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After Zheng Qiu and Wei Feng left, Xiao Yi came up and said to Yang Yi: "Son, this group must have some background, but I'm afraid they may not be willing to stop there." ”

Yang Yi smiled and said: "My son doesn't want to delay the trip for this little thing, and lose his interest, so this matter will be handed over to Mr. Xiao to deal with. ”

"Childe, if this Wei Feng is really the son of Wei Shang, I am afraid that Wei Shang also has a problem, Childe, don't you want to investigate it carefully?"

"Although what Mr. Xiao said is reasonable, however, we are here to check the implementation of various policies of the imperial court, if it is extraneous branches, it is not beautiful, about the punishment of corruption, we don't have to interfere too much, if there is a discovery, you can hand it over to the inspection envoys to investigate."

Xiao Yi thought about it and smiled: "Childe is thoughtful, I can't do it too much, I'm ashamed, ashamed." ”

Corruption exists in every dynasty and every generation, and punishment is often thankless, Xiao Yi thought that Yang Yi didn't want to make too many enemies with the magistrates, so he didn't want to meddle in this matter, and handed it over to the imperial envoys from all walks of life to do, and the matter would soon be reported to the imperial court, and finally handled by the imperial court, and Yang Yi could stay out of the matter.

In fact, Xiao Yi thought about it, Yang Yi was not afraid of punishing corrupt officials, but he had other arrangements in private for this trip.

After Xiao Yi hurriedly finished eating, he rushed to Mizhou City with two guards.

After Yang Yi had dinner with Qing Niang and Adella, he asked for a pot of tea. Waiting for the shopkeeper to bring the tea, Yang Yi said with a smile: "Little second brother, I first arrived in Maozhou and want to know about the customs of your place. How about the second brother talk to me? ”

Yang Yi said that he stuffed the usual money into the shopkeeper's second-hand shop, and the shopkeeper was overjoyed. It's rare to see such a generous guest, he looked left and right. asked in a low voice, "This boy wants to inquire about the origin of Fang Cai's gang?" ”

"Oh? The little second brother knows the origin of those two people? ”

"The villain just came to work in the store, I didn't know, it was just after the fight, the shopkeeper told the villain, the surname Wei is the second son of Zhizhou Wei, the surname Zheng is the eldest son of the manager who joined the army, the two smell like each other, inseparable, and are rampant and domineering on weekdays. No one dares to provoke, Childe, you beat the two of them, I'm afraid that this matter will be difficult to be good, the villain advises Childe, you better leave quickly. ”

"Thank you for reminding me the second brother, I have to deal with this matter, but I can't take precautions, the second brother is a local, right?"

"Lao Gongzi asked, the villain is from Hongjia Village, ten miles away."

"Oh. The second brother is employed in this shop, doesn't there be any land to plant at home? ”

"That's not it, the villain's house has ten acres of land, but since the imperial court conquered Hexi and Liaodong. The price of ploughing cattle is much cheaper than in previous years, and the family bought a ploughing ox, and now they are all throwing seedlings. It was much easier to plant rice than before, and my father said that it was enough for him and my brother to farm. Let the villain come out and hire workers, so that they can add some income to the family. ”

"Throwing seedlings? Have you thrown seedlings in your village? ”

"I'm afraid Childe doesn't know. Throwing seedlings can save more trouble than planting seedlings, in the past, three or four people did a day, in order to plant an acre of seedlings, since the method of throwing seedlings from the south of the Yangtze River, a person can throw one or two acres of land a day, there is such a good method, who still goes to plant seedlings, but not only our village, we are on the ground in millizhou, now we have adopted the method of throwing seedlings. ”

"What about the harvest? In addition to the spring and autumn taxes, do you have to pay other miscellaneous taxes at home? ”

"The government has overhauled water conservancy in recent years, it is easy to get water for irrigation in the fields, and the harvest is better than in previous years, in addition to the spring and autumn taxes, now it is necessary to pay the labor money according to the capitation, and there are no other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, as far as the villain is concerned, the annual tax is nearly ten times less than before, and my father often says that he has caught up with the good world, but"

"But what?"

The second brother got Yang Yi's consistent money, which was his salary for several days, Yang Yi asked, he knew everything, probably involving sensitive issues, he hesitated, Yang Yi asked, he replied: "Don't hide it from the son, everything else is good, there is the same, when paying taxes every year, those officials always use a bigger bucket, and they also charge a loss of 10%." ”

Yang Yi smiled, didn't say anything, and talked a lot more before waving his hand to signal the shopkeeper to leave.

The shopkeeper was secretly a little disappointed, the car and boat shop, the people who do these businesses are good at observing words and feelings, Yang Yi learned that he was the son of Zhizhou, and he was not in a hurry, it was not difficult for the shopkeeper to guess that he had an extraordinary background, and he poked out the official's private fraud, originally with a glimmer of hope, hoping that Yang Yi would take care of the matter, but it disappointed him.

After the shopkeeper left, Qing Niang couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yang, don't you believe what the second brother said?" ”

"What?"

"It's just the fraud of the officials when they collect taxes, I don't think the second brother is telling a lie, Brother Yang, don't you care?" Qing Niang is kind-hearted, she can't bear to see this kind of harm to the people, and Adella is similar, they all look at him, hoping that he will stand up and punish the lawless.

Yang Yi smiled and said: "Qing Niang, it's not that Brother Yang doesn't want to care, but this phenomenon of big fights in and small half out is impossible to put an end to, there are so many officials in the world, how many can you keep an eye on?"

Over the years, the imperial court has issued repeated orders and requisitioned many officials, but if you want to eradicate this kind of malpractice, even the gods can't do it. You don't know, what the little second brother said is already good;

In the past, when local officials levied attrition, some of the additional levies were 50% of the regular tax, and some were as little as 2 or 30%, and the additional 10% could be said to be the Qing officials.

Because after the grain is put into the warehouse, it is inevitable that there will be some losses, and if all the taxes are levied, the officials will have to pay their own money to make up for the shortfall, and in such a case, it is impossible for you to prevent them from imposing additional losses. ”

Qing Niang thought for a while and said: "Then the court can give the magistrates a loss amount, as long as the loss is within this range, they will not be counted as a deficit, so there is no need to force the local officials to pass on the loss to the people." ”

Seeing Qing Niang's perseverance, Yang Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Qing Niang, first of all, give the local government a loss quota." This is difficult to pass at the imperial court;

Second, you give a loss quota. Local officials may not be able to impose additional losses on the people, and the key is that supervision cannot be exhaustive. It is mainly dependent on the morality of the local officials themselves;

For example, with so many states and counties in the world, does the imperial court have to send thousands of officials to supervise local officials when it comes to taxation?

This is obviously impossible, and no one can do anything other than severely punish those officials who expropriate and deter them so that they do not go too far. ”

Qing Niang was a little deflated when she heard this. The little mouth pouted slightly, Yang Yi reached out and scratched her little nose and said with a smile: "Qing Niang, don't be like this, as the saying goes, when the water is clear, there are no fish, corruption and corruption cannot be eradicated at any time, not before, and not in the future;

As long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, this is a peaceful and prosperous world, and you should be able to hear it from the words of the second brother just now. The people are doing well now, at least much better than before, so Qingniang should stop worrying about these details. ”

Qing Niang wrinkled her little nose and grimaced at him. made Yang Yi laugh again.

After resting for an hour, Yang Yi and his entourage set off south again, and there were still twenty or thirty miles away from Haozhou. It is not a problem to reach the city of Millizhou at night.

There are already people plowing the fields on the roadside, and shepherd boys chasing yellow butterflies in the fields. Playful laughter can be heard from afar, and people can't help but smile.

Adella is pretty. He reclined on the soft cushion, taking advantage of Qing Niang's opportunity to enjoy the spring light outside the car, one hand reached out to Adella's buttocks and gently stroked it, Adella was worried that Qing Niang would find out, so she didn't dare to move a little, and a touch of red floated on her cheeks, making her more beautiful and moving.

Just as Yang Yi was about to take further action, Qing Niang suddenly turned her head and said with a playful smile: "Brother Yang is dead." ”

Uh, can't Qing Niang have eyes behind her?

Yang Yi was stunned, Adella was so ashamed that she threw herself on the cushion and didn't dare to raise her head, Qing Niang, this girl was spoiled, she has always been playful, she hugged Adella's willow waist and smiled: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I know you were forced, but don't worry, with me, Brother Yang doesn't dare to bully"

Yang Yi didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Qingniang, dare to spoil my good deeds, see how I clean you up." ”

Yang Yi said and hugged her little waist, turned over and pressed her underneath, and then kissed her ruddy cherry lips, Qing Niang couldn't struggle, so she had to let him kiss, she was as beautiful as poetry, the skin on her body was as delicate as jade, which made people love it, Yingying's crisp breasts were of moderate size, beautiful shape, and her hands were fragrant.

Fortunately, Yang Yi stopped at the right time and didn't go too far, but when Yang Yi let go of her, Qing Niang was already weak, her crisp breasts rose and fell sharply, and her delicate state was indescribable.

"Qing Niang, are you still naughty?" Yang Yi sat up and asked with a smile.

Now Adella was not ashamed, it was her turn to cover her mouth and snicker, Qing Niang didn't follow, and a pair of pink fists kept beating Yang Yi's chest.

The three of them were playing, and Xiaobai suddenly heard a long howl from outside the car, and then heard the guards shouting: "Childe be careful, there is an ambush in the forest." ”

Yang Yi was surprised when he heard this, Haozhou is not far away, there is an ambush in this place?

He hurriedly took out his Damascus sword from the car, pressed Qingniang and Adella on the cushion and said: "You are obediently lying on the car, you are not allowed to sit up, let alone stretch out your head to look out, do you hear clearly?" ”

"Brother Yang"

"Qing Niang, don't speak, everything is solved by Brother Yang, you just have to lie down obediently."

After Yang Yi finished speaking, he quickly got out of the carriage and jumped on his war horse, where the road passed through a forest, although the forest was not very dense, but there were one hundred and ten people in ambush, which could not be seen outside the forest, and at this time hundreds of men rushed out of the forest, among which twenty or thirty people carried bows and arrows.

Among the eight guards accompanying Yang Yi, six rushed up, and the remaining two people were guarding the side of the car, and the ambusher had bows and arrows, and was firing arrows at Xiaobai, who was forced to hide in the woods, and the situation was quite unfavorable to Yang Yi's side

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PS: Thank you for the three friends of Playing Stone, Autumn Shenguang, and Moonlight BMW, thank you!

(To be continued......)