Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 255 Dendrobium
The people who were a little angry at first were shocked when they heard that it was the head of the county yamen, and hurriedly respectfully returned the salute:
"Little old man has seen Master Xiao!"

Xiao Fang smiled and waved his hands and said: "Old man, you don't need to be too polite, Xiao Mou came here this time to clear up the old man's doubts!"

The commoner was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in confusion: "What kind of confusion does the master want to explain to the little old man?
The little old man seems to have no doubts now, "

Xiao Fang shook his head, pointing at the grain-loading dendrobium bucket and said:
"Yes, of course.

Old man, aren't you wondering why the yamen servant won't let you continue to pour food into the bucket? "

The commoner nodded immediately, and then complained:

"That's right, it's not that the little old man said, Mr. Master, the yamen servants in this yamen still need to recruit some smarter ones. It's just this idiot who doesn't even know how a dou is a dou, and dares to come to collect taxes. It's just nonsense!"

Xiao Fang smiled and shook his head and explained: "Old man, you have misunderstood, but this yamen servant is not wrong."

The old man and the people were stunned for a moment: "Then could it be that the little old man made a mistake?"

Xiao Fang still shook his head and said, "Old man, you are right!"

So who is wrong?
Question marks appeared on the heads of both the old man, the common people and the yamen servant.

Xiao Fang pointed in the direction of Guan Nei and said, "It's Da Song who made a mistake!"

The two didn't understand very well, they still looked at Xiao Fang blankly.

Xiao Fang sighed, and explained: "Normally, one bucket of grain only needs to be filled with one hu bucket, and this is the most correct way to use the hu bucket.

But in the Song Dynasty, those officials and treacherous officials invented a new idiom in order to be able to corrupt ink and grain taxes! "

"A new idiom?"×n
When Xiao Fang said this, not only the old man and the yamen servants, but also the surrounding people curiously gathered around to listen to his story.

Xiao Fang said four words unhurriedly: "Kick Dendrobium!"

After saying this idiom, Xiao Fang first looked around at the people present, and then explained:

"You may be unfamiliar with this idiom, but for those who were or are still working in the Guannei Yamen, this idiom can be described with familiarity.

The so-called kicking dendrobium means that when tax collectors collect taxes, they first ask the people to pile up the dendrobium buckets.

Then deliberately kick the Dendrobium, so that the tops of the Dendrobium noodles are spilled, and the spilled grain is not allowed to be taken back by the common people, which is regarded as loss.

Moreover, after kicking, the grain in the dendrobium bucket will be tighter, and the grain in the dendrobium will be much less, which is also made up by the common people.

Then the common people weighed the remaining grain in the dendrobium, and the scattered grain would go into the pockets of officials and petty officials and become their extra income.

In addition, when they pay taxes and grains to the higher authorities, they do not need to kick the dendrobium, so the excess grain due to kicking the dendrobium will end up in their pockets. "

"What!!! Aren't those protruding grains lost on the way of grain transportation?

How could it be that those officials deliberately made it greedy for ink? "

As soon as Xiao Fang finished speaking, a commoner who had experienced similar incidents before exclaimed in disbelief.

The rest of the people also joined in.

"That's right. At that time, the yamen servant in our hometown said that these scattered grains belonged to the loss of food on the way back to the capital. Otherwise, the quantity of grains transported to the capital would be less, and it would be remembered that we did not pay enough taxes. It's troublesome.

How could it be corrupted by those officials and petty officials? "

"That's right! If they are greedy for these losses, will our food be short of shortly after it arrives in the capital?

How are they going to explain it to their superiors? "

All the people in the original pass asked questions one after another, and they were completely puzzled about this matter.

In their view, this is a very reasonable thing. On the way to transport the grain to the capital, the peasants who transport it must also eat grain, and the loss is for them.

In this way, they will not eat the grain tax they paid, and only when the grain enters the national treasury can it be properly accounted for.

If this is corrupted by those officials, wouldn't the food be credited?
This is impossible, right? !

Facing the doubts of the people, Xiao Fang's heart is complicated.

There is not only the helplessness of these people because they are too simple, but also the guilt and relief they feel for their trust in the government.

What makes them feel guilty is that the Da Song government failed their trust.

As a scholar, he was very angry with those officials who were also born as scholars but became officials so despicably and shamelessly exploited the people.

The behavior of these people is not like a gentleman who reads sage books, this is clearly a hypocrite who talks about benevolence and morality, but actually acts despicably and shamelessly!
What made Xiao Fang gratified was that the kind-hearted Baiyin actually accepted the reasons given by those hypocrites, and they actually thought it was reasonable.

They themselves also thought that they should pay the money, otherwise those peasants would have nothing to eat.

Xiao Fang understood why they thought this way.

One reason is that these common people do not understand the system of the Song Dynasty because of their knowledge.

Secondly, they also feel the same way, thinking that if they don't give these grains, the government will not give grains to those people who transport grains, and they will be hungry, so they willingly gave these "losses".

In fact, according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the loss on the road has been included in the grain tax collected.

The imperial court will formulate the corresponding road loss according to the distance between the tax collection place and the capital. As long as the grain is stored in the warehouse, the remaining amount is more than the amount deducted from the loss, and the verification is correct.

Therefore, the food and expenses of those civilian husbands have already been calculated in the food tax collected, and there is no need to increase it at all.

The reason why those officials want to do this is to increase their income.

These losses are not what the court needs to collect!

But after Xiao Fang told the truth, the food collection point that was still extremely noisy just now suddenly became quiet.

All the people who heard Xiao Fang's words all stared at the Hudou on the ground in a daze.

In the silence, an old man raised his trembling hand, took two steps forward, and gently stroked the edge of the mouth of the hudou, murmuring:
"There is no wear and tear, no need to stand up, let alone kick...

Those who killed thousands of knives, they lied to me, they lied to us!

What they lied to was food, what they lied to was our lives!
It's fate! "

While muttering, tears unconsciously covered the face of the old man covered with gullies and years.

And the other common people also lowered their heads, recalling the past, tears could not help but fall down.

The sobs rang out in an instant!
After a long time, the old man who started to cry tremblingly came to Xiao Fang, and respectfully gave a big gift to Xiao Fang.

With gratitude in his tone:
"Thank you, Lord Registrar, for explaining the confusion to us ignorant grassroots, if it wasn't for your words today.

It can't be said that Shengdou Xiaomin and I will be kept in the dark by the lies of those corrupt officials for the rest of our lives, thinking that everything is reasonable.

Master Xiao is really the master of Qingtian! "

Xiao Fang did not dare to accept the great gift from the old man, so he quickly hid aside and waved his hands repeatedly:

"Don't be like this, old man, don't be like this!
Xiao, as the chief bookkeeper of Huer County, naturally wants to explain this clearly to you so that you don't understand.

This is really nothing to be grateful for, it's all a matter of duty. "

Xiao Fang hid, but the old man insisted on saluting, seeing Xiao Fang dodging, he also turned around and saluted.

After going back and forth several times, seeing the old man was tired and out of breath, Xiao Fang could only let him salute.

But what Xiao Fang didn't expect was that after the old man saluted, all the people behind him who had just recovered from sobbing saluted him in unison, and shouted loudly at the same time:
"We grassroots thank Master Xiao for clarifying our doubts!"

Xiao Fang was numb.

He didn't expect that he just explained to the people what he meant by kicking the dendrobium, and the people's reaction would be so great!

In this way, it looked as if they had saved their lives.

Xiao Fang didn't quite understand all this.

But he didn't know that for these people who had been kicked and kicked, the extra food was already in the past, and even if they knew about it, they couldn't come back.

But knowing the truth is their greatest comfort.

Being able to know the truth, instead of being fooled for a lifetime, the people are sad that they have been deceived, but they are very happy that they have not been deceived for a lifetime.

I am even more happy that among my current county government officials, there is a good official like Master Xiao who will not deceive the people.

The combination of these two points is the main reason why the people are so excited.

And after understanding the meaning of Linjian kicking Dendrobium, some people immediately stepped forward and asked cautiously:
"Master Xiao, since you have told us about this, is it possible that in the future we will not have such things happen again?"

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　Anyone who likes to read historical novels should know something about this idiom, right?
　　It is true that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, and it is the common people who suffer.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)