Chapter 219 Difficult Decisions

Yuci County, close to Taiyuan City, because of the Chang family and other Jin merchants, this county is definitely a wealthy county seat in Taiyuan Prefecture.

In the past, many people rushed to come to Yuci to be the magistrate, but now, Xi Jingchao feels that this magistrate is a pit. Xi Jingchao and Chang Yinxu have a good personal relationship, what are the big and small things in the county, repairing bridges and roads, Chang Yinxu has helped a lot. Xi Jingchao also read Chang Yin's success, so after the official document of the imperial court to levy commercial taxes came down, he just sent someone to inform the Chang family, and did not send someone to forcibly levy it. But no one expected that Taiyuan Mansion would directly send people over to forcibly levy commercial taxes.

The Chang family is not a soft persimmon, if it really starts, no matter what the result is, he, the magistrate, will do it. As soon as he heard that the Chang family had organized people to go to the city gate to meet the enemy, Xi Jingchao's anxious cold sweat came out, and he picked up the black gauze hat and ran to the door.

"Someone, prepare a sedan chair, quickly carry the official..... No, prepare the horse" Xi Jingchao felt that the sedan chair was too slow, so he asked people to lead out the good horses in the horse circle. Xi Jingchao was born in a scholarly family, he hadn't ridden a horse much since he was a child, and when he got on the horse, he was a little panicked, almost hugging the horse's neck, and didn't forget to wave his hand: "Hurry up to the south gate, hurry up." ”

The south gate of Yuci County was already full of people at this time, not only the people of the Chang family came, but the merchants near Yuci County also brought people to come, and even the people of Yuci were vying to help. Since Chang Minyue was influenced by Tiemo, his style of acting has also changed a lot, and in the past two years, he has often let the Chang family do good deeds in his hometown, which has won the hearts of the people. This time there was an accident in the Chang family, and the people spontaneously organized themselves to seek justice for the Chang family.

The people of Yuci County are excited, and more than 2,000 people have gathered in the official road of the South City Gate. Xi Jing looked at the south gate, quickly rolled off the horse, and stumbled into the crowd.

"Where are the regulars? Where are the regulars? ”

Soon, under the guidance of the people, Xi Jingchao found Chang Yinxu in the crowd, who was holding a red tassel gun and wearing a strong outfit. Xi Jingchao chuckled in her heart, and grabbed Chang Yinxu's arm, "Hey, Brother Chang, Brother Chang, calm down, although the court's approach is inappropriate, you can't be so aggressive, if it really makes trouble, it won't end well." ”

"Master Xi, you don't have to persuade anymore. The old man also wants to talk about it, but if you look at those people, do they have the attitude of talking about it? The letter threatened, but the old man was unwilling, so they sent troops to ask for it, is it to collect taxes, or to suppress bandits? Master Xi, the old man knows that this matter has nothing to do with you, and you are also forced to be helpless, so don't get involved in this side of the matter, so as not to affect you. ”

Chang Yin continued to say this, but Xi Jingchao was a little embarrassed. In fact, in the matter of taxation, he also felt that the six cabinets were too much, Jiangnan did not collect them, and they focused on Jin merchants, so such an unreasonable policy was actually passed. Those people above also moved their mouths and waved their pens, did you think about them people below? If the county is defined, if it lacks the support of the local people and gentry, it will really be difficult to move an inch.

Xi Jingchao thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Chang, where are you talking about this, since Xi is the official of Yuci's parents and is an official, there is no reason to stand by and watch if something happens." However, it is not a good way to bring people to make trouble after all. ”

Xi Jingchao was about to persuade again, but at this time, a middle-aged man nearby said loudly: "Lord County, then what do you say we should do?" All of them honestly stayed at home, waiting for the officers and soldiers of Taiyuan Mansion to come to the door to grab money? Hmph, the court is unfair, and we are not allowed to do something? ”

"That is, in previous years, there was an accident in the county, and there was a shortage of money and food, and the county lord asked the government for funding. Last year, my family's 13 acres of dry land were not harvested, and the master of the Chang family not only exempted rent, but also borrowed some grain. But the county lord, did the disaster relief food promised by the government send it before? Anyway, who wants to move Master Chang, I, Fan Heishan, am the first to disagree. ”

"Right..... Right...... Lord County, we know that you are different from those people in the government, you are a good official. But at this time, you persuade us not to do anything, and forgive us. ”

Chang Yin continued to sigh and said with a wry smile: "Lord Xi, you can see it, this is not Chang Mou's own meaning, everyone's decision on the imperial court is not very slow. To be honest, we are not distressed about this money, but we are cold, which is really unfair. ”

"Yes, the court is unfair, and we have to resist. I heard that during the reign of the first emperor, there were righteous people in Suzhou and Hangzhou who resisted the eunuch party and levied taxes, and today, we also follow the example of those righteous people, splashing the dynasty with blood, and the court cannot be controlled by those small people! ”

"......" Xi Jingchao's eyes widened, and she was speechless for a moment. Suzhou and Hangzhou Yishi? Others don't know what's going on, but Xi Jingchao doesn't know as a native of Hangzhou? He knew what was going on here.

At that time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang had money, and Jiangnan was not short of money, but at that time, the eunuch party was on a par with Qingliu, and the eunuch party was responsible for collecting taxes and silver in Jiangnan. Jiangnan is the private land of the Donglin gentry, and the interests there are inextricably linked to them, how can these people let the eunuchs smoothly take money from their own hands? So, this is the matter of violent tax resistance. However, the results of violent tax resistance were not very good, a few people died, and a lot of tax money was still swept away by the eunuchs. However, after this incident, the public opinion in the world was one-sided, and the eunuch party became a minister who was criticized by the people, and everyone was punished quickly.

The previous method of Qingliu to deal with the eunuch party, now the Jin merchants also have to learn it, and the Jin merchants are fighting against the Donglin Qingliu Party, which is really ironic.

Back to the Yamen, that will definitely not work. Xi Jingchao thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and stayed. As the magistrate of Yuci County, he has no right to wait and see, so he can only choose to stand aside. Either stand on the side of the Yuci gentry and the common people, or stand on the side of Taiyuan Mansion. After careful consideration, Xi Jingchao decided to stand on the side of the Yuci gentry. It is really helpless to make this decision, he Xi Jingchao is the county of Yuci, and big and small things are inseparable from the support of the gentry.

If Chang Yinxu and these people win, he Xi Jingchao can continue to be the magistrate, and the most important thing is that the Jin merchants will also think of him Xi someone's goodness. But if he stood on the side of Taiyuan Mansion, no matter what the result was, he, the magistrate, would be demoted.

Yuci violently resisted taxes and fought against the imperial court, there are always people who have to carry this black cauldron, and he Xi Jingchao, the Yuci Zhixian County, is the best candidate to carry the pot.

Xi Jingchao also fought hard, if Chang Yinxu and these people were defeated, he would not wait for the court to detain the black pot and ask for the crime, and he would resign directly and return to his hometown.

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