Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 5 The Mess in Wanping County

In this regard, Guo An didn't think that these officials were bullying his youth and stumbling him collectively.

The bloody smell of thousands of heads has not dissipated, he does not believe that these surviving officials dare to act like monsters against the wind!

"I've just taken office, I'll wait for you to come one by one!"

Guo An smiled slightly, pointing to the household official who came in first and said, "The householder came first, first give me a detailed introduction to Wanping County's land, household registration, taxation, and financial situation, and the remaining five houses, Go back to deal with your own government affairs first, and wait until the housekeeping is done, then come back later!"

"Follow the order of the county lord!"

The clerks of the third class and the sixth room hurriedly bowed their hands to obey the order.

Immediately, in the public house, there were only two household clerks, Ning Deyou and Guo An, left!
Guo An directly opened the book, looked at it, and asked, "I'm ashamed to say, I have been in Wanping County Yamen for a year, but I still don't know anything about the government affairs of Wanping County. Please trouble Ning Hufang!"

"The county lord is too polite!" Ning Deyou laughed.

The six-room scribes in a county will be directly assigned by the county magistrate to their confidantes, without any rank, and are generally called scribes or successors.

The fate of these six-room scribes is directly connected with the magistrate of a county.

Conversely, the magistrate also needs to rely on the six scribes to do things for him.

The six-room scribes appointed by the previous county magistrate were all implicated in ransacking their homes and beheading them.

Ningdeyou and a group of other Wufang scribes were all selected by the Chief Envoy of Beiping Prefecture to take charge of all things in Wanping County. If you are dissatisfied with that, you can propose to the chief envoy of the Beiping government to replace the clerk!
Therefore, for Guo An's request, Ning De did not dare to delay in the slightest, bowed respectfully to Guo An, and quickly introduced it.

"Qixian County, now there are more than 500 households and 800 people in my Wanping County. However, my Wanping County only has more than [-] hectares of land..."

"and many more!"

Guo An frowned, and stared directly at Ningdeyou, "According to what you said, there are more than 500 households in my Wanping County, and only one household has five acres of land, or even five acres of land?"

Hearing this, Ning Deyou was startled, "The county is wise and wise!"

If all the fields under Wanping County were distributed equally, each family would indeed have less than five mu of land.

However, these numbers are the result of a whole day's calculations by household officials who are proficient in arithmetic. How could the county lord know the general idea just by hearing him say so?

Although he didn't understand it, Ning Deyou still put away the little contempt in his heart, and unknowingly respected Guo An!

Guo An didn't notice this, but the more he listened to Ning De's report, the more his heart sank.

Wanping County is really a mess!

In such a large Zhili County, there are only more than 500 households and [-] people under its rule!
There are only so few people, and there are not many acres of land, he can accept it!
However, the summer tax that needs to be paid makes Guo An's heart shudder!
"The Ninghu house is only the summer tax, and Wanping County has to pay so much food and materials?"

"Hui Xianzun, that's true!" Ning De replied.

More than 800 hectares of land, according to the regulations, need to pay more than 600 shi of grain in the summer tax, although rice, wheat, silk, hemp, cotton, silk, and hemp can be used for coloring.

However, the people of Beiping Mansion, this meeting is really poor!

The grain produced by more than 800 hectares of fields is not enough for the people in Wanping County to eat, and they have to pay taxes.Moreover, once the tax is paid, there will be various discounts.

Therefore, if the tax is paid according to the old Zhu's regulations, it must not only prepare [-] shi of grain, but also tens of shi, or even hundreds of shi of grain, for various losses on the road!
The key point is that the people not only have to pay the summer tax, but after the summer tax has passed, there will be autumn grain, and they also have to perform equal service every year according to the situation in the village, and do it to help!
Once done, it is still a voluntary labor that lasts for several months.

In this way, there may be many males who will delay the farm work at home!
trouble!

Guo An, who had just been promoted to the magistrate of Wanping County on his first day, felt a headache!

"Is this year's summer tax ready?"

"My lord Qixian county, the land tax that needs to be paid can barely be prepared, but after the payment is completed, the grain tanks in the people's homes will almost bottom out!"

Ning De hastily replied.

However, Ningde didn't have much worry in his eyes.

Although these household officials do not have any rank, and their family is not a family of powerful people.However, they are officials anyway!In terms of paying land taxes, it is not their turn to pay.

As for not collecting enough land tax, you will be punished by the Shangguan and the court!
But how could it not be enough?
"call……"

Guo An let out a long breath helplessly. He is just a social wretch who wants to spend his days in a daze from nine to five. How could he put such a heavy burden on him?
"Okay, the official has already known about this matter, and you will deal with it in the usual way first!"

"Yes, magistrate!"

Ning De felt relieved, and quickly responded.

"As a county lord, I don't have a single idea! It seems that this little county lord is also a mediocre person, and he is not worthy of their cautiousness. It's okay, under such a temperamental county lord, their future life will be more difficult. It will be better."

After Ning De went out, the clerk of the official room walked in with a book in his arms.

"Reporting to the county lord, Feng Fuchun, the villain's clerk..."

"..."

Then, in turn, the scribes of the military room, the scribes of the punishment room, the scribes of the ceremony room, the scribes of the workshop, and the heads of the three squads of arrests, visited Guo An one by one, reporting things to report things, and expressing loyalty.

From the beginning to the end, Guo An also had the same attitude.

Finally, after sending these subordinates away with a gentle face, Guo An slumped on the chair with a powerless face.

Let him be the magistrate of Wanping County, it is definitely Zhu Laosi who is deliberately entrapping him!

The officials of the third class and the sixth house who just came to report to him on the government affairs of Wanping County, although all of them seemed very honest, respected him as the county magistrate.

However, absolutely none of the records in that book are truthful!
It's a pity that his original body has only been the master for a year, and he is still airborne!
There is no foundation of connections, and now there are no trusted confidants.Not to mention a teacher who is proficient in criminal names, money and food!

Although those subordinate officials were lowly in status, they would rely on him as the county magistrate for some things, but if they were in a hurry, these subordinate officials would directly hug each other, and he would definitely suffer in the end!

He's just a little county magistrate who just took office, so he shouldn't work so hard, he shouldn't...

After sitting in the official chair and sorting out his thoughts for a while, it was time to go to the office.

Guo An didn't stop for a moment, and walked back directly with Guo Erniu.

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Yanwang Palace!
As soon as Guo An returned home, Zhu Di had already received all the information about Guo An's stay at the county government that day.

"Then Guo An just summoned one by one and asked about the situation of the third class and the sixth room, and didn't do anything else? Didn't say anything?"

For Guo An's actions, Zhu Di couldn't understand, and even felt a little angry.

"Could it be that this king misunderstood this person? Is this person really just a nerd, or a cowardly person? Even if this king makes him the magistrate of Wanping County, he is still so mediocre and incompetent?"

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(End of this chapter)