Sun Chuanting sat in the county magistrate's seat for a long time, and finally stood up and said to Yunmeng: "It seems that Lantian County has become the domain of the Yun family. ."
Yunmeng shook his head and said: "Sixty percent of Xi'an Prefecture's grain comes from Lantian County, and 40% of the military grain from three of the nine sides comes from me.
I. After Lantian County began to collect commercial taxes, Shaanxi allocated an additional 17,867 taels of silver from Liao this year, and we, Lantian County, exclusively received 10,000 taels.
This is what Lantian County paid to the Ming Dynasty. Loyalty lies.
After visiting all the prefectures and counties in the world, I am the only one in Lantian County who pays summer grain and autumn taxes in full every year. When other prefectures and counties hear that there is an increase in Liao salary, everyone is complaining, but I am the only one in Lantian County. Your Majesty was anxious, and the day before I heard that there was an increase in Liao's salary. Three days later, my Lantian County government treasury was exhausted, and the Liao's salary was quickly escorted to Xi'an.
This is my Yun family's response. Your Majesty’s sincere heart.
For Shangguan, I, the Yun family, have tried my best to support you. For Your Majesty, I, the Yun family, have lost all their wealth and are filial piety.
Your Excellency, I have just come to Shaanxi to serve as governor. , what is the reason for taking the lead in attacking our Lantian County?
Is it that the people of our Lantian County are miserable because they are exploited by my Yun family, or are the people of our Lantian County so unjust that they dare not speak out?
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No?
Not to mention that my fourteen-year-old nephew saw Jian Nu repeatedly knocking on the door, which made me restless and personally led a hundred servants to the grassland outside the mouth. Damo fought against the Jiannu Tatars, just to hold back Jiannu so that the Ming army in Liaodong could take a breather.
Such a Yun family would be sorry for your majesty and the court. Let Your Excellency speak out the rebellious words of the Yun family in Lantian County?
Your Majesty, if you say this, are you not afraid of chilling the hearts of loyal people? ”
Sun Chuanting? He sneered and said: "Your Yun family is a family of bandits. How do you explain this?"
Yun Meng said with a smile: "The Yun family was punished by the adults for causing trouble in the village in the early years. A slap in the face will last for nearly 10 years." The three of us brothers have been punished for a year of hard labor, and the mistakes we made are treated as such.
The weapons we used to do evil back then were also turned into plowshares by the adults. Besides, I, the Yun family, are the ones who deserved it. The House of Robbers, even if this lawsuit is brought before His Majesty, you can't win, right?"
Sun Chuanting laughed, patted his forehead and said, "I was still kind back then. I’ll let you live.”
Yun Meng smiled and said, “One drink and one peck, I don’t have the kindness of my lord back then, and there is no such thing as the prosperous Lantian County now.”
Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "What a perfect explanation. You didn't say that the eunuch Xue Yuanyi came to your home in October this year and took away a thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes from your home for His Majesty to taste. His Majesty praised you Yunshi highly and wrote in person "Shu Liang" "The two words and the matter of your Yun family shining on the lintel can be regarded as a matter of saving some face for me.
What an arrangement, it really makes me speechless.
< p>But, who taught you to say these words?Yun Meng rubbed his hands together honestly and said sheepishly: "This is what my nephew taught me before he left." "
"The nine-year-old county magistrate in the past is now the fourteen-year-old Tongzhi Yunzhao? "
"Exactly! "
"Is he really the one who really calls the shots in your Yun family?
Yunmeng spread his hands and said: "Your Excellency is also aware of what happened back then. There is no possibility for the Yin clan of the Yun family to take charge of the family business."
Nowadays, the head of the Yun clan is Xiaguan’s nephew Yun Zhao. The child was ignorant since he was a child, but one day he suddenly became wise and achieved this great feat.
Sun Chuanting sneered and said: "It seems that I should send the ignorant child at home to Lantian County and let him get close to wild boars so that he can gain enlightenment."
Yunmeng smiled and said: "There are also people who do this and get injured by wild boars." "
"Yunmeng, Yunhu, Yunjiao, you are indeed not considered to be extremely evil people, otherwise you would have been killed long ago.
Since you said that Lantian County is rich and prosperous under the management of your family heads, then take me to take a look at Lantian County and look at every inch of this land that was governed by the thieves in the past. Everybody needs to see it. "
The anger on Sun Chuanting's face disappeared a little, and he became calmer. He no longer mentioned anything about the new magistrate county.
Yunmeng said with some embarrassment: "Of course It’s okay, there’s nothing shameful about the Yun family, it’s just…just…”
“What is it?” Can't you say it?
Yunmeng said with a grimace: "It's not that I can't tell, but I can't tell clearly. Even the official doesn't know where the border of Lantian County is now."
When harvesting autumn taxes this year... wealthy families from Qian County, Fufeng, Chang'an, Lintong, Shangnan, Shangzhou, and even Huayin all liked to come to Lantian County to pay taxes... I didn't know this. Will the local adults go?
Since Zhang Bingzhong pretended to attack Xiangyang Prefecture, there are also people in Hanzhong who are willing to take their whole families to Lantian County...I don’t know how to count these places..."
"What? "
Sun Chuanting screamed, looked at Yunmeng in shock, and said in a trembling voice: "You said that nearby states and counties have started paying taxes to your Yun family?
Why didn’t you report it? "
Yunmeng scratched his forehead and said: "I reported it! We have been miserable for a long time and have reported this to the police five or six times. Tiger, please go and invite Chief Zhang to come and let him explain. "
Sun Chuanting suppressed his furious heart, drank the water in the teacup in one gulp, and paced back and forth in the lobby. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Where did you report it? ”
“Xi’an Mansion, even Xue Yuanyi, the great eunuch sent by His Majesty to collect Liao’s salary, reported it, but no one came out to speak. Then, my little nephew became a fellow magistrate of Xi’an Mansion. . ”
Sun Chuanting’s hands were shaking violently in his sleeves, but his face was calm and calm. He didn’t sit in the magistrate’s lobby until Master Zhang arrived.Master Zhang was ordered to take out this year's autumn grain collection, and he was going to take a good look at it.
Master Zhang was a proud man. He led his subordinates to show all the account books to Sun Chuanting, and finally said proudly: "Sir, the land and grain books of Lantian County for the past three years are all here. A certain family dare not say that this is the clearest record of the Ming Dynasty, but they dare to say that if your Excellency finds out that there is a penny missing, a certain family will hang themselves from the beam in the lobby of Lantian County without your orders, and then ask the executioner to kill him. The body of a certain family was peeled off and placed in the county government pavilion to warn off intruders."
Sun Chuanting's hands flipped through the books quickly, his eyes flashing like those of wild beasts. A faint blue light.
He was very familiar with the official affairs of the Sixth Department of the County Government, and he roughly browsed through them in two hours.
Then he sat in the lobby without saying a word.
What a shock!
The grain production of Lantian County in one year has exceeded the grain production of the entire Guanzhong in the second year of Chongzhen. Although there was a severe drought in Guanzhong in the second year of Chongzhen, even this made Sun Chuanting unable to say a word in shock.
"Is there any error in the numbers on the book?"
I don't know how long it took, but Sun Chuanting's voice sounded faintly in the lobby.
Master Liu had been waiting for Sun Chuanting to ask this question for two hours. He raised his head and said, "The reason why your Excellency can see that the people in Xi'an Mansion have no worries about food and clothing, and merchants are coming and going." It's all thanks to the support of Lantian County."
Sun Chuanting raised his hand to Liu Shengong and said, "Master Liu has no equal in the country. Sun Chuanting has neglected me. I apologize."
Liu. After Ce gained face, he stopped acting arrogantly, leaned over and saluted, "Your Excellency, you are too modest."
Sun Chuanting's voice became gentler, and he cupped his hands fiercely towards Yun and said, "Your Excellency, the county magistrate has worked hard and done a great job." Ah."
Yunmeng quickly returned the courtesy and said: "I would like to apologize for my rudeness. In addition, the reason why you want to see my Lantian County team training is not because we three brothers are trying to prevaricate you, but because you are serious. I don’t have enough people to show it to the adults.
According to the order of the magistrate of Lantian County, all men in Lantian County who are over fifteen years old and under fifty-five years old are trained in the group.
If there were no bandits invading the territory, our Lantian County would never convene a group training without any reason. If the bells and drums were rung to call for a group training, all the men in Lantian County would put down their work and fight against the enemy together. Therefore, your lord, I want Look at the regiment training, unless the bandits invade our Lantian County."
Sun Chuanting sighed and said: "Nowadays, the world is in chaos. Since Lantian County has strong troops and horses, why can't they send troops to wipe out the bandits and restore peace to Guanzhong and the world. Where is peace?"
Liu Shen cupped his hands and said, "The people of Lantian County have the responsibility to guard the land in Lantian County, but they have no responsibility to guard other places.
That's the responsibility of other places. The responsibilities of the people and officials."
"So, even if the bandits attack Xi'an City, will you just sit back and ignore them?"
Liu Shen said with a smile: "Lantian County. In the past, people did notAt a time when thieves and bandits were rampant, the people had no food and clothing, and were selling their sons and daughters, none of the nobles in Xi'an came out of the city to appease the people and give us a grain of rice. ”