The middle-aged official's name is Zhang Tingyan, who is a grain book from the county government of Wu County, and he is also the person who is the direct descendant of the Anle Tang community and gives the community food.

If you feel like a modern person, the word grain book sounds like a turtle.

But in the Ming Dynasty, the word "grain" in the grain book is not only grain, but also refers to money and grain, that is, the synonym for taxes.

Therefore, the meaning of the grain book is that the scribe who is responsible for tax collection also has the power to divide the tax class of the field.

In the affairs of the local yamen, money and grain are the first priority. Especially in the Jiangnan region, the largest source of wealth for the imperial court, money and grain are the top priority in all work, which is directly related to the eating, drinking and Lazar of the imperial court and the palace.

It is important enough to separate a grain section from the six rooms in the county government to be responsible for the collection of money and grain.

The grain clerk is called the grain book, and he is definitely a powerful figure in the county, and he is considered to be the top level in the class of county officials.

The site of Anle Hall is in the area under the jurisdiction of Zhang Liangshu.

Zhang Liangshu's treatment was really different, after sitting on the chairman, he directly served with two powdered heads, and brought a copper basin to serve Zhang Liangshu to wash his face and wash his hands.

Lu Yibin, the hall master of Anle Hall, said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, look, that Heyi Hall doesn't take you seriously, Mr. at all, and dares to be late today!" ”

Zhang Liangshu put down his handkerchief and said coldly: "Don't talk about Naheyitang first, let's talk about the problem of your Anle Hall first!"

When will you pay the one hundred and five taels of gold and silver, the eight hundred and eighty stone grain, the seven hundred and twenty-two taels of silver, and the eighty-four stone white grain that you owe last year? ”

Lin Tailai, who was preparing to learn knowledge with the five-dollar grade pink-headed girl, was also slightly distracted and surprised.

The memory of this chapter of the grain book is very good, so many subjects can also be listed casually one by one, and there are really a few brushes to occupy the position of the grain book in the county office.

Hall Master Lu's face suddenly became bitter, "I didn't report the flood last year, so I owe two or three percent more......

Mr. Zhang, you also know that anyway, you are in arrears every year, and you are tired of owing, and it is difficult to collect the tax arrears of previous years from the households. ”

Zhang Liangshu patted the case and shouted: "I don't care about the tax arrears in previous years, and I don't care about the county honor!" The county only needs to make up last year's tax arrears! ”

If it weren't for Lin Tailai's inheritance of the original memory and a little understanding of today's tax knowledge, I'm afraid that he wouldn't even be able to understand these few sentences.

The connotation of "tax arrears every year" is that although Suzhou has the heaviest tax burden in the world, it has also formed a "tax arrears culture" for adjustment, and it is rare to have a real collection year.

On average, basically the Suzhou government owes about a quarter of the money and grain to the imperial court every year.

Over the years, the more and more you owe, it has become a mentality that you don't have to worry about lice and lice, so the master of the hall will say, "It is difficult to collect the taxes owed in previous years." ”

But there is an unspoken rule in Suzhou and even Jiangnan officialdom, if money and grain can be levied up to 70% of the prescribed amount, local officials can not be punished.

If there can be eighty percent, the performance of the magistrate is qualified; If you can collect it in full and even 90%, it is excellent!

The capital city of Suzhou is divided into two counties, Wu County in the southwest and Changzhou County in the northeast.

Last year, because of the flood, Wu County actually only collected 60 percent of the money and grain, breaking the safety line of 70 percent.

Moreover, this arrears occurred during the tenure of the current magistrate, which seriously affected the performance appraisal of the magistrate.

Therefore, Zhang Liangshu will say: The county respects the tax arrears of previous years, as long as they make up for last year!

The task was too difficult, and Hall Master Lu didn't answer, just sighed to himself.

Zhang Liangshu pointed to the landing hall master and scolded: "This is a task pressed down by the county honor, so I asked if you can do it?" If you can't do it, change people! ”

The second leader, Song Quan, hurriedly responded: "You can do it!" Can do! Anletang will do its best! ”

Zhang Liangshu's face softened slightly, "Don't say that I won't give you a chance, if you have the ability to do things, I will consider handing over the capital next to you to Anle Hall to take care of!" ”

When Lin Tailai heard this, he felt that the words and deeds of this chapter of the grain book were actually closer to the image of the club boss in his cognition.

In this era, rural areas were accustomed to using "capital" and "map" to demarcate land boundaries, similar to the concept of townships and villages.

It can be understood that all are townships, and maps are villages. There are also smaller units called wei, similar to production groups.

There are a total of 36 capitals in Wu County, and the area in charge of Zhang Liangshu is the first capital, the eleventh capital, the thirteenth capital and several other capitals, which are the heaviest grain books.

Another example is Lin Tailai's household registration address: Nanzhili, Suzhou Mansion, Wu County, Thirteen Capitals (Township), Wutu (Village), Luziwei.

The main site of Anle Hall is the thirteen capitals, and in professional terms, the thirteen capitals are "all the same".

And the capital mentioned in Zhang Liangshu, you can know how important the status is by listening to the serial number!

This Wu County is in the east of the thirteen capitals, adjacent to the Grand Canal, the range is roughly east of the Grand Canal, west of the city wall (Nanhao), and south of Fengtang!

That is to say, Yidu is geographically next to Suzhou City, and the two most prosperous commercial districts of Fengtang and Nanhao are also within the geographical scope of Yidu, of course, the commercial area does not pay agricultural tax.

This is the reason why although the first capital and the thirteenth capital are only separated by a Grand Canal, one is "one" and the other can only be "thirteen".

If Wu County, which is in the same city of the prefecture, is the capital of Suzhou Prefecture, then Wu County is the first "capital" of Suzhou Prefecture, the first township!

In fact, it is reasonable to say that this is the first township in the world, and no township can be more advantageous than the economic foundation of Wuxian County.

Lin Tailai understands based on his own experience in reading films that the nature of possession is almost equivalent to the unified "Yau Tsim Wang" of the Hong Kong film universe.

Obviously, Zhang Liangshu wrote a big pie out.

In the face of flatbread, middle-aged people who have experienced vicissitudes will feel uneasy.

Master Lu and Master Song glanced at each other, and they were faintly worried, would Zhang Liangshu be so kind?

And when young people are faced with a big pie, they tend to have their thoughts boiling.

The flatbread smelled too good, Lin Tailai was distracted again, stopped learning knowledge from the little sister of Wuqian, and couldn't help but fall into a fantasy.

If you take a local territory, and then further monopolize Fengtang and Nanhao, the two world's top commercial and trade centers, it is not difficult to become the richest man in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, with today's social atmosphere of decay and happiness, everything is opened with gold and silver, and thousands of silver are smashed down, what else can't be done? Fame and fortune are like exploring the bag!

If you can come up with 100,000 taels, I'm afraid that even the Wanli Emperor, who is famous for his love of money, can buy it! Even if 100,000 taels can't work, hundreds of thousands of taels will definitely do!

For example, give Zhu Yijun so much silver, buy a champion, and see if the surname Zhu is going to do it?

When the fantasy reached the extreme, Dr. Lin seemed to have entered the time of the sage, and everything became boring.

Because it's too tiring to do the truth step by step, it's easier to retreat.

Isn't it easy to find a way to hype up and become famous, and then take the route of celebrities and celebrities who don't touch the spring water with ten fingers?

Let's start by learning knowledge!

Lin Tailai put away his other thoughts, and no longer paid attention to the chores that Zhang Liangshu, Lu Tang Master, and Uncle Song talked about.

Then he stretched out his arm that was strong enough to run a horse, gently hugged the little sister of five coins, and asked gently: "Do you know poetry?" ”

Many poets who have traveled through their predecessors have started on such occasions.

Wuqian Xiaomei pretended to bow her head shyly, then secretly rolled her eyes and replied, "This ...... If a hero wants to talk about poetry, please go to the Eight Courtyards, what are you doing to make fun of the slaves? ”

Eight compounds? Lin Tailai's eyes lit up, this is the industry knowledge he wants to learn!

He was about to continue his study when three more people came in, and the leader shouted in a hoarse voice, "Ahhhhhhhhhhh I'm late! ”

You don't have to think about it to know that this is the arrival of someone from the Heyi Hall.

The leader was probably Wu Yikui, the hall master of Heyi Hall, in his forties, with a slender face like a knife, two mouse whiskers, and a hawkish look at wolves when he walked.

After Wu Yikui glanced at the situation a few times, he suddenly reached out and twisted the face of the five-dollar little girl next to Lin Tailai.

Then he sneered at the master of the hall and said, "Look at the women of you, is the Anle Hall no longer big?"

No wonder you, the master of the hall, are getting worse and worse, and you are not even as good as a little minion! ”