Under the persuasion of Mo Jun, Fu Nian finally agreed and became a teacher in Mo Mansion.

During this time, there was already a shortage of people in Mofu.

Since Mo Jun gained a firm foothold in Xianyang, more than 300 orphans who were originally fostered in the Nanjun orphanage have all been transferred to Xianyang and Hanzhong one after another.

These are the teams that Mo Jun plans to cultivate by himself in the future.

Now it's not like before, as Mo Jun's status gradually improves, there are more and more eyes staring at him.

Nets, hundreds of schools, spies of the Six Kingdoms, and opponents of the court······

Needless to say, later.

Even if it was the group of 'doormen' recruited by Mo Jun before, how many of them were spies sent by other forces, Mo Jun himself did not know.

Mo Jun didn't think about investigating this, mainly because it was unnecessary.

Because these people are destined not to be included in Mo Jun's 'core team' in the future.

To be exact.

Even in today's Mo Mansion, there are only a few people who are really regarded as the 'core team' by Mo Jun.

Xiong Daxiong II, Medicine Ghost Three Master and Apprentice, Black Feather, Jian Jiuyuan, Jian Ling'er, and Jin Peng.

Others, including Zhanqin, Zhu Yeqing, Jiujian Idiot, and Moon Girl in Nanjun, have not yet fully gained Mojun's trust.

It's not about ability, character, character.

The main thing is 'loyalty' and 'stance'.

Although Zhanqin and Yuenu seem to have sworn allegiance to Mojun now, one of these two still has the shadow of Yingzheng behind them, and the other is from a Yin and Yang family, and their intentions are still unknown.

Even if they are really loyal to Mo Jun now, the position they are in under their feet is difficult to guarantee that it will not interfere with the two of them making bad judgments in the future.

Compared with.

Now Zhu Yeqing and Jiujian Idiot, who don't seem to have a very close relationship with Mo Jun, are actually more trusted by Mo Jun.

Those temporary recruits of 'doormen', Mo Jun can not care.

Because they can't access the core secrets of the Mo Mansion, even if they betray Mo Jun one day in the future, it won't cause him much loss.

But now this newly built [Hanzhong Mo Mansion] is different, this new Mo Mansion is the place where Mo Jun is preparing to build a base camp in the future, so even if it is a guard and a subordinate, it must be a person trusted by Mo Jun.

And now it is obviously unrealistic to want to recruit so many loyal people from the outside world.

Only Mo Jun cultivates himself.

In this case, the orphans who were rescued by Mo Jun from the 'meat pools' of the major families in Nanjun at the beginning, and then no one was willing to claim them, naturally became the best seeds.

But at this time, another problem arises.

That is, Mo Jun can't find a suitable 'teacher'.

The teacher of the 'martial arts class' is easy to find, and now the sword Jiuyuan, Zhu Yeqing, and the wine sword idiot in the Mo Mansion can all play the role of teachers.

But the teacher of the "Wendao class" is a bit troublesome.

It's not that I can't find it, it's mainly that the people I found are not very satisfied with Mojun.

Most of the teachers of the 'Wendao class' who were found from outside were young people with innocent backgrounds, and they hadn't learned well yet, let alone taught others.

But those famous and promising celebrities, Mo Jun investigated a little, and found that there were always a few unclear places in the identity and origin of these people.

As a last resort.

In today's Wendao class, Mo Jun had no choice but to let the two apprentices of the medicine ghost make a temporary cameo.

But Poria and red dates are from doctors after all, and it is okay to teach these children some basic knowledge, but if they are taught a little deeper, or a little more broadly, it will be a little difficult for him.

Therefore, during this time, Mo Jun was having a headache about the teacher candidate for the 'Wendao class'.

And at this very moment.

Fu Nian appeared.

This contemporary Confucian elder brother, the future head of the Little Sage Village, is naturally easy to teach a group of children with his knowledge.

What's more, Fu Nian's character is worth protecting.

Even if he is not loyal to Mo Jun now, Mo Jun is not worried that he will mix any private goods in the process of teaching his students.

Such a 'good teacher', how could Mo Jun let him run away.

The only pity is that the six-fingered black man said that he wanted to go to all parts of Hanzhong, and he was unwilling to stay.

Otherwise, Mo Jun originally planned to leave a place for him in Mo Mansion!

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Early October.

Mojun returned to Xianyang.

There are two major sacrifices in the Qin State every year, which are the [Spring Festival] before spring planting, and pray to the heavens that this year's sowing will be smooth and the wind and rain will be smooth.

and the [Autumn Festival] after the autumn harvest, with five grains and six animals to worship God, as a return gift for this year's wind and rain.

In previous years, these two major sacrifices were major events in the Qin State.

It's just that this year is a little more lively, because this year is the first time that the 'new grain variety' has matured after the promotion of Qin, and this year's year is really good.

As early as a few days ago.

Ying Zheng and Mo Jun, the internal history of Su Zhisu, have received good news about the grain harvest in various places one after another.

Therefore, before this year's [Autumn Festival], Yingzheng also held a rare court meeting, convened hundreds of civil and military officials, and planned to announce the good news, so that everyone could be happy.

"Mo Qing, read it!"

On the throne, Yingzheng spoke.

"No!"

Mo Jun was in the forefront of the civil officials, took a step, and then took out a bamboo slip, first glanced at the ministers below, and then spoke: "Since the promotion of the Great Qin [First Generation Improved Rice Seed], it has been blessed by the emperor and queen of heaven, the wind and rain are smooth, and the grain is ripe everywhere. ”

"As of yesterday, counties and counties in various parts of the Qin State have collected a total of 16.72 million stone ······ in grain taxes."

Hearing this number, even if he had expected it before, Ying Zheng couldn't help but be startled, but then his serious face couldn't help but show a little excitement and surprise.

And the faces of the ministers below also showed smiles and joy.

Just as the courtiers wanted to speak in unison, taking advantage of the good news to pat Yingzheng's ass, they only heard Mo Jun continue to speak:

"Among them, Ba County collected 4.2 million stones, Shu County collected 4 million stones, Nan County collected 3.2 million stones, Hanzhong County collected 1.67 million stones, and Xianyang County collected 900,000 stones······

As Mo Jun reported the specific amounts of taxes in various places one by one, the expressions on the faces of many of the civil and military officials who had just shown joy suddenly froze.

And the excitement on Ying Zheng's face also quickly dissipated, and turned a little more cold.

Although Ying Zheng also got the news of the 'Great Harvest of the World' before, the specific amount is not clear, after all, even if Ying Zheng now manages the Qin State in a centralized way and completely concentrates all the power in his own hands, he will not even have to do things like calculating data himself.

But after hearing the specific data reported by Mo Jun today, Ying Zheng instantly sensed that something was wrong.

This year is good.

If it were a previous year, in a year like this, the annual grain tax of the Qin State would be about eight million stones.

As the granary of the Qin State, the land of Bashu collects the most grain every year, and in good years, it can generally collect 3.67 million stone of grain.

This year, the 'new grain species' were changed, and a lot of new fields were reclaimed with Quyuan ploughs, so the grain tax in the land of Bashu this year added up to 8.2 million stones, and there was no problem.

But then the grain tax in the other counties, the problem is bigger than the other.

The first is South County.

Nanjun has a vast area, although it does not have as fertile fields as the land of Bashu, but there are plenty of water resources, so in previous years, it was also a large grain tax in the Qin State.

Under normal circumstances, the annual grain tax in Nanjun is about 1 million stones.

And even if the 'new grain varieties' are changed this year, and some new fields are reclaimed with the Quyuan plow, the grain tax in Nanjun this year can be regarded as 2.23 million stones.

However, this year, the tax revenue of South County is an extra million stone out of thin air.

Where did this million-stone grain come from?

What's even more outrageous is Hanzhong County.

Although the terrain of Hanzhong is flat and the fields are quite fertile, the area of Hanzhong County is very small, so the average grain tax in previous years was about 500,000 stones.

This year, even if we change to 'new grain varieties' and cultivate some new fields, we can pay a grain tax of more than 1 million stones, which is already quite good.

But now Hanzhong has actually paid 1.6 million stone grain taxes.

To know.

Hanzhong County is now the actual fief of Mojun, and Mojun has preferential tax payments, others need to pay 30% of the tax, but Hanzhong only needs to pay 20%.

The remaining one percent belongs to Mojun, the fiefdom lord, which can be regarded as one of the 'annual salaries' that Yingzheng gave to Mojun.

In other words.

This year, Hanzhong actually paid 2.4 million stone in grain tax.

That's 1.4 million more than normal.

With so much food, it is naturally impossible to conjure it out of thin air.

Then there is only one explanation left.

That is, when Nanjun and Hanzhong paid grain taxes in previous years, they themselves evaded a large amount of grain taxes, and this year's extra grain out of thin air is itself the part that should have been paid before.

As for why only the grain tax in Hanzhong and Nanjun will be exposed this year.

The reason is simpler.

Because the two places have one thing in common, that is, they have been in both places, and each of them has set off a massacre of astonishing scale, purging a large number of old nobles and landlords.

Besides.

There is also a huge problem with the total amount of grain taxes paid by the counties.

This year, the total grain tax collected in the whole country is 16.72 million stones, but the grain taxes in Bashu, Nanjun, and Hanzhong have added up to about 13 million stones.

In other words.

The Qin State was left with Beidi County, Shang County, and Longxi County, including Xianyang······· The total grain tax of six or seven counties is only more than three million stones.

Originally, this data was not a big problem, after all, Xianyang, Beidi County, and Shangjun were ······ These counties are all located north of the Qinling Mountains, and the terrain and climate are not suitable for rice cultivation.

So the 'new rice seeds' don't play a big role in these places.

Therefore, the grain tax of these counties this year is generally only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of stones more than in previous years, which is completely normal.

However, now, when the data of Hanzhong County and Nanjun exploded, the data of several other counties that were originally normal fell into Yingzheng's eyes, and suddenly became abnormal.

After Mo Jun finished speaking.

The entire court suddenly fell silent.

Time.

I don't know how many people below the court showed unkind glances towards Mo Jun, after all, Mo Jun's move can be said to have revealed a lot of unspoken rules hidden in the shadows.

Changping Jun, who was not far away, saw this scene, although the expression on his face did not change, but there was also a sneer in the depths of his eyes.

In his opinion, Mo Jun's move today is completely death.

Evading grain taxes, now the Qin State does not know how many dignitaries and nobles are doing, Mo Jun uncovered this fig leaf today, and it can almost be said that he has offended at least seventy percent of the officials in the entire court.

And Mo Jun in front of him was a little helpless in his heart in the face of the cold eyes of these officials.

In fact, he didn't want to offend these people, but there was no way, who made him make a great contribution soon!

If he doesn't hurry up and train a few opponents for himself in the court, what if the credit is too great at that time, Ying Zheng feels that he can't restrain himself and gives himself a cup of poisonous wine?

Although Mo Jun will definitely not be caught at that time, he will not be able to abandon these glory and wealth that he has finally obtained, and Mo Jun will not be reluctant!

So after thinking about it, since no one in the court can fight against him now, it is better to take the initiative to cultivate a few opponents to play with him.

Anyway, now Mo Jun is not afraid of overturning.

After all, he is now in the general trend, unless Yingzheng shows off his brains, he will inevitably protect Mojun.

Even if it's a step back.

Even if it really ends up playing off.

With Mo Jun's current strength, and Jin Peng has grown up, even if he finally gets rid of it, the big deal is to pull his own team, ride Jin Peng, and travel around the world single-handedly.

So, it's not a big problem.

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(End of chapter)