"Know what?"

Qian Jin thought for a while and said: "This person's identity is a bit interesting, although I am not an expert, but no matter how you look at it, it is a bit interesting, it is good to communicate slowly, no matter how you look at it, it is also a talent." ”

Mu Rongshan asked: "How do you see it, what identity." ”

Qian Jin said: "Can't you see it, this person is obviously a real rich man, that jade pendant, that walking posture, even if there are pits on the road, it is also a very formal detour, not like you and me who take a big step, you say, what kind of person is this." ”

Mu Rongshan is also a Hanfu fan after all, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and said, "Huo Guang? ”

Qian Jin said: "The son of the family. ”

Although he is a son of a family, and he is not young, Su Qi's body is obviously stronger than the two pampered elders, a few miles of road, walking back to the county seat, Su Qi's body is still very stable, while Mu Rongshan and Qian Jin are already tired of becoming grandchildren.

"Hey, I said, old ...... Wait, sir, just rest in this teahouse. ”

It is really inconvenient for Mu Rongshan to wear an ancient costume, and when he sees a teahouse, it is already like seeing a relative.

Su Qi smiled, didn't care, and invited directly into the teahouse.

The owner of the teahouse seemed to know Su Qi, and when he saw him coming, he immediately came to serve.

"Master Su, you're here."

"Have a hot cup of tea and rest."

After sitting down, Su Qi looked at the two who were a little depressed, and did not comment on anything, but said, "The two of you have worked hard." ”

Qian Jin was not embarrassed, and said: "The old gentleman is old and strong, I admire it, well, the security in this city is not bad." ”

Because it is too close to the imperial capital, although the presbyterian council has not really cleaned up the security of Tianjin, but after hearing that the beggar gang in the entire imperial capital was connected to the tragedy, people have gradually moved to the south, after all, according to the grapevine, those beggar brothers have "disappeared", and a small number of people who do not believe in evil have the courage to go to the imperial capital to "open business".

This kind of "beggar's black hole" and "black hole of the side door" have indeed frightened certain forces, and what they can do is to change their faces, continue to wait and see, or start to go south to seek vitality.

However, Su Qi was indeed a little unhappy, and said: "It is also fortunate that although the dynasty has changed, but there is no more sword soldiers, but no one knows what will happen after this great work." ”

Mu Rongshan asked: "What a good thing it is to do such a big project, so many laborers, and get a good pay." ”

Su Qi smiled and said: "But in the future, it will be difficult to go from luxury to frugality, can the imperial court continue to work day after day, and the silver used is as high as a mountain." ”

He pointed in one direction and said, "Not everyone, after taking their wages, they are honestly saving up and preparing to buy land." ”

Qian Jin said: "I probably understand your thinking, if you use money to start a big project and solicit people to start work, and eventually the people will take this easy money as a matter of course, once the money is gone, there may be trouble." ”

Su Qi seemed to be satisfied, nodded, and said, "That's it." ”

Qian Jin wanted to explain something, but saw that Su Qi thought about it and said: "When I was in my hometown in Henan, near my house, there was a splash skin, who often used some excuses to make trouble at another rich family's house, in fact, at the beginning, it was just a loss of things, it was taken away by the servants at home, or some porcelain was damaged. ”

Qian Jin looked at him with an expression that was not a pity for the rich family, but with a sense of regret, he naturally guessed the relationship between Su Qi and the rich family, thought about it, and said: "This rich family is really wrong, it should be reported to the government to deal with it from the beginning, well, no, the government can't control it." ”

Su Qi smiled bitterly and said: "And the husband is a land matter, for example, he is holding a salary to fight the fire, the salary is not exhausted, and the fire is not extinguished, that's it, the appetite for the splash skin is getting bigger and bigger, and he has money in his hand, and he actually recruited a few splashes and started to make trouble, and finally the rich family couldn't bear it anymore and went to report to the official to arrest people, but he ran away, who knows." ”

Mu Rongshan said: "The government should have started as soon as possible, this evil force will be severely cracked down on sooner or later." ”

Su Qi said: "It's difficult, it's difficult, if it's just a trivial matter like touching porcelain or making trouble, for a few taels of silver, can the government still kill people?" The man was the son of a bankrupt merchant, and on the other side was the house of the scholar, so he could not do anything against the conscience of the scholar. ”

"Well, this is the expulsion of the good gentry by the bad gentry, alive."

Su Qi looked at it and said, "Expulsion? ”

Qian Jin replied: "It's just a metaphor, which means that for the gentry, gradually changing from good to inferior gentry is a gradual process, probably so, if it is an inferior gentry, in the face of this little rascal, maybe a few family members can make it disappear, but good people are helpless against it, because the government can not control this kind of thing, and it can't kill people because of trivial things." ”

Qian Jin suddenly remembered something, isn't this Li Xiangqian's theory of how Britain can become strong, Britain can absorb wealth from all over the world, and at the same time, all kinds of "unstable factors" are directly assigned to the big prison of Australia, and Britain without Australia has directly become a ...... A paradise for the unspeakable.

Su Qi thought for a while and said: "This is not necessarily true, if there is really that kind of person, among the gentry, he will not be recognized, but will be alienated, whether it is taking the official road or what, it is impossible to have any success if he goes, he is just a gentry." ”

This topic, for Qian Jin, is also very easy to explain: "Gradual, which means, take your time, at the beginning, as you said, the inferior gentry must be an ugly phenomenon criticized by public opinion, just like this tea, at the beginning, after the tea entered the boiling water, the tea is tea, the water is water, clean and transparent, but the more later, the good gentry themselves slowly disappeared, and those who survived were the inferior gentry, just like tea, and finally, the tea was so thick that the tea could not be seen, because at that time, it was already integrated with the water." ”

This is not a good explanation, if you really want to explain why the process of the good gentry becoming the bad gentry, it is possible to write an expository essay of hundreds of thousands of words, from the land system thousands of years ago to the cultural innovation of the last few years.

But these few words, for Su Qi, who has gone through the vicissitudes of life, is enough, he thought about it, and already had an understanding, and said: "No wonder this is the case, the elders have won the world, it really deserves to be so, not all by weapons or the like." ”

This is already clear, but Qian Jin doesn't care, but he feels that the other party is not as casual as others, and when he sees that he is an elder, he comes to curry favor, in fact, the more respected he is.

Qian Jin said: "Speaking of this, there is one thing that we thought our colleagues were worried about, do the old people have any concerns?" ”

Su Qi's eyes flashed and said, "You say." ”

Qian Jin said: "A long, long time ago...... Well, it's been a long time, there is a place called Bend, at that time, the rulers at that time, wanted to be soft with them, so they poured out policies, gave money and materials, and took all kinds of care, but now, the bent people who took the money, not only did not appreciate it a little, but intensified their confrontation with the central government, and even made all kinds of more crazy massacres, you say, what is going on. ”

Su Qi closed his eyes, he naturally didn't know the origin of the name of the place, at this time it was still called Xiaoliuqiu, and suddenly said: "This is not the matter of the Celestial Empire that I know, but there is also a context to be found, in fact, the appetite is too big, thinking that if you continue to make trouble, you can get benefits, well, Li Shao'er is not afraid of the strong, rude and insulting the neighbor, but it can die, presumably this bend is bound to perish." ”

Qian Jin said slowly: "The country of tens of millions, when the Celestial Empire can't bear it anymore, has no choice but to make a move, especially the southern counties, which are basically wiped out like earth dogs. ”

Su nodded and said, "It should be so, I don't know the grace of heaven, that's it." ”

Qian Jin said: "This is the question, is it better to be gentle or by force." ”

Su Qi suddenly had a feeling that he had mastered the well-being of the people in the world, thinking of his hometown where there was no one anymore, as well as Jiangnan, and said: "Huairou is the mainstay, but the town is martial." ”

"Hehe," Qian Jin smiled and said, "I still haven't elaborated." ”

Su Qi was a little embarrassed and said, "It's nothing more than a little more patience." ”

Qian Jin said: "There is another problem, although we have publicized the strategy of exempting agricultural taxes for the whole of Hebei, but in many places, those landlords have not only not understood the spirit of the central government, but have received the money from the tax again, and the result is that the burden on the tenants is heavier, which is very bad, are they not afraid of the tenants rebelling, is this really the case, we don't help them collect the corpses." ”

Su Qi said: "It's nothing more than a few places, those places, tenants are not easy to get in and out, and they can't find other people's land, otherwise, if it is a good way to farm land, the landlord is not only chasing less rent, but also usually shushing the cold and asking for warmth, this is the difference." ”

This is a counterexample, Qian Jin also knows that farming is a technical job, and skilled people are trusted by the boss wherever they go.

Or don't say it casually to the outside world, they are ready to immigrate abroad, but that matter is more important: "Old man, I'm afraid you can also see that we are from the imperial capital, do some small investigations, can you cooperate, we have to collect data, Tianjin is the same, other places also have to go to people, to customize the number of people in a grassroots organization team, establishment, and wages, the previous kind of goose plucking, eating fire and energy consumption is more than the national tax, absolutely not allowed to give birth, what do you think." ”

Su Qi was shocked and said, "That's a lot of people." ”

Qian Jin pointed to the direction of the seaside and said: "This is the largest port in the north in the future, and the manpower needed must not be less, how can it not be less than a thousand people. ”

Su Qi said: "This elder, forgive me for being ignorant, in the past, the imperial court only needed to manage the expenses of a few people, and it was still overstretched, if it was really managed like this, the cost would be too large, and the county really couldn't think of anything to support." ”

Qian Jin smiled and said, "Aren't we here to do research." ”

As the deputy of the county official, although he also works in the county office, but in the system, the distance is still very far, and the reason is naturally very clear......

Therefore, after Su Qi returned to the county office, he did not do any daily official business, but called the leaders of the county government one by one to study something carefully.

"How old are you, what's your name, how many people are in the family."

"How much do you usually get paid, and how do you eat?"

Basically, everyone looked at Su Qi and was a little surprised, but, with Su Qi's acquiescence, these people all said 1510, of course, if you don't say it's okay, there is an official who looks at you and knows you well, prompting from time to time, of course, many times, you can beautify yourself.

"In other words, there are three children in the family, but the expenses are still not enough."

Qian Jin shook his head, in this later life, anyone who boasted of the ability of the proletariat and poor peasants could play, it was nothing more than crying poor, interviewing more than a dozen people, basically feeling not very happy, and suddenly his heart moved, and said: "Is there a treasurer in this county?" ”

Su Qi glanced at him, the news that the treasury officials had been swept away in this imperial capital had already reached his ears, smiled bitterly, and said: "This elder, this county is a small county, and the treasury is not like other counties, let alone the wealth of the imperial capital, but it is not comparable, the treasury officials, these days are busy cleaning up the granary, preparing to store summer grain." ”

"yes, understood." Qian Jin thought about it, and said in his heart that the legend that they were fighting corruption first and dealing with the treasury officials had spread, although it was a deterrent to the treasury officials in the world, but these treasury officials were already thinking about countermeasures, whether it was robbing money or running away, it was possible.

In this way, it is better to go south early.

He glanced at Mu Rongshan, and Mu Rongshan suddenly said: "Speaking of which, a few days ago, I read Taizu's brief record of awakening and greed, which is about the income of the officials of the Heavenly Dynasty, even if it is a county official, his income is enough to have ninety stones of rice, which is enough to feed a family, but why is it that things are still continuous, don't think I am narrow-minded, if there is no reason to be corrupt if there is no salary, then there is a problem with the salary." ”

Su Qi was embarrassed and said, "After all, it is a minority." ”

Mu Rongshan said: "But I heard that the officials in Luoyang, no matter what they do, the money is directly lowered to the waist, and as a result, the Shun army is in the city, and they need to recruit people to fight, and they still play this set, but the militia will definitely stop doing it, isn't this playing with me." ”

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