A world of glory

Qin Yi just smiled when he heard this, and told Danqing: "You and Li Da will show someone to look at this house again, and see if there is anything to buy, so you can make a brochure to buy it when you go back. In addition, you can ask someone to buy it again." I found He Quan and came over, went to the cashier to pay the money, and paid the rest of the money."

Qin Yi glanced at the smiling teeth again, and said indifferently: "Adding a hard-working money to this elder brother is also a show of my gratitude."

As soon as the words came out, the smile became brighter and brighter, but he didn't dare to speak straight.Qin Yi didn't say much, seeing Dan Qing agreed, Qin Yi went straight back to the county government office.

The setting sun was sinking and the evening smoke was rising. Qin Yi looked listlessly at a volume of "Book of Changes", feeling exhausted physically and mentally, but for some unknown reason, he only read it for a while, then lay down on the couch and closed his eyes. Focus on resting your mind.

Lanyue glanced at Qin Yi and saw Qin Yi's tired look. He was afraid that Qin Yi would fall ill again, so he hurriedly took a lacquer post, came into the room, and smiled softly at Qin Yi, "Young master, why don't you?" Well, it’s rare that Young Master Biao brought something, even if Young Master doesn’t look at it, he should write a letter. If he only accepts gifts and doesn’t reply, it won’t make people happy.”

After hearing this, Qin Yi opened his eyes, and said with a smile: "I don't know if I write earlier and later, what good is it for Miss Lanyue? But I think I'm idle."

Lanyue laughed angrily and said: "I'm just talking about what the young master said. If you think I'm too thoughtful, you will forget something tomorrow, and when you are anxious and annoyed, don't blame us girls for not speaking. "

Listening to Lanyue's eloquent teeth, Qin Yi could only shake his head for a while, and said with a smile: "Cousin gave me some rare things again, it's fine if I was in Beijing in the past, but now that I'm an official, it's a bit strange for him to send something again." excellent."

When Lanyue heard it, she smiled sweetly and said: "You don't have to worry about whether it's good or not. You can't accept what others give you. What can you avoid if you give it to your relatives? Even the empress in the palace can't accept it." I often receive gifts from my natal family, but I don’t see any other words coming out? Besides, I don’t accept gifts from Young Master Biao, and gifts from the mansion, can I not accept gifts from the general?”

When he said something, he was polite and respectful, and it entered Qin Yi's heart.

Seeing Qin Yi nodding, Lanyue hurriedly said with a smile: "Besides, you don't have to worry about these things. The Major General is not a person who doesn't know the importance. Although the things you give are expensive, they are still useful to you. Most of them are clothes and medicinal materials. , only one decoration is more expensive, it is a white jadeite potted plant, it is said that it flowed out of the former palace, every branch and leaf are all natural, the most exquisite."

Qin Yi was slightly startled, and only smiled and said: "Why didn't you mention it in the letter, but did you tell me anything else?" Lan Yue said with a smile: "Why is there nothing? It is a thing from the previous dynasty, but it is not considered valuable, let the young master just use it, if it is broken, he will go find it again."

Hearing this, Qin Yi felt warm in his heart, but he didn't want to show it on his face, so he just smiled and said: "Cousin is just talking, if the things in the palace are not precious, what else can be called precious? It's just that since he sent it, you should order someone to keep it, and you can talk about it later."

Lanyue was listening, when Nongyun lifted the curtain and came in, said with a smile: "Shui Mo is back, young master wants him to come in and have a conversation."

Qin Yi sent Shui Mo out to do some errands earlier, but now that Shui Mo came back, he just nodded and said with a smile: "Let him in, I have something to ask him."

Lanyue and Nongyun glanced at each other, retreated, and ordered the girls around to avoid them, so they sent ink to come in.

As soon as Shui Mo entered the room, Qin Yi hurriedly asked, "Is there a solution to the inquiry?"

Seeing that Qin Yi was in a hurry, Shui Mo didn't say any nonsense, and just said: "I went out to inquire about it. Mr. Qi arrived in Liangshan County in April this year. It is said that he came to take over the family's medical clinic. The medical clinic is right here. In the south of the county seat, the name is Yangzhengtang, the small one took a look, it was the main entrance of Sanjian, in terms of size, this entrance alone is not small in Beijing."

After hearing this, Qin Yi frowned quickly and asked, "Have you found out anything else? You went out to inquire for a long time, and you only inquired about these asides?"

Listening to Qin Yi's questioning, Shui Mo hurriedly told all the information he had inquired about, and Qin Yi listened, but put away any remaining doubts.

It turned out that Qi Xuan's family was considered a wealthy family in Yunzhou. Although the family did not allow their children to become officials, there was a good saying in ancient times that if they were not good looks, they would be good doctors.Therefore, most of Qi Xuan's clansmen practiced medicine for a living, and they had accumulated a lot of family property over the past few decades or hundreds of years. Not to mention the local Yunzhou, even Jinzhou and Linzhou also had a lot of property.

Only Anzhou is sparsely populated due to constant wars, and only because of a certain relationship in Liangshan County, the Qi family set up a medical clinic here.Speaking of which, although the medical clinic is open, the doctors and shopkeepers who attend the consultation are all local old people, and they only bear the name of the Qi family, and they have never seen a Qi family come here for decades.Even though Qi Xuan came here under the pretense of taking over, it inevitably aroused people's curiosity, but some gossip also spread out.

It turned out that Qi Xuan was originally the eldest grandson of the Qi family's direct line, and in terms of status, he was considered to be at the top of the Qi family.It's just that shortly after Qi Xuan was born, his father was injured and his mother became ill, and both parents died not long after. Although he was supported by his grandfather, other people can guess about his situation in the clan even if he doesn't mention it.

"Since Mr. Qi arrived in Liangshan County, although he has taken over the shop, he only sits in the clinic for an hour a day, and he doesn't take care of other chores..." As Shui Mo was talking, a woman came in hurriedly outside, only saluting Said: "Young master, Mr. Zhang, the magistrate of the county, said that he has some important business, so please come and ask the young master to deal with it."

Qin Yi smiled, and only told Shui Mo: "Okay, let's talk about what else to do tomorrow, Danqing is not here, you go out and watch, save this backyard for strangers."

Shui Mo agreed with a smile, and then asked with a smile: "When I came in earlier, Mrs. Li ordered me to ask for a word. The rough work in the kitchen is not enough for the men we brought alone. Do you want to do it again?" Buy some people to come in?"

Qin Yi frowned slightly, and said puzzledly: "Lanyue said that the courtyard is crowded and cannot accommodate so many people, why are there so few people crying today?"

Hearing Qin Yi's words, Lanyue only smiled in the room and said, "My lord, I don't know. Although we brought a lot of people, there is a fixed number of people. When we bought people on the way, we also picked them." There are mostly little maids, but there are quite a few rough women, no wonder Li's mother came to invite the young master."

After hearing this, Qin Yi raised his eyebrows a little, only smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Since that's the case, I won't be busy for a while. After the house is finished, I'll take care of these chores together."

After speaking, he gave Lanyue a few more instructions, and then went to the yamen outside the second hall.

"Master Qin, here are the account books and grain books you want." County magistrate Zhang Ye respectfully presented dozens of yellowed booklets, his already sallow face became more and more bloodless.

Qin Yi took a copy, flipped through it, and asked with a smile, "Why don't you see Tian and Ding, could it be that Mr. Zhang missed it?" Although his words were gentle, there was a hint of wit.

That Zhang Ye lowered his head, his face turned pale again, and he said with a little hesitation: "Liangshan has been through war for a long time, and the whereabouts of this field book and Ding book have long been unknown. I don't know if they were taken away by someone or destroyed by the war." .”

Qin Yi raised his eyebrows, smiled slightly in surprise, and asked: "This is strange, if the field book and the Ding book are gone, how did the annual tax and grain collection come up? How should I cook it?"

Zhang Ye felt cold sweat protruding from his body. Hearing Qin Yi's questioning, he felt more and more that he shouldn't have come here. He trembled and said, "There are private households in the countryside, and there are a few old clerks in the county." We have a good relationship with the gentry and landlords, and there have been no omissions in the annual grain requisition."

Qin Yi smiled lightly, and only sighed: "It turns out that's the case. It can be seen that my knowledge is a little shallow, and I also said that there are Ding Chu Tian Shu for tax collection."

Before he could finish his sentence, Qin Yi didn't speak anymore, he just held the teacup, lowered his head, and brushed the tea leaves on the water surface with the lid of the cup.

Qin Yi was annoyed, the household registration documents, to put it bluntly, were nothing more than collusion between officials and evil gentry, playing some tricks of apportionment.The subcontractors in the countryside say that they are convenient for the people and pay taxes and taxes, but in fact most of them are local ruffians who collude with each other. It is common for the imperial court to collect ten buckets of grain and add one or two layers to them.

It's just that although the imperial court has laws and regulations, it is difficult to prevent the officials below from being full of wisdom, especially in places like Liangshan County, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the officials in the county government naturally become the local emperors of one side. , as long as you hide it from your superiors, who cares about the sufferings of ordinary people.

Now that Qin Yi heard that the documents from the county government had disappeared, he knew very well in his heart that the documents had disappeared, which households in this county should pay how much food, which ones paid less and which ones didn't. The magistrate is in charge.The county has given the amount of money and food, and these documents can be easily collected by turning over the bill. It's just that the overcharged money and food may not be noticed by Qin Yi at a glance, and he has to bear the burden of excessive collection. crime.

The words are right in front of you, and this is what the officials of Manxian County have said clearly. If Qin Yi turns a blind eye and pretends to be confused and doesn't know anything, he will receive it tomorrow if he wants to come. A generous gift.If he insisted on taking power to do things, Qin Yi would have to be blamed for disturbing the people and reaping indiscriminately. He came to be an official with a good reputation, no matter how powerful Qin Yi's background was, he would have to go back to Beijing in disgrace.