Yang Yuanqing pondered and asked, "Does my uncle think I can meet the King of Chu?" ”

The old man's face showed a look of helplessness, "We have no choice, it's useless to trust a lot of relationships, I heard that the military master is from Taiyuan, so I have to give it a try." ”

Speaking of this, the old man took a heavy small clay pot from the house and put it in front of Yang Yuanqing, "We won't let the military master help in vain, the ten hanging money here are all new money from the Sui Dynasty, and the military master will drink." ”

After speaking, he pushed the clay pot to Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Yuanqing suddenly found that several old men appeared at the door, all looking at him hopefully.

He suddenly understood a little, and said with a smile: "The old man is Muramasa!" ”

The old man nodded, "My surname is Qiao, this village is also called Qiaojia Village, nine adults are surnamed Qiao, everyone trusts me, so they push me to be the village leader." ”

He was afraid that Yang Yuanqing would not agree, so he pushed the money jar in front of him and said: "The military master just does his best, it doesn't matter if he can't do it, this is the military master's hard-earned money." ”

Yang Yuanqing secretly admired the old man for being able to speak, and when it came to this step, he had to agree if he didn't agree.

"Alright! I'll give it a try, I have a friend whose relative is the concubine of the king of Chu, Zhang, who may be able to deliver a letter for you, but I want to ask what is the matter, do you want to sue? ”

"The complaint is not, just want to reflect a situation, we heard that the field tax in Hengshan County is twenty-five tax one, why do we want twenty tax one here, and how to calculate the green seedling profit, and there is also the righteous warehouse grain, the previous regulations were returned in the disaster year, last year and the year before we paid, but this autumn drought return, only a little bit of this summer, said that it didn't matter before, did we pay in vain last year and the year before last?"

Among the counties of Hebei, Hengshan County and Shanggu County were deeply poisoned by Wei Dao'er. So a loose tax rate was given. Twenty-five taxes are one, Qinghe County and Bohai County are the same, and other counties are twenty taxes and one. This one doesn't have any fancy.

The seedling money is the living expenses that the government temporarily lends to the peasants when the green and yellow crops are not available, and returns them during the summer and autumn harvests. No interest is charged, so Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but be stunned when he heard a green seedling profit.

Yang Yuanqing asked, "It's really strange, is your green seedling money here still profitable?" ”

"It's just weird! There are no other counties, why do we have them in our county, although the profit is not high, and we pay a penny for every 20 dollars, but it still makes people panic. ”

Yang Yuanqing was puzzled in his heart, but he still said quietly: "Tian Fu Twenty Taxes is right, Hengshan County is because it was ruined by Wei Dao'er. Therefore, the tax is a little special, as for the green seedlings profit money first, let's talk about Yicang. This autumn is dry. How much did you return? ”

Several old men standing at the door also came in, and they said, "There are only five buckets of rice." It was this summer to hand over the Yicang grain, but last year and the year before last we each handed over a stone of grain, we went to the county government, and the county government asked us to go to Dou Jiande to ask for it, but Dou Jiande did not take the Yicang grain, we all know it, why didn't Da Sui admit it? ”

Yang Yuanqing's brows furrowed, he remembered that in April this year, Ziwei Pavilion had specifically discussed the restoration of the Yicang system, including the continuation of the Yicang grain in the previous dynasty.

At that time, it was said that the counties would take stock of the Yicang grain depot, and if there was grain in stock and the account book was clear, it would either be counted, and at that time, it was also sent to supervise the imperial history, and 30 counties were selected for supervision and review.

The house county may be because the Yicang account books are incomplete, or it has indeed been transferred by Dou Jiande's army, it is possible, but this county actually collects green seedlings in violation of regulations, which makes people suspect that there is also a problem with Yicang's grain.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing said: "That's it! I'll stand up for you tomorrow and ask the county government what is going on, and you will also send a few elders with me to figure things out. ”

Qiao Cunzheng and several old men glanced at each other, stood up and bowed together, "Thank you Jun Ye for standing up for us." ”……

Early the next morning, Yang Yuanqing led five hundred guards to continue to march north, the county seat of the house county is twenty miles north of Qiaojia Village, accompanied by five elders from Qiaojia Village, including Qiaocun Zheng, they all thought that Yang Yuanqing was a partial general from the capital, although the military and government were not related to each other, but the people from the capital would always make people have a fantasy of power.

Yang Yuanqing hardly slept all night, he was thinking about where the loopholes in these systems were? Since ancient times, the people who formulate various systems in the imperial court have always refused to set the system perfectly, and will always leave a little gap in it, which is easy for the people below to take advantage of loopholes.

Of course, this is because it is formulated too strictly, which will increase the burden on the imperial court, and more importantly, it is necessary to leave a little leeway for the officials below, which is also a tradition since ancient times.

In this way, the officials below have the opportunity to make money, just like the continuation of Yicang, adding a clause, if the account books are incomplete, the old and the new can not be merged, what is called incomplete account books, the account books are originally complete, just because this provision is out, the local officials will destroy the account books, so that it becomes incomplete, so that the old grain of Yicang becomes the grain without accounts.

Yang Yuanqing would not allow this kind of thing to happen, but he couldn't think about it thoroughly, so he implemented the Ziwei Pavilion collegial system, this kind of major matter involving the system, discussed by everyone, and then voted through, but it is this kind of traditional thinking that leaves a little room for the Xiangguo to tacitly admit that many systems are passed by leaving a little loophole.

The most typical is the Yongye Tian system of the Tang Dynasty, which refused to add the lock of not being allowed to buy and sell, leaving a loophole that could be bought and sold, which led to the large-scale annexation of land in the Middle and Tang Dynasties, and finally broke out in the Anshi Rebellion.

There are also various rules and regulations in later generations, and there are so many loopholes, is it really that people who consider the system don't understand? No, in fact, the root is this kind of moderation thinking, don't do everything to be absolute, leave a little room for yourself, the mountains do not turn around, maybe one day it will turn to your own head or your descendants, so the beautiful name says: to be a man to have three points of plain heart.

In fact, if you think about it at a deeper level, even if the system is perfect, it is useless, because the system is dead, people are alive, the system needs to be implemented, the implementation is not effective, the board is raised high, but it is gently laid, and even ignore the so-called system at all, what do you want me to do?

Yang Yuanqing was in deep thought, but Cheng Yanjin was full of interest, he drank three bottles of wine in one go last night, although they were all fruit wine, but it was very enjoyable, so that all his dullness was swept away.

Cheng Yanjin already knew that Yang Yuanqing was going to testify, he had a lot of ideas, and he was very good at dealing with this kind of thing, he stepped forward and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Chief, these officials are as cunning as ghosts, they must have thought of countermeasures, and asking them so magnificently will definitely have no effect, it is better to let the lowly officials investigate privately and dig out the truth." ”

Yang Yuanqing also had to admit that Cheng Biting Jin is sometimes very useful, not everything can go the right way, and sometimes he has to go crooked, and at this time, Cheng Biting Jin's role is highlighted.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "You can take a few brothers with you!" Remember not to expose yourself. ”

"The manager can rest assured that doing this kind of thing has always been Lao Cheng's advantage."

Cheng Yanjin led several brothers to speed up the horse and take the first step......

The county is a small county, with a population of less than 2,000 households in the county, most of whom live in the countryside, and the county seat is not large.

The county magistrate of the house county is surnamed Xu, named Xu Shouxin, who is about 40 years old this year, and has served as the county magistrate since the ninth year of Daye, and he has long been intertwined with various relationships in the county.

Xu Shouxin didn't know about the crossing of the King of Chu, let alone that he had been sued by the villagers in the south of the county, and he had been thinking about how to get the excess grain from Yicang to the Central Plains to sell.

At noon, Xu Shouxin was planning a plan in the official room, when suddenly a government official came to report, "In the county, a team of cavalry came from outside, saying that they were from the capital and asked you to meet." ”

Xu Shouxin couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, needless to say, these cavalrymen must be eating and drinking, helpless, he had to walk out of the county office, but at a glance he saw Yang Yuanqing on a horse.

Xu Shouxin didn't know Yang Yuanqing, and he didn't know much about the establishment of the army, so he didn't see that these hundreds of cavalry were the most well-equipped guards of the King of Chu, but after all, he was the commander of a county, and he had a little knowledge, he saw that Yang Yuanqing was actually wearing a golden helmet, and he couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, and the golden helmet could only be worn by the commander of the first army.

The concept of the commander of the first army is to lead an army alone, such as the current Xu Shiji and Qin Qiong, they can both wear golden helmets, but they dare not offend, they do not wear golden helmets, but only wear silver helmets.

Xu Shou's confidence became a little uneasy, who would this high-ranking officer in the army wearing a golden helmet be? At this time, he suddenly saw that the sword on Yang Yuanqing's waist turned out to be a black jade hilt, he was once a Sui Chen, of course he knew what the sword of this black jade hilt was?

This is the Panqi Sword, the sword of the Son of Heaven in the past, this sword was once given to Yang Yuanqing, known to the world, and now it appears on the waist of this officer, the golden helmet and the Panqi sword, the two clues are combined, so immediately the identity of this officer is about to come out.

Xu Shouxin's strands trembled, he had already guessed who the officer in front of him was, and with a 'plop', Xu Shouxin knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said in a trembling voice: "The house county order Xu Shouxin to see His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I wish His Highness a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" ”

His words stunned Qiao Cunzheng and several old men, standing there as if they were stupid, suddenly, the five old men knelt down together, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and their heads banged, "Xiaomin has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so he neglected His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and begged His Royal Highness the King of Chu to forgive his sins!" ”

They were telling the truth, last night Yang Yuanqing led the soldiers to stay in the village overnight, they just perfunctorily boiled a pot of hot soup to deal with it, knowing that they should take out food, pigs and sheep, and treat them well.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and said to both sides: "Everyone please come!" ”

He smiled at Xu Xianling again: "These villagers can't see through some things, so I specially brought them to inquire." ”

Xu Shou's confidence was cold, as if a bucket of ice was poured into his heart