Jiangmen Tianjiao: Reborn with funny ancestors

As soon as he entered the Prefecture Mufu, Chu Tianjiao saw Li Yanghou's personal guards, "Dad is here?"

Chu Tianjiao rushed into the house.

This state pastoral palace was taken over by Chu Tianjiao from Zhang Tianhe.

Since she took over, no money has been spent on renovations.

There was a heavy rain a while ago, and there was a leak in the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. Chu Qingyan simply ordered the Prefectural Mufu Mansion to be repaired.

The old roof is covered with newly fired red tiles made by a local workshop in Ganzhou.

The mottled courtyard walls are also painted white.

The pillars were painted with vermilion paint, and the emblem of the Chu family was carved on the pillars.

Neat bamboos are also planted on both sides of the road.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the entire state animal husbandry took on a new look, fresh and cool.

"Xiao Qingyan, tell dad that you ordered to cancel the curfew in Longcheng and open more night markets. Why?"

Chu Tianjiao rushed to the front door and heard the voice of Marquis Li Yang.

Marquis Liyang seemed to be taking the exam for Chu Qingyan.

Sure enough, Chu Qingyan's little voice sounded: "Increase business tax revenue."

Li Yanghou's laughter passed through the spacious room and reached Chu Tianjiao's ears through the open red lacquer door.

"Hahaha, God blessed our Chu family. Not only did they give birth to a talented person like Jiaojiao, but they also gave us a weird and precocious baby like you. Come here, let dad hug you..."

"Brother, I see that Xiao Qingyan doesn't like people hugging her. Please spare her."

Another voice sounded, and Chu Tianjiao was stunned. Why is the third uncle here too?

She stepped across the threshold and saw at a glance that even the lobby had been renovated and renovated.

In the front hall, which can accommodate more than [-] people to report official business, the cloud-edged mahogany desk still stands in the middle, but there are about a dozen chairs on both sides. In front of each chair, there is a small computer, which can be used as a When subordinates report official business, the place where they place their pens and ink can also be used as a coffee table.

It seems that Chu Qingyan worked here during Chu Tianjiao's absence.

Liyang Hou Chuge was wearing a royal blue Hangzhou silk summer shirt and was sitting behind the desk.

Seeing Chu Tianjiao come in, his tiger eyes were shining, he put his thick palm on the table and stood up immediately.

Chu Qingyan was originally placed on the desk by Marquis Li Yang, sitting cross-legged behind a pile of official documents, talking to Marquis Li Yang.

Hearing the noise, he turned his head, and the big eyes on his fat little face immediately looked at Chu Tianjiao asking for help.

Thinking about it, she must have been very helpless when Chu Ge treated her like a four-year-old doll and sat on the table to amuse her.

Chu Sheng was wearing a maroon summer shirt, with a gold silk woven belt now popular in Shangjing tied around his waist. The belt was decorated with a fish-shaped jade pendant.

His face was full of spring breeze, and the Chu family's iconic almond eyes were filled with a sense of comfort. He turned around happily and was slightly stunned when he saw Chu Tianjiao.

"Father, third uncle!"

Chu Tianjiao had been away from home for several months. He said he didn't want to go home, which was a lie.

As soon as he saw Marquis Li Yang, his eyes turned red uncontrollably.

"Ah, my eldest daughter is back!"

Marquis Li Yang stood up and went over, hugging Chu Tianjiao.

Chu Tianjiao's baby girl threw herself into Li Yanghou's strong arms like a forest, and kept calling her father like she was having fun.

Marquis Liyang expressed his greetings and raised his eyebrows to show off to Chu Sheng: "Haha, look at my daughter, she is already a first-class official, but she is still so clingy to me."

After returning from rebirth, Chu Tianjiao felt that no matter how old she grew, she was willing to be happy in front of her grandmother and her father.

She never wanted to experience the experience of losing her family again.

Because the emperor used the finances and taxes from the five states to offset the food and salary of the Northwest Army, he placed all the burden of tax collection on Chu Tianjiao. In order to share her pressure, her family members came to the northwest one after another.

Since Chu Tianjiao received the imperial edict, he seemed to be calm and relaxed, but in fact he felt uncertain.

It is not easy to raise food and wages for the Qi Northwest Army in the second half of the year.

The emperor hoped that Chu Tianjiao would collect a lot of money from the five states and gain a bad reputation, but this was not in line with Chu Tianjiao's principles of being an official.

Now that the five states are in her hands, she hopes that with her own ability, she can not only raise food and wages, but also benefit the people of the five states.

There have been six emperors in the Lu family, and there is still no exception for tax reform.Chu Tianjiao has the idea of ​​reforming the tax system.But when it came time to actually implement it, she was still excited.

The tax reform will definitely offend the wealthy families. Even in the imperial court, more than [-]% of the officials come from wealthy families.

The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were offended, and the consequences were unimaginable.

The future is thorny, and Chu Tianjiao is willing to bear the burden, but he is worried about dragging down his family.

At this time, family members came to his side to support and help her, making Chu Tianjiao feel that she was not working alone.

She immediately felt relieved.

"Don't be afraid, my dear. Whatever you want to do, just go ahead and do it. Your father will support you from behind."

"And your third uncle.

By the way, your third uncle and I are now serving as an official, serving as the Northwest Daodu Branch Commander. "

The local Du Zhi Ling is a fifth-rank official, and Chu Sheng, the Du Zhi Ling, is also in charge of the financial and tax accounts of the five states. It has to be said that Prime Minister Wang still gave the Chu family a lot of face this time.

Logically speaking, Chu Sheng had just started his official career and could not hold such a high-level position. It was Prime Minister Wang who convinced the emperor.

"Daughter, the Chu family's army originally numbered close to 20, half of them at the border and half in Shangjing.

The [-] Chu troops who went to Beijing still lacked [-]% of the food and salary provided by the court.

Those in the northwest will not be given even a grain of rice or a tael of silver in the second half of the year.

After autumn, the battle with Xirong is inevitable.

Based on Dad's experience in previous years, you need to raise at least 50 tons of grain and 200 million taels of military pay to fully meet your expenses.

It is difficult for the five states to meet such huge expenses. What are you going to do? "

Chu Tianjiao said: "Money is easy to talk about. My daughter should be able to get 100 million taels now if we scrape together. If there is still 100 million taels missing, we can find ways to tax the rich households in the five states.

The key is food.

Before I left Ganzhou, I had collected [-] shi of food for the Northwest Army and transported it to Yangguan. It would last until next month.

But I previously recruited 16 Guanzhong soldiers and [-] Yuzhou soldiers. Now the northwest garrison is not [-], but [-].

I plan to recruit another 4 people in the five states to make up the 20 Northwest Army.

Together with the 30 Chu family troops who went to Beijing, the Chu family army expanded to [-] people.

The Chu family's army that went to Beijing was mainly responsible for defending the capital. Under normal circumstances, as long as they did not leave the capital, the court would be responsible for most of the food and salary.

The remaining 20 troops of the Chu Army on the Northwest Road will need 70 dans of grain in the second half of the year.

Only two and a half of the five states may have surplus grain to supply the army.

Severe disasters in Yuzhou and Guanzhong will not only make it difficult to be self-sufficient, but may also require food subsidies.

Shuzhou and Jinzhou were not affected by the disaster, and there should be surplus food after the autumn harvest.

But the taxes and grain in Shuzhou have been collected by the court in advance.Theoretically, Shuzhou does not need to pay food in the second half of the year.

So we can only buy food instead of requisitioning food.Jinzhou should be able to collect about 20 koku in taxes and grain.

The shortage of grain is a full 50 dan, so we must find another way.

I plan to first cancel the tax exemption in Gongtian and Lutian in the five states.Just the Gongtian and Lutian hidden in the names of officials and those with titles should be able to harvest at least 20 more tons of grain. "

"Then, I plan to abolish the Ding tax and change it to a land equalization system. In the five states, the land will be re-measured. From now on, we will no longer collect taxes on a Ding basis, but all grain will be paid on a per-acre basis.

Of course, the specific implementation methods still need to be elaborated. "

After listening to what Chu Tianjiao said, Marquis Liyang nodded: "Daughter, dad doesn't know much about these things, so you can figure it out. By the way, dad also brought you a powerful man who should understand these things. You can ask him for advice." .”

Chu Tianjiao didn't know who the capable person his father was talking about, so he asked Marquis Liyang, and Marquis Liyang said sarcastically: "You'll know it when you see him."

Chu Tianjiao went to see Chu Sheng again, and Chu Sheng touched his nose and smiled: "Niece, this is a surprise from your grandmother.

Your grandmother said that what you need most now is probably manpower.

Your grandmother came forward in person and persuaded this person to come to the northwest to help you.

Not only is he here, he has also brought you some more helpers. "

"Who is so powerful that he actually wants grandma to come forward in person?"

Chu Tianjiao looked at Chu Qingyan again, and Chu Qingyan covered her mouth and smiled.