Bachelor

Chapter 239 Pilot County

Lu Bing still had that grinning look on his face. He had the lowest position among the crowd, but because of his special relationship with the emperor and being a member of Jin Yiwei, several adults were very polite to him.

After entering the mourning hall, Lu Bing was the first to offer incense to Sun Henian and Sun Songnian.

Seeing this situation, Qiao Yu, Yang Shen and the others came to their senses, and they all stepped forward to express their condolences solemnly.

Mrs. Hong and Mrs. Liu were also relieved to see these important people visiting their homes to express their condolences. They also thought of the situation in front of the Sun's house that was neglected a few days ago, their eyes turned red, and they burst into tears.

It didn't matter if they were crying, hundreds of people in the Sun residence were crying at the same time, and for a moment, the entire mourning hall was full of crying.

This time, the Sun Mansion was able to regain the face they had lost some time ago.Now, although the family has changed owners, and Sun Dan is in charge, with him around, the Sun Mansion may not be able to restore its former glory.Thinking of Sun Dan's friendship, everyone slowly accepted Sun Dan, the new patriarch, in their hearts.

Qiao Yu and the others did not expect Sun Fu and the others to cry like this, they all sighed.

Yang Shen was Sun Henian's classmate and classmate, so he stepped forward to comfort him a few times.

Mrs. Liu is also a person who understands the general situation, knowing that it would be impolite to cry like this, she hurriedly wiped her tears, and ordered her servants to tidy up a clean meditation hall and invite all the adults in.

Yang Shen and the others came in a hurry, and the Sun Mansion didn't make any preparations, so they just boiled a pot of hot water and brought it over for tea.

Fortunately, everyone came here for another purpose today, and they didn't care.

Sun Dan told everyone to sit down, he knew they must have a purpose in coming here, so he didn't ask first, just gossip with them.

It can be seen that Lu Bing's sudden arrival caught several people by surprise. With such a secret agent present, there are some things that are difficult for everyone to say.After sitting for a long time, the five of them talked about the weather today hahaha, but they didn't get to the point.

In the end, Lu Bing couldn't help but make it clear: "My lords, feel free to speak up. Let's be honest. Lu Bing came here today to get an imperial decree, and he is just a messenger. If you have something to say, you can wait until the discussion is over. After discussing the implementation of the new tax law in Shunfu, I can go back and report." He smiled and winked at Sun Dan, "Jingyuan, you start first."

It was only then that Sun Dan realized that Lu Bing was here on behalf of the emperor, so he coughed and bowed to Yin Shuntian. After all, he will be his immediate boss, and if he takes office, he will be his subordinate, so he still has to give face : "Master Luo, why don't you say a few words."

Mr. Luo's name is Luo Huanian. He is a quiet and honest person, otherwise he would not be able to be a magistrate in the capital. He thought for a while and said, "I also have an imperial decree to let you go to Shuntian Mansion to be the county magistrate. A new tax law is being tried out in a county, and as the prefect of Shuntian, I just do my best to cooperate. When a new official takes office, which county to go to is determined by the Ministry of Officials. You can ask Mr. Qiao about this matter, Sun Dan."

After finishing speaking, he closed his mouth tightly, and a gentleman was slow to speak.

Qiao Yu also couldn't do anything about Mr. Luo's stupidity. He stroked his beard without evading it, and said, "Sun Dan, I'll come down and think about it. Shuntian Prefecture has a total of nineteen counties in five prefectures. They are Tong, Ji, Zhuo, and Ba. , Changping Wuzhou and Daxing, Wanping, Liangxiang, Fangshan, Dong'an, Gu'an, Yongqing, Baoding, Dacheng, Wen'an, Wuqing, Xianghe, Baodi, Ninghe, Sanhe, Pinggu, Shunyi, Miyun, Huairou 24 The counties are also known as the [-] prefectures and counties of Shuntian Prefecture. Among them, Daxing and Wanping counties rely on Guo, and they are called Jing County. Not to mention the three places."

Qiao Yu is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the head of the six ministers, equivalent to the head of the Central Organization Department of later generations, responsible for the personnel arrangements of the entire imperial court.What he said just now was very detailed and explained very clearly.Sun Dan paid attention as soon as he heard it. Through this remark, he can probably figure out the thinking of the Ministry of Officials when appointing and dismissing officials.

This is the political wisdom that Qiao Yuyu has acquired over the years of being an official, so you have to listen carefully.

Qiao Yu went on to say: "At the beginning, Cheng Zu moved his capital to Beijing for the purpose of 'defending the border with the emperor'. Although the capital is the heart of the world, it has to take on the important task of defending the land from the northern grassland people. Many places have built Wubao guards, and the army Messing with the local administration is not good for you, Sun Dan, to implement the new tax law. In this way, Miyun, Huairou, Ji, Zhuo, and Ba do not need to be considered. As for Changping, it is the mausoleum of Emperor Wuzong, and there are not many people. , nor go."

Sun Dan couldn't help nodding, deeply convinced.In fact, after Qiao Yu said this, he discovered to his surprise that many counties in Beijing actually had single functions.For example, Tongzhou is nothing more than a large transshipment terminal and military battle; Changping is the royal cemetery; as for Wanping, Huairou and other places, it is basically a large military camp.There are not many farmlands and people in these places, and this farming society is quite strange.

Yang Shen also said: "Indeed, if Jingyuan goes to these places, I'm afraid that I will only focus on dealing with the army and the dispatched agencies of the major yamen all day long, and I will not be able to see the effect of the new tax law, and it will not serve as a specimen at all. .”

Qiao Yu: "So, I came down and thought about it. Sun Dan, you must find a place with a large population and a lot of arable land to see whether the new law is good or bad. But there are no shortages in places such as Dong'an and Wuqing. After thinking about it, there is only one place to go.”

Lu Bing was also fascinated and asked, "Where is it?"

Qiao Yu said two words slowly: "Fangshan."

Hearing these two words, everyone was in an uproar, Yang Shen nodded repeatedly: "That place is good."

Qiao Yu smiled: "Fangshan has a large population and no garrisons, which is just right."

Sun Dan thought for a while, the place was indeed a bit remote.Fangshan in the Ming Dynasty was not the Fangshan District of Beijing in later generations, but a barren mountainous area.The terrain is low in the east and high in the west, and 70.00% of the county is mountainous.Most of the people live in the area of ​​Fangshan County, and there is also a troublesome thing in this place, that is, more than [-]% of the farmland in the county belongs to the Gongqing clan, and these people do not have to pay taxes.If you want to clear the land there, it is not an easy task to pull your teeth out of their tiger's mouth.

According to Sun Dan's original thinking, his new tax reform did not want to cause too much conflict with the aristocratic family.Traditionally, pioneers of reform have not ended well.For example, Shang Yang in Qin Dynasty, such as Wu Qi, such as Wang Anshi.But if you go to Fangshan, you will inevitably have conflicts with the Hao family.Behind these people there is a network of relationships compiled by teachers, peers, relatives and friends, which will affect the whole body, so don't fill in yourself when the time comes.

He was hesitating whether to refuse, but out of the corner of his eyes, he accidentally saw Yang Shen and Qiao Yu exchanged glances and smiled.Immediately, it became clear in his heart that these two people were the top officials of the Yang family, and they should have reached a tacit understanding before.

It is undeniable that Sun Dan has a very good personal relationship with these two.But politicians always consider issues from the perspective of big politics, and there is no personal emotion to talk about.

(End of this chapter)