Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 172: The most stupid way

Actually, Xu Zhiqian, like Zhang Fei, never thought of marrying Zhang Fei before. This idea has never occurred to her, but when faced with a choice, only Zhang Fei is there.

In the past two days at home, Xu Zhiqian tossed and turned, she thought of countless options, but the more she thought about it, the more profound and lingering the little things between Zhang Fei and her became.

And just now when Zhang Fei asked her personally, she couldn't refuse.

"You... how are you going to promote tax calculation?"

When Zhang Fei got into the carriage, Xu Zhiqian pretended to be calm and asked.

As if nothing had happened just now.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "You should know that the imperial court will soon collect the summer tax in full, and the county has already sent people to urge the payment."

"Summer tax?" Xu Zhiqian pondered for a while, and asked, "You just want to use this to promote tax calculation?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I have this idea. I heard from Lao Qi and the others that because the imperial cadastre was not updated in time, many people had to pay a lot more, and many landlords had to pay a lot less. "

Xu Zhiqian nodded, then sighed again: "Actually, the imperial court cannot be completely blamed for this. The change of land in our imperial court has never happened since ancient times. It may happen even if it doesn't count for half a year."

Zhang Fei said: "I just want to correct this situation to promote our tax calculation. If you come to our tax calculation, you can pay a lot less tax. Why don't those farmers come?"

Xu Zhiqian frowned slightly, and said: "You want to take this matter to the court?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, "This is just a promotional gimmick. As for whether to file a lawsuit with the court, it depends on how the court responds. I am not so arrogant that I eat and sleep to sue the court. And I have heard many clean officials, There have also been some decrees issued in response to this phenomenon, but only intermittently because of the frequent transfer of official positions.”

Xu Zhiqian nodded and said: "That's true. My father did this when he was the county magistrate, but after my father left office, it's the same as before."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This shows that this problem is not very serious, and it will not hurt the interests of too many people. In addition, the eyes of the officials in the DPRK and China are currently focused on stopping the regulations of the second government, and I have just I don't think those officials will compete with me because of this matter."

Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly, "In fact, those royal family members have the right to be tax-free, and wealthy businessmen like the Fan family and the Ma family have deposited a large amount of land under the name of Xiangguo Temple. 20% of the incense money from the tax."

Zhang Fei frowned: "If there is a chance, I will definitely abolish this **** privilege."

Xu Zhiqian was very encouraged by what she heard, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Can you do it?"

Zhang Fei was stunned, and almost confided in his heart, he hurriedly said: "I will tell you that this kind of thing can only be corrected by the court itself."

Xu Zhiqian snorted: "The court will not correct itself."

Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Wang is going to reform, maybe he will do it."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "I haven't heard that Uncle Wang wants to be exempted from privileges. Why do you say that?"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "You are so stupid! The main purpose of Master Wang's reform is to improve the finances, so we have to increase taxes, and the current tax money has already collected almost all the people. If we want to increase taxes, Isn't it the only way to increase taxes on these people?"

Xu Zhiqian only felt that Zhang Fei's analysis made sense, and asked, "Can this be successful?"

Zhang Fei shrugged: "Who knows."

The two were chatting, as if they had gone back to the past, forgetting about the marriage proposal.

Unconsciously, the carriage has arrived in the suburbs.

While chatting vigorously, I suddenly heard someone shouting on the side of the road: "The official sent someone to kill! The official sent to kill someone!"

Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian looked at each other tacitly.

I heard another person yelling: "Raw! Keep on yelling, it's better to call more officials. If you don't pay the tax today, you have to pay it."

Zhang Fei was taken aback, and immediately said: "Stop quickly."

He got out of the carriage before the carriage stopped.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Zhiqian yelled and immediately followed out.

Getting off the carriage, Zhang Fei looked around, but saw a bald man rolling on the ground beside a vegetable garden by the road, shouting for help, and a clerk in front of him was holding a whip and pointing at him. Chattering and reprimanding.

"It's really easy to get here!"

Zhang Fei was overjoyed, and walked over quickly, and was about to raise his hand to stop, when a jade arm stretched out from behind to grab him, "Wait a minute!"

Zhang Fei turned around and said excitedly: "Why are you dragging me, this is a great publicity opportunity, ahem, no, don't stop me from being brave."

But Xu Zhiqian held him tightly, "I don't know how careful you are, just wait for a while."

"Wait again and everyone will die." Zhang Fei was so anxious that he wanted to shout out immediately that Zhang San was here, so that corrupt officials would not be reckless.

Xu Zhiqian said: "You listen to me and wait and see."

At the same time, the man's shouting also attracted some passers-by to watch.

"Okay, Li Poppi, you...you wait."

Seeing that the crowd of onlookers gradually increased, the official left angrily with a harsh word.

That's it?

Zhang Fei was dumbfounded immediately, and at least he whipped him a few times.

The man stood up again, patted the dust on his body, grinned at the officer, and said with a disdainful smile: "You are such a bird, and you still want to ask me for money, but you don't know how to go around and ask about me?" The name of Li Laocai."

"What's going on?"

Zhang Fei tilted his head and asked Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian explained with a smile: "It is true that there are corrupt officials, but not every commoner is simple and honest, allowing others to bully them. It's not easy to collect their taxes!"

Tokyo has a strong commercial atmosphere, people come and go, the rulers do not have an environment to tame the people, and the people are very active in their brains, know how to play tricks, and many famous rogues have never paid taxes for most of their lives.

The key point is that many of the people who call for payment are also those high-class households who go to serve in the government, and they don't even have a salary. It is a loss.

Of course, many rogues don't have much land, and the upper-class households who really have land don't dare to play tricks with the government.

"I see!"

Zhang Fei nodded, suddenly realized that Xu Zhiqian was still holding his hand, and immediately shook it back, "When I am impulsive in the future, I have to hold me."

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly withdrew her hand, humming: "That must be held!"

Suddenly heard Long Wudao behind him: "Grandfather, be careful."

Zhang Fei looked back at Long Wu, and Long Wu raised his head forward, only to see that rogue surnamed Li suddenly walking towards them, staring straight at Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian was also considered a son and daughter of the world, she frowned, showing disgust, but she did not show the slightest fear.

"This is a little lady!"

The poppi smiled lewdly and said, "Oh! You are so handsome! I, Li Laocai, have never seen such a handsome little lady."

Zhang Fei leaned back and whispered to Long Wu: "I won't fall to the ground, you are not allowed to make a move."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Xu Zhiqian to Li Si's side, then stepped forward and yelled at the rascal: "If you don't want to die, you birdman, get away from me."

The poppi looked at Zhang Fei, heard his arrogant tone, but it didn't look like a Tokyo accent, he grinned and said: "My Li Laocai wanted to die a long time ago, and I haven't found anyone who dares to attack. If you can't beat me to death today, I will never end with you."

This naughty rascal plays just because you are afraid of trouble.

Except for ear pens.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Coincidentally! Me too. Hit me if you have the ability!"

Popi was stunned for a moment, could it be that he is a fellow, but seeing that this guy is fair and handsome, with thick hair, he doesn't look like a Popi, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and tentatively stretched out his hand to push Zhang Fei.

Seeing that Zhang Fei flew back and hit the carriage heavily, he covered his chest with one hand and shouted loudly: "Help! You killed me!"

The change happened so quickly, Xu Zhiqian was dumbfounded.

The poppy was also blindfolded, looking at his hands in confusion.

Zhang Fei shouted for a moment, then suddenly looked at Long Wu with a question mark on his face.

Long Wu also had question marks on his face.

Is this guy so dull? Zhang Fei sat down directly on the ground.

Long Wu immediately jumped out.

That poppi just realized, "You are wronged...!"

Before he finished speaking, Long Wu rushed forward and scratched at the splashy man with his claws.

Zhang Fei looked at Long Wuna like a shrew, scratching and scratching at that rascal, he couldn't help being dumbfounded, he...isn't he a master?

After some fights, Long Wu finally gained the upper hand, grabbed the rogue and ran away with his head in his arms, shouting: "Hey boy! Hey boy! Help! Help!"

Many onlookers, not only did not help, but laughed instead.

When he shouted, Zhang Fei also reacted, covered his chest, and shouted loudly: "I beat someone! I killed someone!"

Besides, Xu Zhiqian and Li Si tried their best to hold back their laughter.

"Who is calling for help?"

The officer who had just left ran back and asked out of breath.

Long Wu stopped immediately.

"He!"

Zhang Fei and Na Popi pointed at each other very tacitly.

The poppi pointed at his scratched face with a look of injustice, "Brother Cha, look at how I was beaten by him."

On the other hand, Zhang Fei politely handed over a small square paper to the official, "Next Zhang San."

"Zhang San?"

The official was stunned for a moment, and suddenly jumped on the spot, "Ear pen Zhang San?"

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "This is my business card."

"Business card?"

The official didn't know what it was, so he took it over and took a look, but saw Zhang Fei's name, Zhang San in brackets, the name of Bianjing Law Firm, and its address written on it.

Zhang Fei said: "This man just molested my fiancée and beat me up. Fortunately, my servants helped me. Everyone here has seen it with their own eyes. Please take him to the yamen first. I will send someone later. Go and sue for me."

Xu Zhiqian's cheeks were dizzy, and she murmured in a low voice, "What fiancée, I haven't agreed yet."

"Oh, well...okay."

The official was overjoyed, grabbed the rascal by the collar with one hand, laughed and said: "Li Laocai, this time you are finished, you have offended Zhang San."

Na Popi seems to have heard Zhang Fei's name before, looking at Zhang Fei, he said blankly: "Er... Er pen Zhang San?"

Zhang Fei nodded and smiled, "Stay well inside."

"Hey boy! I have eyes but no eyes, please forgive Zhang Sanlang! Please forgive Zhang Sanlang!"

The poppy cried out immediately.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This lawsuit has not yet been fought, so don't admit defeat!"

If you don't admit defeat, I'm afraid you won't be saved.

When the officer heard this, he understood, and immediately dragged Li Laocai away.

Xu Zhiqian walked forward with a smile, "It's such a misfortune for the little rascal to meet the big rascal!"

Zhang Fei glanced at her: "To deal with Rompy, you can only use the Rompie's method, or you can reason with him."

Xu Zhiqian thought about it, and felt that there was some truth to it.

Zhang Fei suddenly looked at Long Wu next to him, and saw a scarlet scar on the neck of this guy who was scratched by that rogue. What kind of master is this, and asked: "Long Wu, what were you doing just now?"

Long Wudao: "I...I'm afraid to beat him to death."

"...?"

A muffled sound came from Zhang Fei's throat, and he asked, "You...do you often beat people to death?"

Long Wu quickly shook his head and said, "Not often."

Xu Zhiqian looked at Long Wu in shock.

Li Si also took a step back timidly.

Zhang Fei nodded, "I understand."

He coughed and looked around, "Zhiqian, let's look around."

Xu Zhiqian came back to her senses, nodded, took a small step to follow, and whispered: "Zhang San, this Long Wu...!"

Zhang Fei said: "He is not a bad person."

Xu Zhiqian didn't ask any more questions.

Now it's time to collect the summer tax, and you can see some official messengers going to farmers' homes to urge tax payment everywhere.

"Brother poor, please do me a favor. Our family really doesn't have any money right now. Please be patient for a while. When we buy this grain and exchange it for money, we will pay the tax money immediately." up."

I saw a young man standing in his farmyard, speaking to an official in a humble tone.

"What do you mean, I have to wait for you, do you know how busy I am now. Alright, let's take your few bags of food for tax credit."

"Brother Cha, this is our summer ration! If you take it away, our family will starve to death."

"What are you yelling about? I didn't take all of them, but I left a bag for you. There are only four people in your family. Can you eat so much food?"

The Northern Song Dynasty also had a two-tax system. The summer tax was for copper coins, and the autumn tax was for grain.

In ancient times, the coins were all hard currency, so the money in the hands of the people was expensive and scarce. The summer tax was actually more of a headache than the autumn tax. They were often blackmailed by these officials because they had no money.

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Don't you want to be a hero, go for it!"

Zhang Fei was taken aback, and asked naively: "Is this true?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded dumbfoundingly.

Zhang Fei walked over immediately, with a leading tone: "What's the matter?"

The officer looked at Zhang Fei, "Who are you?"

The young farmer also looked at Zhang Fei in a daze.

Zhang Fei said: "It's easy to say! Ear pen Zhang San."

"Er... ear pen Zhang San?"

The official swallowed immediately.

Zhang Fei asked: "How much food tax did you say you got?"

"No...no, I didn't say anything just now, I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

The official ran away in a panic.

This ear pen, Zhang Sanling, has suffered a lot from the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, why have they never heard of it.

But the farmer didn't seem to have heard of Zhang San's name. Seeing that the young man scared the official away with a word, he couldn't help shaking his legs and cupping his fists: "Thank you, big brother, for your help. .”

Zhang Fei smiled slightly, took out another small piece of paper and handed it over, "This is my business card."

"Name...business card?"

The farmer took the business card, but he looked confused.

Zhang Fei said: "My name is Zhang San, and I specialize in litigation for the people. If the government charges you more tax money, you can come to me. My address is written on it. I guarantee that you will not have to pay an extra penny in tax."

"Really...really?" the farmer said excitedly.

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Come to me if you need anything, I'll take my leave first."

"Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother."

"It's easy to do."

Zhang Fei nodded slightly and left the farmyard.

Then Xu Zhiqian walked over immediately, "That's right! What is your business card? Do you have any more? Show me one."

Zhang Fei took out one and handed it to Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian took a look and said with a smile, "Your business card is quite similar to an official's door shape, but your writing on it is simpler and much smaller."

The door shape is the post that officials use when paying homage, that is, the business card, but Zhang Fei's business card is much larger, about six or seven inches in size, rolled up and tied with silk threads.

Speaking, she looked up at Zhang Fei again, "They are all illiterate, what's the use of you sending this to them?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "There will always be someone who can read."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Couldn't this be your means of promoting tax calculation?"

Zhang Fei nodded and smiled, "Yes!"

Xu Zhiqian shook her head and said, "I don't think it's very useful."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "You have to remember one thing, there is no evidence for everything."