and good citizens, there is no need to worry about this act of "benefiting the country and the people".

"Doesn't this mean that we need to grow the land again?" Several relatives staying at Liu's house were shocked.

Liu Dalin signaled them to be silent, and continued reading.

The second requirement of the subsidy is to cancel the monopoly of food and taxes, and to "follow the old rules".The answer here is that the monopoly of grain and taxes is originally a disadvantage, so the county has permanently banned "households" and "grain shortages", and set up a special bureau "grain collection bureau" to handle them.

The last "severely punish the younger generation".Needless to say, Chen Minggang has been dismissed from his household registration, and not only that, he and his whole family have disappeared.However, the reply letter still admitted that "appointment is not human", and stated that it had been "seriously dealt with".

The entire document is handwritten, and the handwriting is very good, probably from the handwriting of a scholar--Australians are extremely bad at writing with a brush, and everyone in the county knows it.

Liu Dalin fell into deep thought.Although the reply letter is written in vulgar style and is still in vernacular, it does not hide its flaws. There is no nonsense in the entire reply letter. The requirements in the report are all answered one by one in the reply letter, without concealment or evasion.Agree or disagree, everything is explained.Such an attitude of doing things is rare!

Although Liu Dalin has never been an official, he has more experience in officialdom.If you want to be in the Daming government, although this kind of application is also approved, it will either be rejected directly, or it will be empty words to deal with it.Even though it was an urgent matter, the officials still had to shirk it. If they couldn't push it, they put on an adjutant's face to scare people.If the person who wrote the letter is a local gentry or something, and the chief official's master and staff come out to deal with it and say a few empty words that do not need to be appeased, if it is an ordinary citizen, he will be whipped by the yamen servants. There is also a lawsuit.

The government of the Australians is a hundred times better than Ming!Liu Dalin said in his heart, he was suddenly startled, and felt that his idea was very bad.Resisting the fluctuations in his heart at the moment, he looked towards his relatives.

"I still want Zhang Tian?! What should I do?" Someone was anxious.

"It can't be done," Liu Dalin no longer has much interest in this matter, "Australians are determined to do this." He said slowly, "Theoretically, what they said is not wrong, now The requisition of grain is full of disadvantages and harms the people a lot.”

"Master! I have lived in the country for a long time, so I know the disadvantages. However, if we want to clear up the land, is there any way for me to survive?"

Liu Dalin was a little disgusted with this relative of his own—at least he had a Jinshi relative who could evade taxes by sending land. What about ordinary people without power?No, barely survived.After all, Liu Dalin is a great Confucian, understands the truth, and knows that the corruption of food and taxes is largely related to the abuse of tax-free privileges by the gentry.

If the Australians can really clarify the number of acres in the county, and the taxation can be more evenly distributed, the ordinary people can breathe a sigh of relief.

Just as he was muttering and saying nothing, the person at the door came to report: Huang Tikun came to worship.

"Please." Huang Tikun was the one who initiated the letter with him, and now that he has a reply, he must be notified—there are other co-signers, and Huang Tikun can handle this matter.

"...Uncle! Clearing up the farmland, and clarifying the land tax, even the imperial court dare not handle it lightly-it is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, but the rain and dew of the Holy Grace cannot be sprinkled on the people's heads!" Huang said. Kun listened to his thoughts and said quickly.

"That's exactly what I'm worried about." Liu Dalin knew that what Huang Tikun said was true. When he was studying on weekdays, he had a vague feeling that the imperial courts of all dynasties wanted to get rid of some bad policies, or When doing something for the common people, it will always get worse and worse.

"Even if the Australians really want to do things for the people," Huang Tingkun persuaded, "there are so many things about Zhang Tian and clearing up taxes. In the past, Chen Minggang used this banner to entrap the people, and he did a lot of harm. Now it's hard. If you go to Chen Minggang, you still need Zhangtian, without Chen Minggang, maybe there will be Li Minggang and Wang Minggang!"

Liu Dalin nodded, knowing that Huang Tikun was right.No matter how good the intention is, it will not be able to withstand the random actions of the specific managers below, and good things will turn into bad things.Can Australians avoid this custom?He has no bottom in his mind.

"Forget it, I'll talk to the Australians again. It's better to take it easy on this Zhangtian matter."

"Uncle is kind to the people of the whole county." Huang Tikun quickly put a high hat on him.

"I didn't want to ask about these things." Liu Dalin sighed, "It's about people's livelihood, so I have to be Feng's wife again."

Since the Australians have to stay in Lingao for a few years, judging from their actions, it is inevitable to govern the people.For the sake of his hometown, he wants to "educate" some principles of governance to the Australians, lest they make similar mistakes again.

Immediately ordered someone to post a post at the Dongmen City Administration Office, asking to see Xiong Buyou.

But Xiong Buyou is not in the Dongmen City Management Office. As the director of the county office, he is resident in the county and goes to the county government office almost every day. There are many things to clean up and check.When I received a call saying that Liu Jinshi wanted to see him, I knew that he was probably here to lobby for the "exemption of Zhang Tian"-this is what the landlords are most afraid of-this old man is really stubborn enough, he is worthy of being the spokesperson of the landlord class.

It's not appropriate to ask him to meet him at the county office - it's too messy inside to meet guests.Simply go to visit.

"... Chief Xiong—" Liu Dalin said according to everyone's address for Australians.

"Don't dare, just call me Xiong Buyou." Xiong Buyou looked at this famous name carefully, and both the local aborigines and the executive committee regarded him as a precious Jinshi.I found that although Liu Jinshi was a little sluggish in stature, his eyes were extremely energetic.

"The students are here today because of Zhang Tian's affairs."

Sure enough, Xiong Buyou thought to himself, let's see what you say next.

"The incident of Zhangtian disturbed the people to the extreme, please take it back. The people of Lingao are grateful!"

This opening represents the people of Shanglingao.Xiong Buyou was a little disgusted.Ask in reverse: "Zhang Tian is to clarify taxes and average the burden of the common people. How did it become a nuisance to the common people?"

"The nobles are coming to Gao, and they keep saying that they want to protect the environment and the people. Don't you know that in this world, it is easy to protect the environment, but it is the most difficult to protect the people." Liu Dalin put on a face of teaching, "With the power of the nobles, guns, cannons, and iron boats, 300 There has been nothing like it in the past few years, but the general support of the people is not something that happens overnight."

Xiong Buyou got tired of hearing it, but he is a cadre in charge of external relations, he is equivalent to a diplomat, so he can't be self-cultivated at all, so he just pretends to listen attentively.

(End of this chapter)