high official

Chapter 44
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In the afternoon, he continued to lie on Lin Qing'er's bed, eating the lotus seeds that his sister had just peeled, and drinking the chrysanthemum tea made by Lin's sister, Wang Xian could not close his mouth comfortably.

When the old man came back, he ruthlessly exposed his ugly face of pretending to be injured and gaining sympathy, and his treatment dropped suddenly.He was kicked by his wife to the East Wing, where he went to sleep with Wang Gui.Originally, Lin Qing'er planned to take care of him for the whole night without taking clothes off...

Amidst Wang Gui's trembling snoring, Wang Xian didn't close his eyes all night, and he didn't know how his sister-in-law fell asleep in such an environment.

Waking up in the morning, Wang Xian asked, "Why are you grinning all the time at night? What dream did you have?"

"Where is it?" Wang Gui sneered, and the next moment he couldn't help but take the initiative to say: "I've followed the method you said, and it feels really amazing. I've never been so...excited..."

"Hehe..." Wang Xian laughed dryly, thinking that it would be weird if two guys who only knew how to mess around in the dark would be cheating on the reeds during the day.

After breakfast, Wang Gui went to work, my mother took Yinling and Lin Qing'er to the market, only the father and Wang Xian were at home.

Lao Wang held the teapot in one hand and scratched his feet in the other, and said triumphantly, "How about it, your father's scheme is no worse than Zhou Gongjin's?"

Xiao Wang was full of flattery right away, making his father dizzy with compliments. Fang asked, "I heard that Li Sheng talked with Wang Ziyao for a long time before he left. Dad, Wang Ziyao won't intervene, right?"

"You are well-informed." The old man glanced at him; "It's a good thing that Li Sheng doesn't look for Wang Ziyao, now he has to squeeze out all the marrow."

"Father said that Wang Ziyao would not help him? He would only blackmail him?" Wang Xian said in surprise.

"Hmph..." The old man took a sip of tea and said proudly, "What's the use of Wang Ziyao's red face without me?"

"Ah?" Wang Xian's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "It turns out that Dad and Uncle Wang are in the same group!"

"You are really shameless, you just said 'Wang Ziyao', but now you call it 'Uncle Wang'." The old man laughed and scolded: "You think running officials in the province and Beijing don't cost money? "Said with a sigh: "The gang of clerks in the Ministry of Officials are working in the dark. If they don't manage properly, they will wait to go to Yunnan and Guizhou to die. But I am a famous criminal. If you want to talk about dealing with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, there are still some tricks. Officials On the Ministry side, only Wang Ziyao can exert his strength, otherwise, how can I take advantage of him in vain?"

"Why did Dad still deny it when Wang Ziyao took the initiative to mention it?" Wang Xian thought about it, puzzled.

"Ask such a stupid question!" The father was so angry that his beard straightened up: "I didn't know at that time that Li Sheng would be killed, so what could I ask Wang Ziyao? Do you think his nickname of 'Wang Papi' is Is it fake? How can you do things for me if you can't see the real money?"

"So that's how it is..." Wang Xian scratched his head and smiled wryly, "Father really has no plans!"

"That's it!" Dad was about to brag about himself when he suddenly heard footsteps in the alley, so he stopped talking.

Sure enough, there was a knock on the door outside, and the old man opened the door to see that it was Qin Shou, a white servant in the county.

"Kowtow to the boss." Qin Shou saw Wang Xingye and hurriedly made a gesture to kneel. Wang Xingye helped him and said, "What are you kneeling for? I'm not an official yet."

"That's not a sure thing yet." Qin Shou smiled flatteringly, and finally performed the first ceremony.

After the old man let him in, Wang Xian had already changed to a prone position, Qin Shou saluted him again, stood aside and said respectfully: "The villain is here to report to the little official."

"What's the matter?" Wang Xian asked.

"Today the Elder announced in the hall that in view of the urgent task of paying the autumn grain tax, he appointed Zhang Dian to act as the secretary of the house. The post of the clerk he vacated will no longer be based on seniority, but will be competed by the scribes of the house. Who can be the best?" Complete the task of taxation as soon as possible, and let whoever is the pawn!" After a pause, he added: "The elder also specially emphasized that it does not matter whether it is an official or a non-economic official."

"..." Wang Xian was silent when he heard the words, and listened to Qin Shou's continued: "After hearing the news, my house exploded. From the original avoidance of tax collection from the countryside, now there are more wolves and less meat. Not enough points... Zhang Sihu asked the villain to ask if he can take care of himself and give up Shangxinxiang to others?" The ticket to Shangxinxiang to collect taxes is still in Wang Xian's hands, so Zhang Sihu can certainly do it He made a new copy, but his brain was still wet, so he knew he had to ask Wang Xian first.

"Zhang Sihu wants me to give up Xian?" Wang Xian frowned.

"I don't mean that, I should just ask." Qin Shou shook his head and said.

"Answer Zhang Sihu," Wang Xingye said, "It is said that Wang Xian won't be able to go to the battlefield with minor injuries, and he can handle his errands well even if he is lying down!"

"..." Qin Shou was sweating, and looked at Wang Xian again.

"Naturally listen to my father." Wang Xian smiled wryly.

"Well, the villain will set up a car to pick up the junior officials tomorrow morning." Qin Shou said with a bow.

"No." Wang Xingye said seriously, "Go to Shangxinxiang tomorrow and tell Chao Gonggong that 'paying taxes according to the law is the duty of the people of Ming Dynasty. I believe he will pay taxes as soon as possible with quality and quantity guaranteed'."

Qin Shou was sweating, but he didn't dare to ask again, so he agreed and left.

As soon as Qin Shou left, Wang Xian said unhappily, "Sima Qiu, this guy really treats me like a donkey!"

"You can't blame him this time." Wang Xingye shook his head and said, "I asked Wang Ziyao to stop you."

"Ah?" Wang Xian asked in surprise, "What does father mean?"

"It's disgraceful to step on your boss's position, and you are a newcomer, so you will have endless troubles." Wang Xingye said: "Let's put on a 'fair competition' to put on a show. If you don't show off your skills, how can you convince the public?" He said with a cold smile: "Besides, I was planning to repair that Chao Tianjiao, so now I will hug the grass and beat the rabbit, without delay."

"Daddy is really clever..." Wang Xian couldn't complain anymore, the old man was scheming all day long, whether he was tired or not, "I'll wait and see, kid."

"Well," Wang Xingye nodded and said, "It's all arranged here. You can rest at home and recover from your injuries. Go to Nanjing tomorrow for your father and try to finalize the errand..."

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Wang Xian is now a little superstitious about his father. Since he was asked to wait and see what happened, he kept his ears to the outside world and read books at home with peace of mind.

Living under the same roof as Wang Xian, Lin Qing'er was a little nervous at first, but seeing that he was very respectful to her and did not act frivolously, she gradually let go of her heart.Seeing that although he is already an official family member, he is still working hard every day, he is even more delighted, so he suppresses his embarrassment, sits on the knees with him, and explains the classics for him sentence by sentence.

In terms of Chinese language, Wang Xian's comprehension can only be said to be average, but his memory is excellent.It's no wonder, whoever has a poor memory can pass the exam?It took him half a month to swallow a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" and memorize it.Now Lin Qing'er took "The Analects of Confucius" and broke it up and broke it up for him.Wang Xian often fell asleep when he heard it, but when he saw her flowery face showing a faint disappointment, he forced himself to continue, and couldn't help smiling bitterly in his heart: "This is also a kind of beauty trap!" '

Because he was afraid that he would not be able to chew too much, Lin Qing'er only said ten sentences a day, let him master it, and then memorized Zhu Xi's commentary.The next day, if you can speak it out and memorize it completely, you will continue to speak.

Although Wang Xian studied hard, he never forgot about tax collection. Wu Wei has visited him a few times these days, and said that the people in charge of the six grain districts are all senior bookmakers or have a close relationship with Zhang Sihu. guy.These people no longer come to the yamen to report, but spend twelve hours a day with the grain chief of the district, urging them to pay taxes as soon as possible.

However, due to the rebooking of the yellow book, [-]% more tax was levied than before, which greatly dissatisfied the food chiefs.They seem to have negotiated, and they will delay until the government makes concessions and agrees to collect taxes according to the original standards. Therefore, all parties are not going well.

But there are exceptions, that is, the road to Sanshan Town to collect taxes.After He Chang was arrested, the two deputy food chiefs fought fiercely for his position.The tax office there announced that anyone who could collect [-]% more in taxes would be given the position of head of grain.It's just that the Deputy Food Chief wasn't coaxed to grow up. How could they believe a small book office with empty words?

However, the book office is quite powerful in the yamen, and it is working hard on this matter, and it is said that the application is almost ready...

In short, Wang Xian's journey was the one that made the least progress. Fatty Wu said that he was quite dissatisfied with him occupying the latrine and not shitting.That means, if you don't let me try, it's better than wasting it in vain, right?
Wang Xian pretended to smile profoundly without saying a word, but in fact he had nothing in his heart.Until noon two days later, when he was bored with studying, he told Lin Qinger and Yinling a joke: "Zhuzi said that there are 72 sages under the sage's sect. May I ask my sister, how many are adults and how many are children?"

Lin Qing'er thought about it carefully for a while, then shook her head and said, "It's not in the book."

"Why not? "The Analects of Confucius" clearly states that there are 30 adults and 42 children." Wang Xian said 'you don't know'.

"How did you see that?" Lin Qing'er was amazed, she asked herself that she knew the scriptures so well, she didn't remember this at all.

"In the article "Servant Sitting", it is clearly stated that 'five or six people are crowned, and six or seven boys are', five or six get thirty, six or seven are 42, and the total is exactly 72 sages." Wang Xian laughed.

"Ah..." Lin Qing'er was taken aback for a moment, then she understood immediately, covered her mouth with a smile and gave him a white look: "I know how to talk nonsense, if I were Mr., you have to beat me!"

Yin Ling saw that the two were flirting with each other, but she didn't understand at all.At this time, when she heard someone knocking on the door, she jumped up and said, "I'll go and open the door!"

When she opened the courtyard door, she saw a tall, white-haired old man standing at the door with a cautious expression on his face, followed by two long-term laborers carrying burdens.

"Excuse me, is this the household of Wang Xiaoguan's family?"

"Yes," Yin Ling nodded and asked, "Who is the old man?"

"Old man Chao Tianjiao is the food chief of Shangxin Township, and he is here to pay a visit to Wang Xiaoguan." Chao Gonggong, who was usually arrogant, said very politely.

"Ah, you're Chao Tianjiao?" Yinling stared at him, then lowered her face and said, "My brother isn't at home, so I'll let Zhenggong go for nothing!"

"I don't know when I'll be back?" Chao Tian said anxiously, why are these words so familiar?

"It's not counted. It's possible for at least three to five days, or as long as ten days and a half months." Yinling replied in a childish voice, unhurriedly.

"That won't delay anything..." Chao Tian said anxiously, "Can't we go and look for it?"

"I can't find it. My brother has a lot of friends. He might go fishing with people in Fuchun River, or he might go to Xianxialing to find his brother to gamble. Every time we come back with a lot of fun, we can't find it." Yinling smiled. Falsely said: "There are only two sisters in the family, so I won't invite a few masters in!" Saying that, he closed the door with a bang!
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