Tao Qian, the word Gongzu, Danyang people. He lost his father when he was young, he was good at reading, and he was uninhibited. He was first appointed as a county official, and then Maocai, and successively served as the county commander of Lu County, the history of Youzhou Thorn, the history of Yilang and the history of Xuzhou Thorn.

The predecessor of the assassin Shi Ba only governed Xuzhou in an orderly manner, and the people were rich and quiet. Unexpectedly, in July last year, a group of yellow turban thieves came from Qingzhou, burning, killing and looting. Ba Yi recruited Zang Ba, Sun Guan, etc., from Taishan Huaxian County, and prepared to vigorously encircle and suppress them. At this time, someone in the court wrote to Emperor Xiaoling, saying that Ba You was nearly seventy years old, and his governance was acceptable, but he was unable to cope with the war, and strongly recommended Tao Qian, who was nearly ten years younger, to come to Xu, and Ba You was transferred to Yangzhou.

Tao Qian was just in time for a good time, and after he took over, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others happened to throw over. He still used Zang Ba as the main force to fight against the Yellow Turban, killed Qu Shuai and the three people, and captured the thief Zhang Min alive. The best thing is that he turned Zhang Min, who is known as the "killer demon" and has done many evils, into a submissive people who have changed their past wrongs, which made the Xuzhou military and people amazed and everyone obeyed. Of course, Tao Qian's old subordinates Cao Bao, Cao Hong and Xu Tan also made a lot of efforts, and sent their subordinates Danyang elite, and when the Yellow Turban was newly defeated, they were driven back to Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

In order to consolidate his position, Tao Qian actively appointed local celebrities to consolidate his position, such as Wang Lang of the East China Sea as the ruler of the Central Government, and Zhao Yu of Langya as the other driver. But he also encountered nails, and when Zhang Zhao was cited as Maocai, Zhang Zhao thought he was hypocritical and ignored him. Tao Qian was furious, and arrested him in prison in the name of not cooperating with the bandits, but fortunately Liu Ai, Zhao Yu and others tried their best to rescue him and save him from death.

These people are mainly for the purpose of giving advice in ordinary times, but when he encounters matters related to his vital interests, he still asks Cao Bao, Xu Tan, Wang Mo and other close ministers to discuss and decide. In his words, the main matters such as governing the middle and don't drive, such as when to pay tribute to the imperial court, etc., these close ministers grasp small things, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

On this day, a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears, a red face, a dark red coat, and a staff in his hand came to the Thorn Mansion. Just look at his figure, a bit like a butcher or something, but you don't know that he has a "bodhisattva" heart. He is the most famous and devout Buddhist in Xuzhou - Zhenrong.

When he got permission to go to the back hall to see Tao Qian, he seemed very happy, and immediately hid his small eyes that flashed with a cunning light, in case his master Tao Qian became vigilant when he saw it. Far away, he fell to his knees, and kowtowed again and again: "Little Zhenrong greets the adults!" ”

Tao Qian's face was full of smiles, and he came over to help him and said: "Ah Rong, you are also a big member of the party, don't open your mouth and close your mouth and call yourself 'small' and 'small'!" Don't call me an adult anymore, so that people don't gossip. Everyone knows that I treat people with no intimacy, everything is out of public heart, everything is for the court! ”

There is a set of proper nouns for the titles of the upper and lower levels of the Han family, such as the assassin is called the envoy, the shou is called the prince, and the county order is called the court jun. Unless otherwise specified, the term "adult" generally refers to elders such as parents, uncles, etc., and is never used between superiors and subordinates. Here, Zhen Rong wanted to recognize Tao Qian as his father-in-law several times, but Tao Qian was afraid that others would say that he was a relative, so he politely refused. But this does not prevent Zhen Rong from taking Tao Qian as his reborn parent, so he has always called Tao Qian an "adult", and he regards Tao Qian as his father. Although Tao Qian did not object to this title, he faintly felt that it was quite inappropriate, and he explicitly ordered him not to use it in public places, and he brought it up again today.

In addition, Tao Qian, Di Rong and Xu Tan were all born in the Sanwu region, and the people here originally liked to put the word "A" in their names to show their cordiality. This custom has also had a great influence on other places, so much so that in modern times, the entire Han family has done so.

Hearing Tao Qian's words, Zhen Rong looked worshipful and said reverently: "What the adults said is very true, but the adults have the grace of reinvention for Rong, and Rong will die hard." This title from the heart is really hard to change, please understand! ”

"Haha......" Tao Qian laughed with a wrinkled face, "You kid smeared honey on his mouth?" Tell me, how are things going? ”

Zhen Rong smiled even sweeter, and said flatteringly: "Can you not do the things that the adults have explained?" Except for public expenses such as official salaries, adults can know my ......"

He suddenly stopped talking and looked around alertly, Tao Qian motioned to him to say that he was close to each other.

"Do you know how much food I got in the second county? Hey hey ......"

Tao Qian was slightly stunned and said, "How is it only the second county?" ”

Zhen Rong blinked his eyes and said angrily: "Peng Chengguo urged him to be reluctant to hand over several times, and I reported this matter last time. This time, I personally went to urge the grain, and I was brought back before I went, saying that the grain was sent to Yuzhou for disaster relief, and it was gone! ”

Tao Qian was furious: "What? Even then Zuo Shang dares? If you dare to do this, I will repay it! ”

"Zuo Shang is just right, what's even more disgusting is that he has a Gong Cao named Xue Li under his command, who is extremely rude but undisguised, and prevaricates and perfunctory me. If it weren't for him, I would have been able to take some grain!" ”

"What a boy!" Tao Qian heard Xue Li mentioned, "It's just looking for death!" ”

In this era of emperor non-emperor and king non-king, I, Tao Qian, am the soil emperor of Xuzhou, and I am the heaven of Xuzhou! If I, Tao Qian, are angry, who in Xuzhou will not tremble? If I Tao Qian laughs, everyone here has to laugh with me! Otherwise, I'll let him die!

Tao Qian was furious, and urged impatiently: "Okay, Ah Rong, don't sell it, say it quickly!" He was also anxious to know the result, after all, it was about his own net worth.

"This time, I got a total of 126 gold, 2.9 million yuan, and 70,000 grains! I have converted all of them into gold, a total of two thousand two hundred and eighty-two gold, and I have secretly sent them all to the other courtyard. ”

"All? Don't you say it's okay, you also smoke 20%? ”

"Rong deeply feels the grace of the adult, and I won't take it this time, even if I respect the adult!"

"What's the line? You're also working hard, you have to! ”

Tao Qian insisted that he take it, but Di Rong couldn't refuse, and finally decided to take the five hundred gold.

"My lord," Zhen Rong said indignantly with small eyes flashing again, "I hate Naba, when he was in office, he abolished a lot of taxes and reduced a lot of tax rates, and some disabled people reduced or didn't collect taxes!" As a result, we have lost a lot of income! ”

"Oh, what kind of taxes are you collecting in Xiapi at the moment?"

"That is, some conventional, such as the money tax, the vehicle and vessel tax, the checkpoint tax, the mineral tax, and the city rent, of course, are indispensable for the mouth, calculation, and more necessary, but such important taxes as the cattle, horses, and livestock tax and the fishing tax have all been reduced."

Tao Qian said with a look of righteous indignation: "The abolished important taxes must be re-levied, Ba Yi is obviously violating the rules of the imperial court!" Some people deliberately violate the rules for the sake of some of their own false names, which is not right! Widows and lonely people have difficulties, who doesn't have difficulties? At most, it is really difficult to find a very few people, and you can just make a demonstration under the reduction! Ah Rong, do you say no? ”

"Well, yes, yes! The adult said that it makes too sense," Rong nodded like a chicken eating rice, "Listening to the adult say this, Rong is like waking up from a dream, and the mouth suddenly opens!" If there is no mention from adults, I will live in vain! ”

"Alright." Tao Qian was a little dissatisfied with his late enlightenment, and originally wanted to hand over the responsibility of supervising the grain of the two counties of Donghai and Langya to him, but he had to consider others to see this situation, and said quietly: "Ah Rong, I have arranged for a person named Que Xuan to pretend to be a bandit in you." Nowadays, there are too many people who resist taxes and oppose Buddhism, and some things are difficult to understand on the official face, so just let Que Xuan settle it secretly. Of course, don't let him make too much trouble, and sometimes send troops to pretend to suppress it, so you must cooperate well! Don't leak this, you just know it. ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! He slapped his palms and said: "My lord, this method is wonderful!" Those people never dreamed that the thieves we surrounded and suppressed were our helpers, and we could sit back and relax from now on! ”

Tao Qian's face changed slightly, and he said in a slightly mocking tone: "I heard Cao Hong say that you are very prosperous, and the Buddhist affairs are very expensive!" How's it going, it's a lot of gains, right? ”

How shrewd Zhen Rong was, Tao Qian's face was so uncertain just now, but he caught it. He was very annoyed by Cao Hong in his heart, so he quickly left his seat and knelt down, and said with a distorted face: "My lord, the small promotion of Buddhism is for more people to stay away from the Taiping Road, so he invested a huge amount of money in Xiapi at the expense of blood. The small one's heart for the adult is one day after another, except for the one at home, the small one really doesn't take much! ”