Listening to Gu Zuo ask about taxes, the original governor was also very helpless: "Since the promulgation of the edict, I have been to Yizhou three times, once in March, once in April, and again in June. ”

"I know that the Lishui edict and the Yongchang edict have not been approved, well, our Tonghai edict is the same, what about the Montenegrin edict?" Gu Zuo asked.

"Nope. Yuan Dao Chang shook his head: "Last time I passed by the county town of Montenegro, I went to Husi on a special trip, and Zhong Senjun told me that they were still waiting." ”

"What is the reason?"

"In March, the Jiedu Mansion said that it was necessary to reduce the counties of Jiannan Province first, and in April, it was said that Xian Yu Jiedu had entered Beijing, and he would wait for him to come back, and that time in June, there was no reason, just let him wait. ”

Gu Zuo thought for a while and asked: "I haven't paid the spring fu, and now it's about to end the year, and now that the deadline for the autumn fu is about to pass, can you pay this year's money first?"

The master next to him shook his head: "According to the rules, you can't do this." The previous procedures have not been completed, and the certificate of tax exemption cannot be obtained, and when we pay the money, Jiedu Mansion will say that this is the money we paid for the first three years, who will reason with us when the time comes?"

Gu Zuo said: "I'm worried that after next year, the court will say that we are overdue, and there will be penalties at that time." ”

The master couldn't help it, but insisted on not handing it in: "If you pay it, you may pay it in vain, and then you will only pay it for one year, and you have to make up for the next two years and this year, and it's too late to cry." ”

Yuan Dao Chang thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll go to Yizhou again, and I'll take Zhong Ziyu with me." ”

Gu Zuo said: "Don't be reluctant to spend money, those important people in the Jiedu Mansion, try to get through, even if you can't give an approval, you can figure out why it's delayed." Also, it is to try to get the Jiedu Mansion to give an explanation, what to do with this year's taxes. ”

The original governor agreed, took 10,000 guan in his hand, immediately went to Heishan County, called Zhong Ziyu again, and came to Yizhou again.

Not counting the Montenegrin edict, the total tax exemption for three years is 450,000 guan, and if you count the Montenegrin edict, you have to add 900,000 guan, Gu Zuo guessed that maybe some people in the Jiedu Mansion wanted to knock on a sum, so they delayed it for a long time. In this case, spending 10,000 to open the way is something Gu Zuo can afford.

Yizhou is Shangzhou, and it is one of the largest Shangzhou in the world, with a population of more than 300,000 in the city alone. It was not the first time that Yuan Daochang and Zhong Ziyu had come to Yizhou, and they were not in the mood to enjoy it, so they went straight to Jiedu Mansion.

Usually, they need to wait three to five days before they can enter the Jiedu Mansion, have a discussion with a certain Sima and Cao Guan, and then be sent away by a burst of incomprehensible clichés.

But today, the two people who were ready to bleed changed their minds and directly stuffed Menzi with a usual small ticket.

It has always been a thousand Wen, even if it is the door of Jiedu Mansion, he has never received such a large amount of money, and his attitude towards the two of them immediately became warm.

On the same day, the two met with one of the judges who had received them a few months earlier.

One hundred tickets were submitted, and the judge Cao immediately confided in the news: the autumn fu of the Qingcheng faction and the Luofu faction had been handed in.

"How did you pay it?"

"Naturally, I got the tax exemption approval for the first three years, and I got it two months ago. ”

Zhong Ziyu hurriedly asked, "Why didn't we come down?"

The judge Cao Hehe said with a smile: "Of course I want to find someone, I want to find the right person." ”

Zhong Ziyu asked: "Who is the right person?" We also found the secretary in charge, Lord Liu, Lu Sima, and even entrusted Judge Yang of Jiedu Mansion, but unfortunately there was no response. ”

The judge Cao chuckled and said, "Of course, it's Xianyu Jiedu." ”

Zhong Ziyu was a little irritable: "But he never saw me waiting." ”

Judge Cao said: "Xian Yu Jiedu will not easily meet people, but I can recommend one of his guest Tao masters to you." ”

It was not so easy to meet the potter, and after spending another hundred times, they finally made an appointment with the potter, and the time was the next day.

The original Taoist chief looked gloomy: "Who would have thought that we would rush to pay the tax, and we have to keep stuffing people with money, and if we don't stuff money, we won't be able to pay our taxes." ”

Zhong Ziyu said: "Today is good, I went to Yizhou five times this year, didn't I stuff money in the previous four times? Only this time seems to be of some use." ”

The chief asked, "Why is that?"

Zhong Ziyu sneered: "This is because Xian Yu has already considered the amount of money to ask, and he will wait to be stabbed tomorrow." ”

Zhong Ziyu was right, after they saw Master Tao in the curtain of Xian Yu, Master Tao slashed at them with a big grin.

"The edict of Montenegro and Southern Wuzhou want to reduce or reduce the approval, it's not that they can't be discussed, but the Jiedu envoy is ordered by the Son of Heaven and must share the worries of the Son of Heaven, don't you say?"

"Yes. I don't know why the Son of Heaven is worried? I also ask Master Tao for advice. ”

"The palace has been difficult in recent years, Your Majesty's life is hard, my family has entered the palace many times, and His Majesty has given a banquet, but also only eight dishes, and after coming back, I often sigh and cry at night. We who have entered the curtain can't stand it. ”

"I understand, we also have the heart to repay, and I hope that Master Tao will turn it to Jiedu. ”

Yuan Dao Chang and Zhong Ziyu each sent a wooden box and pushed it in front of Master Tao. Master Tao nodded, opened the box, and smiled: "The two of you have a heart to join the army." ”

There are 10,000 tickets in a box, which can be called a big deal, Master Tao took a brief look, put the box away, and said quietly: "That's it today, I have been on official business for days, and I am a little tired, so I won't send the two of you out." ”

Neither of them could get the right words, and left the Jiedu Mansion in confusion, and Zhong Ziyu stuffed ten more times to the little official who sent them out, asking what was going on.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, the little official reminded: "The two of you joined the army, it stands to reason that it is not the turn of the villain to speak, but today's matter, alas...... This is a major event of hundreds of thousands, millions of guan, and if you repay the Son of Heaven with such one or two thousand, how can my family share the worries of the Son of Heaven?

Yuan Daochang's face turned red, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire, Zhong Ziyu dragged him behind him, and continued to talk with the little official: "I don't know how much I should repay?"

The little official smiled, glanced at the original Taoist who was full of anger, and didn't say until he received the flight ticket stuffed by Zhang Zhong Ziyu: "How much to repay is your business, I am a little scribe, how dare I say anything?" But I heard that Luofu and Qingcheng both gave Sancheng, you can consider it yourself." With that, he hurried back to Jiedu Mansion.

Zhong Ziyu patted Yuan Dao Chang: "Old Yuan, why be angry?"

Yuan Dao Chang shook his head and sighed: "In the past, when I was in Shanyin, I had to find a way to break every penny into two halves, and I borrowed a few hundred Wen from Huaixian's teacher, that is, my second ancestor of Huaixian Pavilion, and I didn't dare to show up from him for several days. After coming to Nanzhao, although I have a lot of money, I have to see it in person...... They can't look down on 10,000 yuan, and they want to be thirty percent, they really dare to ask for it!"