"My lord, congratulations, my lordship annihilated more than 2,000 thieves and captured more than 1,000 in one battle, which can be described as a complete victory!"

In the hall of Yueyang, the prefect Jiang Xin and the officials and gentry of Hunyuan Prefecture gathered together to fill this already small living room.

The news that Yueyang sent cavalry to annihilate thousands of enemies in the middle of the night quickly spread back to Hunyuan Prefecture, and it was only then that Jiang Xin and others knew that the thieves had such a force of soldiers and horses more than fifty miles away from Hunyuan Prefecture, and they were all shocked into a cold sweat when they got the news.

The rogues actually ambushed such a cavalry under their noses, and sent spies to incite the wanderers in the city to prepare for rebellion.

Jiang Xindang, who was glad that he had escaped, even brought his officials and gentry and businessmen to Yueyang Mansion to congratulate him. Of course, they didn't come empty-handed, everyone brought gifts to a greater or lesser extent, and Yue Yang would never refuse these things, so he accepted them all happily.

After Yue Yang invited Jiang Xin and a group of people to sit down, the two talked and laughed for a while, and Jiang Xin's mood slowly improved.

To tell the truth, Jiang Xin's original impression of Yue Yang was not very good, in Jiang Xin's opinion, Yue Yang was domineering, imperious, unreasonable, and the most important thing was that he was too murderous.

But after so many changes, Jiang Xin also figured it out. It's not necessarily a bad thing to have this killing god around you, at least in this turbulent and troubled world, you don't have to worry about your own safety problems, with this killing god in office, whoever wants to worry about Hunyuan Prefecture has to weigh whether they are enough. In addition, Yue Yang is a military attaché, he is a civilian official, and there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the two, so he is now looking at Yue Yang more and more pleasing to the eye.

Looking at the smiling Jiang Xin and a group of gentry and businessmen, Yue Yang couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, and said to Jiang Xin with a smile: "Lord Jiang." You're here today, and I have something I want to discuss with you. ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Xin's eyes, "Oh, Lord Yue, what's the matter, but it's okay to say it." ”

Yue Yang said: "This incident is a wake-up call to this official, the best thing that thieves who are rebellious are at inciting displaced people to besiege the official yamen, if it weren't for the thieves who took the initiative to show their feet, we wouldn't know that they had slipped into the city." If we let them succeed, I'm afraid we will all die without a place to bury. It is because the official thinks that if we don't solve these displaced people's problems, I'm afraid we won't have a good time in the future. ”

Jiang Xin sighed: "Why didn't this official want to solve the problem of the displaced people, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." In order to resettle these displaced people, it is necessary to have money, food, seeds, farm tools, and cattle. But the government doesn't have these things at all. ”

Yue Yang, who had long expected Jiang Xin to say this, smiled slightly: "The official that Master Jiang said has long known that the government does not have these things, but these gentry here still have them, so we have to be cheeky to make a fate to them today." ”

"This ......" Jiang Xin couldn't help but hesitate, "Is this okay?" ”

Jiang Xin has been an official for more than 20 years, and he is very clear about the virtues of these gentry and businessmen, and it may be okay to let them take out a little grain and soup porridge. But let them pay for the homeless? Hehe...... Forget it, they would rather throw the silver into the river than give it to the homeless who have no food or clothing.

Looking at Jiang Xin's hesitant expression, Yue Yang sneered: "Lord Jiang, things have come to this, what are you still hesitating about?" You must know that if these homeless people are not properly settled, they will always gather in the city, and day after day, even if we have a mountain of gold, they will be destroyed. Case. Why don't we settle them as soon as possible, as long as we have food, farm tools, seeds, and give them fields, these displaced people will be transformed into good citizens who are useful to my Ming Dynasty. No matter how cunning they are, they will become rootless duckweed without the outcasts for them to drive. We can't be a threat anymore. ”

"This method is naturally good, but it is extremely difficult to implement!" Jiang Xin smiled bitterly, this Yueyang, the truth is a set of things. But it was not so easy to implement, did he think that governing was as simple as fighting a war?

Yue Yang squinted at Jiang Xin and asked lightly, "Governor Jiang, this official knows that you are also embarrassed." You're struggling with money, aren't you? ”

Jiang Xin glanced at him, the meaning was obvious, knowing that you still asked.

Yue Yang and Jiang Xin sat together and whispered in a low voice, although the people below wanted to know what the two were discussing, but no one dared to step forward and eavesdrop.

Yue Yang glanced at the people who were talking in a low voice, but one by one they pricked up their ears. He smiled faintly, turned his head and said seriously: "Governor Jiang, this official asks you a question, I hope you can answer it truthfully." How much commercial tax can Hunyuan City collect in a year now? ”

"Collect taxes?"

Jiang Xin first froze for a moment, and then his face became a little strange. He glanced at Yue Yang, and muttered in his heart: "Is this guy really stupid or pretending to be stupid, this kind of thing is known to everyone, how could he ask such a thing?" ”

Seeing Jiang Xin's puzzled gaze, Yue Yang glanced at a certain place as if he was inadvertent, and then said lightly: "In this way, Lord Jiang might as well hand over the tax to this official, let this official be responsible for collecting the tax in this state, and then use the tax as money to settle the displaced people, what does Lord Jiang think?" ”

"What? You're going to take over the taxes? ”

Jiang Xin was taken aback by this guy's idea, and said in a row: "This is not good, how can you let you collect taxes on your behalf." ”

Seeing Jiang Xin's panicked look, Yue Yang glanced at him and said, "Then dare to ask Master Jiang, how many taxes have you collected in the past two years in Hunyuan Prefecture?" ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Jiang Xin's whole body was like a frost eggplant, he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Less than three thousand taels in total?" ”

"Three thousand taels?"

Yue Yang sneered: "This amount is really big, but it really scares the official." This official finally understood why Hunyuan Prefecture was so poor, and the imperial grain and national taxes to be collected by the imperial court were all given away by the adults. ”

"Nonsense!"

Jiang Xin couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped it the table, and there was a bang.

The sudden loud noise startled the entire hall, and the originally bustling hall immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at them in surprise.

Jiang Xin realized his gaffe after scolding, his old face turned red, and he waved his hand to everyone: "Okay, this official is discussing things with Lord Yue, this situation is a little excited, you don't have to care." ”

Yue Yang looked at Jiang Xin with a smile and asked with a smile: "Why should Lord Jiang be angry, isn't what this official said wrong?" ”

"You ......"

Jiang Xin's brows were furrowed, but then he slowly calmed down, he sighed lightly and said, "Lord Yue, you don't know at this time, now that the government and the opposition are like this, how can this official be an exception?" ”

Yue Yang smiled slyly: "So you should hand over this matter to the official, and the official guarantees that as long as the commercial tax is handed over to the official to collect, the official guarantees that those displaced people can be resettled smoothly."

"You're here to settle?" Jiang Xin frowned and looked at Yue Yang, "Lord Yue, you must know that there are tens of thousands of these homeless people, how much can those commercial taxes have?" Don't lie to the official. ”

"If you don't believe us, you can make a note, so you should believe it, right?"

Jiang Xin looked at Yue Yang for a few minutes, thought for a few more minutes, and finally nodded slowly.

"In this case, this official will believe you once, and from tomorrow, this official will withdraw all the small officials of the tax collector department, and you will take over instead, I hope you don't break your word."

Yue Yang smiled like a fox who had stolen a chicken.

"Don't worry, my lord, the affairs of those homeless people are covered with me......"

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