"Your Excellency...... This ......"

"Wang Tongzhi has something to say, just say it! It's okay. ”

"Lord Yang, the silver in this treasury is the tax silver to be handed over to the imperial court, it is impossible to move lightly, and the summer tax is handed over in time!"

"Oh! The official forgot one thing, Wang Tongzhi, come to read the holy decree given to the official by the saint. ”

Yang Tingjian took out a neat stack of yellow brocade from his arms and handed it to Wang Xingjian. As soon as everyone heard that it was a holy decree, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted three long live, Wang Xingjian was no exception this time, he knelt three times and knocked nine times, and then got up and took the Huang Jin in Yang Tingjian's hand with both hands.

After Wang Xingjian opened Huang Jin, he did not read it out immediately, but carefully checked the seal on it, and then said:

"After the inspection of this official, the jade seal and the cabinet seal are complete, this holy decree is true and correct, and everyone listens to the decree."

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said...... With the champion of the new department, Yang Tingjian was edited by the Hanlin Academy as the prefect of Yangzhou, and the military and political affairs of Yangzhou were all decided by Yang Tingjian...... In the autumn of this year, Yangzhou will pay 5 million taels of taxes to the imperial court, and 10 million taels will be paid every year in the future......"

"Ahhh …… Ahhhhh!!h ……”

"Five million taels! , how is it possible to pay 10 million taels every year in the future? ”

"Yangzhou's taxes are already heavy, this is not to force the people to rebel."

Yang Tingjian looked at the subordinate officials who were already frightened, and said with a pleasant face while retracting the holy decree:

"Rest assured, this official is not a person who scrapes the land, Yangzhou's agricultural tax is still thirty taxes one, as for the commercial tax, tea tax, and mining tax are also implemented according to the tax rate of the Ming Dynasty, twenty taxes and one. The salt tax is ten wen per catty, all the same as before, this official said so, you should rest assured! ”

Wang Xingjian is not a native of Yangzhou, of course he knows how powerful the big businessmen in Yangzhou are, even those officials of the prefect's yamen. It is also stuffed in by major businessmen in Yangzhou.

Let's put it this way! On the surface, the daily government affairs of Yangzhou City seem to be in the hands of the prefect, but the actual power is in the hands of those officials, who have a thousand ways to elevate the prefect as an outsider.

Wang Xingjian was also worried that Yang Tingjian, the new champion, would be reckless, and finally get to the point where he was incompatible with the Yangzhou gentry. Wang Xingjian heard Yang Tingjian say that the tax rate would not change, and his heart was immediately relieved, and another worry immediately came to his heart, this will be 10 million taels of tax silver per year in the future, and the current annual tax silver of Yangzhou Mansion is less than 1 million taels. The gentry complained bitterly.

"My lord, but this tax of 10 million taels of silver a year can't be completed no matter what."

"Hehe, Wang Tongzhi doesn't have to worry, this official has his own cornucopia."

Soon the doctors in Yangzhou City arrived, and the officials immediately avoided it, and the doctors in ancient times were still very good in some aspects. The doctor only gave Xia Mengqi a few injections before Xia Mengqi woke up.

"Ahh Brother Tingjian...... Woowoo woo ......"

The first thing Xia Mengqi woke up was to immediately hug Yang Tingjian and cry. The doctor was also interested, and he didn't even collect the consultation fee, so he immediately packed up the medicine box and left.

After the doctor left, Xia Mengqi suddenly asked in a low voice:

"Brother Tingjian, what kind of place is this! How can you be the same as the doctor, you are wearing the ancient clothes. Is this making a movie? ”

Things have come to this point, and Yang Tingjian did not hide Xia Mengqi, but directly told Xia Mengqi the whole thing clearly:

"Mengqi, we have traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, here's the thing. …… You see, this is the Ring of Time and Space, and we can travel through it entirely to its credit. ”

"Wow...... It's amazing! …… I love to cross ...... Brother Tingjian, I'm going out to see ancient Yangzhou. ”

"Let's take a break!"

"No, people have been stuffed in a small black room for dozens of days...... Tingjian's brother ....... ”

Yang Tingjian thought about it, Xia Mengqi was locked in the house during this time of escape, and he must have been suffocated, and now it is okay to go out for a walk and relax.

When Yang Tingjian just wanted to go out, Wishing you prosperity four people came with a lean man, and the man saw Yang Tingjian's head and bowed:

"Intelligence Division, Yangzhou Hundred Households, Wanshun, see your Excellency."

"Get up and talk back, how many of your 100 households in Yangzhou do you have?"

"Fifty-six."

"It's too little, this official has now promoted you to the capital department, with jurisdiction over three hundred households, you immediately send a telegram to Jin Qianhu and ask her to make specific arrangements."

"Thank you for your kindness, and in the future, you can only repay your liver and brain."

"Starting tomorrow, you will come here to work, so use the official scribe as a cover!"

"Yes, my lord......"

Xia Mengqi saw Wishing you prosperity and several of them, and immediately couldn't help but ask:

"Brother Tingjian, they are all your subordinates!"

"Of course, this official is the champion of the new Ming Dynasty and the new prefect of Yangzhou."

Wishing you prosperity The five of them all looked at Xia Mengqi in strange clothes in surprise, and did not dare to ask, is this Yang Tingjian's own sister? Yang Tingjian also found the puzzled eyes of his guards, so he introduced:

"Their names are Wishing you prosperity, and they are the personal guards of their own officials...... Her name is Xia Mengqi, and she is your future mother, and you have to serve well. ”

Wishing you prosperity immediately stepped forward to see Xia Mengqi, making Xia Mengqi laugh coquettishly, Xia Mengqi is really a little lacking in ancient etiquette, it seems that she needs to find someone to teach her, otherwise she will make jokes in the future.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Tingjian took Xia Mengqi to walk around Yangzhou City for a day, Yang Tingjian also bought dozens of beautiful clothes for Xia Mengqi, and that night Yang Tingjian found a few concubines of officials to teach Xia Mengqi some necessary etiquette.

The next day, Yang Tingjian took Xia Mengqi to meet his parents, Yang Tingjian had an appointment with Chongzhen, and he had to send his parents to live in Jingshi, Yang Tingjian did not intend to break his promise to Chongzhen.

Yang Tingjian's parents have been living in the post station during this time, and it is very convenient to eat and live, and the post man here is also extremely respectful to Yang Tingjian's parents, and he does not dare to slack off.

Yang Tingjian went to visit his parents, and did not want to swagger through the city, but came to the post station from the ground, and there were actually warriors wearing plate armor standing guard at the door of this post station, they were the fifty guards sent by Yang Tingjian to pick up his parents, and they would definitely not return to the team without receiving Yang Tingjian's order.

As soon as Yang Tingjian appeared, several soldiers who were guarding were immediately surprised, and immediately knelt down and said:

"See the ...... of adults"

"Brothers, please get up,...... Everyone is a comrade-in-arms who has experienced life and death, and there is no need to be polite. ”

Yang Tingjian has always called his subordinates brothers, even if it is an ordinary soldier, Yang Tingjian never puts on a fight.

"My lord, when can I return to my lord's side? Gallop with the adults on the battlefield. ”

…… (To be continued......)