Let's say that Wen Cheng and the tax collector of the county temple, as well as the subordinates of Ting Pengshi, a deputy official is called Chao Xi.

A group of three people, trembling and panicking, like a lost dog.

After hurried for two hours, Yu arrived at Dongshan Township, which is located in the east of the county seat, more than 30 miles.

Along the way, I crossed the pavilion and did not dare to go inside to drink water to quench my thirst; After passing the post desk, I didn't dare to stop for a while.

At the gate of the county temple, the tragic situation of the two bloody tax collectors was especially dangling in front of them, and the muffled sound of the thick arm stick hitting the waist and buttocks made the stabbing people's hearts beat;

The tax collector's cries of mercy, their groans, and their muffled grunts were all in the ears.

Kong Erlengzi, count you ruthless enough!

The three of them didn't say a word along the way.

The tax collector, in particular, was in such a hurry that he was sweating profusely as he ran. The face actually maintained a white patch like half a pound of fine flour.

If future generations have such ability, it is not difficult to find a company with "white and tender skin, bright and smooth" to replace salt.

Dongshan Township is a large township, with more than 2,000 households and a population of nearly 10,000.

The actual jurisdiction of sixteen li, Wen Cheng is the wife of Chen, and her mother's home is in Huangjiaoli, Dongshan Township.

Yizhou is divided into two Yizhou.

One is Yizhou County, which is equivalent to the municipal administrative level in later generations. In the area of Dianchi Lake in Yunnan, there are eleven counties.

It was a real "barbarian land": slaughtering villages and destroying villages, attacking cities and plundering mansions. between different ethnic groups, killing and killing; between different branches of the same family, killing;

Between different families of the same branch, it is still killing.

The county guard appointed by the center, the one on the left pushes himself:

The lower ministers have kidney deficiency! Not to go to office.

The right one says himself:

The old minister has hemorrhoids! I don't go to work.

……

finally caught a "three nos" official with no background, no backing, and no money, and quickly asked Yu Linwei to escort him home to get his luggage, don't let this guy run away!

This sad urging goods served as the county guard of Yizhou for three years, and he didn't dare to work in the county. Its county seat is Dianchi County (now Puning District, Kunming), and this guy has been living in Kunming Daoya......

It's terrifying.

Barbarian, absolutely barbarian!

Wild and pure.

……

The other is equivalent to Yizhou, which is now at the provincial administrative level.

The state governance period was in Chengdu, and the time was in Guanghan, and Mianzhu was also used as a state governance.

(In order not to add trouble to the officials, the state is set to Chengdu.)

Well, it's decided, even if Liu Yan comes in a few years, let's draw a circle and settle him in Chengdu; Dare to bare his teeth, let's play the red cross and make him ......)

This Yizhou is bigger.

Including all of present-day Sichuan, all of Chongqing, most of Hanzhong, part of Guizhou including Guiyang, and most of Yunnan including Kunming.

During the Three Kingdoms period, it even included a part of Hubei and a part of Myanmar, all of which were under the jurisdiction of Yizhou.

Qianwei County, not to mention that it is just a "city-level" administrative division, its jurisdiction is not much smaller than that of a province today.

Similarly, the jurisdiction of Han'an County is also larger than the current Neijiang City and Zigong City combined.

Therefore, at the end of the Han Dynasty, why couldn't Dongshan Township, Han'an County, be under the jurisdiction of sixteen li?

The three of them came to Dongshan Township and first visited the township "Sifu" Gu Lao. Gu's family was a big family in Dongshan Township, and he was fifty-five years old at the time.

(In the Han Dynasty, people over forty years old were qualified to be called "little old children")

Gu Lao is in Dongshan Township, and he has been a "township husband" for six cold and summer.

After the ceremony, I first compared it with the number of taxes ordered by the county temple this year.

summed up the additional levy in the county temple and the "attrition" of the "township pavilion";

After listening to the introduction of Gu Lao, the three of them had a general understanding of the balance of the arrears that had been levied in the "township" this year.

Gu Lao also carefully explained the general situation in the expropriation affairs and the practical difficulties over the years to the three superiors.

The tax collector stayed in the township and Taichung and continued to discuss with Gu Lao to discuss tomorrow's collection plan.

Wen Cheng and Chao Xi walked out of the side door of the township together, waiting for the return of the township "wandering" Wang Ba.

……

After all, taxation is not a dinner party.

Without the use of force as a guarantee, the tax collector can easily be beaten and bruised. Of course, with force as a guarantee, the target of the beating is reversed.

Wen Cheng is a "helper", a temporary worker, and has no specific responsibilities.

He only assisted them in collecting and calculating the levies, keeping accounts, checking the amounts, and checking whether there were any "private money" with obvious poor quality and copper coins with serious wear and tear.

This kind of copper coin is subject to a "discount according to fineness".

Otherwise, the county treasury will also be discounted, which requires the person responsible for the collection to make up for it by himself.

……

Ting Peng Zuo is a small official with a rank of 100 stones.

Responsible for the communication between the departments of the county temple and the township and the township, conveying documents, notices, and orders, and supervising the implementation.

Don't underestimate Chao Xi's rank, the word "than" at the suffix represents his income, which is really a lot less.

If it weren't for the word "than", it would have been at least twice as much.

- Wen Cheng is even more miserable, not even compared.

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The two followed back and forth to the mulberry tree in front of the township.

To the east of the township is a mulberry tree, and to the west is ...... It's not a mulberry tree, let alone a jujube tree - there is no jujube tree in Bashu.

To the west is a large patch of mulberry trees.

……

Although it is early autumn, it is a little chilly in the morning and evening, and the mulberry trees are still lush and leafy when you look at them from a distance.

Just walked in and took a closer look, the mulberry leaves facing the ground were rugged, the leaf surface was infested by various insects, and the holes were densely eaten, which made people look at it and felt very unhappy.

There are occasional new leaves blooming at the height of the tree, and the marks of picking can be clearly seen, presumably there are peasant women still breeding autumn silkworms;

Or poor families, picking home and mixing food, in order to save food, in order to survive the spring famine of the next year.

……

Chao Xi raised his head and sighed softly:

"This year, thanks to Haotian's blessing and the mercy of the Buddha, there are no natural insects in the world, and there is no drought and flood.

The spring rain is abundant, and the summer rain governs the middle; 'There are many years of abundance, and there are also high endowments, trillions and seedlings',

The first homeless people in Qiantou are still hungry, and the Chinese family is also unable to add winter clothes for young children.

Why? Why is that! ”

(There are many millet shu and many tu, and there are also high gifts...... From the Book of Songs. ZHOU Song. Harvest Year)

……

"Chao Xijun is familiar with the scriptures and history, sees the subtle knowledge, is compassionate and compassionate, presents, and admires.

However, when I heard what the adults said about Buddhism, I had the courage to dare to ask Chao Xijun:

But those who believe in Buddhism? ”

"Brother Jixi, one brother is a few years older than you, and the other is working with Ya for two years, I am restless today, and my mind is hard to silence.

You might as well tell Brother Yu Jixi. ”

Chao Xi put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky:

"I am a schoolboy from Dongshan, and I am enlightened from the county school.

In the past, the Ju clan entrusted the county guard to issue a letter of recommendation!

The clan then sold another 100 acres of clan land to raise school funds. Send me to study in the Wushi Mountain, and Master Lu will plant the disciples"

Chao Xi took a wistful breath and slowly exhaled:

However, Lu Shi recruited for the imperial court, fought in the opposition, and devoted himself to state affairs. I studied the scriptures for three years in the Mt. Goushi.

Hehe, I hurriedly saw Master Lu's face......"

Chao Xi carried his right hand on his back, and stretched out three fingers from his left hand.

After a moment's hesitation, he bent his index finger halfway off......

"Two and a half times - once Lu Shi went down to the middle of the mountain, I only knew. Hurry up and look at the back of the majestic shore"

(Lu Zhi is very tall)

Hey, this is really a sad story: it took a lot of effort and a lot of money.

traveled thousands of miles to a place called "Shit Mountain" on the outskirts of Beijing, entered a pheasant university whose name was unknown, and dreamed of gilding.

As a result, the guy named "Lu Zhi" was not kind, and ran out in the middle of the night to become a big official.

It also does not solve the follow-up problems of the students.

hurt this Chao Xi classmate, at one time, paid three years of sky-high tuition, rented a sky-high house for three years, and ate high-priced rice for three years;

usually rely on "substitute teachers" and self-study with suspicious backgrounds - if these substitute teachers have a great background, Chao Xi will be a "hundred stone officials"

…… Also comes with a "ratio"?

The capital's "high consumption is not easy", and even the second generation of later officials, Bai Juyi, almost didn't carry it.

How can Chao Xi withstand it?

After watching the tutor three ...... I didn't even get the "Certificate of Completion" in my hands, so I ran back in disgrace.

Educational reform is really urgent.

……

"Our generation of Confucian scholars should respect the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. I am not a person who cultivates the Tao and worships the Buddha, but I just feel something in my heart and borrow a sentence from the Buddha.

I remembered that in the Buddhist temple on the back of the mountain in the east of the city, that Fang Yin Shamen came.

His people get rid of the dust, and sometimes there are wonderful words, which are worth the leisure time, and they have a tea and talk."

Chao Xi shook his head and continued:

"This collection is calculated, I don't know how many families have fled to other places, how many have sold their children, how many have sold their land, and they have become destitute?

Stay until the winter is cold, and mourn is everywhere!

"Alas"

The young man who was called to arrest Xi couldn't help but sigh:

"I don't know my cold family, my wife's family, but I can survive this tax, and why I will suffer for a long time after that......"

was talking, but saw a group of people turn out on the road in front of the township.