The weather in summer is relatively hot, the sun is shining outside, not only is it not cool in the house, but it is even more stuffy due to the problem of ventilation, Jiang Yun simply entered the house and sat under the corridor outside the house with Gong Xi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Hey, a few of you, come and rest for a while, the official has something to ask you." Jiang Yun said a few words to the vegetable field, and when a kind of preface came over dejectedly, he took out a silver ingot of twenty taels from his arms and handed it to a black-faced man in front of him. "Go get a few pots of wine and give my brother a few to cool off."

"Alas, Lord Xie, the villain will go." The black-faced man took the silver ingot with joy and walked out.

The crowd sat in a circle and waited for a moment. Not long after, the black-faced man rushed back with water and wine, found more than ten large bowls, filled them one by one, touched a bowl, and drank them all as if he was dying, he raised his sleeve and wiped his mouth, and said: "I haven't drunk a sip for a long time. ”

Without waiting for Jiang Yun to speak, he drank another bowl of wine. This set of sets, isn't it just for the sake of drinking an extra bowl? . .

Looking at the "officials" in front of him who had fought hard for their lives, for fear that they would suffer a loss if they took one sip, Jiang Yun only felt a burst of sadness, he looked at Gong Xi and said, "Lord Gong, could it be that those subject countries have not come to pay tribute recently?" I look at your days in the Honglu Temple, and you have a good time... It's a bit bitter. ”

"I can't say that." Gong Xi shook his head and said: "In general, the official of Honglu Temple is considered a fat difference. ”

"That's what you guys are still fat?" Jiang Yun glared.

"Of course we can't do this, but Lord Feng and Lord Liao are really good, only us..."

When Jiang Yun heard this, he was puzzled: "Could it be that the same yamen, the treatment is not the same?" ”

"It's really different, let's just talk about Lord Feng." Gong Xi thought for a while and said, "He is mainly responsible for the northern Xiongnu. Although the relationship between the Xiongnu Khanate and our Great Zhou has always been tense, and there will be several battles from time to time, as long as the two countries do not go to war in a full-scale manner, the trade between them will not be interrupted. The wealthy families in Guanzhong, especially the Fang family, almost single-handedly dominated the northern trade, and it was not so easy to pass back and forth, so Lord Feng took the lead, and the imperial court and the family were in a partnership trade relationship, and after making a profit, these families would pay a large amount of customs duties to the imperial court, which was equivalent to paying tribute, and Lord Feng could extract a part of it and keep it. Although most of the tax revenue goes into the national treasury, the annual trade tax is an extremely large amount, and even if it is only a dime, life is enough to live a very prosperous life. ”

"Where's Lord Liao?"

"Lord Liao is Zuo Shaoqing, mainly responsible for the northwest and southwest countries. There are few powerful countries in these places, they are all scattered like a plate of sand, and there are many places that depend on my Great Zhou, especially the countries of the Western Regions, and trade can bring them a lot of income, so they never pay less tribute every year, and they live a good life. ”

"Why don't we?"

"Hmm." Gong Xi was quite helpless. "We're mainly responsible for the east and south sides. In the south, such as Siam, Annam and other countries want to pay tribute, they need to pass through Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, these places are poor mountains and bad waters, bandits are rampant, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, it is completely the world of the scholars and Tusi, even if the middle of the road is robbed, the court can not understand. Goryeo in the east, out of the two countries in the east, the national strength is strong, and Goryeo has always been friendly with the Xiongnu, and there is no need to look at the face of my Great Zhou, the tribute in recent years has almost been cut off, nothing more than just hanging the name of a subject country, as for some small countries, the national strength is weak, and most of them who came across the sea were also robbed by the Japanese invaders. ”

"It means that in the area we are responsible for, there is no one to pay tribute?"

"Isn't that what it is?" The black-faced man interjected and said: "I rely on the silver of more than four dollars a month, and I have to support my family, if we don't grow some food, how can we survive this life." But my lord, you can be regarded as unlucky, how did the good court transfer you, the position of the right Shaoqing of Honglu Temple has been vacant for more than a year, and no adult is willing to take over, the court previously assigned two, and he resigned from office within a few days of coming to office. ”

"Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang is here?"

Jiang Yun was pondering things when he saw a young man in his thirties dressed in an official robe walking in the distance, and he got up to greet him. "Who is this lord?"

"This official Honglu Temple Zuo Shaoqing, Liao Hui, I heard that Right Shaoqing took office today, so I came here to take a look."

"Oh, Lord Liao bothered."

"It's okay, it's idle anyway, Lord Jiang can often come to my side to sit in the future, and work with the same yamen, so it's good to contact me often."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Then you're busy, the official just came over to say hello, and there is still something to do, so let's go first."

"Master Liao, go slowly."

After sending Liao Hui away, Jiang Yun walked back again, broke the big bowl and took a sip of wine. "This Lord Liao looks very kind."

"Kind of fart." Gong Xi snorted coldly: "My lord, do you really think he came to say hello?" This is here to show off, go back and wait for you to really go to his side to sit down, and after you come back in a circle, you probably don't want to do this right Shaoqing's errand. Their most ordinary prelude is several times as good as yours. ”

Looking at the dejected crowd, Jiang Yun couldn't help but feel funny. "Look at your little bit of interest, this official was originally on an errand in the Criminal Department, since Your Majesty has transferred this official here, I think that there will be a big event in the near future, you all give this official a spirit, do it well! I went back and shoveled the vegetable patch to the official, tidied up the surroundings, and painted this house with a new layer of paint. ”

"Shoveled a vegetable patch?" The black-faced man gathered with everyone, and then shook his head and said, "My lord, don't make fun of me, I am all pointing to these few mouthfuls of food to live." ”

"Follow this official, can you still starve?" Jiang Yun took out a silver ticket with a denomination of one hundred taels from his arms and handed it over. "Go to the money village to redeem, ten taels per person, it will be a meeting gift from the official to you, as long as the official is the right Shaoqing for one day, in addition to the imperial court, at the end of each month, the official will give you twenty taels per person."

Twenty taels a month? It's two hundred and forty taels a year, and now it's not just the prelude classes sitting around, even Gong Xi can't help but redden.

"Still have questions?"

Everyone replied in unison: "It's gone." ”

"It's good if you don't have it." Jiang Yun pointed to the black-faced man and said: "You go to exchange the silver, don't be idle for the others, shovel the vegetable field first, this is the official office of the imperial court, and it is really not decent to do farm work." ”

"Everything is at your command."

Money is not everything, but no money is impossible. Everyone who was accustomed to a hard life was completely out of the way for the promise given by Jiang Yun, and they dropped the wine bowls one by one, went to the temporary warehouse on the side to take out shovels and carts, and began to deal with the dozen vegetable patches of different sizes.

Gong Xi was the biggest official under Jiang Yun, so he rushed to command, and Jiang Yun occupied the comfortable recliner.

Lying comfortably, when he was drowsy, another person came from outside the corridor, shouting loudly as he walked: "Lord Jiang is here?" ”

When I raised my eyes, it was Wang Li's father-in-law, and the familiar chrysanthemum face was clearly here to make money.

Jiang Yun hurriedly stood up, straightened his clothes, and hurried to meet him. "Alas, your guests are coming, how can the prince have the leisure to sit at the official office?"

Wang Li said with a kind face: "Without His Majesty's will, our family can't leave the palace, this time I came here to run for Your Majesty, and I announced that you will go to the imperial study to see you." ”

"Oh?" Quietly handing over a ticket, Jiang Yun asked, "Your Majesty is looking for me?" You always have to give a bottom to the lower officials, a good thing or a bad thing? ”

Wang Li's smile was even brighter. "Our family ran this trip in person, could it be that Lord Jiang is not happy? You put your heart in your belly, good thing! But don't ask what the specifics are, our family is not easy to say, and we will know when we see Your Majesty. ”

"Nacheng, father-in-law later, the lower officials still have something to explain to them."

After saying hello to Gong Xi, Jiang Yun followed Wang Li into the palace and walked straight to the imperial study.