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Chapter 14 Selfish Lantian County

Sun Chuanting sat in the county magistrate's seat for a long time, finally stood up and said to Yun Meng: "It seems that Lantian County has become the world of the Yun family."

Yun Meng shook his head and said, "60% of the food and fodder in Xi'an Prefecture comes from Lantian County, three of the nine sides, and 40% of the military food comes from Lantian County.

Since Lantian County began to collect commercial taxes, Shaanxi has added 17,867 taels of silver to pay, and Lantian County has exclusively 10,000 taels of silver.

This is the loyalty of my Lantian County to the Ming Dynasty.

I have been in the world several times, but I, Lantian County, paid the summer grain and autumn tax every year. I heard that there were additional Liao pay and all the people complained. Only Lantian County was anxious about what Your Majesty was worried about. The day before, I heard that there were additional Liao pay and the tax was charged. Three days later, I exhausted my Lantian County treasury and quickly escorted the Liao pay to Xi'an Prefecture.

This is what my Yun family wants to His Majesty.

For Shangguan, I, Yun, have done my best to help you, and I, Yun, are filial to you, who have lost all my money.

When I first came to Shaanxi, I became the governor of Shaanxi. What is the reason for taking the lead in attacking my Lantian County?

Could it be that the people in Lantian County, who were exploited by my Yun family, are they not living in poverty, or are the people who are now injustice in Lantian County, so that the people dare not speak out?

No?

Not to mention that my 14-year-old nephew, seeing Jiannu repeatedly knocking on the gates, made me restless in the Ming Dynasty. He personally led a hundred family members to fight against the Jiannu Tartars in the grassland and desert outside the mouth, so that the Ming army in Liaodong could breathe a breath.

In this way, Yun family, I am sorry to Your Majesty and the court, so I asked the adults to tell you the rebellious words of Yun family covering the sky in Lantian County?

If you say this, aren’t you afraid of losing the hearts of loyal and determined people?”

Sun Chuanting sneered: "You Yun family is a bandit family. How do you explain this?"

Yun Meng smiled and said, "Yun's family was punished by the countryside in her early years and had been punished by adults. After nearly a year of hard labor, the three of us brothers were punished, and the mistakes made were considered to be considered as a mistake.

The weapons we used to do evil were also made into plows by the Lord. Besides, I, Yun, is a family of bandits. Even if I attack this lawsuit in front of His Majesty, I will not be able to win, right?"

Sun Chuanting smiled and patted his forehead: "I was still kind back then, and I let you go."

Yun Meng smiled and said, "Every drink and peck, there is no such kindness as the adults back then, nor does it have the prosperity of Lantian County now."

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "What a perfect explanation. You didn't say that the eunuch Xue Yuanyi came to your house in October this year and took a thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes from your house to offer to Your Majesty to taste. Your Majesty praised you Yun's family and wrote the word "Soul Liang" in person to highlight your Yun's family's lintel. This is a matter of leaving some face for the official.

It's so easy to arrange, I really make me speechless.

But, who taught you how to say this?"

Yun Meng rubbed his hands honestly and said embarrassedly: "This is what my nephew said before leaving."

"The former nine-year-old county magistrate, now fourteen-year-old Yun Zhao?"

“That’s right!”

"Is it really him who is the real person in Yun's family?"

Yun Meng spread his hands and said, "I knew what happened back then, and the Yin clan of the Yun clan had no possibility of taking charge of the family business.

Now, the leader of the Yun clan is Yun Zhao, the nephew of the lower official. The child was ignorant since childhood. One day, he suddenly became very intelligent and became such a great achievement."

Sun Chuanting sneered: "It seems that I should also send the ignorant child in my family to Lantian County to let him get close to the wild boar, so that he can enlighten his mind."

Yun Meng smiled and said, "Someone is doing this and was injured by a wild boar."

"Yun Meng, Yunhu, Yunjiao, etc. are indeed not considered extremely vicious people, otherwise you would have fallen to the ground.

Since you said that Lantian County is rich and abundant by the family owners of you, then you should take my official position and look at Lantian County, and look at this land that was governed by the thieves in the past. You must see every inch of land."

The anger on Sun Chuanting's face disappeared a little, and he became calm, and he no longer mentioned the matter of the new magistrate.

Yun Meng said embarrassedly: "Of course this is OK. Yun's family has nothing shameful, it's...it's..."

"What is it? Can't you say it?"

Yun Meng said with a bitter face: "It's not that I can't say it, but that I can't explain it clearly. Even the officials don't know where Lantian County is now.

When I received the autumn tuition this year... In the past, the wealthy families in Ganxian, Fufeng, Chang'an, Lintong, Shangnan, Shangzhou, and even Huayin liked to come to Lantian County to pay the tax... I don't know if the adults will go there?

Since Zhang Bingzhong pretended to attack Xiangyang Prefecture, some people in Hanzhong are willing to take their whole family to Lantian County... I don't know how to calculate these places... "

"What?"

Sun Chuanting screamed, looked at Yun Meng in horror, and said in a trembling voice: "You said that the nearby prefectures and counties have begun to pay taxes to your Yun family?"

Why don’t you report it?”

Yun Meng scratched his head and said, "It's reported! We have been suffering a lot. We have reported it five or six times. Tiger, go and invite Zhang Zhuan to tell him what he came."

Sun Chuanting forcibly suppressed his furious heart, drank the water from the teacup in one gulp, paced back and forth in the lobby. After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Where did you report?"

"Xi'an Prefecture, even the eunuch Xue Yuanyi sent to collect Liao pay by His Majesty, and he didn't see anyone talking. Then, my little nephew became the Tongzhi of Xi'an Prefecture."

Sun Chuanting's hands were shaking violently in his sleeves, but his face was light and calm. It was not until Zhang Zhuan arrived that he sat in the lobby of the county magistrate and ordered Zhang Zhuan to take out the autumn levy book this year. He was ready to check it out.

Zhang Zhubu was a proud man. He took the clerks to Sun Chuanting and finally said proudly: "Sir, the land and grain books in Lantian County have been here for three years. A family dared not say that this was the book that the Ming Dynasty knew best, but he dared to say that if the adult found out that a penny was missing, he would hang himself in the lobby of Lantian County without the order. He asked the executioner to peel the body of a certain family and place it in the ring pavilion at the entrance of the county government to dictate the person who came."

Sun Chuanting's hands quickly flipped the book, and his eyes were shining with a dark blue light like the eyes of a beast.

He was so familiar with these official duties in the six county government departments that he had roughly read them in two hours.

Then he sat in the lobby without saying a word.

Too shocked!

The grain produced in Lantian County in one year has exceeded the grain output of Guanzhong in the second year of Chongzhen. Although the severe drought in Guanzhong in the second year of Chongzhen, even so, it could not even say a word that shocked Sun Chuanting.

"Can there be errors in the numbers in the book?"

I don’t know how long it took, but Sun Chuanting’s voice sounded quietly in the lobby.

Liu Zhubu was waiting for Sun Chuanting to ask this question for two hours. Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "The reason why lord can see that the people in Xi'an Prefecture have no worries about food and clothing and the endless exchanges of merchants depends on our support in Lantian County."

Sun Chuanting bowed to Liu Changong and said, "The chief clerk Liu is unparalleled in his country. Sun Chuanting is negligent, so he apologizes."

After Liu Ce was given face, he stopped being arrogant and leaned over and said, "Sir, you are too humble."

Sun Chuanting's voice became calmer, and he bowed to Yun Meng: "The county magistrate has worked hard and made great contributions."

Yun Meng hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "If the officials are rude, please forgive me. In addition, if you want to see the group training in Lantian County, it is not that the three of us brothers are trying to fool the adults, but that we really can't take out the man to show it to the adults.

According to the order of my Lantian County, all males under the age of fifteen and fifty-five in Lantian County are trained in the group.

If there were no bandits invading the territory, I would never call the group training for no reason. If the bell and drums were ringing, all the men in Lantian County would put down their work and fight against the enemy together. Therefore, if the adults want to watch the group training, unless the bandits invade my Lantian County.”

Sun Chuanting sighed and said, "Now, there are many people in the world. Since Lantian County is strong and powerful, why can't we send troops to wipe out the bandits, and give Guanzhong a peace and the world a peace?"

Liu Chan bowed and said, "The people of Lantian County have the responsibility to guard the land of Lantian County, but they do not have the responsibility to guard the rest of the place.

That is the responsibility of the people and officials in the rest of the country.”

"In this way, even if the bandits break through Xi'an City, will you sit idly?"
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