The Fish Scale Atlas, also known as the Measurement Book, is an ancient land registration book. It was named because the shapes of the fields resemble fish scales.

The last large-scale land registration in Yunhuang was 60 years ago; the last time household registration was registered 70 years ago.

After Mu Tingxue took over the household department, she was shocked when she discovered this.

China conducts a census and land census every ten years.

There has been no land registration for a full 60 years, and the land tax has been paid according to the number of acres registered in the fish scale album 60 years ago. You can only imagine how many tricks were hidden in it!

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many aristocratic families like the Tu emperor controlled the place, created many "hidden houses" and "hidden fields", and crazily gnawed at the country's capital.

Lishi was the native emperor of Jiangnan.

Cui is the local emperor of Youzhou.

Li Fan and Cui Shining took off their official robes, and they looked like local snakes with red cores spitting out.

However, these two people are eager to get a share of the power in Yundu, and the powerful leader of Yundu is the regent Yan Yang.These two big snakes spitting out red letters are not content to stay in their own land. One bet on the late emperor's failure and was crushed by a strong dragon, and the other became a strong dragon's brother-in-law and was careful to please him.

Now, something worse happened.

The two local snakes discovered that there was more than one strong dragon in Yundu. The fiancée of the regent Yan Yang was as good at politics as Qiang Long, and she was of the orthodox bloodline of the Xie family. With a flick of the knife, they pierced the snake scales and released a snake. There is a pool of blood; after the stabbing is completed, another stabbing is required.

This patch is the re-editing of "Fish Scales Atlas"!

This is a very important task.

Mu Tingxue needs to find a suitable person to preside over this matter. He must be honest, uphold justice, and will not abandon his conscience in the face of huge temptations of profit.

It sounds nonsense.

In this court where the two parties are at war with each other and where there are many cunning people and evil spirits, can one still find such a man of integrity?

Have.

His name is Lu Jingyan.

Seven years ago, he was still a small county magistrate of the seventh rank, but he unexpectedly beat the Dengwen drum and got himself covered in blood. He risked his life and wrote a "Nineteen Sins Remonstrance" to the late emperor, listing all the crimes during his reign. During this period, he was sentenced to Zhao Prison for nineteen major crimes.

He was tortured every five days, breaking bones in many places, and even used a steel brush until his body was completely bruised, just to torture out the "mastermind" behind him.

This cruel and uninterrupted punishment lasted until the death of the late emperor.

Lu Jingyan survived with scars. He was forgotten for six years.It wasn't until two months ago that Queen Mother Yan accepted the eldest princess's suggestion to rectify the unjust prison, and he successfully walked out of the dark prison.

Logically speaking, the official should be reinstated, but the county where he worked before already had a county magistrate.

Lu Jingyan is both unfortunate and lucky.

He met a noble person.

With just one word from the noble man, he went from being a felon with a life sentence to a sixth-grade household doctor. He was promoted one level and was still an official in the capital. I don’t know how many people envied him.

For two months, Lu Jingyan set out from Gouweicao Hutong before dawn every day, riding a small donkey to the Hubu Yamen. He was the first to order and sit down in the check-in room without drinking wolfberry tea. , let’s not talk nonsense, the junior leaders and colleagues threw a bunch of documents and bills to him, the new guy in the office, to handle. He didn’t get annoyed or refuse, and just did whatever they were told.

Just so quietly, he did something real and offending.

At the Queen's Standing Ceremony, the Ministry of Rites spent 50 taels of silver, but the accounts could not be reconciled. Several "shuoshu" were found. Even how much silver the Shuosu had stolen, how many false accounts they had made, and when they had stolen it were all revealed by Lu Jingyan. Exposed clearly.

Li Jing, the Minister of Rites, was so angry that he asked someone to break the legs of his little donkey.

He was scolded for being ignorant, ungrateful, and ignoring the "support" he received when he left home.

Lu Jingyan was born as a commoner. He read a book by chance and wrote well. He stopped Li Gong's carriage and horse to "present books". His literary talents were appreciated and he became one of Li Jia's thousands of disciples. He became a small county magistrate.But in Zhao Prison, the one who tortured him was also Li Jia.

Lu Jingyan felt sorry for Donkey Wangcai.

He wrote a letter in which he denounced Li Jing, the minister of rites, for bullying others by taking advantage of his power, taking his life lightly, and murdering court officials.

However, Zuo Pu shot Li Fan with his hands and eyes reaching into the sky, took down the book and burned it.

*. *. *

Hubu Yamen is a large courtyard with five floors.

Each department and department has a clear division of labor.

Lu Jingyan was in the study room on the second floor. When Mu Tingxue stepped into the door, he could hear the abacus beads beeping loudly.

More than two dozen accountants from the household department were sitting neatly in front of the pear wood table. At first glance, they were all calculating accounts and performing their duties, but a closer look revealed that more than half of them were fishing.

The old man with the goatee by the window on the left was eating broad bean rice, which was crunchy and crunchy, and he didn't forget to tear up a page of the bill to wipe his mouth.

The man from the aristocratic family in the second row on the right looked at the account book on the case very seriously, his cheeks turned red and his eyes gleamed. Mu Tingxue walked over and pulled out a copy of "Feng Yue Yun Yu" from under the account book, which was very popular in Yundu recently. Storybook.

In the middle is a fair and elegant man wearing a splendid Xiaoyao scarf, with a jade flute hanging on his waist. He is dialing an abacus in one hand and holding a pen in the other hand and writing something with great concentration.Mu Tingxue picked it up and saw a series of Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu's music scores. Good guy, he is a brothel songwriter.

"Your Highness, Princess, I know I was wrong."

"Boss, give me another chance. I swear I will never fish again."

The employees who were doing their best work were caught by the boss, and they knelt down and begged for mercy.

Mu Tingxue said expressionlessly: "I will be fined one month's salary and will not be promoted for three years."

Not all employees are fishing.

The eldest princess noticed that there was a young man sitting in the inner corner. On the desk were thick bills that had been processed, as well as several summaries and financial reports. The young man's right arm was disabled, but he could write with his left hand. , dialing the abacus with his left hand, one person did the work of several people.

This is a rare and excellent employee!

Mu Tingxue knew that the honor reward system was very important for a company and a yamen.

She decided to set an example and rectify the fishing habit in the Hubu Yamen.

An hour later.

All departments issued commendation notices——

All the officials of the Household Department were informed: The best employee in May was Lu Jingyan. The eldest princess commended him for his dedication to his job and exceeding the work quota. He was awarded 50 taels of silver, an honorary gold medal, and a ribbon.

I hope you will work hard and your best employees in June will be waiting for you.

The entire Hubu Yamen exploded!

Everyone rushed to the study room and saw that Lu Jingyan, who had just arrived for two months and had worked hard and offended others, was personally awarded a ribbon by Her Royal Highness the Princess. A piece of red silk was embroidered with dazzling gold characters - Be the first to create. Excellent example and the best employee in the household department.

Lu Jingyan's cheeks were so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet: "Thank you... thank you, Your Highness."

There is also an honorary gold medal hanging on his waist, with the four words "far ahead" written on it and decorated with big red tassels.

The thief is eye-catching.

The household department employees who flocked to the office were filled with envy.Most of them came from aristocratic families and looked down upon the 50 taels of silver. What they valued was the "honor" awarded personally by the eldest princess!

Mu Tingxue smiled and said, "Congratulations to Lu Jingyan, the best employee of May in the Household Department, everyone applauds."

The employees immediately applauded.

The slap sounded like a mountain, echoing in the duty room.

"But let this kid take the limelight. If I had known better, I wouldn't have been fooling around and left the job to him."

"I really want to stand up and let His Highness give me the ribbon."

"From today on, I will be a diligent person, strive to be the first in settling accounts, and strive to be the first in performance. The best employee in the June Account Department will definitely have a place for me!"

In this ancient world where reputation and honor are above all else, the employees were greatly stimulated.

At the end of the commendation meeting, all employees changed their habit of procrastinating and doing extravagant work and went back to work hard.

Lu Jingyan's fingers were pinched, the finger bones of his right hand were pinched to pieces, and there were scars on his left hand.His trembling left hand caressed the edge of the ribbon, feeling that he had never been so glorious in his life, and his heart was boiling.

And the beautiful woman who gave him all the glory was the noble man who rescued him from prison!

Mu Tingxue saw that the people's support was in place, so she went straight to the point: "I have an important task related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and I leave it to you."

Lu Jingyan bowed and said: "His Highness values ​​me, and I will die in repayment!"

Mu Tingxue wanted to reuse this person as the ghost-fighting Zhong Kui: "Rebuilding the Fish Scale Atlas will offend all the family members."

Lu Jingyan smiled: "Why should we be afraid? We are responsible for the country and the people, and we will only die!"

The big deal is death.

After hearing this, Mu Tingxue knew that she had seen the right person. For a person who was not even afraid of death, the threat from aristocratic family members was nothing. She warned, "The officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Supervisory Censors will assist you and re-measure the situation." There are two things you need to keep in mind. First, you must not let aristocratic families conceal or omit their land in order to reduce national taxes. Second, if people lose their land and pay twenty acres of tax for ten acres of land, they must correct it. !”

Lu Jingyan was extremely shocked, thinking that she was ignorant of the sufferings of the world: "How did your Highness the Princess know..."

"How do you know that people's fields have become less?"

Mu Tingxue continued, "Isn't it obvious? The Fish Scale Atlas records the number of acres of land owned by common people 60 years ago. After land annexation and heavy rains and floods, there is a high probability that part of the land has been lost. In case of a fish scale, For the remaining ten acres, we still have to pay taxes according to the twenty acres recorded 60 years ago. If we don’t pay, we will be convicted of tax resistance! If we pay, there won’t be much food left after a busy year, and the whole family will go hungry.”

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