Chapter 2: Chameleons
When Zhang Yue woke up again, he was woken up by a loud noise.
"Mrs. Zhang, by the order of the official, a certain family has come to Xiaoyu's mansion: your mansion's tax should be paid this year!" A shrill hoarse male voice came into Zhang Yue's ears: "If you don't pay within the time limit and miss the above major events, I'm afraid Mrs. can't afford to bear the crime!" ”
For some reason, hearing this voice, Zhang Yue felt irritable in his heart, and he had an urge to kill.
"Got it......" A slightly tired female voice whispered: "I also ask Duke Qin to go back and return to Yousi: I also ask Duke Ming to give me some time and time, so that my family can raise ......."
"It's my sister-in-law......" Hearing this female voice, Zhang Yue felt extremely guilty.
This is the emotion and memory that Zhang Yi left him.
In Zhang Yi's memory, since the death of his deceased brother, this family has been supported by his sister-in-law alone.
In the past two years, my sister-in-law has been both an elder sister and a mother, working hard to manage the affairs inside and outside the family.
Every day before dawn, my sister-in-law was busy in the kitchen together, and in the middle of the night, the oil lamp in her room was not extinguished, and she was sewing clothes or weaving silk all night.
Originally, Zhang Yi still imagined that if he could be appreciated and promoted by nobles, he would definitely repay him after becoming rich.
However, the changes in Changyang Palace made this wish of his forever become a wish.
"This ...... Madam, this county honors the order, and there is no way for a certain family......" The man said helplessly.
"This ...... I'm afraid it's the first wave of suppression,......" Zhang Yue sighed in his heart.
"Of course, it could also be that this person heard something and came running...... The stone is here......"
doesn't need to think too much, Zhang Yue already understands it in his heart like a mirror.
According to the provisions of the "Tian Law", land tax is divided into field tax, levy, and manuscript tax.
From the beginning of the year to the emperor, in October every year, the amount of land is levied.
Among them, the standard of land tax is 30 taxes and 1.
The levy of the land is calculated according to the land area.
Generally speaking, for each hectare of land (whether it is a hill or a watered land), one stone is paid.
But this is only for the state.
Just like in rural China in the eighties and nineties, the expenses and expenses of the grassroots government in the Han Dynasty also had to be shared with the burden of the people.
Similar to pooling.
In accordance with the law, two stones were cut and three stones were drafted.
In the law, it is called the Shu Fu and the Manuscript Fu.
After deducting the payment in October every year, each hectare of land has to bear one stone and two stones.
The so-called stalk actually refers to hay and straw.
In feudal times, this was a necessary material for cavalry operations, similar to oil, which belonged to the strategic resources of the country and was a necessity for the army to carry out military activities.
It's just that, in fact, the one who really needs to pay the tax is once a year in October.
For the rest, the people can choose to pay or replace it with other supplies.
However, what is really terrible is not this, but the law stipulates that the local county government can choose to levy this part of the land at any time of the year as its own office expenses or to repair the yamen, cities, and roads.
If you think about it with your ass, you can know that the magistrate will definitely collude with Haoqiang and use this regulation to prey on the people.
After the autumn harvest every year, the magistrate will certainly not levy the levy. As a result, the peasants were forced to sell their hard-harvested crops, and when winter or spring ploughing came, the price of the crops was high, and the deadly tax collectors came!
Not only that, but the magistrates and the heroes also have a set of combination punches to match.
In order to force the peasants to borrow usury as much as possible.
As long as such a thing as usury is touched, basically a family will be completely ruined.
Therefore, some literati said worriedly: The farmer's father and son, exposing the middle field, not avoiding the cold and heat, raking the grass and soil, callouse hands and feet, have been rented from the grain, and published manuscripts, and the township has asked for private things, which is innumerable. [Hanshu. Biography of Gong Yu】
However......
This is the routine of the Kanto, at least it is also a routine under the rule of Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Feng Yi, and Right Fufeng.
The situation in Nanling is special.
For decades, I have never heard of that blind person who dares to play this kind of routine in Nanling County.
"If you jump out like this, aren't you afraid that you will poke the basket and walk around without eating?" Zhang Yue sighed in his heart, feeling a little amused by the man's stupidity.
In later generations, as long as people with some historical skills know, there is an institution called Sanfu in the Western Han Dynasty.
Jing Zhaoyin, left Feng Yi, right Fufeng.
Most people's first impression is that the entire Guanzhong should be under the jurisdiction of these three auxiliary yamen.
However, Zhang Yue, who has Zhang Yi's memory, knows that this is not the case.
Since Liu Bangding's capital Chang'an, there have always been some places in Guanzhong that are not under the jurisdiction of the normal bureaucracy.
Whether it is the previous internal history, or the later internal history of the left and right, and the three auxiliary ministers, there has never been specific jurisdiction over Nanling County.
Because, Nanling County is Lingyi County.
It belongs to the direct leader of Taichang, and the Changling Tomb of Emperor Gao, the Anling Tomb of Emperor Hui, the Baling Tomb of Taizong, the Yangling Tomb of the First Emperor, and the Maoling Tomb of the present Shang, from the beginning of its establishment, it is not a place where civil officials can interfere.
In these places, even the laws, systems, and rules are similar and different from those in other places.
Because all Lingyi counties have only one purpose: to worship and protect the mausoleums and temples of the ancestors and ancestors of the old Liu family.
Basically, Lingyi County in the Han Dynasty was similar to a special administrative region in later generations.
In the jurisdiction of Lingyi County, it is too often to pay attention to it.
At the slightest disturbance, too often they will immediately go to inspect it.
Because, this is directly related to Taichang himself's black yarn hat and even his life!
Since the Han Dynasty, Tai Changqing, who lost his official position and even committed suicide because of the accident in Lingyi, can no longer be counted on ten fingers.
After he ascended the throne, his attitude towards his ancestors became more respectful and serious.
The pressure on the Taichang Qing has increased greatly.
More than ten years ago, not far from Nanling County, Jin Shi, the then Marquis of Fenyang, was impeached and removed because he forgot to repair the local roads and bridges in time, and even the marquis was lost.
But Jin Shi was lucky.
At least he saved his life!
Others were not so lucky.
Since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, there have been several people who have died in Taichangqing's tenure.
There are even two prime ministers, one of whom died directly or indirectly because of something too common!
Li Cai, the brother of the famous flying general Li Guang, and the famous cool official Zhang Tang are all victims.
Therefore, in Lingyi County, the attitude of the government has always been to focus on maintaining stability.
Anything that might exacerbate the contradictions, I will never do it.
Anything that might anger the people will not be done.
The reason is very simple, if you anger someone, people will fight to the death and make a big news.
The Son of Heaven was furious, and the board was knocked down, but it didn't matter what your starting point was?
Today, the last thing I am afraid of in my life is to kill people!
Therefore, for decades, officials of all sizes in Nanling County have been doing their own thing, or even deducting and exploiting things, although there have always been.
However, at the turn of spring and summer, when the green and yellow are not connected, no one dares to run to the door to fight the autumn wind, and even threaten, coerce, and persecute things.
What if you get into trouble?
Therefore, the people in the Zhulingyi area generally have a better life than the people in other non-Lingyi counties.
It's not that good, but at least it's much less exploited and apportioned.
It's just that...... Zhang Yue was still a little worried.
This person's methods and routines are not very good.
But......
"I hope my sister-in-law can see through ......," Zhang Yue prayed in his heart.
He knew that his sister-in-law had never studied, and since she married into the Zhang family at the age of fourteen, she had not even gone out to Changshui Township.
The biggest world I've ever seen is nothing more than the ten miles and eight pavilions in this Changshui Township.
Don't talk about the Han family system, it is a little difficult to figure out who is the biggest in Changshui Township.
If this person easily finds out the details of the Zhang family, he will even succeed in blackmailing.
So......
There is no doubt that the Zhang family will become a piece of fat that attracts all kinds of vicious wolves and vultures.
From then on, all kinds of difficulties and suppression, and even attacks, will follow.
These people will eat the Zhang family cleanly!
But I heard my sister-in-law's voice say, "That's it...... The little woman didn't dare to embarrass Ming Gong......"
Hearing this, Zhang Yue's heart had sunk.
If the sister-in-law was blackmailed by this person and succeeded, she went to buy the skulls at a high price.
As long as the news spreads, then the gentry of the entire Nanling County will be excited.
A weak landlord who does not know how to protect and defend his interests?
It's a piece of fat on the cutting board!
What's more, there is a young man in the landlord's family, who arrogantly offended the nobles of the dynasty and the Confucian scholars who were in power.
Surely no one will come out and call the shots for this family.
So what are you waiting for?
Divide and eat!
"It's just ......" Just when Zhang Yue was almost desperate, the sister-in-law's voice suddenly raised a pitch: "Please also ask the little woman of Ming Gongrong to send someone to inform the ...... of the Changshui Captain Yamen."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue's mood suddenly took a 180-degree turn, and he was finally able to put his mind at ease.
Because......
Captain Changshui is the umbrella of the Zhang family.
Back then, Zhang Yi's father worked in the Yamen of Changshui School, although it was only a clerk, but ...... But he has a good relationship with many officials in Changshui.
When Zhang Yi's father died, Zhang Yi was still young, but he still remembered that at that time, Ren An, then the captain of Changshui, had sent people to mourn and condole.
After the death of Zhang Yi's brother, the grandson of the then captain of Changshui also sent his retainers to mourn and pay taxes of gold and gold (the red envelopes of eating wine and wine in the Han Dynasty are called taxes, which are recorded in historical records).
This matter is well known in the entire Changshui Township.
It is precisely with the face of two consecutive Changshui captains that the Zhang family can gain a foothold in this society where the law of the jungle eats the strong. Zhang Yi, who was stunned, could also worship under the hermit Huang Hui of Lishan - otherwise, even if the people of the Huang Lao School were down, they would not accept a poor disciple to get started.
Although it is said, in fact, Zhang Yi doesn't know what kind of friendship his father has with those big people in the Yamen of Changshui School? Can these people be relied upon?
But, at least, with this signboard as a shield, ordinary cats and dogs don't dare to persecute too much.
Captain Changshui, that's a big man of two thousand stones.
It is the meat of today's heart.
In all foreign wars, Captain Changshui is the elite who is in the front!
Although the two captains of Changshui who had sent people to mourn have now stepped down, they have not retired, let alone stepped aside.
Ren An has now been promoted to the protector of the Northern Army.
As for Gongsun Yi, it is rumored that he will replace Han Chang, the court captain who is about to become a minister, and serve as the court captain of the Han family, taking charge of the judiciary!
Although, it is very likely that these two giants were actually just putting on a show at the time, and in fact, they may not even remember which one Zhang's father was.
It's just that I heard that something happened to a certain family who used to be a colleague with me, so I asked my subordinates to come over and mean it.
However, who dares to guarantee that those two really don't have a half-relationship with the Zhang family?
You have to know that the camp of Captain Changshui is in the lower reaches of the Changshui River.
In case, Zhang Jiazhen and Captain Changshui have any incense relationship, the cavalry set off from the Changshui camp, but it will only take half an hour to kill the county seat of Nanling County.
And the Changshui cavalry are basically Wu Hengyi, and even someone's father, who once followed the Great Sima Champion Hou Huo to get sick and beat through the entire Huns, and sealed the wolf in Xu Mountain.
These people are very unreasonable!
provoked them, so they didn't bother to care who you were, and then we talked about it!
Sure enough, as soon as he heard the name of 'Changshui Captain Yamen', the man immediately said stupidly: "Don't dare...... Don't dare ......"
Then, as if he had nothing to say, he asked: "I heard that Xiaolangjun of your mansion occasionally felt a cold a few days ago, but I don't know if he is getting better now?" ”
"Lao Minggong, my uncle, is now ...... well" Sister-in-law replied lightly: "Maybe wait until July, or I can go to the camp of the captain of Changshui and make a clerical ......."
"Your Mansion Langjun is really auspicious, and God blesses him...... Xu was a little uncontrollable, and the man said with a smile: "As for the matter of the...... The county road is not too urgent, the villagers, a certain family is a husband, and those who can help will definitely help, and please let Mrs. relax and take care of Xiaolangjun with peace of mind......"
"Chameleon ......" Zhang Yue shook his head in his heart when he heard this.
In later generations, such villains can be seen everywhere in government agencies, and if they are cheap, they will beat snakes and sticks, and they will not let go if they bite.
They are like vipers and jackals.
is the standard opportunist and scavenger.
Now, it seems to have been forced back.
But in fact, this is just the beginning, and this person is just a pawn of a probe.
Once they figure out the reality of the Zhang family, or get more confidence, then packs of jackals will swarm up and tear Zhang Yue and the entire Zhang family to pieces!
Zhang Yue knew that he had to hurry up and come up with a countermeasure.
Otherwise, I'm afraid that I just crossed over, and I would have to GG.