Wanli Youming

Chapter 187

Chapter 187

"To collect taxes by decree, open the door!"

"Open the door!"

"Open the door! If you don't open it again, you will be resisting the decree and tax!"

In Yangzhou Mansion, the home of Jia Cunren, former Minister of Rites of Nanjing.

Luo Shangzhi, the thousand general of the Jinwu Guard, led his officers and soldiers to come here under the order of Hu Shouren.

But Jia Cunren's slaves hid in directly after seeing the emperor's army coming, and closed the gate, so that the officers and soldiers had to smash the door and shout.

Seeing this, Luo Shangzhi couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Push the cannon up and blast the motherfucker!"

boom!

Not long after, there was a loud noise.

A light-weight iron-cored copper tire cannon modified by Qi Changguo on the basis of the Fulang machine gun, when it retreated suddenly, it spit out shells weighing one to six catties.

Suddenly, when a puff of white smoke rose, making Luo Shangzhi choke to tears, the black gate of Jia's mansion collapsed to the ground.

The house slaves inside were frightened and fled in all directions.

"It's the opposite! It's really the opposite!"

"I'm the one who dares to break into my house, you poor military households, so beat me out!"

At this time, Jia Wuliang, the grandson of Jia Cunren who had heard the news, came here. Although he had read books, he was doted by his grandmother and grandfather. The military households in Bingli have a very low status in the south now, and they are looked down upon by others, and they are called poor settled households, so they scolded them even more disdainfully at this time.

Not long after Jia Wuliang scolded, all the slaves under him rushed out with spears and knives.

"The Bojia Mansion of Nanzong in Yangzhou rebelled against the tax, and reported it to the general and the Ministry!"

Seeing this, Luo Shangzhi hurriedly gave orders to the messengers around him, and then drew out his saber: "Fire out the guns! Exterminate these traitors for me!"

The firearms team under Luo Shangzhi immediately came forward.

At this time, Captain Jia also skillfully took out the tinder jar, and blew on the tinder calmly.

At the same time, the gunners who had loaded the ammunition in advance and compacted the gunpowder with poke strips came quickly and orderly to light the matchlocks, and then lined up to shoot at Jia Haonu who was rushing from the opposite side.

Then, a row of bullets shot over immediately.

Many big holes suddenly appeared on Jia Wuliang's silk robe.

Jia Wuliang himself took a few steps back, and couldn't help but look down, only to see blood protruding from his chest, and only then did he feel frightened.

But it was too late, and he himself fell to the ground not long after.

And the evil slaves of Jia's mansion also fell down in a row, their knives and guns rolled to the ground, causing casualties everywhere.

"My minister, Jia Cunren, dare not rebel! I have absolutely no intention of rebelling, so I ask the heavenly soldiers to learn from me!"

At this time Jia Cunren was also leaning on crutches, and came with a group of servants and maidservants. He had to kneel down and deny it when he heard Luo Shangzhi say that his family had rebelled. The whole family will be ransacked.

"Why did you go earlier, I reported it in the newspapers, and said what I said, there is no reason to take it back!"

After Luo Shangzhi said, he said: "Everyone will be arrested for the crime of treason, and those who resist will be killed without mercy! Then the house will be ransacked!"

After Luo Shangzhi gave such instructions, a soldier skillfully came over and cut off Jia Wuliang's head first.

Jia Cunren saw that his grandson was beheaded by a soldier, and the bloody head was picked up by a soldier in his hand after a short while, and he froze to the side, as if soaked in ice water, shaking like chaff, after a long while, he finally Suddenly he cried out in pain: "My grandson!"

Then, Jia Cunren sat on the ground and couldn't help cursing: "You arrogant soldiers, it is lawless to abuse the gentry like this!"

……

at the same time.

King Rulong, the thousand chief of the Jinwu Guard, was ordered to come to the home of Qian Xingyu, the former governor of Henan, and also smashed down the door of his home with a cannon.

Then, Wang Rulong ordered the officers and soldiers to rush in, and personally came to Qian Xingyu.

Seeing this, Qian Xingyu trembled all over, pointing at Wang Rulong: "You guys, how dare you, how dare you break into the mansion of a scholar-bureaucrat?!"

"I obeyed the order, why dare not!"

After Wang Rulong said that, he ordered: "Copy it for me! Remember to copy it according to the amount of tax they owed provided by the government. First copy the food, then copy the silver. If the silver is not enough, copy the silk and satin!"

"Yes!"

Therefore, these Jinwu Guard officers and soldiers rushed to the Qian family's warehouse first.

"You guys, stop!"

Qian Xingyu shouted anxiously and stomped his feet on the spot, but the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard didn't listen to him at all.

For a while, Qian Xingyu cried bitterly because he saw a large amount of grain being forcibly copied out by Jinwuwei's taxation officers and soldiers, and the bags were inspected and carried away on large scales: "Lawless, lawless! "

The officers and soldiers ignored him, and because they all knew how to read and had learned arithmetic in the army, they ransacked the house in an orderly manner.

It is no coincidence.

The family of Ye Qi, Minister of the Household Department of the Hongzhi Dynasty.

Chief Qian Chen Ziluan came here with the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard.

The owner of the house was Ye Cheng, the former right servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing. At this time, when Chen Ziluan led the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard, he took the initiative to order his slaves to reopen the gate, and waited for Chen Ziluan at the gate.

Seeing this, Chen Ziluan was also quite polite, and said to Ye Cheng:

"Ye Shilang, according to the results of Qingzhang, your mansion spreads more than 2 mu of land in Fengyang, Dongchang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Zhenjiang, plus the original [-] mu of land in the original place, totaling [-] mu. The more than [-] acres were all signed and pledged by you yourself, and now the preferential exemption has been cancelled, so your government should pay the official and miscellaneous fees and overdue fees for the [-] acres."

"I know, but I really have no food or money. If you don't believe me, you can copy as much as you like."

As Ye Cheng said, he put his hands behind his patched clothes, and moved aside.

Seeing this, Chen Ziluan laughed: "Ye Shilang, why are you doing this, and even wearing patched cloth clothes in front of us, can it be that your [-] mu of land can't produce anything?"

"Of course it is, but who made this old man kind-hearted."

"Because I was worried that my tenants would not be able to live on and couldn't read books, I basically didn't collect their rent. I just agreed that if any of them had a good harvest, they would pay for their children to study and eat for their own family. The result was that Perhaps it is because of the limited production of this field, or it may be because the tenants are multiplying, and the old man is not good at managing the house, so that now he is becoming more and more impoverished. Although the whole family has tens of thousands of acres of land, it is only enough to make ends meet."

Ye Cheng said.

Chen Ziluan sneered.

He naturally didn't believe it, so he waved his hand and said, "Copy!"

As a result, the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard under his command really copied it.

Not long after, a group of chief building residents under Chen Ziluan came over and said, "Report! Nothing was copied, only a few baskets of rags."

"I collected these rags from my neighbors and used them as clothing materials for the people in the house. If you think it's okay, you can use them to pay taxes."

Ye Cheng said with a proud smile.

"That's not enough!"

Chen Ziluan replied.

Ye Cheng still smiled complacently, and said: "Then please ask the general to take whatever tax credit money is worth at home."

"Since that's the case, according to the orders of the Ministry, take away all the adult men of the Ye family!"

Chen Ziluan gave an order.

"Yes!"

So, some soldiers took Ye Cheng into custody.

Ye Cheng was shocked, and hurriedly struggled and shouted: "You guys, what are you doing? This old man, good or bad, is also a minister of officialdom. You want to collect taxes, and I let you collect them. Why do you want me to go to prison? I haven't committed any crime, but I really don't have much money!"

"Don't blame Ye Shilang, this is the order of Haibutang. If you can't copy the money and food, you can only take someone to him for interrogation!"

Chen Ziluan said with a smile.

Hai Rui had already received the report of the rebellion of Jia Cunren's family, former Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing.

Hai Rui naturally did not believe that Jia Cunren dared to rebel.

But he didn't question it, because he knew that Luo Shanggong would not forgive the Jia family for treason, and there must be something wrong with the Jia family.

Therefore, Hai Rui only planned to interrogate Jia Cunren carefully after he was escorted.

Not long after, Jia Cunren was taken under custody.

Hai Rui also asked Jia Cunren, "Why did Jia Zongbo rebel?"

"I don't dare to rebel, it's just a false accusation by these arrogant soldiers under your command, Hai Gangfeng!"

"They killed people as soon as they broke in. They decapitated my grandson alive. They killed and injured many of my family members, just like bandits."

Naturally, Jia Cunren didn't admit it, and beat him up, suing Luo Shanggong and others, saying that Luo Shanggong and others are arrogant soldiers, no different from bandits, and then asked Hai Rui:

"Hai Gangfeng, you are also a scholar-bureaucrat, do you really want to allow this group of arrogant soldiers to abuse the gentlemen wantonly because of the black hat on your head?! Don't you kill them to vent the anger of the people?!"

(End of this chapter)