Let's talk about the fact that the people from Rongguo Mansion who went to Chang'an to celebrate their birthday were like wild horses that had escaped the reins. They were busy on the road, and they became bored not long after walking. Gong Kun, who was reading at zero o'clock, said with a smile: "It's still early, you just want to temper your temper."
At this moment, Cong missed the airplanes of later generations very much. He looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, longing for one to fly out of his head. Unfortunately, there was only a cloudless blue sky.
After traveling for a few days, they entered the boundary of Ping'an Prefecture. At noon, they ate dry food in the wild without reaching any village or shop. Fortunately, none of them were squeamish. Several old escorts met Jia Huan and Jia Cong.
The young master and the little girl Wu Xiaoxi are all the same as them. They say nothing but praise secretly in their hearts.
Everyone spread out and sat on the floor. Jia Huan took a bite of the steamed bun and asked, "I wonder who...what should we call for? Cousin? Is Mr. Gao Ligao at the Yamen? Or should we go back first?"
Gong Kun said: "We brought many birthday gifts and left early; he has official business, so I think he will be here at this time."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "In order to show off your skills, why don't you go to his territory to find a bug? If not, make one for him."
Jia Huan raised his hand and poked him: "It's so easy to talk, don't insert foreign words into it, it will sound awkward."
Jia Cong was stunned, and suddenly remembered that this was the language he heard most often in the company of his previous life. The entire sentence was in Chinese, and some professional words were in English. The unfamiliar, familiar, and mixed feelings made him want to recite a poem with tears in his eyes.
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Jia Huan poked him again: "What are you doing?"
Jia Cong twitched his lips: "Nothing, I just can't think of a word to replace the word 'bug'."
Wu You said from the side: "Omission."
Jia Cong shook his head: "It doesn't seem very appropriate. The omission should be something he could have discovered but failed to discover due to inadvertence. The bug I'm looking for is that he didn't have the ability to discover it. It's not too important for the time being. If it's not done properly, it could become a cause of failure in the future.
The thing about the anthill is..." He scratched his head and thought about it for a long time, but he knew it but couldn't say it out loud, "Well, no matter what he is, in short, since he wants to leave a very unusual impression on him, he must do it in these few days.
Find out."
Gong Kun looked at Wu Xiaoxi with a smile. For the convenience of going out, Xiaoxi had already disguised himself as a man and said with a smile: "I had a discussion with my husband a few days ago. Since the time is relaxed, my intention is to let everyone go out and gain experience.
, I don’t think I’ll be in a hurry when I come here.” She glanced at Jia Cong again, “Since the third young general is bold, I will also be bold.” She took out an envelope from the bag and handed it to Jia Cong.
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Jia Cong took it and took a look. There was no writing on the cover and there was no seal on it. He took out the letter from it and smiled after just a few glances. It said, blank, "Jing Qi Zhe", and the content was:
, this is my close descendant, he came to me, please take care of me on the way, the end is "Gao Li, the Jiedu Envoy of Ping'an Prefecture", and he also stamped it. Jia Cong smiled and said: "What a ghost, you
Think about it?”
Xiaoxi nodded and said: "That seal was made by Mr. I don't dare to take it with me for fear of accidents. In my early years, I heard several times about bold liars pretending to be members of Shangguan's family and going to the county to cheat people out of food and drink.
I thought, the accounts we have looked at in the past two or three years are just ordinary household transactions, and we have not seen what the official account books look like. Although my husband can take a few copies from any yamen in the middle of the night according to his ability.
It’s okay, but I’m afraid I didn’t look at it carefully and comprehensively.”
With a "pop" sound, Jia Huan sprayed water and coughed for a long time before pointing at her and saying: "You still want to see how detailed and thoughtful it is!"
Xiaoxi clapped his hands and said: "I find that many things can be seen in the books, but you have to look carefully. If you don't have any effort, you may not be able to find them at a glance."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "That's not bad. Ordinary people can make false accounts." Then he asked, "Whose name should it be filled in?"
Gong Kun said: "Of course I checked wherever I went. I didn't know where I would target at that time."
Everyone smiled and immediately became energetic. They all ate their dry food in a hurry and got ready to hit the road.
After walking for another hour, we passed by a small town. After everyone had just finished eating the dry food, they opened their cheeks and ate some rice noodles. Gong Kun went to ask the town's landguard and came back not long ago and said that it was not far away.
In Angu County, the magistrate's name was Li Wen. He was in his early fifties. He was very timid and easy to deceive. So they added the words "Angu County Magistrate Li Wen" on Xiaoxi's forged letter. Jia Congjia
Huan changed into the clothes of a dandy young master.
When he arrived at Angu County, he saw that the houses were short and dilapidated, there were few shops on the street, and there was little business in the shops. The passers-by on the road were ragged and sallow. Jia Cong sighed: "You don't have to ask what Magistrate Li is."
A good official."
Jia Huan said: "Look at this poor man, he must be an upright official - because he has nothing to be greedy for."
Jia Cong hummed: "An honest official and a good official are two different things. If the people under his rule are not having a good life, he has to think of some way. If he can't think of something, he should give way to the good ones."
Yao'er said: "Don't be so arbitrary. Let's talk about it after meeting people."
Jia Huan looked at him and said, "Brother Yao'er, do you think this county magistrate is good?"
Yao'er said: "I don't know. I haven't seen it before, so I can't tell."
Gong Kun praised: "Weis will definitely be Jia Qingtian in the future." Everyone laughed when he said this.
Someone went to the roadside to inquire about the location of the county government office, and a group of people drove their carriages and horses there. They saw that the gate of the government office was deserted and there was not even a gatekeeper. Jia Cong was curious, so he ran inside, and others quickly followed. See again.
Two government officials sat in the lobby and took a nap against a pillar. There were no stools, and they were only cushioned by two old futons that came from an unknown temple. Liu Feng pulled him on the side and whispered: "No. There must be people who follow the trend of inflammation and influence."
You should not be so lax in your pursuit of utilitarianism."
Gong Kun went over to shake one person awake and asked, "Where is your master?"
The man said confusedly: "Where are you in the back office? Who are you?"
Gong Kun said: "I was sent by Master Gao."
The man pointed his hand back and said, "Look for it yourself." He tilted his head, rubbed it against the pillar, and fell asleep again.
Gong Kun looked back at the younger ones. Jia Huan smiled and said, "Come on, I haven't seen what the county magistrate's back office looks like."
But Yao'er hesitated and said, "I'm afraid there are family members."
Jia Huan said: "The family members won't run around. Besides, the elder brother of the government officer asked us to find it ourselves." He said and walked back first.
Everyone followed. After a few steps to the back office, they saw a half-bald old man lying on the desk. Five or six wine jars were poured beside him. The smell of alcohol was overwhelming in the room. Jia Cong frowned and looked at him. He was over fifty.
Although he is drunk, he has a quite decent face, a few sparse beards, and a thin figure, which is quite popular.
Gong Kun hurriedly stepped forward and shook him awake, and asked: "But Mr. Li Wenli?"
The drunk old man said "Hmm", narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who are you? Why did you break into my county government office without permission?"
Gong Kun raised his hand to him and said, "I was sent by Mr. Gao. There was a government official outside who asked me to go straight inside to find Mr. Gao."
The drunk old man waved his hand: "Yes, yes, I am Li Wen. Brother, your trip here was in vain. The land in Angu County has been scraped eighteen times, and now even the dirt and rubbish are gone. Anyway, I'll give it to you."
If I don’t pay, you can sell me if you can.”
Everyone was shocked! After looking at each other for a long time, Gong Kun said: "Master Li misunderstood, we are not here to collect money."
Jia Cong watched a lot of TV in his previous life and immediately guessed several possibilities. Then he stepped forward and bowed deeply to him: "Master Li, you are polite. I am afraid that Master Li and my uncle may have misunderstood. I wonder if you may have made it clear."
?Don’t fall for the villain’s tricks.”
Li Wen was startled when he heard the word "family uncle". He straightened up and stared at him: "What did you say?"
Jia Cong said: "To be honest, Lord Gao Ligao is my uncle." He raised his head and glanced at Gong Kun, who then took out the forged letter and handed it to Li Wen.
After reading this, Li Wen immediately changed his look of flattery, and bowed to Jia Cong repeatedly: "I didn't know that Master Gao was here, and I didn't expect you to be greeted from afar. I apologize for my inconvenience." Then he invited him to take a seat.
Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "That's all, don't do this. I still believe the drunken appearance of your Excellency just now." He was not polite, and took the seat seriously, saying, "Listen to what you said in the first place, could it be that someone is pretending to be my family?"
In my uncle's name, I came to your county to search for people's wealth and money?"
Li Wen felt as if he had been struck by lightning. It took him a long time to tremble and say: "Why... is that... fake? Didn't Mr. Gao send someone to collect the money?" Suddenly he became painful again, "Why am I, Li Wen, like this?"
Silly! Believe whatever others say! How could someone with a bad heart coax away all that money!" Suddenly he grabbed Jia Cong's arm again, "Young Master Gao! I beg you, sir, to report it to Master Gao.
If the liar is caught and brought to justice, the people on my side will really not be able to survive..." His appearance was so crazy and his words were so sad that Jia Cong and others' eyes turned red after hearing this.
Jia Cong turned around and looked at everyone for a few times, and said comfortingly: "My lord, please accept your sorrow and explain the matter slowly."
Li Wen couldn't stop for a moment, and cried for a long time before he choked up and told the whole story.
It turns out that the land in Angu County is barren. In good years, the harvest is average, but in bad years, the people are even more difficult. It is not on a major transportation road, and there are no trade routes, so it is extremely poor. He has been the county magistrate here for fourteen years.
I'm 20 years old, and I tried to be transferred in my early years. Since I had no backing and little money, I couldn't clear the way. No one here was willing to take over, so I could only keep wasting it. In the past, it was just repayment. I could barely pay the full amount of taxes every year. I met
In the good years, ordinary people still have plenty of money. In the past two years, for some unknown reason, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have increased sharply, and the foundation of the county has long been drained. It is rare to have two rich households, and there is someone in the court who cannot afford to offend him. Li Wen still has to deal with the taxes on his family property.
Because Li Wen could not collect the tax money, he repeatedly forced his family to make up for it by others. Recently, he was planning to sell the house and the land and move elsewhere.
After saying this, Jia Cong and others were stunned. Jia Huan first shouted: "There is such a thing in the world!"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes at him and hummed: "Have you learned a lot? Confucius said, a harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. This sentence is simply an eternal truth that will never change."
Li Wen cried: "In order to get some tax exemption, I went around begging my father to sue my grandmother. I had already lost my face in the abyss, but it was useless! Those uncles said to my face that I would try my best to say good things to the superiors.
To exempt you from taxes, you must pay not less than a copper coin. Others pointed out that there is no point in flattering, you have to give money. Poor me, Li Wen, I have a lot of money in my salary. I have already filled in the tax money, so where can I have money to give them!"
Yao'er couldn't help but shed a few tears in his eyes, and sighed: "This is just following the crowd, being timid and afraid of getting into trouble."
Li Wen wiped away his tears and said to Jia Cong: "Why didn't Master Gao send someone to add those tax items? Is it because the people below are deceiving the superiors?"
Jia Cong said flatly: "Except for what is stipulated in the national law, my uncle has never collected any additional tax items. Mr. Li, why don't you bring me the tax book?" He said it so openly and resolutely that even Gong Kun couldn't bear it.
After glancing at him, Yao'er also looked at Liu Feng, Xiaoxi and others - no one believed him.
Under normal circumstances, even if Li Wenzong was a fool, he would not show the imperial tax account book to a kid who appeared from nowhere. But he really let the tax money force him to have no way out, so he met Jia Congru.
As if he had found a savior, he hurried inside and brought out a stack of account books. Regardless of the fact that Jia Cong was still a child, he pointed them out to him one by one: "This tea tax, there are not even tea shops in our county, except for those two."
No one in the rich family drinks tea at all, and I can’t even afford it; for this boat tax, there is only one small river in our county..."
Jia Cong looked at it and was dumbfounded: "Is this person who pays the tax two hundred and fifty? How can it be so ridiculous? Why don't they collect fart tax?"
Li Wen immediately said: "Although there is no fart tax, there is actually a rice tax! People have to pay tax when buying rice!"
Jia Cong feels that the bottom line of his three views has been refreshed - who said the ancients were not trendy? There is a consumption tax.
Li Wen sighed: "Master Gao, if this continues, I'm afraid there will be a civil uprising. I, Li, can't stand up to the court."
Jia Cong immediately understood that his pretense just now was in vain. Others did not believe that Gao Li had not given these orders. This whole crying and fussing was just a show of sincerity for him. He was probably treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so he thought
He appealed directly to Gao Li through the mouth of Young Master Gao who did not know the truth. Then he pretended to be an angry young man who was concerned about the country and the people: "Sir, I will tell my uncle the truth and seize those who went there privately."
There are some scoundrels down there who pay excessive taxes."
Li Wen hurriedly bowed to him and said with tears in his eyes: "The lives of the people in Angu County are entrusted to the young master!"
Jia Cong hurriedly stood up and supported him: "Sir, you have embarrassed me. I am just a child with a yellow mouth, how can I be worthy of the gift of the master." He returned the gift and said, "Thank you, master, for your wholehearted service."
The people are actually my uncle’s blessing.”
Gong Kun couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard what he said was "my uncle's luck". Poor Gao Li had never even seen this distant cousin, and he had already turned him into a prince.