Chapter 703 It is certain: Cao Fang belongs to the faction of the Three Princes
Chapter 703 It’s certain: Cao Fang belongs to the Third Prince’s faction
Author: Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night
Chapter 703 It’s certain: Cao Fang belongs to the Third Prince’s faction
Lin Su arrived in front of his yamen, and the folding fan slowly moved away, exposing his face to the sun. The yamen servant in the door suddenly opened his eyes, and almost at the same time, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty!"
The words "Master Fu Zun" came from the door, and soon turned into a torrent. He Xingong's hand trembled, and a cup of tea almost splashed on the face of Cao Li opposite...
Soon, all the chief officials from the four divisions and eight offices gathered at the same time. They all came to the entrance of the government office and bowed deeply at the same time: "See you, Mr. Fu Zun!"
Lin Su touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed: "I'm just returning to the Yamen normally. If you do this, wouldn't it make people laugh if word spread about it? If someone with good intentions uses this to make trouble, those who don't know the inside story will still
I thought I, the prefect, would only come here a few times..."
Everyone looked at each other, Sir, are you really embarrassed to do this? Just tell me, how many times have you come here in a year?
Of course, in official circles, you cannot say this...
He Xingong tried to smooth things over: "Everyone, please leave. Master Cao and I need to report something to the Master..."
Everyone then bowed and returned to their duties.
Lin Su took the official steps and entered the main hall.
He Xingong and Cao Li entered side by side. The yamen servants presented three cups of fragrant tea and retreated to the door...
"My lord, you have worked hard all the way, please have some tea!" He Xingong and Cao Li raised their glasses at the same time.
Lin Su held up the tea cup and smiled slightly: "Before entering the Yamen, I have already walked around outside. You have done a good job during this time, very good!"
After walking around for a long time, I learned a lot.
Why?
This circle can be big or small, and the time can be long or short.
He walked around the river embankment outside for ten minutes and was called a complete circle. He visited seven counties privately incognito and walked around seven counties for three months and was called a complete circle.
He Xingong and Cao Li nodded at the same time: "Since Lord Fu took office, he has attached great importance to people's livelihood and people's sentiments. He has neglected cars and simple obedience. He has inspected the people's sentiments in seven counties incognito and slept in the open air. How can the officials and others live in the government office and not do their duties wholeheartedly? Fortunately, now
Everything is fine in Nanshan Mansion..."
It only took three adults two words to settle the issue of Lin Su's long-term failure to perform his duties.
He attaches great importance to people's livelihood and people's sentiments. He goes out for private visits incognito. He eats and sleeps in the open. He works harder than anyone else and is more pragmatic than anyone else. Damn...
Lin Su was very satisfied: "Tell me about the basic situation during this period..."
Palace Master He Xin, first report on the surrounding situation...
The situation on the outside could not be better...
The river embankment was completed at the end of last year. At that time, it was just based on your great trust, and no one thought much about it. Now that it is completed, everyone knows how foresight you are...
Once the river embankment was changed, the entire Nanshan Mountain became a paradise. Countless literati and scholars rushed there, and the reputation of Nanshan Mansion has spread beyond Zhongzhou...
This is just a good reputation, but the other thing is that the rainy season is coming this year. Without this river embankment, who would dare to stay in the government office? They all go to various rivers to worry about the upcoming rainy season. Your Excellency, make preparations for the rainy season.
, unexpectedly thought of this step a long time ago, the 10% of the river embankment has put a key lock on the survival of the people...
In addition to the river embankment, what is more important is the livelihood of the people. Last winter, the total number of people who froze to death and starved to death in the whole province was less than a hundred. You need to know that in the past, the number of people who froze to death and starved to death was tens of thousands every year. Everyone has benefited from this.
The flower deposit paid in advance by the Lin family...
The biggest surprise unfolded ten days ago. It was still the Lin family who came to Nanshan Mansion to collect flowers. Every flower farmer who planted one acre of flower land had a harvest of three taels of silver. The largest flower farmer planted more than ten acres and harvested more than thirty taels of silver.
The entire Nanshan Mansion is boiling. If you go down to the counties at this moment, you may really see many people’s homes enshrining your immortality tablets...
Lin Su was stunned, it was another immortal tablet?
I refused the one on the Haining River Beach, but it was set up here. What’s the matter? I look like a Bodhisattva?
The more He Xingong talked, the more excited he became...
The most difficult thing for every government to do is collect taxes!
But Nanshan Mansion... Oh, Mr. Cao is responsible for this area. Mr. Cao, please tell me...
The matter of tax collection is indeed an internal matter, and Cao Li is responsible for it...
Cao Li stroked his beard and started speaking...
The old man has also served as a county magistrate for more than ten years, and has also served as a magistrate. Naturally, he knows that the most difficult thing for an official is to collect taxes. The common people are so poor that there is no roof under their roof, but how can the national tax on royal grain be exempted?
To be honest, every time tax is collected, it is extremely painful for the old man.
I can't bear it, but I can't help it.
Under the rule of Lord Fu Zun, the old man saw the wonders of officialdom...
Those flower farmers competed to pay taxes. They sold flowers in front of them and queued up at the county government to pay taxes. Although the standard set by the adults was 10% of taxes and fees, this 10% of taxes and fees was paid in just ten days.
, it has already exceeded the tax amount issued by the state government to Nanshan.
Having said this, Comrade Lao Cao smiled: "Master Fu, on that day you exempted the people who built the river from the tax, and set a 10% tax standard for other people. Lao Cao and Master He were quite worried. Worried
This year's tax and fee task gap is too large, and now it seems that you are wise and have already calculated it well."
This is actually the level of vision.
From the perspective of people in this era, whether taxes can be collected depends on the level of the tax rate.
If 30% is not enough, increase it to 50%. If 50% is not enough, increase it to 60%. You will always make a fuss about the tax rate.
But Lin Su is not like that.
The tax rate under his rule is insanely low, only 10%!
Moreover, with a wave of his hand, those who participated in the construction of river embankments would be exempted from taxes and fees for the entire year!
With such a decision, no matter how hot-headed the officials present were at the time, a cold wind blew in their hearts, and everyone had a dilemma lingering in their minds... The adults have done their best to treat the people with kindness, but taxes and fees are a hard target from above.
What to do if it doesn’t work?
Now the answer is out, taxes and fees have been completed, and it has been overfulfilled, half a year ahead of schedule.
Why?
Because Lin Su has enlarged the tax base!
In the past, when ordinary people dug food in the fields, their families could not earn more than three taels of silver a year, and they had to pay high land rents. At a 20% discount, they could get more than one tael at most, and the 50% tax was only half a tael.
What now? The common people can harvest ten taels of silver in one flower season. Even if the tax is only 10%, they still have one tael of silver.
It seems that the tax rate has been greatly reduced, but in fact the tax collected has doubled!
This is the advantage of building a large base, and it is a win-win situation for both the people and the government.
This move made Cao Li and He Xingong truly convinced.
The people in the officialdom who were waiting to see Lin Su's joke were all dumbfounded.
"Okay, I've got the official business in general, let's talk about other things..." Lin Su held up the tea cup: "Our Lord Governor, and the prince next door, are there any changes?"
As soon as these words came out, the two adults looked at each other...
King Lu Yang looks normal here, how can he be normal? Extremely restrained!
Before the Lord came to Nanshan, several princes of King Lu Yang basically treated Nanshan City as a back garden. They would come and wander around whenever they had something to do, rob a few civilian girls, tease a few young girls, beat a few people, and kill a few people every year.
So, but after the Lord came, especially after the Lord showed his power in the Luyang Palace, these phenomena disappeared. People from the Luyang Palace almost never entered Nanshan. Even if they came, it was only for their housekeepers to purchase some supplies, and nothing happened.
He doesn't want to cause trouble. It seems that the adults are really afraid of him.
However, there are signs that King Lu Yang is still recruiting people from the world. Recently, standing at the top of Nanshan City, you can occasionally see practitioners coming and going above Prince Lu Yang's palace.
As for Zhizhou...
Cao Zhizhou has never been to Nanshan Mansion, but he is extremely concerned about one thing...
"What's going on?" Lin Su narrowed her eyes.
He Xingong's eyes were also quite complicated, and he whispered: "Sifang Mountain on Dongting Lake!"
“How is one paying attention?”
He Xingong said: "Your Excellency, you may not know, but there is a Zen temple on Sifang Mountain. A few days ago... to be precise, on the day after your Excellency entered the government office, a tragedy occurred, and there were hundreds of monks in the Sifang Zen Temple.
, was killed inexplicably, and Sifang Zen Temple became an empty temple. Lord Zhizhou paid special attention to this matter, and went to Sifang Mountain in person. Later, he also found several literary masters and masters on the spiritual path to track down the murderer behind the scenes.
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Lin Su acted as if he knew nothing about the matter and nodded: "Under the rule of Zhongzhou, hundreds of people died at one time. Although they were monks, it was still a major case. It was legitimate for him as a Zhizhou to come to the scene in person, but I didn't know that Lord Zhizhou was
On what day did you arrive at the scene?”
He Xingong said: "It's a shame to say this. Our Nanshan Mansion is separated from Sifang Mountain by a river, and it is the closest government to Sifang Mountain. However, we knew nothing about the murder, but Lord Zhizhou discovered it first.
I arrived in person the next day. Afterwards, after three consecutive days of investigation, agents from Nanshan Prefecture and Jeju Prefecture were not allowed to participate, and all agents from the state government took over. This seems to be dissatisfaction with Nanshan Prefecture and Jeju Prefecture..."
Arrived on time!
Let your own people from Zhizhou Prefecture investigate!
After checking for three days in a row, they stopped checking!
Lin Su completely understood the combination of three key pieces of information...
Cao Fang, the governor of the state, belongs to the third prince!
He knows the stronghold of Wujianmen in Sifang Mountain very clearly!
He is related to Wujianmen!
Therefore, he was able to know the occurrence of this tragedy at the first time, and he refused the involvement of the police officers below.
Why only check for three days?
Because three days later, the detailed video of the Sifangshan Massacre was delivered to the third prince (sent by Zhou Mei)!
He knew the whole situation, so there was no need to investigate.
Very good, he has already touched Cao Fang’s bottom line!
Lin Su looked at the sky, it was just noon...
"Two adults, although I have returned to the house, you should just pretend that I have not returned. The big and small things in the house are still the same as before. How should you deal with them? If you don't decide on foreign affairs, ask He Xingong, if you don't decide on internal affairs, ask Cao Li.
, let’s all go!”
Lin Su patted her thighs and stood up.
In Hexin Palace, Old Man Cao quickly stood up: "Since you are back..."
"My ass is pointed and I can't sit in the office. Stop bothering me with shit about me!" Lin Su interrupted them and went out.
The two looked at each other and sighed at the same time...
This sigh contains an element of helplessness, but it also contains an element of joy...
Although it is indeed very hard for them, serving as an official under Lin Su is not particularly hard, because he has already solved the most difficult things.
What's more important is that the status of the two of them is that of masters in the world, which is what Zhengsi dreams of. The prefect does not care at all, and they have the final say on all matters big and small in the same house.
They are not prefects, they are better than prefects.
At this point in life, what else do you want?
Lin Su left the magistrate's house and was greeted by someone outside.
Who is this?
She is dressed luxuriously and her face is rosy...
The man stepped forward and said, "Sir, you are back!"