Chapter 360 Do you think so?

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 360 Do you think so?

The yamen is big, and the main hall is also big. A group of officials came to the lobby. This is the Zhizhou yamen. The top position in the hall is usually where Zheng Zonglun can sit. But at this time, he smiled and said: "Governor Wang, please

Take your seat."

The magistrate is slightly lower than the governor by half a rank. According to the official rank, the governor must sit at the top.

But this is the governor's office, the territory of his governor. According to official rules, even if Wang Shouren is a superior, he is still a guest, and he cannot sit in this position.

Even if you are sitting down, you must be humble at this time, say something like "I don't dare to do it", and be polite in a humble manner. Then everyone will praise him again to create a harmonious atmosphere between superiors and subordinates, and then he can

Sit there.

But Wang Shouren was not humble at all. He calmly walked to the top position and sat down. After such treatment, all the officials from Zheng Zonglun down looked a little unhappy. Just from this action, it can be seen that

This governor king is very lonely.

Wang Shouren sat in the hall and said calmly: "Everyone, please find a place to sit. Don't be polite."

Hearing this, Zheng Zonglun suddenly raised his head and looked deeply at the governor in the hall. His eyes narrowed slightly and he sneered in his heart.

When I first arrived, I thought about being a guest, but I was afraid I was too impatient.

But all the officials present stood there without moving. At this time, Zheng Zonglun said: "Everyone, why are you standing there? The governor has spoken, why don't we find a place to sit down?"

With that said, he took his own seat and sat down at the lower left position of Wang Shouren. When they saw him sitting down, everyone took their seats according to their official rank.

Afterwards, Zheng Zonglun raised his head to look at Wang Shouren, wanting to see what the governor's expression was at this time.

However, Wang Shouren's expression did not change, and he remained expressionless.

Zheng Zonglun turned his eyes back and shouted loudly outside the hall: "Come here, let me show you tea!"

Someone answered outside, and within a moment, several clerks came in. One of them held a tea tray with tea cups placed on it.

After entering the lobby, several clerks immediately walked up to Zheng Zonglun and placed a tea cup in front of him. A slight smile flashed across Zheng Zonglun's lips, then disappeared, and then he scolded: "There are no rules, the governor is still here."

How can you show me the tea while you are sitting up there? Go ahead and bring it to the Governor Wang first."

"yes."

The clerk responded with a yes, turned around and went to the top with the tea tray, and placed the cup of tea in front of Wang Shouren, "Your Excellency, please have some tea."

"Thank you."

Wang Shouren thanked him, picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and praised: "Not bad, it's really good tea."

"They're just ordinary sparrow tips. They don't count as good tea. Your Excellency praises them."

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Wang Shouren nodded slightly, but did not answer. He put the tea cup on the desk, and then quietly looked at the clerk below serving tea to the officials one by one.

Zheng Zonglun had been looking at him, but at this time he couldn't help but frown secretly.

From the time he came in until now, he had attacked him three times in a row, but the expression of Governor Wang had never changed. He always looked calm and even a little silent.

There are only two reasons for this situation. First, Lord Wang has a very deep city and is very good at cultivating qi. Second, Lord Wang is stupid and he didn't realize that these were attacks.

Zheng Zonglun preferred the latter. After all, the news from above was that Governor Wang was not very smart.

It's just that he didn't expect that he could be so smart.

He couldn't help but laugh in his heart. The person he was mocking was not Wang Shouren, but themselves. Such a person was actually worthy of their previous rigorous treatment. It was really a waste of energy.

After serving tea, several clerks bowed to each other and then withdrew. Then Wang Shouren continued and said: "Let's discuss the matter."

The corners of Zheng Zonglun's mouth curled up, "I'll listen to your instructions respectfully."

The entire lobby immediately became quiet, and everyone put down their tea cups.

Wang Shouren said: "Everyone must know that the imperial court is going to implement reforms in Changping. I don't need to mention how important this matter is. It is a major national policy of the imperial court. I came to Changping for this purpose.

More than a month has passed since this matter happened. I wonder how prepared you are, and what regulations have you prepared for this matter?"

Hearing this, all the officials present looked at each other in confusion. Where are the regulations?

To put it bluntly, this reform is nothing more than an edict to measure the land and issue an edict to divide the land into acres. So what kind of regulations are needed?

So Zheng Zonglun said: "Your Majesty Wang is the imperial governor who is supervising this matter. Your Majesty has not been on duty these days. We don't dare to do it ourselves. We just want to wait for your Majesty to take office and then follow your orders. This charter

"

Wang Shouren answered, "You're not prepared, are you?"

"yes."

"It doesn't matter, let's start the discussion now." As he said that, Wang Shouren looked around the crowd, "Everyone should report the acres of land in their respective counties, let's start with the ones in Changping County."

An official stood up, it was Wu County Cheng of Changping County, "Reporting to the county magistrate, the total farmland in this county is about 180,000 acres."

"What's specific?"

"In general, these are the details. For more details, I need to get the yellow book to check."

"Then just ask someone to get it. It's not far away anyway."

The county magistrate Wu was silent for a moment and responded: "Yes."

Then he ordered people to go to the county government office to pick it up. It was indeed not far away. After about two sticks of incense, several scribes who had gone out came back with a thick stack of books.

Wu Xian Cheng took it and turned it over for a while, then raised his head and said, "Sir, the total land area is 183,735 acres."

Wang Shouren asked: "Is this yellow book updated every year?"

"It is counted every three years, and it was just counted last year."

"It turned out that we only did an inventory last year." Wang Shouren's voice was very soft. This number clearly did not match up. It was at least 100,000 acres different from the land he calculated.

"Are you sure that there is no hidden property in these acres?"

The Prime Minister of Wu County hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the magistrate and magistrate, then nodded and said: "In general, this is it. Even if there is a so-called hidden field, there is not much difference."

"Does that mean that the total number of acres in Changping County plus hidden fields is at least about 200,000?"

"Sir, you are joking. There are not so many hidden fields. Even if there are a few brave people, together they can hide thousands of acres in the county."

When he said this, Wu Xian Cheng's expression was unnatural. There must be a lot of hidden fields in this area, but whoever dares to tell the truth, everyone should conceal it as much as possible. Even if it is now that the acres of land are about to be checked, then

I still had the courage to hide it.

Not only are there a lot of hidden fields, but there are also no shortage of hidden houses.

Once these are discovered, they will inevitably be thrown into disgrace, so this reform makes people feel like they are facing a formidable enemy.

"Okay, let's go by what you said. The total farmland in Changping County is about 190,000 acres, but is it like this?"

At this time, the officials present frowned, wondering what Wang Shouren's intention was in mentioning this repeatedly, but after a moment, Wu County Prime Minister still nodded and said: "Yes."

"One hundred and ninety thousand acres. After Changping County has measured the acres, if it exceeds one hundred and ninety thousand acres, the excess will be treated as abandoned land and handed over to the imperial court. Do you think this is how I handle it?"
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