The literary style of Fuluo County is not prosperous, and there has only been one person in the past ten years, and there are currently nine Xiucai people and twenty-seven people in childhood, which is inferior to Xinqi County before. In addition, Yan Kaichen has been a county order for six years, and if he can save it, he will save it, and the county school is like a virtual and dilapidated state. After Jiang Anyi took office, he allocated funds to repair the county school, provided grain and rice to the students, and also gave ten taels of silver a year.

This time, Jiang Anyi set up the conference in the county school, and also gave the county school five copper coins as the decoration fee, and organized the students to set up more than 100 benches in the backyard of the county school, and put a few tables in front of it, which were used as seats for Jiang Anyi and other officials. In this promotion of "combining taxes into one," Jiang Anyi not only invited village leaders, village elders, and squires, but also invited representatives from all walks of life to allow Xiucai, Tongsheng, and other scholars to sit in on the hearings, and the propaganda of the system in the future will depend on these scholars.

On November 6th, the sky was beautiful, and the warm sun sprinkled in the courtyard of the county school, a warm ocean. Fuluo County opened an unprecedented conference, and everyone was very novel and excited. The conference was arranged at the beginning of the year, and people came one after another from the beginning of the hour, and everyone was excited and noisy, and the whole venue was even more noisy than the vegetable market.

More than 200 seats were arranged, and the seats were full at the end of the hour, and the people who came to listen under the corridors and behind the corridors on both sides were full of people who came to observe, and the officials worked hard to maintain order, and now the people of Fuluo County were educated by Jiang Anyi to no longer be afraid of the officials and officials, and they dared to argue with them loudly.

Just after the hour, Jiang Anyi, Liu Jiusi, Qin Zixiong, Ren Jiaoyu, and several big squires in the county walked out from behind, and the noise in the venue gradually quieted down, and the officials sat down in turn. Jiang Anyi glanced at the compound full of people, and was very satisfied, after today's conference, the "tax union into one" will radiate from this remote small county to the surroundings, and the entire Dazheng will be affected. Thinking of these, Jiang Anyi was full of pride.

“…… After the tax is combined, the tax per mu is 30 wen in the upper field, 25 wen in the middle field, and 20 wen in the lower field. ”

There was a "buzz" in the courtyard.

"In the past, one acre of land was ten taxes, and the field tax was only one bucket and two liters, and the discount was only about fifteen yuan, and the field tax doubled all of a sudden, how will the days after this be lived?"

"Stupid, didn't you listen to Lord Jiang, except for the field tax, you don't have to pay any other money, and the conscription, the Ding tax, and the depreciation are all spread in the field tax, so it's much more cost-effective than before."

"The most important thing is that in the future, those officials and officials will not find an excuse to ask for money again, and this alone will be worth the previous field tax."

"Yes, yes, this 'tax one' policy is really for the sake of our people."

Hearing the discussion in the courtyard, Jiang Anyi did not continue to speak, and sat back in the chair to drink tea to moisten his throat. Qin Zixiong secretly stabbed him next to him, and motioned to Jiang Anyi to look at the people sitting in the front row, these people are big landlords and big squires in the county, and they have hundreds of hectares of land at home.

These people have more land in their homes, and the land tax is doubled, and the tax is doubled. And these people are rich and powerful, and the officials and servants of the county government do not dare to come to the door to make things difficult, and they can send it away by giving a little silver, while the servants naturally have servants to do it for them, and the tax is also small, so they have to pay dozens of taels of silver more every year.

It is impossible for everyone to be satisfied, Jiang Anyi decided to ignore the reactions of these people, "tax into one" is the national policy of the Son of Heaven, and these people dare not make a mistake. In addition, Fuluo County is mostly rich and has no strong forces, so Jiang Anyi can suppress the opposing voices.

When the discussion calmed down, Jiang Anyi continued to explain the problems that may be encountered in "combining taxes into one", such as although "combining taxes into one", it is also possible to use grain to pay for the land, and there will be no further forced labor in the future, and when something happens, the yamen will hire laborers with a salary of 100 wen a day, and so on.

The meeting dispersed at noon, and the township leaders brought the notices prepared by the yamen in advance, which were to be posted in the townships and villages, and the township leaders were also responsible for explaining the propaganda to the villagers. Jiang Anyi looked at the crowd of excited discussions, in less than ten days, the policy of "tax as one" will spread throughout Fuluo County, and even throughout Lizhou, and then it will depend on the effect of "tax into one", Jiang Anyi is full of confidence in this.

On November 15, the time to sharpen the knife came, and on this day, the Fuluo County government recruited officials and officials. Shi Qingle is even more excited than Jiang Anyi, during this time he devoted himself to the rectification work of Fuluo County, and has written more than an inch of experience, this recruitment examination is regarded by him as the final stroke, and after the end of the year, he will return to Beijing with his experience, these experiences and experience are his promotion steps.

Compared with "tax as one", Jiang Anyi attaches more importance to this recruitment, and he knows that any good policy must be implemented by people, and only officials will be clean. The position was vacated in advance, and eight officials and ten officials were dismissed, and these people were provided to Jiang Anyi by Liu Jiusi and Qin Zixiong. Two rows of tables were set up in front of the Yi Gate, and Jiang Anyi referred to the form of the entrance examination of Zechang Academy to recruit officials and officials.

Qin Zixiong is in charge of the recruitment of the government officials, who are strong and powerful, know martial arts, and are honest and innocent; Liu Jiusi is in charge of the recruitment of officials, and all white people who can write and calculate, and can handle official documents can apply for the examination. There were so many people who took the exam that Jiang Anyi was a little surprised, it seems that the annual salary of ten taels of silver is very attractive in Fuluo County, which is considered a high salary. Not to mention the side of the officials, even the recruitment of examiners attracted five students to apply for the examination, seventeen children signed up, and there were more than 30 people who could read and write, and Jiang Anyi appeared in the crowd of applicants when he saw that Wu Huayou.

Shi Qingle stood at the height of the instrument gate and watched the recruitment scene nervously, and went down to the recruitment office from time to time to check. Jiang Anyi glanced at it and returned to the flower hall, he had no confidence in fundamentally cleaning up Jiang Anyi, no matter how strong the system was, no matter how high the butcher's knife was, it could not stop the greed of the people's hearts, maybe in Fuluo County for a few years or more than ten years, it would be able to maintain a relatively clean and honest government, but in the end it would return to the way it was before.

The appearance of Wu Huayou made Jiang Anyi feel a trace of sadness, poverty can change the ambition of a scholar, and live by others, if it weren't for the possession of the demon master after being struck by lightning, I am afraid that he is now also farming and weaving bamboo in the countryside for a living, and reading and entering the Tianzi Hall can only appear as a dream.

Let people who are interested in reading study with peace of mind, Jiang Anyi remembered that when he was in Zechang Academy, Deng Shanchang had asked him to help a group of poor students when he was able, to be honest, he didn't have much of a feeling at the time, but now that he thinks about it, this belief has deeply touched him.

Jiang Anyi couldn't sit still, got up and came to the front of Yimen, the recruitment of Xu officials had come to an end, Jiang Anyi took over the list from Liu Xiancheng's hands, and Wu Huayou was among them. Wu Huayou stood quietly aside, with a complicated expression on his face, including joy, guilt, loss and regret. There were also two people dressed as scholars beside him, and a total of twelve officials were selected for this recruitment, including three students, seven children, and two scholars without merit.

Raising his hand, Jiang Anyi asked these people to follow him to the lobby, Shi Qingle followed closely, he wanted to listen to how Jiang Anyi admonished these people, Zhuang Yuanlang's rhetoric can be used as a model, and later officials can learn from it.

Jiang Anyi was silent in the public court for a long time, and the newly hired officials became a little worried, and even Liu Jiusi felt a little uneasy, and leaned over and asked, "Lord Jiang, is there anything wrong with the officials selected by Liu?" ”

Jiang Anyi shook his head and sighed: "Jiang just recalled the past and was a little sad. Before Jiang was not selected, his family was poor, he made a living from his mother's bamboo, and his younger brother was ten years old and helped to subsidize the family. ”

Why do you have to know each other when you meet, it's just because they are all suffering people. Jiang Anyi's words made those new officials feel sad, and Wu Huayou couldn't help but shed tears, and choked up: "It turns out that Master Jiang is also from a poor background, but adults can study hard and eventually succeed, in comparison, Wu is really ashamed." ”

"Jiang Mou sees that you people are dressed in tatters and have vegetables on your face, and you are not rich when you want to come to your family." Jiang Anyi sighed: "You can be selected by Liu County, you all have some talent to learn, but because of your livelihood, you have to devote yourself to becoming an official, and it is a pity that it is difficult to repay your life's ambition." ”

Jiang Anyi's words caused a sigh, and even Shi Qingle shook his head and sighed: "Indeed, this official just read Wu Huayou's article, and the meaning of the words is clear, if the time comes, it is not difficult to win the lift." ”

Wu Huayou bowed his head and was silent, his face pale.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Anyi said: "Jiang once studied in Zechang Academy, and Deng Shanchang, the head of the academy, once said that it is far more difficult for the children of the poor family to study than the rich family, and Jiang can help a little when he has the ability." For one term as an official and for the benefit of one party, since Jiang came to Fuluo County as an order, he should do a few good deeds for the people of Fuluo. Jiang has a thin family today, and intends to sponsor you to continue your studies, but I don't know what you want? ”

As soon as the words fell, half of the people, including Wu Huayou, bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord, we are willing to study hard and make progress." ”

Jiang Anyi nodded, and said to Liu Jiusi on the side: "Lord Liu, Jiang is willing to invest in the purchase of ten hectares of fertile land, and use the grain he produces to provide food and clothing for poor students who are interested in studying. ”

One acre of land in Fuluo County needs ten taels of silver, and ten hectares is a thousand acres, which requires ten thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to the tax of Fuluo County for more than three years before, which is not a small amount. Liu Jiusi stood up and saluted: "My lord loves the people, and he should be a model for us, and Liu is willing to follow him." Liu is not as rich as adults, and the last time he exterminated Huangyang Village, he was useless and received a hundred taels of silver, and Liu was willing to donate more land. ”

Qin Zixiong said angrily: "Qin received a lot last time, and he is willing to donate eight hundred taels of silver. ”

Shi Qingle couldn't sit still on the side, and praised: "I didn't expect to see the ancient benevolent gentleman in Fuluo County, Shi Mousheng was in the matter, and he was willing to donate four hundred taels of silver." ”

Wu Huayou and others were already moved to tears, and fell to the ground, "Thank you for your kindness, we will live up to the wishes of the adults, and study hard, but we have achieved something, and we will never forget the grace of today's help." ”

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Deng Shanchang once said that Jiang doesn't need you to repay anything, but when you encounter such things in the future, you might as well think about it today and help a group of poor students who need help." ”

Jiang Anyi did not know that his unintentional actions would have a great impact on future generations, and decades later, Fuluo County became the prosperous place of Wenzong. The students of Fuluo County, led by Wu Huayou, established the Salary School, vigorously funded the children of the poor families, and made Fuluo and even Lizhou become a major state for the imperial examination.