It took a lot of effort for Man Bao to explain the difference between title and official position to old Zhou Tou Qian. In order to make them understand better, she brought up Prince Gong as an example.
"Prince Gong doesn't have a real job right now. He used to be a prince. The fief is a huge area in Jinzhou. All the taxes and so on in the fief belong to him. Yi, if he has any ideas, he can talk to the county magistrate there." Man Bao said: "For example, tax exemption, less donations, etc., you can still talk about it."
"Later, he became the king of the county, and part of the fief was taken back. The people in the part that was taken back no longer paid taxes to King Gong, but to the court."
Old Zhou was dumbfounded, "Are you a prince now?"
Man Bao: "...Father, I am a village owner of the fifth grade, and there are only five hundred households in the food town, which is equivalent to six our villages, or three Dali villages."
Qian Shi was also stunned, "That's amazing, even better than your father, I'm talking about my own father."
Old Zhou regained his senses, and immediately turned his head to ask Mrs. Liu, "In-law, Shanbao also has such a town, right? How many households does he have?"
Mrs. Liu laughed and said, "Yes, there are five hundred households just like Manbao."
Old Zhoutou immediately asked, "Where is that?"
He also turned his head and asked Man Bao, "Where are the five hundred households in our family? Do you know which one is which?"
"It's in Liyang," Man Bao said, "I'll ask the magistrate of Liyang later, Baishan's fief is in Longzhou, not here."
Man Bao came to his senses when he said this, and said with a sigh: "Why did your majesty put my fief in Liyang? It should be in Luojiang County."
Mrs. Liu smiled and nodded her forehead, "Silly boy, it's not good in Liyang. It's easy to make a living under the emperor's feet, and they pay more taxes."
Liyang belongs to Yongzhou, and it is very close to the capital. Wannian County used to be Liyang, less than a hundred miles away from the outer city of the capital, and it can be reached in an hour on a fast horse, which is closer than their Zhuangzi.
Of course, Liyang is not small, and it depends on where the five hundred households are divided. If the division is in another corner, it is possible to get there in a day on horseback.
But Mrs. Liu didn't think that would be the case, she smiled and said: "You are being favored, the Ministry of Rites and the county magistrate of Yueyang County won't embarrass you too much."
Not only will there be no embarrassment, Liyang received the decree, because the emperor did not designate a specific place, but only gave the title Liyang, the county magistrate of Liyang had a strange feeling that he might be promoted after the full week.
So he carefully studied the official documents, and after pondering for a long time, he finally determined that the Ministry of Rites had not designated a place, so he took out the map of Liyang County and began to ponder.
After half a day, they circled a small area near Wannian County, and planned to allocate the 500 households to Zhou Man from here. If she was promoted to a noble in the future, they could continue to allocate to her in this direction.
The county magistrate of Yueyang thought happily, Zhou Man is a foreign minister anyway, she will be promoted to the head of the county in the future, and she will be a food town with thousands of households.
At the same time, County Magistrate Guo was sighing at his master.
Master: "...my lord, what's the matter with you?"
Guo County Magistrate said: "I'm afraid we won't be able to grab the places we want to grab from Liyang."
Master: ...why does his lord always want to grab the land from Liyang
But he still asked hastily: "The household department clearly rejected it?"
"No," Guo County Magistrate said depressingly, "Your Majesty has rewarded Zhou Man as the village lord of Liyang."
The master was puzzled, "What does this have to do with me grabbing the territory of Liyang? Is Mr. Zhou going to make the decision for the county magistrate of Liyang?"
The adults in his family are not afraid of this, are they
What are you afraid of, go!
The county magistrate Guo glanced at him and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't specify the specific location of the food town, Liyang will most likely allocate the land that borders Wannian County to Zhou Man."
The master reacted, his face became indifferent, "Oh."
It's impossible to grab it, it's all Zhouman's food town, it's useless for them to grab it, and they can't collect taxes, and they can't do anything else, so why bother
It's a pity for County Magistrate Guo. The Ministry of Household Affairs has been a little bit hesitant, and they almost agreed to assign the township close to their Wannian County to their Wannian County. Who knew that a Liyang township suddenly fell from the sky
If the county magistrate of Liyang is not stupid, he will definitely use her to separate the two counties, and then he will not be able to annex Liyang's territory at all.
what a pity.
The county magistrate of Yueyang was very happy and asked to submit the drawn list to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households the next day.
Just when Man Bao finished sending Bai Shan to the palace for reference, and turned around to see Mrs. Pi Guogong and return to the palace, the officials from Liyang had already sent the documents to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
So when Man Bao finished working in the palace and Xiao Yuan was announcing a six-day leave for her and Imperial Physician Lu, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs had already checked the documents and approved them.
Man Bao was very happy to leave early, and when she was leaving the palace, she took a detour to the Ministry of Rites, and wanted to ask if there was a specific location for her fief.
The document from the Ministry of Rites has not been confiscated yet, so Wen Yan showed it to her, "Here is the list and the number of five hundred households, please take a look."
Man Bao flipped through the pages, first looking at the place where they lived, and then looking at their names after noting the place, and asked casually, "Is this the place His Majesty marked?"
The official from the Ministry of Rites smiled and said: "No, this is the place designated by the magistrate of Liyang County. Speaking of which, Wutun Township where these villages are located is still very famous."
He said: "The ancient city of Liyang is here. It used to be the ancient capital of the Qin State more than a thousand years ago, but there was a lot of waste there. During the time of the first emperor, Liyang was merged into Wannian County, but later it was distributed to Yongzhou. …”
Anyway, it's all divided, so... very poor.
Of course, this poverty is compared with the counties around the capital, and it is much better than Luojiang County, which belongs to Zhong County anyway.
The four villages allocated to Zhouman are not bad, but because they were allocated to each other, the higher-level officials did not take care of them seriously before, so they are a bit poor.
Because the Ministry of Rites is under the management of the Crown Prince, based on the knowledge that Zhou Man is a member of the Crown Prince, the officials of the Ministry of Rites naturally have a good impression of her, after all, they are their own people.
Therefore, the official from the Ministry of Rites who was asked by Man Bao devoted himself to popularizing science with Zhou Man, "Because of the ancient city in this Wutun Township, the commerce was very developed in the previous dynasty, and many merchants coming and going to Chang'an would stay there. At that time, Wannian County was even more lively."
The capital was destroyed by wars. When the capital was fought, many people moved to nearby villages to take refuge. Over time, Wuxiang County developed even better than Wannian County.
"So after the first emperor ascended the throne, he saw that Wannian County was deserted, so he merged Liyang into Wannian County. After a pause, he said: "But later, because the county was too big to manage, and Chang'an County and Wannian County should be dominated by Chang'an County, and Yongzhou was to be the accompanying capital, so the first emperor returned Liyang to Yongzhou, and he was independent. became a county."
But the merchants, dignitaries, and officials who gathered in Liyang before all went to Wannian County. Two, even more dilapidated than them.
Man Bao: "...I, I'm just going to have a meal. This is something the county magistrates should worry about, right?"
The officials from the Ministry of Rites froze for a moment, then nodded and smiled, "Yes, it is indeed something that the county magistrates should worry about."