The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Let's say that the people from Rongguo Mansion going to Chang'an to celebrate the birthday are on the road like wild horses that have run wild, and they get bored after a short time.Gong Kun smiled and said: "It's still early, everyone just grind their tempers." Jia Cong missed the planes of later generations very much at this moment, looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and longed for one to fly from above his head, but unfortunately there was only blue sky for thousands of miles cloudless.

After walking for a few more days, we have entered the boundary of Ping'an Prefecture.At noon, they didn't go to the village or back to the store, so they ate dry food in the wild. Fortunately, none of this group of people was delicate.Seeing that the two young masters Jia Huan and Jia Cong and the little girl Wu Xiaoxi were just like them, several old bodyguards did not say a word, but secretly praised them in their hearts.

Everyone sat scattered on the floor, Jia Huan bit a steamed bun and asked: "I don't know who... what should we call? Cousin? Is Mr. Gao Ligao in the yamen? Or are you going back first?"

Gong Kun said: "We brought a lot of birthday gifts and left early; he has official duties, so I think he will still be here."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "In order to show off your skills, do you want to find a bug in his territory? If not, make one up for him."

Jia Huan raised his hand and poked him: "It's so easy to talk, don't insert foreign words in it, it sounds weird."

Jia Cong was stunned, and suddenly remembered that this kind of language was heard most often in the company in his previous life. The whole sentence was in Chinese, and some professional words were in English. The unfamiliarity and familiarity mixed feelings, and he wanted to recite a poem with tears in his eyes. .

Jia Huan poked him again: "Why are you in a daze?"

Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's nothing, it's just that I can't think of any words to replace 'bug' at the moment."

Wu You said from the side: "Omissions."

Jia Cong shook his head: "It doesn't seem very appropriate. Omissions should be found by him but not noticed due to inattention. The bugs I am looking for are those he has no ability to find. It is not too important for the time being. If it is not complete, it will become a dyke for thousands of miles in the future. It's just..." He scratched his head and thought for a long time, but he couldn't say what he understood, "Forget it, whatever it is, in short, since you want to make him leave a very unusual impression, you have to do it in the past few days. find out."

Gong Kun looked at Wu Xiaoxi with a smile.For the convenience of going out, Xiaoxi has already pretended to be a boy, and said with a smile: "I discussed with my husband a few days ago, since the time is loose, and the intention is to let everyone go out to gain insights, I think I will not be in a hurry on this journey. I’m on my way.” She glanced at Jia Cong again, “Since the third young general is bold, I will be bold too.” Yin took out an envelope from her bag and handed it to Jia Cong.

Jia Cong took it over and looked at it. There was no writing on the cover, nor was it sealed, so he took out the letter from the inside and smiled after just a few glances.It says, blank, "Path Envoy", which says, this is my relative and son, he came to look for me, please take care of me on the way, and the end is "Pingan Prefecture Jiedushi Gaoli", Also stamped.Jia Cong laughed and said, "What a ghost, what do you think?"

Xiaoxi nodded and said: "The seal was made by Mr., and I dare not bring it with me for fear of accidents. In the early years, I heard several times that bold liars pretended to be Shangguan's family members and went to the county to cheat food and drink. I thought, the accounts we have seen for the past two or three years are nothing more than ordinary household transactions, and we have not seen what the official account books look like. It’s okay, but I’m afraid it’s not detailed and thorough.”

With a sound of "Puff", Jia Huan sprayed water and coughed for a long time before pointing at her and saying, "You still want to see the detail and comprehensiveness!"

Xiaoxi clapped his hands and said: "I found that many things can be seen on the books, but you have to look closely. If you don't have much effort, you may not be able to find them at a cursory look."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "That's not bad. Ordinary people will make false accounts." Nai asked again, "It's just whose name should be filled in?"

Gong Kun said: "Naturally, I went to investigate where I was, and I didn't know where I would target at the time."

Everyone laughed, and immediately regained their energy. They all hurriedly ate their dry food and geared up for the road.

After walking for another hour, I passed a small town, and everyone just finished eating the dry food and ate some rice noodles.Gong Kun went to inquire about the landguard in the town, and came back not long after, and said that not far away is Angu County.They added the words "Angu County Magistrate Li Wen" to Xiaoxi's forged letter, and Jia Cong and Jia Huan changed into the clothes of a dandy young master.

When we arrived in Angu County, seeing that the houses were small, dilapidated and uneven, there were few shops on the street, and there were few shops, and the pedestrians on the road were shabby and thin. Good officer."

Jia Huan said: "Look at this poor man, he is probably an upright official - because he has nothing to covet."

Jia Cong snorted and said, "An upright official and a good official are two different things. The people under his rule have a bad life, so he has to think of a way to come up with it. If he can't think of it, he should let the virtuous."

Yao'er said: "Don't be so arbitrary, talk about it after you meet someone."

Jia Huan looked at him and said, "Brother Yaoer thinks this county magistrate is good?"

Yao'er said: "I don't know. Because I haven't seen it, I can't stop it."

Gong Kun praised: "Weiss will be Jia Qingtian in the future." Everyone who said that laughed.

Someone went to the side of the road to inquire about the location of the county government office, and a group of people drove there in chariots and horses.Seeing that the gate of the yamen was deserted and there was not even a gatekeeper, Jia Cong was very curious, so he ran into it, and others quickly followed.I also saw two yamen servants sitting in the lobby and dozing against the pillars. There were no stools, but two old futons brought in from some temple that I don't know.Liu Feng pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "No. Those who follow power must have a desire for profit, so they shouldn't be so slack."

Gong Kun went over to shake one person awake and asked, "Where is your master?"

The man said in a daze, "Who are you in the back office?"

Gong Kun said, "I was sent by Mr. Gao."

The man pointed his hand back: "Find it yourself." Nai tilted his head, rubbed against the pillar, and fell asleep again.

Gong Kun looked back at the small ones, Jia Huan smiled and said, "Come on, I haven't seen what the county magistrate's back office looks like before."

But Yao'er hesitated and said, "I'm afraid there are relatives."

Jia Huan said: "The family members won't run around, besides, the elder brother of the yamen servant asked us to find it by ourselves." He said and walked to the back first.

Everyone followed suit.After walking a few steps to the back office, I saw a semi-bald old man lying on the desk, and five or six wine jars were poured in disorder beside him, and the room was full of alcohol.Jia Cong frowned and looked at him. He was over 50 years old, although he was drunk, he had a good face, a few wisps of beard and thin body, which was quite attractive.

Gong Kun hurriedly stepped forward to shake him awake, and asked, "But Mr. Li Wenli?"

The drunk old man let out a "hmm", narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who are you? Why did you trespass on my county office?"

Gong Kun cupped his hands to him and said, "I was sent by Mr. Gao, and a big yamen servant outside asked me to go straight inside to find Mr. Gao."

The drunk old man waved his hand: "That's right, that's right. I'm Li Wen. My brother, your trip was in vain. The land in Angu County has been scraped eighteen times, and now even the soil is gone. Anyway, I hand it over to you." If you don’t pay me, you can sell me if you have the ability.”

Everyone was shocked!After looking at each other for a long time, Gong Kun said: "Master Li misunderstood, we are not here to collect money."

Jia Cong watched a lot of TV in his previous life, so he immediately guessed several possibilities, so he stood up and saluted him deeply: "Master Li, you are polite. I am afraid that Master Li and my uncle may have misunderstood, I don't know if you may say something clearly ? Don’t fall into the trap of the villain.”

Li Wen shuddered when he heard the word "family uncle", straightened up and stared at him: "What did you say?"

Jia Cong said: "To be honest, Master Gao Ligao is my uncle." He looked up at Gong Kun, and Gong Kun took out the forged letter and handed it to Li Wen.

Li Wen immediately changed into a flattering look after reading it, and bowed to Jia Cong again and again: "I don't know that Young Master Gao is coming, and I am far away to welcome you. Forgive me." He was invited to take a seat again.

Jia Cong smiled wryly and said, "Forget it, don't come here. I still believe in the drunken appearance of your lord just now." He was not polite, and took his seat seriously, and said, "Listen to what your lord said first, could it be that someone is pretending to be my family? In the name of uncle, come to your county to search for people's fat and people's anointing?"

As if struck by lightning, Li Wen said in a trembling voice for a long time: "Why... is that... fake? Didn't Mr. Gao send someone to collect the money?" Suddenly he was in pain again, "Why am I, Li Wen? Stupid! Others will believe everything they say! So much money was coaxed away by some black-hearted person!" Suddenly he grabbed Jia Cong's arm, "Master Gao! I beg you, I beg you, Mr. Gao, please take those money away!" The liar will be arrested and brought to justice, otherwise the people on my side will really not be able to survive..." His appearance was crazy, and his words were so sad that Jia Cong and others' eyes were red when they heard it.

Jia Cong turned his head and looked at everyone, comfortingly said: "My lord, let go of your sorrow and explain the matter slowly."

Li Wen couldn't stop for a while, and cried for a long time before he choked up and explained the whole story.

It turns out that the land in Angu County is barren. In good years, the harvest is ordinary, and in bad years, it becomes more and more difficult for the people.It is not on any major traffic road, and the commercial roads are blocked, so it is extremely poor.He has been the county magistrate here for 14 years, and he also tried to transfer in the early years. Because he has no backer and little money, he can't clear the way, and no one here is willing to take over, so he can only spend it all the time.In the past, it was fine. I could barely pay enough taxes every year, and when I met a good year, the common people still had a surplus.In the past two years, the exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes have soared for unknown reasons, and the foundation of the county has long been drained.There are two rare wealthy households, one cannot be offended by someone in the court, and Li Wen has to try to make up for the taxes paid by his family, and the other has repeatedly forced their family to make up for others because Li Wen couldn't make up the tax money. moved elsewhere.

After talking in one sentence, Jia Cong and others were stunned, and Jia Huan first shouted: "There are still such things in the world!"

Jia Cong rolled his eyes at him, and snorted, "Have you learned a lot? The Master said, a tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger. This sentence is an eternal truth that will never change."

Li Wen cried: "In order to avoid some tax money, I begged my father to sue my grandma everywhere, and my face was thrown into the abyss long ago, but it was useless! Those old men said in person that I will try to go up and say good things. Exempt your taxes, but you can’t lose a copper coin later. Others pointed out that it’s useless to flatter you, you have to give them money. Pity me, Li Wen, who has a few salaries in the tax money, so where can I give them money!”

A few tears rolled down Yao'er's eyes, and he sighed softly: "This is just being cowardly and timid."

Li Wen wiped his tears and said to Jia Cong: "Why didn't Mr. Gao ask someone to increase those tax items? Is it because the people below are deceiving the upper and lower?"

Jia Cong said decisively: "Except for what is stipulated by the national law, my uncle has never added any other tax items. Mr. Li, why don't you show me the tax booklet?" He said so frankly and resolutely that even Gong Kun couldn't bear it. After glancing at him, Yao'er also made eye contact with Liu Feng, Xiaoxi and others - none of them believed it.

In ordinary times, Li Wenzong would not show the court's tax collection books to a kid who came out of nowhere.It's just that he was forced to go nowhere by the tax money. When he saw Jia Cong, he rushed in and took out a stack of account books as if he had been saved. He didn't care that Jia Cong was still a child, so he pointed out to him one by one. : "For the tea tax, we don't even have tea shops in the county, and no one drinks tea except those two rich households, and I can't even afford it; for the boat tax, there is only one small river in the county..."

Jia Cong looked at it dumbfounded: "Is this tax payer two hundred and fifty? How can there be such a rambunctious one? Why don't you collect fart tax?"

Li Wen immediately said: "Although there is no fart tax, there is a rice tax! People have to pay tax when they buy rice!"

Jia Cong feels that the bottom line of the Three Views has been refreshed again—who says the ancients are not trendy?There is consumption tax.

Li Wen sighed: "Young Master Gao, if this continues, the people will change. I, Li, can't stand the court."

Jia Cong immediately understood that his pretense just now was for nothing, and he didn't believe that Gao Li had never issued these orders. The crying and fussing all this was done in good faith for him to see, maybe a dead horse is a living horse doctor, thinking Using the mouth of young master Gao who doesn't know the truth, he directly appealed to Gao Li.So he also pretended to be a little angry youth who is concerned about the country and the people: "My lord, I will tell my uncle the truth, and arrest those villains who secretly pay exorbitant taxes."

Li Wen quickly bowed to him and said with tears in his eyes, "The lives of the people in Angu County are entrusted to the young master!"

Jia Cong stood up in a panic and supported him: "My lord, I'm so broken. I'm just a child with a yellow mouth, how can I be worthy of the gift from the lord." Then he returned the gift, "Thank you, lord, for your dedication People, it's really my uncle's luck."

Gong Kun couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard that it was "the luck of my uncle".Poor Gao Li has never even seen the face of this distant nephew, and he has already been branded as a prince.