"I've seen my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Seeing King Yan coming, Li Xiao hurriedly clenched his fists.

It seems that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are very concerned about me, and on the first day of taking office, I came to see me.

I guess I want to see how I am an official.

Li Xiao's eyes glanced slightly, and he found that his father-in-law and mother-in-law had a smile on their expressions, and he should be quite satisfied with himself.

"See His Royal Highness King Yan."

As soon as the guards brought by Li Xiao saw that there was still King Yan in the crowd, they hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

Hearing this, the people turned their heads in surprise and looked at Zhu Di.

King Yan?

The Yan King of Beiping??

On the field, the people who were fortunate enough to see King Yan, take a closer look, it is really King Yan!

"Grass people, I've seen King Yan."

With a shout, the people who were still kneeling in front of Li Xiao turned their heads and bowed to King Yan.

The few people next to Zhu Di were a little panicked now, and they asked King Yan to kneel down just now

"Lord Yanwang, the grass people have eyes and no beads, and they are offended."

The old man's face was bitter, and he hurried to clarify.

"That's it, don't blame those who don't know."

Zhu Di smiled and waved his hand, disapproving.

He originally planned to sneak a look and leave, but he didn't expect the scene to be recognized.

Since this is the case, there is simply a showdown.

By the way, another wave of good fame.

What was the most important thing to be a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty?

It may be that the feudal kings in different places think differently.

But under the influence of Xu Miaoyun, Zhu Di understood a pure and simple truth: reputation is the most important!

Thinking of this, Zhu Di waved his hand and said loudly:

"The people of Dong'an County, are you still satisfied with the parents and officials arranged by this king for you?"

Hearing this, the people present were stunned at first, and then their eyes widened.

It turns out that this domineering and good magistrate, the parent official, was arranged by Lord Yanwang!

It has long been rumored that King Yan loves the people like a son and is jealous and hateful, and it is true!!

He knew that the people of Dong'an County were not doing well, so he specially arranged it.

"Satisfied, so satisfied! Our Dong'an County has finally ushered in a good blue sky. ”

"It's been decades, and a good official has finally come, and it turns out that it's all thanks to His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Thank you, Lord Yanwang! King Yan really loves the people like a son! ”

"His Royal Highness King Xie Yan, it turns out that all this is a gift from His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Lao Yu is too satisfied with this magistrate, thanks to King Yan, I will kowtow to His Royal Highness King Yan!"

The people applauded, and as one people kowtowed, the others also kowtowed.

Today's magistrates, they are too satisfied.

In the past, the magistrates of the county were all bird-like, and they did not seek politics in their positions.

Protect the squires, fool in trouble, but don't make any big mistakes, everything is muddy, and the people are very aggrieved.

Now, this magistrate seems to have come to do something.

Although the new official took office three fires.

Judging from the style of work, there is something about this county.

The trial of the case is extremely fast, and a case can be tried with a stick of incense, and people can have nothing to say, such as the previous case of three people who owed debts.

When this situation was encountered before, the previous magistrate directly postponed, postponed, postponed

Then there was the trial of Boss Liu's case, and he directly beat the village tyrant of Huanghua Village for a period of time without reason, and finally lost money.

Although there is a feeling of bending into a move.

But this kind of "bending into a trick", the people like it, it's so happy, it's very happy!!

In the past, this kind of torture was used against the people.

But now, the magistrate is directly aimed at the township tyrant.

You must know that in the past, no matter which governor of the county was, he would not do anything to the township tyrants and squires.

These squires, the townsmen are obedient, know right from wrong, and will help the magistrate collect taxes and do things.

Therefore, these people are the ones who encounter the benefits, and they are also biased in favor of these people when they encounter things, let alone take them under the knife.

But this magistrate is different.

No wonder you dare to go under the knife, it turns out that there is a background of King Yan.

Speaking of Yan Wang

Many people have already reacted.

The magistrate just now seemed to call His Royal Highness King Yan his father-in-law and mother-in-law???

"Hahaha!!"

Zhu Di let out a hearty laugh: "It's good if everyone is satisfied, it's good if you're satisfied!" ”

Xu Miaoyun on the side smiled slightly:

"Don't hide it, the county magistrate in front of you is the son-in-law of King Yan, the villagers of Dong'an County, Dong'an County is the poorest and most dilapidated county in Beiping County, King Yan has been thinking about you in his heart, and he has thought about it carefully, and specially arranged his son-in-law to your Dong'an County! It's about changing your lives! ”

Xu Miaoyun said in her heart, this Li Xiao has so many ghost ideas, and he can definitely change Dong'an County.

Let Dong'an County not say that it has become the richest county, but it is also better than before.

The son-in-law helps the father-in-law gain some fame, isn't it too much?

As the voice fell.

The excitement in the hearts of the people.

Look, look!

This is His Royal Highness King Yan, who is still thinking about us ordinary people in his heart.

The people moved in unison.

Prostrate, prostrate, prostrate!

"His Royal Highness King Xie Yan, Princess Yan's gift!"

"With King Yan in Beiping, there is heaven!"

"We can live in the fiefdom of King Yan, and we are fortunate to have three lives!"

That's it.

In the hearts of the common people, King Yan instantly became amiable.

But Li Xiao was a little depressed.

What the heck?

Just now these people are grateful to me, and I'm enjoying it.

Why did you turn the muzzle of the gun in the blink of an eye?

Yan Wang Zhu Di.

You're really my good father-in-law

Wait for the people to see King Yan leave cordially.

Only then did he turn his head to look at Li Xiao.

Boy.

Looking at Li Xiao's eyes, it was like looking at fragrant dumplings.

Because King Yan said it just now.

This county magistrate can lead everyone to a good life

Li Xiaoxin said: Although I have planned to do this for a long time, I always feel that I have been calculated by King Yan.

Spit and spit and spit out.

But the case still has to be handled.

Next, Li Xiao continued to handle the case.

Cases that have accumulated over the past few years are actually handled quite quickly.

Because most of them are trivial matters, because it has dragged on for too long, when the complainant and the defendant are called, they have already mediated in private.

As for major cases such as homicides, no.

Because of such a case, the magistrate must handle it quickly, as for how to handle it, the public is unfair, and whether he has found a scapegoat, Li Xiao doesn't know.

After all, those cases have long been closed, and the cases left to Li Xiao are mainly some contradictions caused by economic disputes.

Ordinary people don't come to the county government to complain about everything.

Many ordinary people have never sued in their lives, and they don't even know what the county magistrate looks like.

Most of the things were solved by the respected old people in the township.

If it can't be solved, it will come to the county government to complain.

Most of them are economic disputes, because money will come to sue them.

In short, in order to completely solve these cases, Li Xiao spent three days.

For three days, food and accommodation were in the county office.

All the cases that had accumulated for three years were resolved.

During this period, it was also possible to be so fast with the help of Zhu Ningyun.

When Li Xiao was handling the case, Zhu Ningyun was studying on the side.

I have to say that she is very smart, and she quickly learned some of Li Xiao's little skills, and gradually, she was able to help herself.

After three days of handling the case, Zhu Ningyun also became preoccupied.

In the county mansion, Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao, frowned, and said: "Xiaolang, after these three days, I know that the people are suffering, and the people often fight because of a few eggs or a few fields, or want to frame others."

After speaking, she sighed: "These people say pitiful, pitiful, but hateful"

It's no wonder that Zhu Ning has such a feeling, because most of them are contradictions between the people, and they often make a big deal because of some small things.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "What's this, poor and treacherous, rich conscience, when a person can't be fed and clothed, what he can do is to desperately maintain this little thing in front of him." ”

Saying that, Li Xiao told Zhu Ningyun about his real experience.

After Zhu Ningyun heard this, she felt a lot, and dragged her chin with her slender jade hand, not knowing what to think.

In ancient times, the township fought back and forth, fighting with weapons at every turn, wasn't it all for the little rations in the mouth, no benevolence, righteousness and morality were as real as eating enough to live.

But in the future, most people will be able to eat, and there will be no starvation to death, so there will be fewer fights.

But struggle is something in human bones.

So it became a mutual spray on the Internet, but it was no different.

But at least he sprays people on the Internet, he can't spray dead people

Zhu Ningyun listened and felt that it was very reasonable, but asked again: "But those rich people don't have any conscience, and many of them oppress the people." ”

Li Xiao explained: "This is for the rich and unkind, of course, it can't be generalized, whether the mind is bad or poor, some poor people will have bad thoughts when they are rich, this is the problem of probability." Good people do not distinguish between rich and poor, they mainly rely on literacy, which needs to be learned and guided. At least if most people are fed and have a good life, they will be able to keep to themselves. It will not increase so many contradictions on weekdays. ”

Zhu Ningyun felt very reasonable, and said, "Xiaolang, how do you know so much, who did you learn from here?" ”

"Self-taught," Li Xiao scratched his head.

Zhu Ningyun asked, "Is there a way to make the people rich?" ”

Li Xiao said: "Of course there is. ”

Zhu Ningyun was overjoyed, and said: "Is there a way to make Beiping rich?" ”

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "The first rich lead the latter to become rich, starting from Dong'an County, it should be possible." ”

Zhu Ningyun took Li Xiao's arm and said coquettishly: "Xiaolang, my father said that let the people of Dong'an County live a good life, I will help you work together, okay?" ”

Isn't that what you think? Li Xiao nodded:

"Good, good, good, listen to my good lady"

I want to manage this county in Dong'an County.

Then you have to understand this place first.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.

So, Li Xiao called the county Chengmei Jiale.

When he led the way, he went to look around the land under his jurisdiction and felt the feelings of the people.

"My lord, you are amazing, in just three days, you have dealt with the case that has been deposited for several years, and the next official admires it."

As soon as Meixian Cheng came, he patted Li Xiao on the back, and then said: "My lord, you want to know the situation in this county, why do you need to go to the countryside, the country road is not easy to walk, and your shoes are dirty. ”

In the past, how could anyone know the county to go to the countryside, not all of them did things in the county office.

These days, I am busy with everything, but I can exhaust the people in the county government, and I have offended many people up and down.

Finally, the case was dealt with in three days, and Meixian Cheng thought that it would be clean for a while.

If you go down to investigate the people's situation, won't you make some moths?

Li Xiao frowned: "Less nonsense." The emperor also paid a private visit to observe the situation. As the parent official of a county, can't I go down and have a look? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the next official will take you there."

Meixian Cheng immediately came down.

In this way, Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun in a carriage and went out to the county office.

First, he walked around the county.

The so-called county seat is the name of ancient times.

The whole county center is a small town.

The outside is surrounded by a wall, and inside there are markets, government offices, streets, and residential areas.

On both sides of the street, there are all kinds of shops, inns, restaurants, tea houses, book shops, bun shops, butcher shops, and cloth shops.

In addition, Dong'an County, south of the city, north of the city there are two larger markets, that is, farmers' markets, which sell vegetables and livestock.

"Lord Qingtian!"

"Lord Qingtian!"

"Look, everyone, it's Lord Zhixian."

The magistrate's carriage wandered around the county.

The people recognized it one after another and greeted them warmly.

Li Xiao leaned out of the carriage, smiling, and waving slightly.

A kind and friendly look.

But the people know, don't look at the county lord so kindly, he treats the township tyrant very well.

"Sure enough, compliments can easily make people lose themselves."

Experiencing this feeling of being loved by the people, Li Xiao felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

This kind of satisfaction cannot be replaced by money.

It is a spiritual treat.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, money could no longer bring Li Xiao any satisfaction, and he had everything he deserved.

Beauty?

Yes!

is still the lord of the county, and she will still be a princess in the future.

Money?

The money Li Xiao has now will never be spent in this life.

Of course, the more money the better, and we must also prepare for the appeasement.

Name?

There are also.

He is now a viscount, although he is said to be the most crotch-pulling title, but it was also awarded by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Xiaolang, isn't it wonderful to be loved by the people?"

Zhu Ningyun dragged her cheeks, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, looking at Li Xiao's proud appearance of the spring breeze, and she was also very happy in her heart.

She likes that Li Xiao can enjoy this feeling.

In this way, we will be able to better govern this side of the people.

"Don't say it, it's really wonderful."

Li Xiao nodded and said truthfully.

"Actually, I've been thinking about what Xiaolang just said for a long time."

Zhu Ningyun groaned: "I think the people are still lovely, simple, and easy to satisfy, as long as they can eat and dress warmly, they will be extremely grateful." Xiaolang, you see, you have only been handling the case for three days, and the people of the entire county have a good love for you, this is the people. ”

Li Xiao nodded slightly.

And so it is!

After visiting the county seat, I then went to the countryside in the county to inspect it.

One day is not endless, and this visit is another three days.

There are thirteen townships below Dong'an County, which were not many in the Ming Dynasty, and of course not less, medium.

In every township, Li Xiao personally went into it and went to the people's homes to have a look.

After a week of inspection, I found that the villagers under my jurisdiction are really not rich, many of them have Tuba houses with straw roofs, and they can only eat two meals a day, which is still thin.

This is even poorer than his own Wanping County.

Li Xiao almost cried when he saw it, the life of the people was really hard.

Li Xiao investigated and found the issue of land annexation.

There is also the reason that the soil is poor.

Li Xiao frowned slightly, thinking about how to solve it.

"Huh?"

At this time, Mei Xiancheng sighed softly and said suspiciously: "Your Excellency, you are here in person, and none of the local squires in these places have greeted you?" ”

"Looks like that's true."

Li Xiao also discovered this problem.

Zhu Ningyun, as a "private staff", pondered: "Not only this one village, but thirteen villages are like this, presumably they have already united, right?" ”

Hearing this, Mei Xiancheng thought about it, it was really like this, and secretly said that it was not good, and said: "It's not good! My lord, I'm afraid that these people are contacting you privately and boycotting you. ”

"Don't be surprised."

Li Xiao laughed and said, "What can they resist me?" ”

Meixian Cheng said: "Of course it's a tax, my lord, if you want to collect taxes from the people, that's not something that we can do, most of them have to rely on the help of the squires in the townships, the most important thing in the county government is the tax, and the Beiping Mansion must be taxed every year, which is related to the performance of the adults." ”

"Political achievements?"

Li Xiao smiled: "Is political performance an issue that this official should consider?" ”

Ahh

Mei Xiancheng was stunned, as if it was really not a problem that Li Xiao should consider.

After all, his backstage is too big, and that is the son-in-law of King Yan.

What is the political performance, isn't it all based on King Yan's words?

"But my lord."

Meixian Cheng frowned and said: "Our county government can't collect taxes, and we officials are easy to say, but the expenses of those officials are borne by the county officials." ”

"Who says there are no taxes?"

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Taxes are to be collected, this is the foundation of the country, even if it is an official, it cannot shake the foundation of the country." However, this tax is not needed by the officials to help these squires, and our county government collects it by itself. ”

As soon as he heard this, Mei Xiancheng's face changed.

Isn't it a fantasy to collect it yourself?

It seems that although King Yan's son-in-law does things fairly, he is resolute.

But after all, I have never been an official, nor have I been a petty official like the magistrate, so I don't understand the truth.

Dealing with officials is no better than dealing with ordinary people.

It is very difficult to deal with the people, let alone the thousands of people.

There are only a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the county government, and people will be tired to death just collecting taxes.

"My lord, let me explain it to you."

Mei Xiancheng hurriedly explained:

"There are thirteen townships in our county, and each township has an average of five villages, which is sixty-five villages, and there are more than 100 households in each village!"

"In total, there are more than 700 households, plus the county, it is estimated that there are more than 1,300 households, close to 18,000 people."

"The taxes we have to collect include land tax, Ding tax, salt tax, water conservancy tax, and silk tax for people."

"This tax will collect wheat, silk, and money."

"It's okay to collect money, but it's troublesome to collect goods, you said that we are here to collect taxes, and there are only about 20 people in our yamen, even if we are busy all year round, we can't collect it."

"In the past, there were squires to help, and the squires helped organize people, such as wheat, to collect taxes in a unified manner, and bring the villagers to pay taxes in an orderly manner, so that they could collect taxes on time."

Mei Xiancheng took a breath and said a lot.

The purpose is to let Li Xiao understand that the current situation is very serious.

It is estimated that it was the last time he beat the village overlord and made the other squires feel the crisis.

During this time, many squires came to give gifts to Li Xiao, but Li Xiao disappeared behind closed doors.

This made them feel a sense of crisis even more

And this person is still the son-in-law of King Yan, and he can't move.

So they joined forces and wanted to let Li Xiao know their role.

Of course, it is not a threat to Li Xiao.

Only Li Xiao needs to set up a table of banquets at that time, and these people will immediately soften.

What is needed is an attitude.

Hear these words.

Zhu Ningyun was also a little worried, looked at Li Xiao and said: "Meixian Cheng is right, these squires are hateful, but the matter of collecting taxes still depends on them."

Li Xiao thought for a while, shook his head, and whispered, "I have a way to solve it." ”

"They want to make this official soften?"

Li Xiao looked at Mei Xiancheng and smiled: "This official is not convinced, I don't believe it, and I can't cure them?" ”

Hearing this, Mei Xiancheng felt his scalp tingle, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He knows Li Xiao's ability and is very smart.

But no matter how clever you are, you really have a plan.

Won't it be their turn to do things?

Tired, he still wants to live a free life

For example, the previous Zhixian. Well, that's good.

Li Xiao looked at Mei Xiancheng with a smile, saw his thoughts, and said, "You said so much, aren't you afraid of hardship and tiredness?" ”

"How dare you go down, it's for the sake of adults." Mei Xiancheng hurriedly explained.

Li Xiaohehe: "Don't explain, I see you, and who are the people in the county yamen, who used to live too comfortably and were lazy, and the official decided that after a while, the new system will be implemented in the yamen." ”

Yes?

Mei Xiancheng wondered: "What new system?" ”

Li Xiao understood the urine nature of this group of people, and accompanied him to work on the case for three days, which is already the limit.

One by one, they complained bitterly, of course, these people didn't dare to complain in front of them, and they didn't know how many times they scolded Li Xiao in private.

After all, with a fixed salary, if you can do less, you will do less.

Relying on these people will not be able to accomplish things, and this group of waste must be eliminated slowly.

Li Xiao's eyes lit up, and he said slowly: "The last elimination system!" ”

Mei Xiancheng: "??????!! ”

A private room in a restaurant.

A group of richly dressed and wealthy people sat together.

These people are the squires of the Thirteen Townships of Dong'an County. Push the cup and change the lamp, and the face is full of red light.

It is not easy to live so chic in the Ming Dynasty.

"Hahaha, it seems that the jealous and hateful county magistrate Master Li should also understand our use, right?"

One of them, a middle-aged man with a shy stomach, laughed.

He has more than 3,000 acres of fertile land in his hometown, and he still has shops in the county seat.

Because the son of the family was promoted, many fields were listed in the son's name and were exempt from taxes, and the family situation has been getting better and better over the years.

"You say, will this anger Lord Li? After all, he is the son-in-law of King Yan, so he can't be provoked. ”

Another merchant whispered.

"It's okay, we didn't do anything."

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "This tax collection should not be our business, we are not at fault!" Don't panic, when our Lord Li finds out that with him, he can't collect taxes from the Diao people, and he will know our usefulness. We don't really want to offend him, we just need him to loosen up a little, and everyone will give him the stairs, sell him face, give him good gifts, offer him, and carry him. In the future, our life will be better, otherwise, like the Liu family, small things will end up in prison, that is really troublesome, this is called taking precautions! ”

After saying this, all the squires present were very recognized.

"Zhang Gong is really a good plan! Take precautions, anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and think about everyone! Smart, no wonder the son of the family has been lifted, and there are smart seeds in the family. ”

A squire raised his glass: "Come, everyone toast Zhang Gong, we must work together, and everyone's future life will be better." ”

"Cheers, Cheers!"

Everyone raised their glasses.

Meanwhile.

Li Xiao's recklessness to eliminate evil and make decisions for the people also spread to the palace through Jinyiwei.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's ears are up.

(End of chapter)