Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1262 A Fire in Autumn

As the dust of the Zheng family's rebellion settled, the surrounding area of ​​Chang'an seemed to have regained its vitality. After all, people had to live, eat and wear clothes, and the collapse of several small noble families who were involved with the Zheng family collapsed one after another, which also made A considerable part of the materials can be circulated on the market, alleviating the original shortage of materials in the Sansuke area.

   It's like He Shen fell and Jiaqing was full.

Although Zheng's, Pang's, etc. don't want He Shen to be so fat, but it's still quite comfortable to let Chang'an Sanfu area eat. Xu Shu and Pang Tong are somewhat addicted to food.

  The market has stabilized, and the autumn harvest has gradually unfolded, and the vitality of the entire Sansuke area has been revived, including the originally lifeless Zhongfu.

  However, in the current Zhongfu, it is no longer Zhong Shao who decides, but Zhong Jie. Zhong Jie is not the stunned-headed young man who was in Bingbei back then. After Mr. Zhong died, the heavy responsibility of the Zhong family fell on his shoulders, and he restrained a lot of his temper unknowingly.

  Chong Shao has already been buried in the ground, the period of filial piety has passed, and the black and white lanterns at the door have also been removed. Although they are not dressed in red and colorful, they can be considered to have entered a normal rhythm of life.

   Zhong Jie stood in the courtyard, looked at the sky in all directions, and let out a long breath.

  Although the Zhong family touched the authority, they were unable to grasp it and eventually slipped from their hands. Even so, the Zhong family remembered the texture and fragrance of the authority once in their hands, which was unforgettable.

  Under one person, above ten thousand people.

   Standing on the high palace, looking down on all living beings.

  If you have never tasted such a taste, it is only in your imagination, maybe it is not so uncomfortable, but after you have experienced such a sweet taste, it is not so easy to forget it again.

   "Mr. Shaolang, Wei Hucao is here..." the servant of the Zhong family reported.

   "Ah, please..." Zhong Jie said subconsciously, and then changed his words quickly, "No, no, I'd better meet someone in person..."

   After a while, Zhong Jie met Wei Duan and walked into the hall, talking and laughing. Both of them were smiling, but if you look closely, Zhong Jie's waist seems to be a little more bent.

Wei Duan is now the Hucao of Jingzhaoyin. Although it is only a position of four hundred stones, this is the land of Sanfu, which is three points higher than the Hucao of ordinary counties and counties. Zhengxi General Fei Qian pointed his fingers, if he said something, he would raise his hands upwards to show respect.

Wei Duan used to have a lot of complaints about General Zhengxi, and even used Fei Qian's surname as an issue, but it's different now. Speaking of it, Wei Duan is also a professional manager of later generations, whoever eats is his fan , at least on the surface, it is very good, it can be said that it is quite professional, unlike some white-eyed wolves in later generations, who laugh when they eat, and scold their mothers when they put down the dishes.

  In the Han Dynasty, this idea of ​​official standard and human standard coexisted without much conflict. For officials in the Han Dynasty, the position belonged to the state and the court, but it also belonged to the higher-level officials. This was a national policy formulated when Liu Bang founded the country. It has lasted for three or four hundred years and has become a solid mode of thinking. , no one thinks there is anything wrong.

Therefore, Wei Duan, as the official of the third assistant Jingzhao Yin, naturally became a subordinate of Zhengxi officials, so even if he had any opinions on Fei Qian before, he must ask Zhengxi General Fei when talking with other people. Submit to show due respect, otherwise, it would be tantamount to blatantly declaring that one's character is not good, which would be more embarrassing than killing Wei Duan, even if Wei Duan was shameless, the Wei family would also have shame.

  Of course, these are just on the face. As for what you think in your heart, that is another matter.

  Compared with Wei Duan, Zhong Jie is much worse, and now he is white, without any official position.

The old man Chong Shaozhong couldn’t bear to pass away, so as a son, he naturally needs to observe filial piety. Although Confucianism in the Han Dynasty was not so perverted, it was stipulated that an old man who died in the family should observe filial piety for three years, and two years would be six years. , then the only child will face six to twelve years of horrific career blanking, and how many twelve years will he have in his life...

  In the Han Dynasty, keeping filial piety was basically within the normal range, and there were still some during the hot filial piety period. As for special people, such as the emperor, the day can be used instead of the month. After thirty-six days, it is considered that three years of filial piety have been observed.

   Zhong Jie is not the emperor, when he has passed the hot filial piety period, the banner of General Fei Qian, who conquered the west, has been planted all over Sanfu, and there is no need for the Zhong family to do anything...

Although he didn't go out in the mansion, the servants would bring back some news, or have some correspondence, but after all, these are indirect sources of news, and this person is not the kind of extremely smart person, The future development can be deduced from the clues only by relying on some information, so the entire family of the Chong family now inevitably has some news lag.

I heard before that there were some conflicts between the Guanzhong gentry and Fei Qian, and then Zheng, who was jumping up and down and cheerful, was gone in a blink of an eye, and Wei Duan, who was dissatisfied with Fei Qian before, In a blink of an eye, he became a subordinate of General Zhengxi, which made Zhong Jie feel very uncomfortable.

More importantly, when Zhong Jie opened the door to look at the radish pits of Sansuke, he found that the suitable and good positions were almost filled, and there were only a few corners left. Su County, which was almost slaughtered...

  How embarrassing is this situation that originally touched the edge of top authority?

   "Brother Wei..." After the two parties sat down, they chatted for a few more words, and gradually got to the point, "I have been behind closed doors for a long time, and I don't know the current situation of the third assistant. I hope Brother Wei can enlighten me..."

  Wei Duan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't you dare? Brother Zhong is very affectionate and filial. I admire you very much. Brother Zhong is free to ask, but I should speak up."

   "So, there is indeed one thing I don't understand..." Zhong Jie also smiled and said, "There are so many changes in the current land administration, it is really confusing... I wonder if Brother Wei has any good words to teach?"

   Wei Duan's smile froze for a moment, as expected, he guessed right, and understood why Zhong Jie was looking for him.

  Levy Xitianzheng, that is, Juetian system.

In fact, for most of the nobles right now, the juetian system has not changed much of their status quo, on the contrary, it has reduced a lot of taxes, because the standard of latent taxes for levying generals from the west is not actually increased. , but decreased.

  Although it is a good thing to reduce the amount of tax collection, the Sansuke area is different from the area in the north. Haoyou, a gentry in the Sanfu area of ​​Guanzhong, was not too willing to accept this emerging juetian system. The reason is very simple. In the north, there is a new military merit system. Originally, he had nothing in his hands, so how to expropriate the newly awarded land is natural. Zhengxi alone has the final say, anyway, it's all extra.

  As for Sanfu, the original land tax system has lasted for decades, or even hundreds of years, so how can they easily accept the Juetian system of the descendants of General Feiqian who conquered the West?

  Three generations of Jue Tianyin.

   Sounds pretty good.

  The descendants of Enze who are upright in the Eight Classics, this Guanzhong nobleman wants to raise his limbs to support, but the problem is that Zhengxi stipulates that only Enze descendants, and these old guys in Guanzhong want endless Enze descendants...

Although most people don't live long enough for their children and grandchildren, and they know that there are two opinions about what the family will be like when their children and grandchildren live in the future, but it does not prevent them from feeling that if they just agree to switch to the new land administration, it will be tantamount to eating Big loss.

Because of this, when the Zheng family was making trouble, although most of the Guanzhong gentry Haoyou did not directly participate, there were many people who stood by and even gave Zheng a glance, but they did not expect that the so-called rumor of Zhengxi's death was just Jia Xu A hole dug by a few people was filled with many lives in an instant.

   Now the gentry in Guanzhong, including Wei Duan, became anxious. Although they also knew that it was impossible to conquer the west, and they would not kill all the gentry Haoyou in Guanzhong, but no one wanted to be the next Zheng family!

  Therefore, there was almost no hesitation. Many Guanzhong gentry including Wei Duan took the initiative to post on Zhengxi, saying that it would be fine to make and warm the bed...

  For a while, the soldiers and the civilians were in harmony with each other, very harmonious.

  China has been ruled by man since ancient times, so there are naturally many mysteries in it.

Because of Zheng's reason, Wei Duan and others expressed their willingness to serve under Zhengxi General Fei Qian, so Fei Qian put down his sword. This is a deal that everyone can accept, so Wei Duan changed his previous attitude towards Zheng Xi General Fei Qian of the West is in a state of picking his nose and eyes, and when he mentions Zhengxi, he is respectful. This is a courtesy, this is a rule, and there is nothing to say, but the Juetian New Deal of Zhengxi is going to be completely implemented, then It's another matter.

  After all, things in China have been like this since ancient times, one size equals one size, and everything cannot be bundled together and confused. Just like there is nothing wrong with repaying the favor of a drop of water, but there is no reason to repay the water of the entire Pacific Ocean.

  The gentry and Haoyou in Sansuke’s land certainly didn’t dare to think about going back to the old Zheng’s way, but it’s reasonable to negotiate a little bit, make some concessions, and make compromises, isn’t it?

In addition to the new Juetian Tianzheng, for other government affairs, such as resettlement of refugees, compilation of household registration, coordination of projects, promotion of production, etc., including Wei Duan, the new wave of Guanzhong gentry children who joined General Zhengxi did not Ambiguity, dedication, will not cut corners, and will not be sloppy, and do a pretty good job.

So, now generally speaking, there is still no problem, everyone is smiling, and the relationship is not deadlocked, but the problem will be manifested soon, because Zhuang He has matured and has already started harvesting one after another. The amount of taxes to be paid next has become the focus of this new round of games between the two sides.

   And Zhong Jie, at this moment, opened the door of the mansion, invited Cao Weiduan, a householder of Jingzhao Yin, to come to his home as a guest, and then raised this question...

   "Aha, there are so many things about Tian Zheng." Wei Duan blinked his eyes a few times, and then asked, "I don't know what Brother Zhong is referring to?"

   "Recently, I heard that the land of Sanfu intends to check the number of acres of land, so as to determine the endowment..." Zhong Jie said slowly, "...I have been at home for a long time and have no news. Dare I ask Brother Wei if there is such a thing?"

   It's only been two days, you kid still have the face to say that it's no news?

   Wei Duan murmured in his heart, but on the surface he said calmly, "This is the order of Pang Shijun, and we will naturally obey it."

  Pang Shijun? Is it just an order from that young Pang Tong?

   Zhong Jie looked at Wei Duan, pondered the meaning of Wei Duan's words, pondered for a while, and said, "Does General Zhengxi know about this?"

   Wei Duan smiled slightly, cupped his hands towards the top, and said: "General Zhengxi is busy with affairs, if such trivial matters need to bother the general, isn't it because we are incompetent?"

Understood.

   "So..." Zhong Jie nodded and said, "The autumn harvest has already begun, and the important task of harvesting grain cannot be delayed, and we need to check the acres of land... Such complicated affairs, Brother Wei is fortunate..."

"Alas..." Wei Duan cupped his hands upwards again, and said, "Serving General Zhengxi, how can you say it's hard work? It's just that there are so many things to do, and it's really exhausting to check the fields and acres... I've been thinking hard today, but I can't do anything , I wonder if brother Zhong has a good recipe?"

  How could Zhong Jie jump into such a big fire pit?

   Because of this, Zhong Jie excused himself with filial piety.

Wei Duan originally asked this question, not really to let Zhong Jie think of a way out, but just to confirm Zhong Jie's attitude. Pure filial piety, and then used some words to comfort...

  At this moment, suddenly a guard of Wei Duan rushed up under the leadership of Zhong's servants, prostrated himself on the ground and reported: "Mr. Pang sent an order! Please hurry to the government office to discuss matters!"

   Wei Duan frowned, and said, "Why do you have something to say?"

  The guard bowed again and said: "The envoy never said anything, the villain doesn't know, but..."

   "But what, to be honest..." Wei Duan said.

   "The water dragons on Suzaku Street were dispatched before, saying that the pavilion was flooded..." The guard replied, "The fire must have been small, and it has now been extinguished..."

   "Water leaking from the pavilion?" Wei Duan and Zhong Jie repeated, and then both of them saw the other's expression was a little weird.

   Wei Duan stood up and bowed to salute: "Brother Zhong, I'm sorry...Pang Shijun has a call, and my younger brother bids farewell..."

   "Brother Wei, you are welcome..." Zhong Jie hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said, "Naturally, the important thing should be the most important...Brother Wei, please..."

  The two were polite, and Zhong Jie personally sent Wei Duan to the gate of the mansion. Wei Duan couldn't refuse, so he accepted it.

  Getai, that is the place where all kinds of books and documents are stored, and naturally it also includes the data of the fields and acres of the surrounding households...

  This fire is strange!

  Zhong Jie shook his head, and then said: "Come here, close the door and close the house! Everyone in the house must report to someone when they come in and out!"

  The limelight is not good, let's avoid it again...

  (end of this chapter)