Han Mu does have a good family background, and there is no shortage of money in the family, but the money is not spent like this. He has also seen many officials from rich and noble backgrounds, and he has one thing to say, it is good if they are not greedy for money, how can they add money to it?

And the more wealthy the officials, the more they will collect money, Zhao has been an official for many years, and he has walked around between Jiangling Mansion and Chuzhou, and he has seen officials who are not fifty but also twenty, like Han Mu, he is currently the only one.

What Master Zhao said, Han Mu didn't think about it.

He asked directly, "How do you think we can reduce it?" ”

Master Zhao said with a puzzled face: "My lord, the official document of the imperial court has not yet arrived in our county, and I don't know whether it is reduced or exempted." ”

Han Mu frowned and looked at Gu Junruo behind the desk, "It shouldn't be, shouldn't the official document go to Yixian with us?" ”

Gu Junruo lowered his eyes and thought for a while and said: "It should have been stopped on the road, I don't know if it was stopped in Jiangling Mansion or in Chuzhou, I will write a letter to my father and ask the household department to send another official document, this time directly to Yixian." ”

Gu Junruo said: "Send someone to Chuzhou and Jiangling Mansion to ask again, and see where the official document was stopped." ”

"You have to know what went wrong," she looked at Master Zhao, "Master Zhao is well-connected, so he should be able to find out, right?" ”

No matter how extensive his connections are, he doesn't have these two wide, and even the official document can ask the household department to send another copy, and directly bypass the state capital.

Gu Junruo was also curious about the catty in tax reduction, although she read a lot, but what was written in the book was not so detailed, so she thought about it and asked Master Zhao, "Under the same circumstances, how will the imperial court generally reduce and reduce taxes in Yixian County, and how will the local area be subdivided?" ”

Master Zhao said with a puzzled face: "The officials in the court really can't guess that the emperor is different, or the grand duke in the court is different, and the plans given are different. ”

Even, the emperor is in a different mood, and the plans given are different, and the Zhao master book is just a small master book in Yixian, where does he know what kind of treatment plan the imperial court will give?

However, he didn't know the court, but he was very familiar with the place.

He and Han Mu Gu Junruo said: "The official documents of the imperial court are the official documents of the imperial court, and we only need to complete them exactly the same, but there are many operational subdivisions, and adults can benefit Yixian from now on." ”

Han Mu became interested, "For example? ”

"For example, if the land tax is exempted, then the commercial tax and miscellaneous taxes can not be exempted," Zhao said: "Or the adults are merciful, the commercial tax and miscellaneous taxes are collected separately, such as the Zeng family, the Yao family and the Yue family, then the full amount will be collected, and the other families, if the life is more difficult, will be reduced; ”

"If it is a tax reduction, all kinds of taxes will be reduced by a few percent, or only the lower households and the middle households, and the upper households will not be reduced, and so on must be carefully divided."

Gu Junruo's heart moved, and he couldn't help but glance at Han Mu and asked, "This lower household, middle household, and upper household are not immutable, right, should they be redefined after the catastrophe?" ”

"That's right," Master Zhao said in a low voice: "My lord, madam, our Yixian County not only wants to reduce taxes and let the people get through this difficult time, but also let the county government have both entry and exit, so that they will not borrow money to live." ”

"It seems that the rich people of the Zeng family, the Yao family, and the Yue family don't need to be reduced too much, so ......" he stopped immediately, and after a pause, he said: "Moreover, Jiangling Mansion and Chuzhou may still require us to pay a certain amount of taxes, so we have to have some silver and grain in the treasury." ”

"There have been floods this year, and the autumn harvest is gone, but we don't know what the winter harvest will be." "Now that the rice, corn and beans have just grown, it will take at least two months to harvest them, and if there is another autumn drought, then it will be even more necessary to store grain," he said. ”

Han Mu was in a trance for a moment, and looked at him in surprise, "You, then do you think we should collect how much tax we should pay from the gentry of the Zeng family and the Yao family?" ”

Master Zhao taught him, "You can't collect it all, but you can reduce it slightly, after all, they have also been affected by the disaster, and they donated so much money to the county not long ago." ”

Han Mu nodded approvingly.

"So this banquet, Master Zeng, they are asking adults about this, adults can reduce some first, they must be dissatisfied, and then reduce it slightly, if they are still dissatisfied, wait for the lower officials to talk to them, and then reduce it slightly, but one can be two, not three, so this is the last reduction, and then it will be decided."

Han Mu looked at Master Zhao with a look of surprise, and finally gave a thumbs up and said, "Amazing!" ”

Master Zhao smiled and said humbly: "My lord praises it." ”

"However, the official document has not come down, and when the official came, he only knew that the imperial court would reduce taxes, but he didn't know how to reduce or exempt them."

He thought it was all free, but how did he know that there were so many curves and curves in it?

Master Zhao thought for a moment and said: "Xiaguan can inquire with the Chuzhou side, but if the official document is detained in Jiangling Mansion, Xiaguan will have no way to inquire." ”

Han Mu should get down, and after sending away Master Zhao's book, he looked at Gu Junruo, "What you said is right, everyone in this county is easy to change, but Zhao's master book is the most difficult to change." ”

Han Mu was very curious, "You said, he came to 'convince' me, how much money will the Zeng family give him?" ”

Gu Junruo shook his head, "I don't know the market." ”

"Will he give me the money?"

Gu Junruo's eyes were rolling, and he was also curious, "See? ”

Han Mu nodded, "Take a look." ”

Han Mu agreed to participate in this banquet, but what he didn't expect was that they not only invited him, but also invited Gu Junruo.

Of course, it was invited by the wives of each family, in the same restaurant, and the Zeng family chartered the entire second floor, which was divided into two, with the male and female guests on one side.

The platform on the first floor for storytellers to tell stories and performers to perform was also cleaned up, and the Zeng family invited famous servants from Gangneung Mansion to play.

When the servants arrived by boat, it was the steward of the Zeng family who went to pick them up in person, and some of them sat in the car and played the pipa, all the way to the restaurant.

It was the first time for the people of Yixian County to see so many servants, and they still played the pipa so well, so they ran to see it.

The first floor of the restaurant was soon filled with people, and the restaurant no longer welcomed guests, and people who liked to watch the excitement gathered outside the restaurant, looking inside.

When Han Mu and Gu Junruo arrived, it was the time when there were the most people inside and outside the restaurant.

Seeing the carriage of the county order, everyone got out of the way, and immediately filled the gap after allowing the carriage to pass.

The carriage stopped, Han Mu stepped on the stool and got out of the car, and met the eyes of the many people who were staring at him with blazing eyes, he was quite speechless, and couldn't help asking, "You all have nothing to do?" What's going on here? ”

The people of Yixian County liked Han Mu very much, and they were not afraid of him, so they replied loudly with a smile: "My lord, now there are fewer and fewer relief workers, and I can't find anything to do, so I will be idle at this time." ”

"Yes, yes, the rice has been planted, the millet and beans have been planted, we really have nothing to do, my lord, find us something to do, it doesn't matter if the salary is less."