(At least let me return to the bottom of the list. Can everyone satisfy this humble wish?)
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At midnight the next day, Li Sihu said: "The day for harvesting autumn grain from each township has arrived, but the great master has ordered the yellow books to be re-verified. Although you have rushed to work, you can't wait for all the account books to be re-verified, and you can only verify part of them."
, accept part of it. The great master has already nodded in agreement..."
The faces of all the scribes changed greatly when they heard this. If anyone took on this job, it would be Cao Cao who met Jiang Qian - he would be in bad luck.
"Xun San, go ahead." Li Sihu's eyes fell on the slippery clerk.
"Sir, I still have a lot of work on my hands," Xun San said with a grimace: "There are so many different accounts, and it will take several days just to hand over them. I can't afford the delay."
"That makes some sense." Li Sihu nodded, turned to Wang Xian, who was standing at the bottom, and said: "You are useless in settling accounts. You are just adding chaos here. Go out and collect taxes. It is also considered waste!"
"..." Wang Xian whispered: "But sir, my subordinates have never learned how to collect taxes."
"I'm not asking you to collect it yourself." Li Sheng said coldly: "The collection is the responsibility of the grain manager. You just supervise that everything that needs to be collected is collected. If you can't do such a simple job anymore, you should do it as soon as possible.
Just get out of the Yamen!" He said without waiting for his consent, and turned around and went into the inner room.
Returning to the public house, Wang Xian saw several people looking at him with sympathy... Although they only got along with each other for a few days, maybe it was because of their sympathy for the weak, maybe because Wang Xian was considerate, and in short, everyone's attitude towards him
It's much better. Although I'm afraid of Li Sihu's pressure and don't dare to get too close to him, I still have no problem talking normally.
"What, what's wrong?"
"Oh, you are in big trouble this time." Everyone sighed and said, "Find a way to take sick leave, otherwise you will have to walk around without food..." After saying this, they shook their heads and went to do their own things.
"At least tell me what to do next?" Wang Xian said with a bitter face.
"Go to the Grain Department and see Wang Dianli, he will tell you." Wu Wei patted him on the shoulder and whispered: "You have to listen to what everyone says."
"Thank you very much." Wang Xian smiled gratefully and left the public house and walked to the duty room of the grain department. Household affairs were the most complicated. There were more than 30 non-supervisory officials under the three official officials, and there was also a special department.
The Food Science and Technology Department pays summer and autumn taxes, and Wang Dianli is the head of the Food Science and Technology Department.
When Wang Xian entered, Wang Dianli had already prepared a white book, a signature, and a tax payment notice. He handed them to him and said: "Relax, don't be stressed. I'll find someone to go with you." He called Qin.
The guard's white servant came in and ordered: "You go with Secretary Wang. This is his first time on duty. Please remind him if there is anything he needs."
Qin Shou nodded and bowed in agreement, and saluted Wang Xian again. White servants are temporary workers in addition to the regular servants. They are found in every house and are used exclusively for running errands. Their status is naturally lower than that of the clerk.
Wang Xian asked Li Sihu to grind it into small tofu and greeted him politely. This made Qin Shou so flattered that he even dared not say it.
The two of them first took the paperwork from the household, went to the Zhuangbanfang to ask for two civilian Zhuangs, hitched a mule cart, and headed out of the county town to Changxin Township, fifteen miles to the north.
On the way, Wang Xian saw Qin Shou and the two Minzhuangs smiling, as if they were looking forward to this errand, and couldn't help but asked strangely: "What's so exciting about it?"
Qin Shou was in his thirties, fair and chubby, with a mustache, seven of which were pointed upward and eight of which were pointed downward. His two small eyes were very focused, and he looked very shrewd at first glance. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "
The white servants and civilians like us have no money and work for the government for nothing. In addition to being given a period of 'stay and earn a living' from above, it all means that doing such errands can make some money."
"Oh." Wang Xian nodded and said, "Then why do they look at me as if they were dead?"
"Haha..." Qin Shou smiled and wanted to be vague, but was pressed by Wang Xian, so he had to tell the truth, "Isn't this obvious? Changxin Township was the first to complete the review, and other townships have not yet released the results. They
When I looked at the white book, I found that not only was the tax amount higher than the original amount, but it was even higher than last year. We must postpone it until other townships have completed their review and see what their situation is."
"I see." Wang Xian nodded, as he guessed, and asked: "Then what can we do to deal with them?"
"There is no way." Qin Shou simply shook his head and said: "The grain managers are all people with turned-up nostrils. Not to mention the clerks like Brother Wang, even our Li Sihu doesn't look down on them. They all work with the Sanya or even the big government.
The master spoke directly. What can we do?"
"..." Wang Xian thought about He Chang's arrogance and almost called Hu Captou a pig's head. How could others take him seriously as a bookstore in a white shirt?
"If you ask me, let's go eat and drink, get some, and then come back to do business." Seeing his sad face, Qin Shou gave him advice: "Then I'll eat some crotons tomorrow, and after running for a few days, Sihu will naturally
Will replace people."
"What a good idea." Wang Xian smiled bitterly and said: "It really doesn't work out, so this is the only way." He can't escape the first grade of junior high school, but he can't avoid the fifteenth grade. Li Sheng can use various tricks to deal with him, but this is not an option at all.
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Arriving at Changxin Township in the afternoon, Wang Xian took the household documents and found the house of Chao Liang, the head of the district. As expected, he was a wealthy family. The gate alone was as good as that of He Yuan's wife, and the concierge also had the superiority of a squire's servant.
Feeling, and ignoring Wang Xian.
After Wang Xian showed the document, the disciple looked at him and said: "My family just went to visit a friend, but the official's trip was in vain."
"When will you come back?" Qin Shou's heart thumped, he didn't even lose his legs, feet and money.
"I can't count. It could be as little as three to five days, or as much as ten days and a half month. It's possible." Menzi replied unhurriedly.
"Then everything will be delayed." Qin Shou said anxiously: "Can't we go and look for it?"
"It's impossible to find it. My family has many friends outside the family. They might play chess with the abbot at Qiaoshan Temple, or go to Xianxia Ridge to explore the secrets. Every time, they come back with great fun, but we can't find him." Menzi said.
Pi Xiaorou said without a smile: "There are only madams at home, so I won't invite you guys in." Then he took out a pile of new and not old banknotes from the boot page and handed it to Wang Xianda: "We can't let these gentlemen go to waste.
Let’s take a trip, be careful, let’s have some tea.”
That kind of expression of not treating you like a dish made Wang Xian hate him so much. Damn it, Li Sheng looks down on me, and you, the guard, look down on me! But look at the three people on the left and right, they are all drooling over the pile of money.
DC, I guess he was just humiliating himself when he got angry... He finally suppressed his anger, turned around and left.
Qin Shou quickly took it and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, let's go."
The three of them followed Wang Xian and left the village gate. The gatekeeper curled his lips contemptuously, turned around and went in. When they came to the backyard, they saw an old man in Taoist robes doing Tai Chi there.
"Master, I have already sent you away." The disciple waited patiently for him to accept his move, and then said respectfully.
"Hmm." The old man was Chao Tianjiao, the grain chief of Changxin Township who was said to be on a trip. Hearing this, he stroked his beard and said, "I heard that we in the countryside were asked to pay the grain first, but I was a little confused. Unexpectedly, Li Sihu sent someone again.
For me, just put it off and he will take care of everything. What kind of medicine is this in the gourd?"
"The master doesn't understand, and the young man certainly doesn't understand either." Menzi smiled and said: "But the one who came here is a young man, with a few white servants, just like those who came to collect taxes in the autumn wind."
"Haha." Chao Tianjiao took the towel and wiped his sweat and said: "No matter what tricks he plays, this year he will be sent as agreed upon before, and the extra two will be added to five. Even Li Sihu can't change this!
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"That is, our Ming Dynasty imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the government could not interfere in the collection of taxes and grains. How much is collected and how much is given to them is not entirely decided by the master?" said the disciple flatteringly.
"Uh hahaha..." Chao Tianjiao laughed proudly.
Some people are happy while others are sad. When Chao Tianjiao laughed, Wang Xian was walking on the way back to the city in depression. Qin Shou suggested that he should give it a thumbs up on the way, but he ignored it.
I really can't bear it anymore. If I continue like this, I will be tortured to death! Li, you forced me to do this!
Thinking of this, Wang Xian touched his arms. There were nine major financial problems that he audited. I don't believe that I can kill you, old bastard!
When they returned to the county town, it was past dinner time. Wang Xian ignored the three of them, jumped out of the car and went home.
I don’t know if he is being careless, but it seems that the neighbors are not as enthusiastic as before when greeting him. There is a saying that good things don’t go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. He was tortured to death by the surnamed Li. It is estimated that the whole county knows...
Sure enough, Uncle Six no longer gave him oranges, and Brother Seven had no fish to send, let alone Zhu Dachang's pig trotters. Although everyone still called him Xiaoguanren politely, as soon as he walked over, they whispered:
"Does Mr. Li really want to deal with Wang Er?"
"Then there's still a lie. Back then, Wang Er's mother followed Wang Xingye instead of Li Sheng. He will hold a grudge for the rest of his life. But now that he's got the chance, can he not retaliate to Xiao Er?"
"The waiter is so miserable. He's not like a grasshopper and can be manipulated by others?"
"No, oh, this kid is so unlucky..."
"It's a pity that my oranges..."
"Shut up, I didn't say anything with my four pig trotters, and your two rotten oranges are nothing!"
They thought they were talking behind Wang Xian's back, but they didn't know that those words drifted down the wind and all reached his ears. Wang Xian sighed, it seems that no one really thinks much of me...
With random thoughts, he entered the alley, opened the door and said, "Mom, I'm back."
"Why, you were fired so quickly?" My mother was putting away the soles of her shoes and looked at him with a sneer.
"Mom..." Wang Xian was so depressed that he wanted to bang his head against the wall. I'm depressed enough outside, but I have to be ridiculed by you when I come back...
Unexpectedly, I picked up the sole of the shoe, pointed it at his head and slapped him. While slapping him, he cursed: "Are you still a man? If someone wants to fuck you, you will let him do it? You can kill him! Why don't you let him do it?"
Come back for comfort, you haven’t been weaned yet!”
Wang Xian ran away with his head in his arms and shouted: "I was not fired, I just happened to come back to take a look..."