The whole book "Long Wen Whip Shadow" has a total of more than 4,200 words, which is not too much or too little. Although writing with calligraphy is a little slow, it can be written in one afternoon and half an evening in a pragmatic way.
Gao Jingshi, who had written the entire book silently, handed it over to Chen Ju overnight, and then had a good night's sleep. It has to be said that after Emperor Longqing personally told him not to neglect Gao Jingshi, although his resting place was temporarily put together,
Comfortable enough. However, Gao Jingshi was surrounded by only eunuchs and not a single palace maid throughout the night. Naturally, there would not be any chance encounters with princesses or concubines in the palace, and then some unspeakable legends would happen.
Early the next morning, Gao Jingqing left the palace and headed for Gao Mansion under the escort of Chen Ju - he estimated that he might be very busy today. In addition to collecting the identity certificate that was expected to be delivered to his house this morning, he might also
I still had to go to the Hanlin Academy to visit Shangguan, and then I had to go to the palace again to meet the prince, so I hurriedly hurried all the way. When I got back to Gaofu, it was only dim.
As soon as he entered the house, a doorman came forward to report that the master had been waiting in the study for a while and asked the young master to come over quickly.
Gao Pingshi smiled inwardly. It seemed that the third uncle still valued the fact that he could be the prince's companion.
But when he entered Gao Gong's study, he realized that Gao Gong was not just waiting for him. This workaholic was holding a few pages of official documents in his hand and was reading them carefully. He didn't even notice that he had entered the door.
"Third uncle, my nephew is back." Gao pragmatic had to say something to "wake up" Gao Gong.
"Yes." Gao Gong responded, reluctantly moved his eyes away, glanced at Gao Pingshi, and said, "I already know how you behaved in the palace, so there's no need to go into details. Come here, I'll
Let me show you some case files, they are very interesting."
Gao Qingshi was a little surprised, but he still walked over and reached out to take the paper handed over by Gao Gong.
Gao Gong handed over the document and said with a chuckle, "Huizhou is really interesting. A mere clerk with a sharp pen actually brought a lawsuit to the cabinet."
Gao Pangshi was also stunned when he heard this. He thought to himself, "A small official with a knife and a pen? He is even lower than a low-class official like himself. How can he actually bring the case to the cabinet?" So he read the result document out of curiosity. He didn't read it.
I don’t know, it’s really strange at first glance. The things mentioned in the case file are indeed interesting.
Huizhou Prefecture has always had outstanding people and celebrities. It is a famous hometown with prosperous culture and education. For example, Yin Zhengmao, who is about to go to governor Guangxi, is from She County, Huizhou. Huizhou Prefecture governs a total of six counties: She, Yi, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Qimen, and Jixi
.Among them, She County is the largest, and it is a Fukuo County—that is to say, the Huizhou government is located in the county and operates in the same city as the She County County Government.
In the same city as the prefecture and county, many documents and files at the prefecture level are naturally stored in the county cabinets for easy access and review at any time. These documents about tax and grain household registration are very important and are related to the rise and fall of a county. Of course, these documents and documents are also very important.
It's boring, just a list of all kinds of boring numbers. Therefore, it has been kept in a high cabinet all year round, and no one except the tax collectors in the household cares about it.
The cause of the incident was that in the third year of Longqing's reign, a newly appointed official in She County, Huizhou, named Shuai Jiamo, who was in charge of money and food, discovered that among the annual taxes Huizhou paid to Nanjing, there was a section of "human ding silk silk" in the six counties under Huizhou's jurisdiction.
Among them, only She County is responsible for the tax. The other five counties are not responsible for this tax.
This Shuai Jiamo was originally a scholar, but his performance in moral articles was mediocre, and he was destined to have no official career. But he was very talented in mathematics. Unfortunately, in the Ming Dynasty, only liberal arts students had the best employment prospects, while science students had the best prospects.
It's very worrying. A talented person like him can only be a clerk or a master who specializes in money and food.
But Shuai Jiamo, who loves what he does, doesn't mind. He is very professional and sets his sights on Huizhou Prefecture's tax and grain account books over the years, striving to make extraordinary achievements in ordinary positions - anyway, these data are stored in She
county.
The tax structure of the Ming Dynasty has always been complicated, and Huizhou is a large taxpayer. The account books involve the conversion and equalization of a large number of subjects. It is an excellent application example and suits Master Shuai's taste.
The extraordinary achievements soon became apparent: after taking stock of various tax items, he noticed that in the taxes and grains paid by the Huizhou Government to the Nanjing Shipping Depot every year, in addition to the regular taxes, there was also an item called
"Human silk silk" must be paid in kind, and the amount is very large, 8,780 pieces of raw silk must be paid every year.
Shuai Jiamo felt that something was not right, so he went to check the accounts of the counties under Huizhou Prefecture, and found a surprising phenomenon: Huizhou Prefecture had six counties under its jurisdiction, and the other five counties did not have such a tax as "Ren Ding Silk Silk", only She
There is an expenditure in the county's account book, and the number is also 8,780 pieces of raw silk, but the subject does not match up, because it is called "summer tax raw silk".
In other words, the Huizhou Prefecture's tax on 8,780 bolts of raw silk every year was all borne by She County, and the other five counties were left with nothing.
Shuai Jiamo was immediately shocked, because this was not a small amount, but a huge sum of money. In order to ensure that he had not made a mistake or misunderstood, he even checked the "Da Ming Huidian".
"Da Ming Huidian" contains the evolution of Ming Dynasty laws and regulations since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, as well as tax information and administrative regulations of governments at all levels. It has been revised every generation since the Hongzhi Dynasty, and can basically be used as a yearbook.
Shuai Jiamo found the same tax record under the Huizhou Prefecture entry in the "Hui Dian of the Ming Dynasty". More importantly, the "Hui Dian" only mentioned that the Huizhou Prefecture was responsible for the "rending silk silk" without any words
It shows that She County is solely responsible for it. This means that the Huizhou Prefecture's tax on "people's silk silk" should be shared equally among the six counties. How can it only be borne by She County?
No, this matter is related to the people's livelihood of a county, we can't continue to be so confused! We must dig to the bottom of it!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Like all people who strive to achieve extraordinary achievements in ordinary positions, Shuai Jiamo was not surprised but delighted when faced with the difficult problems in front of him, and continued to dig deeper with great interest.
Finally, he found an ancient clue in "Huizhou Prefecture Chronicles".
Huizhou was attached to Taizu very early. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself King of Wu in the 24th year of Yuan Zhizheng, the first thing he implemented in Huizhou was to modify the Yuan tax, which was called the "Jiachen Legal System". The result
During the end-of-year inspection, the Zhongshu Province found that there was something wrong with the figures, so in the 25th year of the Zhizheng Period, a "Yisi restructuring" was carried out, and the tax amounts for many subjects had to be readjusted.
As a result, Shuai Jiamo made an investigation and found that She County had a year-on-year difference of 9,700 shi compared with the summer wheat it had previously paid. Therefore, the imperial court imposed an additional tax on each mu of the 3,646 hectares of lightly leased land in She County.
Four coins of "summer tax raw silk" were levied to make up for the shortfall - this is the origin of "summer tax raw silk" in She County.
It's just that this "paying for summer grain arrears" is too old and seems to have nothing to do with "human ding silk silk". With his genius intuition, Shuai Jiamo felt that there must be some connection between the two, so he picked up a pen and wrote roughly
Do the math.
According to the current official conversion rate, the 9,700 shi of summer wheat paid by She County is converted into three qian of silver per shi, and the 9,700 shi of grain is converted into silver, which is Liang Qian's 901 taels. And every year, "people Ding Si"
The raw silk he handed over was converted into silver, at seven cents per bolt, so the equivalent of silver was six thousand one hundred and forty-six taels. Well, looking at it this way, the two numbers seem to have little to do with each other.
But Shuai Jiamo is a mathematical talent after all, and his brain works very quickly. He quickly thought that the six counties in Huizhou are adjacent to each other. If one county has a summer wheat harvest, the other five counties cannot be spared. So he traced it again and found that at the same time,
The five counties of Yi, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Qimen and Jixi also owe Xia grain, a total of 10,780 shi, which can be converted into 3,234 taels of silver.
Two thousand nine hundred and one taels plus three thousand two hundred and thirty-four taels, a total of six thousand one hundred and forty-four taels!
This number is only two taels of silver different from "Ren Ding Silk"!
