Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 254

Hearing this, Zhu Di pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Guo Qing, you know that the emperor has issued an order, strictly stipulating that the people of the four must abide by their profession... In addition, if there are people who do not do farming and specialize in the last author, then If they are regarded as refugees, they will be arrested."

Guo An sighed softly in his heart. This was the last thing he wanted to face, but he had to face it.

Lao Zhu's household registration system is really too strict.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is wise, and His Majesty's will, we must obey.

However, if those farmers can have some work and earn more money after planting the fields and during the slack time, it will be a great merit.

If His Majesty blames it, and His Highness explains it carefully, His Majesty must be able to understand it. "

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Father will definitely understand this matter."

Guo Anruo thought: "Then His Highness is worried about those gentry, making troubles in order to maintain their status?"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An, and said slowly, "We just found out today that all Guo Qing's actions in the past few years are preparations to improve the status of artisans and merchants!"

Guo An was startled, and said, "Your Highness is wise.

However, Wei Chen does not specifically improve their status.

Weichen directly felt that if he wanted the horse to run fast, he had to feed the horse.

Craftsmen and merchants are of great benefit to the country, and they cannot be suppressed all the time.

Let their status be slightly higher, and the country can develop faster and better. "

Zhu Di said solemnly: "Guo Qing is not afraid that if this word is spread, he will be suppressed and abused by scholars and officials all over the world?"

Guo An laughed and said, "May I ask Your Highness, is the good rice from the farm good? Is the cement effective? Is the grenade bomb easy to use? Is the transparent glass easy to use?"

"It's easy to use!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "However, in the eyes of those scholars, these objects are far less important than their status."

Guo An said: "Your Highness, I am asking you, are these objects useful?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, "To us, each of these objects is extremely important."

"

That's right! "

Guo An smiled lightly, "Then I don't know which one is more important to His Highness, those aristocratic families or these objects?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then pointed directly at Guo An, and scolded with a smile: "Well, you Guo thief!

Don't worry, if any big family dares to trouble you, we will kill them directly. "

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An saluted gratefully, and then said: "However, please rest assured, Your Highness, I just give it a try first, to see if there are any gentry from our Beiping Mansion who want to start doing business with Yan Wang Mansion.

However, I didn't expect there to be a few more.

In this way, Weichen felt relieved.

Dao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things. As long as there is a family of gentry who can accept the idea of ​​the humble minister, there will be more families of gentry..."

"Guo Qing wants to moisten things quietly and slowly assimilate those gentry?"

"Your Highness's words are wrong. I just use Yanwang Mansion as an example to set an example for those gentlemen and small clans."

"It's just that the root of this matter lies in the father, who values ​​gentry and despises merchants and artisans."

"Your Highness, it's just that His Majesty didn't see how much the craftsmen and merchants can contribute to Daming.

If His Majesty really despised craftsmen, there would not be Tao Wanhu, and there would be no Zhengbapin Di Gonglang such as Guo Bingyong and Guo Zhi. "

"In this way, Guo Qing will do whatever he wants, and our Prince Yan's Mansion occupies Beiping. There are no gentry families in Beiping Mansion, and we are not afraid of any gentry family."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust."

……

Go back to King Yan's Mansion.

Zhu Di summoned He Zhong, the general manager of the mansion, Gong Zheng Xu Yun, and the officials of the Chang Shi Division.

In fact, in King Yan's mansion, the biggest steward of all the caravans is He Zhong.

And most of the people who keep the accounts belong to the scribes of the long history department.

This combination of accountants and cashiers does not allow any major corruption of ink.

However, cases such as Sun Chengdu's defrauding corrupt farmers in Mexico are still unavoidable.

When the crowd saw Zhu Di with a livid face, their hearts sank subconsciously.

Immediately afterwards, when he saw Sun Chengdu, who was kneeling on the ground with a frightened face and a bruised nose and swollen face, his expression changed slightly.

"My minister sees Your Highness!"

"The villain sees Your Highness!"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di looked at He Zhong and the scribes of the Chang Shi Division, and asked in a cold voice.

"Do you know this person?"

A scribe quickly replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, this matter is for the caravan manager who went to the village below Wanping County to purchase various goods, Sun Chengdu!"

"Where is this person's account book?"

"Return to Your Highness, in the Changshi Division!"

"Take it quickly!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

As the scribe ran out quickly, Sun Chengdu collapsed to the ground, his eyes full of despair.

Soon, the scribe came in with two ledgers in his arms.

"Your Highness, these account books are the account books of Sun Chengdu, who purchased various goods in Wanping County this year."

Zhu Di gestured to Guo An who was on the side: "Guo Qing will review it for us."

"Follow the order!"

The clerk hurriedly handed the account book to Guo An.

Guo An was not interested in reviewing the two two-finger-thick account books one by one, so he turned to the last few pages.

Sure enough, all the crushed peppers and chili seeds were collected according to consistent money and four consistent money.

"Your Highness, Sun Chengdu has collected more than 400 catties of crushed peppers and [-] catties of pepper seeds in the past few days.

The purchase price of these crushed peppers is [-] guanqian per catty, and the chili seeds are [-] guanqian. "

"Rotten dog!"

Zhu Di yelled at Sun Chengdu, who was at the side, and asked, "Guo Qing, can you figure out, based on the price in the village today, how much money did this black-hearted thief steal?"

"This……"

Guo An quickly calculated in his mind.

Surrounded by He Zhong and the other scribes, their faces were full of shock and anger. Sun Chengdu dared to be greedy for ink?And they didn't even notice it!

After a while, Guo An cupped his hands and saluted Zhu Di, "Reporting to Your Highness, this person has spent almost ninety pennies of money in buying chili peppers these days!"

"Ninety strings?"

Zhu Di was furious immediately.

He Zhong and a group of scribes stared even wider, their eyes full of disbelief.

Just over 400 catties of chili peppers, plus 470 catties of chili seeds, add up to only [-] yuan, which is [-]% of the money.

As for Sun Chengdu, he struggled quickly and argued with dissatisfaction on his face: "Your Highness, the villain only takes money from those farmers, and there is absolutely no money from the Mo family!"

Zhu Di scolded angrily: "You black-hearted dog thief, how dare you make sophistry?"

Sun Chengdu yelled at his injustice, "Your Highness clearly learned that those goods were purchased by the villain at a low price, but the villain handed over the price at the government's price, it is not considered greedy for the money of the Mo's government, it can only be regarded as collecting the money that was given to the farmers. errand fees.

Because, the original purchase price of the house was that much!
If the villain is really greedy for the family's money, according to the shrewdness of several scribes and the manager, how could he not notice it? "

Zhu Di was taken aback, according to what this guy said, it seemed that he was really not greedy for the money of the Mo family.

"How dare you quibble, Guo Qing says you're greedy for ink..."

"..."

Guo An was speechless.

However, looking at Sun Chengdu's dissatisfied gaze, Guo An still said: "When you bought these peppers, you used the name of the Yan Palace and the money of the Yan Palace.

Then, the price at which King Yan's Mansion purchased these peppers must also be the price you would purchase from the farmers.

However, you took the salary of King Yan's Mansion, and borrowed the name and money of King Yan's Mansion to harm that farmer and tarnish the reputation of King Yan's Mansion.

After entrapping those farmers, you came to deceive and manage these scribes again!

Are you not greedy? "

"Hmph, according to my opinion, what you have done is even more abhorrent than greedy for His Highness Mo's money!"

Sun Chengdu's face turned pale immediately.

A scribe scolded directly: "What Guo Changshi said is very true. The sun thief not only coveted the property of King Moyan, but also cleverly robbed and harmed the people of the same town. He is a wolf with a heart and a heart, and a dog is not as good as a dog..."

"Sun thief, I didn't expect you to be so inferior to a beast. For so much money, even the folks in the village were framed, and everyone trusted you so much!"

"If this matter gets out, not only will you be scolded to death by the people in the village, but even your entire Sun family will be unable to lift their heads in Wanping County..."

Guo An, He Zhong and others didn't need to yell at him, but with just a few scribes, He Zhong was scolded so badly that his face was full of panic.

In this age when the clan's village was so powerful, Sun Chengdu could imagine what would happen to him if this matter got out!
"The villain made such a big mistake, and he has no face to face all the elders, so he should die as an apology!"

With a loud shout, Sun Chengdu turned ruthless, and directly slammed into the big pillar beside him.

Guo An's face was startled, why do these people like to hit their heads against pillars to commit suicide?

However, Li Wang, who had been standing by Sun Chengdu's side all the time, kicked Sun Chengdu before he hit the big pillar, sending Sun Chengdu flying far away.

After pressing Sun Chengdu under him, Li Wang said with a look of disdain: "I made such a big mistake, and I didn't pay back the money, and didn't accept His Highness's punishment, so I wanted to die? How could such a good thing come to your advantage?"

Sun Chengdu closed his eyes in despair.

As for the scribes on the side, a hint of disappointment flashed in their eyes.

They and Sun Chengdu are both fellow countrymen, and since Sun Chengdu made such a big mistake, they naturally hope that Sun Chengdu can die.

In this way, the reputation of their Wanping County can be better.

On the side, Guo An quickly suggested with sincerity: "Sun Chengdu, and everyone, no matter who makes a big mistake in the future, don't keep thinking about committing suicide by bumping into a big pillar.

You have already brought losses to Yanwangfu, so don't continue to damage the pillars of the main hall of Yanwangfu.

It doesn't matter if your head blooms, but if the big pillar is polluted or cracked, who will compensate for the loss? "

"If you really want to commit suicide, you can hit your head against the cell wall after being imprisoned, or you can go on a hunger strike and take poison...

But please don't damage other things anymore, the Yan Palace didn't harm you, but you are harming the Yan Palace..."

Around, Zhu Di, He Zhong, and a group of scribes all had strange expressions on their faces.

Guo Changshi, are you speaking human language?
However, what surprised Zhu Di, He Zhong and others was that Sun Chengdu replied very sincerely: "Thank you Guo Changshi for your teaching!"

"It's good to know!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then said: "However, this guy made such a big mistake, although the crime is not worthy of death, it must not be forgiven lightly.

According to my official opinion, anyone who is greedy for ink must take back the money he was greedy for ink and double the fine.

If there is not so much money in the family, and no one is willing to pay you a fine, then his house and land will be confiscated, and his descendants will not be able to enjoy the benefits of the Yan Palace for three generations.

Then you will be exiled and go to Korea. When you pay off the debt, your punishment will be considered complete! "

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(End of this chapter)