The county magistrate and the county magistrate looked at each other, and after a long while, they said cautiously: "After the summer grain harvest, taxes are supposed to be levied. The court has an assessment for us, so we came here to ask for your permission."

Gu Tianya nodded and said with caution: "Since ancient times, as long as there is a country, there must be taxes among the people. Taxation will not be exempted because of disasters. Unless the emperor personally orders it, the taxes that should be levied must be certain."

It will be collected. Relief can be provided when there is a famine, but the taxation policy cannot be changed forcefully, because this is a rule, and messing with the rules will cause great harm."

The two officials looked surprised and asked quickly: "Then do you agree to the tax?"

Gu Tianya nodded again, but he did not agree directly. Instead, he continued the topic and said: "Taxation is a law, and disaster relief is a national policy. The law cannot be changed, and the national policy must also ensure smooth implementation, so levy

Taxes must be levied, even if disaster relief is provided to the people immediately after the levy, but the formalities must be carried out, and Hebei Province must never do the kind of thing that is a state within a state..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them and said with deep meaning: "We are the Hebei Province of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, we must abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Don't you think so?"

The two officials nodded repeatedly and each said: "Gu Yichang's words are profound. He can answer our questions in just one sentence. I will do as you say and return the taxes to the people."

Unexpectedly, Gu Tianya shook his head and reminded: "The local people in Wuyang County were not affected by the disaster, so there is no reason to reimburse the tax and grain collected. The people who really need food are the refugees fleeing famine."

The county magistrate was visibly startled, and said subconsciously: "They are not victims of the disaster in Wuyang County. It is supposed that the court should allocate food relief. If we are responsible for the relief, I am afraid that the superior will be held accountable..."

"Yes, yes!" The county magistrate couldn't help but speak, and cautiously put forward his opinion: "And our summer grain in Wuyang County should belong to the people of Wuyang County. If it is given to the refugees, will it cause...

"

"They will no longer be refugees! They will all be citizens of Wuyang County from now on."

Gu Tianya suddenly stood up and looked at the refugees around the fields with his hands behind his hands. Those refugees, with their families in tow, were watching at the edge of the fields under the scorching sun. Their faces were full of longing and their eyes were full of envy.

It is a desire to participate in labor, and it is an envy to harvest summer grain.

Since ancient times, people have not been afraid of tiredness.

They are eager to work and enjoy the joy of harvest.

Because that means being able to eat enough.

Gu Tianya breathed out slowly, suddenly raised his hands to form an arch, as if to gather countless people into his arms, and said loudly: "From today on, these refugees are all from Wuyang County. Since they have become Wuyang County,

people, then they are eligible to participate in the summer harvest..."

The two officials were shocked at first, then became stunned, and blurted out: "There are tens of thousands of refugees, and there is not so much land in Wuyang County."

Gu Tianya smiled slightly and said calmly: "My disciple will return the 40,000 acres of land."

"That's not enough. Forty thousand acres of land can only feed four thousand people at most. The gap is too big to satisfy."

"Haha, the Tan family still has 40,000 acres of land left..."

hiss!

The two officials gasped.

The county magistrate carefully looked around and asked in a low voice: "Do you mean to persuade the Tan family? That is the mother clan of your disciple."

Gu Tianya looked calm and said calmly: "In my eyes, I only see tens of thousands of refugees who need to live, and the entire Tan family has less than 300 people in total. They have 300 people, and they equally share 40,000 acres of land. It's too fat.

It’s too wasteful.”

"This this……"

"Don't worry, I will make up for it."

…

At this time, the county magistrate suddenly raised his hand and said in a low voice: "Even if the entire Tan family is hollowed out, we can only get a total of 77,000 acres of land, because the Tan family also needs to live, and 300 people must be left to them.

Three thousand acres of land, so one hundred acres per person, was the bottom line for land allocation in the Tang Dynasty."

Gu Tianya nodded and said, "This is reasonable."

The county magistrate hesitated for a moment and then said in a low voice: "Even if you get 77,000 acres of land, it is still far from enough. With more than 10,000 refugees alone, the land is not enough to distribute, but you should know

, and refugees are coming in a steady stream. So..."

"So we have to find a way!"

Gu Tianya was obviously confident. He suddenly raised his hand and pointed towards the south, and said with a smile: "There is a group of people over there who owe me a favor. I cried twice in a row after I came to Wuyang. I didn't let them lead the army on their own.

I can get through it with a stick. They have to give me land, otherwise don’t blame me for turning against others..."

The two officials were immediately startled and said subconsciously: "You are trying to snatch the land from Tiance Mansion."

Gu Tianya chuckled and said calmly: "Wuyang County borders Henan Road to the south and Hedong Road to the west. I have sent people to explore on horseback many times and found that there are about ten miles of barren hills on the border.

Because the terrain is in a no-nonsense zone, no one even showed their teeth when I took it."

As he spoke, he looked at the two officials and asked with a smile: "How many acres of land can be cultivated on a barren hill ten miles wide?"

The county magistrate is a man who is proficient in government affairs. He thought for a moment and responded immediately, saying: "It must be at least 300,000 acres, but the barren hills lack water and can only cultivate bad fields. They are not even dry fields, they can only be counted as dry fields."

The worst bad land”

"Bad fields are also fields!"

Gu Tianya's eyes were blazing and he said in a deep voice: "Although the yield of bad fields is too poor, people can still live if they grow food. We only need to increase the number of acres when allocating the fields, and give three times the amount of bad fields to make up for it. The third grade is bad."

Yu Yiliang, the harvest is enough to eat."

The two officials became excited, but they still had worries in their hearts. They couldn't help but asked: "Will occupying the land in Henan Road without saying a word like this cause the anger of Tiance Mansion?"

Gu Tianya looked far to the south and said word by word: "I will go and get it myself. They have already forgiven me."

This was said very arrogantly, and the two officials visibly smacked their lips.

But Gu Tianya no longer continued this matter. Instead, he suddenly smiled at the two of them and said jokingly: "Congratulations to both of you for your promotion."

The two officials were startled at first, then they each smiled bitterly, and both said with hands in hand: "I hope you can hold on and don't sell us out. We once submitted our papers to the aristocratic family and got the recommendation before we became officials. Unfortunately, the aristocratic family suddenly withdrew."

In Hebei Province, we are among the abandoned petty officials, now we are helpless and full of panic."

Gu Tianya smiled slightly and said with deep meaning: "Then just follow me. You should know that my wife is Princess Pingyang."

The two officials looked at each other and saw the determination in each other's eyes. They suddenly nodded together and said: "Hebei Road is the princess's fief. Strictly speaking, we are indeed the princess's subordinate officials. Therefore, we are not betraying the court...

"

Gu Tianya laughed loudly, reached out and patted the two of them on the shoulders, and encouraged them in a warm voice: "Congratulations to both of you, you have been promoted on the spot."

He said this just once.

However, this second time was not a casual talk.

He suddenly reached into his arms and took out two blank official position notices.

He thrust the two notices directly into the hands of the two officials and said with a smile: "Take it home and fill it out yourself..."

my God!

The two officials stood stunned on the spot.

From ancient times to the present, unless it is in troubled times, official promotions have been extremely rigorous. Have you ever seen such a situation where you fill in the official position yourself?

Even in the chaotic times of the late Sui Dynasty, there were almost no such things.

But now, each of them got an official notice.

If it is blank, you can fill it in as you like.

The two officials looked blankly at the official position notice and found that it had been stamped with a big seal. Their pupils shrank sharply. They subconsciously looked up at Gu Tianya and said with shock on their faces: "Is this a fake seal?"

Gu Tianya smiled faintly and said with a nonchalant expression: "I'm better at carving carrots."

The two officials were so frightened that they trembled all over and said in fear: "Privately engraving the official's official seal, privately stamping the official seal, and privately sealing the official. This is a serious crime of beheading. How can the court be willing to do it?"

Gu Tianya put his hands behind his hands and looked to the west, as if to look at Chang'an in the distance in Guanzhong, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, my wife said that she will write to my father-in-law to let her know, and my father-in-law will support her when the time comes.

Which official in the Tang Dynasty would dare to come and ask questions..."

"Is your father-in-law supporting you?"

The two officials were startled at first, then suddenly realized who Gu Tianya's father-in-law was. They immediately smiled and said overjoyed: "Since you have His Majesty's support, carrot seals will also work."

He quickly and carefully put away the official position notice.

Gu Tianya suddenly raised his feet and walked, as if he was going to investigate the harvesting situation of the people. The two officials thought for a while and did not dare to follow his footsteps.

…
Chapter completed!