"To be in government, we must have a heart of love for the people. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the past dynasties have ......"

Zhao Jiaren sat on the chair and quietly listened to Chen County's speech in front of him. This calmness only lasted less than three minutes, and Zhao Jiaren raised his hand and signaled Chen Xian Ling to stop his official tone. As a result, Chen Xianling didn't seem to understand Zhao Jiaren's gestures, he was slightly stunned, and tried to continue.

Now Zhao Jiaren had to speak, "You, stop first." ”

Finally shut up this Chen County Commander, Zhao Jiaren felt that it was a wrong choice to let Zhao Yong accompany his wife to Fuqing. The old lady did not come to Fuzhou alone, she only left two old people in Quanzhou to take care of the house, and the other maids and maids all brought to Fuzhou. There was no shortage of accompanying family members at all. However, the reason for this complaint has nothing to do with the old lady, but if Zhao Yong didn't leave, it was just the right time for Zhao Yong to speak out and shut up the county magistrate.

The status is as high as Ding Daquan, the prime minister of the dynasty, or the next prime minister Jia Nidao, who is favored by the civil official group, or Xu Yuanzhi, the governor of Fuzhou who is not very high. The three of them have never played official in front of Zhao Jiaren. Li Yong, the county magistrate who worked together in Fuqing County, was a clever person with a clear mind, and he would only be official when he expressed dissatisfaction with Zhao Jiaren. Even so, only two or three times in three years. or Zhao Zhizhuo, the father who was called full of officialdom by his mother, also went straight to the point when facing Zhao Jiaren. When he scolded Zhao Jiaren, he was also straightforward.

Accustomed to the practices of these people, Zhao Jiaren was very dissatisfied with his cousin Chen Xianling. Zhao Jiaren's mother's maiden family is the Chen family in Fujian, and the grandfather of the new county magistrate of Fuqing County and Zhao Jiaren's grandfather are brothers. Zhao Jiaren never expected his cousin to be blind in front of him.

Facing his cousin who finally stopped his official tone, Zhao Jiaren said with a straight face: "Cousin, the three emperors and the five emperors and the sons have all slept peacefully, and we are just talking about the official affairs of the county, so there is no need to disturb them." ”

"This ......" Chen Xianling didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Looking at his cousin's nerdy appearance, Zhao Jiaren felt that he couldn't understand. The Chen family is a Fujian family, although it is far inferior to the Wang Xie family back then, although the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. can look at his mother, and then look at this cousin, Zhao Jiaren really can't believe that the two are actually from the same family.

Chen Xianling seemed to understand what Zhao Jiaren meant, and he organized his language again, "Zhao mention." Fuqing County was very stable under the governance of the previous Li County Order. It's just that...... It's hard to go one step further. ”

"Fuqing County overhauled terraced fields last year, and everyone's acres of land have increased." Zhao Jiaren knew a lot about the past three years in Fuqing, and after talking a little about the basic changes, Zhao Jiaren accentuated his tone, "These newly built terraces are planted with chrysanthemums. ”

What Zhao Jiaren did not explicitly mean is that there are more people in the county who take the initiative to repair terraces, which expands the base of flower sales. The scope of taxation has also been expanded. Even with Zhao Yong's earnestness, he could not receive money from poor people who did not participate in the flower planting operation.

"Exactly." Chen Xianling immediately picked up the conversation, "Those people planted chrysanthemums, but they were afraid of delaying farming. ”

Cousin Chen's words made Zhao Jiaren's eyes widen subconsciously. He was afraid that he had made a mistake, so he quickly explained: "The price of chrysanthemums is almost twice that of growing grain, and many terraced fields are not cooked land, so everyone is happy to grow flowers." ”

Listening to Zhao Jiaren's words, Chen Xianling couldn't help but shake his head, "This...... If these lands can be registered as agricultural land, it will be a good thing for the imperial court. The reason why the past dynasties emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce was that having land and grain was the foundation of the country. ...... year"

Zhao Jiaren never cared about those saints and the past dynasties. In the end, the science of the Great Song Dynasty did not become a system, but the literati had a bit of a madness of 'the Six Classics note me, I note the Six Classics'. 'I note the Six Classics' means that the reader tries to understand the original meaning of the Six Classics, which is a bit fundamentalistic. However, the "Six Classics Note Me" is the reader's use of the words of the Six Classics to explain his thoughts, even if it is deliberately misread. It smells of reformism.

Zhao Jiaren knew very well that the sages had died a long time ago, and there was no chance to raise the bar with them at all. Only those who live in the world are worthy of attention, such as this cousin of his. Zhao Jiaren originally thought that this guy was a nerd, but he didn't expect that this guy was not only stupid, but also ambitious.

Li Yong, a person with such a heavy utilitarian heart, only dared to choose to follow the trend in the end, and was satisfied with the credit of paying the county's taxes in full. This cousin is completely different, and it seems that paying the county's taxes in full can no longer satisfy his wishes, and this cousin seems to be intent on registering all the terraced fields opened by the people of the county and classifying them as taxable acres.

Li Yong only dared to think about this matter, and when he drank too much, he occasionally bragged that he had expectations for it, and under normal circumstances, Li Yong kept silent about this issue. If the land is registered as agricultural land, a grain tax will be paid according to the area. Under such heavy tax pressure, where will the people of Fuqing County still plant chrysanthemums.

Chen Xianling looked at Zhao Jiaren's increasingly ugly face, and his voice couldn't help but feel a little worried, but his cousin also spoke, "Cousin, you have earned all the credit when you were in Fuqing County, if I want to be a blockbuster, I need to make a big contribution." Don't you want to help me? ”

Zhao Jiaren turned his face away and didn't look at his cousin, so he held back the four '' and didn't scold. Is the cousin really the shrewd Chen family? Are you sure it wasn't picked up from a backwooded mountain where the devil knows nowhere?

Looking at the meaning of this cousin, he actually dared to expect to sacrifice the interests of Zhao Jiaren of Fujian Road Prison to realize the interests of his Chen County Order in Fuqing County. Zhao Jiaren turned his face away and didn't dare to look directly at his cousin. He was afraid that after looking directly at his cousin, he would really be unable to help but scold.

Finally relying on steady breathing to temporarily stabilize his emotions, Zhao Jiaren turned his head and said indifferently: "Chen County Order, you first pay the taxes of the past two years in full." If you want to make meritorious contributions, don't be in a hurry, if you can't be rated as excellent after paying all the taxes for two years in a row, then you are thinking of other ways. ”

Without waiting for his cousin to speak again, Zhao Jiaren immediately got up and went out on official business, and asked his cousin to hurry back to Fuqing County when he went out. When Zhao Jiaren, the county governor of Fuqing County, gave money to the people, the county of Fuqing County ordered Li Yong to stay by the side step by step, and try his best to receive every copper coin that should be collected into his pocket. It is such seriousness and hard work that Li Yong can be evaluated for three years.

Leaving his office, Zhao Jiaren went to Qi Ye. After asking for a pile of paper, he first wrote a letter to his wife, telling Cousin Chen's performance of 'not caring about the things that should be cared about, and thinking about the things that should not be thought about', Zhao Jiaren told the old lady to be careful of this cousin who does not know the importance of it.

After writing a letter to his mother, Zhao Jiaren was still angry, and he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to his uncle. This uncle is the cousin of Zhao Jiaren's mother and Chen Countyling's father. After writing about his cousin's actions in the letter, Zhao Jiaren suggested to his uncle whether to send a reliable staff member to help Cousin Chen make a judgment. Or if my uncle is free, he will personally go to Fuqing County to supervise his cousin.

As soon as I finished writing the letter, I heard someone cheering not far away: "Silver hook iron painting, Zhao Tidian is really a good hand!" ”

Raising his head, Zhao Jiaren felt that the middle-aged man not too far away seemed to have seen it, but he couldn't remember who that person was.

After the man applauded, he didn't look at the letter written by Zhao Jiaren, he stared at Zhao Jiaren and said, "Xia Guan is Cao Shaoqin, the judge of the Xinghua Army." took the liberty of being disturbed, and hoped that Zhao would forgive his sins. ”

Zhao Jiaren was in an unhappy mood, he pointed to the empty stool at the table, and said a word, 'Sit'.