A trace of anger flashed in Huo Yuanwai's eyes, although his face was as usual soon, but this subtle change was captured by Xie Shen. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Fuzun cares about the people of Lu'an, and he is really a model for my generation. Let's take the lead in donating money. ”

Huo Yuanwai has a very high status among the gentry of Lu'an, and the gentry are all the only ones who look to him. Now that Huo Yuanwai has expressed his position, the rest of the gentry are not good at pretending to be deaf and dumb, and they have echoed: "The grass people are willing to donate silver money for the people of Lu'an to repair their houses." ”

Although Xie Shen knew that these Lu'an gentry promised happily, it would be ridiculous to do it. But now that they have agreed, as Lu'an's parents, he still has to stand up and make a gesture.

"You are all anxious for justice and righteousness, come and drink this cup together."

Xie Shen picked up his wine glass and said loudly: "If there is anything that needs you in the future, this official will definitely make it clear." ”

The corners of Huo Yuanwai's mouth twitched, it turned out that the prefect set it up here.

If it is enough to give some blood at a time, if they have to pay for it every time, then no one can stand it.

However, don't argue on this occasion, otherwise it will be worse if you lose the face of the prefect.

For Xie Shen, this time the goal has been achieved.

As for whether these gentlemen will use their brains in private, it is not something that Xie Shen has to consider at the moment.

After chatting with these gentlemen for a while, Xie Shen left the table and went back to the mansion first.

When he returned to the back office, Xie Shen instructed Lu Farming: "In the past few days, the local gentry will donate money for the people to repair their houses, and you will go and write down the amount of money each of them donated." ”

Lu Chongtian scratched his head, and was embarrassed: "The adults asked me to record the amount, which is embarrassing." ”

Xie Shen scolded with a smile: "It's really brainless, and I didn't tell you to record it yourself, just go to the account office of this yamen." ”

Lu Chongtian came back to his senses, his master is now a dignified prefect of Lu'an, and he can also follow the majesty.

"Okay, I'll tell Mr. Bookkeeper in a moment."

Xie Shen asked the gentry to pay for the repair of the house, so he naturally had to give some return.

The reward is to record the name of the gentry who donated the money and the amount of the donation, and then make a pennant and send it to the gentry's mansion.

In Daming, there should not be a habit of sending pennants, and Xie Shen is one step ahead.

This has two meanings.

The first is to show that the government recognizes the good deeds made by the gentry, and the second is to let the gentry donate more money for the sake of face.

Although these gentlemen are very wealthy, most of them are indescribable.

If you don't make a pennant and don't write the donor and the amount of donation on it, those gentlemen may only make symbolic donations, and they will not be able to raise money at all.

And once the amount of donated silver is written on the pennant, most of those gentry will donate more silver out of the sake of face.

In addition, you can also make different pennants according to the amount of money donated.

This allows them to compare themselves to each other.

Those who donate a lot of money can give away a larger pennant.

In Xie Shen's opinion, if nothing else, this will trigger a catfish effect, causing the amount of money donated by the gentry to increase all the way.

The person who donated the most money must be Huo Yuanwai, he is the leader of the local gentry, and those gentry will still give this face.

And this person has quite a city, although he is angry in his heart, but at least he will not show it.

Donate money and get a pennant.

In this way, the gentry lost only a few dollars, and to them it was only a drop in the bucket. But they can earn a good reputation, and it is not a loss.

People will seek new excitement points when they make money and earn at a certain stage, and fame is naturally worth chasing.

It's just about making pennants, and Xie Shen doesn't plan to tell Lu Tangtian for the time being.

Lao Lu is a big mouth, what he told him will definitely be known in the whole city within three days.

The first order of the account office to record the amount of donors and money, and then it is not too late to tear the cloth to make a pennant.

After instructing Lu to farm, Xie Shen returned to the house to rest.

The prefect is not like the prefect, he does not have to deal with a lot of miscellaneous matters, and he is more concerned about the overall situation from a certain height.

For example, the post-earthquake recovery of the whole province of Lu'an Province this time, the epidemic control needs to be planned by him, the prefect.

Of course, if you encounter a difficult case that the magistrate can't solve, you still need Xie Shen to come forward to make a decision.

As soon as Xie Shen lay down and squinted for a while, Lu Chongtian hurriedly shouted outside the house: "My lord, it's not good, Lord Li called someone to beat him." ”

Xie Shen sat up with a spirit. Three steps and two steps came out of the house and asked, "What did you say?" Li Tongzhi was beaten? Hit by whom? ”

Lu Chongtian scratched his head and said: "I can't tell you this, anyway, a group of people with wooden sticks beat Master Li without saying anything." It looks like they should be the people of the city, shouting that the catastrophe should be exempted from taxes, and they will never pay the spring tax, and they don't even want to pay the autumn tax! ”

Xie Shen couldn't help but gasp.

The people of Shanxi have a strong style, and there are often cases of rent resistance, and even some extreme cases will have such sensational things as officials being beaten. This is also the biggest headache for the magistrate.

If one or two people are still easy to do, it's a big deal to detain them and put them in the yoke to show the public. But how can a group of people be caught?

If this is not handled well, and the efforts Xie Shen made before provoke the people to revolt will be in vain.

Therefore, now Xie Shen can't immediately order to arrest people, he still has to understand the situation clearly.

said that Xie Shen was very helpless and walked through the courtyard to the courtyard where Li Tongzhi worked.

Xie Shen, who was far away, heard the wail like killing a pig, and couldn't help but sink in his heart.

When he walked in, Xie Shen was almost scared to death. The dignified Lu'an knew that Li Xiaoji was beaten into a pig's head, and his face was so beautiful that he was so beautiful......

Seeing Xie Shen coming, Li Tongzhi cried with a handful of snot and tears about how he was beaten by the mob, and begged the prefect to be the master for him.

Xie Shen was puzzled in his heart, he and Li Tongzhi were eating and drinking together in Quexian Tower, he just came back first, why was Li Tongzhi beaten like this? This Li Tongzhi's character is too bad, right?

Xie Shen stepped forward and comforted: "Li Tongzhi just said that dozens of people armed with sticks surrounded you... The forehead was beaten violently in the corner of the wall, and then it was scattered as birds and beasts. But how do you catch people now? ”

Li Tongzhi said hatefully: "Lu'an City is so big in total, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find them out and punish them severely." ”

After he finished speaking, he realized that what he said was a little excessive, but he regretted that he had already said it and couldn't take it back.

Xie Shen coughed and said, "I think there should be some misunderstanding here, right?" Lu'an has just been earthquaked, and it may not be appropriate to levy a spring tax at this time. ”

Li Tongzhi shook his head and said: "This is a rule set by the imperial court, and taxes are levied in spring and autumn. At present, the imperial court has not exempted Lu'an from paying taxes, how dare the lower officials call the shots. These mobs are simply fearless, if they don't punish the government, what prestige will there be! ”

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