Mu Rongshan looked at it, and the representatives of the two villages, each made a move, groping on the small pieces of paper, and suddenly said: "This lottery is also unreliable, in case the family is unlucky, the draw is behind, and the days suitable for taking water are taken away by the other side, what can I do." ”

Qian Jin shook his head and said: "You haven't looked carefully, you see, those small pieces of paper, all have words written, but after each word is written in front of them, it is directly turned over the back and placed in place, that is to say, it is all thought through, well, you know, every place has a relative local agricultural song, that is, what work is done on what day, it is all arranged, I bet that both of them must be on the most important day of wheat growth, one person takes water every day, so it is the best." ”

Mu Rongshan thought for a while and said, "Having said that, this idea is really not bad. ”

Qian Jin smiled secretly and said: "The idea is an old idea, in fact, it is a variant of the brothers' contention, it is actually very easy to deal with, but being able to deal with it and being willing to deal with it are two different things." ”

Mu Rongshan thought for a moment and said, "Brothers compete for property? ”

"The two brothers fought for the family inheritance, and they both said that the other party took more than themselves, so they found the county magistrate to decide, and the county magistrate saw that it was very simple, you see that your brother took a lot, so let you take your brother's share, and your brother will take your share, then they will all be happy."

Mu Rongshan was secretly shocked, nodded and praised: "This is indeed a high pole." ”

Qian Jin said: "It's broken, in fact, it's not worth much, in the same way of thinking, there are, the two brothers divide the porridge and divide the production, how to study fairly, and how to be fair in the end?" A brother divides the two halves equally, and the other brother takes it first, so the person in charge of the score must try his best to divide the things evenly and fairly no matter what, which has long been explained in game theory. ”

Mu Rongshan thought for a while and said, "This county is also very good at doing things." ”

Qian Jin's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen someone in the team, and said: "This county is here to do things, naturally it is not for nothing, well, but the identity of the dignified deputy county magistrate, to earn this money, is a little down." ”

In the team on both sides, there seems to be a man with a gift bag, although I don't know what he is taking, but seeing that the people in this village are not badly dressed, I think that the large-scale construction since last year has played a certain effect of Roosevelt's New Deal, and a large amount of money has been continuously entered into the hands of the lowest workers, and after these money drive consumption, it should play some positive feedback.

The task of distributing water was soon over, and for the villagers, they did not understand the psychological application of the lottery, but they did feel that it was very fair.

In terms of organization, the north and the south are indeed very different, but the villages are all close to each other, and it is absolutely impossible to be wrong.

Everything is over, the distribution is still happy, both sides feel that they do not suffer, so they also look forward to the county Cheng who is the master of the people, the county Cheng stroked his beard, accepted the almost nutritious compliment, and was about to leave, but saw two men come over, looking like they were all oily and powdery, but the demeanor was not bad, not frivolous, looking at the clothes are almost counted, their own people, at least in the place where many farmers are, very conspicuous.

"This old parent, it's hard today."

Mu Rongshan tried his best to study the "incision" of the "scholars" in this era, and he was confident that he would not reveal his identity because of his words, and he was naturally willing to talk to someone.

"It's okay, the two of you listen to the accent, aren't you Tianjin natives."

Qian Jin made up the reason early and said: "The two of us are from Shandong, and this time I came to Hebei to have a tour, and I saw my old parents presiding over affairs here, so I came to visit." ”

The county Cheng on the two of them, looking back and forth, seemed to reply with an "oh" response, I don't know if I believe this, but there is no loophole in the speech: "In the spring ploughing season in this county, there are many things, let the two ...... Childe laughed. ”

Qian Jin said: "It's nothing, what I saw all the way, the road is not forgotten, and there is not even a beggar, it can be called peaceful." ”

"There are no beggars."

The county Cheng smiled, and after speaking, he said: "The two of you look fateful, why don't you do it, I can also understand the terroir of Shandong." ”

Mu Rongshan was overjoyed and said, "It's just right, it's just right." ”

The scene was in front, and there was an old soldier in front of him leading the way, heading towards Tianjin County.

The three of them didn't say anything else, they all exchanged each other's names and identities first, Qian Jin and Mu Rongshan directly pretended to be Shandong Xiucai who came to the imperial capital to try their luck this time, and they were ready to go home after the exam, but they didn't want to run in vain, so they walked around the imperial capital and the surrounding areas together.

This kind of identity is the most suitable to find a topic with these scholars, whether it is their opinions on the various policies of the Council of Elders, or their opinions on the content of Enke, it is easy to lead to conversations, and the identity of the same scholars must be much more acceptable, isn't it.

The county's name is Su Qi, the county's county is a Henan person, or a lifter, and Mu Rongshan also understands this identity.

In the system of the Ming Dynasty, lifting people, that is, people who can go to the imperial capital to participate in the imperial examination and directly become a central-level official, if they fail the old examination, it is not impossible to participate in the "big challenge" of the Ministry of Officials, that is, they are selected to be middle- and low-level officials, starting from the bottom, but they are not high-level officials who have not grown up.

Presumably, this Su Qi is also a person with a story, just like his identity as a native of Henan, he really doesn't mention his hometown at all, but the two of them came out to "investigate the people's feelings", naturally not to say anything else.

"Senior Su, then tell me, what kind of attention is paid to such an exam in the imperial court, I have never heard of it in the past, and there are any multiple-choice questions, hundreds of them at a time, which can scare us to death."

Su Qi smiled and said, "It's nothing more than ......"

Suddenly, he felt speechless, immediately stopped, and said: "However, there are a lot of new things in the imperial capital recently, but unfortunately the old man is old, but I'm afraid I can't understand it." ”

Mu Rongshan suddenly said: "This imperial court built a railway and exempted agricultural taxes, it is really a big move, I just don't know, where did they get so much money to do things, but it is really a great thing for the benefit of all people." ”

The two were staring at Su Qi, but they saw that he didn't seem to have any words, but there was indeed a little sigh on his face, knowing that he had flowers in his heart, so Qian Jin hurriedly asked: "Uncle, what do you think of these national policies?" ”

Su Qi looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "How dare I mean anything, it's just strange, these big works are not for nothing, they are spent with real money, where did the court get so much money, if it is really so rich, those people will not ...... Hi. ”

Qian Jin smiled and said: "I heard that the imperial court took down some traitorous thieves, such as a few traitor merchants in Shanxi, and the treasury officials who stole the treasury in the imperial capital, so naturally they have money in their hands, you say yes, old man." ”

Su Qi shook his head and said: "This is wrong, the imperial court set the imperial capital last year, and acted steadily, not grasping or killing the size of the one, but from that time on, the money came out like flowing water, it was not a small amount, but the cost of one million taels of silver, and it is said that the imperial capital is full of immortals, and it is a bit of the ability to turn stone into gold, how is this possible." ”

This is a smart person, but Mu Rongshan hurriedly said: "Who knows about such a thing, maybe it is the silver of the treasury officials, and the inner treasury of Lord Chongzhen." ”

Su Qi said: "Those treasurers, the money in their hands has been exchanged for fields and shops, how can there be so much cash, and I haven't heard that anyone in the imperial capital bought their land, which means that the land is in the hands of those elders." ”

Rigorous inference, the two glanced at each other, Qian Jin said: "I really don't know, maybe people really know what kind of magic to turn stone into gold, well, don't say it, in the future, this railway will be repaired, and naturally the world will be peaceful, and everything will be worry-free, how good is this." ”

Su Qi glanced at the two of them strangely, he didn't know what he was thinking, and said: "How can it be so easy, I can't understand it, I can't understand it, Xuan Ao, this railway is mysterious, it's a pity that the little old man is old and can't understand it, and there is weirdness inside, I'm afraid that if it goes on like this, there will be chaos." ”

Mu Rongshan exclaimed: "Ah, old man, where do you start with this, what do I think, this new court is very stable, it has endless money, there is no invincible enemy, what are you afraid of." ”

Su Qi said: "But the order of the eldest and youngest is messed up, and as soon as the railway is built, it only takes a quarter of an hour from the imperial capital to Tianjin, and the elders are still building the railway, they say, it is to build every state capital in the world, from one end of the world to the other, it will not take much time, in this way, if a villain escapes from one place to another, how can the government manage them, difficult, difficult." ”

Mu Rongshan said: "Aren't there officials doing things?" ”

Su Qi said: "Hey, there is no need to mention it, now the county government is about to pay money, and the officials have been scared by the adults from the imperial capital a few times, and they don't dare to harass the merchants, so they can only rely on collecting some business taxes to eat, which is slowly a little short." ”

Qian Jin almost blurted out how could a civil servant be hungry, but immediately thought that this lowest-level official in the Ming Dynasty was really the most pitiful existence.

"Oh yes, it seems that the agricultural tax has been abolished."

Mu Rongshan said: "I remember, it seems that there are subsidies for your county officials in various places to supplement your financial losses." ”

Su Qi was also slightly surprised when he heard the word finance, looked at the two of them quietly, and said: "Those money are the daily expenses of dogs, but the county government is not only officials." ”

Qian Jin said: "It's because of the fire." ”

Fire consumption of this thing, is equivalent to retention or additional tax, often in addition to the agricultural tax and other commercial taxes a little, the percentage according to the different county officials have high and low, but often in the end, due to the loss of supervision, will become a carnival place for officials, of course, nominally, this money is also to be used for the daily operation of the government, a county government at the very least, is also to hire dozens of people to do things, this is the cost.

Su Qi said: "Don't hide it from the two of you, since the beginning of this year, this agricultural tax is indeed not easy to collect, maybe other places, but also dare to think, the emperor is far away, so he pressed the edict, and then collected taxes, bolder, even if the people know the order of the imperial capital, but the wolf-like servants are holding sticks in a pile, no matter how reasonable the people can only admit it, and we, the feet of the Son of Heaven, can only be honest and dare not question more." ”

Qian Jin said: "Say a thousand things and ten thousand, the country had no money before, so the most basic officials, the officials, can only pay local money to feed, there are too many things in this, and there are too many flowers, and the empty salary is already good, and more is that the ruffians are doing things." ”

Qian Jin explained to Mu Rongshan, and also gave him, a guy who was only interested in the ancient spring and white snow, a reminder.

Su Qi said: "What this old man said can't be wrong, at least in many villages, it is true, it is not difficult for good people to be errands, they are all done by people like ruffians." ”

Mu Rongshan was puzzled: "Wait a minute, a good person is not a civil servant?" ”

Su Qi had already used honorifics, and began to explain slowly there.

Qian Jin said: "It's easy to understand, acquaintance society, everyone is relatives and relatives, maybe who is your seventh uncle, or a distant cousin, where he is crying poor and pitiful, while hiccuping and saying that he can't open the pot, how do you say this tax is collected, in the end, the one who can help the county government to collect taxes must be a bad boy who doesn't hurt grandma and uncle doesn't love." ”

Mu Rongshan said: "Damn, the grassroots IRS wants to ......"

After all, he still had some intelligence, so he didn't say anything more, and said: "In the end, there is still no establishment." ”

Qian Jin said: "Yes, systemally, these tax collectors or small officials have been like this all their lives, and they don't give people hope, it's just fatal, well, I figured it out." ”

Qian Jin turned his head to Su Qi and said: "Old man, we are from out of town, we just want to come and see, the port that is being built, by the way, how the county government in Hebei does things, I don't know if it's okay." ”

"Here, the county government is all idle people, etc., but I am afraid of disturbing the two nobles."

Qian Jin said: "That's what I did, well, in the future, this agricultural tax will inevitably be abolished, and the commercial tax must also be standardized, I think, this imperial court, in the future, it will definitely standardize the establishment and work of the county government, of course, everyone's salary should also be enough, of course, you say, how much should be given." ”

Su Qi's eyes flickered, and he looked at the two of them, but he was not excited, but he nodded and said, "That relationship is a good thing, the two adults come with me." ”

"This old man is funny, he doesn't see anything."

"Of course, people are not blind, it is estimated that they have met with the contractor on the construction site, so they naturally know."

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