Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 644 On Extravagance

   Zhao Hu came to Luoyang, Zhao Hanzhang gave him face very much, not only asked Zhao Cheng and his son to come back for dinner, but also invited Zhao Kuan and the others, planning to have a gathering of Zhao clan members at night.

  Zhao Hu is very satisfied with this, he likes to be held and respected by others.

  Unfortunately, except for the younger generation of Xiping clansmen, there are not many people in Zhao Cheng's generation who are afraid of him. They all blame Zhao Ming for always making trouble for him and making him lose his dignity in the clan.

  Thinking of this, Zhao Hu was in a bad mood, and said to Zhao Hanzhang, "Chang Ning in Xiping is too domineering. If things go on like this, the clansmen may have opinions on you, so let's replace it."

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "Chang Ning didn't make a mistake, how can he replace the county magistrate for no reason? I have countless officials, and it will be bad for them to feel cold."

  Zhao Hu said: "If he can't be replaced, let him be promoted and leave."

  He gave Zhao Hanzhang an idea, "Otherwise, we should choose a son from the Zhao family to be the magistrate of Xiping County? That way we can discuss with him if we have something to do."

  Zhao Hanzhang smiled and asked, "Is it the same as when Uncle Ming ruled Xiping?"

  Zhao Hu stopped talking immediately.

  When Zhao Ming was in Xiping, he was even more rude to them, but whenever Zhao Hanzhang and Zhao Jiajun had something to do, they had to pay.

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him, sighed and said, "I know that Chang Ning practiced justice and uncovered many long-term workers and tenants who were hidden by the tribe. If it was before, I would be on the side of my uncles. After all, the imperial court's taxes Not only is it heavy, but every year there will always be random tax increases for some things, if you don’t hide from your household, everyone will have a hard time living.”

   "It has been three years since I took over Xiping by myself. Every year, it is either tax-free or tax-cut. There has never been a tax increase. The hidden households are willing to come out. Why should the uncles stop it?"

"You didn't raise taxes, but whenever your Zhao family army needed food and money, didn't the clansmen raise them for you?" Zhao Hu said, "To put it bluntly, the money I gave you in the past three years is enough for me to pay two years ago." Ten years of taxes."

"Yes, so Hanzhang's achievements today are due to the contributions of his tribe," Zhao Hanzhang said, "so my subordinates, the Zhao Family Army, protect Yuzhou, but they protect Runan even more. They will protect the people under their rule. , but more to protect the Zhao family."

  Zhao Hanzhang said bluntly: "The Zhao family army is my Zhao family army, and also the Zhao family army of the Zhao family. If one day I die in battle, who will take over?"

  Of course it was Zhao Ming.

Zhao Hu lowered his eyes, or any other outstanding disciple of the Zhao family, it can't be Zhao Erlang, it's fine for him to be a general in the Zhao family army, let him lead the entire Zhao family army, manage the entire Yuzhou and Luoyang, just think about it disaster.

  Zhao Hu's heart suddenly calmed down, and he said in a rare way: "Okay, if you release the hermits, you will release the hermits. This way, there will be more taxpayers, and you can get less money from us."

  Zhao Hanzhang nodded and smiled repeatedly: "That's right, there are more hidden households and hidden fields, less taxes, and even fewer soldiers to recruit. The soldiers guard Yuzhou and the Zhao family, and they must not be hungry."

"There is a shortage of food and grass in the army, and the taxes cannot be raised. In the end, the uncles have to contribute?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "So why bother to hide the households and hide the fields? Why don't you set an example and let other families clean up the hidden households and hidden fields together?" , justice can’t only be aimed at our family, right?”

"That's right!" Zhao Hu cheered up, and immediately betrayed his bad friend, "You know Yu Sanlang, they have a lot of hidden households in Yu's family, and they seem to have kept a trilogy in private, in the area of ​​Pingyu Huh, I vaguely heard that their family still wants to build a Wubao. They built a Piwubao. I thought Wubao was so easy to build. Now that Yuzhou is stable and protected by the Zhao family army, is it necessary for them to build a Wubao?"

  Zhao Hu gave her an idea, "You ask the county magistrate of Pingyu to investigate, and every inspection is accurate. Not only will you have to collect taxes, but you will also be fined, and let them make up for the taxes owed in the past two years."

  Zhao Hanzhang was dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help asking his attendants who were serving tea, "Did the third grandfather offend the seventh uncle?"

  Then said with a smile: "Last autumn, someone found Tangquan in the mountains outside Xiping. There were three of them. The Third Grandpa Yu was well informed, so he got the news first, so he went to buy them from the county government."

  At that time, Zhao Hanzhang was short of money, and all parts of Yuzhou were being rebuilt. It was a time when a lot of money was needed, so Chang Ning wanted to divide the land into three pieces.

  Relying on his kinship with Zhao Hanzhang, Zhao Hu only said hello to Chang Ning, wanting him to leave a sip of Tangquan, but refused to let go of the price.

  Chang Ning is really the one who pays the highest price.

  Master Yu bought three hot springs at a high price himself, and Zhao Hu was so angry that he almost went to smash the county government, but in the end it was Zhao Song who came forward and suppressed him.

  Chang Ning was not afraid of Zhao Hu. He never withheld a penny of the money from selling Tangquan that time, and used it to buy grain for Zhao Hanzhang and support other counties in Yuzhou.

  That's why Zhao Hu always wanted to pull Chang Ning down, and the relationship between them was very bad.

The follower hinted: "But the master is even more angry with the third grandfather. He wants to build a garden on the mountain. At that time, there were only a few thatched huts, but the soup spring was surrounded by the thatched huts, and the soup pool was built with jade inside. A thatched hut There are three of them in the house, and there is nothing in the house, only two screens are separated, and this winter, the third grandfather invited famous scholars and scholars to go to the mountain to soak in the spring to discuss Taoism, and people talked about it."

  The limelight overwhelmed Zhao Hu in an instant, stealing away the fame he had just accumulated by showing off his wealth not long ago.

  So Zhao Hu was very angry and almost broke up with Yu Sanlang. Now there is no formal breakup, because both of them have money, and they both want to make money from each other. Their friendship has always been plastic.

  Thinking about the first time Zhao Hu got glazed products, the first thing he thought of was to sell them to Yu Sanlang at a high price to make a lot of money.

  Zhao Hanzhang went to see Zhao Hu.

  Zhao Hu didn't mind the hint from the follower at all, and was drinking tea with relish, and when the follower finished speaking, he asked Zhao Hanzhang, "Do you have any rare things here? It can make me show off."

Zhao Hanzhang racked his brains, gave up after a while, and persuaded him instead, "Seventh uncle, supplies are limited now, so we advocate frugality. Look at me, I only have a piece of jade on my body, no other accessories, and my clothes are clean. The diet should also be light, I heard that Uncle Ming doesn't entertain friends in Chen County, and he doesn't drink alcohol anymore, so I don't want to compete with Yu Sanlang for extravagance, we can compare thrift."

  Zhao Hu looked her up and down, and saw that her coat was made of coarse linen, but the collar of the clothes inside seemed to be made of fine linen, and he immediately felt disgusted.

   "Before I was only focused on looking at the water mill, but I forgot to look at you. Why are you living in such a miserable life now that you don't even have a decent dress?"

   (end of this chapter)