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The reason why a seventh-rank Hucao in Liu Yuanshou District dared to face the sixth-rank county magistrate and the sixth-rank chief registrar and tax ambassador, although their rank was low, but their power was not small at all, was because Wannian County’s taxes were directly Handed over to Taifu Temple.

There are currently six Chixian counties in the world, two in Chang'an, two in Luoyang, and two in Jinyang. Only Chixian County in Chang'an is special.

As long as Taifu Temple did not raise questions about Wannian County's finances, Liu Yuanshouquan's questions from other departments would be nothing more than nonsense.

That's right, just think of it as fart!

In the past, the Ministry of Household Affairs asked Wannian County's money and food to be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. This is what the county official said, saying that the Ministry of Household Affairs was farting.

You must know that the direct boss of the Ministry of Revenue at that time was Prime Minister Du Zhenglun.

The position of Wannian County Magistrate was given by Emperor Li Zhi, and it was also a bet agreed between the two of them.

Yunchu wanted to build Chang'an into a city of ten thousand cities, and Li Zhi was happy to see the success. This was the reason why Yunchu was able to dominate Wannian County for nearly eight years and remain standing.

Therefore, Yunchu only needs to be responsible to the emperor alone. As long as the emperor is satisfied with the development of Wannian County, basically everything others say is bullshit.

The taxes paid by Wannian County increased every year, but the grain consumed by the imperial court in Wannian County decreased every year.

Once the rations of the 500,000 people in Wannian County are no longer supported by high-priced grain, Chang'an will truly enter a period of rapid development.

Yunchu wanted the surrounding state capitals to take the initiative to supply grain and grass to Chang'an through commercial means, liberate the grain and let the grain go to the border army. In this way, the border defense could be greatly stabilized and the court would solve a huge trouble.

Chang'an has a population of one million and consumes two million tons of grain. This is the important reason why Li Zhi and Wu Mei want to move the capital to Luoyang.

Therefore, if you want to understand Wannian County, you must consider it from the national level. It is definitely not something as trivial as impeaching Wannian County for making random remarks that can defeat Yunchu.

Liu Yuanshou was naturally aware of these things, so he looked at Xie Rong, Zhang Hua, and Qu You like ants.

Once the magistrate comes back, he can crush them to death with the lift of a finger.

Since bonuses were not allowed, Liu Yuanshou thought that they should not be given out. Since they were not given out, he might as well not even get free meals in the official house.

Since the day's meals are eliminated, tea is also eliminated. Since there is no need to drink hot tea, even the charcoal fire is eliminated.

Since even the charcoal fire money has been cancelled, the housing subsidy that has been implemented in Wannian County for seven years should naturally be cancelled. At the same time, the supply of affordable grain, affordable vegetables and meat, affordable spices and salt for the family members of the government offices should also be cancelled. Affordable silks, cloths, etc. should all be cancelled.

The cleaning fee, sanitation fee, chamber pot disposal fee, inspection fee, and security fee that were not originally charged will naturally be charged again.

The annual salary of the magistrate of Wannian County is 40 tons of rice, 20,000 yuan, and 36 pounds of salt. He also supplies it every day, including two liters and two tons of fine rice, eight tons of round-grained rice, two liters and four tons of noodles, and one and a half liters of wine. , quarters of mutton, quarters of sauce, quarters of vinegar, three melons, salt, black bean, green onion, ginger, sunflower, leek and so on.

The county magistrate will reduce the supply by two levels, and the chief bookkeeper will reduce the supply by the third level.

In Liu Yuanshou's view, since the three newcomers will not let everyone live a good life, everyone should stop living a good life.

Anyway, during the seven or eight years that the county magistrate was here, as long as there were people in the Wannian County Yamen who did not act recklessly, the last ones in Chang'an were from well-off families.

Even the officials were able to buy good and affordable houses during the renovation of the old city. Even if no money was paid, everyone could live a comfortable life for a long time.

Wannian County's salary was originally paid on a monthly basis, but now Liu Yuanshou is ready to pay it out with his remaining breath. As for the year-end bonus, everyone doesn't need to think about it.

Yu Xiurong was very surprised when he saw the salary of Wannian County magistrate that Liu Yuanshou personally delivered to his home.

Because her husband has been the magistrate of Wannian County for many years, and this is the first time he has seen his salary.

After listening to Liu Yuanshou's explanation, Yu Xiurong chuckled and said to Liu Yuanshou: "In this case, since my husband usually puts his salary in the county government kitchen to add meals for everyone, don't change this rule. Take it back and see. For people from poor families who are having a hard time, use these things to help them, and don’t make the poor people in the government have a hard time just because of this."

Liu Yuanshou chuckled and said: "Madam, I don't know, but the poorest people in our Wannian County Yamen are probably those three people with no reputation.

This is the county magistrate's salary money. Madam, you can accept it, but if you don't accept it, it will be difficult for people in humble positions to continue working. "

Yu Xiurong felt that what Liu Yuanshou said was very reasonable. Wannian County was about to start purging now. As the wife of the county magistrate, she naturally had to take the lead and not delay her husband's official business.

After Liu Yuanshou left, Mrs. Cui stepped forward and said to Yu Xiurong: "Liu Hucao and the others are going to give the newly arrived county magistrate, chief registrar, and tax ambassador a slap in the face."

Yu Xiurong said: "Since they can be officials, they will not lack so much money to serve."

Mrs. Cui smiled and said: "Madam, not just anyone can stand in Chang'an.

Over the years, the monarchs have been constantly renovating Chang'an City and have completely demolished all the shabby and cheap markets. In the past, when poor people came to Chang'an City, they could still find some low-cost accommodation.

After so many years of renovation, those dilapidated and low-cost places have been completely renewed. It is not easy for ordinary people to live in Chang'an. "

Yu Xiurong said in confusion: "Not necessarily, there are many poor people in Jinchangfang. Since you said Chang'an is not suitable for poor people to live in, how come they work in Jinchangfang?"

Ms. Cui smiled and said, "Madam, you don't know. The poor people who come to work in Jinchangfang are provided with accommodation by their employers. They don't need to own a house, they only need to provide labor, and the employer will naturally arrange everything.

Those officials are different. How could they live under someone else's roof? The houses they live in in Chang'an are either bought or rented. The magistrate of Wupinchi County, who is a noble prince, only has forty dans of rice and two taels of rice in a year. Ten thousand dollars, it is difficult to rent a decent house in Chang'an with this money, let alone bear the food and drink expenses of the whole family.

At that time, Liu Rengui's official position was larger than that of the monarch, and their house was provided by the court. Even so, Mrs. Liu still needed to raise chickens to supplement the household income. Do you think that after completely getting rid of the government, Wannian County's counties How much money did the Prime Minister, the Registrar, and the Tax Ambassador throw into it?

I thought that Liu Hucao was forcing these three people to commit corruption. Once they started to commit corruption, Liu Hucao and the others would use this to blackmail these three people into obedience or get out immediately. "

After hearing Cui's explanation, Yu Xiurong sighed: "It's all about the difficulty of official career, and I can really see it.

Ms. Cui, please go and make arrangements to see where these three families buy food and shopping. If these traders are familiar with us, we might as well let them sell more expensively. This way we can make these people give up as soon as possible. It’s time to go Just do whatever you want, don't mess around in Chang'an City. "

Mrs. Cui smiled and nodded: "It's natural. Since they are determined to go against the king, those liars, kidnappers, loan sharks, casinos, and brothels in Chang'an City will naturally come to them." .”

Yu Xiurong sighed and said, "Don't go too far. My husband is a dignified Marquis of Guannei, so you still have to take your face into consideration."

Cui Yao, who had been standing by the side without saying a word, suddenly said: "A big family will not do such a thing."

Yu Xiurong said: "We are still a small family that cannot get on the stage. Before we become a big family, we can do some things like chickens and dogs and thieves."

Cui Yao thought for a moment and said, "Can the Yun family really reach every merchant in Chang'an City?"

Yu Xiurong shook his head and said: "My husband once said that the relationship between people is extremely wonderful, and you only need to go through six people at most to get in touch with the person you want to know.

I once experimented that by finding up to four or five people through the merchants in Jinchangfang, I could connect with the people I wanted to know in Chang'an City.

In other words, as long as we take care of the relationship between these four or five people, we can do a lot of things. "

Cui Yao shook her head and said, "I don't believe it."

Yu Xiurong smiled and said, "How do you think you reunited with your husband Fei Jiu back then?"

Cui Yao remained silent, picked up her child and went to the study room. She was going to make a simple verification by making a list on paper.

Yu Xiurong is an unreasonable woman, especially when the interests of the Yun family are involved, Yu Xiurong has no tolerance at all.

Cui was originally the number one vicious dog under Yu Xiurong. She was loyal to Yun and could do anything harmful to nature as long as she was let out.

Cui Yao knows the family very well and knows how to educate a good girl, but people don't know how many things a truly good girl has to go through to become a girl that Cui Yao is satisfied with.

It is easy to destroy a girl. When she is young, she can steal or abduct her. When she is older, she can deceive, seduce, disfigure, or ruin her reputation.

As long as these bad things stick together, this girl will not be able to become a good woman that everyone praises.

It is even easier to destroy a boy. You can gamble, get involved in a brothel, or even cultivate your sexual orientation intentionally.

The girl a boy likes can be sick, and the casino where the boy often wins money can be opened for him alone, and these things are just basic operations.

Cui Yao never thought that Liu Hucao just wanted to make it impossible for the three people in Wannian County to live in a house or eat.

This vicious little official probably wanted to destroy these three people, and he also wanted these three people to die without a burial place. Even their posthumous names, Liu Hucao, was ready to take them away.

When it comes to familiarity with Chang'an City, who can be better than these subordinate officials?

When Liu Hucao came out of the Yun Family Gate, it was the time when the dusk drums in Chang'an City began to beat.

One hundred and eight dusk drums resounded throughout Chang'an City.

Even the pigeons flying around the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are returning to their nests at this moment.

Liu Hucao walked on Zhuque Street to the beat of drums, looking at the people of Chang'an who were hurriedly going home, stroking his long beard and looking at the imperial city at the end of Zhuque Street, showing a smile.

He never felt that the people who controlled Chang'an City were the people in the imperial city.

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