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Wang Jin sat solemnly in the study, with only a few couches in front of him.

The cold wind roared outside the window, and the inside of the window was warm like spring, under the floor there was a warm kang, a jar of old wine, and some delicious side dishes. Green Ant's new glutinous rice wine, a small red clay stove, can you drink a cup of snow in the late night? At this moment, if there are two or three confidantes in a wine high-level meeting, they will drink to the heart, draw their swords, dance and sing on the piano, until they are drunk and crazy, how hearty would it be? If the scholars' evaluation, it is concluded that indulging in drinking and singing is only the beginning, and no one in the world knows the king's judgment, wouldn't it be another Shilin story?

However, Wang Jin was not in the mood to drink. The reason is very simple. An hour ago, he knew that he was going to be the prefect of Wuyuan County of Bingzhou. The prefect is a high-ranking official of two thousand shi. It is the dream of every scholar to serve as the prefect and to become the Jiuqing. The one hundred and five prefectures of the Han Dynasty, plus the Jiuqing officials in the dynasty, the number of high-ranking officials with two thousand stones is no more than two hundred, which shows the dignity of the prefect. Why did you choose to let one of your collaterals take up such an important position? Why didn't you tell yourself until now? There are too many fogs and verticals, so what is the truth?

Wang Jin is a remote branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He is thirty-five years old this year. He started his official career at the age of twenty. He worked as a Huben Langzhong under Guangluxun (more than 300 shi), and he turned into Huben Shi Lang (more than 400 shi). , And then transferred to Jin Wu Zuo Zhonghou (600 Shi), Ting Wei Zuo Jian (Qian Shi). Since the succession of the Daxing Emperor and the current emperor, the **** has taken sole control of the court, and the ten permanent servants are even more beautiful. The linking party has been entrenched in the prefectures and counties. The local power has shrunk sharply, and many families have retired from the prefectures and counties. After fifteen years of achieving the position of Sengoku, his official career has been extremely smooth.

The moment he learned that he was going to be the prefect of Wuyuan, Wang Jin was instantly overwhelmed by a huge surprise!

He answered calmly like a wooden man, his face remained unchanged, and he had not even forgotten the red envelope of five hundred dollars. "Look, Lord Wang has had the blessings of the sky since he was a child. Look at people's temperament and calmness! You have long been stupid, right?" In the eyes of everyone's envy, Wang Jin Shiran sat on the belt. The wide car with the family crest of the Wang family in Taiyuan rushed all the way to the Wang family manor on the outskirts of Jinyang City. Only he knew in his heart that all these were habitual actions for 20 years of studying and raising his qi, and he was already in a mess!

One hour is enough to calm him down, no matter how many inside stories and secrets are behind this position, no matter how the family decides. The important thing is that he will be the Wuyuan prefect immediately. First of all, we must deal with the things in our hands. This is relatively simple. He came to Jinyang in the state of Bingzhou a month ago to investigate a major smuggling case with Xianbei. Now the facts of the case have just become clear, the principal offenders have been captured, and the confession evidence is all available, but there is no time for the main messenger behind the scenes. This case involved a wide range of people, including Xianbei, Haoqiang, the horse thief, the frontier army and even the capitalist Luoyang. Now that the former chief conspirator Zhang Gao, the prefect of Wuyuan, is dead, not much is known to his subordinates. The chief envoy, the nest family, and the accomplices behind him received new appointments before they had time to investigate.

Wang Jin has carefully written the process of solving the case and the existing clues, but when he wrote the name of a person, he suddenly stopped writing in his heart. This man was the most critical and hidden witness. He was a Sogdian businessman in Jiuyuan City, Wuyuan County. His Chinese name was Kang Ming. Wang Jin hesitated for a while, thinking that he would be the prefect of Wuyuan soon, but finally did not write. On this name. Since he is in his own jurisdiction, he can easily investigate and inquire. Moreover, looking at the meaning of Shangshutai, this big case may be flooded.

Wang Jin thought carefully for a while, and decided to continue the investigation. The Confucian honor and integrity did not allow him to give up halfway. He deleted all the records about Kangming from the entire case file, transcripted it again, stamped it with his own seal, and sealed it in a letter bucket for Hong Ling to send it out in a hurry. This big case, I don't know which colleague has made it cheaper? Wang Jin smiled slightly and let go of the thought.

He began to think about the purpose of this trip to Wang's Manor. According to the usual practice, it is definitely to see the head of the family. This meeting will definitely involve the future political strategy. As the only second prefect of the Taiyuan Wang clan, the family will definitely try their best to help. But how should we proceed? Wang Jin was lost in thought.

The Wang clan of Taiyuan is a big family, originated from the Jin Dynasty, the prince of Zhou Ling, and has been a general of Qin from generation to generation. It is very precious to have a general like Wang Jian. After the death of Qin, the Taiyuan Wang family had no intention of official career, and the family lived in seclusion. Only after Guangwu Zhongxing began to come out as officials. The current Patriarch Wang Shu is a famous scholar and a well-known master of Confucian classics, with high prestige in the Shilin. Wang Shu has a humorous personality, interesting conversation, and unreasonable, without the politeness and unsmilingness of a master of classics. Wang Shu's eloquence is quite good, his lectures are simple and easy to understand, and he often gains a lot inadvertently, and he has a sense of enlightenment. During the fifteenth day of the fifteenth day of the big lecture, more than a thousand students attended the lecture, and often there were people who came from far away.

Wang Shu had three sons, the eldest son Wang Wei, the second son Wang Mao, and the third son Wang Yun, the eldest son took charge of housework, and the second son and the third son entered official positions. Wang Wei gave birth to two sons, Wang Chen and Wang Ling. Wang Yun, Zi Zishi, is forty years old this year. Wang Yun became a county official at the age of nineteen. He killed Zhao Jin, the Xiaohuangmen who was rampant in Jinyang, and became famous in one fell swoop. Now Wang Yun is the assistant of Deng Sheng, the state governor, and he is quite trusted. It is said that he is close to Deng Sheng as brothers and sisters.

When Wang Jin was forgetting things, there was a sound of footsteps. When the bead curtain was lifted, three people walked in. The first one was tall and thin, with a childlike appearance, and the other was like a rich man. The last one was in his thirties and wore a high crown. It was Wang Shu, Wang Wei, and Wang Lingzusun.

"See Patriarch, Grand Lord, and Prefect!" Wang Jin hurriedly bowed himself to salute. "Bo Shi, get up, you know what I'm most annoying about is these vulgar rituals." Wang Shu stretched out his hand to help Wang Jin. "Unexpectedly, the black boy back then is now a high-ranking official of Two Thousand Stones!" Although Wang Shu is a hermit, he is not deaf to the outside world and read only sage books. More than ten years of ranger career has made him go through the vicissitudes of life and cultivated his humanity. He walked slowly, lowered his body and touched him with palms, but a small gesture moved Wang Jin to himself, and the owner of the family had always treated people with sincerity. "Wang Jin's current career can only be achieved with the support of the family, and Wang Jin dare not to die?" After that, he slammed down again.

"Mold these fake gifts, Bo Shi, got up and sat up straight and let the old man take a look." Wang Shu hammered Wang Jin's back with his fist. "Fifteen years in the army, the bones are much stronger. The seal is about to be received. Tell me what are you going to do with this prefect? ​​Don't give me sloppy eyes. Wang Ling is the prefect of Taiyuan County, you know it clearly." Wang Ling winked. "Listen for the old man, young people have good ears."

Wang Jin trembled in his heart. Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise I would really be put through the test. "Patriarch, this Wuyuan prefect is the second prefect of our Taiyuan Wang family, and the weight is extraordinary. The grandson guessed that he received the seal first, and he could see everything clearly, so he could sit firmly and move again." "Yes, I have learned to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. It seems that I haven't been in vain in the past fifteen years. I went on to say. "Wang Shu took out a wine gourd and drank a big sip of wine. This was the habit of his early rangers.

"The prefect’s duties include taxation, litigation, and civilization. The five originals are the border county, and the preparation of the border is even more important. There are roughly three types of taxes in this dynasty: land rent (land tax), household tax, calculation tax and mouth. Fu (head tax), corvee (force tax), field rent perennial tax of 30 years, and corvee. The head tax is the bulk of it, but Wuyuan county households are only 7,000, and their mouths are less than 40,000. There is nothing to do in taxation. Yes, the population is too small."

With these words, Wang Ling nodded frequently, and he had been the prefect of Jinyang for two years. He was Qinger for these things.

"The prefect's performance appraisal is roughly taxation and litigation, and the border county needs to add defense against foreign races. Wuyuan County has a population of 40,000. How much oil can be scraped out no matter how hard it is scraped? This tax item is beyond expectation. The family law of the North Korea is Huang Lao politics and people’s rest. It pays attention to lightness and poems. The civil litigation is first mediated by the township officials, and then the lawsuits can not be mediated. Therefore, this term litigation is also very leisurely, and the entire prefectural government receives it every year. There are no more than ten lawsuits. In this way, the only political achievement lies in Xianbei."

Wang Shu was silent for a while, then took another sip of wine. "Bo Shi, I can think of so much in an hour. It's hard for you. It seems that you have worked **** weekdays. There are a few small omissions. It's no fault of you. They are all buried under the vast bamboo slips. I can’t find out. The 30 tax on the field rent is not false, but there are two tax increases, which are still valid. The Emperor Daxing added once, and his Majesty added once, and it was all ten dollars per mu. On the surface, it seems a good thing. On an acre, the burden of no land or little land is not big. This is the opinion of a nerd, and it should be added to the person who has no land after all."

Wang Shu stretched out five fingers. "A family of five, young and strong couples, two children, twelve boys, nine-year-old girls, a fifty mother, fifty acres of land, this is what the master said is a family of five, Bo Shi you count as one What is the annual burden?” Although Wang Ling was the prefect of Jinyang, he still followed his grandfather's courtesy. Hearing what his grandfather said, he quickly came up with a lot of calculations and handed it to Wang Jin.

The Six Ways of Confucianism are also included in mathematics, and Wang Jin has quite a lot of experience. "Oral pay is levied between the ages of seven and fourteen, regardless of male or female. Two children are forty-six per year. As a tax, it is levied regardless of male or female, and one counts for three adults. Three hundred and sixty per year for three adults. Money. The household grants two hundred yuan, the contribution is sixty-three yuan, five people is three hundred and fifteen yuan. The tax increase is 20 yuan per mu, and fifty acres 1,000 yuan. Three days a year, hedgehogs do not I used to pay three hundred. Even if it’s a round of five years, it’s worth two thousand, and it’s four hundred per year. Zhongtian produces three dendrobium per mu. Different crops with different geographical advantages have different prices. The current prices are, Corn is two hundred and twenty dollars a lump, Liangmi is 400 dollars a lump, three hundred bucks, the income of 50 mu is 45,000 bucks, and the 30 tax is 500 bucks. The total is 3,120. One dollar."

Wang Shu nodded, his face showing relief. "Roughly not bad, let me ask you, income and taxes are fixed. You always have to raise cattle, sheep, dolphins, buy some farming tools, iron plows, and eat salt. In addition, there are friendships, clothing, and cattle dogs. Ask for some beans. For example, if you are the head of this family of five, how do you plan your livelihood?"

Wang Jin was a little astonished. He had never thought that it would be such a situation where a big scholar was so concerned about Shengdou Xiaomin's parents. But the astonishment returned to astonishment, these were not difficult for him. The family rule of the Wang family in Taiyuan is to study in Litian, pay attention to personal experience, and it is by no means the way to study hard.

"Fifty acres of Zhongtian, 30 acres of rice (high-quality millet) are planted. Beam rice is more expensive than corn (millet) and can be sold for four hundred dollars per stone. Ten acres of rice, millet and beans are planted. Beans can be used for sauce and You can make bean material. Ten acres of mulberry and hemp are planted for weaving, so the whole family can make a living. You need to buy a cow, thousands of dollars, a few pigs, sheep, dogs, and small animals for two thousand dollars. Open up five acres of land to grow vegetables. , Tax exemption within five years. Every year you need to buy salt and two stones. People who eat lightly all the year have no energy. After the official salt and iron camp, the price of salt has risen extremely fast. The current market is 1,200 yuan per stone. All kinds of expenses, count as thousands of dollars. In this way, the income for a year is 36,000 dollars, the expenditure is 6,400 dollars, plus taxes of 3,121 dollars, and the remaining 26,000 per year money."

Hearing this, Wang Ling couldn't help laughing first, followed by Wang Wei, and finally Wang Shu. The three laughed together, and Wang Jin's face was embarrassed with laughter.

Finally finished laughing, Wang Ling first accepted a smiley face: "Bo Shi, you did a good job. Two years ago before I became the prefect of Jinyang, I did the same calculation, as did the Gonggon princes in the court. At that time, the head of the family was silent for a long time. , I just sent a sentence, don’t do anything before I figure it out. I was surprised at the time, and I was really dissatisfied. Once I got my post, I went around with microservices for private visits. It took a month to figure out that it’s not the case!"