Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 184 The Legendary Liu Ba
Chapter 185 The Legendary Liu Ba
"Impossible. Sima Qiu, the county magistrate of Jianxi County, saw that he was a corrupt person who broke the law. How could he do such a thing?" Cao Yan said.

"Of course I know it's impossible! The problem is that the accounts are real."

Seeing that Pang Tong was thinking about it, Cao Chong asked, "What advice does Staff Pang have?"

"Young master, it's really possible that the magistrates of the two counties paid more taxes themselves. To be precise, the Sima family helped them pay more taxes." Pang Tongdao hesitated.

"How is this possible? The Sima family can't wait to scratch the ground in two counties..." Everyone expressed their disbelief.

"It is precisely because the Sima family has scraped three feet of land in the two counties that they want to give benefits to the government of the two counties!" Pang Tong said slowly.

"You mean the Sima family is helping the officials of the two counties to improve their political achievements?" Cao Chong came to his senses.

"Scrutinizing political achievements? The word "little son" is used well! It's just that the former Fulong county magistrate is gone, so I can't confirm my speculation." Pang Tong said.

Hearing this, Cao Chong turned to Cao Yan and said, "The officials from the two original counties haven't been found yet? Just let them slip under our noses?"

"There are clues, and we are looking for them!"

Sima Qiu, the former county magistrate of Jianxi, was beheaded by Xu Chu, and the county magistrate and county lieutenant were dismissed by Cao Chong.

What's even more strange is that officials in Fulong County also disappeared collectively. They were not dismissed by Cao Chong.

Ordinarily, Fulong County was revoked, and the officials of Fulong County should hand over their work to Cao Chong first, and then wait for the court to appoint them again. As a result, when Cao Chong went to Fulong County, there was no one in the county government!
"Don't change the subject, why did the Sima family do this?" Xia Houshang was still in a daze!
"Xiahou Shangshu, the Sima family is doing mischief in the two counties of Jianxi and Fulong. Someone must help them hide it from the court, right? Officials in the two counties also need political achievements if they want to be promoted, so the two groups cooperated to get what they need." Pang Tong kindly explained to him.

"Hmph! Compared to the benefits the Sima family has obtained in the two counties, any tax is nothing! It is the people of the two counties who suffer!" Cao Chong said bitterly.

"Brew! You can still play like this!"

"Then they can't stay here forever? Wouldn't it be revealed when the next official comes?" Xia Houshang is also quite smart.

"When the next official comes, he has to hold his nose and continue. Otherwise, so much tax will be lost all of a sudden. With the power of the Sima family in the court, the next official will be in a dilemma!" It's on!
"Ahem! Pay attention, don't forget that the next official is your son!" Cao Chong reminded.

"Hehe! These nasty moves are fine against ordinary county magistrates, but it's unlucky for them to meet the young master." Everyone said cheerfully.

"It's troublesome to some extent." Cao Chong said helplessly.

"Have you figured it out? How much is the difference?" Cao Chong turned his head and asked Wen Jiao.

"According to the figures mentioned by the pavilion chiefs and village chiefs, the difference between the tax they paid last year and the account book, the grain difference is at least [-]%, and the silk and linen difference is at least [-]%. In addition, the commercial tax has not been counted..."

"And there is no possibility of increasing the tax. The tax set by the previous county magistrate is already very high!" Wen Jiao reminded Cao Chong after reporting the data.

"Hey! I lost [-]% of the food all of a sudden, so I'm fine with this hidden loss, but Si Ma suddenly lost [-]% of the food. It's really hard to explain to the court."

The taxes in the Eastern Han Dynasty were taxes in kind, mainly grain, silk and hemp, and the proportion of commercial taxes collected was very small.

After Cao Chong sighed, he turned to Cao Yan and said, "Hurry up and find the officials of the original two counties, or you can go to Xudu and explain."

"Let's not talk about that, what about the people in the two rooms? Yesterday they just calmed down, and today they knelt down the whole room again." Wen Jiao asked Cao Chong.

Yes, the house of pavilion chiefs and village chiefs who were frightened by Zhao Yun yesterday haven't returned yet, another group came today, this time it was Xiahouba who frightened them.

"What else can I do! Tell them to pay according to last year's amount, comfort them well, let them all go back, and rely on them to collect taxes."

After Cao Chong finished explaining, he looked around and saw that everyone hadn't arrived yet.

"Lu Xun and Ling Tong haven't arrived yet?" Cao Chong planned to hold a plenary meeting today and informed everyone.

"It's here, it's here!" Lu Xun came in from the door.

"Okay! Everyone is here, let's start the meeting!"

"Announce one thing first. In the future, the Luoyang County Government will be moved to Luolong District. The original Fulong County Government has been repainted and repaired. Let's start moving tomorrow, and it will be completed within three days."

Because at that time, in order to deal with the Sima family, Cao Chong brought all the people and horses to Jianxi County, so the Luoyang County Government has been working temporarily in Jianxi.

Now that the Fulong county government office has been rebuilt by Cao Chong, it's time to move back. It's close to the construction site of New Luoyang City, and Cao Chong originally planned to locate the county government office in Luolong District.

"The autumn harvest is about to start. Everyone in the six departments pays attention to supervision and inspection of the autumn harvest work. I will not make specific arrangements. Pang Tong, you have been a county magistrate. You will preside over this autumn harvest." Cao Chong began to arrange the autumn harvest work.

"Lu Xun and Ling Tong, you will lead the Shence Army to patrol Luoyang starting tomorrow. The two of you must ensure the safety of the autumn harvest. If you find bandits and horse thieves, wipe them out immediately!"

There are not only beggars and bandits in Luoyang County. Since the beggars were wiped out, the rest have been hiding. These bandits and horse thieves are black gloves raised by the gentry. Don't guard against them.

"Young master, what about me?" Seeing that patrolling and suppressing bandits had nothing to do with him, Zhao Yun quickly asked himself what he was doing.

"Zhao Yun follow me to Xingyang, I am going to Xingyang tomorrow to visit Henan Yin."

"Young master, it's better to have less personal contacts between local officials! Besides, it's the autumn harvest, so it's not the best time to visit Henan Yin." Pang Tong persuaded.

"It's okay, I have my own discretion." Cao Chong didn't explain too much.

The official who went to Xingyang yesterday brought Cao Chong a letter from Henan Yin when he came back today.

The letter said that the population of Jianxi and Fulong counties, the acres of land, and the taxes of previous years had been recorded in Henan Yindu, and they were asking the civil servants to search for them. After finding them, they sent them to Cao Chong. They also expressed their admiration for Cao Chong's recent actions... …

After Cao Chong got the letter, he analyzed it for a long time, and felt that it was Henan Yin showing his favor to him on his own initiative!

So Cao Chong felt that he should visit this Lord Yin of Henan as soon as possible!

And the reason is ready-made, not afraid of others gossip.If the tax issues of the two counties were placed on the general county magistrate, it would be a big trouble!

"I have been away for a few days, and the work of the county government is temporarily handed over to Pang Tong, with Wen Jiao assisting; Cao Yan and Cao Tai pay attention to the security of the city..."

After Cao Chong arranged the work of the county government, he went back first.

Liu Ba is still at home, Cao Chong is going to make a fool of himself today, to see if he can stay.

It's a pity to lose such a great economics to Lao Cao!
(End of this chapter)