After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

"Have you thought about how to explain this matter to Dugu Chen?" Li Xiujing clasped her fingers lightly on the coffee table.

Hearing the voice coming from his ears, Pei Jiaoran raised his head. He leaned against the chair and spread his hands with helplessness on his face, "Frankly speaking, I don't know what to do. After all, I am following your orders in this matter."

I don't know if he was shocked by her words, but Li Xiujing's hand paused on the tea cup. After being stunned for a long time, he picked it up, took a sip and put it back on the table.

After drinking tea, Li Xiujing looked up at her. His eyes were uncertain, as if he was thinking about what to say.

Seeing Li Xiujing like this, Pei Jiaoran smiled very gently. He stretched out his hand to play with the Jun Kiln tea cup, and his fingertips brushed against the pattern of begonia branches on it.

"Li Qishi doesn't have to look at me like this. You and I are on the same rope now, and you are my boss. Dugu Chen won't believe that this was my idea." As he spoke, Pei Jiaoran straightened up and held up his hands. On the desk, get close to Li Xiujing. A smile gathered in his eyes, "So it's better for you and me to be tied together."

When the words stopped, Li Xiujing still didn't answer, his eyes gradually deepened. He admitted that Pei Jiaoran's analysis was very clear. As she said, if Dugu Chen wanted to pursue the case, he would definitely take action on him.

"Of course." Meeting her smiling eyes, Li Xiujing suddenly stretched out his hand to clamp her chin, and said with a smile: "Be a good person, and I will take the blame. Now you want me to block Dugu Chen for you, don't you want to Pay something? No one is going to lose money."

When Pei Jiaoran heard this, he lowered his head and glanced at the hand on his chin. The phalanges are slender and have distinct joints. There is a thin layer of calluses on the fingertips due to holding the knife for a long time, but overall, these are still a pair of very beautiful hands.

After blinking, Pei Jiaoran said with a smile on his face, "Then I owe you a favor." Seeing Li Xiujing still pinching her chin, she frowned and said, "Is it possible that you, the governor, hope that I will give you my life?"

When he said this, Pei Jiaoran looked serious. It was as if she was not the one being controlled by others at this moment.

"Then remember you owe me a favor."

The moment Li Xiujing let go, Pei Jiaoran returned to his seat and took several sips of tea. Just as she was frowning in thought, she suddenly saw a familiar hand appear in front of her eyes.

"Where's the military talisman?"

Seeing that it was Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran's eyes dimmed. He curled his lips and smiled softly: "I plan to invite myself to serve as the town envoy."

As if not surprised at all by her words, Li Xiujing retracted her hand and moved aside. Standing by the window and looking at the city wall in the distance, he sighed.

"Don't you think your appetite is too big? People's hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants." Li Xiujing shook his head, "And it's not that easy for you, a civil servant, to hold a group of generals hostage. You won't be able to do things easily."

"Do you have a better choice now, Governor? As the envoy, I can solve the foreign troubles for you. It took a lot of effort to pull out this nail. If someone is inserted again, nothing can be done." Looking up, he looked up. Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran said warmly.

She stopped talking and narrowed her eyes. It is not easy to get rid of Dugu Chen's spy. If Duguchen is allowed to embed people again, the line she laid will be useless.

After watching Li Xiujing remain silent for a long time, Pei Jiaoran narrowed his eyes. Picking up the tea cup, he bowed and said, "I would like to thank the governor for borrowing troops to rescue someone in danger, and thank you for bearing your own bad name. Today, I would like to offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."

After saying that, she raised her head and drank the whole cup of tea, then put it on the table. Then he looked at Li Xiujing and said, "I'll take my leave."

Just as Pei Jiaoran was about to cross the threshold. Li Xiujing suddenly spoke.

"In the past, the late emperor once said that the leader of a city today was the king of a country in ancient times. The rules and disciplines of punishment were roughly controlled by the imperial court." Note 1

"Most of the time between the war and the war, it's all about the commander-in-chief." Pei Jiaoran smiled on his lips, "Thank you for the compliment, the governor. I will do my best to serve you."

Pei Jiaoran sighed as he stepped out of the Governor's Mansion. Turn around and walk towards the county government office.

Although Wang Shizhao was solved, it does not mean that there will be no future troubles.

The county government office was still noisy.

As soon as Pei Jiaoran crossed the threshold with his forefoot, an official came running over.

"Mingfu, there's a letter from Chang'an." Li Zuo took the letter from his arms and handed it to her.

Is there a letter from Chang'an?

Pei Jiaoran looked at Li Zuo for a while, then took the letter and put it in his sleeve. Turn around and walk towards the main hall of the government office.

"Mingfu, don't you believe this?" Li Zuo said with a smile on his face and concern: "Chang'an also sent people to bring a lot of things."

Holding the letter in his sleeve, Pei Jiaoran raised his eyebrows. He looked at the official in front of him with great interest, a smile on his lips.

It had only been a few days since she had taken action against Wang Shizhao. Is it possible that Chang'an received the news? As his thoughts overwhelmed him one after another, Pei Jiaoran suppressed the deep meaning in his eyes.

"It's a letter from my mentor. I think it's about the autumn tax. Are the county magistrates and the others here?" Pei Jiaoran continued walking to the main hall and said with a smile: "Inform the chef to prepare a table of wine and food tonight, and I will entertain them well. "

She didn't want to completely turn against these people right now. Although she didn't like having other people's spies around her, it wasn't the time to take action yet.

As soon as they saw her coming in, several people sitting in the main hall stood up to greet her and called out: "Pei Ming's Mansion."

"Are you all here? You don't have to be polite, please take a seat." Pei Jiaoran gathered his clothes and sat down on the main seat, looking around. His eyes fell next to Cui County Cheng.

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man wearing a gray round-neck robe. He had a hooked nose and two goatees, and looked at her with only a slit in his eyes.

"Master Gao, how are you doing?" Pei Jiaoran asked warmly.

When asked by her, Master Gao opened his eyes. He coughed a few times and said, "Thank you Mingfu for your concern. I'm in better health now. I can continue to work for you."

"That's good. Now that the troop reduction has been completed, we will focus on the autumn tax next. Lieutenant Li, you need to help me more."

"Here." Li Qian promised.

Seeing Li Qian accept the promise, Pei Jiaoran's smile gradually deepened.

Since Taizu of this dynasty, taxes have been collected through rent-to-yong modulation. Renting is based on population. It is said that "if there is land, there will be rent, if there is a body, there will be rent, and if there is a household, there will be tune." Note 2

But starting from Emperor Wen of this dynasty, Shangshu ordered Le Degui to write a letter. Request to change the tax-yong modulation to the two-tax law and cancel various miscellaneous taxes. Naturally, this move met with strong opposition. Later, Emperor Wen also issued an edict to implement the Two Taxes Law against all objections.

According to the system, state governments and subordinate county governments need to levy taxes from local households according to the amount allocated by the court. The principal households and customers within the jurisdiction must be registered in the household registration of the prefecture and county where they currently live, and their household registration shall be determined according to their age and property.

There are two taxes every year, the summer tax is paid in June and the autumn tax is paid in November.

It's already October, and they have to collect the taxes before November.

Although the imperial court had already exempted the "renting ban" and canceled all miscellaneous donations and taxes, only cash money was levied. There are clear provisions in the household tax: "Four thousand fen for upper-upper households. 3 fen for upper-middle households. fen for upper-lower households. fen for upper-middle households." Note

So how to exchange money? Naturally, it is necessary to exchange things for money.

But when exchanging money at this time, it is inevitable to sell at a low price. In order to prevent some businessmen from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause harm, the yamen had to send people to keep an eye on them and control prices.

But controlling prices is also a tiring thing to say. After all, merchants also have to eat. The yamen made things difficult for them and kept prices low, but in the end it was the people who suffered.

So if you want to make this difficult thing easy, you have to learn to be flexible.