Reborn Houmenhufu

Chapter 145 Countermeasures

Thinking of what would happen after such news was announced, Wei Yan felt his head throbbing.

Sure enough, there is a saying that is good, the people under the emperor's mouth will run away.

Isn't that the case now?

The more he thought about it, the more entangled he became, Wei Yan simply stopped thinking about it. After rubbing his brows, he began to complain to the emperor. He wanted to take away most of the corn without paying any price. Are you happy?

Wei Yan wrote an excerpt, which naturally couldn't be heard by Datian, but Wei Yan didn't worry, he had An Tianyi, and An Tianyi had his own channel to deliver the excerpt to the emperor in the capital.

So ten days later, when the second batch of corn in Heishui County where Wei Yan was located was ready to be harvested, the emperor who was far away in the capital received Wei Yan's note.

In the excerpt, Wei Yandong directly explained the difficulties of Heishui County with emotion and reason.

The emperor naturally knew about the problems in Heishui County, otherwise he wouldn't let Wei Yan go there. At this time, Wei Yan really managed Heishui County well, and he was also willing to give Wei Yan a face.

After reading the scriptures, the emperor approved Wei Yan's request with a swipe of his pen.

By the time the emperor's second decree came to Heishui County, basically all the corn had been harvested, and they were waiting to be dried and put away.

In the yamen lobby, when the imperial decree was delivered by the angel delivering the decree, Wei Yan led the entire yamen to kneel down in the yamen lobby to welcome the imperial decree.

When the decree was read out by the angel, everyone who heard the decree was stunned.

This imperial decree from the palace promoted Wei Yan's official position, and promoted him to one rank from the seventh-rank magistrate of Heishui County, but he still led the post of magistrate of Heishui County until the three-year term expired will be transferred to the new position.

It is a good thing to be promoted, but the thing to be done after the promotion is still difficult. Although the emperor stated in the imperial decree that as long as the corn this time is handed over, next year's tax can be exempted, Wei Yan still thinks If you want to do this, it's not easy.

After seeing off the angel who delivered the decree, Wei Yan couldn't help sighing when he heard the congratulations from the people around him.

Everyone was about to ask him what was wrong, but Wei Yan just directed everyone to confess the imperial decree, and then he called Gongsun Heng into the study to discuss matters.

Seeing his lord's serious face, Gongsun Heng knew that there must be something important to say.

He followed his lord straight to the study, and Gongsun Heng heard a sentence.

"also"

He sat down, and heard the adults of his family say: "Master Gongsun, what do you think of the things mentioned in today's edict?"

What do you think?

When asked this question, Gongsun Heng replied with some astonishment: "Of course we will do what His Majesty says."

"But will the people outside agree?"

Wei Yan stayed by Xuanyuan Ye's side for a long time in his previous life and never came to the grassroots, so he said these words.

After his words fell, Gongsun Heng smiled and said: "My lord, didn't your Majesty's will say that if the corn harvested this time is handed over except for the next seed, next year's tax will be exempted?"

"Yes, what's the problem with this?"

He had never understood the meaning of His Majesty's words, so it was a little strange to hear Gongsun Heng mention it now.

Gongsun Heng explained: "Your Majesty is indeed the most intelligent and understands the hearts of the people. If the tax for next year is exempted, the people below will definitely be happy to sell the harvest this time."

If Wei Yan hadn't reacted before, after listening to Gongsun Heng's words, he became thoughtful.

His Majesty's move really has some deep meaning. This time, the harvested corn was used to offset the tax, and then the people were asked to pay a large part of the rest, which was regarded as the next tax. This is really...

Forget it, let's try it.

Such a thought flashed in Wei Yan's mind, and then he said to Gongsun Heng.

"Then make an announcement."

"Yes, my lord."

Gongsun Heng complied and then went out with the notice to post it. Since many people are illiterate, there will be people from the yamen at the gate of the yamen or the gate of the city gate, and let them read the notice.

Regardless of the era, news like this spread very quickly, and it didn't take long for the entire Heishui County to know about such things.

What, almost all of the stuff called corn that they just harvested has to be handed over?

How is this possible?

oh?It turns out that this thing can also be used to offset next year's tax, and after paying this, there will be no need to pay tax next year!

Can you pay?

Such a good thing?Why not pay?

Although the corn is good, the people here are more used to eating wheat sorghum than corn.

Soon the corn harvesting team organized by the yamen went to various towns and villages to collect the corn harvested this time and made a series of registrations for the families who handed over the corn.

The harvesting of corn is in full swing. Fortunately, except for some people who think this is a business opportunity and don’t want to hand it in, most of the others will only keep the amount of corn harvested this time that will be planted next time, and then put the rest All of them were handed over.

Inside the yamen, Wei Yan was relieved to see that the operation went smoothly.

While Wei Yan was harvesting corn, in the capital, it was learned that Wei Yan, the bitch who cheated on his son, had come up with something new, and that His Majesty still paid so much attention to it, the Concubine Liang was so angry that she bit it to pieces. A mouthful of silver teeth.

She immediately sent a letter to Xuanyuanye, asking him to take action on this matter, and it would be best to take the credit for this matter to herself.

Because of her, when Wei Yan was still collecting corn, the letter from the good concubine had already reached Xuanyuan Ye.

After enjoying the benefits during this period of time, Xuanyuan Ye became more aggressive in buying and selling those insignificant positions. When he received a letter from the concubine Liang, Yihao sold a position and received 1 taels Thank you silver.

After getting the money, he was thinking about how to use the money, when the letter from the palace made him startled.

When he opened the letter and saw what was written inside, his complexion instantly became gloomy.

Why is that bitch Wei Yan so lucky, and now he has planted new crops, and the yield is still high. This is the rhythm of getting promoted and getting rich.

As a prince, Xuanyuan Ye is not stupid. He can naturally see how much merit it is to find a new food variety. If it is done well, it may really be passed down through the ages.

But why did that bitch Wei Yan get such an opportunity?

The more he thought about it, the more resentful he became. He just paced around the room like this, with only one thought rolling in his mind, and that was——

We must not let Wei Yan feel better.

The poor Concubine Liang at this time doesn't know at all that her son will lose his mind after meeting Wei Yan, so why would he care about such things as taking credit for himself?

At this time, Wei Yan didn't know that there was such a person who was treating him badly, and he was instructing the people in the yamen to weigh the harvested corn and register it in the book.

After the registration is completed, a convoy can be sent to transport these things to the capital.I just don't know if His Majesty will send someone over.

For some reason, Wei Yan always felt uneasy, as if something would happen.

Because of this, he mentioned this matter in the Feige letter to An Tianyi. In the Northwest camp, after receiving Wei Yan's letter from Feige, An Tianyi sat on the chair and kept knocking. Hit the desktop.

Bad feeling?

Is there anyone planning to do anything to Xiao Yan of his family?

Thinking of such a possibility, An Tianyi couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, which were filled with a cold light.

Not long after, he took up a pen and wrote down the reply letter to Wei Yan, and after finishing writing, he began to meditate.

In Heishui County, when Wei Yan received An Tianyi's reply, he couldn't help laughing. This guy is really...

But what he said can be considered, instead of always worrying like this, it's better to just follow what Tian Yi said.

If there is nothing wrong, then of course we are safe and sound. If something happens, His Majesty will not blame us.

Thinking of this, Wei Yan agreed with what An Tianyi said.

After a few more days, this time the matter finally came to an end.

When all the corn was loaded into the carts, Wei Yan stood at the gate of the yamen, looking over the carts.

He nodded, indicating that the escort team for this operation could leave.

Slowly, the food convoy disappeared from their sight.

When the team came outside the city gate, they saw another team waiting for them.Another team leader stepped forward to negotiate with Gongsun Heng who was sent by Wei Yan this time.

After Gongsun Heng learned that these people in front of him were sent by Lord An, he immediately became energetic. At this moment, he thought to himself, it's a good feeling, and there are other people escorting them.He originally thought that there were too few escorts, but he didn't expect the adults to be so prepared.

So the two gangs began to meet, and then the food transport team moved forward slowly, leaving the area of ​​Heishui County.

When the bullock cart was moving forward, the wheels made a burst of noise. Amid such noise, they came to the official road.

Because of An Tianyi's instructions, the people he sent were very cautious, and they were always paying attention when they were marching.

When they came to the official road where there was no one there, they stopped at this moment.

The wind blew and the leaves fell. Just as they stopped, a group of people rushed out from the mountain next to the official road.

As soon as those people rushed out, they couldn't help but rushed towards the grain delivery team, grabbed the weapons in their hands and were about to chop up the grain delivery cattle.

Seeing this scene, the people sent by An Tianyi looked at each other, and then directly picked up their weapons and started to fight.