Bianshanhan [farming]

In a secluded corner of the tavern, Li Qingwen and Su Shuqing sat across the table. Although Su Haoyuan was reluctant, he obediently pouted and played with the old servant beside him.

Su Shuqing's swollen eyes were fully opened at this time, and he couldn't see any fatigue. He said, "I didn't know the case very well. In the past two years, people have been going to the Ministry of Households to check the amount of local tribute in Hongzhou and Huzhou Valuation, they should be just like you, wanting to overturn Jiang Cong's case."

Li Qingwen only knew that his second brother's mentors, Xueshi Lin and Uncle Qin, had been working on this matter, but they found out some things. He said: "According to the imperial court's regulations, the local tribute should not exceed the price of eighty pieces of silk. The number and value of tributes from Huzhou and Huzhou are already hundreds or even thousands of times higher than what is stated in the document."

Su Shuqing nodded without hesitation, "The eighty bolts of silk were ordered by Gaozu in order to enjoy the rich products of the vast land, and not want to bring burdens to the states, counties and people."

However, in order to win the favor of the imperial court and the emperor, and to show their loyalty, the number of local tributes is increasing every year, and the counties and states are also comparing with each other. In the end, it intensifies, and even many places have a lot of troubles because of this. Less lives.

Li Qingwen looked at him and said, "Hongzhou's tax revenue has always been 10,000+ guan over the years. The value of the tribute in the conviction book exceeds the tax revenue. Isn't this too ridiculous?"

"Regarding this matter, General Qu has read several books by the Ministry of Household Affairs, Taifu Temple, Shaofu Supervisor, and Jiangzuo Supervisor. As far as I know, sixteen people have been dismissed because of this." Su Shuqing said.

Most of the tributes from various states and counties have entered the pockets of the royal family and the royal clan. Over the years, everyone’s appetite has been supported by the huge tributes. Whoever wants to reduce the number of tributes is undoubtedly taking money from the royal family. Food.

There were some things that Su Shuqing couldn't say clearly, so he could only disclose them to Li Qingwen. The imperial court only wanted to suppress this case, and it was very difficult to rely on the excessive amount of tribute to save people.

Because once this hole is opened, other states and counties will not be able to support it, and they will take the opportunity to reduce the amount of tribute, which some people do not want to see.

This case seems simple, but there are many implications.

Lin Weisheng also guessed this, and told his disciples frankly that Li Qingwen knew about it when he lived in the inn with his second brother on the first day in the capital, but he was still aggrieved in his heart. He felt that the unreasonable things should be changed. Instead of trying to cover up mistakes for immediate benefit.

Seeing him suppressing his anger, Su Shuqing's face was a little dark, but he still didn't forget the business, and asked, "How much money do you want to donate?"

Li Qingwen's stomach was swollen with anger. Hearing this, he asked, "Let me ask first, if you donate enough 28 taels of silver, will Jiang Cong and the others be able to recover as free bodies?"

"If you take out all the ransom money now, you are [-]% sure of it." Su Shuqing said seriously.

There is really a shortage of money now. People from the six provinces and three provinces all open their eyes and open their mouths to ask the household department for money. They are forced to dream that money is falling from the sky.

What Jiang Cong and the others committed was not a heinous crime. If they were lucky, they might wait for the court's amnesty. Now that they donated money, Su Shuqing naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.

One must know that the tax money collected by the imperial court is only a few million guan a year, and 28 taels of silver can cover the taxes of several states and counties. That is really not a small sum...

Unexpectedly, Su Shuqing dared to say such big words, Li Qingwen was shocked at first, but then withered, he said: "There are not so many at the moment..."

"How many?" Su Shuqing stared at him and asked.

"More than 600 taels." Li Qingwen was afraid that he would think it was too little, so he quickly added, "We can earn more in the future, this is just the first payment."

Mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are.

Although Su Shuqing felt a little regretful, he still said "OK", and then said, "When can the money be sent to the household department?"

"The silver is in the capital, and it can be sent at any time..." Li Qingwen looked at him, and asked cautiously, "Can you handle this?"

He still remembered that Su Shuqing didn't have any official position, so it was logical that he couldn't talk about such a big matter. The money was accumulated by so many of them for several years, so they had to take it out without knowing it.

"Of course I can't make the decision." Su Shuqing looked at him, "I'll take you to see Mr. Shi Lang. We still need them to communicate with the Ministry of Punishment before deciding on this matter."

Li Qingwen nodded again and again, "I will discuss it with my family when I go back tomorrow, and then I will come to you with money."

Although he had saved the freedom to redeem Jiang Cong and the others with money three years ago, the opportunity came out of nowhere, and Li Qingwen was a little dizzy.

"It won't happen in a few days." Su Shuqing looked a little complicated, "Wait a little longer."

Although he wanted to get the money sooner, but he couldn't do it recently, Li Qingwen saved his nephew, so he had to think about Li Qingwen.

Li Qingwen thought he was going back to ask for instructions, and felt that Su Shuqing was thoughtful, so he thanked him repeatedly.

Su Shuqing waved his hands, looked at Li Qingwen's shining eyes, and stroked the cup warmed by the tea, he couldn't calm down for a while.

Although Li Qingwen wanted to go back immediately, but there was a curfew, no matter how excited he was, he had to hold back and follow Su Shuqing, master and servant, back to Su's house.

He originally wanted to stay at the inn, but was stopped by the three members of the Su family, who had already arrived at the door of the house, so it made no sense to live outside.

Especially Su Haoyuan, who waited anxiously for his uncle to talk to his brother, and when he finally finished speaking, his whole body of soft flesh stuck to Li Qingwen's leg, so tightly stuck that he couldn't tear it off.

In this way, Li Qingwen followed to Su's house.

It was dark when we entered the door, and the area that the two lanterns could see was really limited. Li Qingwen only thought it was an old house, bigger than the yard rented by his second brother, and besides Su Dazhong, there were several servants.

Li Qingwen just arrived, and the servants of the Su family brought food and hot water. He and Su Haoyuan ate half of the plate one bite at a time, and then took a bath in the bucket together.

The child really has itchy flesh all over his body. When Li Qingwen rubbed the soap locusts for him, Su Haoyuan kept "clucking and clucking". His naked body twisted like twists and turns. Li Qingwen didn't even have to wipe it himself, he rubbed the front and back of his body over again.

Originally, Su Dazhong wanted to bathe the young master, but Su Haoyuan quit and hung it on Li Qingwen's body like a bath cloth.

After taking a bath, one big and one small faced each other to wipe their hair and body. Li Qingwen bent over and wiped Su Haoyuan clean from head to toe. Su Haoyuan could only touch Li Qingwen's waist and wiped vigorously. The small part of Li Qingwen's stomach was rubbed red.

Li Qingwen was afraid that he would break his skin, so he pulled a bench and sat down, and asked Su Haoyuan to wipe his hair.

The servant brought a thick quilt, lit incense, and several hand warmers were stuffed under the quilt, Li Qingwen was afraid that Su Haoyuan would catch cold, so he asked him to sit under the quilt and wipe himself.

Maybe he has never done such a tiring job before. After wiping, Su Haoyuan's arms were sore, and he collapsed in the warm blanket. His eyes changed from the size of grapes to apricots, and then to apricot cores...

Li Qingwen wrapped his hair with a cloth towel, first lay down on the bedside to put him to sleep, and brought the little guy to sleep before he quietly got up and continued to wipe.

Su Dazhong came over to take a look, saw that Su Haoyuan was asleep, and asked Li Qingwen in a low voice what he would like to eat in the morning.

After checking the doors and windows, turning off the oil lamp, Su Dazhong quietly retreated out.

Hugging Su Haoyuan, the automatically heating soft meat bag, Li Qingwen suddenly remembered what Jiang Cong said, his brother was right, children really are stoves...

Thinking of Jiang Cong, Li Qingwen regained his energy. He only hated that he didn't earn much money before, otherwise he had brought enough money at this time. Seeing Su Shuqing's behavior, this matter could be settled with money.

Regarding the use of silver to reduce or exempt sentences, there have been cases in all dynasties, but not many. Qin Lin and Lin Weisheng found several cases, some of which paid for the repair of city towers, and some donated tens of thousands of acres of forest... Undoubtedly, spending The money that goes out is not a small amount.

Of course, there is no mention of money in the case file, it only records that the criminal has repented seriously, made great contributions, and was not guilty.

These are only on the bright side, not many, secretly bribing the officials of the capital, and then their names appear on the amnesty list, this is where the exiles spend the most time.

After all, there are many ways to bribe officials, but it is too difficult to get an amnesty from the court.

Both Lin Weisheng and Qin Lin knew that Jiang Cong and the others had no money, and they had been working hard on the non-compliance of tributes. They wanted to use this to reduce the sentence in this case and turn Jiang Cong's long life into exile with a time limit.

However, they noticed that the resistance they received was great.

It was a time when the court was in turmoil, and they all wanted to avoid disputes. In the past year, they just waited and watched cautiously, not daring to act recklessly.

I'm afraid that I won't be able to save people, but it will arouse some people's disgust and hurt Jiang Cong and the others.

Although Su Shuqing couldn't give a definite answer, Li Qingwen had already sensed the opportunity of this matter, and was so excited that he wanted to roll all over the bed. He really came to the capital at the right time!

He was still thinking about it, when he heard the door next to him open, Su Dazhong coughed twice, and told the coachman to take the young master to the yamen properly.

Yinshi's clapper hasn't been knocked yet, this, this has gone out? !

Li Qingwen's eyes widened, Su Shuqing was working too hard.

Because he was too excited, Li Qingwen barely closed his eyes when it was almost dawn, and after only squinting for a while, he got up to have dinner with Su Haoyuan.

Li Qingwen couldn't wait to discuss this matter with his brothers, and promised Su Haoyuan to come back later, so he reluctantly appeased the little tail.

He went to the inn near the tavern to look for Lao Zhang, returned to Wisteria Alley, and got out of the car only to find that there were many white cloths hanging around him, none of the red or blessing characters for the Chinese New Year could be seen, and the outside of many lanterns hung by others were wrapped. On a blank sheet of paper.

The emperor died.