"Common sense?" Xu Ping looked at Wang Yan and saw that the green tendons on his neck had burst out, and he looked like he would rather die. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as he entered the third division, he had an awkward relationship with Liu Xin, who was in charge of setting up the case, and when he left the city, he became awkward with himself. Xu Ping knew what he was thinking, because of the matter of opening a canal in Hebei, he had just shown his face in the imperial court, and he was transferred to the third division in high spirits, Wang Yan originally thought that he could raise his eyebrows from now on, but he didn't want to have Xu Ping on his head. As the third envoy, Kou Ying is just high, and he is also a deputy envoy, and even Xu Ping has pressed him in all aspects, which makes him unhappy.

Maybe Wang Yan didn't notice this in his consciousness, but deep down, he must have this meaning, otherwise his actions would not be able to explain. It's not a young man who has just come out, it's all people who have been in the officialdom for decades, so it should be easy to stop fighting with others.

Xu Ping smiled and said to Wang Yan: "According to common sense, it is natural that the most troublesome things should be solved, and then other things should be solved." This is the common sense that most people admit, Vice Envoy Wang, don't you say? ”

"It's not! Common sense is naturally to start from scratch, don't believe it, ask everyone, yes or no?! ”

Xu Ping looked at everyone, they all looked at the two of them with strange eyes, and sighed in his heart, making a fuss like this in front of these subordinate colleagues is really a joke.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping said to Wang Yan: "Don't talk about this, let Su Zhixian come up with dinner, and we will discuss it after we have eaten." How to do things, you can always negotiate a charter. ”

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Wang Yan, who was like an aggressive rooster, and sat down on the first place.

Su Shen sighed and hurriedly ordered someone to serve wine and food. The two deputy envoys of the third division made trouble here in him, and as a magistrate, he couldn't dissuade him.

Wang Yan saw that Xu Ping shook a shot, and he didn't reason with himself, so he sulked, and there was no way, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart, and then reason with Xu Ping after eating.

Xu Ping called Lu Fang over, and whispered to him to bring two people back to Bajiao Town, counting the time, Sun Erlang's parents should also come back, and let Lu Fang bring people over.

When the wine and food came up, Xu Ping raised his glass and drank a tour of wine, and the atmosphere slowly eased down.

When you go out to do things, what you are most afraid of is that the principal and the deputy are not in harmony, so that the subordinates are at a loss. Fortunately, the bridge and road army brought by him is Xu Ping's old subordinate, listen to his own words, otherwise things will be even more tricky.

About half an hour, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the post station, and it didn't take much effort, Lu Fang hurriedly came in from outside, and saluted Xu Ping: "Yu Junhou, my subordinates greeted the Sun family and his wife on the way, and they have been brought to the post station!" ”

"Oh, let them wait outside."

After speaking, Xu Ping raised his wine glass and stood up and said, "Drink this glass to the fullest, and I will be here today." Su Zhixian will stay for a while, and the rest of the people will go back, but no one in charge of the yamen will be able to do it. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Wang Yan, who was anxious beside him, to say anything, he raised his glass and drank it all.

Seeing that everyone had drunk the wine, and without waiting for the banquet to disperse, Xu Ping got up and said, "I still have something to do, so I'll retire for the time being!" ”

After speaking, he took Lu Fang straight away from the banquet and walked towards the front yard of the post house.

Wang Yan sat there with a blue and red face, and he didn't know whether to go out with him, or wait for Xu Ping to come back in the backyard, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Seeing this scene, Su Shen hurriedly raised his glass to Wang Yan and said, "Deputy Envoy Xu has something to do, so we can't bother." Deputy Envoy Wang, and drink a few more cups, it's still early. ”

When Wang Yanzheng was hesitating, Su Shen's persuasion made him make up his mind, and he pushed the wine in front of him and said, "That's all for today, let's go to the front to see what is going on with Deputy Envoy Xu!" ”

After saying that, he stood up and went to the front yard first.

Su Shen glanced at Zhongmu County beside him, and shook his head helplessly.

When he arrived in the front yard, Xu Ping saw a middle-aged couple standing under the big tree in the courtyard at a glance, their faces were full of horror, and they kept arching at the bridge and road soldiers and officials around them.

Seeing Xu Ping coming, Xiang Jun and the official saluted together.

When the middle-aged couple saw this scene, they knew that it was the official who had come to take charge, turned to Xu Ping, and knelt down on the ground: "Official, my Erlang is really waiting for our couple in the town, and he has never been a traitor!" ”

Xu Ping helped them weakly, and said: "Get up and speak, no one said that Sun Erlang did anything evil." ”

When the middle-aged couple heard this, they looked at each other, and they were still suspicious: "I heard from the public who sent us that Erlang was a team that rushed into the third division to transport goods and was taken by the officials. Could it be that this is not the case? ”

"Ah—it's too early to tell, and no one has identified the child as a thief. Arise, for I have something to ask you. Speaking of this, Xu Ping turned around and instructed Lu Fang, "Come on, bring them a few chairs!" ”

After receiving the order, the two van soldiers ran into the post house quickly and took a few chairs.

Xu Ping sat down on one of the chairs and said to the Sun family and his wife, "You sit down and talk." ”

This sentence almost scared the middle-aged couple to death: "In front of the officials, how can there be a place for us to sit?!" ”

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground.

Xu Ping hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold them and let them stand in place.

This is also a habit in the previous life, sometimes unconsciously forget the current identity, talk to the villagers, and always give them enough respect. But I don't think that in this era, how can the peasants have a reason to be equal to the officials. Not to mention the two peasants who farmed the land, even if they donated to the officials, there was no reason to sit on an equal footing with the current officials.

When the couple's faces eased, Xu Ping asked, "What's your name?" Where is the place of origin? ”

The middle-aged man said: "Huiguanren, the little Sun Fengnian, this is my Hunjia Wu Liuniang, who grew up in Heyin County, Mengzhou, Caojiaao at the foot of Guangwu Mountain. ”

"That kid in Octagon Town, Sun Erlang, belongs to your family?"

"Official, it's true, that child is our family. My husband and wife have been married since they got married, and we have two sons and a daughter. Ah Da Mingqian was not able to raise him to the age of two. When the eldest lady was eight years old, she was washing clothes by the river, and a wave was taken away by the river god. Now only Erlang is left with this bit of blood, and he is just eleven years old this year. ”

Xu Ping sighed: "It's also a poor family." Let me ask you, it is the season to harvest wheat in the fields, why did your family flee from Heyin County? Have all the crops in the field been harvested? ”

"Back to the officials, our family rented thirteen acres of land from the local Jiang Yuanwai's family, because it was used by his family's cattle, and the local rent was heavy. This year there was a drought, and the rented land was on high ground, and there was no water, so there was no harvest, and the wheat ripened early, so it was harvested early, and it was divided with the Lord's house. It is said that it is divided into three percent of the harvest, but in fact, it is all chaff, how can it survive? My wife thought that it would be difficult for our hometown to survive anymore, so we gave up our family business and brought our children to Kaifeng Mansion. I heard that many adults here have opened a grange outside, and there is a shortage of manpower, thinking that the couple can earn a meal with two or four hands, and it is not difficult for the sake of the children, who knows that this kind of disaster will be encountered? ”

Speaking of this, Wu Liuniang, who was standing beside Sun Fengnian, couldn't help but cry.

Xu Ping frowned and said, "You have seventy percent of the rent there, why is it so high?" The government just ignored it? ”

"It's all your willingness, and there is a contract, so what does the government ask? That area is all the land of Jiang Yuanwai's family, and if you don't want to go hungry, you have to rent it anyway. ”

Nowadays, there are generally two forms of cultivating someone else's land, either hired or rented. There is a tenancy system in which the contract stipulates a fixed amount of rent to be paid each year, and there is also a sub-lease system in which the contract stipulates that the harvest will be divided proportionally after the harvest is taxed. Good land is generally rented on tenant land, while bad land and newly reclaimed raw land are sub-leased. Regardless of whether it is a fixed rent or a split of the harvest, the principle is generally divided between the owner and the tenant. If it is used by the Lord's cattle and farming tools, then the Lord's family will be divided into 60%. Only using the owner's cattle is only divided into 30%, and the land rent paid by Sun Fengnian is obviously high.

There is really no obvious reason for the government to ask about this kind of thing, and Xu Ping didn't ask anymore, and said to Sun Fengnian: "Then let me ask you, since you have already divided the harvest and finished harvesting this season's grain, do you have any documents issued by the government when you leave your hometown?" ”

Sun Fengnian said with a bitter face: "If you don't hide from the officials, you really don't have it." ”

"Why?" As long as the grain of the current season is harvested, the government and private individuals are not allowed to intercept their relocation, regardless of whether they are tenants or villagers, and the county must issue relevant documents.

"The small one is just farming, I don't know a single big character, and I went to the village calligrapher many times before leaving, but I didn't send it to us, just said let's wait a little longer, who knows why? Seeing that if you wait any longer, you will have to plant it in the field again next season, won't you be able to get rid of it? I had no choice but to escape with my child. ”

Hearing this, Xu Ping already knew that if what Sun Fengnian said was true, then he was afraid that he would encounter the collusion between the government and the local tyrants, and the matter in the fishing and meat township. This matter is not difficult to do, as long as the transfer of the envoys to Mengzhou and Jingxi Road, at least they have to give a face to be able to explain the results of the past. What's more, the current Jingxi Road transfer envoy Yang Xu, who had worked under himself, was not difficult to deal with the officials of that county.

But Xu Ping's purpose is not here, his mind is still on the river. As long as that major matter is solved, it is nothing to punish the local tyrants and filthy officials there by the way.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping said to Sun Fengnian: "Let me ask you, is it because of the drought this year, the Yellow River waterway there has rolled north, leaving nearly ten miles of river beach between the Yellow River and Guangwu Mountain?" - This is not a trivial matter, you must answer honestly. - As for the affairs of your family, I will give you justice! ”

After speaking, Xu Ping looked at Sun Fengnian tightly, hoping that he could give himself a clear answer. (To be continued.) )