"And this time, it is rumored that Zhao Yuanwai will also participate in the Oiran bidding, which is another doubtful point."

"What's so strange about this------ Li Qian pouted disdainfully: "The Zhao family is contributing money and efforts here, isn't it Liu Ruyan's hue?" Didn't those Oirans in the past end become the concubines of these people? ”

In fact, when he heard about this from Yang Qing before, Li Qian casually asserted that maybe Lao Zhao wanted the old cow to eat tender grass, so he helped Liu Ruyan win the championship, and he didn't want it to be a prophecy.

"That's the most suspicious part!"

Song Zhong shook his head and said: "Zhao Yuanwai rarely went out to the land of fireworks before, and it is very suspicious to help Liu Ruyan win the championship this time------ you must know that his lone seedling is planning to enter the tribute of the country's eunuch, and then enter the official career in one fell swoop, and now this surnamed Zhao is no matter how lustful he is, he should not choose to make a fuss about this matter during this critical period." Even if Liu Ruyan quietly takes over the house in the future, it will be much better than the current situation. ”

Li Qian let out an 'oh', and then smiled: "Even if you say it all, but this has something to do with me?" ”

Seeing that he was pretending to be stupid again, Song Zhong replied angrily: "I didn't have it before, but I will have it after today." ”

Li Qian spread his hands, looked at him helplessly, and said, "Say, what do you want me to do that lacks virtue?" ”

"------" Song Zhong couldn't help but subconsciously clench his fists, and then took a few deep breaths before he once again temporarily resisted the urge to scold him. "Simple! I want you to participate in the Oiran bidding, and you can find a way to raise the money yourself. ”

Bidding for an Oiran?

Please, is that a sky-high price, not to mention whether the stubborn old man at home agrees or not, my Li family, a landlord family, can compete with the Zhao family for financial resources? Just kidding!

Lie a groove------ and want the horse to run, and don't give the horse grazing, sure enough, the world is as black as a crow, and Jinyiwei is no exception!

"Can I skip this assignment?"

"Nope." Song Zhong's answer was very concise and crisp, and it was obvious that there was no room for negotiation in this matter.

Instead, he looked at Li Qian with a smile and said: "If you don't agree, you can do it, I will go to the Taoist excerpt to the saint, and you will be in violation of the yang and yin, and you have repeatedly encountered clues but only because you are slack, so that you miss the opportunity in vain------"

"Stop!" Li Qian interrupted him directly, "I promise!" But let's talk about it first, just this once, not for example! Next time, you're going to threaten me with anything again------" he gritted his teeth and said word by word: "It's useless!" ”

After all, Song Zhong is a martial artist, he has something to say, and he leaves when he has nothing to do, missing the red tape when many literati meet each other. After he finished speaking, he got up, patted his ass and prepared to leave, without saying 'goodbye'.

However, Li Qian was willing to let this pit leave easily, and even stopped him: "You wait for a while." ”

Song Zhong turned to look at him, but didn't ask any questions, just waited quietly for his next words.

"I'm a two-rank jinshi, bidding for the Oiran comb, those imperial historians will impeach me, you don't want to leave without giving a word?"

"If you don't enter the ranks, how serious is the wind review?"

"Why doesn't it matter?" Li Qian's eyes widened and said: "I'm a person who has a fiancée, and I'm about to get married, so it's a little unkind for you to let me do this at this time, right?" ”

"Isn't it normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines? You're a big man, are you still afraid of making it in? Saying that, Song Zhong's eyes lit up, and he looked at him as if he had discovered a new continent, "I said, are you really afraid of guilt?" ”

"------" Li Qian really wanted to slap him, and then slap him a second time in strict accordance with the instructions in the Bible, and then add an unfinished sentence to God through his own brain - when he slapped your left cheek and right cheek, you spread your legs and let him kick it.

"That's not right------ Song Zhong frowned again, as if he was talking to himself, "If that's the case, how could you make a big fuss before?" Why didn't you have this concern at the time? ”

"You care about me." Li Qian replied to him angrily, "Anyway, that's it, if you don't solve this worry for me, I'll just quit, whoever likes to do it!" ”

"This matter ------" Song Zhong pondered for a moment before he said: "I will go to the secret and explain the reason to Your Majesty, you can rest assured." ”

Li Qian had only heard of it before, 'White-clothed Prime Minister' Liu Yong, who once wrote a song "Drunk Penglai" to pat Emperor Renzong's sycophants, but because of a "turn" word and accidentally committed the taboo of the Son of Heaven, so he tried again and again, and angrily made a "Crane Rushing to the Sky" to ridicule himself, which is naturally the famous "endure the floating name, change the shallow low singing".

When Renzong learned about this, he was very unhappy, and secretly wrote his name in a small notebook again. When it came to the next scientific examination, when he saw Liu Yong's name, he used the question to play: "Isn't it just to fill in the words Liu Sanchang?" Why use the floating name, and go to fill in the words! After that, of course, Liu Yong was deprived of his admission qualifications, and Liu Yong was angry, so he left his name everywhere in Liuxiang of Huajie and Qinlou Chu Pavilion, calling himself "ordered to fill in the words of Liu Sanchang".

Li Qian pondered, as soon as Song Zhong handed over the fold, Lao Zhu should have acquiesced in his bidding Oiran combing behavior in order to solve the case as soon as possible, so if the matter spreads in the future, will he also get a nickname because of this-

Ordered to pick up a girl Li Zhongqing?

Tut-tut------ it's all right!

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What no one could have imagined was that after the Zhao family's sewage splash, Li Qian's reputation not only did not become stinky, but also greatly increased because of the kind adoption of his sister-in-law, and he became a well-known benevolent person in Hangzhou.

This is an unexpected gain, Li Qian never thought that public opinion would be this way, a bit of an anti-routine.

It can be regarded as luck, he was just a kind decision at the time, never thought that it would not only help him successfully defend himself, but also let himself gain a good reputation------ it seems that sometimes, good people will also get good rewards, although the odds are as low as winning five million in the lottery.

For this reason, Zhao Peng, who was lying on the sickbed, greeted Li Qian fiercely countless times, and he couldn't wait to jump out of bed immediately, and rushed directly to Li's house to unload him------ but unfortunately he could only think about it in his heart.

Zhao Yuanwai has been very busy lately, busy collecting taxes.

Because of the previous delay, coupled with the subsequent lawsuit, the tax and grain in his district were much later than those in other districts, and if he continued to delay like this, once it dragged on for August, it would be a lot of fun------

Because of the bad relationship with the Li family this time, and because Qiantang County changed Wang Zhixian to be the master of the house, Zhao Liangchang was much more honest, but he didn't even dare to use the conventional tax collection method of "kicking the tip of the house" in front of Zhu Zhendong.

Usually, when collecting taxes, the standard container used by the government to measure grain is called 'Hu'. The advantage of using this thing is that you don't need to weigh it, you just need to use different Hu to combine it, which is very convenient.

According to the regulations, the grain in the Hu must be poured to the full, and the wall must be piled into a sharp pile shape, and then the ------ tax collector will suddenly rush forward quickly, kicking the Hu with his foot, so that the grain will fall to the ground with a bang, and then let you continue to pour the grain full------ excuse is of course to kick it, so that the grain can be densely enriched in order to be reloaded.

This is the meaning of kicking the tip.

So what to do with the fallen grain?

Don't ask, of course, it's counted as 'loss', and the people who pay taxes can't pick it up, otherwise you won't pay this tax------ 'not paying taxes' is not a good thing, don't look at the first half of the grain chief and you are polite, non-compulsory tax payment, if there is really a situation of arrears, they can report to the government, and then the government will send people to the countryside to urge the class, then it will really be fatal.

When officials go to the countryside, paying taxes is the most basic, and then you still have to obediently hand over your share that you should pay. If you still dare not pay it, the government will chase after it, play the board and stand in the flail, I don't believe you dare to play tricks!

And after such a harassment, the people who refused to pay taxes at first will eventually have more 'envy', after all, officials ask for money when they go to the countryside! What 'shoe money', 'errand money', 'wine and rice money' and other names emerge in endlessly. To put it bluntly, those officials are a group of ruffians, and of course they have to 'use Diao to govern Diao Min', otherwise the tasks assigned by the superiors will not be completed, and they will be beaten by the hall when they go back------

Chasing and chasing is naturally a three-day chase and a five-day competition, and those who fail to complete the task will be punished.

It is said that 'a little Zhu in the hall, a thousand drops of blood in the people', that little Zhu, does it refer to the Zhu pen signed by the county magistrate? With this summons to go to the countryside, the problem of the wages of temporary workers such as non-economic officials can also be solved.

In fact, even Zhu Baba, who was bleeding and full of people to curb corruption, and supplemented by the tax collection system such as the grain chief's collection, failed to make the 'imperial power go to the countryside'.

But to be honest, even if Zhao Liangchang really 'kicked the tip' in front of Xiao Zhu, Li Qian would not do anything to him.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't do it, what is involved here is a lot of old officialdom, and uncovering the lid is tantamount to offending the officials of the whole world, Li Qian also wants to mix up in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, pack up and sail to the South Seas------

As soon as the day dawned, more than a dozen open boats had already docked horizontally on the riverbank, and the boats were full of grain, naturally all of which were newly harvested wheat------ Zhejiang summer tax wheat, autumn grain harvest rice, in addition to money and silk.

According to the normal workload, it is generally fast to collect the taxes of the people in three miles in one day, and if a district has to pay all the taxes, it will have to be busy for seven or eight days.

Xiao Zhu is the first time to supervise the collection of grain, but it is not the first time to see the scene of tax collection------ he was a taxpayer in the past, and now in addition to the identity of the taxpayer, there is also an additional household secretary, that is, the identity of the supervisor.

At this moment, he and Zhao Liangchang, who was wearing a robe, sat side by side, with a long table in front of him, on which there were account books, pen and ink, just waiting for the people to come forward to pay the taxes.

On the riverside, the chief engineer of the Zhao family was directing the three lieutenant chiefs who led the team to park the boats more densely so as to make room for the boats behind.

The Ming Dynasty practiced the Lijia system, one mile and ten Jia, a total of one hundred and ten households, of which the top ten households were called the Li Chang households, and the heads of households took turns to serve as the Li Chang. The remaining 100 households are A households, and the first households are filled with the first heads in turn, assisting the lieutenants to be in charge of ten households. When the grain chief collects taxes, the chief and the leaders act as assistants, or the same sentence - good people govern good people.