Everyone chewed the poem with Qi Rong on their faces, and the family members had already brought the dishes with strips and plates. Yin Jishan and Li Wei worked together for a short time, and it was the first time to sit on the ground with him to eat, and when he looked at the "seat" noodles, there were only six dishes: roasted bean tendons, fried yellow flowers with green peppers, cold vermicelli, fried bean sprouts with red peppers, and only one steamed fish and a plate of scrambled eggs were considered meat dishes. Li Wei is a well-known bold governor, and his decisions in the officialdom are concise and refreshing, and he can't imagine that he is so frugal! Li Wei saw that everyone was stunned, so he ordered the dish with chopsticks and said with a smile: "It's good, what's wrong?" Mr. Wu has stirred up our eating and drinking, and he wants to punish us for drinking! Jishan, this is all my home-cooked food, please use it-Uncle Fan, fuck you, wrinkled with a bitter face, what's wrong? ”

This scolding, not only Wu Sidao Yin Jishan, but even Cui'er, who was sitting behind the screen and doing needlework, was also frightened - Fan Shijie is famous for his stubborn temper, how can he scold when he has been a two-term feudal official? ——When he looked through the screen, Fan Shijie was not only not annoyed, but his eyes narrowed with laughter, he took the door cup and drank it all, grinning with wine: "I haven't seen Wang Ye Yi in the past few years, almost sullen, and finally someone scolded Lao Fan-Mrs. Yuan is a sister?" Come, have a drink, I'm connected with Mrs. Zong'er! The originally dull and depressing atmosphere was washed away by a few words of ridicule from them, and even the long entourage who was standing outside and waiting covered his mouth and snickered. Wu Sidao said with a smile: "This sect is very flavorful. Coincidentally, my surname is Fan. Li Wei smiled and held the wine cup for everyone, and said: "You don't know that our brother-in-law can't eat if he doesn't get scolded for three days!" In front of the Long Live Lord, he barked as a donkey in Changchun Garden! It's so ugly, thanks to him, he also hit two loud farts with his mouth! Because of the past when Yunxiang twisted Fan Shijie's ears to learn to bark at a donkey, several people laughed. Yin Jishan said with a smile: "The donkey's voice is soundless, and the seven sages of the bamboo forest often come to their throats, which is an elegant thing!" Jun can be said to be 'no Han official prestige, a little Jin demeanor'! Wu Si said: "That's right! Li Wei took a sip with a smile and said, "I don't save any Huang Zijin." This Ershan I look at the idea of looking for trouble, you are a fantai, I will point to your donkey character to deal with him! ”

Fan Shijie snorted and said: "Don't talk about Ershan, Nian Qianyao is also sparse!" In such a rich province as Jiangnan, the fire consumption is only three yuan, and Li Wei is a Qing official! Looking at this hospitality dish, I was moved: it is worse than what a county eats! Just before I made Taiwan to meet foreigners, Yin Gong, we have already counted, and there are only 23 counties with real deficits. Something told this angel to just find Lao Fan, 'break the jar' left and right, and fall! As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from the page of his boots and handed it to Li Wei: "This is a list, all of which have been flooded in eastern and northern Jiangsu, and the production of Taiwan has been seen." ”

Li Wei took it and took a look, handed it to a family member, thought for a while and asked, "Did you look at my idea?" "Yes," Yin Jishan bowed and said, "I declare to everyone that Lord E has come to the province to review the deficit, and Lord E knows that he is serious." This time, he also specially seconded 30 accounting masters from the household department. Although there is no deficit in our province, I am a little relieved. Please write a note to tell the truth, if there is something, there is nothing-as long as it is the truth, we will supervise the yamen to take care of him in front of Lord E. ”

"Okay." Li Wei nodded, turned to the family member and said, "When you go to the signing room, please ask Master Zhao to open a list, exactly the same in duplicate, write half of the county names, don't write any of the twenty-three counties, understand?" A few people didn't know what he was doing, and looked at Li Wei suspiciously, Li Wei said with a hippie smile: "Don't ask, the secret of heaven cannot be leaked!" Lao Fan, you are unlucky enough, please fight in the ring, and don't want you to drop the jar. Check the deficit, naturally it is your domain reception. Be polite and thoughtful, this and this...... No skin or chaff (neither humble nor arrogant), don't ask him to pick out other thorns! After that, he got up calmly and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, don't be too cold, I'm just a man from a Huazi, and I can't afford to be generous if I want to!" - I also asked them to make two 'called Turning Chickens', I'm afraid you haven't tasted them - are they cooked? ”

"Called a chicken?" None of them had eaten, and everyone had stopped cooking, and a cook came over with two black things on a wooden plate. Fan Shijie's eyes were a little short-sighted, he took a closer look, touched it with his hand, and shrank it hotly, "Where is this chicken, it's two balls of burnt yellow mud!" ”

"There's a chicken in the yellow mud!" Li Wei came over, took out the wooden gas on the plate, and knocked it gently, the yellow mud wrapped in the outside was already burnt, and even the feathers were peeled off, revealing two white and bright chickens, and suddenly the house was full of fragrance, Wu Sidao couldn't help but applaud: "It's so fragrant!" Li Wei picked the chicken onto the big plate with chopsticks and said with a smile: "Brother Yin is a big family. Killing pigs and buttocks, each with its own way of killing—this is the trick I learned when I was calling a child—and the stolen chicken has no nest stove, and it is made of yellow mud, and when it is cooked, it is broken and the feathers are gone—it is better than anything else! He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Now that I am an official, I still can't forget it." But I ate carefully. Hook the belly out of the ** and stuff in the ingredients such as green onions, ginger, garlic and salt - you smell it! ”

So, several people picked the chicken with chopsticks together, all of them were crispy, and they tasted it in their mouths, which was soft and delicious, and the aftertaste was endless. Fan Shijie praised first: "Wonderful! Wouldn't it be better to pour some more soy sauce? Yin Jishan tasted the taste and said: "Such a delicacy must not be praised." Uh-" he thought, and said slowly:

Life is also its voice, and death is not buried?

Wu Sidao said:

In my belly, I will make a coffin......

"Good!" Fan Shijie shouted, "Don't be busy, I still have good!" So he laughed aloud:

Woohoo - bring the soy sauce!

The crowd burst into laughter, all leaning forward and back. Li Wei swallowed with a smile and said: "I don't know poetry, I think it's funny to listen to it, Uncle Fan has you-" When he was about to speak, a family member came in with a famous thorn and said: "Master of the table, Lord Orshan is here to worship!" ”

"Nope!" Li Wei was suddenly disappointed, stretched his face and said, "Go, say I'm very busy!" The family promised to turn around and leave, but Wu Sidao stopped: "Slow! He turned his face to Li Wei and said, "Don't be so petty!" He gives you a stick, and you give him a shot, which not only loses the minister's dignity, but also trivializes right and wrong. ”

Wu Sidao is like persuasion and admonition. Yin Jishan felt that although he was concise and reasonable, he was worried that Li Wei would not be able to stand it, but Li Wei made a grimace, squeezed his eyes and smiled: "The surname E can really disappoint the fun!" In this case, we simply met him together. Look at what kind of charter he is, the camera just acts - only wronged Mr. Wu and made you sit down. Wu Sidao also seemed to realize that his tone was too heavy, so he smiled and said, "You are on official business, what do I have to worry about?" Cui'er has already sent someone to move my family, and when she speaks, she has it! ”

"Okay, open the middle door and fire a cannon to greet you!" Li Wei hurriedly ordered, "The officials who called the council hall all went outside the gate to greet them!" As he spoke, he changed into a robe, put a big hat with a flowering coral and a peacock feather in his eyes, put on the golden pheasant patch suit, and personally shook off a yellow coat and put it on the outside, which was already a new cluster on his body. In an instant, Li Wei seemed to be a different person, the kind of lazy, casual and casual spirit was swept away, and he asked Yin and Fan to go out first, and then walked out of the hall with a bow to Wu Sidao. Yin Jishan and Fan Shijie waited under the dripping eaves, and when they saw him come out, they followed him out of the private residence step by step, bypassing the conference hall, and saw more than 100 civil and military officials standing around the Yuanmen, and they didn't dare to look at Li Wei. Fan Shijie looked outside the gate, Orshan was also full of hanging Ziqincha Lu book, and dozens of school captains stood in front of the green tweed official sedan chair with swords, hugging Orshan with a solemn and serious expression waiting for Li Wei to come out to greet him. Yin Jishan approached Li Wei and said, "Controlling the army, it seems a little disrespectful to take over the Qin mission to wear this yellow coat......

Li Wei didn't answer, took out the gold watch in his arms and looked at it, just after the hour. At this time, the sun in the west is like a blazing fireball, illuminating the earth and houses are waxy white, and the heat of melting and roasting people is blowing in the face, steaming people breathlessly. As soon as Li Weiluo stopped, he continued to walk forward, and then he heard three cannon shots, startling a group of birds hiding in the shade of the greenery fluttering and flying away. When the officials saw the governor dressed up, they knelt down with a dozen horseshoe sleeves, except for the slight panting. Li Wei pulled a placket, calmly shook the square steps out of the door, because he saw that Orshan was also wearing a yellow coat, he stood five or six steps away, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Egong is hard!" Please come in and speak. ”

There was no expression on Orshan's clear face. A pair of brush-like inverted brooms with a pair of eagle-like eyes under their eyebrows, their faces were full of knife-like wrinkles and motionless, staring at Li Wei for a long time before he stroked his white beard, as if pressing the anger in his chest, his cheeks twitched slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a sentence popped out from between his teeth: "I have a will, and I come by holy order!" ”

Because of the quietness, although the voice of this sentence is not high, it sounds very clear and stiff, with a faint sound of gold and stone. Yin Jishan, who was following Li Wei's left, shuddered, and all the civil and military officials pricked up their ears to listen to Li Wei's answer.

"I know." Li Wei said quietly, "I also have a will, and I also have a holy order. So treat each other with courtesy, please don't mind. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Please—play music!" ”

The drums were played together, and the tense atmosphere was immediately relaxed. Li Wei Ershan walked side by side in front, Yin Jishan followed closely behind, followed by Fan Shijie, according to the inspector, Yin Xiaoda, a big official of Shuntian Mansion, one by one sweaty and heavily clothed, returned to the conference hall with two Qin Messenger officials who were full of wrong thoughts.

"The emperor appointed me to preside over the Nanjing Tribute Examination. Tingji must have seen it before. The two sat down separately, and after offering tea, Orshan bowed and said, "The last time the adult visited, he was unhappy and treated the adult very slowly, I thank you here first." With that, he stood up and shook it. Li Wei smiled and looked at the officials standing in the court, and said: "The weather in this place of Nanjing is too hot, and it is common for the people of Hubei to come from the north and not adapt to the water and soil. We are all dogs who do things for Yongzhengye, how can we still be a litter, this one is at ease. The court sent it, the brother is with him, I went to visit, it was not for climbing, one to invite the saint, the other to want to know the emperor's will, is meeting the adult 'unhappy', back to the yamen my court sent also arrived. Today, Lord Er'e is visiting, you are the emperor's ear, I want to hear more about your regulations. These words were lukewarm, ridiculed and ridiculed, Orshan heard that "they are all dogs", and felt quite useless, but thinking carefully about his daily discussions, there are also words of "dog and horse labor", and there is really no way to refute it, he thought about it for a long time with a dark face, and coughed lightly: "Since Li Gong already knows the will, he doesn't need to rap his brother." I came to review the deficit, and I had no selfish intentions, because several provinces had falsely reported the deficit, and the emperor was very unhappy. I would like to ask for your understanding of this article. Help me do this well - there is also a confidant saying: if there is a risk of ending the short, you might as well say it now, this is not a big mistake. You know that I'm a person who has always refused to be reluctant, and if you find out, it will inevitably lead to the risk of burning all the jade. After that, he raised his face and stared at Li Wei.

Li Wei seemed stunned for a moment and said: "According to what I reported below, our province has indeed no deficit. I didn't think of the 'presumptuous' thing. I used the first bunch of dogs, and they didn't dare to deceive me before. But since Gong E said it, I can't blow your heart. As he spoke, he got up, took a big banana fan and went around it, raised his voice and asked, "Who is taking the liberty of inviting merit?" Is there any falsification? ”

The officials looked at each other, but none of them answered.

"What I'm saying - I don't dare to bully you, and these dogs don't dare to bully me!" Li Wei grinned and returned to sit down, "Duke E, we are rich in the world." I, Li Wei, am a notoriously difficult ghost. They—" he pointed at the crowd with his fan, "they dare not coax me!" He is so careless, and he is in stark contrast to Orshan, who sits in a precarious position and is as cold as a stone man, and Goshha, who follows Orshan, sees a lifeless Taoist face every day, how many have you ever seen such a feudal official? They all gritted their teeth and bowed their heads, wanting to laugh, but they didn't dare. These officials in Jiangnan had already been scolded by Li Wei, and they only smiled shyly.

"Master Li doesn't deceive the king, I can trust this." Orshan couldn't get used to Li Wei's ruffian appearance, but he couldn't do anything about him, so he sneered: "As for whether these guys are bullying Master Li or not, we have to wait until we check it." ”

"Just check, what's the way to check?"

"I brought a lot of good checkers from the household department." Ershan's profound gaze moved over everyone, "From the capital of Nanjing, from near to far, one state and one county are checked one by one. ”

Li Wei shook his fan and said with a smile: "It seems that Gong E is going to leave me Li Wei alone and check the accounts separately." I have to remind my lord, you just said that you want me to 'help each other', this is not in the will, the original words in the will said, 'Review with Li Wei, and do not have a little reluctance', so I am also a messenger! As he spoke, he looked at Ershan, and said slowly: "There is a reason for the name here, but I don't argue." Think about it, there are only a few months before the autumn season, and your main mission is to study politics, so go to check county by county, and with the dozens of accounts and flowers you brought, you can get the Year of the Monkey? Orshan didn't expect this illiterate governor to be so shrewd in his heart, and made an article from the word "Huitong" to level the identity of "Qincha", thinking about Li Wei's words, he still couldn't refute it, swallowed a mouthful of saliva silently, and said: "According to Lord Li, what should I do?" ”

"It's all Qincha, and when you see one, it's divided into half, one hundred and twenty-four prefectures and counties, you are sixty-two, and I am sixty-two. Fan Shijie's clan is in the yamen, and the veteran of accounting is not worse than what you brought. Li Wei smiled and beckoned Fan Shijie: "Old Fan, you go to the signing room, divide the name of Tongsheng County into two, disrupt the order, and twist two pieces of paper!" ”

Fan Shijie was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the intention of Li Wei's two lists, and bowed down with a smile and agreed to retreat. Orshan couldn't help frowning, and asked: "What are you ......" Li Wei slapped his thigh with a fan with one hand, and grabbed the air with the other hand and smiled: "Asking for food, although it is indecent, it is fair-let's catch lots!" Whoever catches which county, who checks which county! ”

"It's kind of child's play!" Orshan straightened his face, leaned back and said. Li Wei leaned over and said, "Child's play? Don't deceive, live up to the grace of the king, what's the point of child's play? According to your method, it is not child's play, but the messenger can't do it, and I don't need to use it anymore, so it's child's play! ”

Seeing that both of them were blushing, Governor Yin Jishan couldn't sit still, thought about it for a while, and said, "This is also a good way to decide." If the Duke of E feels that it is not appropriate, there is a better way, and it will be done. In short, the imperial court sent envoys, each of them to do it seriously, and there was no need to make a mistake for this. Orshan saw that Li Wei held the tea bowl with one hand, and knew that as long as he didn't agree with a word, he would immediately serve the tea and drive away the guests, and there was really no better way to think about it, so he had to take a heavy breath, muttering, and gritted his teeth in his heart: Wait for me to find out, even if there is only one county, and then settle accounts with you, a little called Huazi! was thinking wildly, Fan Shijie came in with two paper twists on a plate and presented them to Orshan and Li Wei, Orshan and Li Wei almost at the same time, one took a paper twist, picked up the tea bowl with one hand, looked at each other viciously, and held the paper twist between his fingers and drank the tea. Li Wei's Goshha shouted like a song: "Serve tea and send guests!" ”

"Let you be like a ghost and eat my footwater!" Li Wei dispersed everyone and returned to the upper study, as soon as he entered the door, he took off his big hat, took off his robe, sat opposite Wu Sidao, fanned his fan and said with a smile: "But Ershan's plaster paste on his body is really bearable!" Wu Sidao rolled up his sleeves and was making a book list for Li Wei, and he didn't notice Li Wei coming back at all, when he heard the speaker, he raised his head and said with a smile: "It's business?" Li Weiyin detailed the reception of Ershan, and said: "The emperor told me about the surname E, everything is good. I only thought that except for the fact that everyone who reads books is a bastard, it is boring - there is no empty county in the lot he took away, so I want to tire him and taste the taste of an empty bamboo basket of water. ”

Wu Sidao smiled and said, "That being said, if you don't study, no matter if the public mansion is full of foul language, it's a pity after all." Gaozu hated Sui He Wuwu and poured Wuwen, you have to read more books, wouldn't it be better to be a famous face for a generation in the upper study? Li Wei sipped tea and smiled: "Readers are too scheming, and they are also deeply troubled. In fact, I also read, I can't look like I love to read, I pretend to be stupid in front of people, in fact, I follow the reason, and as soon as I drag out the text, it's worthless to call Hanako. Wu Sidao originally intended to test it, Li Wei pretended to be naïve, he saw it at a glance, he couldn't imagine that after more than ten years of eunuchs, the city government was so deep! Thinking about it, he sighed and said: "Jiangshan is still wrong!" Let Hanako also figure out the emperor's thoughts, Tian Wenjing is the minister of aggregation, what about you? He glanced at Li Wei with a scrutinizing gaze, and lowered his eyelids again.

"Sir, you mistook Li Wei."

"Hmm?"

"Or, you also misjudged the emperor!"

"W-as for this?"

Li Wei didn't say a word, got up and paced a few steps slowly, staring out the window with crystal eyes, and for a long time, he only heard the long chirps of the big trees outside. I don't know how long it took for Li Wei to move his gaze to Wu Sidao again. His voice became a little hoarse: "Tian Wenjing is figuring it out, blindly pleasing the emperor." I don't think about it. For my move today, of course, Orshan will secretly fold it and sue me. Even Yin Jishan and Fan Shijie will also perform according to the truth - in fact, they don't know that there is a situation of indiscriminate invitation to merit in the cleanup of the Jiangnan deficit, and I have already played it directly, and there is the emperor's Zhu Criticism - would you like to take a look? He glanced at the stunned Wu Sidao, went to the top of the bookcase, took out a plain white fold from the yellow box, and handed it to Wu Sidao with both hands. When Wu Sidao watched it, the folds were all vernacular:

Back to the master's words, when I was not an official, I thought that the official was good, but now I really know that it is difficult to be a good official! Jiangnan is the richest province in the world, and the household department is running out of deficit. If you look at the real minions, I'm afraid that there are twenty or thirty counties that fool the minions. But the slaves didn't dare to fool the master, and they also wanted to fulfill the dignity of the master's spirit (instrument) and the slaves, so they asked them to report to the household department. The minions are still like this here, and the rest of the provinces really don't know! The slave thought that even if he was forced to pay off the deficit, it would be inevitable to have convulsions and hit the wooden clock in the future. How so? The salary is too low, there are too many things, the entertainment is too annoying, and it costs money everywhere, the slave is a second-grade master, one hundred and sixty taels of silver a year, Cui'er and the slave The silly boy has bean sprouts and cabbage every day, and he doesn't dare to tell outsiders, and he has to pretend to be decent. Last time, Cui'er went to Beijing to worship her master, Niangniang, and Niangniang rewarded her with twenty taels of gold and asked her to make jewelry, and her mother and son only had two tooth sacrifices. Watching the hairy boy gobble, the slave felt bad. In short, if you want to think of a long-term way, the officials are not poor, and there is no way to borrow the treasury and scrape the ground. Tearing down the west wall to make up the east wall, or being so poor that you are hungry to run errands, is not always the way - this is a little stupid idea of the slave, I don't know if the master thinks so?

When Wu Sidao continued to read, it was Yongzheng's Zhu Criticism, and he wrote meticulously:

On the 16th, I learned that I was overwhelmed with emotion, and I would never dare to speak like this if I was not a person who knew me well. According to the secret fold of the governor of Huguang, Mr. Wu has taken a boat to the east, and when he returns to Wuxi, he must pass through Nanjing. I once thought about adding money to officials, but the matter is big, involving the laws of the ancestors, and the officials are in a shortage of money, there is no shortage of alternate officials and nowhere to pay silver, and the Manchu flag people have a monthly silver, so they should "rise all boats", and once the situation is disordered, they will draw tigers and dogs. And tell Mr. Wu that Yunxiang misses him very much, and I also ask about other places. There is no need to return home, that is, to be sent to Beijing by the Er Department and placed in Prince Yi's mansion.

Wu Sidao read, a fine sweat broke out on the ground, and his face became a little pale: he didn't expect that he was "hidden in the city", a Qingke staff member of the governor, and he was still under the strict supervision of Yongzheng everywhere! Thinking about it, Ne said, "What does the emperor want to ask me?" ”

"Then I don't know, and I'm not qualified to ask this." Li Wei put away his fold, turned around and sat down and said with a smile: "The emperor still has Zhu Pi, you must rush back to Beijing before May 15." So you can't stay in Nanjing for long. The two ladies will temporarily live in my yamen, and Cui'er will take care of them, so you can just go with confidence. Wu Sidao groaned: "You let me pass the Zhu criticism, right?" Li Wei was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I can't be the master." But tell Mr. a word, the excerpt said that I set up a feast to capture Gan Fengchi and his crimes, and there are some court affairs, and the emperor Zhu Pi only said that he would ask you to enter Beijing, and he didn't say that he would tell you to see. The official body is not free, and the gentleman has to be considerate of the dog. But I guarantee that my husband is safe and sound, and you can rest assured of this. ”

Wu Sidao felt a little relieved at this time, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Not only is the official body not free, but you look at the emperor's words, am my people free?" This secret folding system, which is still my suggestion, is now binding me. In the past, Shang Ying changed the law, and the whole world implemented continuous sitting to protect the armor, and when he himself was in trouble to escape, he was taken as a thief, comparing the past to the present, and it was also regarded as my own suicide. Li Wei said: "I think this method is not bad. Some feudal officials threatened to take revenge, and if the officials disagreed, they would put people to death. The governor of Shandong dismissed the post of Jimo county magistrate last year, and within half a month, the Ming issued an edict down, saying that the Jimo county magistrate was a clean official, and he was immediately promoted to the prefect of Jining, but the governor was scolded a bloody dog, and even his private words were promulgated to the public - rectify the rule of officials, this is indeed a good policy - not to say anything else, let's 'do official business', the emperor consulted you, on this matter, what do you think should be done? Wu Sidao looked down for a moment and said, "Tell me what you think first?" ”

"I don't learn Tian Wenjing." Li Wei sucked his lips and said, "He is hard pressing, and the officials below are afraid of him, so they don't dare to come nonsense." Tian Wenjing is always going to die, and that governor is not his position, he will die or leave, and he will still be corrupt and scrape the ground. As far as the plot in Jiangnan is concerned, there are many ways. Isn't there a shortage of officials who are fat and thin? I don't care about the fat, I make up for the thin, I always want him to get by, and if he wants to be corrupt again, I will do it again, this is my purpose. Where does the money come from? A salt tax that I exploit from salt dogs. The land of Weiyang and Suzhou and Hangzhou paradise are all under my control. I let them go and asked them to set up wine shops, teahouses, and brothels, and attract rich people to visit. One is that these places can accumulate wealth, and the other is that these places are often places where big thieves accumulate and sell stolen goods, and I collect taxes highly, and steadily become the head snake of the earth, spending willow money from prostitutes to feed the officials who have no money and subsidize the thin officials. There is also a customs centi, I can also use a little. As long as I don't take the money myself, the emperor won't blame me. Because he took office and adjusted the sources and uses of funds for fat and thin in Jiangnan, Zhejiang and other places, the officials' reactions were prepared one by one, and they talked for more than half an hour, and finally said: "Anyway, I won't go to the prostitute kiln, and Cui'er won't eat this jar of vinegar. He laughed.

Wu Sidao listened quietly, without interjecting a word, and after Li Wei finished speaking, he smiled and said solemnly: "You are all 'methods', not 'systems'." The system must be able to be applied everywhere. Can you learn these ways from other provinces? Li Wei scratched his head and said:

"Nope."

"Tian Wenjing implements the integration of officials and gentry in Henan, why don't you give it a try?"

"He did that-system, I did it when I was a county magistrate in Sichuan. Or learn from me - now that he is implementing it in a province, his prestige will naturally be greater. Now that the emperor has asked me to make a move, I will learn from him, so Li Wei is still called Li Wei? ”

Wu Sidao looked approvingly at the arrogant young governor, set up his cane and paced in the room, frowning and pondering, for a moment, he suddenly turned around and said: "I'll give you two, you can think about it, but there is a sentence to put here first, if you don't agree, I won't say a single one!" Li Wei didn't even think about it, and said, "I promise!" "Okay, gentleman!" Wu Sidao's eyes sparkled, "One is called 'Spreading Ding into the Mu', you can't tell the emperor that it is my suggestion, and the other is called 'Fire Consumption into the Gong', you say that we are negotiating." ”

"Cheng, you say!"

"Spreading into acres is an equalization method." Wu Sidao smiled and said, "The ancestral precept of the Holy Ancestor that the Holy Ancestor will never increase has been implemented for many years, and some people have more land, and some landowners have less land - all the poll tax will be abolished and spread into the land. In this way, the poor pay less or no tax, and those who can afford to pay more taxes. Is it fair that the state has a stable amount of revenue - for example, you used to beg for food and pay the poll tax? - If you want to die, if you don't want money, you can't do anything about the taxman! ”

Li Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "I can take care of it, I should do it for Huazi to make this fold - how to return the fire to the public?" ”

"Fire consumption belongs to the public as a law to maintain integrity, and it is the rule of officials." Wu Sidao looked up at the ceiling, and said, "The so-called 'three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver', where does the silver come from?" It's deducted from the fire! At present, all state and county governments and roads are not allowed to keep fire consumption privately, and all of them are handed over to the prefect and governor. Divide the lack of points in the province into grades, and rush to the tired prefectures and counties, you give him more points, and if the lack of points is concise and easy to govern, you will give him a little less, that is, the officials who are waiting for the vacancy, and you can also get a little less profit - by the way, it is called 'raising incorruptible silver' - you take the incorruptible silver and it is still not incorruptible, you slaughter a few such officials, and let go of a few, why worry about the officials not being able to govern them? I calculated, the implementation of these two methods, coupled with the integration of the officials and gentry, only your two provinces in Jiangnan and Zhejiang can increase the treasury by more than 3 million silver every year, and it will not damage the national body or hurt the poor. Li Wei, what do you think? Li Wei slapped the table happily and said with a smile: "Wonderful! In this way, I will not be so poor that I can't even afford to invite guests - that's how to do it, go back to a few masters, and carefully consider it according to this purpose, and play the emperor! When he was about to go on, as soon as he looked up and saw a family member coming in, Li Wei asked, "Have you inquired about it?" ”

"I found out." The family wiped their sweat with their sleeves and said, "In this competition, Confucius from the Gongyuan carried the tablet parade, the Nanjing School Palace Yamen, and the entrance test for filial piety, the talented children in the city pretended to be Confucius, and three thousand disciples moved to the street with the tablet." Li Wei tilted his head and thought about it, and said: "You tell Yin Zhongcheng that the military and political affairs of Nanjing will supervise the Yamen Nanjing and produce the Jade Emperor - see who gives way to whom!" ”

Wu Sidao couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Which one did you get here?" Li Wei said with a smile: "Nian Qianyao entered Beijing in triumph, the world celebrates, and there is a race for gods here." Let's go to Beijing after sightseeing! Wu Sidao smiled and said, "You want to use the Jade Emperor to suppress Confucius?" It's going to be a big joke! The country respects Confucianism, Confucius is the master of all ages, with the respect of the emperor, the first emperor saw Confucius card also had to kneel three times and bow nine times. Not to mention the Jade Emperor, you can move out of the Buddha and Sun Xingzhi together, and you have to make way for Confucius - Orshan is thoughtful and upright, and has the upper hand! ”

"Niang Xi, isn't it bigger than Confucius?"

"Nope." Wu Sidao shook his head slightly.

Li Wei scratched his head, thinking about it hollowly, Wu Sidao saw him frowning and thinking hard, and said with a smile: "You don't have to think about it, there is nothing bigger than Confucius - this is a hundred operas to play, and it is not government affairs, what is the point of competing for the limelight?" Forget it! Li Wei said: "You have seen it, it is Orshan who wants to fight with me in the ring, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't give him some color," said his eyes, pointed to his family, and said: "There is - you tell the signing room to make a one-foot and two-foot flag, and only four words are written on it-Confucius, his father-see who makes way for whom?!" ”

Wu Sidao couldn't help but applaud and laugh, and said: "It is worthy of the name of 'ghost difficult'!" Confucius Lingzun called 'Shu Liang Su', just write these three words, where Confucius met him, he had to avoid the road three times! ”