In the next few days, Yang Ming received messages from Li Jing and Yang Yinjiang.
Li Jing wanted to return to Beijing and asked to see Yang Su.
It can be seen that this is to plead for Hong Fu Nu. After all, Hong Fu Nu is a member of Yang Su's family. What's the point of running into your house?
Li Jing was the magistrate of Hedong County and an official of Yang Ming's fiefdom. If he wanted to enter the capital, he had to be approved by Yang Ming. The reason was easy to find. He just said that he came to the capital to do something, which was similar to a business trip.
As for the news brought by Yang Yinjiang, Yang Ming was overjoyed.
Who is Yang Su? I dare not say that he has power over both the government and the public, but at least he has power over half of the government and the public.
A maid ran away from the house, how could he find it? In a few days, the family had already found out.
However, Yang Su took into consideration that Li Jing was his protégé, and it would be embarrassing for this matter to spread, so he did not send anyone to capture Hongfu Nu.
As the saying goes, good things never go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
This matter must not be hidden, but Yang Su is also a shameless person. His maid is having an affair with his disciple. If the news really spreads, he will not be able to show off his face.
But things were different now. Yang Su had tasted the sweetness of "reunion", so he changed his mind. Since he couldn't hide it, he simply said it himself.
Li Jing listened carefully and waited until the other party finished speaking before nodding and saying:
It was a rainy day. After finishing his official duties at the county government, Li Jing returned home.
"The extra money won't be enough," Fang Xuanling said:
"There are quite a lot of wealthy families in Hedong. It's good to let these people fill the gap. I'm afraid the gap will be too big. After all, this time the Turks are rejected from the north, the Hedong military government has sent out 22,000 people. These people have been exempted from all taxes this year.
In addition to the pension from the court, the county government offices also have to pay out rewards as a rule, and the palace is also very interested. It has just passed the middle of the year and there is already such a large deficit. I don’t know what will happen in the second half of the year."
How to weaken the power of the clan has always been the biggest headache for Yang Jian and his wife.
Li Jing became famous this time, and Yang Su's reputation among the people also greatly improved.
Li Jing was a son of a noble family. There were at least thirty servants in his house, and there were also servants who guarded the courtyard.
After receiving Yang Ming's reply, Li Jing was half happy and worried. Of course he was happy that he and his sweetheart would be a legitimate couple from now on, but he was worried about the opinions of the family elders.
Li Jing was not a poor man. He bought a house when he first came to Hedong. He did not want to live in the Yamen because it was inconvenient to handle personal matters.
He was also very good at choosing days. He would not speak when Dugu Jialuo was not around, but would only speak when Dugu Jialuo was in court.
Hedong County,
Hedong County has ten counties under its jurisdiction and is governed by Hedong County.
Li Jing knew clearly that this year Hedong temporarily called up 22,000 people for military service. Because these people won the war, they were exempted from all taxes this year and had to pay rewards. Compared with last year, they must have lost a lot of income.
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Fortunately, he was not the eldest son and was not as favored as his eldest brother Li Duan. In addition, the marriage was granted by the Holy Queen, so the clan would not dare to say anything nonsense, but private reprimands would certainly be inevitable.
"Congratulations to Brother Jing for getting married after becoming a saint. I'm here to express my congratulations."
Dugu Jialuo praised Yang Suzhen as an elder on the spot and gave Zhang Chuchen to Li Jing as his head wife.
After the two had a few drinks, Fang Xuanling put down the wine bowl and said:
"Starting this year, the royal family will collect taxes in Hedong. I have inquired. Last year, the taxes paid to the treasury in Hedong were 340,000 guan, 170,000 shi of millet, 36,000 pieces of silk, and 7 pieces of hemp.
Eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty"
Li Jinggang picked up the chopsticks and smiled when he heard this: "Then let's wait for him."
Hong Funu smiled and said: "Brother Xuanling said he was coming, so the Nu family specially prepared the food and wine to prevent Brother Xuanling from always complaining about your indifference to him."
Fang Xuanling fell in love with drinking three years ago, because at that time he was a county captain in Xi (xi) City. Where is Xi City? Fenyang, Shanxi Province.
So the story of Hong Fu's elopement meeting with Li Jing, under the instruction of Yang Jian and his wife, will soon spread in Daxing, and even the entire Sui Dynasty.
Hongfu Nu smiled and took away the jar with water and poured the wine away, then opened the white porcelain jar and poured a bowl for Fang Xuanling.
"The royal palace's fixed tax will basically be about 90% of last year's total tax amount. However, taxes vary from year to year. If the amount collected this year is less than 90% of last year's, His Highness will have to pay for it himself."
The Sui Dynasty was a military system developed on the basis of the land equalization system.
If you want to avoid doing corvee service, it is very simple. You must pay a certain amount of money and grain, and the government will do the service on your behalf. This payment is called "gengfu".
This is another thing that has the best of both worlds. I have to say that Yang Su is really awesome.
So Fang Xuanling came more diligently.
Therefore, if the Hedong region does not receive 90% of last year's tax this year, Yang Ming will have to find a way on his own. No matter whether you use clever tricks or coercion or inducement, in short, you have to make up for the gap.
According to the law, except for those who are exempted from service (clan, nobles, bureaucrats with high titles and their relatives), the remaining men aged 18 to 60 must perform corvee every year. Corvee refers to hard labor and miscellaneous labor.
,military service.
"Oh, it's wine in a white porcelain bottle? Then let's drink this."
"Why are you cooking by yourself? Let the servants do these things from now on," Li Jing held Hong Fu's hand distressedly and sat down together at the dining table.
For Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, it was worth publicizing that a member of a wealthy family fell in love with a maid. Although they started their careers with the help of a wealthy family, their status and thoughts were different now.
After a while, Fang Xuanling came with a yellow clay jar.
Every time Fang Xuanling came to Li Jing, he always brought the wine mixed with water that Yang Ming gave him. Li Jing would definitely not drink this kind of wine, so he could only bring out his own private collection for the two of them to drink together.
The ingenious Hongfu Girl has prepared a large table of dishes, which are still hot.
Because Yang Ming had told him to ask Li Jing if he had any questions, and Li Jing was a very upright person, Fang Xuanling quickly became friends with Li Jing after he came to Hedong.
He also said that Hongfu Nu's sincerity moved him, and that Li Jing was willing to accept a maid despite her family background was even more commendable. He was willing to accomplish this beautiful thing.
With a clang, the yellow clay jar was placed on the table by Fang Xuanling, and then his eyes were fixed on the jar of wine prepared by Hong Fu Nu.
After arriving in Hedong, he has been secretly exchanging letters with Hongfu Nu, but it is not clear through what channels.
The imperial court doesn't care whether you have special circumstances or not. Anyway, the fixed tax for the fief is based on the previous year's base, and not a single cent is less.
So he directly told the story of Hong Fu's elopement with Li Jing at the court meeting.
After Li Jing thought for a while, he said:
"His Royal Highness is far away in Daxing and does not know that the situation in Hedong is special this year. As the recorder of the palace, you should shoulder this responsibility. This year's taxes must not only be made up, but also the expenses of the palace must be reserved. You can think of a way. I am here
Bian Dang will do his best to help.”
Fang Xuanling laughed loudly: "What I want is what Brother Jing said. Since I am an official of the royal palace, if I have to bother His Highness to resolve this matter personally, then I deserve to drink wine mixed with water for the rest of my life."
The two looked at each other, smiled, and raised their glasses at the same time.