After replenishing supplies in Weijun City, Liu He, Xu Rong and Huang Zhong continued to lead their troops north to strive to arrive at Lu Long in mid-August.

Although Liu He received the effect of Xu and Huang, he was very surprised that he could lead Xu Rong and Huang Zhong to bow his back with just one word? People are not stupid. If there is no benefit, who would be willing to like each other? - Just know these things, don't need to say them. He scratched his head and thought, "The reason why the two agreed to apply for effect is as I expected. Eighty-most of the reason should be because of the reputation of my royal family. The remaining layer is the prestige of my father, and the other layer is barely his own talent, right?! Alas, having a family background, it really takes a great advantage."

Liu He guessed something well - in the end, Xu and Huang decided to serve him as the "Han clan relative".

The Liu family of Donghai was the descendant of Liu Qiang, the eldest son of Emperor Guangwu. Now Liu Yu is the governor of the courtesy and has a high position and a powerful position. He has been quite kind and approachable all the way. He is not as frivolous as a family of aristocratic families, and is knowledgeable, and has both civil and military skills. He has both prestige and embraced by his father. He is the weakest. Although Liu He is a Sima of another department, his future is limitless.

On the other hand, Xu Rong and Huang Zhong were born in poor families and had no background or background. Instead of looking for opportunities, it is better to rely on Liu He's big tree. This is also a common method of official career for poor scholars. Why did Yuan's family in Runan have a disciple of old officials all over the world? The former officials are the lower officials of the past; the disciples are mostly poor scholars who actively rely on them. Once they are connected with the aristocratic families, they will not only easily gain fame, but also easily gain opportunities in recommendations such as filial piety and honesty, scholars, etc.; the aristocratic families are powerful because of their many disciples, and the disciples have risen to the top because of their dependence on the aristocratic families. For these two, the best of both worlds.

Shanyangting, Nangu Township, Tang County, border with Jizhou, is Chen Jiu's hometown.

At this time, someone came in outside the Shanyang Pavilion Courtyard, and his footsteps were rushing. The person who came from outside the courtyard was a servant. He took off his shoes outside the hall and came in to kneel in. At this time, Liu He and Xu Rong and Huang Zhong chatted with the village chief and the pavilion chief to understand the customs and customs.

At this time, the village head asked, "What's the matter?"

"The county supervisor is urging the chicken and money for the past two months."

"Chicken, money?"

"According to the rules, the township needs to place four chickens and thousands of dollars every two months. What should have been given in the middle of the month, but it was just that Wang Jun left office. You just took office, so it has been delayed until now. The director of the Inspectorate can't wait. This is the second time that someone has been sent to urge him."

Liu He said: "Four chickens, thousands of dollars?"

The Zuoshi replied: "According to the county regulations, the township chief should give four chickens and a thousand dollars a month. After becoming the county supervisor, Wang Jun took care of the township, and gave our township one to two months."

At that time, people had a strong sense of the village. Although the county supervisor named Wang Jun was greedy, they did not forget to "benefit" the village.

The village chief nodded and said, "I understand this. Go and write the official document, take it over, I will sign the custody for you, and then go to the township yard to pay the money."

Zuo Shi agreed, but refused to leave. The village chief asked, "What? What else is there?"

"Jun He, after giving this money to the post office, should I collect it from the village as before?"

"Sima of the Ministry, you are laughing at me. I have just taken office for a few days." The village chief smiled at Liu He.

It turns out that since the township chief took office, he has devoted his main energy to reading the papers of previous years. To be honest, he is not very familiar with the daily work in the township. He asked, "Has this money been collected from the township before?"

This Zuoshi said for granted: "That's certainly. We are just a township, not a county, and we have to pay the taxes we collect to the superiors. We don't have much savings in normal times. We have to maintain the township office and maintain various daily expenses. Let's pay, where can we have money?"

"Does the county know about this?"

"The first one was approved by the county, and it has been more than ten years now."

The township chief pondered for a moment and said, "Since it was approved by the county, we will collect it according to this."

Zuo Shi agreed and refused to leave.

Liu He said, "Is there anything else?"

Maybe because of the hot weather, Zuo Shi wiped his sweat and then said with a smile: "Neither, Mr. He doesn't know anything! The practice in previous years has been to pay for one or two."

"One to pay and two?"

"That is, collecting eight chickens from the villagers, three thousand coins."

Liu He thought to himself: "It seems that there is always a blank in supervision in this grassroots organization, both in the past and present life. When I was in the Imperial College, I occasionally heard seniors discuss current affairs. Eight of the ten sentences were 'Below prefectures and counties, all of them were greedy for the mess'. A few years ago, Qiao Xuan, who was the Shangshu Ling, wrote that when he was the prefect of Nanyang, he received more than hundreds of millions of dollars and should be dismissed from office and confiscated money and bribes. However, because he was the emperor, he was not dismissed, but was promoted to the Shizhong... When his father heard about it, he was very angry and thought that this was a sign of destruction of the country. Although I didn't speak at the time, I agreed with his "judgment". It was effective from the top and the food officials in this village were greedy for the people!"

Liu He asked, "When did this 'support and replenish two' start?"

“It’s been more than ten years.”

Township Mayor He looked at Zuo Shi: "You just said that this money was collected from the villagers, but I suddenly remembered something: Why did no one come to collect this money when I was the head of Dongshan Pavilion?"

"There is not much three thousand coins, so there is no need to collect it from the whole township every time. The twelve pavilions and dozens of villages in the township are in turn, with pavilions as the order. Once every two months, six times a year will be collected, and the twelve pavilions can be rotated for two years." Seeing that the village chief He seemed to be pondering, the Zushi said with a smile, "When you were the head of the Dongshan Pavilion, you were kind to the common people, and the villagers praised them all, and the villain also heard of this. Now that you are the village chief, if you still think about Dongshan, you can save them like the King of Guiye. When it is time to arrive at Dongshan, you will give them away."

Liu He glanced at him and thought to himself, "There is always a pavilion to be given to Dongshan, and it is not added to the head of another pavilion? Is this a gift of kindness? Or is it a hatred? How can he decide?"

Township Mayor He said, "No need. Which pavilion should be the turn this time?"

"It's time for Tangting."

Township Mayor He pondered for a while, but Zuo Shi didn't understand anymore. Isn't it just a few thousand coins? It's been like this for more than ten years, so what can I think about repeatedly?

Township Mayor He paused and said, "The levy of money from the township is approved by the county, and I cannot break this rule, but there is no need to 'spend one and two'. In recent years, the epidemic has been repeated, and the years in the past two years have not been good, and it is not easy for ordinary people."

Zuo Shi was anxious and said, "Jun He! This is an old example, how can it change?"

He was kneeling on the ground, but now he was so anxious that he pushed his waist forward, his butt left his heels and turned into a slut.

Liu He noticed that although the clothes on his body were not beyond the rules and were the clothes of the minor official, they were finely crafted and had a jade pendant hanging on his belt. Just looking at the appearance, you can tell that it is of great value. He thought to himself: "I don't know how many of the minor official's clothes are decorated from this "support one and two".

But Township Mayor He smiled and said, "The old rules are not unchanging. People have worked hard in recent years and need to recuperate."

Seeing that Zuo Shi was still trying to persuade him, he knew his thoughts and thought about it. In order to prevent him from being entangled, Township Chief He simply said, "I will pay the extra four chickens and thousands of dollars for them."

"ah?"

Zuo Shi was disbelief and opened his mouth wide and stared at Township Chief He. Liu He and the other two sitting next to him were also surprised. Zuo Shi asked with certainty: "Ho, are you going for them?"

"That's right, I'll come out for them."

Zuoshi's butt fell back to his heel and said, "He Jun is kind and compassionate to the people. This is certainly a good thing. But He Jun, you paid for them this time, what about next time? Will you pay for them next time?"

Hearing this, Huang Zhong snorted.

Liu He thought to himself: This Zuo Shi seemed to be thinking about the village chief, reminding the village chief that "salary money for the villagers is a bottomless pit. After this time, there will be another next time." In fact, it implies two meanings. One is to "scar" him so that he can change his mind. Secondly, if he refuses to change his mind, then from now on, "there are all four chickens in this thousand chunk of money on you."

In short, I’ll ask you to make a promise for these three thousand coins.”

"good."

Before leaving, Zuo Shi said again: "Hejun, as usual, there are three hundred coins in the four chickens, and two chickens are yours. If you deduct this part, you will pay another 1,200 coins and two chickens will be enough."

"Okay, OK."

When Zuo Shi put his shoes out of the hall and left the yard, Township Chief He smiled and said to Liu He: "Jun Liu, let you laugh at me! This rural official has never left the house and is guarding one acre of three-point land all day long. He has no vision." He stretched out his hand, pinched his thumb and index finger together, revealing a little bit of thin slit, "The vision is so big! Two thousand yuan is also seen, it is so petty, it makes people laugh, and trivial matters are nonsense for a while."

Liu He said, "Jun He, you are so easy to talk to! This little official is obviously forcing you to pay, so why did you agree?"

"Everyone in this countryside is also life. I am leaving the will of heaven and I just want Your Majesty to work hard to govern!" Township Mayor He sighed.

He paused and said, "As an official, you should follow the trend, follow the old rules, and follow the old rules. Because if the old rules are changed, it will be difficult for the officials who will take over later. However, I recently read the letters from the village and found out that although the people in Dongshan Pavilion where I was before, it was already good. In other pavilions, the people in the village have even more difficult livelihoods. If it is late winter and the weather is cold, I don't know how many people don't even have food and clothing, how can I bear to accept the extra money? I am my parents' official, and the old rules will be changed!"

"The collection of 1,000 wubai coins, and the four chickens were approved by the county. Even if I don't want to, I can't do it, but it's too much to pay one and two. Liu Jun asked you to calculate 3,000 yuan and eight chickens, spreading them to everyone's body is small, but..."

Liu He, Xu Rong and Huang Zhong calculated the calculations - each of the villagers in Dating received two or three coins, while each of the villagers in Xiaoting received four or five or five or six coins. A family of five, each household would pay more than a dozen or twenty or thirty coins. This doesn't seem to be much, but for those extremely poor villagers and those poor people who have been overwhelmed by various corvee taxes, it is a big number.

"You don't know, Mr. Liu! I have read the documents of the village in the past few days. My family's wealth is less than a thousand yuan, and the house is close to the four walls. I can't eat enough, I can't warm my clothes, and I don't even have beds and bedding. There are many households who have to sleep in the haystack to keep warm." Township Mayor He pointed to the bamboo slips on the table.

Liu He walked over and picked it up and looked at it, and was surprised: "This is simply shocking. Although he had heard of the hardships of the people at that time, he had seen one or two cases occasionally, but he, who came from later generations, had never seen such a large-scale situation in all parts of the countryside without missing a misfortune? It was full of sorrow."

——This is the first time he has been so sincere and close to these things at the grassroots level, which is far more shocking than before. He is both pity for the people and hates greed. He knows that although the Yellow Turban Rebellion has turbulently turbulently and damaged the vitality of the world, on the one hand, the people are living in poverty, and on the other hand, they are levying heavy taxes. How can the people not rise up? How can the world not perish?

"Dare you ask Mr. He's Daming?" Liu He bowed deeply

"He Xu, whose courtesy name is Risheng."

"Jun Gaoyi!" Liu He said with a hand.

"It makes you laugh! Liu Jun, the supplies you paid for should have arrived." He Xu pointed to the yard.

"Thank you! That's it. I have to hurry up immediately. Take care of Mr. He! There will be a date later!" Liu He said goodbye.

"Take care!" He Xu returned the gift.
Chapter completed!