Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 288 Close Yourself

   Zhao Hanzhang returned to the county office and couldn't sleep, so he simply went to the lobby to deal with things.

   Zhao Erlang followed behind her step by step, and asked with a tangled face: "Sister, have I caused you trouble?"

   "No," Zhao Hanzhang reached out and touched his head, complimenting him: "You did a good job, fortunately you brought Sun Taihe back, otherwise we would be in trouble."

   Although it is not very big, there will still be.

  It's good that he can get to Chen County safely. If something happens on the road, then she will not be able to explain it to the magistrate Sun.

   Zhao Erlang immediately became happy when he heard the compliment, "I'm also very good today, I caught a lot of people who were stealing things and beating people."

   Zhao Hanzhang boasted: "Well done!"

   Zhao Erlang wanted not only Zhao Hanzhang to praise him, but also Fu Tinghan to praise him, so he looked around and asked, "Where's my brother-in-law?"

   "He's been tired all night and is resting," Zhao Hanzhang looked at Zhao Erlang carefully, and said, "You've been busy all night, let's eat something and get some sleep."

   Zhao Erlang felt that he was very energetic at the moment and didn't want to sleep, so he shook his head.

   Zhao Hanzhang didn't try to persuade him, and asked Ting He to go to the kitchen to prepare food, so she led Zhao Erlang to eat.

   Now is not the time to eat, the food in the kitchen is fast, so there are some simple ones, baked pancakes, and stewed dishes.

   Zhao Hanzhang was very hungry, so he and Zhao Erlang ate together, and the two brothers and sisters ate a large plate of pancakes.

   Zhao Hanzhang saw that he was satisfied with his meal, smiled slightly, and led him to the small single room, "Lie down and sleep."

   Zhao Erlang, who was still talking on his front feet, sat down on the wooden couch, his eyes drooped down involuntarily, and after yawning twice, he tilted his head and fell into a deep sleep.

   Zhao Hanzhang stepped forward to help him take off his shoes, put the person on the wooden couch, and exited when he saw that he was sleeping soundly.

Zhao Hanzhang is strong and has many troops and horses. The only Ding Can who can challenge her hesitantly listens to her orders. When someone reacts and wants to squeeze her power out of Haoyang County, she has already controlled the whole country. County government.

   Up to the county magistrate, down to the yamen who ran errands and guarded the gate, they all subconsciously obeyed Zhao Hanzhang's orders. So far, the entire Xianyang County is under her control.

   And Fu Tinghan also sorted out the households, not only found out a large number of taxes added to ordinary people, but also found a large number of hidden households.

  There is such a thing as hidden households in every county, including Xiping County, and the Zhao family is one of them.

   But Zhao Hanzhang did not ask Zhao to settle the account, and the people under his rule had no opinion on this, because these hidden households did not violate their interests for the time being.

   The former magistrate of Xiping County, Fan, did not exaggerate the number of households reported. Therefore, the tax amount given above has nothing to do with those hidden households. The tax that the people under the rule of Xiping County need to bear are all they should bear.

   But not in Xianyang County.

  Sun County magistrate has not reported an increase in the population in the past two years, but similarly, he has not reported a decrease in the population.

   In the past two years, due to various things, especially last year, the city was besieged by the Xiongnu, a large number of people left their hometowns, or directly turned into reclusive households.

   If he doesn't report it, then he still needs to pay as much tax every year.

   But two years ago, there might have been ten people in Xianyang County, but now three have run away, three have been hidden, and the remaining four have to bear the taxes of ten people.

   In addition to this year's increase in taxes by Governor He, Shangcai County and Xiping County could not pay the full amount of taxes, and they were added to the counties, and their burden was even heavier.

   A person has to pay two and a half taxes on average, and such taxes can crush people.

Fu Tinghan wrote down the sorted data, and his heart kept sinking. When he handed the collected data to Zhao Hanzhang, he said: "In a year of good weather, when you work hard for a year, you find that you need to sell your wife and children to pay the full tax. Then the chaos started."

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at the data, his face darkened.

  This is a man-made disaster!

   Zhao Hanzhang closed and threw it to Zhao Hui, who was standing in a volume, "Choose some data and copy it down and send it to the grain depot."

   Zhao Hui's eyes widened, and he couldn't help looking at Fu Tinghan, hoping that he could persuade her. If he did, he would probably tear his face off with the Haofushi tribe in Haoyang.

   Fu Tinghan stood tall and straight to the side, not persuading, but in agreement.

   Zhao Hanzhang looked at Zhao Hui coolly, "Why, can't Brother Hui do it?"

   "Okay," Zhao Hui thought to himself, anyway, he won't be in charge of this Yangyang in the future, she is willing to make enemies, "I'll go right now."

Zhao Hanzhang invited Ji Yuan, the county magistrate and other officials together, and said, "The people need to be appeased, and the households have already counted the grains recovered from various li. Considering the difficulties of people's livelihood, the county government will open warehouses to release grains. To provide relief to the people, notify all the li and let them enter the city in order to receive the relief food."

  In order to stop the chaos, Zhao Hanzhang decided to divert the time when the people of each li entered the city. Thinking of the chaotic and dark data, Zhao Hanzhang did not trust Lili Zheng very much. She urgently needed someone to supervise.

   She moved in her heart and asked, "Where are Chen Wan and Xiang Yu?"

  Ji Yuan said: "In prison."

   Zhao Hanzhang stared, "Who caught them?"

   Ji Yuan smiled and said, "They are bound by themselves."

When they saw Zhao Hanzhang slashed the master book with a knife, and then locked the rich people in Haoyang County in the grain depot to count the grain mixed with sand and gravel, Chen Wan and Xiang Yu tied themselves with ropes and walked in by themselves. In the prison, let the prison guard open a cell, and they went in and squatted.

   Zhao Hanzhang was speechless for a while.

   She scratched her head and felt that she had to behave like Corporal Li Xian, definitely not that she wanted to go to the prison and watch her own drama.

   She said cheerfully, "Let's go, let's invite two righteous men."

On the way to   , Zhao Hanzhang also quietly said to Fu Tinghan: "If someone writes about such a thing, it will be a good story a hundred years later, and I am also a character in the history books."

  Fu Tinghan: "...Since you brought troops into Xiping, you have been a character in the history books, right?"

"Oh, you don't understand, this kind of thing can easily disappear from the history books, but this kind of anecdote that is very interesting when you hear it is easier to pass on, it will not be recorded in the official history, but it will be easier Spread and circulate."

  Fu Tinghan saw that she was so interested, so he decided to go back and help her remember her story. She likes to leave her name in history, so he will help her.

   As long as enough is written, there will always be something that can be passed down.

  The prison in Yangyang County was a little quiet. There were many people in it before, most of them were people who were arrested because they couldn't pay their taxes. Zhao Hanzhang let them go, and at this time, many cells were empty.

   Zhao Hanzhang led the people all the way and did not meet a few people.

   The prison guard came over when he heard the news. He didn't know Zhao Hanzhang, but he knew the county magistrate. Seeing Zhao Hanzhang surrounded by him, he wanted to know who she was, and immediately knelt down and salutes: "I see Zhao Xianjun, little one."

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded and asked, "Where are the two Chen Wan who put themselves in prison?"

   (end of this chapter)