Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born in bitter haha and couldn't bear to collect heavy taxes, and the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were also the lowest in all dynasties. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and a money bag that will never be given to limit the death of future generations.

Ming Taizu's original intention was good, for the sake of the warmth that the people of the Ming Dynasty could eat and wear.

But the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is skinny.

The result of this is that when the treasury of the Ming court has not been full, most of the time it is barely living. Sometimes they even have to borrow money from large families in the suburbs of Beijing.

This is definitely a great shame for a genius.

But the Son of Heaven has no choice, once he wants to raise taxes, the civil officials will use a sentence of the ancestors' law that cannot be abolished to block the emperor back. If the emperor is unwilling to make some small moves, the civil officials will attack him in groups and drown the emperor with spitting stars.

As for why civil officials are so supportive of the law of their ancestors, it is actually easy to explain.

Because they themselves are groups with vested interests.

Civil servants were themselves large landowners, and because they were exempt from taxes, they often had an outrageous amount of land in their names.

It is said that the whole world is not the king's land, but in fact, in addition to those imperial villages, the real people's land has been annexed by the civilian group nine times out of ten.

This is also why the emperor of the Ming Dynasty cried poor, that was really poor.

Civil officials, after the officialdom of the court, can also return to their hometowns and be landlords leisurely. But the emperor couldn't retire, so he had to hold on. Among them, I am afraid that only the emperor himself knows about the grievances.

Since Xie Shen has become the prefect of Lu'an, sooner or later he will have to deal with these local wealthy families in Lu'an.

It's better to see you late than early, since Li Tongzhi has taken the lead this time, he should still be given this face.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen instructed Lu Tangtian: "You go back to Li Tongzhi, just say that the official will change his clothes and go to the front office." ”

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Quexian Lou is the largest restaurant in Lu'an City.

The three-storey restaurant can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time.

Of course, like many restaurants, there is a lobby for ordinary diners to eat and drink, as well as private rooms for dignitaries and dignitaries to gossip.

Today, the whole restaurant was wrapped, and the empty lobby seemed a little deserted.

In a private room on the third floor facing the street, a group of Lu'an gentlemen were chatting with each other, and the atmosphere was very lively.

At this moment, a guy from the restaurant hurriedly ran to the third floor and came to the private room to report: "The mansion is here!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and a man in his forties wearing a lake-blue Zhejiang silk robe with a fair face coughed and said, "Why don't you go together to welcome the Mansion." ”

"Brother Zhai is right, the arrival of the Mansion must be greeted!"

"Let's go, go and greet the Fuzun!"

A group of people came to the Xuan Ladder with a whining voice, and happened to catch Xie Shen and Li Xiaoji walking upstairs.

The middle-aged man who was called Brother Zhai Yan took the lead and bowed to Xie Shen and Li Xiaoji: "The grass people have seen the mansion and the Tongzhi lord. ”

Li Xiaoji introduced with a smile: "Lord Xie, this is Huo Yihuo, the president of our Lu'an Fengshun Chamber of Commerce. ”

Xie Shen nodded and said: "This official has heard of Huo Yuanwai's name for a long time, and I heard that Huo Yuanwai also donated a lot of silver money in this earthquake, which is really an example of a gentleman." ”

"Fu Zun praised it. This is what grass people should do. ”

Huo Yi didn't dare to ask for credit at this time, God knows if Governor Xie was testing him, and he answered in one sentence.

Xie Shen's words are very interesting, and the deeper meaning is not that he hopes that the local gentry can contribute more money to help the government with disaster relief?

Li Tongzhi introduced a few more people to Xie Shen, all of whom were figures with heads and faces in Lu'an, not to mention that they were rich and rivaled the country, but it was not an exaggeration to have a lot of wealth.

A group of gentlemen surrounded Governor Xie and sat down, and they didn't dare to sit down until Xie Shen sat down.

Even so, they only sat on the stool with half of their buttocks, as if they were ready to be sent.

This was the first time these local gentry had met the new prefect. They have a feeling without exception, that is, the new prefect is really young.

Looking at the age, this prefect is definitely not twenty.

At the age of less than twenty, he became a fourth-grade official, which is really unprecedented.

People are more popular than people, thinking of their own children of the same age but spending all day drinking and behaving like a gentleman, these gentlemen sighed a few times.

The atmosphere of the banquet was still relaxed and pleasant. Huo Yi Huo Yuanwai took the lead in toasting Xie Shen and said: "Fu Zun has just taken office to solve the epidemic, and he is really my great benefactor to the people of Lu'an." On behalf of the people of Lu'an, the grass people thanked the government for their great kindness. ”

Xie Shenxin said that these gentlemen are worthy of being old fritters, and they have a level of speech, but I don't know if they can maintain this posture if they are asked to pay for the repair and destruction of the house.

After the "epidemic" was resolved, the most difficult problem was the repair of the house.

Tunliu and even the entire Lu'an suffered a strong earthquake, and the consequence was that most of the houses and official houses in the county towns and Lu'an Fucheng were destroyed.

The official residence of the Yamen has been renovated under the auspices of Li Tongzhi, and the money is naturally paid by the government.

But the repair of the house is very tricky.

It stands to reason that the destroyed houses should be repaired by the people themselves. However, the earthquake in Lu'an was so strong that the damage to houses was so severe that it was difficult for ordinary people to spend a lot of money to repair them.

But it is impossible for the government to pay for it. This amount of money is huge, and it is not easy to get into the account, no matter how you look at it, you are pit yourself.

But if you don't fix it, you can't do it.

Since Xie Shen is in charge of the political side, the issue of people's livelihood is naturally the most important direction of investigation. If the people didn't even have a place to live, his prefect would be too much of a failure.

Therefore, the houses must be repaired, and Xie Shen is ready to ask the local gentry for this money.

It's always a little embarrassing to reach out and ask for money. Xie Shen is not thick enough to reach out for money without blushing.

Therefore, he pondered for a moment and said: "The strong earthquake in Tunliu is worrying about the government and the opposition. The most worried, of course, is Your Majesty. ”

Xie Shen arched his hand to the north and said in a deep voice.

"Since this official is the new prefect of Lu'an, he should naturally think about what the people think and be anxious about what the people are anxious about. After the earthquake, the houses were seriously damaged, and the repair should not be delayed. I hope that you will donate some money to help the people of our house repair damaged houses. ”

As soon as these words came out, the private room fell silent for a moment.

The gentlemen, who were still very enthusiastic before, looked at their noses and noses, and were silent.

Xie Shen sneered in his heart, and secretly said that these gentlemen are really iron roosters who are not pulling out a dime, and they are obviously rich and unwilling to take out money to do good deeds.

It's hard to get them to come out with the money.

But Xie Shen had already made up his mind, how could he change it easily, so he said in a deep voice: "What does Huo Yuanwai think? ”

He had already seen that this Huo Yuanwai was the leader of the local gentry, and as long as Huo Yuanwai agreed to donate money, the rest of the gentry would inevitably follow suit.

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