Xiao Qiao worked hard all the way, and after getting Tian Fan's promise, she fell asleep, sleeping deeper than a pig!

The maid helped her bathe, wash her hair, etc., but she didn't wake her up. She slept soundly until the next afternoon, when she woke up.

At that time, Tian Fan was busy again, Mi Zhen and others took her to see Tian's father and Tian's mother, the old couple already knew the tragic experience of her family, and had infinite sympathy for her, and her appearance was pleasing, so the old couple cared for her meticulously.

Since then, Xiao Qiao has settled down in Tian's house. After Tian Fan got married, the west courtyard where he was located became his and Mi Zhen's residence, and the rest of the women moved to the original Tian Kun's east cross courtyard. Xiao Qiao's identity is special, so it is naturally not good to live with Hui'er and her daughters, Tian's father and Tian's mother cleaned up the embroidery building in the big garden behind her, and assigned a maid and a maid to serve her.

And Tian Fan, Xiaoqing and Hui'er began to arrange for saving people. Tian Fan found Liu Xun's information from the dark night, read it carefully and wrote it down, and after discussing it with Xiaoqing and Hui'er, they came to the same conclusion - with the current strength of the hidden dragon, it is very difficult to save people!

The strength of the hidden dragon was insufficient, and Tian Fan didn't want to beg Liu Bei, so he had to send Old Man Tang, Shi A, and Hui'er, all the three masters around him. Moreover, he found dozens of powerful crossbowmen from his own personal team, led by Tang Xian, who was responsible for assisting the hidden dragon to save people.

Tian Fan's personal soldiers can now be said to be Tian Fan's private soldiers, and Tian Fan will not hesitate to let them get into the oil pot. Among the members of Qianlong Qiang, most of them are the disciples of the original Tianfu, and a few are Shi A's friends in the rivers and lakes, which is more trustworthy.

Shi A, Old Man Tang, and Hui'er were reluctant to leave Tian Fan, and in their hearts, Tian Fan was obviously more important. But Tian Fan insisted, and they had to be smart.

Three days later, they rushed to Jiujiang in batches, and after bidding farewell to the last group of people led by Hui'er, Tian Fan temporarily put the matter aside and fell into busyness again.

The day after sending Hui'er away, after Tian Fan went to the general's mansion to make a point, he thought that he hadn't seen Mi Zhu for a long time, so he turned a corner and came to Mi Zhu.

After the two sat down with each other, Tian Fan noticed that Mi Zhu's face was very bad.

After asking, Mi Zhu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Busy! I'm just too busy right now! I am responsible for collecting the taxes of the entire Xuzhou, whether it is commercial tax or agricultural tax, so I am naturally busy. Also, the expenditure of the General's Mansion also needs me to check it! It was okay some time ago, wasn't it a drought recently? Heads of counties, ask me for money if you have anything to do! Hey, I'm so worried! ”

Tian Fan looked at his appearance, where was he sad? It's clearly happy to die! With great power in his hands and in charge of Xuzhou's finances, he has to be respectful when he sees him, who knows when he will use money? If you need money, then he has to check it!

Tian Fan was a little worried and said, "Big brother, this is not a way?" Look at your current appearance, if Zhen'er sees it, she will definitely die of distress! After calling Mi Zhen, Tian Fan also called Mi Zhu his eldest brother.

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "It's okay, just survive this period of time!" ”

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "No, this won't work!" You're so busy, you can't stand it even if you're an iron man? After a slight pause, Tian Fan asked, "Big brother, what do you think of Ni Qiu's kid?" ”

Mi Zhu smiled and nodded, "Hehe, that kid is good!" Well, I have the ability, my heart and eyes, I used to be quite stubborn, but now it's much better! What did he do, you ask? ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Big brother, I think it's better like this!" What about you, in the future, you will specialize in managing Xuzhou's expenditures and let that kid manage his income, what do you think? ”

Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a moment, and said: "It's not impossible, this kid is sensitive to numbers, who should pay how much tax, he knows it in his heart...... It's just that...... That kid is still young, can he hold people down? ”…,

He glanced at Tian Fan and continued: "You don't know, how difficult it is to collect taxes now!" Many powerful families either pay less or don't pay at all, which is sad! These people are all local noble families or wealthy families, and they can't be offended easily...... Hehe, don't say it's Ni Qiu, it's me, I can't collect it! ”

Tian Fan was stunned, he really didn't know about this situation, he asked, "Oh? Who are they? Commercial tax or agricultural tax? ”

Mi Zhu thought for a while and said, "It's mainly agricultural tax, and it's mainly the newly occupied land that everyone occupied after the invention of the Xuande plough the year before last. Taxes on these lands were not paid except for a few of us. As for the commercial tax ......"

After a slight pause, he glanced at Tian Fan, as if it was a little difficult to speak. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "In terms of business taxes, most people have paid them, and only a few people have not paid them, among them, the one with the most status is the Changwen family!" ”

Tian Fan gasped, Chen Qunjia?

Chen Qun has the first position among all the civil servants, and is in charge of the selection and appointment of talents. If you want to be promoted, you have to pass Chen Qun's level first! Naturally, there are people who rush to slap him, and there are many gifts. This person is indeed a little unclean hands and feet, most of the people who give him gifts can get a more ideal position, and if they don't give gifts, then they are embarrassed.

However, Chen Qun is very principled, he will not use key positions in exchange for money, and the official positions solved by gift-giving are often not much different from several competitors, and anyone can appoint them. And if things don't work out, he won't accept gifts. Therefore, in terms of the appointment and dismissal of officials, he has not had any major problems.

Liu Bei has known about his habit for a long time, but he has never made a big mistake so far, so Liu Bei has turned a blind eye. Of course, Tian Fan also knew it, and persuaded him several times, but unfortunately he always didn't change. Because of this, the relationship between the two is not as close as before.

Tian Fan didn't understand very much, Chen Qun had shares in several industries of Tian Fan's family, and there were many dividends every year, and his income was also the highest among Liu Beijun. Why doesn't such a rich family pay taxes? How can you covet someone else's gift?

Shaking his head, Tian Fan drove away the thoughts in his mind and said, "I'll figure out a way to collect taxes!" As for you, big brother, I think you better leave the tax alone. Although Zhongqiu is young and not from a high background, don't forget, he is the quasi-son-in-law of General Zhenghong, once he marries the Cao family's daughter, he will be a brother-in-law with the lord. In addition, his sister-in-law, Gan Youniang, is now fighting with Yide, and I believe that he will soon become Yide's brother-in-law. Hehe, with these two relationships, who can't let him order? I think he has a bigger face than you now! ”

Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment, and laughed in an instant. He nodded and said, "I forgot about this, hehe, it seems that I was too worried!" Well, in that case, well, I'll talk to the lord and give him the right to collect taxes. ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "That's it, let's talk to the lord together!" ”

Mi Zhu nodded and said, "It's okay!" ”

Liu Bei is there, it's not a problem at all. He also knew Mi Zhu's hard work, and he felt distressed when he saw his thin cheeks and sunken eye sockets. And he also likes Ni Qiu, a young man, very much, plus several relationships, Liu Bei naturally wants to reuse him. Seeing that Mi Zhu and Tian Fan jointly proposed this idea, he naturally agreed.

As a result, Ni Qiu jumped into the ranks of Xuzhou officials!

Seeing that Tian Fan wanted to speak and stopped, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Boguang, if you and I have something to say, don't have any scruples!" ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said, "Lord, what I think is...... It is not easy to collect taxes in mid-autumn, some people are obviously rich and food, but they still can't pay, so I want to ask the lord to give an order and ask Cao Liu Da, a thief in the General's Mansion, to assist him! ”…,

Liu Bei was stunned, of course he knew who didn't pay taxes, to be honest, even Liu Bei's property paid taxes, and others didn't pay taxes, so of course he looked at it! However, first, the tax that has not been paid does not occupy a large share of all taxes, less than one percent of the commercial tax, less than two percent of the agricultural tax, compared to the wealthy Xuzhou, there is no less, and he is just a little fatter! Moreover, these people who don't pay taxes are all people with status, and Liu Bei is not willing to offend them for that dispensable tax.

Liu Bei not only knows who doesn't pay taxes, but also knows that Liu Da can cure these people, as long as Liu Da assists the people who collect taxes, then these taxes will definitely be recovered! You must know that Liu Dana, nicknamed "Ghost Sorrow", is the most difficult character in the entire Xuzhou. In the past, when the next Pi order was issued, no matter who it was, as long as it was in his hands, it would be useless to move out of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu!

Seeing that Liu Bei was stunned, Tian Fan said: "Lord, taxation is the root of my Xuzhou's development, if there is no taxation, Xuzhou has no money, how can we talk about dominating the world?" We will have more places to use money in Xuzhou in the future, so we must prevent it from getting worse. If we hadn't invented the Xuande plow, then those lands would have been barren, and the big families wouldn't have been able to cultivate so much land, and they wouldn't have so much grain to harvest. Why do they only want to be cheap, not to give what they should pay? ”

Liu Bei smiled awkwardly and said: "Hehe, Boguang, after the invention of Xuande Plow, only your Tian family, Mi family, Cao family, Yuanlong family and a few other families have paid the taxes of those newly occupied lands. ”

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "Lord, these people are unconscious, so they can only use the law!" Now they just don't want to pay taxes on the newly occupied land, and if one day they find that they will not be punished for not paying taxes, will they not pay agricultural taxes from now on? ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Lord, some people just can't get used to it!" You see, even General Masahiro, your father-in-law paid his taxes on time and in full, so why didn't the rest of them pay? What right do they have not to pay? Without Xuande plow, they wouldn't even be able to harvest half of the grain, so how could they talk about the rest? ”

In fact, others don't pay taxes, Liu Bei is also quite angry, listening to Tian Fan say this, he had to say his real thoughts, he said: "Boguang, it's not that I don't want to accept it, it's really ...... I really don't want to offend the local clan! ”

Tian Fan shook his head and said firmly: "Lord, Shengmi En fights Mi Hat, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, the reason why they don't pay taxes is mainly because the lord is too good to them!" Lord, you are now the heaven of Xuzhou, the general of the Han Dynasty, so that many people can be frightened, do you still need to be careful to slap them?