PS: Where is the monthly pass!

Wang Yuanwai shook his head: "The old man can pay the grain according to what Mr. Yang Qian said, but the old man is not sure to convince the gentry of Funing County." ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Yang is a person who holds a grudge, but if Wang Yuanwai can do this, then Yang Mou should not have happened before, as for the future, presumably Wang Yuanwai will not do the same foolish things as before, right?" ”

When Wang Yuanwai heard this, he stared at Yang He for a while, sighed lightly and said, "Do your best." ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Hehe, as long as Wang Yuanwai does this wholeheartedly, Yang naturally knows in his heart, if someone doesn't give Wang Yuanwai, if something happens, and wants to find Yang to come forward, without paying several times the price, Yang will not care." ”

Wang Yuanwai was silent for a long time when he heard this, and finally nodded slowly.

Seeing that Wang Yuanwai understood what he meant, Yang He smiled and said: "Shaoqing, I will send someone to your mansion, if I can hold the bandits, I dare not protect it, but I will never let the bandits take anything from the mansion again." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Yang Qian." The king arched his hand.

Yang He smiled and waved his hand.

"Thank you Zhang Zhixian, the old man has taken his leave." Wang Yuanwai arched his hand at Zhang Fengqi again.

"The king walks slowly, and the official is not far away." Zhang Fengqi bowed his hand and saluted.

"Zhang Zhixian stays." Wang Yuanwai politely turned around and walked out of the yamen.

After Wang Yuan left, Zhang Fengqi poured a cup of tea for Yang He, and said after a while: "Brother Yingshi, I don't understand why you don't want the 1,000 stone grain sent by Wang Yuan, but let him pay for it?" ”

Yang He took a slow sip of the teacup, raised his eyes to look at Zhang Fengqi and smiled: "Brother Longchuan." Do you think I'm losing money by doing this? ”

"In response to the shrewdness of Brother Shi. I won't do anything at a loss. I just don't understand Brother Ying's intentions. Zhang Fengqi said with a smile.

Yang He shook his head and smiled: "In terms of the benefits that the township soldiers have received, it is indeed a loss to do this, but it is a good thing for the county or the imperial court." ”

"How?" Zhang Fengqi wondered.

Yang He said with a smile: "The gentry should not be bad and do not pay grain, it is a rule set by the imperial court, but now the king pays grain outside, which means that this rule has been broken." Although Wang Yuanwai was forced, breaking is breaking. ”

"Do you want to change the rules of the gentry who are not bad and do not pay grain in Funing County?" Zhang Fengqi exclaimed.

Yang He shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry about him for the time being, let's try to see if it works to let the gentry pay grain, if this step is over, the next step is to try to increase the commercial tax." ”

Zhang Fengqi exclaimed when he heard this: "Why did you suddenly come up with such an idea? ”

Yang He said with a smile: "It's not like such an idea suddenly popped up, Brother Longchuan, when you told me that the Donglin Party advocated tax reduction, you said that the tax rate set by the imperial court was too low and the tax should be raised."

I've pondered this question before. I don't think it's because the tax rate set by the imperial court is too low, but because many people don't pay taxes. There is also a commercial tax that has not been collected at all, which is the fundamental reason why the imperial court has no money. ”

"Yes, this is indeed the reason, but the imperial court did not order the gentry to pay grain, nor did it order the collection of commercial taxes, and we rushed to implement it here to offend people." Zhang Fengqi said urgently.

"Rash implementation? We didn't force them, they took the initiative to pay. Yang He smiled.

"Who will voluntarily pay?" Zhang Fengqi wondered.

Yang He said with a smile: "Isn't Wang Yuanwai taking the initiative to pay now?" ”

Shaking his head, Yang He sighed and said: "Actually, I don't like Wang Yuanwai very much, according to my meaning, I am not ready to give up if I don't bankrupt Wang Yuanwai."

But when I learned just now that he had come to ask me for protection, I suddenly felt that this was an opportunity for us to push the gentry to pay for food through this matter, and if he could help us to promote the gentry to pay for food, I think it was more important than breaking his family. ”

Zhang Fengqi suddenly exclaimed: "You arranged those bandits?" ”

"How could I do such a thing? I can't afford to be charged with that. Yang He smiled.

Zhang Fengqi stared at Yang He for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Also, how could you do such a thing?" ”

"Don't look at me with such an expression, I really didn't arrange this." Yang He said with a smile.

"Hehe, did you arrange it, our brothers tacitly." Zhang Fengqi said with a smile.

Yang He shook his head and smiled: "What tacitly? I really didn't arrange it. ”

Zhang Fengqi looked at Yang He for a while, and suddenly sighed: "Brother Yingshi, although you and my brother have known each other for a short time, we are a boat, if you fall, I will immediately be unlucky for my brother." If you fall for your brother, many things, I'm afraid it won't be so convenient for you to do, don't you say? ”

Yang He nodded lightly when he heard this.

After being silent for a while, Yang He said: "Okay, I arranged the person, and the reason why I didn't tell you is because I think it's better that you still don't know about such a thing." ”

"Hehe, Brother Xian, Brother Wei knows, isn't our boat more stable?" Zhang Fengqi said with a smile.

Yang He shook his head: "Brother Longchuan, this is a crime of killing your head, brother, I have a rotten life, and I am single, I don't care, you have a family and a mouth, how can I implicate you?" ”

Zhang Fengqi patted Yang He's hand lightly and said, "Brother Xian, I understand for my brother." But there are some things that can't be hidden, are you a fool outside of being a king? Doesn't he suspect that you arranged the bandits?

Think about it, you led the soldiers on the front foot to cripple his family's family, and the bandits on the back foot appeared, this is too coincidental, right? ”

"Wang Yuanwai can only suspect at most, there is no evidence, what can he do with me? Don't forget, when his house was looted by bandits, I met with Lord Xu in Tongzhou. Yang He smiled.

Zhang Fengqi smiled and nodded: "Because of this, Wang Yuanwai didn't dare to conclude that you did it." ”

After a pause, Zhang Fengqi asked with a smile: "How are things going to Tongzhou to meet Master Xu?" ”

"It's done, the sweet potato seeds have been brought back, and I also worshipped Master Xu as a teacher." Yang He said with a smile.

"Ahh Did Lord Xu accept you as a student? How do you get him to agree to accept you as a student? Zhang Fengqi exclaimed.

Yang He smiled and told the story of going to Tongzhou.

Knowing that Yang He actually pulled Xu Guangqi's student Sun Yuanhua over, Zhang Fengqi couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Zhang Fengqi knows very well what the situation is over there in Xiangshan, except for a few houses, there is nothing, and such conditions can actually move Sun Yuanhua to give up the official position of the imperial court, you can imagine how tempting the big cake that Yang He painted for Sun Yuanhua, and Zhang Fengqi really admires Yang He's eloquence.

Ignoring Zhang Fengqi's surprised expression, Yang He then said what he saw and thought at the Tongzhou wharf.

In the end, Yang He sighed: "The imperial court is so poor, but those rich businessmen are so rich, I don't understand why those people in the imperial court don't levy commercial taxes, in the final analysis, those officials are all for personal selfishness."

With our current ability, we can't affect the decision-making of the imperial court for the time being, but we can do it within our ability. ”

Zhang Fengqi sighed when he heard this and said: "Brother Yingshi, this matter is not as simple as you think, you know that those businesses have more or less some relationship, some backstage, I am a small magistrate, and I can't move these people at all."

Yang He said with a smile: "Of course we can't do it brutally, if we forcibly expropriate it, I'm afraid you, the magistrate, will come to an end." But now we have an opportunity, I didn't expect that I inadvertently arranged someone to pretend to be a bandit and force Wang Yuanwai to ask me for help, we can just use Wang Yuanwai to help us do this. ”

"I'm afraid that the king won't be able to move those gentry and rich businessmen." Zhang Fengqi shook his head and said.

Yang He said with a smile: "If those gentry and wealthy businessmen don't feel threatened personally, of course Wang Yuanwai can't say that these people can't be moved, but if I add another fire, do you think Wang Yuanwai can say that he can't move those people?" ”

"Add another fire?" Zhang Fengqi wondered.

Yang He smiled: "Okay, leave this matter to me, keep it and let those gentry and rich businessmen obediently take out the tax money." ”

Zhang Fengqi shook his head, pondered for a while, and said, "Brother Yingshi, what can I do even if I get taxes?" With our current strength, there is no benefit at all in doing such a thing except offending people, although some taxes can reduce the burden of raising soldiers, but I think you are not short of this money and food. ”

Yang He smiled: "Do you think I asked you to collect taxes to raise soldiers for yourself?" Hehe, Brother Longchuan, you underestimate me too much, right? I won't hide it from you, with my current financial resources, I can feed thousands of eight hundred soldiers, and even if I don't do anything, I can feed them for at least five years. ”

"Since you're not short of money and food, why do you do these things that offend people?" Zhang Fengqi was puzzled.

"Hehe, I'm asking you to collect taxes for your own good." Yang He said with a smile.

"For my good?" Zhang Fengqi wondered.

Yang He smiled, took a sip of tea from the teacup and said, "Brother Longchuan, did you say that you are in the backstage of the court?" ”

Zhang Fengqi shook his head: "The friends I know are all low-level officials, where is the backstage?" This time I met Liu Yushi, or you helped introduce it. ”

"Yes, you have nothing to do with it, you have no background, if you want to be promoted, you can only rely on political performance, but what position can you be promoted to by your political achievements? At most, it's the prefect of Yongpyeong Mansion, right? Yang He smiled.

"It would be the best result to be promoted to the prefect of Yongping Mansion, and I guess it would be good to be promoted to the governor of Yongping Mansion." Zhang Fengqi said.

Yang He smiled: "If you can't rise to the prefect in one step, then when do you think you can be promoted to the prefect?" When can I enter Beijing? ”

"If no one is protective, I'm afraid I won't want to enter Beijing as a Beijing official in this life." Zhang Fengqi sighed.

"Do you think your current political achievements are outstanding?" Yang He asked.

Zhang Fengqi shook his head: "Even if you help, this year's plan (magistrate evaluation), it would be good if I could evaluate it." ”

"So, if you don't have special political achievements, even if Liu Qi wants to help you speak, he can't help." Yang He said with a smile.

Zhang Fengqi nodded silently. (To be continued......)