Wu Wei and Shuai Hui withdrew from the city, and only Wang Xian and Sima Qiu were left in the room

"Virtuous nephew, will Ji An?" With Sima Qiu's age, it is appropriate to call Wang Xian a virtuous nephew, but when did the two become so close?

"The villain is now affected by the pond fish, and he is still too busy to take care of himself." Wang Xian got up and poured tea for Sima Qiu and said, "I still want to ask Mr. for help." ”

Sima Qiu knew that this guy was used to climbing along the pole, took the teacup and said: "Don't worry about this, you are now in the eyes of the big man, the weight is getting heavier and heavier, as long as you are honest, the big man will protect you." ”

Wang Xianxin said, you can lie to the ghost. The old man doesn't know what to do, which number am I?

Dependence is a terrible habit, Wei Zhixian is now 'there is a problem, ask Sima', Sima beg now 'have difficulties, find Wang Xian'...... If Wang Xian can't think of a good way, Mr. Sima will have to make a clumsy plan.

"Is there really no way?" Seeing that he was silent, Mr. Sima said anxiously: "Just say." Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, it is a loyal heart, and the eldest lord will be very pleased. ”

"Excuse me, sir, how did things get to this point?" Wang Xian asked without answering.

"Now that you are also the henchman of the old man, the old man will tell the truth. In fact, this time the matter has come to this point, in the final analysis, it is the eldest master who has committed a taboo as an official. Sima Qiu sighed and said: "'For an official, you must not offend the squire's huge room', this is the experience summed up by the state and county officials for thousands of years. The old man repeatedly said to the eldest master, but after all, he was young and sharp, and he refused to listen, and finally caused such a disaster! ”

The so-called squires and giant families are nothing more than eunuchs and powerful landlords, these people are powerful and wealthy in the local area, and they have both hands and eyes, and can have a relationship with the government, the province and even the imperial court. Launched ruthlessly, a county master like Wei Zhixian is not an opponent at all.

"There is a way that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake of the ground, not to mention that there are still people on the head of the snake. It is not impossible for them to call you 'old parents' when they respect you, and when they are annoyed with you, they will stumble on you, put eye medicine on you, or even make you roll up and get out. Sima Qiu complained with a stomach: "At the beginning of the eldest lord's tenure, I asked him to visit the squires of Xia County, who knew that he actually cared about his identity and refused to break the festival." From the very beginning, his relationship with the squire was not handled well. ”

But you can't blame him all, because the situation in Fuyang County at that time was too infuriating. You also know that for nearly two years, Fuyang did not know the county. Although there is Jiang County's administrator, his name is not right, and he is unwilling to offend people for the future magistrate. So during this period of time, it became a carnival of corrupt officials and local tyrants and gentry, who joined forces to frantically damage the public and private interests, and bend the law for bribes! Sima Qiu's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, but he actually shouted in his heart, why don't you count me as one?

"As soon as the eldest lord got off the bus, he found that Fuyang County was seriously merged, the service was uneven, the national tax was lost, and it was a big disaster for the people!" Sima Qiu continued: "Needless to say, I also know that Lu Dao is a ghost made by the rich squires and the county officials. In fact, at the beginning, they also tried to win over and bribe the eldest master, but Dong Weng was deeply favored by the emperor, tried to repay the favor, and refused to go along with them, so they were constrained everywhere, and after half a year, they were almost set aside. ”

"Later, through the Lin family's case, the eldest lord was rewarded by the imperial court, and he finally became famous in Shilin, which made him see the hope of reversing the situation." Sima Qiu looked at Wang Xian and said, "Speaking of which, it's all your kid who caused trouble." ”

"How did I know it would be like this?" Wang Xian smiled bitterly.

"The old man is joking." Master Sima took a sip of tea and said: "But the eldest master did take advantage of this case to establish his authority, suppressed the arrogance of the other party, and began to rectify the yamen. After a pause, he said: "If you don't get rid of those officials who collude with the gentry, how can you sort out taxes and crack down on the powerful?" ”

This is obviously Master Sima's plan, he was praised by Wei Zhixian for a 'Sai Zhangliang', and he worked hard to come up with a set of action plans.

The first step is to open a knife on the house, the so-called collusion of the official gentry, more than ninety percent of the collusion, all occur in this house. Li Sheng, the official of this room, is the link of collusion between the officials and gentry, and if he is defeated, the connection between internal and external collusion can be severed. Then take the opportunity to suppress Haoqiang, sort out taxes, and sweep away the wind of collusion in the county!

This plan was pinned on by Wei Zhixian, and it also successfully won Li Sheng, but when it touched the fundamental interests of the squires and tyrants, it finally caused a strong backlash. dispatched more than a dozen students to complain, it was the squires who were in Weizhi County's army!

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After listening to Sima Qiu's ins and outs, Wang Xian secretly choked his wrists, no matter how high his father's means were, after all, he was only a servant, and he still lacked strategic vision, and he did not detect the above intentions early, so he ended up being a gunman for Wei Zhixian. At the beginning, he should have listened to Wu Xiaofatzi's opinion, went home and pretended to be sick, and let Wei Zhixian go with Li Shengdou by himself, and wait for the overall situation to be decided......

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It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and at the age of sixteen, he became a household warden, and he has been branded as a county magistrate, and he can't hide from it......

"Under the sun, those squires are operating, forcing the eldest lord to reactivate Li Sheng......" Sima Qiu looked at Wang Xian and said quietly: "If there is no good way, the eldest lord can only give in first to ensure that the autumn grain enters the warehouse on time." ”

"......" Wang Xian glanced at Sima Qiu with resentment, and knew that Lu Dao was scaring me with Li Sheng, "Those grain chiefs are not afraid of missing the date and being punished by the imperial court?" ”

"Although according to the regulations, the autumn grain should be received in October, but it can be delivered to the capital before February of the following year. From Fuyang to Nanjing, 600 miles of waterway, how can you get there within a month. It's because they still have time. Sima Qiu smiled bitterly: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the date is delayed, as long as someone in the court speaks for them, the responsibility can be put on the eldest master." So they weren't in a hurry at all. ”

"For 2,000 stone of food, it's really desperate!" The behavior of the gentry in this county is disdainful even for people like Wang Xian: "Can a family divide a few hundred stones?" ”

"Two thousand stones is just a reason, this is a fight between the gentry and the lord of this county." Sima Qiu said in a deep voice: "If the eldest master loses, he will be completely hollowed out, and no one in Fuyang County will listen to him anymore." ”

"What if I win?" Wang Xian asked quietly.

"If you win, the prestige of the eldest lord will naturally be higher......" Sima Qiu looked at Wang Xian's dazzling moves, and said without being a little depressed: "But it is estimated that the squires will not take a break, I am afraid that they will fight until they leave office......

Sima Qiu was very frustrated, he wanted to prove himself, so he put aside Wang Xian and formulated this plan. Who knew that it would lead to a bad relationship between the owner and the gentry of this county, and he would definitely be anxious in the future. In the face of the tragic lesson, he finally realized that he was really not the material to come up with ideas. Poor Baba looked at Wang Xian and said, "Nephew Xian, help me think about it, is there a good way to let the eldest master pass this level?" ”

"Sir has said that even if he wins this time, it may not be good for the eldest master." Wang Xian sighed lightly: "Then simply take a step back and open the sea and the sky, and be with the light and dust." ”

"Well, you think I didn't persuade you like that?" Sima Qiu said with a bitter face: "I won't tell you, the eldest lord feels deeply humiliated, and he actually wants to go to the court to expose the truth of Fuyang County's concealment of household registration, and ask to send a Qin to supervise and recheck the yellow book from house to house." And according to the regulations of the Hongwu period, if there is any concealment of cheating, the parents will be executed, and the family members will be exiled to the ......"

"Will the imperial court listen to his seven-rank county order?" Wang Xian did not believe it.

"He is going to die ......" Sima Qiu said with a complicated expression: "He said in the chapter that if the verification results do not exceed 10% of the Yellow Book, he will apologize with death!" ”

"Ahh Wang Xian's heart shook, and he couldn't imagine that Wei Zhixian, who was sven, was such a strong man. It seems that he still underestimated the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. "Are you already in the book?"

"No ......" Sima Qiuxin said this is not nonsense, if it is already in the book, I am still here to grind with you? I've long packed up and run away. "The book has been written, I want to say it, I promise that there is a way to solve the problem, and there is no need to burn the jade, which makes the owner late."

After speaking, he stood up and said deeply to Wang Xian: "Virtuous nephew, I know that you are from Fuyang, and you don't want to offend the villagers for a foreign county order, so you have been silent." Sima Qiu said with a solemn look on his old face: "But the eldest master is a good official, there is no such official who is loyal to the monarch and patriotic and willing to offend people, what is the difference between the Ming Dynasty and Meng Yuan?" ”

Seeing that Wang Xian was still silent, Sima Qiu could not hide the disappointment on his face. "I'm really old and confused, I actually told the young people how miserable the life was in the Yuan Dynasty, and you won't take it seriously at all." He laughed self-deprecatingly: "You only know that the Dao of Lu protects your own family and your own clan, but the first thing that the Dao of the Dao wants to maintain is actually the Ming Dynasty established by someone else's family......"

After saying that, Sima begged Xiao Suo to turn around and leave the room.

His hand had already lifted the door curtain, but he heard Wang Xian behind him say: "Aren't I thinking of a way, and I didn't say I wouldn't help......"

"Uh......" Sima Qiu shrank his hand, turned around, sat down, held Wang Xian's hand with both hands, and smiled into a chrysanthemum with his old face: "I know that you are different from them!" ”

Seeing that he was righteous and awe-inspiring at the last moment, and returned to his obscene nature the next, Wang Xian helplessly withdrew his hand and sighed: "I am going to be killed by Mr." ”

"I won't treat you badly!" Sima Qiu said with a grin.

"Alas, in fact, the way of the eldest master is right, but the gentleman is too timid." Wang Xian lowered his voice and said: "I read that the newspaper said that the imperial court is building the Grand Canal in Beijing and rebuilding it. Emperor Yongle has just personally conquered Mobei; The Duke of Britain and the Duke of Qianguo were using troops in Jiaozhi, and Zheng He's fleet was still sailing to the West...... Mr. said, what is the most lacking thing in the imperial court now? ”