Yes, after hearing this, almost everyone in the teahouse went crazy.

Since ancient times, it is a matter of course for ordinary people to pay imperial grain and national taxes, and it is also a customary rule for scholars and officials to pay taxes and serve in conscription, which is why scholars have such a strong sense of superiority in the face of ordinary people.

Not only do you not have to pay taxes, but it is also possible that your parents will be in charge of your life and death in the future, and whoever dares to blow up a thorn in front of Lao Tzu, I will clean him up.

Someone immediately shouted: "My God, I said Old Man Zhang, aren't you fooling a few masters, since ancient times, scholars and officials don't have to pay taxes, that's right, when will they have to pay taxes?" ”

"Yes, old man, our brothers haven't studied, you can't fool us."

"Who fooled you?" The storyteller immediately quit, slammed the table and shouted: "Look for yourself, it is clearly written, the emperor has already promulgated the decree of the world on the sixth day of the ninth month, that is, a few days ago.

This new law was the first to be tried in Jiangnan, and for this new law, His Majesty also summoned back Lord Lu Xiangsheng, who had originally suppressed bandits in Shaanxi, and appointed Lord Lu as the new governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Jiangsu, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

This Pravda also said that the emperor was worried that Lord Lu would be bullied by those people when he went to Jiangnan, and specially allowed him to bring 10,000 new troops to Jiangnan. ”

"10,000 new troops, my good man, isn't this going to be a river of blood?"

"You know a fart, bringing the new army to Jiangnan is just to deter those people in Jiangnan, not to kill people, otherwise this matter will be directly let Xinguo do it, and what is the matter with Lord Lu!"

"Hahaha......"

Everyone burst into laughter, after all these years of crusade and westward fighting, Yang Feng's reputation for killing gods has long spread all over the world, and there are too many people who died in his hands, whether they were Jiannu or Liukou.

It's just that after laughing, the atmosphere in the hall became silent again, and someone sighed: "One errand and one food, this new law is good, but those officials and people are afraid that they will not agree so easily." ”

"yes......"

Some people also let out a long sigh, and they are not stupid in what they are doing, and of course they know how difficult it is to overturn this tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years......

The tea guests' worries are right, and Lu Xiangsheng, who has come to Zhejiang to take office, also feels the same way at this time.

Hangzhou Governor Yamen

Lu Xiangsheng, who was dressed in a second-grade official uniform, sat on the inner hall, frowning as he looked through the file in his hand, and in front of him, the Hangzhou prefect and several officials were standing respectfully aside.

Suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng threw the file in his hand aside and asked, "Governor Xu, Benfu has already issued a deadline to various places half a month ago, why haven't the local government offices sent the land files to various places?" ”

The Governor replied respectfully: "If you go back to the governor's words, the local government has sent news that the statistics of the files of those lands are extremely cumbersome, so it will take some time to complete the statistics. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyebrows twitched twice: "How long will it take to complete the statistics?" ”

"I don't know about this lower official, but I think it will be at least three or five months, and at most half a year."

Looking at Governor Xu with his head down, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes showed a cold glow, now these people are playing him like a monkey. At least three or five months, more than half a year, not to mention whether the emperor agrees or not, just the 10,000 troops stationed in Hangzhou Mansion today, the daily people eat horses and chew is not a small amount, the local government can afford to consume, he can not afford to consume.

Rao was mentally prepared for the difficulties he encountered after arriving in Jiangnan before he came, and his heart was a little chilly.

At this moment, he felt so lonely, like a knight with a single gun ready to charge, while opposite him was an army of countless people who had already set up their formations and could not see the edge at a glance.

If it were someone else, he would have been disheartened when he encountered this situation, but who is Lu Xiangsheng, who dared to lead thousands of remnants of the army to face the tens of thousands of Tartars in history, and finally fought with the Tartars to the end, how could he easily admit defeat.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Xu Zhifu for a while before he said slowly: "Xu Zhifu, Benfu knows what they are thinking, it is nothing more than wanting to use such a method to consume with Benfu, and finally forced Benfu to retreat."

But these people are wrong, the reason why the emperor sent Benfu over is because the emperor has the virtue of a good life, and he can't bear to kill again, if Benfu returns in vain this time, the next time the person who comes will not be as good as Benfu.

To put it mildly, the entire land south of the Yangtze River will be bleeding at that time, and it will be too late to regret it, but don't blame Benfu for not notifying you in advance. Now you go and tell those people that Benfu will give them another half a month, if they don't hand over the files from all over the country after half a month, Benfu will have to ask for reinforcements, don't forget, Hangzhou is not far from Jinling. ”

Hearing this, Governor Xu's heart sank, and he bowed down and said: "What the governor said is that the lower officials should hurry up and urge the local government officials to move quickly, so as not to delay the affairs of the adults." ”

"Alright, that's it, you all stand down."

When everyone retreated, Lu Xiangsheng returned to the inner hall, and after sitting down, a pro-soldier brought hot tea, Mr. Lu took a sip and said to the pro-soldier: "Go, invite Yang Zanhua." ”

Soon, a middle-aged man in his thirties with a fluttering robe walked in, "The student has seen the adult. ”

This middle-aged man's name is Yang An, he is a praise painting in Lu Xiangsheng's army, and he is responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass and logistics on weekdays, and he has won Lu Xiangsheng's trust.

"Yang An, you're here, hurry up and sit down."

"Thank you, sir."

When he sat down, Lu Xiangsheng told him what had just happened, and then asked: "Mr. Yang, the government offices in various places are so resistant to the new law, and they are all in violation of the law, and the officials don't know where to start now, I don't know what Mr. Yang's plan is." ”

Yang An thought for a while, "My lord, the officials in all parts of Jiangnan have long been fed by the local gentry, and now as soon as the adults come, they have put on a posture of liquidation, how can they not be guarded?"

As the saying goes, cutting off people's money is like killing parents, since the adults are here to promote the new hair, this is doomed to our hostile relationship with the Jiangnan gentry, so don't expect them to have a good face for us, so the means should be tougher as well, otherwise things like today will happen again. ”

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated: "You mean to come hard?" ”

"It's nature." Yang An said without hesitation: "Otherwise, why would Your Majesty let you go south with 10,000 new troops, it won't be for the sake of good looks, right?" ”