"And what are you going to do in the future?" Min Shigong asked with concern.

"What to do? What else can I do? Continue to do things in Lu Palace! Confucius sighed.

"Keep going? What to do? You? Didn't you say? You? Min Shigong asked, "Didn't you say?" Nothing to do? The power is hollowed out? ”

Confucius shook his head and sighed, "Sir doesn't know anything! My power is empty, and I didn't do what Lu Gong asked me to do! But? Who I am now? Isn't it? I? ”

Talking! Confucius helplessly spread his hands towards Min Shigong, and looked at Mr. Min Shigong helplessly.

"You? What happened to you? Min Shigong's eyes widened and he looked at Confucius with a puzzled expression.

"Am I not? I? What can I do? Can I quit my job? I? ”

"Why can't you resign? Mr? Min Shigong asked in turn.

Confucius sighed: "If you want to resign, you can resign before!" Right now! Can't quit! ”

"Why can't you quit?" Min Shigong asked puzzled.

Confucius looked at the two sisters-in-law sitting on the side and sighed, "Before! I'm just going to resign! But now! I have no choice! Mr! ”

"What's wrong? You? ”

"Woo-woo?" When Qi Guan heard this, he watched Confucius cry.

When the two sisters-in-law saw Confucius's embarrassed appearance, they had already guessed what was the reason why Confucius could not resign.

Confucius looked at Min Shigong and said, "If you resigned before, you would have resigned." It's just a matter between me and Lu Gong, Lu Gong will definitely not be happy. What if I was going to resign at that time? I'm worried! will intensify the relationship between Lu Gong and Ji Pingzi and other three Huan.

Sir knows! Sanhuan's power, the relationship between Ji Pingzi and others and Lu Gong. If I resign, Lu Gong must ask why? When the time comes! I can only tell the truth: I don't hold the power that Lu Gong gave me. The power is in the hands of Dr. Ji's people, and I am an accountant who has been hollowed out.

If this is the case, Lu Gong will definitely argue with Ji Pingzi and others. Isn't it? Where can Lu Gong fight Ji Pingzi and the others? So! I haven't resigned for a long time!

I? I? I'm Kongqiu! I don't want to be an official for the sake of being an official! It's not for the sake of being an official! I? I've thought about it a lot! Considering the relationship between Lu Gong and Sanhuan, and considering the stability of Lu State, there was no resignation. I didn't dare to tell Lu Gong the truth, because I knew the consequences of telling Lu Gong!

It's true! Mr! I'm embarrassed! I? I'm miserable! I don't know if I don't enter the officialdom! After entering the officialdom, I understood this! Sometimes! Honesty is not allowed! Mr! Loyalty is also not allowed! Mr!

I'm sorry Lu Gong! I was not honest in front of him, I was not loyal to him! But? I'm not dishonest and I'm not disloyal! But! If I am honest and loyal, it will be bad for Lu Gong and bad for Lu Guo! I'm helpless! Mr! ”

Speaking of this, Confucius was so painful that he wanted to cry.

"Husband! Woooooo When the official heard this, he cried.

Min Shigong still looked at Confucius in confusion and asked, "What about you now?" Why don't you resign? ”

"Sir!" Confucius sighed, "Now! I can't quit anymore! ”

"Why can't you quit?"

"Me? Sir, think about it? Right now! I'm in trouble! I was locked up by Ji Pingzi. Why didn't Ji Pingzi kill me? ”

"Why?"

"With the 'crime' I committed, he can kill me!"

"What crime have you committed?"

"Woooooo Qi Guanshi was crying on the side.

"Ji Pingzi, they said that I broke into the treasury privately to spy on intelligence, and I was a foreign worker. With that alone, they can kill me! Killing me is small, and if you exaggerate it, you can punish my whole family! ”

"This, this, this?" When Min Shigong heard this, he trembled with fright.

"I'm an accountant appointed by Lu Gong, but I can't check the treasury, I can't check all the accounts, what's the matter? I? As a bookkeeper, you need to know the source of the number and the authenticity of the number. I just count those accounts from unknown sources, and then report the accounts to Lu Gong? What's going on here? ”

"This, this, this?"

"And Ji Pingzi they said! The statistics reported below are all true and valid! There are those who are specifically responsible for statistics below. I, the bookkeeper, am only responsible for counting the numbers. After the calculation, make a report and hand it over to Lu Gong! Can me? I don't know the source of the calculated account data, how can I guarantee the authenticity of the data? What about the authenticity of the statistics reported below? ……”

Lu Gong (Lu Zhaogong) asked Confucius to count the state treasury and the country's annual tax revenue. To calculate the country's tax revenue, it is necessary to count the number of acres of land, the business situation, and so on, in order to calculate the amount of tax.

State taxes are levied on the basis of the amount of land owned and the amount actually cultivated. The nobility owned a lot of land area, but! Because the actual cultivated area is small due to the small population, then! The taxes paid by the nobles on the acres of land they actually cultivated were higher than those who had a small area of land but a large amount of land actually cultivated.

If you own so much land, you have to pay how much tax you have to pay to the king in a year.

There is a great difference between the poor and the rich and the poor. When it came time to divide the land, the top leaders had already debated it. The principle of making it as beneficial to the landlord as possible is to be the principle of never expropriating.

And then! You are free to develop! Your land has a large population and a large area of actual cultivation, then! You, the land-owning aristocracy, can live a life of luxury.

You own less land, but! If you have a high land use value and more land that you actually cultivate, you can also live a luxurious life.

You own less land, but! There's a castle on it! And! Commerce is very well developed in the city, and you can collect a lot of taxes as well. So! You can live a life of luxury, too.

Why did the king count the actual cultivation area and commerce belonging to the nobles? It is used to calculate tax deductions and exemptions in the event of natural and man-made disasters.

Because! There is the principle of "giving as much as possible to the benefit of the landlords, and the principle of never expropriating more" left there. Didn't it stipulate how much tax you had to pay a year for your land, your nobles, in the beginning? Right now! If there is a natural or man-made disaster, it will definitely not be delivered.

So! It is necessary to levy taxes according to the actual situation, or reduce or reduce taxes.

Such! Then the king will send a count of the actual situation below the nobles.

Confucius! It was sent by the Duke of Lu to count the domestic situation in the country of Lu. But this is directly related to the lives of the noble landowners, so! was directly emptied of his power by Ji Pingzi and others.

It is impossible for Ji Pingzi and the others to let Lu Gong (Lu Zhaogong) count the actual situation on their earth. Because! After the statistics are made of the actual situation, a lot of taxes will have to be paid every year.

Confucius used to work for Lu Gonggong and was a "retainer". Right now! It is to be a minister of the Lu country. In the past, he counted the number of Lu Gong's family, and Lu Gong saw that Confucius was serious and responsible, so he promoted him to Lu Guo. Outcome! encountered opposition from Ji Pingzi and others. No! It's framing.

Confucius was a serious and persistent person, and since the Duke of Lu appointed him to count the situation in the state of Lu, he had to be responsible.

Outcome! The aristocrats did not cooperate.

Confucius naturally wouldn't just forget it, so! So he went to the treasury to see what was going on. Outcome! was caught by Ji Pingzi's people. He was not allowed to see what was going on in the treasury, and he was not allowed to know the truth.

(End of chapter)