Mo Qi, a middle-aged man in his thirties, slightly chubby, was originally a subordinate official of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Jin Cao Peng, who went to Yangzhou this time to be recommended by Gan Tang.

There are many subordinate officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion, all of which are selected and recommended by Gan Tang himself, and there are more than 400 subordinate officials in the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, and Mo Qi is not the most prominent among the more than 400 people, so he was recommended to Yangzhou by Gan Tang this time, which made him wonder.

He was born in Yanzhou, but his family was not a gatekeeper, but he was relatively poor, belonged to the middle of the family, studied hard when he was young, and obtained a better taste in the autumn product, and was recommended to Gantang and became a subordinate official of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In the past year or so in Yangzhou, Moqi's mood has experienced great ups and downs, and the salt tax reform has basically been successful, and the salt tax revenue in the past few months has tripled compared with before the reform, which makes everyone very excited.

However, after the success of the salt tax reform, the imperial court further proposed a comprehensive tax reform plan, and it is the most important national policy at present, but this national policy was resolutely resisted by the noble class, and the Yangzhou government also did not cooperate, so far, the tax system reform is difficult.

As a subordinate of the Qin Mission, Mo Qi knows the inside story of the camp, and this tax system reform is presided over by Ju Cheng on the surface, but in fact Gu Wei is in control, which makes him a little confused.

(There is a mistake in the previous text, Bo is Chao You, the camp master of the Qin Mission, and Mo Qi is an official under Chao You.) ）

The biggest confusion is that how could Ju Yi accept this situation, Ju Yi, who was in power, had almost no opinions, and even took the initiative to cooperate and did not hide it, so that even the cook in charge of the meal knew that the real master of the camp was Gu Wei.

Mo Qi didn't understand, so he sent a letter to Gan Tang, the prime minister who he regarded as Bole, and vaguely mentioned this matter in the letter, and Gan Tang's reply was also very simple, only one sentence, saying that this move was a way to avoid trouble.

The performance of the gate lords and officials of the Yangzhou Shi clan made him suddenly realize, but now he was embarrassed, if the reform failed, those who participated in the restructuring would inevitably be hunted down by the gate lord clan, and Gu Wei was lucky to be able to save his life.

Connecting this, Mo Qi almost resigned, but a letter from Gan Tang dispelled this idea, and Gan Tang sent him a letter before he resigned, telling him to keep and never retreat at this time, even if he wanted to resign, he would have to leave after the Yangzhou incident.

This made him a little puzzled, Gan Tang did not say anything about the reform of the tax system in the letter, only said that risks and opportunities coexist, of course there are risks in this matter, but what about opportunities? If he succeeds, will his future career be bright again?

When he was hesitating, Gu Wei handed over Yangzhou County to him, which made him very excited, the Mo family has not had an official above the county guard for many years, especially Yangzhou, a wealthy county, if the tax system reform is successful, if he returns to the imperial capital, maybe he will release the county guard, which makes him extremely excited.

The first knife of tax system reform must fall on Yangzhou County, Mo Qi knew it, so after "taking over" Yangzhou, he immediately seized the time to familiarize himself with Yangzhou's government affairs, and at the same time sorted out Yangzhou's population and land.

After Gu Wei's invitation was sent, Mo Qi immediately felt that things were about to start, and in the next year to two years, Yangzhou would be the focus of the world.

In order to ensure that there would be no accidents in the first arrow of the tax system, he asked Gu Wei to give an order to let all the county orders and county officials of the five counties under Yangzhou County go to Yangzhou, and Gu Wei agreed without asking the reason.

Gu Wei gave five days to the various gate valves and Yangzhou officials, and Mo Qi only gave three days to the subordinate counties, and they had to rush to Yangzhou City within three days.

But Mo Qi didn't expect that as soon as the order was issued, he received the dictionaries of Gong Cao Han Zhang, the Lord Bo Luqi, and the superintendent Yu Onion the next day.

Mozzi was very angry, and forced the three to invite them to the official room, hoping to persuade them to withdraw their resignations.

"The imperial court wants to implement the tax system reform in Yangzhou, and it is at a critical moment, why do you mean that the monarchs are resigning at this time?" Mo Qi's tone was very cold, and his expression was even more gloomy.

Among the three, Cao Hanzhang has the highest official position, but it is with Lu Qi as the core, Lu Qi is only twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a thin face, a huge body, and a very dashing manner.

Of course, the lower officials know that the lower officials do not agree with the policy of the imperial court, the scholars are the root of the world and the pillar of the imperial court, and the imperial court's move is self-destructive. ”

Lu Qi did not hide his point of view, his expression was very resolute, Han Zhang sighed, and arched his hand: "The lower official does not agree with this policy of the imperial court, he should have left a long time ago, but the imperial court has not appointed a new county guard for a long time, and the lower official has to reluctantly stay in office, but the imperial court is now clear that it wants to forcibly implement this policy, and the lower official can only beg to go." ”

Yu Cong has been playing with the folding fan in his hand, his expression is arrogant, and the children of the Yu family don't need to be polite to an official from a low-grade scholar family.

"We are different from each other, what kind of tax system innovation, I think it is to compete with the people, the princes of the court are in trouble with the country and the people, and they are digging the roots of the ancestors of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

Mo Qi was slightly contemplative, and said in a deep voice: "Three adults, your resignation can be forwarded to Lord Gu, as for whether Lord Gu agrees, the lower officials dare not guarantee it, but before that, you are still officials of Yangzhou Mansion, you should fulfill your duties and not slack off, otherwise, the imperial court has its own system." ”

Yu Cong sneered, didn't say much, got up and left, and before he reached the door, Mo Qi shouted, "Lord Han, please stay." ”

Yu Shallot didn't go out back, Lu Qi turned his head and looked at Han Zhang, Han Zhang stood calmly, Mo Qi looked at Han Zhang, and after Lu Qi went out, Mo Qi slowly said: "Lord Han, you are the old man of Yangzhou Mansion, when you know what time it is, the tax system reform will begin, and there are two days left, Lord Gu will hold a meeting of various gates and officials in Yangzhou, after this meeting, the tax system reform will be in full swing, the Lord resigns at this time, how will the court think, please be cautious." ”

The reason why Han Zhang was left behind, Mo Qi knew that it was impossible for him to persuade Lu Qi or Yu Cong, Lu Qi was the Lu family, Yu Cong was the Yu family, Lu Yu was a thousand-year-old family in Yangzhou, a first-class scholar family, and it was impossible to persuade them.

But Han Zhang is different, Han Zhang is not from Yangzhou, he is a member of the Han family in Liangzhou, and he is naturally from a scholar family, he met Sha Hao when he was studying in the imperial capital, and won Sha Hao's appreciation.

It is rare for the Liangzhou scholars to be officials in the south of the Yangtze River, among all the scholars in the Great Jin Dynasty, Liangzhou is already at the lower end of the regional contempt chain, not the lowest, the lowest is the Jiaozhou scholars, and the Jiaozhou scholars are at the bottom of the contempt chain.

What's even worse is that the Han family is not a top grade in the Liangzhou Shi clan, but only a middle and lower grade, and the biggest official of the ancestor is the knight who passed the pass when he fought with Taizu, and the marquis of Guan Nei is the lowest grade of the knighthood, slightly higher than the participation award.

It is not easy for Han Zhang to be an official in Yangzhou, and the Han family is not a high-grade scholar, Mo Qi is not sure to persuade Lu Qi and Yu Cong, but he is somewhat sure to persuade Han Zhang.

Han Zhang smiled bitterly and sighed: "My lord doesn't need to persuade me, let's be honest, I wanted to resign when Lord Sha was here, I am from Liangzhou, Liangzhou is now in flames, and the invasion of the Hu people is imminent, my father has already written a letter, let me go back to Liangzhou and serve my hometown father." ”

Mo Qi was slightly stunned, his brows furrowed slightly, he didn't believe it at all, he sighed softly: "The invasion of the Hu people is imminent, but the imperial court can't get the military salary, so it is forced to implement the tax reform in Yangzhou. ”

Han Zhang smiled bitterly in his heart, and clenched his fists at Mo Qi: "My lord, in fact, I also think that the imperial court is not at the right time to implement the tax system reform at this time, not to mention, this move may shake the country's foundation and lead to chaos in the world." ”

"The sage said, although tens of millions of people have gone to me! Scholars should study, cultivate their minds, cultivate themselves, imitate the sages, and dare to be the first in the world. Tax system innovation, the plan I believe that Brother Mu Xian has already seen, this plan does not increase the taxes of the small people, and there are only a slight restrictions on the scholars, but it is this slight restriction, the predicament of the imperial court will be greatly improved, the imperial court can send troops outside the fortress, can pacify Tibet, can settle the displaced people, the sages once said, for the heaven and earth, for the people, for the saints to continue learning, for the eternal peace; now there is an opportunity to open peace for all generations, Brother Mu Xian, why don't you want to participate!"

Mo Qi's words were not aggressive, and he persuaded him with law and reason, but Han Zhang had already made up his mind, and he smiled bitterly: "My lord, there is no need to say more, the words of the sage cannot be misinterpreted, the lower officials have made up their minds, please forgive me, and please ask your lord to say a lot of kind words in front of Lord Gu." ”

Mo Qi was very disappointed, looking at Han Zhang's departing back, his mood was very complicated, Mo Qi's words moved him a little, but he couldn't stay.

Han Zhang and the three of them went back to wait for Gu Wei's order, and Mo Qi didn't have time to do anything else, so he picked up the three dictionaries and rushed to the Qin mission camp.

met Chao You at the gate of the camp, Chao You was also in a hurry, and his expression was very serious.

Saluted with Chao You, Chao You looked at him and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In the Qinchaxing camp, Chao Yu is his direct boss, and the owner of the Qinchaxing camp is Bo, and the work assigned to him by Gu Wei is naturally more important, responsible for running in the middle and contacting all parties.

In addition to the Hu Benwei who guarded the guards, there were not many other civil officials in the camp, and there were only about a dozen people, led by Chao You and Mo Qi.

"I'm really afraid of something, alas, I'm also a bunch of trouble, let's go, let's go see Master Gu together." ”

As soon as Chao You saw Mo Qi, he knew that something was wrong, and he didn't even bother to think about what happened, if something was going to happen, it should have happened in the next few days.

When they arrived outside the official room, Chao You was asking to see him, and the book inside came out and told them that Gu Wei and Ju Yu Liu Han were drinking tea in the back garden.

Chao You couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, Liu Han was actually there, the captain of the Tiger Benwei appointed by the imperial court, since he was appointed, except for the first day, he had not appeared in Xingyuan at any other time.

Hu Benwei, the pro-army of the emperor's pro-army, the captain of Hu Benwei is not ordinary, let alone ordinary states and counties, even those in the border army who fight with a knife and a gun, they can't compare.

Chao You has also seen a lot of generals, some are as elegant as Qiu Yun, and some are as arrogant as Fang Hui, but I have never seen a philistine like Liu Han, he is simply lazy, and he doesn't know what he is doing all day long.

The two of them rushed to the back garden, and saw three people sitting in the gazebo from a distance, and the three of them seemed to be talking happily and burst into bursts of laughter.

(End of chapter)