Yang Chen's face was hesitant for a while, and then he said: "I do have a matter here that I feel is quite difficult to handle, but Zhang Ge Lao has already made a decision, and I have nothing to do." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"But what?" Yang Zhen's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked.

"It's about this year's food tax." Now that they have said it, Yang Chen has nothing to hide, and he said locally: "This year's year is very bad, and there are many places where the grain harvest is in arrears, so some local officials have submitted a report to implore the imperial court to make a slight reduction according to the facts." In fact, this matter had been sent to the capital long before Zhang Gelao's comeback, and even His Majesty couldn't make up his mind, after all, it was related to the livelihood of hundreds of people, so he had to be cautious.

"But as soon as Zhang Ge took over this matter, there was no longer any possibility of accommodation, so he immediately ordered us to go and make it clear to the local officials who came to Beijing to dredge up relations, and let them pay the grain and silver according to the established amount, otherwise the description in the merit examination book will not be so good. For this reason, I have offended a lot of people in the past few days......" said with a sigh.

Although Yang Chen has been in this era for some years and has experienced a lot of things in the officialdom, it is still difficult to change the people-oriented thoughts in the memory of later generations. He could hardly accept that the ruler completely ignored the plight of the people below and only collected his own taxes.

However, Yang Zhen does not have many prejudices about this: "This matter cannot be said to be Zhang Juzheng's mistake, after all, as the head of the cabinet, his focus is on the entire court and the country, and it is impossible to change the established national policy at will because of a corner of the matter." Of course, if he asked you to be this villain, he may have some other purposes. ”

"It doesn't matter if I'm a wicked person or not, anyway, people are soft-spoken, can those people really blame me?" Yang Chen's words are also reasonable, everyone knows that only Zhang Juzheng really has the final say in this kind of matter, and they are just doing errands. But then, he frowned again: "I just feel that this comeback, Zhang Ge is much more impatient than before." There are many things that can be discussed, but he is unwilling to compromise and discuss, but directly gives his own intentions, which makes many officials under him a little unacceptable. ”

"And this?" Yang Zhen was stunned, this kind of change in details can only be known by those who work with Zhang Juzheng. Judging from this point alone, it is not entirely a bad thing for his brother to be transferred to Zhang Juzheng's side, at least something different can be seen from some of his words and deeds.

"Yes, not only in terms of food taxes, but also in other matters, although I have not been in contact with many things, I have heard people complain. Recently, as long as it is an errand ordered by the elder of the pavilion, but someone does not do it well, he will definitely be reprimanded, and a few of them will even be fined for this. ”

"That's why you're so diligent, big brother, these days, you go out early and return late, right?" Yang Zhen glanced at his brother thoughtfully.

Yang Chen smiled helplessly: "This is naturally one of the reasons, since he is on an errand by his side, he always has to get things done, right?" In this way, he can find the opportunity to advance in the court, he did not say the second half of the sentence.

Yang Zhen nodded: "It's really embarrassing big brother." However, judging from the current situation, you are not listed as a target by him, as long as you are good at doing errands, you will not be implicated by me. ”

"That's good, I'm really afraid that he will take me to the top of the tank." Yang Chen was still very confident in his brother's judgment of the situation, and hearing him say this, his heart was also a lot more relieved.

Although he didn't ask anything important from his brother today, he was able to know that he was not affected, and at the same time he had a deeper understanding of Zhang Juzheng, Yang Zhen could be regarded as having gained something. So after a few more gossips with the other party, I got up and sent him back to rest.

"It's time to rest quickly, there are still people waiting for me to deal with tomorrow, this time it's still from my hometown, and I don't know how to speak." Yang Chen shook his head, got up and walked out of the hall and walked to the back.

And after hearing this, Yang Zhenxian couldn't help but smile, my brother is really more and more like a person of this era, and he attaches so much importance to nostalgia. But then, his gaze shrank again, and a thought jumped out of his mind: "Isn't our hometown his Zhang Juzheng's hometown?" So how will he respond to this plea? "Looks like it's time to get a closer look......

Although it was only early in the morning, the front of the household yamen was already crowded with people, and there were officials who came from other provinces to pay taxes such as silver and grain, and there were also officials who wanted to communicate with the officials here, hoping that the other party could be accommodating and reduce the taxes and silver.

Now there are many fewer people in the latter than in the past few days, just because there are many people who have the same idea before and have been categorically rejected by the people who have been arranged here by Zhang Gelao. Those who dare to come here today, except for those who arrive late and don't know the details, are also some people who think they have some ways to do things that others can't do.

Xiao Jing, who came from Huguang, was one of them. However, compared to the other people who waited outside the door and still did not seem to have much confidence, although he also frowned, he was much more sure than them.

That's why he has such confidence, he naturally has his support. Because he is an official from Jiangling County, Huguang, this identity alone is already better than many other officials around him. Who doesn't know that Zhang Ge is a native of Jiangling County, and the officialdom has always taken the feelings of fellow villagers very seriously, as the first assistant, Zhang Ge always has to do something for his hometown fathers, because it should not be difficult to reduce some money and grain taxes due to natural disasters this year.

It is precisely because of his identity that the governor of Huguang will hand over this problem to him as a county and a county. And in addition to this, he has another heavy basis, if Zhang Gelao really wants to do business, he also has a killer feature, which is enough to make Zhang Gelao change his mind.

Of course, if you can not use this method, it is better not to use it, otherwise it will be difficult to speak in the future. Moreover, Xiao Jing also inquired clearly, and the official who was responsible for receiving them here in the household department today was also from Jiangling County, so it would be easier to say.

The only thing that made him feel a little uncomfortable was that with his special status, he actually had to wait outside, and he had to wait for some other people to come out before he could go in and talk about it. Maybe this is just a ploy they use to appease others, Xiao Jing explained to himself.

After waiting for almost an hour, the guard told him to go into the house in the front courtyard to reply. Looking at the fellow traveler who walked out with a shy face and a reluctant face, Xiao Jing's face unconsciously showed a hint of ridicule and a smug smile, he would never be like these guys.

Yang Chen pinched his eyebrows a little tiredly, took another sip of tea and moistened his throat, and then sat down, waiting for the next person to intercede.

The one just now was really a little bold, and after all his remarks were rejected by Yang Chen, he actually took out a few large silver tickets and wanted to bribe himself, hoping that he could help accommodate one or two, and say a few good words for him in front of Zhang Ge Lao.

Not to mention that Yang Chen thought that he was not capable of speaking in front of Zhang Juzheng at all, even if he had this face, he would definitely not agree to such a despicable and unreasonable request. For this reason, he also reprimanded the other party well, and then drove the person out.

To be honest, he is really not used to doing this kind of thing of pretending to be a wicked person and sending away the magistrate. Moreover, he had a lot of other things on hand, so Yang Chen had already made up his mind, and he had to speed up a little faster, and he didn't have to worry about other people's face, just refuse directly.

With the roll call of the guards outside the door, another officer walked into the room with a slight bend over. Looking at the other party's appearance, Yang Chen felt a little emotional, these magistrates can really afford to pretend to be grandsons in the capital, but they don't know that they are better than the uncle outside.

It wasn't until he realized that it was an official from Jiangling County that Yang Chen's spirit re-energized: "It turned out to be Lord Xiao, if you want to talk about it, I am still a person under your rule." ”

Hearing Yang Chen point out the relationship between the two parties so directly, Xiao Jing was even more happy, and said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, but the lower officials are really shallow, and they failed to serve as officials in Jiangling when Lord Yang was still in his hometown." Being able to see Lord Yang in person today can be regarded as fulfilling the wish of the lower officials for many years. ”

Listening to these false clichés, Yang Chen was naturally very disdainful in his heart. However, he stretched out his hand and didn't hit the smiling person, and at this time, he didn't want to put on a straight face to preach, so he said: "Since Lord Xiao is our own person in Jiangling, I will tell you bluntly if there are some things that are not easy to say to outsiders." ”

"Lord Yang, please speak." Xiao Jing thought that Yang Chen was asking himself how to do this errand well, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

To his surprise, Yang Zhen said with a solemn face: "This tax silver is the foundation of my Ming court, and it is related to the stability of the entire country, and it really cannot be changed." Even if it is a county, because it is compared with other counties, it cannot be easier, otherwise it will affect the whole body. Zhang Ge Lao has done his best to think about this, and has set the amount according to the tax payment situation of each township over the past few decades, and he will definitely not embarrass the people. Although it is indeed difficult this year, it will not really bring disaster to the people. I hope that Lord Xiao will think of the court and Zhang Ge Lao, and don't do anything that makes everyone embarrassed. ”

Well, a few words will seal all the back roads to death.

Xiao Jing looked at Yang Chen in surprise for a long time, and then the smile on his face completely cooled: "But I don't know if this is what Lord Yang means, or what Elder Zhang Ge means?" ”

"This is both what I mean and what Zhang Ge Lao means."

"Xia Guan hopes to ask the elder for a favor in person, maybe he will change a little for the sake of the people in his hometown?"

"I'm afraid it won't work. The elder of the pavilion has a lot of opportunities, but he doesn't have time to see you officials. Yang Chen immediately refused.

It's a tricky errand, and it looks like I'm going to have to use that trick. Seeing that things couldn't be said, Xiao Jing's heart suddenly moved......

Although it was a little late, the update was guaranteed。。。。。。 Passers-by who are tired of becoming dogs beg for comfort。。。。。。