God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

"Master Qingtian!"

"God open my eyes, I finally have a good official!"

"There is no need to pay taxes. If it had been half a year earlier, my mother would not have starved to death... woo woo..."

"Magistrate Du is such a good official!"

Many people were too excited to control themselves.

The people of Huxian County have been tortured by all kinds of exorbitant taxes over the years. How can they not be excited when they hear the news of tax exemption for one year.

However, there are also many people who doubt it.

"All the officials are the same. The world is as black as crows. The new county magistrate doesn't collect taxes. Maybe there are other ways to ask for money."

"Yes, officials don't have a good thing, everyone, don't be deceived!"

"Yeah, how can we pay taxes now that we can't even afford food? This is just a new county magistrate defrauding everyone."

"Everyone, don't be fooled!"

In the streets and alleys, there are all kinds of discussions.

……

In the county government.

Zhang Jian said: "Master, although this notice has been posted, only about half of the people believe that the three chapters of our contract are true. Everyone has paid their taxes. However, many people are still very grateful to the young master. They all say that you are an upright official, unlike Qiu Wanjia and others. Before we went out, no one greeted us. Now some people are quietly asking our people about the third chapter of the contract True or false, over time, more and more people will believe it, but... the gentry in Hu County are said to be waiting to see your jokes. Even if they donate money, these guys still don’t stop. Young master, according to my opinion, it is better to drive them all to death, so many nobles, kill them and confiscate all their properties, and then all the taxes for three years will come out..."

Du He was a little speechless, and waved his hands: "We are not bandits, we are civilized people, we are the government, and there are three chapters, just to give everyone a hope, not to make everyone confidant. Since ancient times, the common people The requirements are very low, just wanting to live is enough, but Qiu Wanjia has gone too far, even depriving the right to live. As time goes by, the common people naturally hate the government. If you want to change this way of thinking, you can It can't be completed in a day or two. As for the gentry, they made a fortune with Qiu Wanjia and got benefits, but they can't simply kill them and grab the money, but use their brains to make them take the money willingly. Just come out. Murder and arson are just low-end means, and the best way is to convince everyone to give money."

"Is it possible?" Zhang Jian widened his eyes.

"Everything is possible..." Du He said, and then asked, "The second generation ancestors, have they settled down?"

"According to your arrangement, young master, we are temporarily settled in the backyard. However, it seems that no one wants to leave. These guys are so quiet and there is no trouble!" Zhang Jian was a little puzzled.

Du He was very depressed: "Grandma, I thought that these guys would cry and make trouble, and then they couldn't stand it and quickly pay the money and leave. That's 12 guan. If none of them leave, wouldn't this young master lose more than [-] guan?" ?”

Zhang Jian: "..."

"Go, go and inform them according to the previous plan!" Du He waved his hand and said.

"okay!"

……

Changsun Hongcong waited for others to eat porridge, and was placed in the backyard of the county government.

Everyone was listless and full of confusion.

All this is different from what I thought before.

What I thought before was that when I arrived in Hu County, I forgive Du He for not daring to arrange for people like myself to work, so everyone can enjoy themselves, eat, drink and have fun without even worrying about being in Chang'an.

Unexpectedly, on the first day when I first arrived in Hu County, I was hungry and cold, and then I couldn’t even eat enough. I finally ate some porridge, but I was settled in a dilapidated house. There were eight people in a house. Personally, the narrow and small beds are actually upper and lower floors, and people can sleep on the upper and lower floors. This is not the treatment of imperial officials, even ordinary people's thatched huts are more comfortable than this!

Just when everyone was full of despair, Du He's subordinates came to inform again.

The person who came was Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian said bluntly: "Everyone, our young master said that today, you will live here first. However, there are more than 100 people in our county government right now, and we really can't live there. So, starting tomorrow, you will all arrive here." In the open space behind the county office, build a temporary house by yourself, if you build it well, you will live in it, if you don’t build it well, you can sleep in the wild, you guys have a good rest today!"

After throwing down a few words, Zhang Jian left.

The crowd stood up one after another.

"Du He is too deceitful, so deceitful!"

"I'm a scholar, it's too much to ask me not only to cook, but also to build a house!"

"I want to go home!"

"I'm going to impeach Dooho!"

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

Only one person did not speak, that is Hou Yi, Hou Yuanfu.

Changsun Hongcong patted Hou Yi's shoulder and asked, "Yuan Fu, don't you want to go back to Chang'an?"

Hou Yi bit his lip and said: "I think, but before I came, my father said that whenever Du He goes back, I will go back. If I dare to go back early, he will break my leg. , my father has always been very strict with me, and he definitely won’t let me go back for [-] yuan... I... I’d better just build a house honestly."

Hou Yi has always been taciturn, but he is very smart.

During the day today, he was ridiculed by Du He for cooking porridge. Instead of feeling remorse, he felt that he was useless.

After thinking about it carefully, I am older than Du He, but now I am just waiting to die in the bureaucracy, while Du He relied on himself to become the county magistrate of Huyi step by step, which naturally makes sense.

"Oh, brother Hou is hopeless!"

"Nonsense, brother Hou obviously didn't eat, he's starved to death!"

"I don't care, I want to go home anyway!"

"I'll fix a book right now!"

Changsun Hong coughed at this moment, and said: "Everyone, I have a proposal. You must have heard that before Du He came to take office, he made a military order with His Majesty. If a commoner starved to death within half a year, he would Heading back to Chang'an, wouldn't it be too cheap for us to go back like this Du He, we might as well stay, I want to see how Du He does it, if people really starve to death, we might as well be the first time Tell Chaozhong, right?"

"That's right, what Young Master Changsun said is absolutely true!"

"Yes, we can't leave, otherwise how would we know if there are people starving to death!"

"Listen to Young Master Changsun!"

After hearing Changsun Hongcong's words, everyone changed their minds.

The twelve people, with surprisingly unified opinions, unanimously decided not to leave.

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Chapter 678 Who else is there

"What?" Du He was taken aback, "All of them are not leaving? They want to stay? In this way, wouldn't it be that my 12 coins slipped away in vain! It flew."

Du He didn't understand.

How good is Chang'an, with food and drink, free and easy, and no one cares about it, but in a poor place like Hu County, if you can't even find a decent romantic place, what's the point?