In the past few days, something strange has happened in Xiangyang City, that is, two groups of people have begun to come to collect taxes, and no matter which side is paid, it will cause trouble.

So when this situation became more and more intense, the people who lined up at the entrance of the yamen to beat the drum and voice the grievances had already begun to call the number, and the idlers who ran errands had already set up small stalls to help the people who had paid money to line up to beat the drums.

But even so, the counties under the state still go their own way, and the county lords have gathered in Xiangyang, crying and complaining.

Xiao Song just finished lunch, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and put down the dishes and chopsticks, and then said to Sun Zewei in front of him with a smile: "Lord Sun summoned the officials in such a hurry, presumably for the tax matter, right?" ”

Sun Zewei frowned, he couldn't eat just two mouthfuls of food, and now this Chai family actually did this kind of thing, and it was clear that they were demolishing the stage, which made him unconfident, so after thinking about it for a day and night, he finally decided to ask this Song Beiyun to come over and discuss what to do.

After all, whether it is open or secret, this person represents the royal family, and it is best for him to coordinate some things.

"Lord Song should know that these days Xiangyang City is full of resentment, and businessmen from all walks of life would rather not do business than pay the two taxes money, this complaint has been piled up on the old man's desk, but the old man has no more clever way to do it."

Because he didn't want to intensify the conflict, the old fox Sun Zewei still had a trace of fantasy in his heart, fantasizing that Song Beiyun could help himself for the sake of giving him so much real money before.

But this time he was obviously going to be disappointed, only to see that Song Beiyun smiled and took a sip of the glutinous rice wine, and sighed with a frown: "Master Sun, this matter is not easy to do." ”

"Please also ask Lord Song to make it clear."

Xiao Song unhurriedly took out a booklet from his arms, opened it and handed it to Sun Zewei: "Lord Sun, you see, I have read all the laws of the Great Song Dynasty for you, which clearly says that all affairs of this fief should be under the jurisdiction of the lord of the fief, except for Jiedu Prefecture. But our Jingzhou is a three-grade military state, don't you say it's fatal? If the adult is a festival envoy, this time I will definitely play the official family to participate in the Chai family a political disturbance, but the people are named the Marquis of Xiangyang, in Xiangyang, this acre of three points of land, this Chai family is the largest, I am a district official, there is not much I can do. ”

Sun Zewei's eyes narrowed, he could see that this dog thing had said so much, to put it bluntly, it was a businesslike attitude, and he was simply planning to watch from the wall and not make a move.

But is the current situation really here? What if there is no such third party involved? Things are really difficult to manage, so Sun Zewei has a heart: "Lord Song? If so, can the matter be dealt with properly? This year, Jingzhou will pay taxes, and I will pay an additional 30%. ”

Xiao Song raised his eyebrows? A light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and Sun Zewei keenly discovered this? He struck while the iron was hot and said, "At that time, I will ask Lord Song to say a few kind words in front of the official family." ”

"Alas...... It's not easy to do......"

"Forty percent more!"

Should the annual tax payment amount of a state be about 45 percent? And what is 45 percent of 45 percent? Eighteen percent, right? According to the calculation of the total amount of agricultural and commercial taxes paid by Jingzhou last year of 4.72 million yuan, this 18 percent is nearly 850,000 yuan.

Xiao Song smiled lightly: "Lord Sun, don't be impatient, don't be in a hurry in this matter." ”

"Forty and a half!"

"Then I'll go back and read Song Lu again, and I'll give you an answer in the next two days." Xiao Song got up: "Don't send it to Lord Sun?" I'll go back. ”

"That's annoying Lord Song."

Wait until Song Beiyun leaves the Assassin's Mansion? Sun Zewei sat there with a gloomy face, and the person he called Mr. slowly walked out and sat opposite him: "My lord, I have already said that this person is not easy to deal with. ”

"Is it okay? What can be solved with money is not a thing. But this white Wanguan made me feel a little painful. ”

"Alas......," the scribe sighed, "but if it is not so?" I'm afraid that I really want to let the Chai family cut the meat. ”

And Xiao Song didn't go home directly after he went out, and when he turned around, he came to the Hou Mansion? Found Chaitong.

Chai Tong is eating at the moment, and he sees Song Beiyun coming? He greeted happily: "Come on, come on?" Let's eat some together. ”

"Master Hou is polite? Xia Guan is not here to eat. Xiao Song stepped forward with a gloomy face, and took out a piece of manuscript paper from his pocket: "Master Hou, please take a look." ”

Chai Tong took it and glanced at it a few times, then impatiently threw the manuscript paper aside: "Just say it, Ben Hou doesn't have that much temperament to go word by word." ”

"Master Hou, here's the thing. According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, the taxes of Xiangyang City and even the surrounding five counties should be levied by the Hou Ye, but the latest regulations of the Great Song Dynasty this year have been changed, if there are garrisons in the city, the fiefdom princes need to set aside a part of the taxes for military supplies. And this part is not static, it is a fluctuation of how much troops are stationed. ”

"What do you mean?" Chai Tong narrowed his eyes: "The tax is not allowed to be collected?" ”

"You can still collect it, but ...... Judging from the size of the garrison in Xiangyang, the monkey master can only draw less than 30% of the tax. ”

"Bastard thing!" When Chai Tong heard this, he immediately smashed the chopsticks in his hand on the ground: "There is still such a reason? ”

"The Great Song Statutes."

"Damn, these people should be damned." Chai Tong stood up and cursed: "I've been making a fuss on this paper all day long, so do you have any ideas?" ”

Xiao Song shook his head lightly: "There is no other way." ”

"Damn!" Chai Tong walked around anxiously: "I'll go and ask Uncle Chai about them, don't you walk around here." ”

Xiao Song frowned, very unhappy in his heart, feeling that he had been taken advantage of.

When Chai Tong went out to find the staff of the Chai family, Xiao Song sat there and waited quietly. He's blocking at both ends now, because there are holes at both ends for him to drill.

First of all, is there a problem with Da Song Law? In fact, there is no problem, after all, since Zhao Kuangyin released the military power with a glass of wine, there is almost no real power fief in the Great Song Dynasty, and now Zhao Xing's hand is actually against the ancestors, but it is not illegal. Because family law and national law are counted separately and are not confused.

Under the reasonable and reasonable national law, there are loopholes here, one is that there are loopholes in the jurisdiction of the feudal nobles, and the other is that the local administrative decrees do not take these nobles into account.

For Chai Tong, the more garrisons in Xiangyang City, the less water he will pump, but the bill does not say the identity of these garrisons, in fact, the garrison of Xiangyang City is less than 100,000 people, but there are more than 800,000 people and soldiers who pay off debts with labor.

In fact, Sun Zewei is fighting a pit for the rebellion, because with these quotas for building cities, repairing, and tuntian, it will only be a matter of a moment to expand the army, after all, rebellion is something that only large families can do, but if you use the money of the court to complete your own business, isn't this what smart people think?

But from Sun Zewei's point of view, as a state of thorns, or a military state, listed as the last of the sixth-class states, it is indeed in the ancient law that there is a small level coverage of the feudal lord. Just like King Fu can collect taxes from Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places, where the fief is, then the person who divides the past has this qualification.

This law is still in existence and has not been repealed, although the law school is jointly reviewing and formulating a new law with Dali Temple, but it will not be overnight to repeal the existing law.

So the loophole here was drilled by Song Beiyun, although there is no clear logical conflict between the two decrees, there is indeed a huge blank area for operation.

After all, there are so many taxes, and if they continue to collect so much, the common people will rebel, and neither the Chai family nor the local assassins will be willing to do it.

"Lord Song, you go back first, those uncles said to discuss."

Chai Tong came out and greeted, "Come early tomorrow and eat something together." ”

"Thank you Lord Hou for your kindness, then I'll go."

After Xiao Song said goodbye, he walked home with a smile on his back hand, and just halfway through, suddenly a person overtook him, and after paralleling, the man lowered his voice and said: "My lord, 70,000 soldiers of the Liao State are gathered on the border of Yongzhou, which seems to have the intention of crusading against and attacking Western Xia. ”

Xiao Song was stunned: "What? ”

The man repeated: "Seventy thousand soldiers of the Liao State are gathered on the border of Yongzhou. ”

"Why?"

"My subordinates don't know ......"

"I don't know if I haven't checked it yet!" Xiao Song frowned: "What the hell is Liaoguo going to do?" If we start fighting now, it will completely disrupt my plans. ”

This newly established advantageous layout, if it is really the Western Xia side of the fight, won't this completely nullify Song Beiyun's previous morale boosting plan and Jingzhou's purging plan? It took so much effort in vain.

Do you want to say that Xiaohuya saw through his intentions or sold himself by his words?

It doesn't seem to be, at first glance, it sounds like a little tiger tooth who doesn't want to do anything in his brain during his menstrual period.

But it's too much of a coincidence that this blood is on the head, right? Sooner or later, at this juncture, the Liao State is fighting Western Xia?

Why? Why are they going to war? Xiao Song's brain suddenly began to twist, and he didn't understand the motive of Liao's action at all, and he didn't even know where to analyze the clues of this assembly.

"Go check it out for me, and you must find out." Song Beiyun wiped his mouth: "There is really no such thing in the world that you don't dare to do, you have to make a mess for me in the Northwest?" ”

And when the Central Plains was surging, in front of the palace gate of Jinling City, a team of messengers quietly entered the palace.

They were dressed in special clothes and had veils wrapped around their heads, and they looked quite like Huakbar.

When these people came to Zhao Xing, they first offered the highest respect to the young emperor with a bow of worship, then gave this gift and that gift, and finally even called Zhao Xuan the Emperor of Heaven.

Zhao Xing's eyes were wet when he heard this title, and he ordered someone to give a seat and pour tea, and then said with a majestic face: "You envoys have come here thousands of miles away, what are you doing?" ”