Chapter six hundred and seventy-fifth chapter three
Do you put the rice first or the water first?
For Hou Yi and others, this question is no less than a difficult problem in the world, similar to which came first, the chicken or the egg.
Everyone frowned and thought hard.
Finally, Changsun Hongcong said: "Maybe we should put the rice first."
"Yeah!"
"I remembered what Mr. Changsun said. He put the rice first. Eating porridge actually means eating rice. Rice is more important!"
"Confucius said that to restrain oneself and restore propriety is benevolence, and to eat rice is benevolence!"
Some people started talking nonsense and patted Sun Hongcong's horse one after another.
Hou Yi was a little confused, but still nodded: "Then put the rice first."
With that said, he put the rice in the bag.
Not much time.
The fire got hotter and hotter, and the iron pot burned red.
I saw that the rice at the bottom of the pot was burnt in the blink of an eye, and it was pitch black, with bursts of thick smoke coming out.
"Ah, it's on fire!"
"It's confused, put out the fire quickly..."
Everyone was in a hurry, carrying buckets of water, and started to put out the fire.
After all the efforts of nine cows and two tigers, the fire was finally put out.
All of them looked disgraced and in a very embarrassed state.
Some people began to curse Du He for not having a good death.
But Hou Yi stood up happily and said, "I understand, let's release the water first!"
Before anyone else could react, Hou Yi set up the iron pot again, lit a fire and put in water.
After the water boiled, he put in all the remaining rice.
Seeing that the water had dried up before it boiled, Hou Yi poured in more water and repeated this several times. After the water boiled, he finally smelled the porridge.
However, when everyone took the bowls and took a bite, they realized that this was not porridge at all. It was soft, like eating mud, and it was really unpalatable.
"puff……"
Someone vomited on the spot.
Hou Yi was embarrassed.
At this time, Du He and Ma Zhou came back, each holding a baked fish in their hands, which was golden brown and fragrant. They were eating and walking towards this side.
Hou Yi and others looked at it and then looked at the porridge in the bowl. They wanted to die.
Is this still a human life?
too difficult!
Du He came over, took a look at the thing in the pot that could not be called porridge, his face darkened, and asked: "Who cooked it?"
Everyone looked at Hou Yi.
Du He glanced at Hou Yi coldly: "Mr. Hou, is this a good thing you have done? Do you know that there are still tens of thousands of people in Hu County who don't have enough to eat, and they don't have enough to eat every day?
The people who have not eaten for two or three days, you just wasted so much rice, which is enough for fifty people to survive in one day. You are not just wasting, you are killing people, because you wasted so much rice, you may cause the death of fifty people.
Do you understand?"
Hou Yi lowered his head in shame.
Others gave up, blaming Du He and excusing Hou Yi.
Du He turned around and glanced around: "Shut up, a bunch of guys who can't even cook porridge, what qualifications do they have to come to Huxian County? If I were you, I would quickly pack my luggage and hand over 10,000 yuan."
Liquidated damages, get out of here!"
Du He thought about it in his mind.
One person has ten thousand guan.
Twelve people, that’s 120,000 yuan!
These guys are either rich or noble. It is not difficult for each of them to come up with 10,000 guan.
Since then, not to mention feeding tens of thousands of people, even renovating Hu County has not been a problem.
Du He said coldly: "Remember what I just said, this is Hu County, not Chang'an. I am the magistrate of Hu County, and I have the final say in everything... Either be obedient and work and eat, or go back to Chang'an."
Hu County does not support idle people! You have wasted so much rice and should have been hungry for two days, but I am merciful and let you drink porridge first and start working from tomorrow!"
With that said, Du He walked away carrying the half-eaten grilled fish.
Then someone brought a bucket of gruel.
The porridge that no one had ever looked at before, but in a hungry state, compared with the porridge cooked by Hou Yi, it was simply delicious, so everyone started eating it.
…
At the same time, in the county government office, in the main hall, stacks of thick papers have been printed, and they must be arranged neatly.
This is exactly the content of the three-chapter agreement between Du He and everyone in Hu County.
First, Hu County does not support idle people, so everyone has to work to eat.
Second, within one year from now on, all taxes on the people will be exempted.
Third, everything should be done according to the rules.
Three simple items, still written in vernacular.
These Du Hes were deliberately written for the common people, not the nobles.
Du He said: "Since I entered Hu County, I have felt that the people in Hu County are extremely resistant to the government and even hate it. This is the evil result that Qiu Wanjia and his gang have planted for more than ten years.
Ah, all the trust of the people in the government has been destroyed. What we have to do now is to establish the prestige of the government as soon as possible. Only by convincing the people can we accomplish anything, otherwise, everything will be empty talk..."
Ma Zhou and others nodded.
Du He waved his hand: "Post them all. It may not be effective for the time being, but this matter cannot be rushed!"
Lu Yuan asked: "Master, these taxes are stipulated by the imperial court. The taxes in Hu County must be handed over to the imperial court after the autumn harvest every year. If we exempt the people from taxes, what will be paid to us then? If the imperial court finds out, they will inevitably be impeached again.
Give it a try!"
Du He smiled lightly and said: "It's just taxation. Who said that if you don't collect taxes from the people, there will be no taxation."
"ah……"
"You will know later."
…
Zhang Jian and his men took away all the notices in the three chapters, went to the streets and alleys of Hu County, and began to post them.
Every place where people pass by is covered with notices.
When the people saw people from the county government, they stayed away and even looked sideways.
After Zhang Jian and others left, everyone gathered around in twos and threes.
It's a pity that most people are illiterate and can't understand what is written on it. On the contrary, they can see that this notice is different from the previous notices. The previous notices were densely packed with words like ants, but this notice has only
Just a few sentences.
"What is this? You don't have to pay taxes again, do you?"
"It used to be a toll tax. I don't know what I have to pay this time. Our family doesn't even have land. Alas!"
Everyone thought they had to pay taxes again.
When Qiu Wanjia was in power, there were new items to pay taxes on every day, and everyone was used to it.
At this time, an old man came over, took a look, and suddenly said in surprise: "Don't worry, everyone, this is not a tax payment, this is an agreement between the new county magistrate and everyone."
"Three Chapters of the Agreement? When Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, entered the customs, he made a Three Chapters Agreement with the people. Those who kill will be killed, and those who injure others and steal will be punished. I wonder what the new county magistrate's agreement is?" Someone asked with concern.
The old man said: "First, Hu County does not support idle people. Only by working can you have food."
Everyone is confused!
What is this statement?
The old man added: "Second, we will exempt the people from all taxes within one year from now on."
Before the old man could finish the third point, everyone was in a panic.