Chapter 2434

Man Bao took a lot of effort to explain the difference between title and official position with Qian, the head of old Zhou. In order to make them more understand, she conveniently mentioned King Gong as an example.

"King Gong has no real duty now. He was a prince before. The fief is a big piece in Jinzhou. The taxes in the fief belong to him. Although he has no jurisdiction, because there are all his food cities, he can talk to the county officials there if he has any ideas." Man Bao said, "for example, it's OK to give me a tax exemption or less tax."

"Later, he was the king of the county. Part of the fief was taken back, and the people in the part taken back no longer paid taxes to King Gong, but to the imperial court."

Old Zhou was stunned. "Are you all kings?"

Man Bao: "... Dad, I'm a Wupin Township owner. There are 500 households in Shiyi, which is equivalent to six of our villages or three Dali villages."

Qian was also stunned. "That's also very powerful. It's more powerful than your father. I'm talking about my own father."

Old Zhou looked back and immediately turned to ask old lady Liu, "relatives, Shanbao also has that city, how many households does he have?"

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "yes, like man Bao, it's also 500 households."

Old Zhou tou immediately asked, "where is it?"

He also turned and asked man Bao, "where are the five hundred households in our family? Do you know who's who? "

"It's in Liyang," man Bao said. "I'll ask the county magistrate of Liyang later. Bai Shan's fief is in Longzhou, not here."

Man Bao reacted here and said, "Your Majesty, how did you put my fief in Liyang? It should be in Luojiang county. "

Mrs. Liu smiled and nodded her forehead. "Silly child, it's not good to live in oak Yang. It's good to make a living at the foot of the emperor, and they pay more taxes."

Liyang belongs to Yongzhou and is very close to the capital. Wannian County used to be Liyang. It is less than a hundred miles away from the outer city of the capital. It can be reached by a fast horse in an hour, which is closer than their Chuang Tzu.

Of course, Liyang is not small. It depends on where the 500 households are divided. If they are divided in another corner, it is also possible to get there on horseback for a day.

But Mrs. Liu didn't think so. She smiled and said, "you are being favored. The Ministry of rites and the county magistrate of Liyang County won't embarrass you too much."

Not only will it not be difficult, but Liyang received the will, because the emperor did not specify a specific place, but just gave the title of Liyang. The county magistrate of Liyang had a strange feeling that he would be promoted after Zhou man.

So he carefully studied the official documents. After pondering for a long time, he finally determined that the Ministry of rites did not specify a place, so he took out the map of Liyang county and pondered it.

Half a day later, I made a small circle near Wannian County, and planned to allocate the 500 households to Zhou man from here. If she still rises to the rank in the future, she can continue to allocate funds to her in this direction.

The magistrate of Liyang County thought happily. Anyway, Zhou man is a foreign minister. In the future, she can be promoted to the head of the county and thousands of families in the food city. It's good to give her this piece as the food city.

At the same time, Guo county magistrate was sighing at his master.

Master: "... Sir, what's the matter with you?"

Guo county magistrate said, "I'm afraid we can't get the places we want to rob from Liyang."

Shiye:... Why does his adult always want to rob the territory from Liyang?

But he hurriedly asked, "did the Ministry of household clearly refuse?"

"No," said county magistrate Guo sadly, "Your Majesty has awarded Zhou man as the Lord of Liyang township."

Shiye didn't understand, "what does this have to do with me robbing the territory of Liyang? Does Lord Zhou want to make decisions for the county magistrate of Liyang? "

Isn't his family afraid of it?

What are you afraid of? Come on!

County Magistrate Guo glanced at him and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't specify the specific place of the Food City, it's likely that Liyang will allocate the places bordering Wannian county to Zhou man."

The master reacted and his face became indifferent, "Oh."

They can't grab it. It's all Zhou man's food cities. It's useless for them to grab it. They can't tax or do anything else. Why bother?

County Magistrate Guo is a pity. Originally, the Ministry of household has relaxed a little and almost promised to assign the township near their Wannian county to their Wannian county. Who knows that suddenly there is a leader of Liyang Township?

If Liyang county magistrate is not stupid, he will separate her from the two counties. At that time, he will not be able to annex the territory of Liyang.

What a pity.

Liyang county magistrate was very happy, but the next day he asked people to submit the drawn list to the Ministry of rites and the Ministry of household.

When man Bao sent Bai Shan for reference and turned around to see the Duke of piguo's wife and returned to the palace, the officials from Liyang had sent the documents to the ritual department and the household department.

Therefore, when man Bao was busy in the palace and Xiao Yuan was announcing a six-day leave for her and Dr. Lu, the Ministry of rites and the Ministry of household had checked the documents and approved them.

Man Bao was very happy to leave early. When he left the palace, he took a detour to the ritual department to ask if her fief had a specific location.

The document of the etiquette department was confiscated. Wen Yan took it out and showed it to her. "Here is the list and number of 500 households. Have a look."

Man Bao opened it, first looked at the place where they lived, wrote down the place, and then began to look at their names. He casually asked, "is this the place designated by your majesty?"

The etiquette official smiled and said, "no, this is the place designated by the Liyang county magistrate. Speaking of it, Wutun Township, where these villages are located, is also very famous."

He said: "the ancient city of Liyang was here. More than a thousand years ago, it was the ancient capital of the state of Qin, but there was a lot of waste. When the emperor first came, Liyang was incorporated into Wannian County, but later it was distributed to Yongzhou..."

Anyway, it's divided, so... It's very poor.

Of course, compared with the counties around the capital, this poor county is much better than Luojiang county. At least it belongs to Zhongxian County.

The four villages assigned to Zhou man are also good. It's just that they were assigned around, so the superior officials didn't take care of them very seriously before, so they are a little poor.

Because the Ministry of rites is managed by the prince, based on the understanding that Zhou man is the prince, the officials of the Ministry of rites naturally have a good impression on her. After all, they are their own people.

Therefore, the etiquette officials who were asked by man Bao wholeheartedly popularized science with Zhou man, "because there was an ancient city in Wutun Township, the commerce was very developed in the former dynasty, and many merchants from Chang'an would stay there. It was said that it was a township, which was actually more lively than Wannian County at that time."

The capital was disturbed by war. At that time, when the capital was fighting, many people moved to the nearby village to escape. Over time, Wuxiang County developed better than Wannian county.

"After the first emperor ascended the throne, seeing that Wannian county was really deserted, he incorporated Liyang into Wannian County, and the then Wannian county magistrate drained the people and merchants from liyang to Wannian County..." the etiquette official said after a pause: "but later, because the county was too big and difficult to manage, and Chang'an County and Wannian county should be dominated by Chang'an County, and Yong Prefecture should be the accompanying capital, So the first emperor returned liyang to Yongzhou and became a separate county. "

However, the merchants, dignitaries and officials gathered in Liyang have gone to Wannian county. They can't go back. Therefore, the ancient city of Liyang is becoming more and more deserted day by day. Up to now, it is no different from ordinary villages and towns, even more dilapidated than them.

Man Bao: "... I, I'll just eat a city. Is that what the county magistrate should worry about?"

After being stunned, the etiquette official nodded and said with a smile, "yes, it's really something that county magistrates should worry about."