"It's trivial and trivial, ordinary people can't even feel how small it is!"
The sudden appearance of Su Ze, the Prime Minister of Jingzhao County, really startled everyone. They soon understood that this was a plan between Su Ze and Pang Tong. They were annoyed and filled with indignation, and even wanted to use this to make a joke.
However, Su Ze was even more difficult to deal with than Pang Tong. He had seen these powerful clan lords in Youfufeng when he was young. They hid people secretly and roamed the countryside. The court and the people could not tolerate them. How could Su Ze show mercy to these people?
"If the inspection is not true, you will all be punished according to the law." Su Ze pointed to two inconsistent household registration books. One is the household registration registered by each family on its own, and the other is the household registration registered just checked by the pavilion chiefs.
He said sternly: "Check the households, slaves and maids, and re-calculate the taxes. This is something that the imperial court has reiterated several times and must be carried out strictly and untiringly. They committed this crime today and disrupted the imperial decree. They should have been punished with a serious crime."
I think it's not easy for them to run a business, so as long as you sign this new register to confirm it, you can go back home without any trouble from now on."
Some people have already taken action after hearing this. Compared with the Su family and the Pang family, they are really a "small family". If they really want to use strict laws, I am afraid no one will speak for them. But some people still remain silent.
Seeing this, Pang Tong advised him angrily: "Just sign it, gentlemen! According to the new tax calculation, you can only pay more money to the court every year. With this money, you can buy a few acres of land."
How many kilograms of grain? Now the imperial court is checking household registrations all over the world. Not only the wealthy families like you, but also the Huang family, Cai family and other big families in Jingzhou are also unavoidable. I advise you all not to make mistakes."
Having said this, everyone knew that it was irreversible, so they had no choice but to swallow the loss, signed the register found by the pavilion chiefs as promised, and then left in panic without waiting for Pang Tong to pretend to leave a meal.
"Thanks to Su Juncheng's last help today, otherwise, I may not be able to be so relaxed." Pang Tong dismissed everyone, took Xu Shu alone, invited Su Ze to sit down in the elegant room at the back of the hall, and complimented with a smile.
Su Ze watched Pang Ling's meeting with great interest, and then said: "Even if I am not like this, Pang Ling can still easily solve this problem, so there is no need to flatter me." He accepted the words calmly, and then changed his words:
"What I really don't understand is that with a small amount of talent, you can clearly do your best to manage a county well, why do you want to ignore everything, ignore the government's decrees, and do such a cowardly thing?"
"Why did the county magistrate say this?" Pang Tong smiled uncomfortably and poured a bowl of tea for Su Ze himself: "Although the official affairs of this county have been delayed, they have been completed. According to today's situation, the imperial court will conduct an inventory of households.
The edict will probably be completed within this month, so why should the county magistrate do it in advance?"
"I'm just thinking, if I hadn't gone to Luoxian County, would I still be like this?" Su Ze asked to the point. He looked straight into Pang Tong's eyes: "Yes.
Will he act like he did today at some point, or will he leave it to the county and ignore it as he has in the past?"
Xu Shu looked between the two of them, looking a little embarrassed. He frowned as if he wanted to say something, but Pang Tong stubbornly raised the tea bowl and said respectfully: "The county magistrate seems to understand. In this case, we still drink."
Tea!”
The few of them talked for a while. When faced with Su Ze's questioning, Pang Tong always avoided the important points and ignored the important points. Su Ze had no choice but to have a simple meal and dragged his tired body back.
On the small road in the city, Ma Xiu was still driving in front. The road was uneven. Amidst the swaying of the car bell, Su leaned against the car wall and suddenly asked: "Zhongcheng, what county are you looking at today?"
Cheng Xushu, do you think there is any difference?"
"Xu County Prime Minister?" Ma Xiu asked doubtfully on the carriage shaft, gradually remembering Xu Shu's steady steps as he walked, and the sharp sword on his waist that was by no means for decoration: "When I just walked past, in front of me
I carefully took a look at his tiger's mouth and actions, and I can conclude that the other person must have been a ranger in his early years. I heard from people in the city that this person was originally from Yingchuan. He once lived in Jingzhou and made friends with a group of people in Jingzhou. After Pang Ling became an official
I did not forget my old friend, so I recruited him specially. According to what I heard in the city, because Pang Ling ignored official duties and often presided over county affairs, his reputation in Shangluo County has already surpassed Pang Ling's."
"It won't be certain after today." Su Ze sighed lightly, and said softly in a voice that was almost inaudible to Matthew: "It can be seen from this that Pang Shiyuan is not a talented person.
, he barely showed his talent. His official duties in the county were not enough to show his talents, so he ignored it and left it to me to support him so that he could change his reputation... Of course, he may not have used this to give him a push.
My old friend Xu Shu meant this. But where does that put me? No wonder Jing Zhaoyin had to refer to me. Maybe he saw something."
It is true that Pang Tong wanted to advance but suppressed first. He managed half a year's backlog of government affairs in half a day, showing an amazing talent. It won't take long for the news to spread throughout Jingzhao and even Sanfu. And Xu Shu had been on his own before, and the talent he showed would also attract attention.
Su Ze naturally would not be willing to play a bad role in this. Soon, he thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to stay in Shangluo and cooperate with Pangtong's large-scale household registration census, and proactively planned the situation here.
According to the document, he also portrayed himself as a "Bo Le" who was good at distinguishing right from wrong and recommending talents. Naturally, Pang Tong would not lose this face, and they quickly reached a tacit understanding.
As August approached, Jingzhao Yinshangluo County took the lead in completing the update of household registration. The number of ascertained details was the most detailed and accurate among the three assistants. Hu Miao regarded this matter as a great achievement and wrote a special book about it.
, a detailed report was submitted to the emperor. The emperor was also willing to use Luo as an example, and paid special rewards to Hu Miao, Su Ze, Pang Tong and others. Upon seeing this, Dong Feng, the neighboring right Fufeng, was not to be outdone, and began to learn to urge the same.
It was when he got the highest rank in the Taixue Examination. Chen Cang ordered Zhang Ji to use Chen Cang as an example to conduct household registration checks. Counties in Guanzhong soon rushed to launch a population census operation. Not only the rich and powerful in each county, but also the powerful Guanzhong
The high-ranking members of the Xishi Clan are also getting a little tired of it.
In this context, Su Ze quickly received Hu Miao's order to quickly return to Chang'an. After these few days of interaction, Pang Tong had some friendship with him and had an understanding of their respective talents.
On the day he left, Pang Tong specially took the county magistrate, Wei and other couriers to see him off at the city gate. Pang Tong and others stayed again and again, while Su Ze said goodbye again and again, and finally sent him outside the Changting Pavilion, where his convoy was also with him.
There was no trace at the end of the road.
Pang Tongwu ordered all the officials to go back to serve. After experiencing Pang Tong's various methods, the local officials who came from rich and powerful families no longer dared to look down on the young county magistrate, let alone defy him. They were respectful and respectful.
After returning to the city, Pang Tong took Xu Shu for a walk around the city wall, and then returned to the pavilion where he bid farewell to Su Ze. He drank the unused leftover tea in the gentle west wind.
"Shangluo County has made a good start for Guanzhong." Xu Shu took half a piece of pastry and put it into his mouth without hesitation, smacked his lips, clapped his hands and said, "Now Sanfu, Hedong, and Hanzhong counties all regard it as a good start."
For the sake of important matters, we should not let go of the random ideas we used to fool around with before. Especially after Gaofu Jun, the prefect of Hongnong, was dismissed from office for neglecting the imperial edict, no one in the counties and counties in Guanzhong would dare to relax at will."
The instigator, Pang Tong, smiled bitterly and said: "They all imitated me and used the pavilion chief to cause trouble. They dare not show mercy when they are investigated. I am afraid that the great clans in Guanxi will hate me."
"Hate you?" Xu Shu sneered and said: "Kuandong and Guanxi were incompatible with each other in the early years, and it is even more so now. Why are you afraid of this hatred? What's more, if it weren't for that 'Bo Le' who recommended you
, strong support, why did Shangluo County report to Weiyang? When it comes to hatred, whoever started this matter should be hated the most."
"Hey." After being exposed by the other party's words, Pang Tong stopped pretending. He sighed seriously: "Master Su Wen is smart and talented. He is really a rare person. He is the highest minister in the day, so it must not be difficult. It's just
Before that, he had to practice more in the prefectures and counties, so this time he was at a disadvantage."
Xu Shu paused for a moment and then asked: "I heard that although the Kansai scholars have been weak for a long time, they still have other potentials. I will step on them again later. Is this really appropriate?"
"Whether it's appropriate or not is for Huang Gong and others to think about." Pang Tong said: "The state is pressing for the household registration, so it can't be done casually. Huang Gong is in charge of this matter, so naturally he can't be careless and let others catch him.
Wrong. However, Yanyu, Jingzhou and other places in Guandong could not conduct rigorous investigations, so they had to send their efforts to Guanzhong. As long as the household registrations of the Kansai prefectures and counties can be obtained by the end of the year, the Kanto prefectures can slowly conduct an inventory, no matter how much more they can get.