Xiao Rui said: "Mingyue, you are so powerful, hurry up and guide me." You've seen so much, you must have seen something. How did I look at it for a day, ask for a long time, and find nothing wrong? ”

Qin Mingyue said: "Of course you can't see anything, these account files dare to be shown in front of you, and they have already made up for it many times." How can there be a flaw in front of you? Think about it, the imperial court issued an order that we should come over, this is a matter of the year ago, we passed the spring after the new year, and this has not been delivered until the summer, so long, these dossiers are still not good? ”

Xiao Rui thought about it: "Yes, but we didn't plan to find problems in the dossier. Didn't we arrange the dark line a long time ago? They have provided us with a lot of information over the past month. ”

Qin Mingyue lowered her head and took a sip of tea, this Bashan is shrouded in clouds and mist, and the quality of the tea produced is very good. She said: "Of course, when we go out, the dark line is naturally very important. However, the bright line can also play a role. Not to mention anything else, didn't Zeng Yukun and his party learn a lot about the officials along the way through contact with officials along the way? ”

"In the same way, the two of us went to check the files today, although they all made the files, but if we are careful and careful, we can still see the problem."

At this moment, Xiao Rui was interested: "What's the problem?" Why didn't I see it? What do you see? ”

Qin Mingyue said: "The number of these files, money and food can be matched. It can be seen that this governor is not only very capable, but also his masters. However, they don't have much oil and water to fish. Although the financial situation of the entire province has not encountered a famine or anything in recent years, it is less than one-third of the tax paid by Jiangnan Province. If there are fewer taxes, there will be a lot less money for natural fire. The various gray incomes that officials should get are much less. ”

Xiao Rui listened carefully.

Qin Mingyue continued: "When you see money and grain, you know that Ba Province, in fact, the main income is the income from farmland. Ba is a large agricultural province. Although this place is mostly mountainous. However, there are still a large number of basins scattered between the mountains. The Han people and the people of the hundred tribes cultivated in the basin. Ba Province has always been a relatively wild place. There are very few famous readers. The number of people and jinshi here is obviously much less than that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As a result, the income from the field tax is more than that in Jiangnan and other places. ”

Xiao Rui was surprised and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Qin Mingyue said: "This is one of the contents I want to reform in the future." The country raised a group of waste. These Confucian scholars, once the imperial examination began, did not have to pay taxes, and naturally some people took refuge in the fields and put them in the name of the scholars, and then evaded the taxes. After becoming a jinshi, you can harvest more fields. There are also some businesses and shops, as long as they are in the name of the Jinshi masters, they do not have to pay taxes. In this way, how much less money and food are we paid in the big week? ”

"Jiangnan and other places, Zhili and other places, the style of writing is very prosperous, so, lifting people, Jinshi is as much as a cow's hair, although the commerce and agriculture there are very developed, but the tax payment rate there is not high. There are few places in Ba Province, and there are many mountainous areas, and although the annual income of those lands in the basin is less, because there are fewer literati, the collection rate of this tax is still relatively high. ”

"Of course, it is not only the Confucian scholars, but also a large number of Taoist gates, the state stipulates that the land and shops of the Taoist gate are also exempt from paying taxes, which makes many Taoist temples a large number of enclosures, so rich that they raise some bastards. I'm also going to clean up the door on a large scale in the future. ”

Xiao Rui said: "Well, I understand this truth. My father also often talked about this issue. He also wants to reform, but there are too many layers involved in this matter. Just because my father wanted to reform the matter of scholars, he already felt that it was very difficult, and the obstruction was too great. What's more, you want to add the matter of the Daomen? ”

"Mingyue, in the future, even if you are a national teacher, you can't compete with the people of the world? Look at all the dynasties and dynasties, which of the courtiers who carried out reforms got a good end? ”

Qin Mingyue smiled when she saw Xiao Rui's earnest appearance and said, "I didn't say to do it now?" Didn't say it, just come to the tip of the needle to Mai Mang? I've got a plan, and I'm going to figure it out. This life is very long, as long as I don't make mistakes like in my previous life, I won't die along, so if I live a long life like my master, I will be in the position of national teacher for nearly sixty years. That's not enough time for me to reform slowly? ”

Xiao Rui thought about it too. He originally wanted to continue to persuade, but after thinking about it, not only would Qin Mingyue's lifespan be very long, but he would also have a long lifespan when he became a martial artist in the future, so he would simply accompany Mingyue himself.

Xiao Rui made up his mind, and no longer persuaded him, but continued to ask: "Mingyue, what else do you see from the file?" ”

Qin Mingyue said: "From the money and grain files, we can see that Ba Province has had good weather in recent years, the warehouses are full, and the price of grain is low. The lives of the common people can still make ends meet. But there is no talk of wealth. There is no business here, and basically the villages are self-sufficient, so in this case, where can commerce prosper? ”

"We'll talk about that later. This Wang Meiren of Ba Province is also a smart one. He may have seen that there is too much grain in Ba Province, which is surrounded by mountains and has only one waterway to the outside, so it is very difficult to transport food. Simply, he was here, encouraging the local merchants, the families to make a lot of wine. Winemaking is the most consuming of food. When the family makes wine, it is inevitable to buy a large amount of grain, so as not to hurt the peasants. It did a good thing. ”

"In this part of Ba Province, there are many people of all ethnic groups. They have a bold temperament and are very fond of drinking. At yesterday's banquet, you can see that they not only like to drink, but also like to worship those who can drink. So, the wine here is selling well. It has brought a lot of benefits to commercial tax. In addition, the climate here in Ba Province is humid, there are many mountains, and the wine here is fermented, and the taste is very special, and it has been a place to produce famous wine in ancient times. Therefore, whenever the wine in Ba Province is shipped out, the market is very good. This is also a good income for the eight major families and the province of Ba. ”

Xiao Rui listened with relish. It's really embarrassing for Qin Mingyue, who actually saw so many things from yesterday's file.