But when I arrived at the Korean Mansion, I found that although the whole house was in full swing for the festival, Li Shanchang only invited him alone, Zhao Quanyou immediately felt that something was wrong, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a Hongmen banquet, and Liu Bang, who went to the banquet, should have been Li Shu himself, but now he has to face this crisis. It's really a fucked up situation, Zhao Quanyou scolded Li Shu while thinking about how to deal with the next situation.

The next person directly invited Zhao Quanyou to Li Shanchang's study, although he looked polite and polite, but still a little restrained, Li Shanchang smiled and invited Li Shu to the table, and said with a smile: "Lord Li doesn't have to be restrained, today it's just you and me, let's drink and chat, talk about homely, the old man is also old, drink but don't fight, how about it!" ”

Zhao Quanyou smiled implicitly and said in a low voice: "The Korean public is warm, and the students are terrified. ”

The two sat down separately, and there was no one to serve during the banquet, Li Shanchang personally poured a glass of wine for Li Shu, and said with a smile: "Invite the adults to come here separately today, do you know what is going on?" ”

Zhao Quanyou thought to himself, the real Li Shu must know, but I am not Li Shu, where do I know, but he was anxious, but his expression was very indifferent: "The student doesn't know, Li Xiang, please make it clear." ”

Li Shanchang scolded secretly in his heart, little cub, he actually pretended to be confused with Lao Tzu, when Lao Tzu played this set back then, you still wore open crotch pants, but Li Shanchang was the prime minister of the city after all, and his kung fu had already been practiced, so he smiled and picked up his wine glass and toasted cordially: "The old man respects Lord Li with a glass, and he does it first for respect." After that, he raised his head and drank it all, put down the cup, and took a bite of food for Li Shu, and observed Li Shu's demeanor while holding it, and said in his mouth: "The dog is not sensible, and he doesn't understand your rules, but he has already told the old man that he is truly remorseful, and I hope that Lord Li will let him go." ”

Zhao Quanyou thought to himself, this must be Li Shu to provoke Li Qi, presumably because of his little, Zhao Quanyou repeated the greetings of Li Shu's eighteen ancestors and all the relatives and women in his heart several times. Thinking that he just wanted to settle the matter, there was no need to worry about other hearts for Li Shu, just forget about the past, so he also smiled and said: "Li Xiang, you are serious, what can you let go of a horse, it is a misunderstanding between me and the horse, you don't have to take it to heart, let him pass that matter." ”

Zhao Quanyou's words, there was no problem, without knowing the inside story, he could speak vaguely and tactfully, and his reaction was already very fast. But he forgot one thing, after all, he was facing Li Shanchang, and in front of Li Shanchang, his identity was not Zhao Quanyou, but Li Shu.

Li Shu's words, in the ears of Li Shanchang, who has been through vicissitudes for a long time, are obviously playing haha with himself, and Li Shanchang also greeted Li Shu's ancestors for the eighteenth generation in his heart. But what kind of person Li Shanchang is, he has never rubbed sand in his eyes, since you continue to pretend to be stupid, then I can only give you a little bit of a good look, I saw that Li Shanchang was still smiling, but his tone changed slightly: "The old man has been at home for many years, and he has not been involved in political affairs for many years, but I heard that there has been a major incident in the DPRK in recent days, and it is related to Lord Li, and the tax accounts in various places seem to be a little vague, and the actual taxes and the yellow books of fish scales do not match." ”

If it was Zhen Li Shu, he would definitely be able to understand the issues involved in Li Shanchang's words, and he must have known the power of it, but where did Zhao Quanyou know the key points in this, he even felt that Li Shanchang was just discussing official business with him.

Although readers are very familiar with this history, but in order to facilitate your reading, we still drop a little book bag below, and briefly review the general rules of taxation in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, taxes were levied according to the grain, and the fish scale atlas and the yellow book were used as the basis for tax collection.

The Yellow Book is actually highly related to the Lijia system, one hundred and ten households are counted as one li, and ten households are one Jia, respectively, with the chief of the li, the head of the first and the chief of the grain. Of course, according to local conditions, in different places, the name of Lijia is different, in the city, it is not called Li, but called Fang, the suburbs of the city are called boxes, only in the countryside is called Li. The Yellow Book is a cycle every 10 years, called "Ranking Years". In other words, new registers are re-registered every 10 years, but gaps can be filled in during each year. After the booklet is compiled, it will be kept in quadruplicate, and in addition to the one volume kept by the household department, one copy will be kept by the political secretary, the prefecture, and the county. (The root cause of the empty seal case is that there are differences between the local booklet and the household booklet, and between the local actual income and the expected income of the household department. The reason why the booklet is called the Yellow Book is because the copy stored in the household department is not only presented to the emperor, but also used when worshipping the heavens, so it must be sealed with yellow cloth. This kind of system of making books has been used by the Qing Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty, and even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the finance of the Celestial Dynasty has also been borrowed to a large extent, which is a relatively perfect management system.

The Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Atlas are used together. Why is it called the Fish Scale Atlas? It is because the atlas is like fish scales after it is compiled, and it is named after the shape, which is called the fish scale atlas. The Yellow Book is registered by household, and the "old management, new income, expulsion, and real number" of each household are recorded in the Yellow Book, which is called the "four-pillar type". The fish scale atlas is mainly based on soil fields, and different types of land are classified in detail, such as "plain, ban, tomb, derivative, lower, wet, fertile, barren, sand, and brine" according to the characteristics of different lands and the actual situation. If there is a land sale transaction, inheritance, etc., it can also be attached to avoid the paralysis of land without tax. At the time of taxation, the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Atlas corroborate each other to confirm the amount to be paid by each household.

Although Zhao Quanyou also knows some of the rules and joints of officialdom, he is a complete layman for this set of fiscal and taxation systems, and he is completely a duck to listen to Li Shanchang's words. So he only replied vaguely: "Is there such a thing?" The lower official must check it out when he goes back. ”

Such a big thing was such an understatement reply, Zhao Quanyou's words, to Li Shanchang's ears, naturally thought that Li Shu was playing Tai Chi with him, so he went further and said: "Lord Li, as a household servant, has no idea about such a big mistake? Today's emperor hates officials who neglect their duties and officials who slack off in government, Lord Li knows it in his heart. ”

It wasn't until he heard the last sentence that Zhao Quanyou reacted, Li Shanchang was hiding a knife in his smile, this was threatening himself, they all said that the fucking officialdom was sinister, and the prime minister was even more fucking sinister, if it went on like this, before the things that should be done were done, he was afraid that he would be exposed, but at this moment, Li Shanchang had already put the knife on his neck, and he had better pass this level first. Zhao Quanyou hurriedly got up, knelt on the ground with a puff, and looked pious: "The Korean public save me, the lower official is young and doesn't know anything, and there was a slight misunderstanding with the horse before, you can rest assured, you must be cautious in your words and deeds in the future, and you will never provoke the horse again." ”

Li Shanchang smiled and nodded, although Li Shu's words were still vague, but this kneeling was a clear statement, and the tone was quite pious, he looked at Li Shu kneeling in front of him, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel like this person was acting with him, and after hesitating for a moment, Li Shanchang reached out to help Li Shu: "Lord Li, why do you have to do this?" Now that the misunderstanding is clear, that thing ...... Isn't it time to take it out? ”

Zhao Quanyou was stunned again when he heard this, and said in his heart that this is also for something! No wonder this Li Shanchang is so tidy up with himself, presumably this thing must be very important, but I'm afraid only Li Shu knows about this thing, go back and ask Li Shu. Zhao Quanyou didn't get up, kowtowed on the spot, and promised: "The thing must be offered, but the thing is not carried with you at the moment, my lord, the lower official will go back to find it, so go back to find it, and send it as soon as you find it." ”

Li Shu agreed so happily, and the contrast between the front and back was so big, it made Li Shanchang suspicious again. After Li Shu left, Li Shanchang carefully smacked Li Shu's words and demeanor, he has read countless people in his life, rarely walks his eyes, just on Li Shu's current performance, Li Shanchang concluded that this Li Shu must be a big traitor, and he must not trust this person, yes, he must be ruthless again.

It is said that Zhao Quanyou, who came out of Li Shanchang's mansion, did not return to Li Shu's mansion, but went straight to the Jinchuan Gate, where Zhao Quande's house in Beijing was located.

Zhao Quande and Zhao Quanyou are twin brothers, from the looks, they are almost identical, seeing Zhao Quanyou coming in a hurry and looking nervous, Zhao Quande knew that something was wrong, but he was more concerned about that big thing, and opened his mouth to ask: "Did you find something?" ”

Zhao Quanyou shook his head: "My senior brother hid things tightly, and I didn't find it." ”

Zhao Quande said: "That thing must be found as soon as possible and destroyed quickly, otherwise it may be ...... in the future."

Zhao Quanyou interrupted his brother's words: "Li Shanchang's old guy also made a move, but he had to deal with Li Shu, I almost couldn't deal with it tonight, this official is too difficult to be an official." ”

Zhao Quande saw that Zhao Quanyou had the intention of retreating, and hurriedly reassured: "How can officialdom be so easy to mix, since it is Li Shu's problem, then you ask him to go." ”

Zhao Quanyou had a bitter face: "If he can speak, why should I come over, my senior brother is a hard one, no matter what, he refuses to speak, as soon as I ask him, he will come to Cao Ying with Xu Shu and don't say a word." ”

Zhao Quande smiled: "There is no other way, I still have some ...... methods of extorting confessions by torture."

Early the next morning, Zhao Quanyou came to the yamen with a tired face, as soon as he arrived at the yamen, Zhao Quanyou yawned again and again, this Li Shu can really resist, all night, the brothers changed five or six kinds of torture tools, Li Shu refused to say a word.

Just as Zhao Quanyou was about to step up the steps, the director Guo Fucheng came to his side at a trot, and whispered in Zhao Quanyou's ear: "Lord Li, Lord Tian of Taichang Temple is here, be careful, the person who comes is not good." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Quanyou was sleepy, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what you're here for?" ”

Guo Fucheng's voice was lowered: "It is said that the money transferred to the past to worship the heavens is wrong, but it is not clear what is going on." ”