Ezhou has really not been peaceful these days, and following several high-ranking officials in Ezhou, some wealthy businessmen in Ezhou have also encountered trouble.

Over the years, they have opened up and down channels, bribed officials, and put goods in the official treasury for registration and tax payment, which were only recorded as half or less of the total amount, so that they could pay at least half of the commercial tax.

This time, the senior official who came from Beijing found out the problem on the spot, and after counting the goods in the official warehouse, compared with the manifest, their tricks were nowhere to be hidden.

It doesn't matter if they are found to have evaded taxes, the officials from Beijing will not be shackled and shackled in prison cars and escorted to Beijing for questioning as they did for Ezhou Assassin Shi and Beijia.

As long as they pay all the taxes they owe, as well as the fines, there will be nothing to do.

But it is not easy to pay all this silver, according to the law of Chen, merchants who evade taxes will be fined five times the tax silver, and the government has set a rule for them to pay all five years at a time, which is mandatory, even if the businessmen who have colluded with the government for less than five years, they have to pinch their noses and admit it.

The end of disobedience to the law is to raid the family, and Yu Tingshi and others are a lesson from the past, and no one wants to follow their old path.

However, what they don't understand is that the government only needs silver, not silver tickets, and it is obvious that silver tickets are much easier to carry than silver taels.

The commands from above are not negotiable, and if they ask for money, they have to give it.

For a time, the merchants involved in Ezhou raised silver taels everywhere, and they had reached the point of madness, and some of the fines were huge, and they couldn't take out so much silver for a while, and they were even willing to exchange the full amount of silver tickets for the insufficient amount of silver taels, and would rather suffer some losses, but also raise the silver within three days.

……

Once again, force has proven to be the easiest way to solve problems.

Ezhou Assassin Shi and others have been escorted into a prisoner car, ready to be transported to Beijing with their family property and the taxes and silver paid by Ezhou merchants.

They traveled from Beijing to Ezhou, and it took them a little more than half a month, and it should be faster to go back, and at the latest, half a month later, these silver will be able to appear in front of Emperor Chen.

This time, the property of several officials in Ezhou, as well as the taxes and silver paid by Ezhou merchants, totaled more than 3 million taels.

These more than three million taels are not silver tickets, they are all real silver, although the visual impact is greater, but with some other things, miscellaneous and miscellaneous add up, a total of more than 100 carriages are loaded, and the transportation is not very convenient.

Tang Ning stood on the street, looking at the endless convoy at a glance, and couldn't help but lick his lips.

More than three million taels, he has to take the top three exams before Tang Goblin can earn so much.

All the assets of their family now must have added up to more than three million taels, but the current silver is far from so much, and even he himself is the first time to see such a battle, and when he looks at the box full of silver, an irrepressible impulse will swell in his heart.

Tang Ning looked away, unable to bear to look at it again.

Song Qian stood beside him and asked, "Lord Tang, I'm afraid that there will be a big mess in Beijing this time, do you want to write an excerpt first, and send it to Jingshi quickly, so that Your Majesty can have a preparation?" ”

"No, you don't." Tang Ning shook his head and said, "I plan to give Your Majesty a surprise, let this fold go on the road for a few more days......"

What a surprise wants is a surprise, a surprise that is notified in advance, but it is not called a surprise.

Moreover, before these things are transported to the Beijing Division, there must be some news that will arrive before them, it is better to let those ghosts and ghosts in the court show their original forms first, and when he returns to Beijing, he doesn't have to guess one by one.

The defenders of Ezhou could not leave Ezhou, and the convoy could only be escorted by the officials of Ezhou, and Tang Ning specially sent ten members of the Sharp Blade to follow him, in case anything happened on the road.

After all, this is three million taels, not three hundred thousand taels, if any gang of bandits and robbers dare to touch the idea of these silver, Emperor Chen is afraid that he will send a large army to raze their mountain, just like no thief dares to hit the idea of an urgent letter from the government, but anyone who has the ability to touch this silver will not be so brainless.

Tang Ning handed the two letters to the squad leader of the sharp blade and said, "After returning to Beijing, give one of these two letters to Fang Hong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the other to General Xiao Lang." ”

The squad leader bowed and said, "Yes." ”

Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Let's go." ”

The squad leader turned around and said in a loud voice, "Let's go!" ”

……

The distance from Ezhou to Jingshi is not close, but it is not far.

Ordinary people rush at a normal speed, it takes less than half a month, but if it is fast, it will arrive in three days.

At this time, several days have passed since the Ezhou Rebellion.

Jingshi, a fast horse galloped from the official road in the distance, raised smoke and dust all the way, and stopped in a hurry when he reached the gate of the city.

When he had entered the city, he went straight to a high gate.

A moment later, in a deep mansion compound, a middle-aged man slammed the table and said angrily: "What do you say, Ezhou Thorn Shi Beijia, Changshi Sima, all of them have been taken down?" ”

The man nodded and said, "When the villain set off from Ezhou, I heard that the man was going to take them to Beijing to ask for guilt, and I am afraid that they will be able to arrive in Beijing within ten days." ”

The middle-aged man became gloomy, strode out of the mansion, and said, "Prepare a sedan chair and go to Tang's house." ”

In the Tang Mansion, Tang Huai and Tang Qi, who got the news, returned home from the yamen one after another, and the latter frowned and said, "He took down all the high-ranking officials in Ezhou, and even arrested the Zhongcheng in the imperial history?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "Xia Guan also just got the news, the officials of the Ministry of Officials went to Jiangnan and never did this, could this be ordered by His Majesty?" ”

"Impossible." Tang Qi shook his head and said: "I heard that there are several traitors in Jiangnan, Your Majesty sent him this time, it should be for this matter, if Your Majesty really wants to move Jiangnan, he will do it a long time ago." ”

The middle-aged man said: "So, he made his own decision on this matter?" ”

With a smile on his face, he said, "If that's the case, isn't this our chance?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Tang Huai glanced at him and said, "Just release the news, don't do anything else, what you want to do, someone will do it." ”

The middle-aged man was stunned, and his face showed a sudden expression, there are many officials from Jiangnan in the DPRK and China, and there are even more officials who are closely connected with Jiangnan, they may not have the same political views, but sometimes, they will unite and work together.

Tang Ning's move this time is to move the interests of all of them, and it will definitely arouse fierce criticism from officials of the Jiangnan faction.

Among the many parties in the DPRK, the Jiangnan faction has the largest number and the most power, and many times, even His Majesty has to compromise, and Tang Ning alone can defeat the Jiangnan party?

Can he be the enemy of one man, the enemy of ten thousand?

The middle-aged man looked at Tang Huai and said with a smile: "Xiaguan understands." ”

……

The officials of the state of Chen had to participate in the early dynasty almost every day, because His Majesty was diligent in the administration of the court and rarely relaxed.

It's just that the time of the early dynasty is long and short, the long is a few hours, the short is less than a moment, most of the time, it is to discuss a few major events in the court, and it will not take long to retreat.

In the past half a month, there have been two major discussions in the early dynasty.

The first is the grassland, in the past year, the strength of the Wanyan Department has become stronger and stronger, and the two Jiagu and Shuhu departments secretly supported by Chen Chu can no longer stop their expansion. Once the Yan Department annexes these two departments, they will be invincible on the grassland, and the next target is Chen Chu.

The second is the Western Regions, the speed of the rise of Xiao Wan in the Western Regions is faster than that of Wanyanbu, and in half a year, two more Western Regions powers have been annexed by them, and if this continues, the west of Chen State will face great pressure, if Xiao Wan has a heart of disobedience, he will become a big enemy of Chen State.

These two things, the courtiers discussed for half a month, and did not discuss the reason, Emperor Chen looked at the noisy court, rubbed his eyebrows, waved his hand, and said: "This matter will be discussed tomorrow, there is something to start, nothing to retreat from the court......"

As his voice fell, an official came out of the crowd, hugged the wat board, and said in a deep voice: "The minister impeached General Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang, and the deputy servant of the Ministry of Officials, Tang Ning, took advantage of the inspection and assessment to act arbitrarily, usurped his authority, and caused trouble in the local ......."