Chapter 25 Collecting Taxes by Barring the River

Why would Yu Ying like those officials?

In her view, those who insist on tax exemption for official land only value personal interests and blindly want to protect their own rights and interests.

I was so blind that I couldn't see that the treasury couldn't come up with money, and I was really short-sighted.

If the treasury has no money, how can it form an armed force to protect tranquility?

Without sufficient armed forces, it is like a child walking alone in the market with a gold ingot.

Sooner or later, robbers are brought in.

There is a good saying: If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached?

They should all understand these great truths, but they are still the same.

Of course, in their opinion, just changing the dynasty is that they are still upper-class people and still have a lot of land.

But is the reality really as they imagined?

Throughout history, every overlap of dynasties will only bring the people a bloody storm, and many people have died in the calculations again and again.

How many people can survive?

Every time a new regime comes to power, the first thing it has to face is the massive reduction of the population.

Had to recuperate.

Fortunately, during this period, many owners who owned a large amount of land died, or even perished, and the land became ownerless.

The new dynasty would then take the opportunity to redistribute the land to ordinary people and recuperate for a while.

Then the land was annexed again.

Contradictions intensified.

Eventually, there was a big outbreak and a change of regime, mixed with small uprisings that were suppressed one after another.

It's been like this and so on.

Become a routine.

That's why Yu Ying said that those who insist on not paying land tax belong to the kind of people who are short-sighted.

Do they think they will survive this wave?

Those people don't like Yu Ying, and Yu Ying still doesn't like them.

Both sides look down on each other, as the saying goes: different ways do not conspire with each other.

Yu Ying's heart is beautiful, and she is too lazy to talk to people who don't look down on her.

In the quiet days of more than three years, the Phoenix Army has prepared a lot of grain and grass, and it is also because it is preparing a big killing weapon.

But the days of calm were short-lived.

The Liao family in the northwest ushered in a test.

The various tribes that fought fiercely with the Liao family had to recuperate for many years after the warriors of each tribe died almost dead.

Therefore, although the northwest is chaotic, most of them are their own people fighting their own people.

The people of various tribes did not have the time and energy to go south in a big way, and only dared to raid on a small scale.

When the Liao family returned to the northwest, the new generation of people from various tribes grew up one by one, so they turned their attention to the Dahong Dynasty, which was dominated by Han people.

In addition to wanting to get more slaves and food, they also wanted to fight the Liao family.

In the last battle with the Liao family, the border army, including the Liao family, had to pull a cushion even if they died.

Because they have no way back.

Behind them are their relatives, and if they are defeated, their relatives will be reduced to slavery.

By the end, their guns had been broken, and only wooden sticks remained.

The sword is blunt, and the slash does not move.

Even the arm was broken, and the weapon could not be reached.

But they still don't retreat, they still have feet, they still have teeth.

Can bite with teeth.

The last battle was so tragic.

This made some of the people in the tribe who fled unable to believe that it was Han Chinese.

In their eyes, the Han people have always been easy to bully.

The tragic battle of the Liao family that time made the tribesmen have a shadow in their hearts.

They have demons in their hearts.

They came this time to discount the backbone of those Han people and make them beg for mercy.

Then, when you come to loot in the future, it will be like entering a no-man's land.

Whether it's food or population, you can have whatever you want, and you can do whatever you want.

In order to achieve this goal, they tried all kinds of methods, and even contacted the Great Hung Dynasty, wanting to unite with the emperor.

This was rejected by the emperor.

"Why? Your Majesty. We can use those barbarians to deal with the Liao family's army. ”

"Ha! I am the true dragon emperor, how can I make peace with the barbarians? I also want the daughter of the royal family to make peace, this is absolutely not good. ”

"But the enemy of our enemies is our friends. ”

"Barbarians are not my friends!"

As soon as the emperor flicked his sleeves, he was helped away by the chamberlain.

And the matter of the Northwest Tribal Alliance still reached the Liao Family Army, and the Phoenix Army knew about it earlier.

In the past three years, Yu Ying has been staring at one thing, that is, the Phoenix Army has begun to mass-produce secret weapons, and even specially dispatched people for training.

After receiving the news, Yu Ying was prepared.

Before the big war, she was going to take people to the northwest once, after all, the new weapon was to see how effective it was.

When she was on the road, she also escorted grain and grass by the way.

Over the years, the Northwest has begun to save itself, but there is not enough food to eat.

In the northwest, the population is sparse, but there is a lack of sufficient water, so the grain output is not very high, which will lead to the situation that the demand for grain in the northwest is not small.

Fortunately, there are other ways to bring in food.

Over the years, more and more people in the northwest have been able to eat enough.

Yu Ying and his entourage did not identify themselves, but they were the identity of the grain officer.

Along the way, you will inevitably encounter other bad things.

Fortunately, the fleet they were in was full of capable people, so they still walked safely halfway all the way.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that I received a message that I was stopped in front.

What the?

Stopped on a big river?

And this kind of sassy operation! This is on the territory of the Phoenix Army.

When Yu Ying heard this, she was a little curious, and went to the front boat.

As far as the eye could see, they saw that the river had been stopped by people with iron cables across the river, so a big ship like them could not pass with a heavy load.

What's going on?

Behind the wire were a couple of small boats, and a medium boat, which was clearly the one who wanted to do it.

Hehe!

Yu Ying sneered.

Blocking the river with iron cables, this is a bit like that kind of water army!

Does the Phoenix Navy have it in this piece?

Yu Ying thought about it for a while, and didn't send it.

The real Phoenix Navy sent a warship to follow Yu Ying and play the role of a guard, but they were still behind.

Well, the identity in front of this is somewhat interesting.

How to look at it, here is the so-called road rage, who wants to grab money.

When I passed by before, no one dared to be so indifferent.

Now it's jumping out.

In that case, don't blame her for having black hands.

Thinking of this, Yu Ying said, "Ask who it is, what do you want to do?"

So, someone rowed a small boat to ask.

And Yu Ying watched the small boat go away, and had a feeling of irony, who thought that the people in the Phoenix Army were vegetarians?

"Who are you, and why are you blocking the river?" asked the Phoenix Army.

At this time, he was not the only one who asked.

Rather, several people are asking.

They don't understand why this thing came out now when it didn't exist here before?

"We are the members of the Phoenix Army. By order of the marshal, taxes are levied on you. The man said coaxingly.

Burst!

The people of the real Phoenix Army almost threw up.

Isn't that fart?

They are also from the Phoenix Army, why didn't they receive an information notice to pay taxes?

Although he was only a small soldier, he didn't know who the person who was escorting the grain this time, but he also knew that his status would not be low.

The problem is that the chief doesn't seem to know.

So, he rowed back.

When Yu Ying heard that it was the Phoenix Army that was setting up checkpoints to collect taxes from the coming ships, her first thought was that someone was fake.

The current encounter means that the real Li Kui met the fake Li Ghost.

After thinking about this thought.

Then, a second feeling came out: this was really the so-called Phoenix Army's doing.

After all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and some people want to get a few votes in private.

Of course, either way, it's all about digging up the truth.

Even at this time, she sent a real navy to break the iron cables.

After all, no matter what, it's not right to block the road and collect money.

Catch those people and talk about it.

The navy dispatched equipment, and they had a way to deal with the iron cable, and they quickly broke the iron cable.

"Bold! Who dares to go against the Phoenix Army!"

The popularity on the opposite ship was crazy, and I didn't expect that anyone would dare to be disrespectful to the Phoenix Army.

At this moment, he was a little anxious, if there was a cannon on the ship he was on now, he would definitely kill the people on that ship.

But isn't it?

No, the leader has seen that something is wrong.

No matter how you look at it, it feels like a battleship on the other side.

Damn it!

This is clearly a caravan.

How did you get a battleship?

No, that's not right.

The leader is ready to leave, after all, this time he did it secretly to make money.

Just as they were about to leave, they found that they could not go, and there was artillery aimed at them.

In order to intimidate them, he even fired a shot at the side of their boat, stirring up a lot of waves.

Yes!

Those who were almost hit were already scared.

"Still want to run, dreaming!"

The cables have been untied, and small boats and large ships have been surrounded.

Some people who like to watch the excitement do not leave immediately, but follow the excitement.

The kind of person who doesn't like to provoke right and wrong, he will leave immediately.

Yu Ying didn't manage it directly, but asked people to do it, and asked where it was?

Is it really someone from the Phoenix Army who ran out to hunt wild food?

Yu Ying is also not sure of this.

Speaking of which, the early people of the Phoenix Army, Yu Ying raised them single-handedly, and many of them were so poor that they only had one life left.

So when I rebelled, I only thought about giving myself and my family a chance to live.

There are not many people who have the idea of getting promoted and making a fortune.

It's more about surviving, this most simple thought.

Later, those who joined the Phoenix Army were a lot more complicated.

There are even quite a few so-called readers.

Of course, there are also people whose identities are very complicated.

So the idea of being an official and making a fortune at the same time should be in the minds of many people.

Yu Ying understands very well that high knowledge does not mean good character.

When the territory is large, there will be problems.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.

So, this time, Yu Ying wanted to know what had happened among the officials of the Phoenix Army now.

If someone is doing something to collect taxes under the banner of the Phoenix Army, Yu Ying will let them know what it means to be difficult to break the law.

"Marshal, it is indeed a member of the Phoenix Army, and he is led by the master of this county government. ”

"Master?" Yu Ying was a little surprised.

Officials of the Phoenix Army, can anyone else invite a master?

Although, Yu Ying's official salary is not low, at least he can live a middle-class life.

However, it is absolutely impossible to invite the master.

After all, the master's salary is not low, and he is about to catch up with the officials.

The master belongs to the outside of the establishment, and belongs to the officials themselves, so naturally he pays for it himself.

No wonder you want to go wild.

Yu Ying somewhat understood.

In fact, over the years, there have been people in the Phoenix Army who have forgotten their past and want to reach out for corruption.

After being caught, it was quickly suppressed.

I thought no one would dare to go too far.

Now there are people who are waving the banner of the Phoenix Army and raising taxes indiscriminately.

Depend on!

She, the marshal, was not as bold as the man.

Pretty good.

She was thinking about how to clear her discipline and kill the chicken to show the monkey, when someone automatically sent it to the door.

In this way, Yu Ying took people to the shore and directly sealed all the places.

Then, Yu Ying asked people to contact the prosecutor's office to which they belonged.

Speaking of this county official, Yu Ying took a look, he was a lot older, his hair was gray, and he was not a person trained by the Phoenix Army, so how did he become a county official?

Yu Ying was very curious.

In addition, the county magistrate is supported by a beautiful woman.

Yu Ying glanced at it, the woman was only seventeen or eighteen years old.

I don't know what identity it is.

Not his daughter-in-law anyway, or his daughter.

Yu Ying felt a little strange in her heart.

Of course, at this time, she didn't plan to ask about this matter in person, otherwise what would she want the prosecutor's office to do?

Besides, the procuratorate above received a notice that an official had collected taxes privately, so it hurriedly sent people to Fengwu County.

They were brought to see Yu Ying.

Yu Ying's appearance is not known to everyone, but those who are officials as women are often born in Marshal Hu's guards.

Therefore, they do not dare to despise it.

"In this matter, you must find out what is going on, when you are fighting against aliens in the northwest, you are stuck in the grain road, and your heart can be punished. ”

Yu Ying only threw down a sentence and left.

After all, the military situation in the northwest is even more critical, and she has already delayed it for a day.

Come to think of it, others don't dare to help those people fool easily.

If Yu Ying knew that others would still fool her, then this time I was afraid that there would be changes in officialdom.

As soon as the people from the Public Prosecutor's Office heard it, they knew that they should not think about any favors this time, but they were afraid that someone would be unlucky this time.

I just don't know who it is?

Some people think: as long as it's not yourself.

So after Yu Ying left, they began to investigate what was going on with the county order of Fengwu County?

When they found out that the reason why the matter was discovered was because someone blocked the river and made it impossible for the grain ships to pass, they were all bad.

Who's daring here?

Think you're the son of the commander of the Phoenix Army?

A few people in charge of the case couldn't believe that anyone else dared to do this.

Some people said, "It's unbelievable that there are still people who do this?"

"I ran to the river to set up a checkpoint, I don't know what I thought?

"This would have been discovered sooner, why did you do this?"

"Is there anything else you have in mind?"

If it weren't for the fact that someone from the Phoenix Army happened to pass by, I was afraid that this matter would be spread to various places, which would be detrimental to the reputation of the Phoenix Army.

This is definitely a heavy punishment.

So, could it be that someone did it on purpose?

As the people of the Public Prosecutor's Office, they have all experienced a lot of education, so they naturally know that they are powerful.

They seized on the problem and investigated it fiercely.

The first thing to check is, what is the identity of this county official?

Also, who agreed to him to become an official?

Where is the so-called master?

This series of questions made them feel that the water was very deep the more they investigated.

Fortunately, the Public Prosecutor's Office has a lot of powers, and after the investigation began, it took out a lot of the original files.

The problem was quickly identified.

In the file, the county magistrate is a man of forty.

And what they saw was an old man in his fifties, so who was that?

The first thing that was clear was the identity of the old man, surnamed Dou, who turned out to be an official who originally belonged to the Great Hong Dynasty.