Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 370 Summer Tax Collection Completed
After hearing that Xudong said that Yan and Chen had sent people to report that the summer tax had been collected, and that he was invited to go and discuss matters, Gu Yunji stopped staying. After saying hello to Zhang Cuiying, he went to the Xuzhou government office.

In the government office, Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou were already waiting there. When he saw Gu Yunji, Yan Zhengqian put on his signature fake smile and said enthusiastically: "Oh, Mr. Gu is finally here. We have been waiting for you for a long time."

Gu Yunji responded lightly, looked at the account books on the table, and then looked back at the two of them with a half-smile: "Two days ago, I asked Mr. Chen for the account books and wanted to see the progress of tax collection. But he said The tax collection has just begun, and you will give it to me after two days of delay. How can you delay it until all the grain taxes are collected before notifying me?"

Chen Xunzhou laughed dryly: "That's... I misjudged the progress of the tax collection. I thought it would take ten and a half days, but I didn't expect my people to act so quickly. The summer grain tax collection was completed at noon today." . It’s also because of their hard work. When they have some time to spare, we will give them an extra allowance.”

Gu Yunji smiled perfunctorily and said nothing.

This was Gu Yunji's first time in Beijing as a local official. When he first arrived in Xuzhou Prefecture, he had high expectations for his colleagues, especially the prefect and tongzhi, and looked forward to co-ruling the prefecture with them.

Later, as his understanding deepened, he found that Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou were not worth working with at all.Since the promotion of high-yielding potatoes, Gu Yunji did not expect the two of them to be of any help and just did his own thing well.

Later, he and Yan Zhengqian had a heart-breaking quarrel, and then he realized that the two of them were rotten from the inside out.

Yan Zhengqian was about to leave office, and his mind had already left Xuzhou Prefecture. He was full of thoughts on how to beautify his political achievements, please his superiors, manage relationships, and pave the way for his promotion and wealth.

Chen Xunzhou's family is very powerful in the local area, and the people who oppress the people in Yurou Township are all with his instruction and tacit approval.Like Yan Zhengqian, he also did not think about running the state capital, but calculated how to obtain the maximum benefit for himself and continue this benefit.

Now, although the three of them still maintain a superficial peace, in fact Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou have already stood together, and there is a faint tendency to work together to deal with him.

Gu Yunji had strong connections and a strong background, so they did not dare to target him openly, so they chose to isolate him and exclude him from the power center of Xuzhou Prefecture.

For example, this time around the collection of summer taxes and grains, Gu Yunji never received any report from beginning to end, and did not know any tax collection details and matters, except for the only time - that is, now, when he was told about the summer taxes and grains of Xuzhou Prefecture. The collection has been completed.

Regarding the two people's behavior, Gu Yunji sneered in his heart and felt it was a bit ridiculous.

That's it for Yan Zhengqian. He is going to be transferred anyway, so it doesn't matter if he offends Gu Yunji a little before leaving. After all, the world is a big place and the possibility of encountering him in the future is very small. He basically has no chance to deal with Gu Yunji.

As for Chen Xunzhou, even Gu Yunji couldn't help but call him a fool in his heart.He is different from Yan Zhengqian. He can't run away and can only stay in Xuzhou Mansion. In the future, he will not raise his head or lower his head to see Gu Yunji. It was an ugly scene today. When Yan Zhengqian is transferred away in the future, isn't he afraid that Gu Yunji will be free to deal with it? him?

If you want to be isolated, just be isolated. Gu Yunji is the general magistrate of Xuzhou Prefecture. All important matters in the government cannot be done without his signature.The two of them can only isolate him on some small things. When it comes to major decisions, don't they dare to exclude him?Gu Yunji was too lazy to care.

After saying the polite words, seeing Gu Yunji turning over the account books without saying a word, Yan Zhengqian said at the right time: "Although there was a severe drought this year, the overall situation of summer grain collection is still good, with a total of more than [-] yuan collected. Stone grain. After two days, Mr. Chen and I will go to the Chief Secretary..." "How much?"

Gu Yunji paused while flipping through the account book, then raised his head and said in disbelief: "The drought in the spring and summer this year was so serious, and the grain production was greatly reduced. In previous years, Xuzhou Prefecture paid a tax of nine to one hundred thousand dan, how could it be possible to collect this year's grain?" Get [-] shi of food?!”

Yan Zhengqian said with a smile: "Although this year's drought seems a bit serious, the actual situation is not bad, not as bad as we imagined. The people's houses have abundant warehouses, so they naturally collect more tax grains."

"The warehouse is rich?" Gu Yunji laughed angrily and closed the account book in his hand with a snap. "Master Yan, don't you feel blushing when you say this? I think you know better than me what the grain harvest will be like this year."

"I dare not say anything else, but I have visited all the farmland around Fucheng. The two sides of the river bank are better. The remaining fields have reduced production by [-]% to [-]%. From spring sowing in February to the end of mid-May , it hasn’t rained for three months in a row, and some smaller rivers are almost being drained by farmers.”

"In this case, Mr. Yan told me that 'the drought is not that serious' and 'the actual situation is actually not bad'. Do you think I will believe it?"

Yan Zhengqian's expression was a little unnatural because of him, and he forcefully explained: "... Mr. Gu also said that you only looked around Fucheng. The situation in distant towns is really not that bad. It is a common phenomenon to only reduce production by [-]% to [-]%. .”

"Anyway, the tax of [-] shi has been collected. It is true, and there is no fraud. There is no violent tax collection during the tax collection process. Mr. Gu can go to any farmer's house and ask them. , are we collecting [-]% ​​of the imperial tax and grain, or have we secretly increased taxes to force grain?"

Speaking of this, Yan Zhengqian forced himself to look confident and confident, not squinting, but he did not dare to look directly into Gu Yunji's eyes.

This year's grain production has been greatly reduced. If taxes are collected according to normal standards, it would be considered good to collect [-] shi of grain.Gu Yunji originally thought that even if the two of them wanted to collect more grain, they would be able to collect at most [-] to [-] dan. Unexpectedly, they actually collected [-] dan. You can imagine how serious Chen Xunzhou's pressure on his tenants was. .

So, in order to balance the account books, they must have done a lot of tricks. Most of the grain requisition data in the account books are probably fake. It doesn't matter whether they look at it or not.

Thinking like this, Gu Yunji put down the account book on the table and said calmly: "Since the summer tax has been collected and the food has been collected, there is no point in me saying more. I just want to remind you two adults, It’s OK to fool me with some things, but don’t fool yourself into it.”

Speaking of this, Gu Yunji turned to look at Chen Xunzhou and gave him a cold smile: "Especially Mr. Chen, this summer tax collection, the Chen family is a large local family with a lot of land, Mr. Chen must have done a lot, right? It’s been really hard work.”

Chen Xunzhou's eyes wandered, he smiled guiltily and said nothing.

Looking at the hypocritical faces of the two people, Gu Yunji suddenly felt a little boring - in a state capital, two of the three most core officials looked like this. This officialdom is really going to end, and sooner or later Daxia will too. over.

(End of this chapter)