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He made up his mind and decided to report to Wang Xianling.

Anyway, it's already like this, and it won't help to dwell on it. It's better to push things out and make it difficult for Wang County.

The trick of pushing words is a tried and tested trick in officialdom.

Master Cao was in a good mood, so he took square steps to see Wang Shouren.

The location of the main bookkeeper's office is quite far from the county official's back house.

Since there is no bitter master who beats the drum and voices grievances, Wang Shouren naturally does not need to be promoted. In fact, he didn't want to distract too much from these trivial matters at this time.

The bitter owners of these cases are certainly pitiful, but even if they are tried, they will only save one family.

But if Siming's new policy can be implemented, it can save thousands of households.

The gap is self-evident.

He is not idle at the moment, and is preparing a note for the specific situation of Huating County.

Although the new policy is good, after all, it is only a large picture, and it needs to be added if it is to be truly implemented.

As he was writing, a scribe walked up to him and said respectfully: "Sir, the master is asking to see you outside the door." ”

Wang Shouren was quite surprised.

Didn't Master Cao be arranged by him to go to the bottom of the local gentry, why did he come back so soon.

He put down his pen and said in a deep voice, "Please come in." ”

But he said that Master Cao had been holding back his words for a long time, and immediately vomited bitter water after entering the house.

What is the third master of the Wu family who is arrogant and domineering, and does not take the yamen in his eyes, what Wu family is throwing his face to show the county respect.

Wang Shouren said so much before he asked Master Cao, and he didn't mean to stop at all, which made Wang Shouren cry and laugh.

"County Zun, there is nothing the official can do about this matter, I'm afraid you have to come forward in person."

After going around in a big circle, Master Cao finally got to the point.

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "Tell me what the attitude of the Wu family is." ”

Master Cao immediately said with a look of grievance: "The third master of the Wu family said that their family's thin fields were all handed down by their ancestors, and they all have land deeds as evidence. Isn't this a lie? ”

After a pause, Master Cao swallowed a mouthful of foam and said: "As far as the officials know, the land under the name of the Wu family is as much as 30,000 mu, and it is not only limited to Huating County, but also in the rest of Songjiang Mansion. And most of them have only been assigned to the name of the Wu family in the past ten years, and they are not ancestors! ”

Wang Shouren sighed, and then asked, "Why is this?" ”

Master Cao almost rolled his eyes. He said in his heart, Lord County, do you really not understand, or are you pretending to be confused here?

"The county respects something, this Wu family's second master Wu Yan is the right servant of the Criminal Department, and joining the office is a matter of the past 20 years."

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "It seems that someone has donated land to the Wu family." ”

Most of the Qing families in Jiangnan are heirlooms through the imperial examination, which has the advantage of ensuring that someone in the court can be exempted from paying taxes.

This is very important for extended families.

First, the big family has a large population, and the daily expenses are also large, and the money saved is tight every month. Second, the big family needs to stand in line, and there are not many "common practices" such as carbon and ice worship sent to Beijing every year.

Although the money was not taxed, it did not fall into their own pockets, but flowed into the Beijing government's mansion.

In the eyes of these big families, if they were to pay taxes again, this double pressure would definitely crush them.

Therefore, these imperial examination families must continue to produce talents to ensure that they are exempt from taxation and forced labor.

"County Zun, if you are Qingzhang land, you can't get around the Wu family."

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "The county didn't say that it was going to bypass him, you don't have to worry about this matter, the county has its own plans." ”

Master Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, what he was waiting for was this, and he immediately bowed his hand to Wang Shouren and said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

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As soon as the news that the county lord planned to invite the big family of Huating to the banquet came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

The heads of the Wu family and the Xu family are all struggling with whether to go to the banquet.

If you go, you will inevitably be beaten by the county. If you don't go, it's clear that you won't give face to the county.

If it were a normal case, they would never consider it.

However, the imperial court named Huating County as a pilot to implement the new policy. It's not a good thing to be too high-profile at this time.

In the end, the Wu family and the Xu family reached a consensus and decided to go to the county government for a banquet.

Even if it was a Hongmen feast, they had to go.

The reason why Wang Shouren placed the banquet in the county government was to remind these local wealthy families that on the boundary of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Wang Shouren was the parent official.

As long as you want to mix in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, you must recognize your identity and don't do anything out of the ordinary.

As for the dishes, they were all ordered from the restaurant, and Wang Shouren was rare and generous.

The great heat is followed by the beginning of autumn.

On this day, all the patriarchs of famous families in Huating County came to the county government in bright clothes to attend the banquet as scheduled.

In front of the gate of the county government, the person who received the name was Wang Gui, the long-term follower brought by Wang Shouren from the Jingshi Mansion. This is the old man who followed Wang Shouren, and he used it with confidence.

The sky gradually darkened, and only the head of the Wu family belatedly arrived.

Wang Gui asked him for a name post, but was reprimanded by the Wu family, and he was so annoyed that he almost turned his face with Wu Zhan, the head of the Wu family.

Fortunately, Wu Zhan didn't notice it, and walked into the county office proudly surrounded by the family, and walked all the way to the back office where the banquet was held.

When Wu Zhan arrived, the already small courtyard of the back office was already full of people.

These are all familiar faces, Wu Zhan smiled and walked to Xu Tan, the head of the Xu family, and said, "Brother Midnight is really early." ”

That Xu Tan is a few years older than Wu Zhan, and he has just passed his fiftieth birthday this year, so he naturally sees the problem more thoroughly.

He stroked his beard and said, "Gu Guan, this is a banquet held by the county honor, shouldn't we have arrived earlier?" ”

"Haha, Brother Midnight is right, we should respect the county together."

After that, he sat next to Xu Tan.

As the largest wealthy family in Huating County, the two families have naturally dealt with each other a lot.

In fact, the Wu family and the Xu family have a lot of overlapping businesses in business.

Secretly, the two families are naturally intrigued, and maggots make bad hopes kick each other away. But on the face, the two families claim to be friends in the world, and the younger generations also maintain relative kindness.

Everyone was seated, and the two of them chatted.

It wasn't until the scribe shouted, "The county has arrived," that they turned their heads to look at Wang Shouren.

I saw Wang Shouren wearing a brand-new official uniform, wearing a black gauze hat, and his feet crossed the clouds, and his tall figure was even more impressive.

Everyone got up and bowed to Wang Shouren.

Although they are gentlemen, they are still the people in the final analysis, and they still dare not be rude in front of the court officials.

Even Xu Tan, the head of the Xu family, and Wu Zhan, the head of the Wu family, also saluted, showing admiration.

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "This official has just arrived, and I invite you to come today to enjoy with the people, so you can do whatever you want." ”

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