In the lobby of the General Manager's Mansion, Yang Ming met with this old man who was quite prestigious in Jiangling County.
In any case, Wen Yi was disabled due to fighting for the country. Yang Ming would still respect him on the surface.
So he ordered the guards to carry Wen Yi into the lobby, and placed a high table in front of him with a glass of warm water on it.
Making tea takes a lot of effort, so most of the time I treat people with water.
"When I first came to Jiangling, I heard the name of Duke Wen. Do you have something to do when you come here today?" Yang Ming said with a smile.
Wen Yi took some time off and said with a smile: "I am disabled and have difficulty moving. When Your Highness came to Jiangling, I was unable to bring my broken body to express my congratulations. Now I feel that I am still in good health. Although my descendants have stopped me, I still insist on it." I have come to pay homage to His Highness, and it is truly a blessing to see His Highness Tianyan today."
He's quite good at speaking nice words... Yang Ming chuckled and said, "What is the position of Duke Wen?"
Wen Yi said: "I once served as the Chief Registrar of His Royal Highness the King of Han Dynasty."
Yang Ming came again: "What is your current position?"
Wen Yi: "There is no official position now."
Yang Ming chuckled: "If you don't have an official status, why do you call yourself a subordinate?"
Wen Yi was stunned and speechless.
What does he mean? Why care about a title? I was once an official, shouldn't I call myself a subordinate?
sure,
There is no such provision in the Kaihuang Law, but Yang Ming is willing to argue with you about this, what can you do?
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Without an official position, you are in vain. Wen Gong needs to be more careful in his words. If the common people call themselves ministers, it is suspected of overstepping their bounds. Of course, I am just reminding you."
Good guy... This guy is not simple. After a few simple words at the beginning, Wen Yi was already weak. As expected, all members of the royal family are easy to get along with.
How old is this kid in front of you? It actually made me stunned for a moment.
This guy is difficult to deal with.
Wen Yi hurriedly said: "It was a common mistake, but fortunately His Highness corrected it and it didn't lead to a big mistake."
"If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no greater good, but... I still have to correct you a little bit," Yang Ming said, waving his hand to the guard, who handed a scroll of paper to Wen Yi.
After Wen Yi took it, he roughly scanned the contents and suddenly panicked.
The document contains a record of the land he received from the county government. It clearly states that he received twenty acres of land, which is two thousand acres.
The person who came here is not a good person... Wen Yi became nervous instantly, and his little heart was beating fast.
He used to be a seventh-rank junior, with a land of sixty acres. The extra land was added privately with the tacit approval of the King of Han because he was the general manager of the palace.
I didn't expect that it would be revealed now. Is this young highness trying to punish me?
Wen Yi quickly explained:
"This field is a reward from His Highness the King of Han. No ordinary people dare to change it without permission."
The smile on Yang Ming's face disappeared in an instant, and he said with sharp eyes: "You mean, the King of Han will reward you with 20 acres of public land?"
The public land cannot be rewarded. These fields are used for daily official expenses of the government. The officials in the yamen all rely on these fields for their livelihood.
In the early years of the founding of the Emperor, the prefectures, counties, and counties were divided into nine levels. The public land of each level was different. Jiangling County belonged to Shangxia County, and the public land should be two hundred. But in fact, the government should It occupies about four to five hundred Qing.
But after Wen Yi left office, he still took twenty yuan and refused to pay it back. This was a crime of losing his head.
He felt more and more that he could not be kind today, so he hurriedly moved Han Wang Yang Liang to support him. Unexpectedly, he could not answer the last question of the other party.
nod? That means the King of Han is breaking the law. If he doesn't nod, he is breaking the law.
So he became mute.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Yang Ming asked again: "When will Wen Gong's twenty acres of land be returned?"
Wen Yi hurriedly said: "I'll return it tomorrow."
Yang Ming said again: "The land you are entitled to is sixty acres. When will the difference be returned?"
Enter your mother...this is
Do you want to settle old scores with me?
Wen Yi hesitated and said: "This... this... this... this..."
"Don't do this or this?" Yang Ming said with a smile: "If it is really taught by the King of Han, I will never look into it carefully."
As if grasping at a life-saving straw, Wen Yi nodded quickly and said, "It is indeed awarded by His Highness the King of Han."
"Really?" Yang Ming nodded, and said to Duan Chong, who was recording the affairs of the General Manager's Mansion in the hall: "Immediately write a letter and send it to the Han Dynasty Mansion in Jinyang in my name to inquire about the authenticity of this matter."
Duan Chou nodded and started writing.
This person was recruited by Yang Ming from the county governor's office. He turned out to be the chief bookkeeper of Jiangling County and was a good writer.
When Wen Yi saw this, he was completely confused. If this matter was brought to the King of Han, the King of Han would definitely deny it. At that time, it would not be a crime of moving public land privately, but it might be a house confiscation.
So he waved his hands desperately. If his leg hadn't been lame, he could stand up now.
"No, no, no, it was not given by His Highness the King of Han, but by the greed of the common people. Your Highness, please bypass me..."
Yang Ming leaned back and sneered repeatedly.
"I'll pay it back tomorrow, I'll pay it back tomorrow, and I'll pay back all the positions and the difference tomorrow," Wen Yi said with a sad face.
Yang Ming won't kill him yet, because he hasn't seen the money. When will the other party spit out all the money?
In fact, this kind of people cannot be killed casually. You have to take care of other people's mood.
If Wen Yi is killed this time, will everyone in the other clans be in danger?
This is not good. I am only asking you for money, not your life.
So Yang Ming nodded and said: "At this time tomorrow, I will wait here, waiting for Mr. Wen to hand over all the money that should be paid."
After that, Yang Ming shouted outside: "Someone, take him out."
...
Wen Yi, who left the General Manager's Mansion, seemed to have walked through the gates of hell. He was covered in sweat, as if he had taken a bath.
They were all already in their own carriages, still trembling and frightened.
Because he has realized the seriousness of the matter. The job field is just an appetizer, and the big one is yet to come.
How did the Wen family provoke this little devil?
He originally thought that the other party would let the Wen family go for the sake of King Han, but looking at it now, King Han's face was nothing, and it would not work in front of this little King of Hell.
Who taught him to do this at a young age?
No one behind the scenes to offer advice? impossible! I have never seen such a difficult little baby.
Not only did the trip go in vain today, but I also spent a lot of money on it.
Wen Yi suddenly felt that he felt like a sheep falling into a tiger's mouth...
...
The general manager's office is an official, and according to the law, the general manager can make changes on his own initiative.
At present, the Jingzhou General Manager's Office only has Yuan Wendu, Sima Pangniu, and Duan Chou as chief clerk.
What is still missing: those involved in making fortunes, performing wine sacrifices, meritorious officials in the fields of finance, household, soldiers, law, and scholars, warehouse governors, city magistrates, etc.
Among them, I won’t talk about Dian Tiao. Dian Tiao is a close eunuch sent by the emperor to the princes, princes and governors of the state. They are called Dian Ling scribes and are responsible for things like memorials. In fact, they are monitoring you.
Yang Ming didn't have any signatures around him. As for why there wasn't one, you have to ask Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo.
As for the people engaged in offering sacrifices to wine, they are responsible for the merits such as money, households, soldiers, law, and scholars.
Jin Cao, in charge of currency, salt and iron affairs.
Hu Cao is in charge of household affairs, temple worship, and farming and mulberry affairs.
Bingcao is in charge of military preparations, weapons, and defense matters.
Fa Cao, in charge of postal services and judicial affairs.
Shi Cao was in charge of Tu Gong, Gong Xie, Jin Liang (derry bridge), boats and carts, and crafts.
As for the warehouse governor, this is easy to understand, that is, the warehouse manager.
City order, in charge of market transactions.
These are all officials of the royal palace. The Zuo members below them can appoint themselves, because the Zuo members have no rank. Generally,
They range from three to five, and there are also seven or eight. As long as you have money to pay people's wages, you can raise twenty.
For these vacant positions, except for the warehouse governor, who is temporarily held by Xu Jing, Yang Ming wants to choose the others slowly.
Because these people will become his team members in the future like Li Jingfang Xuanling, so we have to be cautious.
As for whether the lack of personnel will affect official duties?
The answer is no, because most official affairs have been handled locally. If those governors and governors are not even aware of sharing Yang Ming's worries, they are not suitable to be officials.
The main task of the Jingzhou Governor's function is actually only one: no rebels in the jurisdiction.
Other than that, do whatever you like, no one cares about you.
Yang Yinjiang, who was traveling far away for the first time, was no longer a homebody. She was like a wild horse running wild. She was away from the house all day, leaving early and coming back late, very punctual.
When meal time comes, she will definitely come back, like a cat that smells meat.
At first, she was not used to the cuisine in Gangneung, but now she is used to it and is quite addicted.
But for some reason, she didn't like Gao Yue very much. Whenever she saw him with a nose that was neither a nose nor an eye, she never gave him a good look.
Even Chen Shuyi was puzzled and asked Yang Ming privately if there was any grudge between them.
Yang Ming directly refuted Chen Shuyi, don't care about these trivial things, you have a mission, you should care about what secrets Gao Yue hides.
The inner treasury of the General Manager's Mansion was already half full, so Yang Ming ordered Xu Jing to find some laborers to build a few more warehouses.
The laborers will ask for some labor and labor from the government.
Labor service and military service are ordinary people. Common people have to perform corvée service every year. Corvee service, labor service and military service are all unpaid labor, and they need to prepare their own food.
Of course Yang Ming would not let them work in vain. He would not save this small amount of money, and he gave it very generously.
One liter of rice per person per day, twenty dollars, enough to feed one person.
There is no other place with this kind of treatment in Sui Dynasty.
Early the next morning, Yang Ming was still asleep when he was woken up by Xu Jing.
It turned out that Pang Niu from the front office came to report, and the lame man named Wen Yi came with money.
Yang Ming had someone calculate that the rent for one acre of land was three shi of millet, which was about two hundred catties. The tune is 2 feet of silk and 3 pounds of hemp.
The taxation in the Sui Dynasty was called renting and yongdiao. Renting meant paying for grain, and adjusting meant paying for cloth. Yongyong meant paying for grain and cloth to avoid the corvee.
Wen Yi has been holding these twenty pieces of land for seven years, so Wen Yi should pay 5,820 shi of corn back. The price of grain varies every year, with an average of 300 qian/stone. For the land rent, he needs to pay 170 shi. One hundred and forty-six thousand yuan, which is one thousand seven hundred and forty guan.
The average price of one foot of silk is 120 qian per foot, and the average price of one pound of hemp is 30 qian per catty.
This is converted to 640,200 yuan, rounded up to 650 yuan.
The total rent and transfer amount to 2,390 guan.
This is not over yet, there is still mediocrity.
Yong refers to the money that needs to be paid for not doing corvee work, which is called Gengfu. Gengfu is a big sum of money, but it is not easy to calculate, because Gengfu is calculated by male, not by land.
So Yang Ming randomly decided on a number, just two thousand strings.
In other words, Wen Yi needs to hand over 4,390 yuan.
This amount of money is just a drop in the bucket for Yang Ming, but for a small family like Wen Yi, it's a lot of money.
In the courtyard in front of the government office, dozens of people began to open the boxes and count the money. They calculated it based on 4,390 yuan, and there was no loss of a single amount.
However, Wen Yi didn't panic at all. He was not as careful as Yang Ming. Instead, he moved half of the inventory at home. He also pointed out that he could satisfy Yang Ming and let him go.
