In the next few days, Yang Ming received messages from Li Jing and Yang Yinjiang.
Li Jing wanted to return to Beijing and asked to see Yang Su.
It can be seen that this is to plead for Hong Fu Nu. After all, Hong Fu Nu is a member of Yang Su's family. What's the point of running into your house?
Li Jing was the magistrate of Hedong County and an official of Yang Ming's fiefdom. If he wanted to enter the capital, he had to be approved by Yang Ming. The reason was easy to find, so he just said that he came to the capital to do something, which was similar to a business trip.
As for the news brought by Yang Yinjiang, Yang Ming was overjoyed.
Who is Yang Su? I dare not say that the power belongs to the ruling and opposition parties, but at least half of the power belongs to the ruling and opposition parties.
A maid ran away from the house, how could he find her? Within a few days, the family had already found out.
However, Yang Su took into account that Li Jing was his protégé, and it would be really embarrassing for this matter to spread, so he did not send anyone to capture Hongfu Nu.
As the saying goes, good things never go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
This matter must not be hidden, but Yang Su is also a shameless person. His maid is having an affair with his protégé. If the news really spreads, he will not be able to show off his face.
But things were different now. Yang Su had tasted the sweetness of "reunion", so he changed his mind. Since he couldn't hide it, he simply said it himself.
So he directly told the story of Hong Fu's elopement with Li Jing at the court meeting.
He was also very good at choosing days. He would not speak when Dugu Jialuo was not around, but would only speak when Dugu Jialuo was in court.
He also said that Hongfu Nu's sincerity moved him. Li Jing's willingness to accept a maid aside from her family background was even more valuable. He was willing to accomplish this beautiful thing.
Dugu Jialuo praised Yang Suzhen as an elder on the spot and gave Zhang Chuchen to Li Jing as his first wife.
For Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, it was worth publicizing that a member of a wealthy family fell in love with a maid. Although they started their careers with the help of a wealthy family, their status and thoughts were different now.
How to weaken the power of the clan has always been the biggest headache for Yang Jian and his wife.
So the story of Hongfu's elopement meeting with Li Jing, under the instruction of Yang Jian and his wife, will soon spread in Daxing, and even the entire Sui Dynasty.
Li Jing became famous this time, and Yang Su's reputation among the people was also greatly improved.
It's another thing that has the best of both worlds. I have to say that Yang Su is really awesome.
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Hedong County,
Hedong County has jurisdiction over ten counties and is governed by Hedong County.
Li Jing was not a poor man. He bought a house when he first came to Hedong. He did not want to live in the Yamen because it was inconvenient to handle personal matters.
After arriving in Hedong, he has been secretly exchanging letters with Hong Fu Nu, but it is unclear through what channels.
After receiving Yang Ming's reply, Li Jing was half happy and worried. Of course he was happy that he and his sweetheart would be a legitimate couple from now on, but he was worried about the opinions of the family elders.
Fortunately, he was not the eldest son and was not as favored as his eldest brother Li Duan. In addition, the marriage was granted by the Holy Queen, so the clan would not dare to say anything nonsense, but private reprimands would certainly be inevitable.
It was a rainy day. After finishing his official duties at the county government, Li Jing returned home.
The ingenious Hongfu Girl has prepared a large table of dishes, which are still hot.
"Why are you cooking by yourself? Let your servants do these things in the future," Li Jing held Hong Fu's hand distressedly and sat down at the dining table together.
Li Jing was a son of a noble family. There were at least thirty servants in his house, and there were also servants who guarded the courtyard.
Hongfunu smiled and said: "Brother Xuanling said he was coming, so the Nu family specially prepared the food and wine to prevent Brother Xuanling from always complaining about your slow treatment of him."
Li Jinggang picked up the chopsticks and smiled when he heard this: "Then let's wait for him."
After a while, Fang Xuanling came holding a yellow clay jar.
"Congratulations to Brother Jing for getting married after becoming a saint. I'm here to express my congratulations."
Because Yang Ming had told him to ask Li Jing if he had any questions, and Li Jing was a very upright person, Fang Xuanling quickly became friends with Li Jing after he came to Hedong.
With a clang, the yellow clay jar was placed on the table by Fang Xuanling, and then his eyes were fixed on the jar of wine prepared by Hong Fu Nu.
"Hey, it's wine in a white porcelain bottle? Then let's drink this."
Hongfu Nu smiled and took away the jar of water and poured the wine away, then opened the white porcelain jar and poured a bowl for Fang Xuanling.
Every time Fang Xuanling came to Li Jing, he always brought the wine mixed with water that Yang Ming gave him. Li Jing would definitely not drink this kind of wine, so he could only bring out his own private collection for the two of them to drink together.
So Fang Xuanling came more diligently.
Fang Xuanling fell in love with drinking three years ago because he was a county captain in Xi (xi) City at that time. Where was Xi City? Fenyang, Shanxi.
After the two had a few drinks, Fang Xuanling put down the wine bowl and said:
"Starting this year, the royal family will collect taxes in Hedong. I have inquired. Last year, the taxes paid to the treasury in Hedong were 340,000 guan, 170,000 shi of millet, 36,000 pieces of silk, and 7 pieces of hemp. Eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty horses..."
Li Jing listened carefully and waited until the other party finished speaking before nodding and saying:
"The royal palace's fixed tax is basically about 90% of last year's total tax amount, but taxes vary every year. If the amount collected this year is less than 90% of last year's, His Highness will have to pay for it himself."
"The money is not enough," Fang Xuanling said:
"There are quite a lot of wealthy families in Hedong. It's good to let these people fill the gap, but I'm afraid the gap will be too big. After all, this time the Turks are rejected from the north, the Hedong Military Mansion has 22,000 people. These people have been exempted from taxes this year. In addition to the pension from the court, the county government offices also have to pay out rewards as a rule, and the palace is also very interested. It has just passed the middle of the year and there is already such a large deficit. I don’t know what will happen in the second half of the year."
The Sui Dynasty developed the military system based on the land equalization system.
According to the law, except for those who are exempted from service (clan, nobles, bureaucrats with high titles and their relatives), the remaining men aged 18 to 60 must perform corvee every year. Corvee refers to labor and miscellaneous labor. ,military service.
If you want to avoid doing corvee service, it is very simple. You must pay a certain amount of money and grain, and the government will do the service on your behalf. This payment for the service is called "gengfu".
Li Jing knew clearly that this year Hedong temporarily called up 22,000 people for military service. Because these people won the war, they were exempted from all taxes this year and had to pay rewards. Compared with last year, they must have lost a lot of income. .
The court doesn't care whether you have special circumstances or not. Anyway, the fixed tax of the fief is based on the previous year's base, and no less can be paid.
Therefore, if the Hedong region does not receive 90% of last year's tax money this year, Yang Ming will have to find a way on his own. Whether you use sleight of hand or coercion or inducement, in short, you have to make up for the gap.
After Li Jing thought for a while, he said:
"Your Highness is far away in Daxing and does not know that the situation in Hedong is special this year. As the recorder of the palace, you should shoulder this responsibility. This year's tax money must not only be made up, but also the expenses of the palace must be reserved. You come up with a solution. I am here Bian Dang will try his best to assist.”
Fang Xuanling laughed loudly: "What I want is what Brother Jing said. Since I am an official of the royal palace, if I have to trouble His Highness to resolve this matter personally, then I deserve to drink wine mixed with water for the rest of my life."
The two smiled at each other and raised their glasses at the same time.
