Li Dongsheng looked at the words he wrote, can his heart not be classic, this is a persuasion poem spoken by the emperor himself. 35xs I'm sorry, I'm used to copying. After a turn in the official school, there was nothing to visit in such a big place, and there were no famous talents, so everyone went back to the yamen.

Next, Li Dongsheng, like the previous county order, accepted Gao Jian's persuasion and visited the local famous gentry and peasants one by one. The largest gentry in Ye County is surnamed Cui, and it is said that he is a distant relative of the Cui family of Qinghe, and he is very famous in the local area. Seeing that everyone was smiling, he patted his chest and promised, "As long as there is something that can be used in the county government, there is no second word, there must be money to contribute and make a strong contribution." ”

When he saw the tenants of the Cui family, Li Dongsheng knew how hypocritical these families were. Dozens of people who were worse than beggars lived in earthen dens, not even a house, and a few adobe houses in the distance were still crooked, either with a missing east wall or a collapsed roof, and curling smoke rising, but there was no legendary paradise at all, like a wasteland in a ghost movie, which looked very weird.

Seeing Cui Wang present, none of the tenants dared to speak, so they just looked at Li Dongsheng and his party. Cui Wang was not embarrassed, "My lord, this is the tenant of the family, he has no culture, and he doesn't know how to be polite, hehe." Don't give Li County a gift yet? ”

Dozens of people knelt down weakly and shouted, "I've seen the big master." Flashing "The voice is uneven, and Gao Jian is displeased" Cui Gong, you are also a poetry and book heirloom, and you should be kind to your family. Look at this, this. ”

"Lord Gao, it's not that I don't want to, it's still that this place in Ye County is poor, and there is no harvest in the field, it's not easy to feed them, and it's not like they open mines, so it's really rich."

County Lieutenant Peng Lian was not happy, "Gong Cui, just talk about things." ”

Cui Wang still smiled and said, "Alas, I'm old, I always say the wrong thing, I should be beaten." ”

A group of people ate in Cui Wang's house, Li Dongsheng finally knew why Chen Jun didn't let him go to the countryside often, at least a dozen people went down for a trip, and he always had to eat, and the officials had to be magnificent, and they couldn't eat too badly, and now the gentry in the countryside could afford it, but one or two meals were okay, and no one could stand it after a long time, more than a dozen people ate, and the Cui family was busy, and the servants were idle and had nothing to do in other people's houses, and they bumped into other people's daughters, and there were petty thieves, anyway, it was a miasma, Cui Wang's face was not good-looking, and Li Dongsheng was also angry, and his face was pale. Peng Lian, the county lieutenant, whipped these black sheep outside the gate in front of the Cui family to give them anger.

After returning to the county office, the county lieutenant Peng Lian found Li Dongsheng, "My lord, the subordinate officials are not strict in their control and harass the squire, please punish them." "Look at this honest county lieutenant, Li Dongsheng frowned and said, "The officer, it's just a bit of a ruffian, just change that." ”

Peng Lian's face was embarrassed, "My lord, it's not that I don't want to open it, this time it was recommended by all the big families, and it basically corresponds to the family's money and food, and I'm afraid it's not easy to explain it." ”

"Oh, if you don't give an account to them, you have to keep them to hurt people?" Li Dongsheng was laughed angrily: "Am I not even having the power to open a servant?" ”

"The adults said that they would definitely open it, but I was afraid that the adults would encounter trouble during the autumn harvest, so please think twice."

"Needless to say, they are so arrogant when I am on the scene for this kind of thing, you can imagine their attitude when we are not there." Li Dongsheng sneered: "County Lieutenant Peng, you have to use snacks for this team." ”

"Yes, Xia Guan knows that he is wrong. Go back and fire those two bastards now. Peng Lian turned around and exited Li Dongsheng's door, his face was cold, and he said with a smile in his heart, Maotou Xiaoer, I don't know how thick the sky is, and you have to suffer.

After a few days, Li Dongsheng finally went to see the target stone workshop in the industrially strong county he had selected. On this trip, Peng Lian said that he was sick and did not accompany him, and there were only two or three officials, and the faces of the people who came were not good-looking, and they were probably forced to come.

Gao Jian was accompanied by the whole city, and the stone workshop was thirty miles outside the city. The weather of the autumn tiger, the people were dizzy, Gao Jian smiled and said, "This weather reminds me of the feeling when I was marching, time flies so fast." ”

"Oh, Lord Gao has also fought?" Li Dongsheng asked casually.

"I joined the army in the ranks of King Qin."

"Yes, I've also joined the army, and I'm still a peer. However, you joined the army when King Qin was in the army, why is it a county now? "How could the section-level cadres at the time of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression be at the deputy county level?

"Alas, bad luck, just got sick, and I didn't catch up with a few key things." Gao Jian had some embarrassment in his eyes, "But compared to those who died, I'm still good." By the way, Master Li, do you think it is possible for my son to be admitted to the Jinshi? "I went to the official school, and I took my son to Li Dongsheng that night, where he was to take the school exam.

"It's really hard to say, it's still luck to be admitted to the Jinshi, it's better to try the Ming Sutra." Li Dongsheng couldn't bear to tell him that his son didn't have any talent, and he was basically useless at his level.

Gao Jian is also a person in the system, as soon as Li Dongsheng said this, he understood the meaning, and sighed, "It's good, it's good, it's always good to be able to take the test." ”

Seeing that Gao Jian's mood was down, Li Dongsheng diverted the topic, "Master Gao, is there only one workshop in this workshop?" Or are there a lot of small workshops? ”

"At present, there is only one workshop, which is a cooperation between several families, and it pays a lot of taxes, which used to be directly managed by the county order, and I don't know the specific situation. However, I've heard that there are a lot of tricks in this workshop, and there are a lot of rumors in the county. ”

"Oh, what's the rumor?" This should be understood clearly, don't do the stone industry yourself, and then be found a lot of disgusting things by others, it will be too embarrassing.

Looking back at the officials who were following listlessly, Gao Jian whispered, "I heard that several big families hid a large number of people at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and they hid in the mountains, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"No, so many people eat and drink, it's not a small number?" Li Dongsheng was also shocked.

"So there will always be all kinds of things when collecting grain every year, and now each family has coordinated, how much grain each family gives to the county government, and the rest is for their own use, if they don't press this number, they will collectively not pay, each family can be inextricably linked with those families in the court, and then the documents of the ministry will come down and punish, and the household department will also be punished if you do not complete the collection."

"Are they so arrogant?" This kind of thing simply subverts Li Dongsheng's worldview. Under the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, there are still people who dare not pay taxes?

"What then?" Gao Jian said to Nunu behind him, "The servants are all their people, you opened two, and people don't know how much they hate you, I heard that the Jin County Order is." ”