Chapter 337: Fooled
Wanhua heard Wang Er say this, laughed a few times, and then put his arm on Wang Er's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, let's come to the county seat rarely, have fun and then go back." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Saying that, he just pulled Wang Er swaggering around the street, Wang Wu and Wang Liu were also helpless, so they had to follow Wanhua and them.
Along the way, Wanhua was in a good mood, many people greeted Wanhua, and Wanhua responded enthusiastically, making those who greeted feel very faced.
Soon, Wanhua and the others came to Zhao Qian's house, joking, when they arrived at the county seat, if they didn't come for a trip, wouldn't they be scolded by their wives!
Wanhua asked Wang Er to wait in the living room, and came to the backyard to find Zhao Qian, Wanhua couldn't wait to tell Zhao Qian the news of being the chief of grain, and wanted to share his joy with her.
Zhao Qian was very happy to see Wanhua coming, Wanhua was not polite, she just hugged Zhao Qian in her arms, and said happily: "Sister, I am the chief of grain, this is a big official!" β
When Zhao Qian heard this, she couldn't help but think in her heart what kind of official this was, but she hadn't heard of it, whatever, seeing him so happy, this must be a good errand.
So Zhao Qian was also happy for Wanhua, and was tightly held in his arms, and Zhao Qian also felt very warm and down-to-earth.
The two complained to each other about the pain of lovesickness, and then Wanhua said: "Sister, when I finish the matter of handing over the imperial grain, I will come to marry you, and then we can be together every day, and we don't have to run so far to see you like now." β
When Zhao Qian heard this, she was very happy in her heart, she finally had a specific day, and it was great to think that she would marry Wanhua in a short time.
I saw Zhao Qian's little face flushed and lowered her head, looking very shy, but the corners of her mouth were smiling, her two hands twisted the handkerchief there, and whispered while twisting: "Brother, don't tell people about this, this is up to my mother." β
When Wanhua saw Zhao Qian's little daughter's posture, she liked it very much, and hurriedly said: "Of course, of course, when the time comes, of course I will propose to my aunt first, and I will also make our happy event a beautiful one, and go around the county town, so that everyone knows and is happy for us." β
Saying this, Zhao Qian shook her body even more ashamedly, and said in a coquettish voice: "Brother, why do you always talk about getting married, besides, people ignore you." β
"Okay, okay, I won't say it, I'm just happy in my heart." Wan Hua said.
Then Zhao Qian said: "I heard that my brother set up a porridge shed outside the village to help the people, and save four or five thousand people every day, my brother is really a hero!" β
Saying that, Zhao Qian looked at Wanhua with admiration.
Wan Hua smiled indifferently and said: "What is this, it's just a little food, and when I become strong in the future, I will help more people and let more people live a good life." β
chatted with Zhao Qian until it was really dark, and Wanhua reluctantly said goodbye and left.
When they arrived at Huzhai, Wanhua called Shirong, Guozhen, Lao Tan, Tang Shan, Li Jie, Liu Zhong, Fa Gen, Liu Tian, and Zhang Xilao to the meeting hall.
Looking at them, Wanhua said happily: "I will tell you a good news today, I have been appointed by the county as the grain chief of our rice fat, and I am fully responsible for the collection of the imperial grain tax this year,,,
Think about the fact that those squires leviated taxes on a land, and they could make them rich, and now the whole rice fat is me, you think about it, how much I can earn by then! β
Wan Hua was so happy, with excitement on his face.
When everyone heard this, they were all surprised, why did things turn around in an instant, two days ago they said that they were going to rebel, and now they want to be this "grain chief", what's going on?
Could it be that the news was leaked, and the county was afraid that we would make trouble, so he gave a "grain chief" errand to appease him?
What kind of official is the "grain chief", why haven't you heard of it!
Everyone was confused, only Tang Shan was there to think carefully, and suddenly, Tang Shan just said loudly: "It's not good, the leader is fooled." β
As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised, and Wanhua was also stunned, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Then, everyone looked at Tang Shan in surprise, this old man who reads a lot, and it is estimated that he knows a lot about the official of this "grain chief".
Wan Hua also hurriedly asked Tang Shan at this time: "Sir, but what's wrong with this?" β
Tang Shan stood up and said to Wanhua: "The leader doesn't know, this "grain chief" errand is life-threatening, not only that, but it is not an exaggeration to say that the family is ruined!" β
At this time, Wan Hua's heart was raised in his throat, and he hurriedly said: "Sir, come quickly, what's so greasy here!" β
Tang Shan sighed, looked at everyone, and then said: "This "grain chief" errand was created by Emperor Taizu Gao back then, because the taxes at that time were still paid in kind, in order to collect taxes and convenience, Taizu then divided the world into many districts, but where the tax reaches thousands of stones or more, a district can be established, in this district, the person with the most fields is appointed as the grain chief, and they are responsible for the collection and escort of the imperial grain in the district.
Later, with the development, the power of the grain chief is also getting bigger and bigger, and even once he could manage the affairs within the jurisdiction, referee the responsibility of disputes, and the rights are extremely heavy, as if the county is respected, because the power is large, so all the people who become the grain chief are all wealthy families, and they get a lot every year. β
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but think: Isn't that great? Where to find such a good errand! How did you fall for it?
Tang Shan said again: "But then things slowly changed, but all the wealthy families, they are eager for their family to prosper, so they buy a large number of surrounding fields, prosperous family, in order to obtain tax exemption privileges, they also try their best to train the children of the family to take the imperial examination, into the court as officials, so the land in their hands does not need to pay taxes."
However, the taxes of each place have long been set, and without the permission of the imperial court, not a grain of grain can be missing, but at this time, because the wealthy families occupy a large area and do not need to pay taxes, who will pay this tax? It is the people in the area who do not have the privilege of tax exemption to pay,
Not only did these people have to pay taxes on the fields under their own names, but they also had to share the tax exemption of the big clans, which made many people overwhelmed and left their homeland and became homeless.