Saying that, Master Wu couldn't help but ask Wanhua again: "I don't know where my brother is going to leave tomorrow?" If there is anything you need my help with, please speak up. ”

This really reminded Wan Hua that he Master Wu is a native here, and he must have a little friendship with Li Anshi, the prefect of Qingyang, if he is the link, it will be even more natural to see Li Anshi.

So Wan Hua replied: "It's not a secret, I heard that your prefect Lord Li loves the people like a son, so I have always admired you Lord Li. ”

When Master Wu heard Wanhua say that he wanted to see Li Anshi, he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly replied: "Brother, do you want to see Master Li?" Then Master Li, I'm familiar with it! ”

"Oh, is that true?"

"Of course it's true, I'm an old friend with that Master Li, if you don't believe it, brother, he still owes me money!"

Wanhua couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, how could the prefect of a dignified mansion still owe the money of a rich man!

"Dare to ask my brother, what's the matter with this debt?"

"Hey, this is not for the people who can't afford to pay the imperial grain tax, this Lord Li is a good official who loves the people like a son, in order to give the people a way to live, not only put his net worth in, but also owe a lot of foreign debts, the official is like him, it is very rare!"

Saying that, Master Wu just told Li Anshi in detail about paying the imperial grain tax for the common people.

It turned out that Li Anshi was born soft-hearted, and because some ordinary people couldn't pay the imperial grain tax, the male in the family was arrested and put in a prison cell, so he begged for Li Anshi.

Li Anshi couldn't see the pitiful appearance of those people, so he paid money for a few people's families out of his own pocket.

But this cushion can be regarded as a hornet's nest for himself, those people who can't afford to pay taxes heard that Li Anshi gave people money, and they all ran to Li Anshi and cried, which was worse than the other.

Not only that, but in the end, even some people who could afford to pay taxes also played scoundrels, saying that they had no money, and they also licked their faces and ran to Li Anshi to cry, which was 10,000 times more pitiful than the dead father.

Li Anshi saw that one of them was more pitiful than the other, and he couldn't help but feel compassion in his heart, since he had saved several families before, as a parent official, he couldn't favor one over the other, so there was also one household counted as one household, and the imperial grain taxes of those families were simply paid.

This mat is to pad more than 1,000 households, and in the end, he was stunned to put Li Anshi himself in, and he became a poor egg, and he couldn't even afford the sedan chair man.

This was the year before last, and last year, those people knew what Li Anshi was like, and at this time, they were people who could afford to pay taxes, and they didn't pay taxes, they were waiting for Li Anshi to give them advances, but in the end, the taxes collected were less than 20%!

Li Anshi knew that there were many people in it who could afford it, and he didn't pay it, that is, Diao Min, so in desperation, he asked people to forcibly collect taxes from those people.

But Li Anshi really underestimated the greed of human nature, those people first splashed and rolled, and finally simply hanged themselves and jumped into the river.

At this time, Li Anshi felt extremely guilty in his heart, so he stopped forcibly collecting taxes on those people, and gave thirty taels of silver to each of the families of the three deceased.

But there is a fixed amount of this tax, and you can't pay it!

In desperation, Li Anshi came to the door one by one to the rich and powerful squires under his rule, and did not say that he had pledged donations, but said that he had come to borrow money for turnover and return the IOUs.

You see that the prefect of this dignified government came to borrow silver, are you embarrassed not to borrow it at all?

In this way, the east family, the west family, and finally let Li Anshi gather the money and pay off last year's taxes.

After Master Wu introduced Li Anshi, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This Lord Li is really a bodhisattva, but he treats officials like this, and he can be regarded as abolishing his own career!" ”

Wan Hua was also surprised when he heard it, and he also had a more intuitive judgment of Li Anshi, judging from his lack of fear of Wei Zhongxian, he was a person with backbone, and from the perspective of his treatment of the people under his rule, he was a good official who loved the people like a son.

But such a good official often can't do anything!

Isn't there a good saying, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are treacherous, good officials, clean officials, then they must be more treacherous than corrupt officials and corrupt officials, otherwise, why live in the officialdom! Why fight with those corrupt officials and corrupt officials! How can we protect the people under our rule from being blackmailed and exploited by corrupt officials?

From this point of view, Li Anshi can only be said to be a good person, but not a good official, the official is like this, not only his personal career is invalid, but the people under his rule are originally good, but he is also used to becoming a bad person and cherishing the people, that is not so cherished!

But even so, Wan Hua's curiosity about Li Anshi has also increased unabated, after all, in today's Ming officialdom, it is unique to be able to make an official like this!

So Wan Hua said sincerely to Master Wu: "I want to meet Master Li, and I also ask my brother to introduce him on my behalf!" ”

Master Wu naturally wouldn't shirk it, patted his chest and replied: "Brother, don't worry, this matter is wrapped up in me, and I will keep it tomorrow so that you can see Master Li!" ”

"Then it's going to be a hassle brother."

"Hahaha,,, polite, polite, brother, you're too polite."

After chatting about these things, Master Wu invited Wanhua to inspect the inside and outside of the wall of Wujiazhuang, hoping that Wanhua could give advice and see where there was anything that needed to be improved, so that next time if there were thieves coming, he could have a little more defensive force.

After Wan Hua read it, he naturally pointed out a few things that needed to be improved, but Wan Hua finally told the truth, saying that with Wujiazhuang's defense force, it would be okay to deal with ordinary thieves and horse bandits.

But once against the regular army, even if the other party only has one or two hundred people, Wujiazhuang is not enough, in short, that is, once you encounter an elite strong enemy, no matter how many, you still have to find a way as soon as possible, don't expect to rely on the wall to block the strong enemy outside the door, in vain miss the opportunity to escape.

For Wanhua's words, Master Wu is naturally convinced, he also knows the foundation of Wujiazhuang, those strong men don't look at a lot of people, if they really run into hard stubble, hit a few times, it will also collapse.