Li Shen Yingnuo, thought for a while and said: "Xianggong, Du Cao asked Xia Guan to go to the post house tonight, probably to talk about rezoning and other things. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info said so, shouldn't you go? ”

"No, you just send someone to say that I have something else to tell you after you go back."

To be a general judge of an important minister of the court like Li Di, he is either to take refuge in his political enemies, find his handle, and fall into the ground, or to do things with peace of mind and leave a good impression on him. These people have a lot of connections inside and outside, and they may be able to help themselves at any time, not to mention that he may return to the court as prime minister.

Li Shen is an official who works with peace of mind, and he does not belong to any faction, so he naturally chooses the latter and actively cooperates with Li Di to manage the affairs of Mengzhou. Li Di said that things such as re-dividing households should wait, and Li Shen naturally did so.

In the post house, Xu Ping couldn't help frowning after listening to the words of the person sent by Li Shen. There are many things involved in the redivision of households, and the apportionment of taxes and servants in the Shangguan Imperial Court is related to the lives of millions of people on Jingxi Road. Li Shen suddenly said that there was something, and Xu Ping thought that it was Li Di who was the stalker.

Mengzhou is a small state, and the commercial tax is inferior on this road, and the surrounding states are only slightly better than Ruzhou. The largest income of the local government in this state is the commercial tax collected from the water transportation of the Yellow River, and the re-establishment of households, etc., if you are not careful, you will lose this part of the tax revenue, Li Di must be more cautious than other local governors.

Early the next morning, Xu Ping had breakfast, and before he could wait long, Li Shen brought the officials of the state to greet him.

After the salute, Li Shen said: "Last night, Zhizhou had an urgent order, and I didn't have time to come to the post house, and I was tired and waited for a long time." ”

Xu Ping waved his hand: "It's okay, it's the same if you have something to say later." It's not early, let's go into town. ”

Li saw Xu Ping's face calm, and he didn't know if he minded if he missed the appointment last night, and he was a little apprehensive.

With his subordinate officials, Xu Ping followed Li into Mengzhou City. When he arrived at the official office, he instructed the public officials to prepare to check all kinds of official documents and accounts in Mengzhou, and he and Li Shen went to see Li Di.

When he arrived at the governor's hall, Xu Parallel finished saluting, and then said to Li Di: "Xiaguan is now in charge of Caoxian all the way to Jingxi, and it is his duty to inspect the place. ”

Li Di said: "This is a court affair, you and I are within our responsibility, and there is no need to be polite." I have already instructed the record to join the army and sign the judgment of the people, etc., and you can send people to do the work. If there is anything you don't know, just ask Counselor Lee. ”

Xu Ping responded, and then ordered the public officials who followed him to check the money and food of Mengzhou in the past year according to the previous practice. They have been working in the Transit Division for many years, and they all know the rules.

After Xu Ping was done, Li Di said: "There are routines for doing things, and there is no need for officials to follow and watch." Xu Longtu, please watch the tea, we can sit and wait with peace of mind. ”

Xu Ping thanked him and asked Tan Hu to go over with the officials, and report to him in time if there was anything, and then followed Li Di to the garden of the back office.

There was an edict during the Heavenly Saint year, and the transshipment envoy had to check a state within three days, and even if there was something special, he would stay in one place for five days at most, and the time was very tight. The so-called supervision, in fact, is mainly aimed at various official documents and account books, and if there is any doubt, it is still relied on the local government to write its own pleadings to defend itself. It was really unclear, so he sent officials from other prefectures and counties to come over for inspection, but there were no special officials in his yamen to investigate, and manpower depended on the local government.

In terms of duties, the general judgment in the state corresponds to the transfer envoy, so the general judgment will often be transferred to other states, or to review the case, or to check the money and grain, in short, it is the transfer envoy's helper in the local area.

Xu Ping was sentenced to five years in Yongzhou, and he couldn't be more familiar with these things, and he didn't look rusty because he just took office.

The guests and hosts sat down next to a big osmanthus tree, the public servant brought tea, and Li Di invited tea.

After drinking tea, Li Di asked a few gossips about whether Xu Ping's journey was safe, and then turned to the topic: "Long Tu, a few days ago, the transfer envoy came to the following line, asking the states to report the matter of re-fixing the households, etc., dare to ask if it is inappropriate to wait for the households that are set now?" ”

Xu Ping said: "The prime minister misunderstood, it's not that the current household is inappropriate, but the standard of the household should be discussed." ”

"I don't know what articles I think are inappropriate? Say it clearly, and the next state and county can do things. ”

Xu Ping thought for a while, looked at Li Di's calm face, and pondered for a while before saying: "The standards for household registration are different in various places, and there are always some inappropriate places. For example, a few days ago, we gathered in Xijing City to discuss, and Jia Ti's sentence was delayed by the lawsuit on the road. What is the most lawsuit? Because of this year's compilation of leap yearbooks, some large rural households made false deeds to give their cattle to low-class households, in order to reduce their households. In the past, some people made the false deed a real deed, and they didn't want to return the cattle. ”

Li Di said in a deep voice: "What's so strange about this? The petty people are treacherous and slippery, always thinking about taking advantage of the loopholes of the court. As long as the matter is investigated, the heavy punishment for concealing property and false names is the heavy punishment, so what is so difficult to do? ”

"Xianggong, what we are talking about is not how to punish the person who hides property, no matter how the household is divided, etc., there will be no shortage of that kind of person, and it is indeed found out that the punishment is heavy. As we are talking about, draft animals such as cattle are counted in households, etc., and the people try not to raise cattle. Without cattle, it would be inconvenient to plough the land. In this way, doesn't it violate the court's intention to persuade farmers? I now have to think about these things with me as a persuading peasant envoy to persuade the class to farm all the way. ”

"How to think about it? Zhizhou has persuaded farmers to teach agriculture, and what Long Tu thinks is exactly what we think. ”

"For example, is it possible to exclude cattle from household registration, etc.? In this way, the people will raise more cattle. ”

Li Di smiled and shook his head: "Long Tu only thinks that cattle are not counted in the household, and there will be more cattle raised by the people, but did he think that the price of cattle will rise in this way, and the poor people will not be able to raise cattle." As a result, large families compete to raise them, and low-class farmers cannot afford to raise them, so they can only rent cattle from large families. In doing so, is it to persuade farmers to teach mulberry? ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, and said: "What Xianggong said is also reasonable, so I asked the states and counties to submit a petition and say what they think." Naturally, the Transit Envoy will synthesize various opinions and come up with a reasonable approach. ”

The basis for redefining the division of households involves the interests of all parties, is very complicated, and cannot be simple and crude. You think it's good to do this, but in fact it may not be well thought out and end up backfiring. Xu Ping did not think that the separation of cattle from household and other assets would cause cattle prices to rise, thereby exacerbating the inequality between the rich and the poor. But having said that, what Li Di said is not necessarily right, if the price of cattle rises, there will be more cattle raising people, and finally a dynamic equilibrium will be formed, and it is difficult to say where this point is. (To be continued.) )