No matter what you do, the first thing is to master the method; There is a way to sharpen a knife and not cut wood, only with the right method, things will move forward step by step towards the goal you envisioned. When encountering problems, you should sort out your clues and don't make rash decisions in chaos; Only after rational thinking will things be in order!

Although Wang Xuance, Jiang Xiancheng and others have also talked in detail before, they are all painless problems. After experiencing the matter of the little sister, he was ready to understand the matter of the yellow water thoroughly and clearly. Thinking of this, he decided to listen to Jiang Yongde and Jiang Xiancheng's opinions again.

As soon as the sky was bright on the second day, Chen Maocai invited Jiang Xiancheng over. After last night's incident, Jiang Xiancheng is no longer hiding before; Immediately, he gave Wang Xuance a detailed statement of the current situation in Huangshui County!

In the past few years, with the changes in the situation, there have been several groups of bandits in Huangshui, which was already quite a headache, but last year, the bandits of Jin Jialing joined a group of Central Plains people. Under his plan, after some fighting, the rest of the bandits were absorbed; Since then, the law and order in this yellow water has deteriorated.

On the other hand, Huangshui County has a complex county situation and many tribes. Although most of the tribes are safe, there are constant contradictions between the largest Miao Village and the Yao Village because of the territorial problem; I heard that this old Miao King is ready to move again!

Finally, there is the question of taxation, because the state and county officials are very urgent, and many officials are full of their own pockets; So much so that many people have left their fields and run to the mountains. It is precisely because of this barren field, but the imperial court levies taxes according to the approved collection of acres, in order to make up enough taxes to be paid to the national treasury, so the taxes of the people who farm the land have been rising, and then this vicious circle has been formed! There is more and more barren land, and the people who cultivate the land pay more and more taxes.

To put it in layman's terms, for example, the original cultivated land in Huangshui County is 10,000 mu, and the imperial court's customization is to collect 150,000 catties of grain every year; Because the people left the fields and caused desolation, the fields naturally did not produce a harvest. However, the 150,000 catties of grain collected by the imperial court every year are not much at all; In order to give an explanation to the imperial court, the officials didn't care about the life or death of the people who farmed the land, and came up with this method of equal sharing. It is to let the people who farm the land share the 150,000 catties of grain equally, coupled with the ingredient of filling their own pockets, which naturally causes taxes to rise, causing this vicious circle!

Hearing Jiang Xiancheng's heart-wrenching words, Wang Xuance was also a little relieved, after all, he understood all the problems in Huangshui County! In his current consciousness, this first thing to suppress bandits is easy to do. This second thing does not seem to be too difficult to deal with the relationship between Miao Yao and the two villages. This third tax reduction seems to be the hardest; Because of the various legacy problems in the past, as mentioned by the younger sister, the people have lost confidence in the government, and it is easy to formulate policies, but it is difficult to collect them! However, everything is interdependent and mutually restrictive, and one solution is the whole solution! If you die, you will die!

Thinking of this, on the one hand, he instructed Jiang Xiancheng to transfer all the account books in the county to wait for inspection; On the other hand, to see if we can solve the grievances between the two villages of Miao Yao from this little sister, I immediately found an appropriate day and led Zhou Zeng and Chen Maocai to Miao Village!

Deep in the dense forest, a path leads along the bamboo forest to the village. The village is not big from afar, but it is scattered and orderly when you get closer, Miao people live in the tradition of taking the mountain as the back and the water, facing the treacherous natural environment of the mountain, thousands of people unite as one, huddle together for warmth, highlight the nature of survival and simplicity! But seeing this thousand-year-old Miao Village, surrounded by green mountains and green trees; When you look up, you can see the clear blue sky, birds flying by from time to time, and beautiful white clouds, which make the sky come alive. With a few birdsongs, it makes this thousand-year-old Miao Village appear smart and gentle.

Watch the three of them arrive. Two sturdy young men, armed with spears, immediately blocked their way: "Stop, what are you doing?" ”

"Please report it, just say that Huang Shui ordered Wang Xuance to come to visit King Miao," Wang Xuance smiled at them politely.

When these two young people heard that it was Huang Shuiling, they remembered the mention of the little sister, and they didn't dare to slack off at all, and trotted all the way to Tongyu. After a while, with the sound of three cannons, the door of the village opened, and I saw the little sister leading the people out in order.

But seeing today's little sister, the upper body is a blue cardigan short dress, the lower body is a plain pleated skirt with embroidered lace, and a piece of exquisite silver jewelry, which is not only elegant and colorful, but also graceful and moving. The appearance of the stunning Shuangshu is even more mouth-watering, and she is a gentle girl!

Seeing such a beautiful little sister, the three of them were stunned for an instant. Seeing this situation, the little sister couldn't help but snicker: "Mingfu, please." Hearing this, the three of them woke up from their fascination, and then followed her guidance and entered this Miao Village. This Miao village has been nearly a thousand years now, the ancestors moved here in order to avoid the chaos of the Central Plains, antique, simple and natural. Some young Miao people who move around from time to time, as well as the ancient beamed rafters, make the Miao Village more energetic and down-to-earth.

When I entered this meeting hall, I saw a white-haired old man in his sixties sitting precariously, with a Chinese character face and a sheep's horn beard, dressed in a simple Miao clothes, and he cleaned up a bit of majesty, showing a bit of majesty in his kindness. Seeing Wang Xuance and the three of them coming in, they immediately got up to greet each other. After the introduction of the little sister, the three of them understood that this person was King Miao. So after some courtesy greetings, the guests and hosts sat down.

King Miao immediately instructed his attendants to boil such a pot of earthen tea from Miao Village. But seeing this attendant, he picked up the plain clay pot, carefully took out a few pieces of loose black tea with a teaspoon, and put it into a silver tea mill that was quite old and grinded it carefully. Then use a small tea basket to crush the tea powder, and then sift it so skillfully, the tea powder and impurities are so distinct.

As the grinding bowl was completed, a delicate clay pot next to it also boiled as the temperature rose. I saw that the boiling water, the small bubbles were like fish eyes, and they were very fresh. The waiter slowly put the tea powder into it, and the soup color immediately became red and bright, and the blisters became more viscous.

I only listened to the attendant with a gentle tone, and said to them: "This tea needs to be boiled three times, just now for one boil, put the tea in; The edges of these two boiling springs are like springs; These three boils are like waves tumbling." After three boils, the tea has been boiled, and as the temperature drops slightly, the attendant carefully divides the tea soup into a red tea cup and puts it in front of everyone.

Wang Xuance gently pinched the teacup, sniffed it, the breeze blew on his face, and the feeling of relaxation and joy suddenly came to his heart; Gently smack such a mouthful, the tongue is fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless. After such an elegant reception, Lao Miao Wang suddenly made Wang Xuance and the three of them have some different feelings. Although there was no communication before the tea tasting, the contest began.

When he came in, Lao Miao Wang had already looked up and down at this newcomer Huangshui Ling, who looked quite young, but whether he had the ability and whether he could suppress the current Huangshui County was an unknown question. What can be done is to see more and talk less. So in addition to tasting tea, he is waiting for Wang Xuance to be the first to speak!

After a few tea sippings and tea smells, the council hall was very quiet, and it seemed to be a little embarrassed. The youngest sister Chen Maocai, Zhou Zeng and others rolled their eyes and looked at the two of them from time to time, and their hearts were also up and down. In fact, Wang Xuance was also waiting, waiting for the old Miao King to criticize, but the old Miao King never opened his mouth.

Wang Xuance thought about it, so there was no need to go around, and then cut to the point: "When I was in charge of the place for the first time in my later life, I came to our Huangshui County, and people were soft-spoken, so I had to rely on King Miao to give me more advice in governing the county!"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the old man sees that Wang Mingfu is young, and he is in power in Huangshui, he must have something extraordinary, and this future is limitless! In our small village, as long as the Ming Mansion adheres to the mentality of being the master of the people and serving the public, the little old man and the clansmen are enough! ”

As soon as Wang Xuance heard that the old Miao King was full of flattery, he knew that he had not yet made a heart-to-heart, so he replied generously: "Thank you Miao Wang for his praise, although Xuan Ce has only passed the weak crown, he adheres to the will of asking for the people's life; Not only do I want to do practical things for the people, but I will also uphold the public heart to make decisions for the people! Therefore, today's visit to Guizhai is to ask King Miao and listen to his high opinions; If King Miao pities the ambition of Xuance, all hopes will be fulfilled! If King Miao has some difficulties, he can tell them at the same time, and Xuan Ce will definitely go all out! ”

Hearing this, King Lao Miao immediately replied: "The Ming Mansion asks about the plan, how can the little old man dare not do it." However, there are really two difficulties now: the first is this tax problem, we have not cultivated so much land, and it has been rising continuously over the years, I wonder if there is a will of the imperial court? This second case, Yaozhai's embezzlement of my Miao Village's land, has a history of hundreds of years, and I want to ask the Ming Mansion to help resolve this grievance." After speaking, he squinted at Wang Xuance and narrowed his eyes!

Hearing King Miao answer like this, Wang Xuance suddenly felt that these two things were hard stubble. However, he still truthfully replied to him: "As for the issue of taxation, this matter has been investigated, and most of it is caused by the private deduction of officials at all levels, coupled with the flight of the people, which caused the fields to be barren. These days, Xuan Ce will go to the court to explain this matter! However, the grievances and grievances between Yao Village and Miao Village, I want to hear King Miao's views and opinions on this matter? ”

Listening to Wang Xuance's rhetorical question, coupled with the promise he had just made, after thinking about it for a while, this old Miao King explained in detail the causes and consequences of the Miao Yao conflict

"If you want to talk about this, you have to talk about it more than 100 years ago. Although the ancestors of this Miao people came from the Central Plains, they have lived here for nearly a thousand years; Each Miao village is scattered in different mountain streams, all of which are in the same vein, and the surrounding mountains naturally belong to Miao Village. This Yao people are native-born locals, for thousands of years, the two villages have been peaceful, intermarried to prevent bandits, and coexist peacefully. However, since Yaozhai had a strong leader a hundred years ago, he encroached on the original Wangjialing land of Miao Village and drove away the Miao people. Since then, the two villages have attacked each other, and more than 70 people have been killed and injured in Miao Village, and more than 30 people have died in Yao Village. Although this hill is very close to Yaozhai, this is also the place where the ancestral home of Miao Village is located, and what the ancestors left behind cannot be snatched away like this."

It has been another hundred years since you fought for me, and the land of Wangjialing has changed hands many times, and now it is still occupied by Yaozhai. No, Lao Miao Wang has accumulated enough strength and is preparing to take it back again.

At this point, Wang Xuance also roughly knows the cause of the grievances between the two villages. And one of the purposes of his trip was to resolve the grievances of these two villages, and then pleaded: "Listening to King Miao's heartfelt words, I already know the reason, and I implore King Miao to look at the thin face of the late life, don't use soldiers for the time being, give the late life some time, and I will come to solve it!" ”

This old Miao King heard that he wanted to meddle in this matter. After thinking about it, at least there is no harm to himself, if he can really return to this Wangjialing land, it will be a good thing, so he sold him a face: "Since this is the case, then there is Laoming Mansion to help me recapture this Wangjialing land."

The conversation ended in a peaceful atmosphere, although they were all told the truth, but Wang Xuance understood that things would not be so simple, and in order to prevent the soldiers from meeting each other, they could only delay it for the time being. Seeing that King Miao had been stabilized, after some greetings, he took Zhou Chen and the others and got up and left this Miao Village!

The words were divided into two ends, and after the three of them returned to the county office, Jiang Xiancheng had transferred all the account books of the county in the past two days, waiting for him to check them. After two or three days of checking by Wang Xuance and Chen Maocai, he suddenly became angry, and he never thought that six or seven out of ten of the land in the county were barren; After such an in-depth understanding, what official income is not enough to support himself is just a pretext. To put it bluntly, these mediocre officials, regardless of the life or death of the people, make the people feel the hardships of farming, and they are lazy to eat and do lazy work, so that they are lazy and lazy, which in turn causes the fields to be barren!

immediately recruited this Jiang Xiancheng and the public officials, based on data, speaking with facts, and reprimanding them again! Jiang Xiancheng and the officials were like frosted eggplants, drooping their heads one by one, speechless. According to the laws of the imperial court, all these people should be punished, but if they are all punished, how will the county be governed? Wang Xuance also understands this truth, such a formal reprimand is just for the sake of prestige.

Then he changed his words and said to them: "In view of the fact that you have already known your mistakes, the things you have committed before will be suppressed for the time being, and from now on, if you commit the three chapters of the law, if you commit it again, you will be punished for several crimes, and you will be severely punished!" When the officials heard this, they were also deeply moved by Wang Xuance's generosity, and they were all grateful to Dade! The political style of Huangshui County has taken on a new look!

After their deliberations, a rough framework was formed: the people who had land in the past, the land was still theirs, and taxes were paid according to the laws of the imperial court. All idle land was nationalized, and the land sharing system was implemented, and it was distributed to landless or labor-intensive families to cultivate. In short, one cannot let the land sit idle; Of course, these officials can also get some land! As soon as this plan came out, everyone felt that this thing seemed to be feasible. Wang Xuance immediately asked the big guy to transcribe it, stamp it with the county government's seal, and post it.

After such a posting, the people felt that this plan was good, but because of the stubborn illness for a long time, they no longer believed in the government, so none of the people went down the mountain to farm. The plan is good, but without trust, it's just a blank slate, which makes it difficult for Wang Xuance and them!

Although he also went to the village and went into the mountains to persuade each other, because his prestige was not as good as that of the leaders of Miao Yao's villages, he could only return with a feather, and there was no progress in this month. It seems that the only way to do this now is to gain the trust of the leaders of the villages!

As a result, the problem of Miao Yao's second village was promoted to his first choice. You can't listen to the words of the family in anything, let alone a slap that doesn't make a sound. Since I have been to Miao Village last time, let's go to Yao Village this time! So, he took Zhou Chen and the others to prepare to go to Yaozhai to embark on this experience. Because of the hardships of these days, Wang Xuance is also anxious and absent-minded!

Zhou Zeng looked at his unrelenting appearance and persuaded: "Or, let's rest for two days first."

"It's okay, let's go". After speaking, he led the two of them to fight and go on the road.

This Yao village is also in a place where mountains and rivers are connected, only to see a mountain peak standing on the flat water surface like a pillar, take a boat through this piece of water, and arrive at this Yao village. One lake, one boat, three people; Distant mountains, greenery, and clouds constitute such an extraordinary splash of ink landscape painting. But seeing this Yao Village, within a radius of three miles, the voices of people are boiling, bustling, and there is a peaceful atmosphere. Chen Maocai immediately took out the map of Huangshui, compared them with each other, and looked in the direction of his fingers, and a mountain not far away was this Wangjialing, and everything in Yaozhai could be seen.

With the passage of the gatekeepers. The three of them were introduced to the stockade. After the guests and hosts sat down, they found that this Yao Wang was also a young man, in his twenties, dressed in black plain clothes, embellished with some accessories, and had a special spirit. A long face, with towering cheekbones, a straight nose and a pair of piercing eyes, is also radiant. Peers, a sense of intimacy arises spontaneously! However, will things go in the direction you want...... Please see the next time