At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the rent regulation was called good governance, because each household only needed to pay two stones of corn for rent every year, two taels of silk for three taels, and twenty taels for service. However, this is based on the equalization system of granting 100 acres of land from each ding in the rì of Chengding, and has nothing to do with the amount of property. With the corruption of the uniform land system, the people had almost no land to grant when they became a family, but the rent was still collected, and what was even worse was that in addition to the rent and the rent adjustment, there were still land taxes and household taxes, and the evaders took the opportunity of paying taxes and exempting them from military service, and they committed fraud on a large scale, so that there were more and more fugitives in the world.

However, in order to avoid being held accountable for the many escapees, the officials of the prefectures and counties often concealed and did not report them, and continued to collect rents and household taxes at the same amount as before, and distributed the share of the fugitives equally among the rest of the households, so that more and more people were forced to flee, and eventually a vicious cycle was formed. This is also the biggest reason why Yu Wenrong proposed to include the field and the household, which won the heart of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, the four families of Chengdu are not really disgusted with customers, they are all powerful people who have tens of thousands of acres of land in the four realms of Chengdu, and the influx of a large number of customer populations has brought them more cheap tenants and countless helpers, but those well-dressed households who moved over with the previous officials are the ones they really wary of. In addition, it is the land that is already on a considerable scale and worth a lot of money that attracts their coveted customers.

So, a few years ago, he and the other three heads of the family jointly met Du Shiyi, but after coming out to Yujian Yang Yu and Xian Yu Zhongtong, Li Tianluo immediately instructed his family to send a piece of paper to the Chengdu County Party, but he sued the county's new customers Peng Hai, Sun Nian, Zhou Jia and other thirteen families, occupying 800 acres of their own mountainous land.

When the paper arrived at the county party, the county Cheng Yuling had the heart to see the jokes, and he couldn't get sick immediately. And Wang Ming, the county lieutenant who was also born in Jinshi, was also humiliated by Yu Wenrong like this, and hid Qingjing by breaking his feet, and even if the chief bookkeeper Gui Wuyi and the county lieutenant Wu Zhiming really wanted to avoid this problem, it was too late.

In short, it has been less than half a month since Du Shiyi's new official took office, and all the subordinate officials have picked their sons together?

So, the two had to wait for Du Shiyi's assignment, and they retrieved the list of fugitives that they had collected when they were in the household before, and they went through the register of acres of land and acres from I don't know how many years ago, and they were busy without touching the ground.

When such a case was hotly discussed in the streets and alleys of Chengdu for a long time, a notice was posted at the door of the Chengdu County Party. The meaning of the notice is straightforward and simple, and there is only one central meaning - Du Ming Mansion told the people of the four realms that if the Li family of Shu County and the customer are in the case of land dispute, the trial will be held in the east grass pavilion of the disputed land after three years, and those who are interested can be present to observe at that time.

"Not trying the case at the county office? This is a big novelty, I don't know how many people will go to see the excitement at that time."

"There's something new about this. I heard that when Du Mingfu was an official in Chang'an, he once tried the case of the master and slave of Lantian County who bullied the people, and he also selected people to observe at that time. ”

"Huh? Big brother, this is so well-informed? The end result? ”

"Hey, those bullying and good slaves have all been rectified to the ground, I heard that even the county lord of Lantian was reprimanded, and then there were still people in Chang'an who conspired against him? I heard that the Bixia faction had arrested many people in the past, but it turned out that Du Mingfu came forward to appease him, and in the end only killed the first evil, and most of the others were pardoned. Du Mingfu is a good official with a good heart."

And Li Tianluo also felt caught off guard. Although Du Shiyi has only dealt with him once, but this person has a reputation, how can he not hope that the other party will favor him, not to mention that he is not Cui Tang, who has defected to the battle, and has never agreed to the other party's proposal to build water conservancy. If it weren't for the fact that those poor people learned that the new county order of this county was the famous Du Jiulang, and they had the heart to join together to file a complaint with the yamen, he would not have made the first move. Moreover, if you can't take advantage of Du Shiyi's first arrival, I don't know what trouble will be caused if I drag it out again

"Someone, tell me to go down and show me those mud legs, especially not to let them get close to the county party and make any trouble."

"Don't worry, the county is important, where can they get close? Not to mention anything else, the new officials of Du Ming Mansion took office, and there were many people in the county party who were either lively or unconvinced, otherwise they would not have been so coincidental in Shaofu and Wang Shaofu, and they were sick together. ”

Hearing the servant's deliberately flattering answer, Li Tianluo couldn't help but smile. Du Shiyi is famous in the capital Chang'an, but he has the help of his family, and he has the help of prime ministers and high-ranking officials like Qianyao Song Jing, so he has such a momentum, but now he is unfamiliar with life in Chengdu

Thinking of this, he ordered: "You go to Wu's house and Luo's house to deliver posts, and say that I will ask them to discuss important matters."

Li Tianluo sent someone to invite the heads of the Wu family and the Luo family, but he deliberately left Cui Tang, but Cui Tang, who was left on the side of the box, was not brainless. After making a clear statement that day, seeing that this case had become the focus of attention, he took his eldest grandson Cui Jaw to the county party to ask for a meeting on this day.

What made him very happy was that Du Shiyi did not see him in the previous two halls, and the servant who led the way actually took him directly to the study. After waiting for a moment to enter the door, he quickly glanced at the furnishings in the house, but saw that it was completely different from when the former county magistrate Zheng Faling was there.

At that time, the study was all exquisite, revealing the luxury of the children of the family, but now it is simple and unpretentious, even the pen holder and pen holder on Du Shiyi's desk are all made of bamboo, and the four-sided scroll cylinders are all white porcelain without any patterns, which at first glance looks plain and clean. At this moment, not only was he a little distracted, but Cui Jaw behind him was also very curious.

Even if the county party is not a private house, there are several famous calligraphy and paintings collected by his grandfather in his study, and the furnishings are not the best, but the most expensive

Du Shiyi didn't say anything, naturally none of them dared to ask more, and after saluting and taking a seat, Cui Tang smiled and said: "What Du Mingfu said before about the cofferdam and diversion of the canal, after the old man went back, he thought about it a few times, and he was really ashamed of the previous rat's eyes. Such a good thing in the future, the old decay can be regarded as having a head and a face in Chengdu, how can it be left behind? The old deceased decided to pay a thousand yuan"

"Cui Weng is really like this, I thank you for your eagerness and righteousness for the people under the jurisdiction of Chengdu County" Du Shiyi heard Cui Tang gritting his teeth and spit out this thousand times, and couldn't help but sigh. A thousand is a million dollars, which is already a lot. And Cui Tang brought his eldest grandson here, and his intention was also obvious, he bowed his head slightly and looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, because he smiled, "This is the eldest grandson?" ”

"Yes. He has been studying since he was a child, not only hard-working, but also talented, and now he is familiar with history, and his poetry is also acceptable. ”

This is just nonsense, when did he always follow his grandfather out to meet guests?

Cui Jaw couldn't cry or laugh, but under the stern gaze of his grandfather when he looked back at him, he had to say with a little depression: "Although the kid is familiar with the scriptures and history, especially the chūn Qiu San Chuan is the most proficient, among the two poems, the trial fu is not very good. ”

Seeing that the eldest grandson didn't say the most important thing to ask for guidance, Cui Tang was suddenly anxious. But just when he was so annoyed, he only heard Du Shiyi cough lightly, and then asked a question that made him worry: "After the merger, the two governments, the two governments, and the country, the root of chaos is also." This is from the book of Chūn Autumn Ho, what year? ”

Cui Jaw replied without thinking: "From the eighteenth biography, the eighteenth year of the Duke of Huan." Zhou Gong yù killed the king of Zhuang and set up the prince Ke, so Xin Bo had such an admonition. ”

Although Du Shiyi was just a simple test of memory this time, he could answer it immediately as soon as he asked Cui Jaw, and what he said was the most familiar with the three legends of Chūn was obviously more than just talking. Therefore, he nodded with satisfaction, and randomly selected another five or six, seeing that most of Cui Jaw answered with his mouth open, only one came from the corner of the horn After pondering for a while, he finally answered.

On a whim, Suo Xìng took the scriptures in the "Book of Rites" and "The Book of Rites" to find solutions, and Zuihou stroked his hands and praised: "Okay, sure enough, as you said, I am the most familiar with the three legends of the Chūn Qiu, but this is no longer a rough scripture history, but quite a general scripture history As for the poems, I won't take the test at the moment." Cui Weng has an eldest grandson who is eager to learn and progress, and if this is the case, it should not be underestimated."

can memorize hundreds of thousands of words of chūn autumn three biography, Cui Jianxuan was also angry after losing his grandmother and father one after another, how can this Cui Jian not be a studious person?

The eldest grandson was praised by Du Shiyi so much, Cui Tang's face was so excited for a while, his gray beard trembled, or Cui Jaw himself was more able to control it, but he didn't dare to bow respectfully. And when he tried to see if the eldest grandson could enter the county school, what made him even more relieved was that Du Shiyi actually agreed.

"With his qualifications, he will naturally be among the best choices at that time."

Cui Tang came here today, thinking that if Du Shiyi was difficult to impress, he would donate a thousand yuan and sell a few more pieces of Li Tianluo's news, but who would have thought that Du Shiyi would really love his grandson.

In this way, he thought that the heads of the three families had met frequently recently, and only put aside himself, Suo Xìng sold them more thoroughly, and carefully told him that when he went out, he learned that Li Tianluo had invited the two heads of the Luo family and the Wu family, and he continued with a courteous face: "The 800 acres of land that Li Tianluo told me, don't hide it from the Ming Gong, I know the details best, this is not the Li family's land ...... at all."

Watching his grandfather explain the matter to Du Shiyi in detail, Cui Jaw took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, and couldn't help but look at the books on the bookshelves on the four walls curiously. Those thread-bound books that have only been implemented in Chengdu for a year or two, there are many of them here, but there are only two scrolls, and the scrolls that should be piled high on the bookshelf are also rare. Just as he was wandering to the clouds, he suddenly heard his grandfather call out Dalang.

"Da Lang, it's time to say goodbye" glared angrily at the eldest grandson who was distracted, and Cui Tang hurriedly got up to say goodbye. But when he got out of the county hall, he immediately withdrew his face, and smiled so much that the wrinkles on his face seemed to be smoothed out, "I really didn't expect that Du Mingfu would personally test you for a long time, and praised you for being good at learning and studying hard, if you can enter the Shi and the first place in the future, the lintel of the Cui family will not be as bleak as it is now."