The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

However, Jia Cong pretended to be Gao Li's nephew and saw many nonsensical tax collections in Ping'an Prefecture from Li Wen, the magistrate of Angu County, all of which were sent by his superiors.Li Wen asked them where they were staying, and he said, "We went to Beijing to buy gifts for the old matriarch's birthday. I'm afraid it would be inconvenient to store these things elsewhere. I don't know if it's convenient for you to borrow your yamen to temporarily store them overnight."

Li Wen hurriedly agreed.He said awkwardly again: "It's just that we have nothing to entertain in the backcountry."

Jia Cong said: "Your Excellency, you don't have to be busy. There are restaurants in Guixian County if you want to come. I treat you to a meal as a thank you for my uncle."

How has Li Wen ever heard of senior officials and family members inviting the junior county magistrate to dinner?There was a faint doubt in my heart at first, but now it is all gone.

Gong Kunnai asked: "I don't know if there are better inns in your county? There are quite a few of us here."

Li Wen smiled bitterly and said: "Of course there are inns, but it's really not good." Then he thought for a while and said, "How about asking Young Master Gao to be wronged in the county government for a night?"

Jia Cong said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to live here. Just keep a few in the county government office. I'll take a closer look at these messy taxes at night."

Li Wen hurriedly agreed, and arranged for the carriages and horses from outside to clean up the house with them.Jia Cong, Jia Huan, Gong Kun, Yaoer, Liu Feng, Xiaoxi and others lived in the county government office when they were ready to read the accounts at night; all the others went out to live.For a while, Li Wen led them to the best restaurant in the county. According to Jia Cong, it was just a farmhouse, but the taste was good.Before leaving, Gong Kunte gave money according to the price, ranging from a penny to a penny.Seeing that many people were eating and drinking for free, and even this incident caused Li Wen to sigh for a long time, Jia Cong suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

After returning to the county government office, Jia Cong took the lead, and several people checked the accounts recklessly.Li Wen only thought of him as a precocious young master, since it was unusual to be able to buy birthday gifts for the old lady alone, he also hoped that he would be able to exempt the county from miscellaneous taxes and give whatever he wanted.Later, Gong Kun quietly added some ingredients to the old man's boiled water and let him go to sleep first.

Yao'er looked at the account book of the long case and sighed: "If only Angu County is like this, it's fine. If it's like this everywhere, the world will collapse."

Jia Cong said with a smile, "No. This is a poor county, even if there is a civil uprising, it won't cause much trouble. Now the world is rich, and it won't collapse in decades or even hundreds of years just by increasing taxes."

Jia Huan gave him a sideways look: "Will you die if you don't give in? Tell me quickly."

Jia Cong curled his lips: "Why have you ever betrayed me? Haven't had time to say it yet. The people in the world are very patient. Judging from this account book, I'm afraid we committed sins two years ago. These taxes are all from us. According to the plan, it will be added gradually in the next year." He sighed, "Because the six kings are worried about the destruction of the emperor, they must secretly want to raise soldiers. Raising soldiers is the most expensive thing in the world, and they need money more than before. The Gao family is probably the sixth prince's loyal loyalists, so they naturally began to scrape the land in Ping'an Prefecture for the master. He started to scrape, and if he didn't make sure, he scraped elsewhere. Hey, he committed a crime by not paying attention."

Everyone couldn't help being silent when they heard the words. After a long while, Jia Huan forced a smile and said: "It may not be...not sure..." He couldn't continue, and patted his forehead, "Forget it, if you are wrong, you are wrong, I admit it."

Jia Cong said: "Fortunately, I have heard that there are civil uprisings somewhere, maybe it is too late for them to stop now."

A cold light flashed in Gong Kun's eyes and said: "Third Master, those who achieve great things don't care about small details, so it is in our interest."

Jia Cong turned his head and glanced at him: "Is this a section?"

Gong Kun said: "The world is peaceful, and the emperor has nothing to govern, so there is only one person who can make decisions arbitrarily. That's what you said."

Jia Cong said: "That's right, I said it. But I didn't say that if the world is in chaos, it is not the emperor's arbitrary. Now that I am rich and prosperous, a few princes and princes can't squeeze it out in just a dozen years. Excessive taxation and miscellaneous taxes are ancient and What’s more, Liuhe Dong once wrote “Snake Catcher Talk”, how was the tax paid at that time? It took a hundred years for his article to be written before the Tang Dynasty fell. If they can't live on, they can bear it; if they live with only food and clothing, they can still bear it. Besides, they can still serve as slaves to survive. Unless most people in the world can't survive, there is no food at home, and there are no wild animals in the countryside. Only when they are full of food and give orders like yellow turbans will they turn against each other. What are ordinary small county people in the district? Call a group of troops at will and destroy them."

Jia Huan frowned and said: "According to you, there is nothing we can do? What if the sage really bullies our family in the future, or gets tired by the East Mansion?"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "As long as the princes don't make mistakes, the princes are rich and the emperor is poor, no matter whether the world is falling apart or not, they can hold the saint's hands and feet."

Gong Kun said: "Isn't it just that the princes are rich and the emperor is poor?"

Jia Cong said: "The riches of the princes are not in the princes' mansions, but in the people under the princes' rule, and in the popularity of the princes themselves. The world is rich, and merchants can make money. Why do you need to scrape the land of ordinary people? If it is not good, you can rob the rich and help the poor." Of course, robbing the rich and helping the poor is not a natural thing, just robbing the enemy's family, even if the court tax money is robbed. In my opinion, the current situation has nothing to do with the end of the dynasty. Twenty years in ten years It is extremely difficult to break up the imperial court. Only by taking the road of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the dynasty is still there, but the emperor may not be stronger than the princes regardless of money, grain and military talents, so that he can tie his hands and feet and make him dare not act rashly."

Gong Kun thought for a long time after hearing the words: "It seems to make sense."

Jia Cong said: "He Zong is our idea, we have to clean up this mess by ourselves." Nai looked back at Yao'er, "I'm afraid I will trouble Brother Yao'er."

Yao'er thought for a while: "Since our lack of thoughtfulness has caused trouble for the world, it's okay for me to stand out. It's just that if I remind the Sixth Prince for no reason, wouldn't it make him feel bad? I can't trust him, I'm afraid he Thinking that our heart is for the people, it will become more and more difficult to deal with innocent people in the future."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xiaoxi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Yao'er is also stubborn. Wouldn't you trade this with the Sixth Prince for your brother's wife?"

Everyone was stunned.

Xiaoxi said: "After all this time, elder brother Da'er has also been sent there. There are so many beauties in there. I didn't see him have the slightest thought of others."

The corners of Jia Cong's eyes drooped: "Xiaoxi, you don't know how to go often."

Xiaoxi said: "Sir often goes there, so naturally I often go with him."

Jia Cong and Jia Huan Qiqi rolled their eyes at Gong Kun.Gong Kun said with a smile: "Xiaoxi is a girl. If she wants to achieve great things, she should see all kinds of things in the world. The brothel is the place where girls should see the most."

Xiaoxi waved his hand and said, "Don't change the subject. Although the six kings are united, there are always people who want to be the leader. I'm afraid the sixth prince has more serious thoughts than the others, because it was his proposal at the beginning. I think Brother Da'er He is an infatuated person, and it is possible that no one will know about the Eighth Prince's scheme against him. Why not make a deal between Brother Yao'er and the Sixth Prince, and help the eldest brother get a wife within two years. Two years is enough time for six. The prince completely cut off that sister from the Eighth Prince—it would be too eye-catching immediately, and I'm afraid it will arouse the Eighth Prince's suspicion." Seeing that everyone was stunned, she snorted, "I knew it, You just coaxed Brother Da'er to get past that, and none of you paid attention to what he was thinking."

After a while, Yao'er said: "I heard from my father that the marriage is over, and saying it every two years is just an excuse for him to gradually understand."

Xiaoxi said, "What if he doesn't understand after two years?"

No one in this room has ever been in a relationship. Jia Cong had been in a relationship in his previous life, and it was only half a year after the breakup. He forgot about it when he fell into the monster, and couldn't help but look at each other.Jia Huan murmured: "It doesn't seem to be worthwhile, such an important *ug, just change to an ordinary woman."

Yao'er waved his hand and said: "Although that woman is ordinary, my brother is very important."

Liu Feng also said: "That's fine too, if brother Yao'er thinks of his brother very seriously, unless the sixth prince is stupid, he won't think about his family anymore."

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Actually, I also feel a little bit of a loss. This deal is not worthwhile. Anyway, it is to make up for our own mistakes. If it is cheaper, it will be cheaper."

The matter was settled.They looked at the account books for half a night, and because of the rare opportunity, they all saw the dawn, and they all climbed to the kang to sleep before Li Wen woke up.Fortunately, Li Wen's family members were all in their hometown, and they couldn't afford a servant, so no one found out.

On the other end, Wu You was not idle either.He was already an old thief. During dinner, Gong Kun only asked Li Wen like gossip. The family name of the person who relied on someone not paying taxes in the court was Pan, and the owner of the family was the uncle of the third grandmother of the Dingcheng Houfu.Since this person is not among the relatives of the Rongguo Mansion, who would be polite to him?That night, Wu You led a group of brothers to easily climb over the wall of the Pan family’s courtyard—compared with the high wall of the Rongguo Mansion, this place is almost flat ground. Wu You and the others, who are well-informed, don't even look down on these cheap furniture decorations.Besides, what Li Wen lacks now is money, these things are useless.He was also very courageous, and went straight to other people's tents, but only found a hundred taels of scattered silver.A few of them discussed the meeting, and they didn't even have much money for the account room, so they had to go to the right owner.

Just now I heard from Li Wen that this old man Pan is already 65, and he actually has a six-bedroom wife!They wandered around and broke through several windows before finding him, who was sleeping with a concubine in his arms.Wu You flipped the pin in front of the door, covered his face and went in quietly, first raised his hand and knocked the concubine unconscious, seeing that old man Pan was about to wake up, he suddenly pinched his throat.Old man Pan couldn't utter a word.Wu You said hoarsely, "Where's the money?"

Old Man Pan just stared.

Wu You casually tore off a piece of curtain to plug his mouth, twisted his arms together, took out a small piece of clothes at random, and tied him up. He kindly put a big robe on him, and said in a low voice, "Take the money." Change your life, or if I kill you, I can find it myself."

The old man was still staring at him motionless.

Wu You thought for a while, Bao Buqi was a miser, and it would take a lot of effort to ask questions, so he woke up the concubine.

The little concubine woke up in a trance, and suddenly saw a masked man in front of her. She was shocked, and before she could speak out, Wu You covered her mouth with one hand: "Do you know where this old man hid the money? If you tell me, why don't you?" If you can live, or go underground to accompany him."

The concubine hurriedly said: "Master's study room has a secret compartment, and a large amount of silver is in it."

The old man immediately rushed over with a muffled cry, Wu You pinched him with one hand, and said with a sneer, "Half of your body is going to be buried in the ground, this little lady is only seventeen or eighteen, and she is not afraid of being wicked!"

The concubine burst into tears when she heard this, and looked at Wu You pitifully with her lacquered eyes.Although Wu You was young, he was quite romantic. He said with a smile, "This little lady, has he ever done anything utterly unconscionable?"

The concubine hurriedly said: "That's a lot! In the early years at home, I often heard that he robbed people's land and livestock, and even killed people! I was also robbed by him..." Because of this, he burst into tears.

She just wanted to go into details, but Wu You didn't have time at the moment, so she hurriedly said: "It's enough to kill someone." She stretched out her hand to pinch Old Man Pan's neck.Old man Pan struggled violently.

Wu You smiled and said, "Would you like to pay back the money?"

Old man Pan nodded repeatedly.

Wu You snorted and said, "Did I ask you to pay me earlier?" He asked him to put on his shoes, and pushed him to the study.

Arriving at Pan's study, Old Man Pan tremblingly opened the hidden compartment, inside which were neatly lined up many silver ingots, at least thousands of taels.Wu You was not too polite, raised his hand to knock him out, whistled, all the brothers came in, the familiar ones shared the points equally, and left.

Wu You then carried the old man back to the concubine's room with one hand, and the concubine had already changed her clothes.Wu Younai asked her, "Is there anyone in your family?"

The concubine said: "Both father and brother are here."

Wu You frowned, raised her hand and knocked her out again.

Even though he was smarter than ordinary children, he was still just a young man. He was acting alone for the first time tonight.Now it is difficult for him to deal with this woman, so he had to tie old man Pan to the kang first, and then went to the study to get a pen and paper and wrote under the moonlight: "There is a beautiful person, the green forest is overwhelming the village, if you act rashly, you will destroy your whole family."

A brother laughed and said, "Brother Wu is going to take her into the village?"

Wu You waved his hand and said, "Where did we bring someone? It's just a bluff. You go back first, and I will arrange for this woman."

Everyone was not big, and they didn't think too much when they heard the words, so they went back to the inn first.Wu You then put the note threatening old man Pan on his concubine's dresser; because he had discovered many vacant houses in this county early in the afternoon, he sent the woman to an empty house not far from Pan's house. Fang shook her awake.

The woman knocked him unconscious twice a night, and she was also a little scared, so she shrank on the kang.Wu You then said what happened just now, and finally said: "My family is a king, and everything can only be decided after asking both sides. But I won't interrogate him this time, so I don't know if he really has someone's life in his hands. It’s inconvenient to deal with. He was frightened tonight, and he’ll be in a panic tomorrow. You’ll have hundreds of taels of silver with you, and you’ll run out of the city with some ashes on your face tomorrow morning. I’ve left a message to scare him.” Nai Explain the note in detail, "It's on your dressing table. He didn't dare to offend your family when he saw it." After speaking, seeing that the woman was still in a daze, she didn't dare to stay for long, and ran away .I went back and thought about it for a long time, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that there were many omissions in this matter, and I was so worried that I couldn't fall asleep.

Early the next morning, Li Wen hadn't woken up yet, and Jia Cong and others had just fallen asleep, when someone beat the county government's grievance drum loudly, and there was a lot of crying at the door. "The murderous thief killed my master~~~"

The yamen servant rushed in and woke up Li Wen, and said in a panic, "My lord, it's too bad, the old man of the Pan family was killed by a thief last night!"