Of course, the other five counties will respond, but no one has come forward to claim responsibility for the assassination. They are imperial officials, not a terrorist organization, and no one will take such a shot.
The first to react was Wuyuan County. Wuyuan County is a large county in Huizhou Prefecture after She County. It ranks first among the five counties in terms of strength and is the hometown of Zhu Xi.
The application was sent back on the second day, which was extremely fast considering the average administrative efficiency of the Ming Dynasty.
It's a pity that although the speed is fast, the quality is really not good. The argument of this petition is the same as the previous Jixi Yang Jiaoyu, alleging that She County owes Xia Mai 9,700 shi and is fined to pay 8,000 shi for summer tax.
Seven hundred and eighty horses have been transported over the years and have nothing to do with the other five counties. As for "people make silk", that is a matter for the Nanjing Shipping Depot and has nothing to do with the local area.
Of course, this argument is very flawed and has nothing new. But there is nothing we can do about it. We only have a few days in total. No matter how talented the Wuyuan County magistrate is, he cannot compete with the evidence that Shuai Jiamo has carefully prepared for several years.
However, the county magistrate is not mediocre after all. In his application, he also proposed a plan that would make a huge difference: check the yellow book.
The so-called Yellow Book is an important tax file for the imperial court. The collection of taxes and services at the top of the mountain must be based on the Yellow Book. It is first-hand information and the most authoritative.
Wuyuan County's logic is: If the records in the "Da Ming Huidian" and the official records are correct, then there must be corresponding records in the original records of the Yellow Book, and the credibility of the latter is higher than the former. Therefore, just check the Yellow Book
If you keep a file, you will naturally know who is right and who is wrong.
According to regulations, several copies of the yellow book will be sent to the county and the prefecture. They will also be copied to the Nanjing Household Department for record keeping. You can say that the yellow book kept by the county and prefecture may be tampered with, but the Nanjing Household Department will keep copies.
The records left by the Ministry cannot be tampered with by your local officials. They are absolutely accurate and the authenticity can be known after a single check.
Wuyuan County's statement is a unique approach and provides a new way of thinking about resolving disputes.
In addition, he also followed the example of Shexian and attracted a group of celebrities from the county to cheer for him. Although the formation was not as prominent as Shexian, there were still four high-ranking officials with Jinshi origins who joined the ranks - this is why the competition for Jinshi in the South Ranking is fierce.
, this is just a small Huizhou, which is so awesome. It only has two counties under its jurisdiction, but it can bring out so many celebrities, and they are all still alive.
Three days later, Jixi County joined the battle group again, also led by the magistrate.
With Wuyuan buying time, Jixi County was more fully prepared. The county magistrate chose another rebuttal strategy and put the breakthrough point on the "exclusive levy of raw silk".
Shuai Jiamo had a question before, saying that there are six counties in Huizhou, why is raw silk collected in She County alone? This is not reasonable at all, so all six counties must lose. He also cited many examples, such as Changzhou Prefecture paying tribute to tea, "Huidian"
"" stated "conquered in Yixing County"; when Ningguo Mansion attacked Papaya, it was also stated that Xuancheng County was responsible for the exclusive defeat. Therefore, if the imperial court separately collected raw silk in She County, it would be clearly written in the "Huidian".
In response to this question, Jixi listed a lot of counterexamples: Su often conquered white rice alone; Ning Tai conquered horses alone; Jixi conquered imperial wood alone. These are not specifically written in "Huidian". Another example is Songjiang
The mung beans of Anfu are only collected by Huating County, and Shanghai County does not need to take care of it; the medicinal materials of Anfu are only collected by Shanyang County, and Sui and Gan counties do not need to pay them; the hemp fields of Jinhua Prefecture are only collected by Wuyi County, as for Wuyi County,
Silk and yarn were collected from Tangxi, and other counties did not have to pay. These items that were separately collected were not mentioned in the "Huidian".
After listing all this, the magistrate of Jixi County said that it was normal for a government to levy only one kind of materials in a certain county. It is impossible for the "Huidian" to cover everything and write it in such detail. Therefore, Shuai Jiamo's doubts were purely due to his lack of knowledge.
, which makes no sense.
The truth is clearly explained, but unfortunately Jixi is the smallest of the six counties. After searching around, it was found that there were no living Jinshis in the county, so we had to do the next best thing and ask three people to sign.
Wuyuan and Jixi counties took the lead. Other comrades-in-arms were not left behind. A few days later, Xiuning and Qimen counties also responded.
In particular, the response from the magistrate of Xiuning posed the greatest threat to Shuai Jiamo. The magistrate had been preparing for nearly a month and made an extraordinary move. He put aside all the twists and turns and pointed directly at the core of She County - numbers.
The core doubt of Shexian or Shuaijiamo is that the figures for the two taxes do not match.
She County's "summer tax for raw silk" replenishes 9,700 shi of wheat, but only more than 4,000 pieces of raw silk. However, every year, She County has to pay 8,780 pieces of "human ding silk silk". The extra payment is 4,000 pieces.
Horses must be borne by the other five counties.
Regarding this question, Xiuning County Magistrate gave his own investigation results:
He discovered that during the Yisi Geng System, Xingzhongshu Province, in addition to finding that She County owed Xia Mai 9,700 shi, also re-examined some of the abandoned mulberry trees in Dengying and Mingde townships under its jurisdiction.
Gardens and fields, plus the confiscation of the fields of Cheng Huixiang and Ye Zhong, two big landowners. These lands were re-measured and recorded, and then the taxes were re-calculated.
Owing summer wheat, abandoning mulberry fields, and confiscating fields. Adding these three items together, the new taxes in She County totaled 10,974 kilograms and three taels of raw silk. Every twenty-four taels of raw silk, folded silk
One piece, so the total number is exactly 8,779 pieces, which is consistent with the number of "human ding silk silk", so this is the tax of She County.
In the 10th and 24th years of Hongwu, the 10th year of Yongle, and the 18th year of Chenghua, the amount of this tax was adjusted. In the 14th year of Hongzhi, the imperial court adjusted the ratio of raw silk into silk from 24 to 24 liang.
At twenty taels, the quota of 8,779 horses has not been changed.
This is just the first move of Xiuning County Magistrate, his second move is directed at property.
Because Shuai Jiamo had previously pointed out that She County clearly does not produce silk, so why should raw silk be used as a tax reward?
The magistrate of Xiuning County made an investigation and found that Dengying, Mingde, Renli, Yongfeng, Xiaoti, Gunxiu, and Xiaxiang townships under the jurisdiction of She County originally had mulberry gardens, but the other five counties had never had them.
.Obviously, although She County does not produce silk now, it does not mean that it did not produce it before - raw silk was once a special product of She County.
In other words, this is a historical problem caused by changes in property, but it is still your own problem in Shexian County and cannot be passed on to others.
As for why there is no mention of the original mulberry in She County in the "Fu Zhi"? Xiuning County Magistrate thinks it is simple, because She County is the seat of the Huizhou Prefecture, and the "Huizhou Fu Zhi" takes the lead in the official records of She County.
To repair it, of course they have to mix it with personal goods!
Xiuning County's third move was aimed at the "Da Ming Huidian" that Shuai Jiamo clung to.
Why does the record in the "Da Ming Huidian" only say that "Ren Ding Silk" was conquered in Huizhou Prefecture, but not in She County? Xiuning County's explanation is very simple, just three words - unnecessary.
The Huidian is recorded from the level of the chief envoy, and there is no need to record such details as the county. What's more, each government has its own situation. It is ridiculous to use the examples of other governments to question this government.
Xiuning County's answer can be said to be the sharpest counterattack among the five counties so far. After these three moves, the punches will touch the flesh and the blood will be drawn. Even if Shuai Jiamo has arrived at the case, it will probably be very difficult to argue with him face to face.
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In contrast, in Qimen County, where the homework was handed in on the same day, the application was meaningless and was nothing more than clichés and crying about poverty. But there was nothing we could do about it, because there was a vacancy for the magistrate of Qimen, and the application was represented by the county magistrate.
The answer is that the county magistrate is an old scholar, and indeed he is still not as good as the Jinshi master.
With Zhu Yu in front of him, the magistrate of Yi County seemed much more relaxed. In the application, he absent-mindedly repeated the opinions of the previous magistrates, and then made a slightly cute and sarcastic remark: "She County is so big, even if it is reduced,
The silk tax is just a boat removed from the river; we in Yi County are now so poor that we have to pawn our pants, and if we add even a little tax, it will be like a chronically ill person eating aconite, and he will die on the spot.
It’s over!”
When Gao Pragmatic told Shuai Jiamo these situations, Shuai Jiamo became anxious.
He first expressed his gratitude to Gao Pangshi for his care along the way, and then asked to go back south to Huizhou in advance to have a good debate with the five counties.
