Wanli Youming

Chapter 199

Chapter 199

"drive!"

"drive!"

"drive!"

On this day, the morning sun just rose in the east.

Inside the Xuanwu Gate of the capital, a large number of Jinyi Wei Tiqi rushed out.

One of the leading Jinyiwei hall officials is called Wan Bangfu.

At this time, he was galloping on horseback while holding the imperial edict to go south to take people.

And the Jin Yiwei who went south with him also galloped on horseback, carrying banners and shackles.

Pedestrians on Xuanwumenwai Street hurriedly stepped aside when they saw this.

And the people who are familiar with the court Jinyiwei's rules of picking people have even begun to guess who the court Jinyiwei is going to take again.

Wan Bangfu and others naturally went south to take Lu Huo and others.

Therefore, as soon as the group of them left the capital, they changed to an official ship and headed south, not daring to stop along the way.

And when Jin Yiwei went south to arrest people, although Hai Rui in Nanzhili was still waiting for Zhu Yijun to ask him to ask him to recruit the people to prepare for changes, and to execute Ying Tianfu for opposing the new policy of paying food and errands for officials and gentry. The perpetrator committed the crime, but he has already used the power of doing things cheaply given to him by Zhu Yijun long ago, and asked the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department to contact the local people to find out whether the people want Hai Rui to help them reduce the rent and interest of the gentry. .

Moreover, Hai Rui also asked these people to ensure that once the decree came down, they could each recruit a certain number of people, just like completing political and military tasks.

While waiting for the decree, Hai Rui not only allowed the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department to contact the people while collecting taxes, but also dealt with individual stubborn gentry who would rather be listed on the dishonest list than pay taxes.

"Wang Fangbo, you have to think about it. Once you are reported by this hall, as a person who is dishonest to the court, you will not be able to take the imperial examination for three generations, and you will have to serve in the military!"

At this time, Hai Rui talked to Wang Rukui, a stubborn gentry who had been the right minister of Guangdong.

Wang Rukui sneered, then cupped his hands to the north and said, "With the wisdom of the Son of Heaven, I believe that this evil government will come to an end!"

Wang Rukui said to Hai Rui, "So, just report it."

"Well, the hall will let you go back temporarily according to the order. After all, you didn't commit a crime, but owed taxes. However, all the food, gold and silver that were confiscated from your home must stay here!"

"But the government will not let you starve to death. After all, the emperor is benevolent. How can you starve to death just because you really don't pay enough taxes because you are not good at managing your family? Bread for the day."

"However, in order to prevent your remaining money and food from being insufficient to offset your tax, the government will restrict your daily food standard according to the system, so the money and food given to you can only be used to cook porridge for your family, and guarantee don't starve to death;"

"In addition, someone will follow you specifically to prevent you from paying large amounts of money on credit for high consumption."

Hai Rui said, "Give them the rice that Wang Fangbo's family needs to make porridge today!"

Not long after, Wang Rukui's servant received his rice.

Wang Rukui looked at it, and turned pale with shock, "It's still old rice. My servants eat better than this rice. Hai Gangfeng, if you do this, you might as well just kill the old man!"

Hai Rui ignored him and only announced his withdrawal.

And not long after that, Hai Rui also dealt with several other particularly stubborn tax-debt veterans in the same way.

Wang Rukui, on the other hand, had to wear coarse clothes and live a life where high consumption was restricted. He even drank porridge for a few days because of this, and he lost a lot of weight in a short time.

"Master, let's pay the tax! Why hide at my uncle's house in Henan!"

"Drinking porridge like this every day, and wearing such ugly clothes, I really can't stand it! Woohoo!"

One night, Wang Rukui's concubine persuaded Wang Rukui to come because she couldn't stand the person who supervised the Wang family because she was sleeping.

Wang Rukui gritted his teeth and drank the cold porridge, and said, "Shut up! If you mention this again, sir, I will sell you off for tax!"

"Then the master should be kind enough to sell the concubine, it's better than letting the concubine here to drink porridge every day. I haven't seen meat for several days, woo woo!"

The concubine started crying again.

"Want to live a good life with others? No way!"

Wang Rukui sneered and started talking, then threw the remaining half bowl of cold porridge aside in disgust, and would rather hold his empty stomach than drink another mouthful of light porridge.

Unlike Wang Rukui, most of the officials and gentry in Yingtianfu finally chose to fight against the policy of paying food and errands for officials and gentry without knowing it.

Therefore, these officials and gentry still paid taxes truthfully.

It's just that some officials and gentry who were very dissatisfied with the new policy of the court secretly took other actions that had been planned for a long time.

this day.

Qi Jin, who was still the captain of the Jinwu Guard, was following Hai Rui's instructions to help an old woman sweep the yard at the home of an ordinary farmer surnamed He. If my son-in-law is willing to work for the National Taxation Department in the future, and work together to reduce rent and interest.

The old woman's son-in-law, Ge Daniu, patted his copper-colored broad arm and said, "Master, don't worry, this is something that is beneficial to us people, so naturally we are willing to listen to Master Hai, not to mention that the strength of our people does not cost money. As long as the time comes to take care of the food, I am willing to do it for him! Anyway, the farm work is almost done now, mainly because there is not much land."

"Then it's a word."

Qi Jin said and left here.

Not long after Qi Jin left, a group of officers and soldiers wearing cloth masks and hoods came.

Seeing this, Ge Daniu was not afraid at all, because the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard always came to contact them recently, and the military discipline was strict. It decreased a lot, so I asked: "You military masters are also from the National Taxation Department?"

Pfft!

But as soon as Ge Daniu finished asking, the sergeant who came over suddenly pierced his chest with a spear.

Ge Daniu was very puzzled, he held the spear, and vomited blood.

"father!"

At this time, Ge Daniu's daughter ran out and was shocked.

"Huo Xianggong is right, his Ge family does have a daughter, and she is indeed pretty!"

The sergeant who killed Ge Daniu pulled out his spear and spoke to the white man in the cloth mask.

This fair and clean man is Huo Weida, a student of the county school.

Huo Weida shouted to the girl at this time: "We are the military guards of the National Taxation Department, now you need to go to the house and lie down, and prepare to serve us!"

Seeing this, Ge Shi was angry and frightened.

"What are you doing! What are you doing!"

Not long after, two sergeants wearing inferior and obviously fake armor dragged the girl into the house.

Soon, the girl's screams came from inside the house.

at the same time.

Shangyuan County in Yingtian Mansion was regarded as a small landlord of the common people, that is, the home of Liu Quesi, a rich farmer with no fame, suddenly rushed in a group of officers and soldiers wearing the unique armor of the Jinwu Guard, and immediately ransacked Liu Quesi's house. He also killed Liu Quesi who tried to stop them.

And Yan Jianshan, a peddler who sold tofu in Nanjing, was also on his way home from the city when he encountered a group of Jinwu guards who suddenly appeared, killed him and his long-term workers, and took away his tofu income. all the money.

It is no coincidence.

For a while, there were a lot of incidents in Yingtianfu area about the pro-military officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard who violated laws and disciplines, such as burning, killing and looting, which really confirmed the four words "soldiers pass like grates" that are common in history books.

Not long after, a large number of civilians kneeled outside Hai Rui's governor's office and complained. They were no longer raw and healthy people, but mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. Heart-piercing, obviously not a disguise.

Hai Rui loves the people like his son.

Otherwise, the common people would not soon come to him to complain.

After all, Hai Rui still has a reputation for uprightness and strict law enforcement among the people in Nanzhili.

"The pro-military guards of the National Taxation Department took turns to rape the daughter of Ge Daniu, a civilian household?"

Therefore, Hai Rui also had to put aside the matter of taxation in advance and ask questions.

And the first complaint he received was about the case of student Ge Yongjun seeking justice for his clan uncle Ge Daniu and clan sister Ge Erya, and thus he learned that this matter had something to do with Jin Wuwei.

Hai Rui also looked at Hu Shouren.

But Ge Yongjun knelt down directly at this moment with a face full of indignation, kowtowed to the ground, and said:

"Please ask the Ministry to be the master for the people of Yingtian! Get rid of the officers and soldiers who acted evil, and withdraw the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department from Yingtian Mansion, and don't let them harm the people again!"

(End of this chapter)