Xu Ping looked left and right, and saw a few big stones under the trees not far away, and said to Zhang Dayou: "Loss, let's go there and sit down on the stones, and you slowly tell me about it." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Dayou nodded, sat down on the stone by the woods with Xu Ping, sorted out his thoughts, and said what had happened.

It turned out that Cui Zaiping, the chief bookkeeper, heard that one of the people he brought was a big local household, so he immediately asked people to find him and asked a few messengers to follow him and go home to prepare wine and food for Wang Yan and bring them to the mountain temple.

Yaqian was the one who did these chores for the yamen, and Chen was instructed, so he had no choice but to take someone home on horseback.

One of the reasons why it is called heavy service is that the yamen does these chores, and in many cases, the yamen does not give money for funds, and all the people who serve in the yamen pay for it themselves. Of course, it is not this that really makes people bankrupt, but the escort and custody of official property in front of the government, or being appointed to manage businesses such as restaurants, whether it is stolen, stolen, robbed or operating at a loss, they have to pay for it themselves, and the money collected by the government is indispensable.

Chen Du returned to his home, and when he said his intentions, his parents naturally had to give it, otherwise his son would have to play the board when he went back. But when catching chickens, there was a mess, and Chen Du's wife and brother-in-law quarreled.

The three Chen Du brothers usually have a good relationship, but the wives they marry are more powerful than the other, and they can't tolerate each other at all. They separate the family property but cannot clearly divide it, their parents are there, the government does not allow them to live separately and divide the family property, and they are still one household in the account.

At this time, parents are not allowed to divide the family, not for the sake of clan concepts or the like, but the most important thing is to prevent the household from lowering the household in the name of dividing the family and evading taxes. There is still a situation to talk about in the government on moral issues, but there is no half face in the economy, even if Chen Du is obviously not able to get through the family, he is absolutely not allowed to divide the family property.

Chen Du should be on errands, and of course the money and goods for his brother's face are from his own family, which annoys his wife.

It's not for Chen Du to go on an errand for himself, the name is the errand of this household, and his family has already taken a person, where is there any reason to bear the money and things by himself? Chen Du's wife insisted that the three brothers share the wine and food this time, and the rice and noodles in her own house were oiled, and even the green vegetables were also produced together, and the two younger brothers made a table of wine and food.

The matter broke out like this, and the second brother talked badly, pressed down his wife, and took the wine out. The third brother who came out of the chicken couldn't persuade him, and the third brother's wife was desperately protecting a few chickens in her house, and she didn't let them catch them anyway. The third brother and daughter-in-law check the chicken nest every day before dawn, for fear that the two brothers' families will steal their eggs, and it is not the same as killing her to catch the chickens.

Chen Du's wife stood at the door and scolded, and the third brother's daughter-in-law protected the door of the chicken coop and scolded her, so that Chen Du, who was in the yard with people, was not a person inside and out. I didn't come back alone, I came back with a few people who were on an errand with me, how can I be a person when this is passed out? couldn't bear it anymore, Chen Du slapped his wife.

Hearing this, Xu Ping really couldn't listen to it, and said to Zhang Dayou: "It turned out to be just a trivial housework of a family, how could it cause a lawsuit?" Loss, you pick the important one to say! ”

Zhang Dayou smiled bitterly: "If there is no deputy envoy Wang involved, this is just an ordinary housework." Alas, I don't know if I'm unlucky or Vice Envoy Wang is unlucky. ”

After speaking, Zhang Dayou continued to talk about what happened.

It turned out that Chen Du's wife was also from a large family, pampered since she was a child, and she married into the Chen family with a lot of dowry, and she was a master who had never suffered a loss. Chen Du beat her in front of so many people, how can she hold her face? quarreled with Chen Du for a while, cried, made trouble, and hanged himself, and finally hung himself.

Fortunately, Chen knew his wife's temper, watched it closely, found it in time, and rescued her.

When Xu Ping, who was uplifted, heard this, he let out a sigh and said: "It's okay, it's good that people are rescued, if there is really a human life, this matter is really unclear." ”

Zhang Dayou didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and sighed heavily: "Yes, if the matter ends here, it will be nothing, maybe it won't reach my desk." But this is just the beginning! ”

Xu Ping said in surprise: "Why, this is going to kill someone, will this family continue to make trouble?" ”

Zhang Dayou nodded, his words full of helplessness.

When Chen Du's wife rescued him, he became more and more unrelenting and cried endlessly. As a result, the whole family began to count the third brother's daughter-in-law. The third brother and daughter-in-law were heartbroken for the chickens they had worked so hard to raise, and struggled to be pulled away, watching them being taken away, plus everyone was not counting them, and they were so angry that they really went to hang themselves.

Hearing this, Xu Ping was dumbfounded: "That woman, is it really- really hanged like this?" ”

Zhang Dayou nodded: "I took someone to examine the body overnight, and it was really dead!" ”

Xu Ping really didn't know what to say, this matter made a fuss, and some people must have said that the service in front of the Li Zheng Ya was too heavy, and they tried to abolish this errand service. The mercenary law was not imagined by Wang Anshi out of thin air, in fact, many people had discussed and proposed it before him, and it was these things that caused trouble.

Speaking of this kind of errand service, it is almost a bottomless pit of throwing money at the government, and it is very common to run into a mean official and go bankrupt. However, if it is abolished, there must be a corresponding and more complete policy to match, and it cannot be abolished, and employment cannot solve all problems.

In this era, the taxes of the Song Dynasty were actually progressive, but unlike Xu Ping's previous life, which was progressive according to income, it was progressive according to assets. The more assets a person pays, the heavier the burden of taxes, which is advanced and reasonable, which is conducive to narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, increasing the mobility of social classes, and also helping to reduce major social unrest. Although this kind of small turmoil continues, it is not easy to stir up chaos in the world.

In this sense, Xu Ping is endorsing this progressive tax system, but some details need to be changed.

As for Wang Yan who was involved in it, Xu Ping didn't take it to heart, it was just that he was unlucky. When you go to the poor countryside, you still pay attention to what to eat and drink, and you can make do with the past. Seriously, it can't be said that Wang Yan is excessive, no matter which dynasty or generation, Wang Yan is a big official like him in the countryside, and drinking some wine and eating some meat is not too much of a request.

This is why officials are required to start from the grassroots level, and only after experiencing the difficulties at the bottom will they have the experience of being officials. This experience is not to know what to do and what precedent to follow, it is just an old official. The real experience is to know clearly what the consequences of each order you give and what to do, when you should be cautious, when you can be casual, and do your best to avoid these landmines in officialdom.

This area is not very rich in small counties, usually bear heavy labor, local materials are poor, that is, the big families in the countryside, seriously speaking, it is not as good as the middle-class families in the two Zhejiang areas in the south of the Yangtze River. If you pay attention to eating and drinking, even if you want to eat two chickens, it will be a great property when you go to the rich family's house, and you may cause something.

This is also why Xu Ping has been strictly self-disciplined since he came to Heyin County this time, that is, he wants to eat something, and he has repeatedly explained that he must buy it with real money, and he must not take it from the local area. On that day, Lu Fang took people to buy two Mengzhou pigs, just because Xu Ping was strict, and he must buy them back with fair trading and money.

In another place, Xu Ping may not be like this, and when he arrives in Liangzhejiang, he will not be willing to be entertained with clear soup and water. Because it is a wealthy place, there is no shortage of wine and meat in any big country household, and if you treat yourself poorly, you will look down on yourself.

But this area is not good, like Wang Yan, who is a little more particular, he will get himself into a life lawsuit.

Although this life was a family dispute, it was caused by the preparation of wine and food for Wang Yan, and he couldn't get out of it. Human life is at stake, and someone suddenly dies in the locality, and he does not dare to hide it, so he must immediately report to the official. When he arrived in the county, Zhang Dayou didn't dare to suppress the matter, and he had to report to the transfer envoy and the criminal department on Jingxi Road, and he had to report to the imperial court.

Which of the officials involved in this will have a good face for Wang Yan?

Seeing that Xu Ping didn't speak, Zhang Dayou asked tentatively in a low voice: "To be controlled, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Xu Ping didn't know what Zhang Dayou meant, he didn't get along with Wang Yan in his eyes, and he was the same year as himself, of course, he stood on his side, and he had to ask clearly whether he would use this matter to clean up Wang Yan.

After thinking about it, Xu Ping asked Zhang Dayou: "Loss, what do you think in your heart, you might as well say it first." ”

"Xia Guan thought, things always happen under my rule, and I should be impeached in the first chapter. How should the deputy envoy tell him, it is still up to the envoy to decide. ”

Xu Ping nodded: "Yes, no matter what this matter has to do with Deputy Envoy Wang, it is not something we can talk casually, and the self-impeachment in the last chapter is right." However, in addition to impeaching yourself to the transfer envoy and the court of judges, you must immediately use a fast horse to write down the matter clearly, and report it to the Dali Temple, the trial court, and the Yushitai, and there can be no delay in the Li Governor's Mansion in Luoyang, and he must be made aware of this matter today. ”

"What the system says is that the lower officials are clear."

Wang Yan's position is there, let alone Zhang Dayou, even Xu Ping can't just say what kind of responsibility he should bear. But it is impossible for Xu Ping to let him go, then make the matter known to the world. A deputy envoy of the Third Division, who came out to inspect a river, actually made a lawsuit for his life, and he had to eat this honestly.

Xu Ping said again: "Not only you, but I also have to impeach myself in the last chapter and explain the matter clearly." No matter what happens, I am the messenger of this trip, and I will bear the burden. Rest assured, things won't be left to you alone. ”

The more things that have nothing to do with you, and you will definitely find out clearly, then you have to admit your mistake first, which is the best way to get yourself out. Xu Ping has been an official for many years, and this truth is still understood. (To be continued.) )