The officials of the six-room economic system can clamp down on the officials, so they naturally have their own abilities. If you don't master any skills, you can only be a servant of the qi, and you are neither useful nor threatening to the chief. As far as households are concerned, the most important thing is the collection of money and grain in a county, especially in the upper county, where money and grain are the top priority. Those who can gain a foothold in the county yamen have most of them have a bottom account in their hands.

The white books and fish scale books used by the county yamen have not been updated for a long time, and they are close to none, so they actually have no effect. What can more truly reflect the population and land of a county is the account books in the hands of these officials. In this ledger, not only the land and the approximate population of the area under their jurisdiction were recorded, but also the families of the gentry. How much advantage each squire has taken, how much land he has ssigned, how many domestic servants he has raised, and even what his relationship is, and how much advantage he can find from him, will be recorded.

This kind of account is passed from father to son, and is not passed on to the outside world, but is only used as a basis for the establishment of the family. Asking them to hand this over is naturally not an easy task. Qin Juan deserved to be the leader among several people, and after a while, the other people were really persuaded and were willing to hand over the account books and most of the family property to redeem their lives.

As Qin Juan said, it is a peaceful and prosperous era right now, and it is not a good thing to kill for this matter. In addition, the six-room bookstore has its own source of income, and it is inevitable that the other rooms will be afraid of this big killing. If the six-room scribe is embarrassed with himself, this official will not be easy to do.

Pull one faction to fight another, maintain balance, and ensure that the power is in your own hands. This is the strategy chosen by Fan Jin, which is to behead a Qin scroll, plus Lu Huaran, the grain manager of Daode Township, and the other officials do not have to be killed. As long as you hand over the hereditary errand and pay a sum of money, you can forget it.

Gu Shoushan fined and confiscated the grain tax owed by the family property contract, and the chief grain chiefs of the other six districts were inevitably implicated. For the time being, it has not moved on their heads, or rather, it is to give them a chance to turn themselves in, if they still refuse to come to the door to ask for guilt after a while, then Fan Jin is naturally not polite.

At present, almost everything that should be needed is in hand, and the remaining time can be relieved to inspect the township social schools, and by the way, check the closure of private schools. Culture, education, and taxation are the essence of the work of the county order, and since you have stepped into the officialdom, you have to follow the rules of the officialdom. Just like Hou Shouyong supported himself at the beginning, if he could also find talents from the countryside and accept them as disciples, the future would be his arms.

He took a look at the students of Daode Township, and the foundation was not bad, after all, the cultural foundation of the southeast is not comparable to Guangdong. The knowledge of the two brothers, Fan Zhiwen and Zhiliang, can only be regarded as the tail of the crane in the social science of Daode Township. You must know that these two people are more than ten years older than the children of social studies, which shows the difference in foundation. But the students who can make him shine have not appeared, and in his opinion, there is no need to invest in this group of students.

Recently, the atmosphere in Daode Township has also been a little weird, and the main reason is that Gu Shoushan's grain chief has been dismissed, and his family has also been defeated. The others saw the opportunity, and the surnamed Gu and several squires with foreign surnames began to worry about the position of the chief grain chief.

Since Jiangning has been practicing a whip method for more than ten years, everyone's understanding of a whip method stays at the sundries into silver, and the conscription into silver, and does not understand Zhang Juzheng's improvement of a whip. In their opinion, although the power of the chief grain chief after a whip is not as good as before, it is still very promising. For example, if the people of the silver receive the people's liberation, and they collect the money and store it in their hands, they will have room for deduction. Even if it's a few days late, it's good to take it out and make a transfer of funds.

It was during this period of time that the eight immortals of each family who were qualified to be the chief grain chief crossed the sea, and they used everything and all means. or send money and antique calligraphy and paintings, or arrange for the female relatives of their own family to send warmth to the county order, so that Fan Jin is unbearable.

In the evening, Fan Jin just felt hungry when there was a knock on the door. The official shouted directly, don't knock on the door, this knock is gentle, and most of them are women. He straightened his face, ready to take the food and close the door like the previous ones. I don't want to see Xu Liu standing at the door with a vermilion lacquer tray in his hand, with a celadon bowl on it, looking like a maid and a virtuous wife.

Fan Jin hurriedly took the tray and said, "How can you let the sixth sister do this kind of rough work, the people here should be beaten, and they don't have any eyesight." ”

Xu Liu smiled: "I took the initiative to come." The one who wants to bring food to my brother-in-law is said to be the most watery girl in the village, I robbed her alive, my brother-in-law won't blame me, right? ”

"Naughty!" Fan Jin walked back to the room with a smile, but Xu Liu also followed, seeing that she was not followed by her mother-in-law's guard, Fan Jin just wanted her to leave, but she actually took the initiative to close the door. Then he came to Fan Jin and said: "Brother-in-law has been busy with business for the past two days, I asked the kitchen to stew chicken for you to replenish your body, you can eat it quickly." Let us not open the door, lest someone disturb us. ”

"The sixth sister has a heart. It's getting late, and it's time for you to go back and rest. ”

Xu Liu shook his head and said: "As soon as the morning dawns, my brother-in-law will go to the ground to see the people, and then I will go to the social studies to chat and lecture with others, and only now will I have time to talk to my brother-in-law." ”

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Fan Jin was a little unbearable, and wanted to open the door, but felt that in this way, he regarded nothing as something. had to apologize to Xu Liu, saying that he really had no choice but to snub the sixth sister.

Xu Liu was not angry: "Brother-in-law can't help it, I know." Do you want to do the right thing, the first county order is not easy to do, and the brother-in-law has to make a show when Uncle Jiangling comes to Jiangning, and it will be even more difficult. So it's going to be harder. Besides, I'm not a child anymore, how can I always pester my brother-in-law to play with me. I was thinking yesterday, if Sister Qing was here, what would I do at this time? ”

"Tell me what she's going to do, then?"

"Of course she'll help her brother-in-law with things. Sort out those account books and other things, and help my brother-in-law with his official business. So I learned to do it, brother-in-law, and I turned the accounts into a tiger tail book, as you said. I just got the tiger's head right today, and I can get the rat tail right tomorrow, do you think I'm doing it right? ”

As she spoke, she took out a hand-copied account book and rearranged the account book recorded by the grain officer in charge of Daode Township. This kind of account book is for the purpose of collecting taxes, and it is also compiled in accordance with the work habits and tax collection methods, according to the number of dings in each household, that is, the number of tax-paying and serving people. In addition, in the remarks, it will also indicate whether there are people who enjoy preferential exemptions, and if so, indicate the specific situation and the number of preferential exemptions. The large households at the top of the queue are all families with a lot of labor, and they will be selected from these people's families first when they are assigned. In these people's homes, people are more honest and easy to bully, and those who don't have scholars to support the field will be put in the front.

In Zhang Juzheng's new whip design, the method of distribution will be changed from according to population to according to property. After all, in the future, you will have to pay for the silver, and whoever has more family does not mean that there is more money. Therefore, the ranking method has to be changed from the population ranking method to the ranking according to the amount of land owned. This is a very tedious and laborious task, and it has to be done by a careful person.

Xu Liu is a lover of literature after all, and he can write a character who can write a story, his handwriting is beautiful and clear, and Xiaokai has some skills. It looks pleasing to the eye and is clear at a glance. Looking at it again, the arrangement is very standardized, and the remarks are listed in detail next to it, how much land a family always has, how much land is exempted, and how much land is not exempted, all of which are clear at a glance.

Rao is Fan Jin also secretly applauded when he saw such an account book, but he didn't expect such a delicate lady to have the potential to be a female secretary, so he couldn't help but praise him repeatedly. Then I thought that such an account book was actually completed in one day, and criticized: "Sixth sister wrote so much in one day, in such a hot weather, are you not afraid of the heat?" Don't do this work in the future, just do it yourself brother-in-law. If you get hot and bad, that's a big deal. ”

"I'm not so squeamish, and besides, I'm not so prone to heat stroke with my marching scatter and purple gold ingots. I'm glad I can do something for my brother-in-law. In fact, when I was at home, although everyone followed me, they all regarded me as a useless person. will only be a big lady, and will not do anything. Now doing things for my brother-in-law proves that I am not an idle eater, and I am happy. Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, can I do it? ”

Fan Jin felt a chill in his heart, and no matter which answer he answered, he said in a different way: "If the sixth sister is a bookmaker, I am afraid that she will break the jobs of countless people." ”

"Brother-in-law said so, then can I do it well for you as a book?" Xu Liuliu's eyes blinked, with a look of anticipation. "I have money, I won't be bought, I won't betray my brother-in-law, and I won't fill my pockets and cheat on my brother-in-law like those people. My sisters and I will go and be your clerk, and you will be able to drive them all away, lest they will always do bad things. ”

"Talking about children again, how can the court officials arrange it like that? Besides, what kind of character is the sixth sister, these mundane chores are tiring to you, it's already my fault, how can I still let you be a secretary for a long time? Won't my aunt beat me to death then? Besides, your sister can't agree. ”

When Xu Liu heard him answer like this, he was obviously a little disappointed, and sighed: "When I was at home, my mother taught me to manage accounts, collect rent, and lend money, and I thought that these skills could help my brother-in-law and be a useful person, but I didn't expect it to be useless." I was at home, and although I ate and lived well, I saw those people every day and heard those things. Except for female red embroidery, that is, what kind of man to marry, it is not interesting at all. At this time, although there are smoothies to eat, it is still in that mansion, which is like going to prison. Following my brother-in-law's side, I realized that I had so many things to do besides embroidery. I've been happier these days than I've been at home for months. I thought I could help my brother-in-law all the time, but I didn't expect it to be empty......"

The more she talked, the more aggrieved she became, and there were tears flashing in her big watery eyes. Fan Jin, who had no resistance to her coquettish way, had no choice but to shake his head and say, "I'm afraid of you." Well, I can consider it and let you be the inner secretary. I'll give you some work to do, but you have to choose a good office location, otherwise people will gossip and have a bad reputation for you. ”

Xu Liu's expression instantly became cheerful: "I know that my brother-in-law is the best, as long as I cry, my brother-in-law will promise me anything." In fact, not only me, but also those sisters in our Begonia Literary Society, there are also many of them who are willing to do things for their brothers-in-law. The six-room scribe relied on the fact that it was the locals who bullied his brother-in-law, an official from a foreign country, and we were also locals, so we were not afraid of them. Besides, they're just officials, what are they? I only need to say a word, and I want the eldest brother to arrest them and beat them. The other sisters' families are either rich or expensive, and they are not afraid of those officials, and with us, they will not dare to mess around like now. ”

Ping Suli Xu Liu's performance in front of Fan Jin is a big child, and he is occasionally treated as a middle school student. But what she said now made Fan Jin secretly applaud in his heart.

I didn't have a master and friends around me when I came to Jiangning to take office, so although the Sixth Room Bookstore would be afraid of itself, it would not change its work habits for many years because of this fear. The usual bad rules that should be collected will be collected, and the bad things that should be done will not be less. After all, there is only one person, and he can rely on the school guard to report the tolerance of the officer, but it takes a little effort to restrain the clerk. Their work officials may not be fully understood, and they can't say anything about the report, and no one will work if they really clean up people.

If this group of pink beauties can really play the function of secretary and supervision, it is equivalent to a group of female masters, and it will be difficult for those bookstores to make ghosts. And these people don't have to worry about being threatened, many of them are from the family of eunuchs, and their level is far higher than that of the small officials. Maybe this path is really a feasible way.

He looked Xu Liu up and down, looked at the latter's face slightly red, and lowered his head, "What...... What's wrong? Why is my brother-in-law like this...... Look at me? ”

"I found that you little girl seems to have grown up, and I can't treat you as a child."

"People aren't kids."

"Since it's not a child, the man and woman can't kiss it, especially when it's late, you better go back to your room and rest."

"Huh? If that were the case, I'd better be a child. ”

Fan Jin shook his head and said naughty with a smile, got up helplessly and opened the door, and took the chessboard again, "I'll play a game of beast chess with you, and then you go back to the room." Starting tomorrow, my brother-in-law will play with you for a few days, let's not be busy with business, and you are not allowed to be tired of copying account books by yourself. I'll find someone to do this work, and I can't let you be a bookmaker. As for the matter of the women's office, we will start to do it when we go back to the county. In the past few days, let's go to various townships to inspect social studies, and you can also see if there are any students who can get into the eye. If so, my brother-in-law will be a matchmaker for you. ”