Xu Ping looked around and saw a few big rocks under the tree not far away, and said to Zhang Dayou: "Damn it, let's sit down on the stone there, and tell me the matter slowly."

Zhang Da nodded and sat down with Xu Ping on the stone beside the woods, sorted out his thoughts, and told the story.

It turned out that the chief clerk Cui Zaiping heard that one of the people he brought was a local big family. He immediately asked someone to come over and asked a few soldiers to follow him and go home to prepare wine and food for Wang Yan to take it to the mountain temple.

The yaqian was just doing these chores for the yamen. Chen Du had to give orders, so he had no choice but to take someone to ride home.

One of the reasons why it is called a heavy service is that the yamen has done these miscellaneous tasks. Many times, the yamen does not provide money for funds, and the people who are serving themselves pay for it. Of course, this is not the one that really makes people lose money, but the yamen has escorted the official property or is appointed to manage restaurants and other businesses. Whether it is stolen, stolen, robbed, or business losses, they have to pay for it themselves. The money collected by the government cannot be reduced.

Chen Du returned to his home and told his intentions, so his parents naturally had to give him the gift, otherwise his son would have to beat the board when he went back. However, when he was catching chickens, there was a mess, and Chen Du's wife and his brother-in-law started arguing.

The three Chendu brothers have a good relationship, but the wives they marry are better than the other, and they can't tolerate each other at all. They scold each other every three days and fight each other every five days. There is no way to go and separate them. They can't separate their family wealth, but they cannot clearly divide their family wealth. Their parents are there, and the government does not allow them to live in separate families. The accounts are still the same household.

When parents are not allowed to separate families, it is not for the purpose of clan concepts. The most important thing is to prevent private households from reducing households in the name of splitting families and evading taxes. There is still a sense in the government to talk about moral issues, but there is no face in terms of economy. Even if Chen Du is obviously less than a part of the family, it is absolutely not allowed to separate the family property.

Chen Du should have a bad time. Of course, he paid money and supplies from his own family for his brother's face, which annoyed his wife.

I went to work as a businessman not for Chen Du himself, but for this family, I had already taken care of a person, so where was the reason for taking on money and goods? Chen Du's wife firmly asked the three brothers to share the wine and food this time. The rice and oil were produced at home, and even the vegetables were produced together. The two younger brothers made wine and the other made chicken, forming a table of wine and food.

The matter started to make a fuss. The second brother tried to persuade his wife and put out the wine. The third brother who had produced the chicken could not persuade him. The third brother's wife kept his own chickens tightly and refused to catch them no matter what. It was fine. However, these chickens were just the time when laying eggs. The third brother's wife checked the chicken coop every day before dawn, for fear that the two brothers' homes would steal their eggs. It would be like taking her away to catch the chickens.

Chen Du's wife stood at the door and scolded her, and the third brother's wife protected the chicken coop door and scolded her, so that Chen Du, who was in the yard, was not from inside or outside. She did not come back alone, but from a few people who worked with him. How could she be a human being when this was spread? I couldn't bear it anymore, so Chen Du slapped his wife.

After hearing this, Xu Ping couldn't bear to listen and said to Zhang Dayou: "It turns out that it's just a family's trivial housework, why did it cause a lawsuit for life? If you hurt it, you can choose the important ones!"

Zhang Dayou smiled bitterly: "If the Deputy Envoy Wang was not involved in it, this would be just an ordinary household chore. Alas, I don't know if it was my unlucky or the Deputy Envoy Wang."

After saying that, Zhang Dayou continued to talk about the incident.

It turned out that Chen Du's wife was also from a wealthy family. She was spoiled since she was a child and brought many dowry when she got married. She was a master who had never suffered any losses. Chen Du beat her in front of so many people, how could she bear the pressure on her face? She had a fight with Chen Du for a while, and she cried, made a fuss and hanged her, and finally she really hanged her.

Fortunately, Chen Du knew his wife's temper and was very nervous. He rescued him in time.

Xu Ping, who was heart-raising, heard this and said, "Fortunately, it's good that people can save them. If someone really gets killed, it's really hard to explain this matter."

Zhang Dayou didn't know whether to cry or laugh, so he sighed heavily: "Yes, if things end here, there will be nothing left. Maybe it won't reach my desk. But this is the beginning!"

Xu Ping said in surprise: "Why, this is going to be a death. Will this family continue to make trouble?"

Zhang Da nodded a little, and there was helplessness in his words.

Chen Du's wife was rescued and she was even more reluctant and cried. As a result, the whole family began to criticize the third brother's wife. The third brother's wife felt sad again and struggled to be pulled away. She watched the chickens she had raised with great difficulty. In addition, everyone criticized her for being arrested. In a hurry, she really went to hang herself.

Hearing this, Xu Ping was stunned: "That woman is really hanging like this?"

Zhang Da nodded a little: "I took someone to examine the body overnight, and I am really dead!"

Xu Ping really didn't know what to say. When this matter started, some people must have said that the vassal in front of the Lizhengya was too heavy and they tried to abolish the servant. The employment law was not thought out by Wang Anshi. In fact, many people had discussed and proposed it before, and they were just caused by these matters.

It is not reasonable to say that this kind of service is almost a bottomless pit to throw money at the government. It is common to encounter a mean official and lose everything. However, if it is cancelled, it must be equipped with corresponding and more complete policies and cannot be abandoned. Employment cannot solve all problems.

In this era, the taxes in the Song Dynasty were actually progressive, but unlike Xu Ping's previous life, they made progressive based on income, but rather on assets. The more assets the person paid, the heavier the taxes he received, the more taxes he received. This has its advanced rationality, which is conducive to narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, increasing the mobility of the social class, and reducing large and large social unrest. Although such small storms are constantly occurring, chaos that stirs the world is not easy to cause trouble.

In this sense, Xu Ping recognized this progressive tax system, but some details need to be changed.

As for Wang Yan involved, Xu Ping didn't care about it. He was just unlucky. When he went to a remote countryside, he still paid attention to food and drink, and it would be fine if he was good or bad. If he was serious, he couldn't say that Wang Yan was too much. No matter which dynasty or dynasty, he was a big official like Wang Yan to go to the countryside and drink some wine and some meat.

This is why officials are required to start from the grassroots level. Only after experiencing the difficulties below can they have the experience of becoming an official. This experience is not about knowing what to do or what precedents to follow, but it is just an old official. The real experience is to clearly know what consequences will happen to each order and do your best to avoid these landmines in the officialdom.

This area is a small county that is not very wealthy. It usually undertakes heavy labor and poor local supplies. It is just a large household in the countryside. To be serious, it is not as good as the middle-class households in the Jiangnan and Zhejiang areas. If you pay attention to food and drink, even if you have to eat two chickens, it will be a great property at the homes of the rich. Maybe something will happen.

This is why, from the time he came to Heyin County, Xu Ping has been strict with himself. Even if he wanted to eat something, he repeatedly told him to buy it with real money and never to take advantage of the local area. On that day, Lu Fang took people to buy two Mengzhou pigs, because Xu Ping had strict requirements and had to buy it fairly.

Xu Ping may not be like this when he changes the place. When he arrives in Liangzhe, he will not be willing to entertain him in a place with little water. Because it is a wealthy place, and any rich household in the countryside is full of wine and meat. If he is not a good person, he will look down on himself.

But this area is not good. If Wang Yan is a little more particular, he will fall into a life lawsuit.

Although this life was a housework dispute, it was because of preparing wine and food for Wang Yan, and he could not escape. Human life was at stake. Some people suddenly died and did not dare to hide it from the place where they died. They had to report to the officials immediately. When they arrived in the county, Zhang Dayou did not dare to suppress the matter. He also had to report to the Transportation Command and the Criminal Division of Jingxi Road, and to report to the court.

Which of the officials involved would have a good face to Wang Yan?

Seeing that Xu Ping did not speak, Zhang Dayou asked in a tentative voice: "Under control, what should you do with this matter?"

Xu Ping also knew what Zhang Dayou meant. He didn’t see him with Wang Yan, and he was the same year as him. Of course, he stood by his side. He had to ask clearly whether he would use this matter to deal with Wang Yan.

After thinking about it, Xu Ping asked Zhang Dayou: "Sanzhi, what are you thinking in your heart? You might as well say it out first."

"The lower official thought that things always come under my rule, and he should impeach himself. How should the Deputy Envoy Wang tell him? He should make a decision."

Xu Ping nodded: "Yes, no matter what this matter has to do with Deputy Envoy Wang, we cannot speak casually. The previous chapter is correct to impeach yourself. However, in addition to impeaching the Transport Authority and the Court of Justice, you must immediately write down the incident clearly with a quick horse and report it to the Dali Temple, the Criminal Court and the Censorate, and the Prefect Li of Luoyang. There must be no delays. He must let him know about this matter today."

"What I'm talking about is that the officials are clear about it."

Where is Wang Yan's position? Not to mention Zhang Dayou, even Xu Ping cannot just say that he can bear any responsibility. But it is impossible to let Xu Ping let him go, and that will make the matter known to everyone. A deputy envoy from the Three Departments came out to patrol a river, and even caused a lawsuit for death. He had to eat this shit honestly.

Xu Ping said again: "Not only you, I will also impeach myself and explain the matter clearly. No matter what happens, I am the right person in this journey and I will carry the burden. Don't worry, you won't let you bear the matter alone."

The more you have nothing to do with yourself and will definitely find out, you must admit your mistake first. This is the best way to get yourself out. Xu Ping has been an official for many years, and he still understands this principle. To be continued.

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