The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 442

The remarks made by Liu Yan, the staff member, made Director Cao feel at ease.

He collected himself and decided to report to County Magistrate Wang.

Anyway, things are already like this, and it won't help if you continue to entangle.It's better to push the matter out and make Wang county magistrate make trouble.

Tuizi Jue is a time-tested trick in the officialdom.

Master Cao was in a good mood, so he took square steps to see Wang Shouren.

The location of the chief registrar's office is quite a distance from the county magistrate's back house.

Since there is no sufferer to beat the drums and complain about grievances, Wang Shouren naturally does not need to be promoted.In fact, he didn't want to disperse too much energy on these trivial matters at this time.

The sufferers of these cases are indeed pitiful, but even if they are cleared, they will only save one family.

But if Siming's new policy can be implemented, it can save thousands of families.

The gap is self-evident.

He is not idle at the moment, and is writing a report on the specific situation in Huating County.

Although the New Deal is good, it is only on the surface after all, and it needs to be added to it if it is to be implemented.

As he was writing, a clerk walked up to him and respectfully said, "My lord, the master clerk is asking to see you outside the door."

Wang Shouren was quite surprised.

Wasn't Master Cao arranged by him to investigate the situation of the local gentry? Why did he come back so soon?

He put down his pen and said in a low voice, "Please come in, master."

But Master Cao had been holding back his words for a long time, and immediately vomited bitterness after entering the room.

Why is the third master of the Wu family arrogant and domineering, and doesn't pay attention to the Yamen, why the Wu family is showing face to the county lord.

Wang Shouren said so much before asking Master Cao, and he didn't intend to stop at all, which made Wang Shouren dumbfounded.

"Xianzun, there is nothing the officials can do about this matter, I'm afraid you have to come forward in person."

After going around in a big circle, Director Cao finally got to the point.

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "Tell me about the Wu family's attitude."

Director Cao immediately said with an aggrieved face: "The third master of the Wu family said that the Susukida in their family was passed down from their ancestors, and they are all evidenced by the land deed. Is this obviously a lie?"

After a short pause, Master Cao swallowed a mouthful of foam and said, "As far as I know, the land under the Wu family's name is as much as [-] mu, and it's not only limited to Huating County, but also in other places in Songjiang Prefecture. And Most of them have been assigned to the Wu family in the past ten years, and they are not ancestral inheritance!"

Wang Shouren snorted, and then asked, "Why?"

Director Cao almost rolled his eyes.Master Xindao County, do you really not understand, or are you pretending to be confused here?
"The county lord doesn't know that Wu Yan, the second master of the Wu family, is the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and he has been an official for the past 20 years."

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "It seems that someone has offered land to the Wu family."

Most of the aristocratic families of the Qing family in the south of the Yangtze River pass the imperial examinations, which has the advantage of ensuring that some people in the court can be exempted from taxes.

This is very important for large families.

As a result, the large family has a large population, and the daily expenses are also greatly saved. The monthly expenses are tight.Secondly, big families need to stand in line, and there are many "regularities" such as carbon and ice tributes sent to the capital every year.

Although the money did not pay taxes, it did not fall into their own pockets, but flowed into the Beijing government.

In the eyes of these big families, if they are required to pay taxes again, this double pressure will definitely crush them.

Therefore, these imperial examination families must continue to produce talents, so as to ensure the exemption from taxation and corvee.

"Xianzun, if you want to clear the land, you can't get around the Wu family."

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "The county didn't say to avoid him. You don't have to worry about this matter. The county has its own calculations."

Director Cao was overjoyed when he heard the words, he was waiting for this sentence, and immediately cupped his hands at Wang Shouren and said: "I will obey your orders."

As soon as the news that the county magistrate planned to invite the big family of Huating to a banquet came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

The Patriarchs of the Wu family and the Xu family were debating whether to attend the banquet or not.

If you go, you will inevitably be beaten by the county magistrate.If you don't go, you're making it clear that you won't give face to the county magistrate.

If it is the general situation, they will never consider this much.

However, the imperial court named Huating County as a pilot to implement the new policy.It is not a good thing to be too high-profile at this time.

In the end, the Wu family and the Xu family reached a consensus and decided to go to the county government for the banquet.

Even if it was a Hongmen banquet, they still had to go.

The reason why Wang Shouren put the banquet in the county government office was to remind these local wealthy families that Wang Shouren was the parent official in the boundary of Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture.

As long as you want to hang out in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, you must recognize your identity and don't do anything out of the ordinary.

As for the dishes, they were all ordered from the restaurant, Wang Shouren was very generous once in a while.

After the great heat comes the beginning of autumn.

On this day, the patriarchs of all the famous families in Huating County came to the county government to attend the banquet as promised.

The person who received the name card in front of the gate of the county government was Wang Gui, the long-term follower Wang Shouren brought from the capital's mansion.This is the old man by Wang Shouren's side, so he can rest assured.

The sky gradually darkened, only the head of the Wu family came late.

When Wang Gui asked him for a name card, he was scolded by the family member of the Wu family. He was so annoyed that he almost turned against Wu Zhan, the head of the Wu family.

Fortunately, Wu Zhan didn't notice it. Surrounded by his servants, he walked into the county government office arrogantly, and walked all the way to the back office where the banquet was held.

When Wu Zhan arrived, the small backyard was already full of people.

These are all familiar faces, Wu Zhan smiled and walked to Xu Tan, the Patriarch of the Xu family, and said, "Brother Ziye came early."

That Xu Tan is a few years older than Wu Zhan, and he has just passed his fiftieth birthday this year, so he naturally sees the problem more thoroughly.

He stroked his beard and said, "Gu Guan, this is a banquet hosted by the county magistrate, shouldn't we be there earlier?"

"Haha, brother Ziye is right, we should all respect the county lord."

After finishing speaking, he sat beside Xu Tan.

As the largest wealthy family in Huating County, the two naturally had a lot of contacts.

In fact, the Wu family and the Xu family have a lot of overlap in business.

Secretly, the two families are naturally intriguing, playing tricks in the hope of kicking each other away.But on the surface, the two families claim to be family friends, and the younger generations also maintain relative kindness.

Everyone was already seated, chatting in pairs.

It wasn't until the clerk shouted loudly: "The county lord is here", that they all turned their heads to look at Wang Shouren.

I saw Wang Shouren wearing a brand-new official uniform, a black gauze hat, and cloud-crossing boots. With his tall figure, he seemed to be in the dust.

Everyone stood up and bowed their hands to Wang Shouren to salute.

Although they are gentry, they are still people in the final analysis, and they dare not be rude in front of court officials.

Even Xu Tan, the head of the Xu family, and Wu Zhan, the head of the Wu family, also saluted, showing admiration.

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "This official is new here. I invite you here today to have fun with the people. You can do whatever you want."

(End of this chapter)