Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 170 Zhu Di: It's All My Arrangement
"I have seen my father-in-law and my mother-in-law."

Seeing King Yan coming in person, Li Xiao hastily cupped his fists and bowed.

It seems that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are very concerned about me. On the first day I took office, I came to see me specially.

I guess I want to see how I can be an official.

Li Xiao glanced slightly, and found that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were smiling, and he should be quite satisfied with himself.

"See His Royal Highness King Yan."

When the guards brought by Li Xiao saw King Yan among the crowd, they hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

Hearing this, the common people turned their heads in surprise and looked at Zhu Di.

King Yan?

King Yan of Peking? ?

On the field, the people who were lucky enough to meet the King of Yan took a closer look, and they were really the King of Yan!
"Caomin, I have seen King Yan."

With a shout, the people who were kneeling in front of Li Xiao turned their heads and knelt down to King Yan.

The people next to Zhu Di are a little panicked now, they made King Yan kneel down just now
"Lord King Yan, the grass-roots people have eyes but no pearls, so they offended you so much just now."

The old man had a bitter face and hurriedly wanted to clarify.

"That's all, those who don't know don't blame."

Zhu Di smiled and waved his hands, disapproving.

He originally planned to take a sneak peek and leave, but he didn't expect the scene to be seen through.

That being the case, it is simply a showdown.

By the way, get another wave of good fame.

What is the most important thing to be a vassal king in the Ming Dynasty?

Maybe the vassal kings in different places have different ideas.

But under the influence of Xu Miaoyun, Zhu Di understood a simple truth: reputation is the most important thing!

Thinking of this, Zhu Di waved his hand and said loudly:
"People in Dong'an County, are you satisfied with the parental officer that the king has arranged for you?"

Hearing this, the common people present were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes widened.

It turned out that this domineering and good magistrate, parent officer, was arranged by Lord Yan!
It has long been rumored that the King of Yan loves the people like a son, and hates evil like an enemy. It is true! !
He knew that the people in Dong'an County were not doing well, so he specially arranged for them.

"Satisfied, so satisfied! Our Dong'an County has finally ushered in a good Qingtian."

"It's been decades, and finally a good official came, and it turned out that it was all thanks to His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Thank you Lord Yan! King Yan really loves the people like a son!"

"Thank you, His Highness Yan, it turns out that all of this is a gift from His Highness Yan!"

"I am so satisfied with this county magistrate, thank you King Yan, I kowtow to His Highness King Yan!"

The people applauded one after another, and as one person kowtowed, the other people also kowtowed.

Today's magistrate, they are too satisfied.

In the past, the magistrates were all like birds, and they did not plan for government in their positions.

Protecting the squires, fooling around when things happen, but not making any big mistakes, everything is messy, the common people are very aggrieved.

Now, the county magistrate seems to be here to do business.

Although the new official took office three fires.

But judging from his work style, this county magistrate has something.

The trial of cases is extremely fast, and a case can be completed in a short time, and it can also make people speechless, such as the previous case of three people owed debts.

Encountering this kind of situation before, the previous magistrate directly postponed, postponed, postponed
Then there was the trial of Boss Liu's case, and he beat the village tyrant of Huanghua Village for a while without reason, and finally lost money.

Although there is a feeling of humiliation.

But this kind of "beating into tricks", the common people like it, it's so happy, it's so satisfying! !
In the past, this kind of torture was used to deal with ordinary people.

But now, the county magistrate is directly targeting Xiangba.

You know, in the past, no matter what county magistrate they were, they would not do anything to the tyrants and squires.

These squires and tyrants are obedient, know right from wrong, and will help the county magistrate to collect taxes and handle affairs.

Therefore, the benefits are all for these people, and they are also partial to these people when they encounter things, let alone take advantage of them.

But this magistrate is different.

No wonder he dared to operate, because he had the background of King Yan.
Speaking of King Yan
Many people have already responded.
The magistrate just now seemed to call His Royal Highness King Yan father-in-law or mother-in-law? ? ?
"Hahahahaha!!!"

Zhu Di let out a burst of hearty laughter: "As long as everyone is satisfied, as long as they are satisfied!"

Xu Miaoyun on the side smiled slightly and said:

"To be honest, the magistrate in front of you is the son-in-law of King Yan. Folks in Dong'an County, Dong'an County is the poorest and most dilapidated county in Beiping County. King Yan has always thought about you in his heart. Arrange your son-in-law to Dong'an County! Just to change your life!"

Xu Miaoyun thought to herself, this Li Xiao has so many ghost ideas, which can definitely change Dong'an County.

Not to mention Dong'an County has become the richest county, but it is better than before.

It's not too much for a son-in-law to help the old man gain some fame, right?

With the voice falling.

The excitement in the hearts of the people.

Look, look!
This is His Royal Highness King Yan, who still misses us ordinary people in his heart.

The people moved in unison.

Kowtow, kowtow, kowtow!
"Thank you His Royal Highness and Princess Yan for your gift!"

"With King Yan in Peking, there is heaven!"

"I am lucky to be able to live in King Yan's fief!"

That's it.

King Yan instantly became amiable in the hearts of the common people.

On the contrary, Li Xiao was a little depressed.

What the hell?

Just now these people are grateful to me, I am enjoying it.
Why did you turn the gun in the blink of an eye?

King Zhu Di of Yan.

You are really my good father-in-law
Waiting for the people to kindly watch King Yan leave.

Then he turned to look at Li Xiao.

Good guy.

Looking at Li Xiao's eyes, it was as if he was looking at a sweet pastry.

Because King Yan said just now.

This magistrate can lead everyone to live a good life
Li Xiao said in his heart: Although I had planned to do this a long time ago, I still feel that I have been tricked by King Yan.
Tucao returns to Tucao.

But the case is still open.

Next, Li Xiao continued to handle the case.

The cases accumulated over the years are actually handled quite quickly.

Because most of them are trivial matters, and because it has been delayed for too long, when the plaintiff and the defendant are called, they will have already mediated in private.

As for major cases such as homicide, there are no such cases.

Because of such a case, the magistrate must handle it quickly. As for how to handle it, whether it is fair or not, and whether there is a scapegoat, Li Xiao has no idea.

After all, those cases had already been closed, and the cases left to Li Xiao were mainly conflicts caused by economic disputes.

People don't come to the county government to complain about anything.

Many ordinary people have never filed a complaint in their lives, and they don't even know what the head of the county government looks like.

Most of the things are solved by the respected old people in the village.

If it can't be solved, it will come to the county government to file a complaint.

Most of them are economic disputes, because money will come to sue.

In short, in order to completely solve these cases, Li Xiao spent three days.

For three days, board and lodging were all in the county office.

The cases accumulated for three years were all resolved.

During this period, Zhu Ningyun's help made it so fast.

When Li Xiao was handling the case, Zhu Ningyun was studying by the side.

It has to be said that she is very smart, and quickly learned some of Li Xiao's little tricks, and gradually, she was able to help herself.

After handling the case for three days, Zhu Ningyun also became preoccupied.

In the county government mansion, Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao, frowned and said: "Xiao Lang, after these three days, I know the sufferings of the people. The common people often fight or plot to frame Li Xiao because of a few eggs or a few points of land. others."

After she finished speaking, she sighed: "These people say they are pitiful, and they are pitiful, but they are also hateful."

It's no wonder that Zhu Ning has such sentiments, because most of them are conflicts among ordinary people, and they often cause big troubles because of some small things.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "What's the point of this? Poor is full of treacherous tricks, and rich is full of conscience. When a person is fed and clothed, he can't do it. All he can do is to desperately protect this little thing in front of him."

After speaking, Li Xiao told Zhu Ningyun his real experience.

After hearing this, Zhu Ningyun felt a lot of emotions. She dragged her chin with her slender hands, but she didn't know what to think.

In ancient times, there were fights and fights in the countryside, and they fought with weapons at every turn. Isn't it all for the little rations in the mouth? No kind of benevolence, justice and morality are as real as living with enough food.

But in the future, most people will be able to eat, and there will be no starvation to death, so there will be less fighting.

But struggle is something in the human bones.

So it turned into mutual spraying on the Internet, which is actually no different.

But at least he sprays people online, he can't kill people
Zhu Ningyun listened and thought it made sense, but she asked again: "But those rich people don't have any conscience, many of them oppress the common people."

Li Xiao explained: "This is the lack of benevolence for the rich. Of course, it cannot be generalized. Bad thoughts, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, some poor people will have bad thoughts when they are rich. This is a matter of probability. Good people do not distinguish between rich and poor. Learn and guide. At least if most people have enough to eat and live a good life, they will keep their own place. And there will not be so many conflicts in daily life."

Zhu Ningyun thought it made sense, and said: "Xiaolang, how do you know so much, who did you learn all this from?"

"Let's be self-taught." Li Xiao scratched his head.

Zhu Ningyun asked: "Is there a way to make the people rich?"

Li Xiao said: "Of course."

Zhu Ningyun was overjoyed, and said again: "Is there a way to make Beiping rich?"

Li Xiao thought for a while and said, "Get rich first and get rich later, starting from Dong'an County, it should be possible to do it."

Zhu Ningyun took Li Xiao's arm and said coquettishly: "Xiao Lang, my father said that to make the people of Dong'an County live well, I will work hard for you, okay?"

Isn't that what you think? Li Xiao nodded:

"Okay, okay, okay, listen to my good lady"

I want to manage this Dong'an County well.

Then get to know this place first.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles.

Ever since, Li Xiao called the county magistrate, Mei Jiale.

When he led the way, he went to the place under his jurisdiction to look around and understand the people's sentiments.

"My lord, you are amazing. In just three days, you have completely settled the case that has been accumulated for several years. I admire you."

As soon as Meixian Cheng came, he flattered Li Xiao, and then said: "My lord, you need to understand the situation in this county. Why do you need to go to the countryside? The road in the country is not easy to walk, and your shoes are dirty. I will give my lord the money. Files such as the county archives library and fish scale books are brought in, and you can know it at a glance."

In the past, there were no county magistrates who went to the countryside. They always took care of things in the county government.

These days, being busy up and down has exhausted the people in the county government and offended many people up and down.

It was hard to see that the case was cleared up in three days, Meixian Cheng thought it would be cleared up for a while.

If we go down to investigate people's sentiments, won't we make some kind of moth?
Li Xiao frowned: "Stop talking nonsense. The emperor even paid a private visit in a low-clothes, so he understands the situation clearly. As the parent official of a county, can't I go down and have a look?"

"Don't dare, dare not, I will take you there right away."

Meixian Cheng immediately responded.

Just like that, Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun to the county government in a carriage again.

First stroll in this county.

The so-called county seat is the ancient name.

The entire county center is a small town.

It is surrounded by city walls on the outside, and there are markets, government offices, streets, and residential areas inside.

On both sides of the street, there are various shops, inns, restaurants, tea houses, bookstores, bun shops, butcher shops, and cloth shops.
In addition, in Dong'an County, there are two larger markets in the south and north of the city, which are farmers' markets, where there are vendors selling vegetables and livestock.
"Master Qingtian!"

"Master Qingtian!"

"Look, everyone, it's the county magistrate."

The magistrate's carriage wandered around the county seat.

The common people recognized it one after another and greeted them warmly.

Li Xiao leaned out of the carriage, smiled and waved slightly.

A friendly look.

But the common people know that even though the county magistrate is so kind, he treats the tyrant very well.
"Sure enough, compliments can easily make people lose themselves."

Feeling this feeling of being loved by the common people, Li Xiao felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

This kind of satisfaction cannot be replaced by money.

It is a kind of spiritual enjoyment.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, money could no longer bring Li Xiao any sense of satisfaction, he had everything he should have.

beautiful?

Have!
She is still the princess, and she will still be a princess in the future.

money?

The money that Li Xiao has now cannot be spent in this lifetime.

Of course, the more money the better, the more preparations must be made for Jing Nan.

name?
There are also.

I am now a Viscount. Although it is said to be the title with the most hips, it was awarded by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang anyway.

"Xiaolang, isn't it a wonderful feeling to be loved by the people?"

Zhu Ningyun dragged her cheeks and looked at Li Xiao's happy face with peach blossom eyes, she was also very happy.

She likes that Li Xiao can enjoy this feeling.

In this way, the people of this side can be better governed.

"Don't tell me, it's really wonderful."

Li Xiao nodded, telling the truth.

"Actually, I've thought about what Xiaolang just said for a long time."

Zhu Ningyun pondered and said: "I think the common people are lovely, simple, and easy to satisfy. As long as they can eat enough and wear warm clothes, they will be extremely grateful. Look, Xiaolang, you only worked on the case for three days. The common people in the entire county love you well, this is the common people."

Li Xiao nodded slightly.

It is so!
After visiting the county town, I went to the countryside in the county town to inspect.

You can't finish shopping in one day, and this visit is another three days.

There are thirteen townships under Dong'an County, which were not too many in the Ming Dynasty, and certainly not too few, medium.

In every township, Li Xiao personally went into it and visited the homes of the people.

After a week of inspections, I found that the villagers under my command were really not rich. Many of them lived in Tuba houses with straw roofs. They could only eat two meals a day, morning and evening, which were scarce.
This is even poorer than my own Wanping County.

Seeing that Li Xiao almost cried, the lives of the common people are really miserable.

Li Xiao checked and found out that there was a problem of land annexation.

Also, the soil is poor.

Li Xiao frowned slightly, thinking about how to solve it.

"what?"

At this time, Meixian Cheng let out a sigh, and asked in confusion: "My lord, you have come in person, and none of the local gentry in these places has greeted you?"

"It seems to be the case."

Li Xiao also discovered this problem.

As a "private assistant", Zhu Ningyun pondered, "Not only this village, but all thirteen villages are like this. They must have united, right?"

Hearing this, Meixian Cheng thought for a second that this was really the case, secretly thinking that something was wrong, and said: "It's not good! My lord, I'm afraid this group of people contacted you in private and boycotted you, my lord."

"Don't be surprised."

Li Xiao laughed and said, "What can they resist me?"

Meixian Chancellor said: "Of course it is to collect taxes. My lord, if we want to collect taxes from the common people, it is not something we can do. Most of the time we have to rely on the help of the gentry in various townships. The most important thing for the county government is tax revenue." , must pay taxes to the Beiping government according to the actual situation every year, which is related to the achievements of the adults."

"Achievements?"

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Is political achievement an issue that I should consider?"

Ah this
Cheng Meixian was stunned, as if it really wasn't something Li Xiao should consider.

After all, his background is too big, that is King Yan's son-in-law.

Doesn't the performance of the government depend entirely on the words of King Yan?
"But my lord."

Meixian Cheng frowned and said, "Our county government can't collect taxes, so we officials can talk about it, but the expenses of those subordinate officials are borne by the county government."

"Who said there will be no taxation?"

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Taxes must be collected. This is the foundation of the country. Even the official cannot shake the foundation of the country. However, this official does not need the help of these gentry. Our county government collects it ourselves."

Hearing this, Meixian Cheng's expression changed.

Collect it yourself, isn't that a fantasy?

It seems that King Yan's son-in-law upholds justice and acts vigorously and resolutely.

But after all, I have never been an official, nor have I been a small official like the magistrate, so I don't understand the truth.

Dealing with officials is not like dealing with ordinary people.

It is very difficult to deal with the common people, let alone thousands of common people.

There are only a few soldiers and crab generals in the county government, and it will be exhausting just to collect taxes.

"My lord, let me explain to you."

Cheng Meixian hastily explained:
"There are thirteen townships in our county, and each township has an average of five villages. That's 65 villages, and each village has hundreds of households!"

"There are more than 700 households in total, and in the county, it is estimated that there are more than 300 households, close to 8000 people."

"The taxes we have to collect include land tax, small tax, salt tax, water tax, human silk tax"

"This tax also collects wheat, silk, and silver."

"It's okay to collect money, but it's troublesome to collect in kind. You said that we are here to collect taxes. There are only about [-] people in our yamen. Even if we are busy all year round, we still can't collect taxes."

"In the past, the squires helped, and the squires helped organize people, such as wheat, to collect taxes uniformly, and bring the villagers to pay taxes in an orderly manner, so that taxes can be collected on time."

Meixian Cheng said a lot in one breath.

The purpose is to let Li Xiao understand that the current situation is very serious.

It is estimated that he beat the village overlord last time, which made the other gentry feel the crisis.

During this time, many country gentry came to give gifts to Li Xiao, but Li Xiao didn't see him behind closed doors.

This made them feel even more of a sense of crisis.
And this person is still King Yan's son-in-law, so he can't be moved.

So they joined forces and wanted to let Li Xiao know their role.

Of course, it was not a threat to Li Xiao.

All that is needed is for Li Xiao to set up a banquet at that time, and these people will immediately give in.

All you need is an attitude.

Hear these words.

Zhu Ningyun was also a little worried, she looked at Li Xiao and said, "The Prime Minister of Mei County is right, these gentry are certainly hateful, but we still have to rely on them to collect taxes."

Li Xiao thought for a while, shook his head, and whispered, "I have a solution."

"They want to subdue this official?"

Li Xiao looked at Meixian Cheng, and chuckled: "I don't believe that this official is not convinced, and I can't cure them?"

Hearing this, Cheng Meixian felt his scalp go numb and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He knew Li Xiao's abilities and was very smart.

But no matter how smart you are, there are tricks.
Isn't it their turn to do things by then?

Tired, he still wants to live a leisurely life
For example, the county magistrate before. Well, it’s pretty good.
Li Xiao looked at Meixian Cheng with a smile, saw his thoughts, and said, "Aren't you afraid of suffering and tiredness when you talk so much?"

"How dare I be an official, I am an official for the consideration of adults." Meixian Cheng quickly explained.

Li Xiao hehe: "Don't explain, I see you, and some people in the county government, lived too comfortably in the past and became lazy, so I decided to implement the new system in the government after a while. "

what?
Meixian Cheng asked suspiciously, "What new system?"

Li Xiao understood the urgency of this group of people, and it was already the limit to accompany him in the case for three days.

One by one complained endlessly, of course these people didn't dare to complain in front of themselves, they had scolded Li Xiao many times in private.

After all, with a fixed salary, if you can do less, you can do less.

Relying on these people can't accomplish anything, and we must slowly weed out this group of waste.

Li Xiao's eyes froze, and he said slowly: "The final elimination system!"

Meixian Cheng: "??????!!"

A private room in a restaurant.

A group of luxuriously dressed and wealthy people sat together.

These people are the gentry from Shisan Township, Dong'an County.Pushing the cup and changing the cup, the face is full of red light.

It is not easy to live so chicly in the Ming Dynasty.

"Hahaha, it seems that Mr. Li, the county magistrate who is so jealous, should understand our usefulness, right?"

One of the middle-aged people with a shy belly laughed loudly.

He has more than 3000 mu of fertile land in his hometown, and he also has shops in the county to do business.

Because the son of the family was selected as a Juren, many fields are listed in the son's name, tax-free, and the family's situation has been getting better and better over the years.

"Do you think this will offend Mr. Li? After all, he is the son-in-law of King Yan, so I can't afford to offend him."

Another businessman whispered.

"It's okay, we didn't do anything."

The middle-aged man laughed loudly and said: "This matter of tax collection should not be our business, we have no fault! Don't panic, everyone, when our Master Li finds out that he can't collect taxes from the bad guys, he will know that we We are not really going to offend him, we just need him to let go, and everyone will give him a step down, sell his face, give him good gifts, offer him, and lift him up. In the future, our days Only then will it be easier, otherwise, like the Liu family, small things will end up in prison, and that will be really troublesome, this is called planning for a rainy day!"

After a few words, all the squires present agreed very much.

"Mr. Zhang is really a good planner! Plan ahead, anticipate the enemy's opportunity, and be considerate of everyone! Smart, no wonder the son of the family was awarded the Juren, and the family has smart seeds."

A squire held up his wine glass: "Come on, let's offer a toast to Mr. Zhang. We must work together so that everyone's future will be better."

"Cheers, cheers!"

Everyone raised their glasses.

at the same time.

The fact that Li Xiao fought against evil and acted for the common people also spread to the palace through Jin Yiwei.

The ear of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

(End of this chapter)