On the day of the big birthday, the nearby squires all came to give gifts, which was prosperous, and there was no need to list them in detail.

The birthday banquet was held for three days, and three days later, Lin Duowen found the bookkeeper and asked how much the bride price was received this time.

After converting the various items, the bookkeeper told Lin Duowen that in addition to this, there were more than 3,000 taels of silver.

The account office told Lin Duowen that the money was equivalent to borrowing, and in the future, these squires would have to pay back the money in full.

When Lin Duo heard that these things would be talked about when the time came, he didn't believe that these squires happened to get together one day to do this happy event.

Lin Duowen asked the account office to give the silver to Chen Shihong, and let Chen Shihong arrange it himself.

"This, Second Young Master, will it fall into the mouth."

"As long as Chen Shihong can be used on the right path, why should I care what others say."

So the bookkeeper loaded the money into a cart and took it to the county office.

Chen Shihong asked how much silver, and after the account office said, Chen Shihong wrote an IOU, signed it, and accepted it.

Next, Chen Shihong looked for the beggar and asked the beggar if there was a female beggar who could weave.

The beggar said that this is natural, this girl has to learn since she was a child, and she will know a lot of this.

Chen Shihong said that he was going to find some female beggars to make cloth, and after the beggar heard it, he was a little reluctant and told Chen Shihong that he was afraid that these people had not woven for many years, and some had forgotten that when the time came, they would waste these silks and lose the money to buy silkworms in vain.

Chen Shihong said that he didn't care about this, and if he could help them get out of such a life, he would naturally be willing.

The beggar had heard about Lin Quan, so he said to Chen Shihong: "My lord, you want to learn from Lin Wenzhenggong, but my lord, even if Lin Wenzhenggong goes, after he goes to this immortal, there are still so many people in Haining County who can only beg." This is not a solution after all, so why waste your energy? Three years later, after you are transferred away, will other masters love the people so much, and when the time comes, these people will not be able to go up or down, wouldn't it be even more pitiful. ”

"Three years is enough, as for whether this can become a plan for eternity, it is not for you and me to know."

The beggar saw that Chen Shihong insisted on this, so he had to say: "Since this is the case, I don't know if you are going to take all of these people, or only a part, if you only need a part, then the small ones will ask those who still know how to weave, if you want them all, then they can also live in the small place temporarily, master, you are so considerate of the small people, it is the honor of the small people." ”

After Chen Shihong thanked him, he thought that he only had three thousand taels of silver, and it was difficult to take care of them all, so he only needed one hundred people.

The beggar nodded and told Chen Shihong that he was also having a hard time, and there was no living for 100 people, but if there was food and clothing, Chen Shihong could only bear it.

Chen Shihong naturally allowed it, so the matter was settled.

After the beggar left, the county Cheng found Chen Shihong and said to Chen Shihong: "Master, you should go down to urge taxes." ”

After Chen Shihong heard this, he said to the county: "Don't you say that I forgot, you wait for someone to engrave this tax receipt, and send a copy to each household, let them find the lieutenant chief, and let the lieutenant chief help fill it out." ”

The county Cheng hesitated, thought about it for a while, and told Chen Shihong that they had always been urging them, and this was a list, and if it was put down, it might not have an effect.

Chen Shihong said that as a parent official, he should believe in the small people under his rule, and this trip to the village, these villagers must entertain, and it is not beautiful to work the people and lose money.

When the county saw Chen Shihong say this, he didn't say anything, so Chen Shihong wrote a list.

"A county in order to save redundant expenses, set the law, to Su Li Jia, now in accordance with the title of the quasi-equalization of the reason, to give the paste, prepare the year, the number of the amount should be paid, pay the license, according to the positive number of the speed, pay the county, and put the cabinet in the court. The number of taxes to be paid is to be filled in by the post, the date, the palm seal official personally approved the two words of the constitution, covered with a seal, paid for the license, and is not allowed to take the head of the scale, fire consumption, the inside is being taken by the official, and the inside is being released to the farmer, no violation! This county should send grain to a certain Hu, silk a certain horse, Kuiguang in the first year of the county population of a thousand a thousand a hundred a ten, whenever a tax is paid, a family Ding Tian Ding Ding, a total of taxes. In a certain month of this year, the number of sunshine in the county is completed, and a certain license is paid on the right. (A space is not required, so it is easy to fill in.) ）”

After Chen Shihong wrote it, it was his own, and then he wrote it out.

Next, I am going to write the name of the head of the household, the village to which he belongs, how many people are in the family, the type of land, how much tax should be paid according to the rules, and finally how much the family can actually pay.

According to the rules of the Yu Dynasty, if the family is poor, you can pay it on credit, of course, these are interest. In addition, there is also service, and those stationed on the four-sided border are exempted.

This should be written column by column, if not, it should also be marked with no word.

After the last post, you should write a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, write a certain one, count a certain hand, and a certain official of the same office.

After Chen Shihong read it, he found that there was no problem, so he asked the engraving, and then asked the master of the private house to fill in last year's number and send it to the hands of the people everywhere.

After this matter was done, the county Cheng said to Chen Shihong: "Master, there is such a list, and the people below can also know how much to pay." ”

"I hope so." Chen Shihong still has some suspense in his heart, the first time he did this, he didn't know what the disadvantages were.

He had this matter in his heart, so he forgot to tell the beggar, and when the beggar sent the list, Chen Shihong remembered, so he began to find a house, bought a loom, and then bought silk, and began to get busy.

As soon as people got busy, the time passed quickly, and Chen Shihong settled down here, and then Li Zheng handed over the receipt.

Chen Shihong found a few bookkeepers to calculate the positive receipts here according to the yellow and white books, and among them, there were five positive lists that were obviously problematic.

Comparing the white book, there is a few cents less tax, and if you look carefully with the booklet, there is no indication on the booklet that there is a family whose family has died.

So Chen Shihong put away this slip separately, stamped the others with his own big seal, and then registered it in the register, and waited for these small people to pay.

Chen Shihong asked people to find these five lizheng, and when he invited lizheng, Chen Shihong also found beggars, and found a few clever beggars to go to these people's villages to investigate.

After receiving the order, Li arrived early the next morning, and after Chen Shihong went down to the court, he entertained them in the back hall.

"Sit down."

These are cramped and uneasy, Chen Shihong thought about it, and asked people to set up seats, these people don't seem to be used to sitting upright.

One of the lieutenants hurriedly said, "It's okay for the little ones to stand." ”

Chen Shihong didn't force it, took out their receipts, and said to them: "This is your receipt, you can see for yourself." ”

After the lieutenant chiefs took it, Chen Shihong asked, "These are all drawn by you yourself." ”

The five of them nodded, not daring to speak, Chen Shihong asked them, compared with the white book, there is a few less taxes, what is going on.

"My lord, these people all died during this time, and there is no such thing as this white book."

"It's not on the white book, why isn't it on your receipt?"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and one of them said that he had forgotten it, and asked Chen Shihong for forgiveness.

"Did you forget, or deliberately greedy, I hope you can tell the county the truth, you don't know the county's means, read that you are a first-time offender, if you admit your mistakes, the county can also be lightly punished, if you are obsessed, then the county can only be strictly governed."

After hearing this, the lieutenant chief looked at each other, and finally four people knelt down and kowtowed to admit their mistakes.

"You are also decent people, and this county will not be punished, you will take this single back from the new, I hope you can repay according to the truth, if there is a next time, according to the law of Dayu, even if I exile you for 2,000 miles, it will be light."

After the four thanked them, the only one who saw this situation also knelt down and admitted his mistake.

"Hmph, it's really stubborn, forget it, slap your own face."

The last lieutenant chief slapped his face swollen, and then thanked Chen Shihong for his great kindness.

Chen Shihong asked them to go down, and then, he went to the warehouse, summoned the officials who managed the warehouse, and asked them to take out the weights and measures, after the officials took out the things, Chen Shihong saw that this was the court formula, so he warned them that when they collected grain, they would come to see it from time to time, and if they deliberately made it difficult and made a profit, then they would have a staff of thirty and a flow of five hundred miles.

The officials said that they didn't dare, and they would definitely act according to the rules of the court.

"The establishment of taxes by the imperial court was originally taken from the people for the people, but some people sought personal gain, which not only made the small people suffer, but also harmed the court.

After Chen Shihong said this, he also told them that if they could abide by the law, then he would not treat them badly.

After Chen Shihong left, he let Siyun have time to watch, he felt that this matter, although it was not a heavy accumulation, but these little officials may not change their minds so quickly, and they have to punish a few to be effective.

Siyun said with a smile: "If the county officials in the world are just like Chen Xianggong and you, then why worry about the world is not governed." ”

"It's not that they don't understand, these people who can be admitted to the Jinshi are not all pedantic and incompetent, but this wealth is moving. This looks at the kung fu of raising Haoran Qi in the past, this righteousness is full of righteousness, and naturally it will not lose its sense of proportion, and seek well-being for the people of the world. ”

"It's a pity that there are very few of them who cultivate righteousness, and how many of them are either greedy for wealth and wealth, or afraid of power, and throw away their sincere and righteous learning to the country of Java. What I think about is not the people, but money, and I really read ten years of sage books in vain. ”