novelonline Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Under Mo Jun's earnest persuasion, Fu Nian finally agreed to become a teacher in the Mo House.
During this period of time, Mo Mansion was short of people.
Since Mo Jun gained a firm foothold in Xianyang, more than 300 orphans who were originally fostered in the Nanjun Orphanage were all transferred to Xianyang and Hanzhong one after another.
These are the teams that Mo Jun plans to train himself in the future.
Unlike before, as Mo Jun's status gradually improved, more and more eyes were staring at him.
Luowang, various schools of thought, spies from the six countries, opponents in court...
Needless to say later.
Even in the group of 'religion' that Mo Jun recruited before, Mo Jun himself didn't know how many of them were spies sent by other forces.
Mo Jun didn't think about investigating this, mainly because it was unnecessary.
Because these people are destined not to be included in Mo Jun's "core team" in the future.
Precisely.
Even in today's Mo Mansion, there are only a few people who are truly regarded by Mo Jun as the 'core team'.
Xiong Daxiong Er, Yao Gui San master and apprentice, Hei Yu, Jian Jiuyuan, Jian Linger, and Jin Peng.
The others, including Zhanqin, Zhuyeqing, Jiujianchi, and Yuenv who are in South County, have not yet fully gained Mo Jun's trust.
This has nothing to do with ability, character, and character.
Mainly 'loyalty' and 'position'.
Although Zhanqin and Yuenv seem to have sworn allegiance to Mo Jun now, one of them still has the shadow of Yingzheng behind them, and the other is from the Yinyang family, and his purpose is still unknown.
Even if they are really loyal to Mr. Mo now, there is no guarantee that the position of the two of them will not interfere with their bad judgment in the future.
In contrast.
Now Zhuyeqing and Jiu Jianchi, who seem to be not very close to Mo Jun, are actually more trusted by Mo Jun.
Mr. Mo doesn't need to care about those temporary recruits.
Because they have no access to the core secrets of Mo Fu, even if they betray Mo Jun one day in the future, it will not cause him too much loss.
But now this newly built [Hanzhong Mo Mansion] is different. This new Mo Mansion is the place where Mo Jun plans to build his headquarters in the future, so even if there is a guard or a servant here, he must be trusted by Mo Jun man of.
But now it is obviously unrealistic to recruit so many loyal people from the outside world.
Only Mo Jun cultivated it himself.
Under such circumstances, the orphan who was rescued by Mo Jun from the 'meat pool' of the major families in South County, and no one is willing to claim it later, naturally became the best seed.
But at this time, another problem appeared.
That is, Mo Jun couldn't find a suitable 'teacher'.
The teachers of the 'Martial Arts Class' are easy to find, and now Jian Jiuyuan, Zhuyeqing, and Jiu Jianchi in the Mo Mansion can all play the role of teachers.
But the teacher of the "Wen Dao Class" is a little troublesome.
It's not that he couldn't find it, but Mo Jun was not very satisfied with the people he found.
Most of the 'Wen Dao Class' teachers from outside are young people with clean identities and backgrounds, and they haven't learned well yet, let alone teach others.
But for those famous and promising celebrities, after a little investigation by Mo Jun, he found that there are always some ambiguities about the identities of these people.
last resort.
In today's Wen Dao class, Mo Jun had no choice but to ask the two apprentices of Yao Gui to make guest appearances temporarily.
But Poria cocos and red dates are doctors after all, teaching these children some basic knowledge is okay, but if it is taught a little deeper, or a little more lenient, it is a bit difficult for him to be true.
Therefore, during this period of time, Mo Jun is having a headache about the teacher candidates for the 'Wen Dao Class'.
And right now.
Fu Nian appeared.
This contemporary master of Confucianism and the future head of Xiaoshengxianzhuang, with the knowledge he has mastered, teaching a group of children is naturally easy.
More importantly, Fu Nian's character is worth protecting.
Even if he is not loyal to Mo Jun now, Mo Jun is not worried that he will mix some private goods in the process of teaching students.
Such a 'good teacher', how could Mo Jun let him run away.
The only pity is that the Six Fingers Heixia said he was going to visit various places in Hanzhong, and he was reluctant to stay.
Otherwise, Mo Jun originally planned to reserve a place for him in the Mo Mansion!
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Early October.
Mo Jun returned to Xianyang.
There are two major sacrifices in the state of Qin every year, which are the [Spring Ritual] before the spring planting. They pray to the heavens that the planting will be smooth and the weather will be good this year.
As well as the [Autumn Festival] after the autumn harvest, five grains and six animals are used to worship God as a reward for the good weather this year.
In previous years, these two major sacrificial offerings were the major events of Qin State.
It's just that this year is more lively, because this year is the first time that the "new grain" has matured after it was promoted in Qin State, and this year is really good.
As early as a few days ago.
Yingzheng and Mo Jun, who govern millet internal history, have received good news of big grain harvests in various places one after another.
Therefore, before the [Autumn Festival] this year, Yingzheng also held a rare grand court meeting, convening civil and military officials, intending to announce the good news, so that everyone can enjoy themselves together.
"Qing Mo, read it!"
On the throne, Ying Zheng said.
"promise!"
Mo Jun was at the forefront of the civil servants, took a step, and then took out a bamboo slip, first glanced around the officials below, and then said: "Since the promotion of the Daqin [first-generation improved rice seed], it has been blessed by the emperor and the empress soil, and the weather is good. , Grain is ripe everywhere.”
"As of yesterday, the counties and counties in Qin State have collected a total of 670 million shi in grain taxes..."
Hearing this number, Ying Zheng couldn't help being startled even though he had expected it before, but then he couldn't help showing a bit of excitement and surprise on his serious face.
And the faces of the ministers below also showed smiles and joy.
Just when all the ministers in the court were about to speak in unison, taking advantage of the good news to flatter Ying Zheng, they heard Mo Jun continue to speak:
"Among them, Berkshire collected 420 million shi, Shu County collected 400 million shi, Nan County collected 320 million shi, Hanzhong County collected 160 million shi, and Xianyang County collected 90 shi..."
As Mr. Mo reported the specific amount of taxes in various places one by one, the expressions of many civil and military officials who were still smiling just now suddenly froze.
The excitement on Ying Zheng's face also quickly faded away, and turned a little more cold.
Although Yingzheng also got the news of "the world's big harvest" before, the specific amount is not clear. After all, even if Yingzheng now manages Qin in a centralized way and completely concentrates all the power in his own hands, but he It's not even possible to do things like calculating data by yourself.
But when he heard the specific data reported by Mo Jun today, Ying Zheng immediately noticed something was wrong.
This year is good.
If it were changed to previous years, in a year like this, Qin's annual grain tax would be about 800 million shi.
As the granary of the Qin State, the land of Bashu receives the most grain every year. In good times, it can generally harvest 360 million shi of grain.
But this year, the "new grain" was replaced, and a lot of new fields were reclaimed with Quyuanli, so the total grain tax in the land of Bashu this year is 820 million shi, and there is no problem.
But then the food tax problems in the other counties became bigger and bigger.
The first is South County.
Nanjun has a vast area. Although it is not as fertile as the land of Bashu, it has sufficient water resources, so it was considered a large grain taxpayer in Qin in previous years.
Under normal circumstances, the annual grain tax of Nanjun is about 100 million shi.
And even if the "new grain" is changed this year, and some new fields are reclaimed with Quyuanli, the grain tax of Nanjun this year can be 30 million shi, which is considered to be the sky.
But this year, Nanjun's tax revenue has increased by 100 million shi out of thin air.
Where did this 100 million shi grain come from?
Even more outrageous is Hanzhong County.
Although the terrain of Hanzhong is flat and the fields are quite fertile, the area of Hanzhong County is small, so the average grain tax in previous years was only about 50 shi.
This year, even if the 'new grain' is replaced and some new fields are cultivated, the grain tax of a little over 100 million shi can be paid, which is quite good.
But now Hanzhong actually paid 160 million shi grain taxes.
To know.
Hanzhong County is now a de facto fief of Mojun, and Mojun has a preferential tax payment. Others need to pay [-]% of the tax, but Hanzhong only needs to pay [-]%.
The remaining [-]% belongs to Mo Jun, the fief lord, and this can be regarded as one of the 'annual salary' that Ying Zheng gave to Mo Jun.
in other words.
The actual grain tax paid by Hanzhong this year is 240 million shi.
A full 140 million stones more than normal.
Naturally, it is impossible to conjure up so much food out of thin air.
Then there is only one explanation left.
That is, when Nanjun and Hanzhong paid the grain tax in previous years, a large amount of grain tax was evaded. This year, the extra grain was the part that should have been paid before.
As for why there are only grain taxes in Hanzhong and Nanjun, the problem will be exposed this year.
The reason is even simpler.
Because the two places have one thing in common, that is, someone has stayed in these two places, and each set off an astonishing scale of massacres in the local area, eliminating a large number of old nobles and landlords.
Besides.
There is also a huge problem with the total amount of grain taxes paid by counties and counties in various places.
The total grain tax collected by the whole country this year is 670 shi, but the total grain tax of Bashu, Nanjun, and Hanzhong is about 300 million shi.
in other words.
The total grain tax of the remaining six or seven counties of Beidi County, Shang County, Longxi County, etc. including Xianyang in Qin State is only more than 300 million shi.
Originally, this data problem was not a big problem. After all, Xianyang, Beidi County, Shangjun... These counties are all located north of the Qinling Mountains, and the terrain and climate are not suitable for growing rice.
So 'new rice species' does not play a big role in these places.
That is to say, Quyuanli and waterwheels will work, so the grain tax of these counties this year is generally only tens of thousands to 10,000+ shi more than in previous years, which is completely normal.
However, now, when the data of Hanzhong County and Nan County exploded, the data of several other counties, which were originally normal, fell into the eyes of Ying Zheng, and suddenly became abnormal.
Accompanied by Mo Jun's words.
The whole court suddenly fell into silence.
a time.
I don't know how many people below the court hall showed unkind eyes towards Mo Jun. After all, Mo Jun's move can be said to have revealed many unspoken rules hidden in the shadows.
Not far away, Mr. Changping saw this scene. Although the expression on his face remained unchanged, there was a sneer in the depths of his eyes.
In his opinion, Mo Jun's actions today are completely trying to die.
Dodging food and tax evasion, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles in the state of Qin who are doing it now. Mr. Mo uncovered this fig leaf today, which can almost be said to have offended at least [-]% of the officials in the entire court.
Faced with the cold eyes of these officials, Mo Jun in the front also felt a little helpless in his heart.
In fact, he didn't want to offend these people at first, but he couldn't help it. Who told him to make great contributions again soon!
If he doesn't seize the time to cultivate a few opponents for himself in the court, what if Ying Zheng feels that he can't restrain himself because he has made too much credit by then, what should he do if he gives himself a glass of poisoned wine?
Although it is said that Mo Jun will definitely not be captured without a fight when the time comes, but Mo Jun is also reluctant to abandon the glory and wealth that he has finally obtained for nothing!
So after thinking about it, since no one in the court can fight against him now, why not just take the initiative to cultivate a few opponents to play with him.
Anyway, Mo Jun is not afraid of overturning now.
After all, he is now in a great situation, unless Ying Zheng's brains show off, otherwise he will definitely save Mr. Mo.
Even take a step back.
Even if it really got off the hook in the end.
With Mo Jun's current strength, and Jin Peng has grown up, even if he gets rid of it in the end, the big deal is to pull his team, ride Jin Peng, and travel around the world with one hand.
So, no problem.
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(End of this chapter)