Suzhou Mansion.

Chen Hongmi, who is seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, was promoted at the age of 27 ten years ago, and was promoted to the Jinshi at the age of 31, and has been an official for six years, and is already the prefect of Suzhou, but he knows in his heart that the position of the prefect of Suzhou may not belong to him soon.

He has an excellent official reputation, is loved by the people, has many classmates, and has many friends. It's a pity that natural disasters in Suzhou and even in the world have caused many people to live in poverty. Even if Suzhou was under his rule, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but there was no money left to pay taxes. Because he was unable to pay taxes to the imperial court on time, his position as the prefect of Suzhou was about to come to an end. Originally, he should have been demoted last month, but the court itself had no choice but to extend the deadline for him.

Some aides persuaded him to forcibly expropriate, which was originally stipulated by the law, and he understood it. But he knew that if he really forced the collection of taxes, many people would not be able to live. So he said the famous words to the staff: "I would rather fight the officials with the lives of the people!" ”

Seeing that the new deadline is coming again, Chen Hongmi's heart is really bitter these days. On the one hand, this demotion is really depressing, on the other hand, whether he is demoted or not, it is indeed his mistake not to collect taxes. Although he also knew that objectively speaking, it was indeed a matter of natural disasters, he still couldn't avoid blaming himself in his heart. At the same time, he is constantly trying to find a way to raise funds and find a way to resist natural disasters so that he can have a good harvest this year.

As soon as I got up in the morning, some officials said that someone asked to see him, claiming that he "offered a method to help adults solve their urgent needs", and the stakes were very high.

Chen Hongmi hurriedly hurried to the back office with the hope of what happened, but when he saw people, he didn't even have that in case, seeing that Hua Xue was thirteen or fourteen years old, what could he do? Maybe it's a backward student who comes to ask questions and is afraid of being rejected, so he talks casually, right?

But Chen Hongmian is a very good person, even if he is a little angry in his heart, he still treats him politely, first beckons Hua Xue to sit down, and then asks: "Which child are you, why did you come to joke with me?" ”

When Hua Xue heard him say this, she understood that he definitely didn't think he really had a way, but this was expected: "My lord, the student is not your old man, there is really a way to offset the tax, but there is one thing to ask the adult, this matter does not violate the law, but it can't be done as a student, and the adult needs to come forward, so I hereby ask for it." ”

Chen Hongmi was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Hua Xue's words, the hope in his heart was rekindled, and he said, "What are you asking for?" I have said it first, if it is true that it does not violate the law, I can help you come forward. But your method must be effective, otherwise it is not a joke to deceive the court officials! ”

"Rest assured, since the students dare to come, they naturally have confidence in the method. Moreover, the students are the people under the rule of adults, and they have always known the expectations of the people, and they dare to deceive the adults with this matter, even if the adults are magnanimous and do not add crimes, and spread the word, the people of Suzhou will not let the students go. ”

"Good. Say your thing. ”

"When the student was young, he was adopted by his husband, and when he was weak, he asked Sister Chen Yuan of Liyuan to take care of the student until the student was healthy. The students were grateful to take care of it, and they were young and Mu Ai, and they wanted to form a good relationship with Qin and Jin, and Mr. also had the intention of fulfillment, but at that time, the two of us were still young, so I planned to wait for a few years. However, three years ago, my husband suddenly went first, and the matter has been put on hold. I had begged the owner of the pear orchard to be accommodating, but the price of redemption was very high, and it was not something that the students could raise in the short term, but the time for Sister Yuan Yuan to leave the cabinet was imminent. The student had no choice but to come and ask the adult to come forward and help me get married. At least, please come forward as a guarantee, let me save Sister Yuanyuan from the sea of misery first, the ransom can be regarded as an arrears, and the student can make a note and will definitely return it. ”

"You don't even have the money to redeem yourself, how can I believe you can have a way to raise taxes?"

"There is some money, even if you know that it is there, but the individual student, for personal gain, cannot touch it. And adults for the country, for the people of Suzhou to take it, is to benefit the people, this is the right way in the world, should be a good story for the ages. ”

Chen Hongmi's brows furrowed: "You don't want me to raid anyone's house, do you?" ”

"Of course not, although there is a folk rumor of 'breaking the county order of the family, destroying the door of the mansion', but the adults obviously will not do this kind of oppression of the people. If the adults are like that, the students may not dare to give advice to the adults, and maybe the adults will kill the students' mouths for money! ”

"It's not for me to raise taxes on rich businessmen?"

"Although the students think that the rich businessmen should raise taxes, the tax is the law of the imperial court, and the amount should be as much as it should be. Some wealthy businessmen may be unkind, but it is a crime to deprive others of their property without the law for any reason. And the right to change the tax law is in the imperial court, and the adults may have the right to fine-tune up and down to offset the fire consumption, but the adults may not have the right to raise taxes on the rich businessmen on a large scale. ”

"That's strange, what other money do you take against the law, but I can take it?"

"Your Excellency agreed?"

"As long as your method is really feasible, once it is verified, I will immediately go to you to ask for a kiss."

"Thank you, students!"

Hua Xue got Chen Hongmi's assurance, so she took out the map: "My lord, please take a look." ”

Chen Hongmi took the map and looked at it, it was a little familiar, but he still didn't know why: "What is this?" ”

"Treasure map of the Six Dynasties."

"Ridiculous!" Chen Hongmi was furious, thinking that Hua Xue was a charlatan, the kind of charlatan who cheated money with fake treasure maps.

"Your Excellency is angry, this picture is true, and it is less than ten miles away from Suzhou City."

Hua Xue's words reminded Chen Hongmi, he used to think that this map was familiar, but now when he looks at it, although there are certain differences, it is indeed a topographic map near Suzhou. In his heart, he couldn't help but be surprised, its level of fineness was even more detailed than the map used by the government he had seen, although many places in the map were different from reality, but if you consider that the drawing age may be long, it is completely understandable. Is there really any treasure? Chen Hongmi knew very well that if he wanted to draw such a map, it was by no means something that an ordinary person could do, and he said that the place where the treasure was hidden was not more than ten miles away from Suzhou City, and a few people sent a few people to find out that if it was a lie, it was too easy to verify, and there was no deception. Could it be that this child has also been deceived?

"How did you get this picture? How do you know it's true? ”

"Do you know what's at the bottom of the sword pool?"

"You mean the Tomb?"

"Exactly, do you know who found this tomb?"

"I heard that it was the first month of the seventh year of Zhengde, there was a great drought in Suzhou, and Tang Yin and Wang Wei, a bachelor who resigned and returned to seclusion, found the door of the tomb at the bottom of the dry sword pond."

"Exactly. Adults may wish to send someone to inquire near the Peach Blossom Nunnery, the student's surname is Hua Mingxue, and the Hua Xue of the wind and snow moon is living in the Peach Blossom Nunnery. ”