After Li Nan came to the bamboo building in the village and sat down, the owner of the Huang Village said Wang Zudao's promise.

Wang Zudao allowed the Servants to cultivate on the land they had reclaimed, and also exempted them from half of the taxes, so he won the support and support of the four major tribes of the Servants.

If the imperial court does not pay the taxes evenly, it will affect the performance evaluation of officials, and Wang Zudao, who is bent on getting promoted and making a fortune, dares to change taxes privately, which makes Li Nan feel very surprised.

After listening to the story of the lord of Huangzhai, he asked suspiciously: "I don't know how much tax you need to pay to the yamen every year?" ”

The lord of Huangzhai replied happily: "There are more than 3,000 households and more than 20,000 people in the four tribes of our servants. In the past, according to the number of people, we needed to hand over 40,000 yuan of rice and grain money, but with Wang Zhizhou's guarantee, we can pay half less money and grain in the future. ”

Hearing the reply of the owner of the Huang Village, Li Nan couldn't help but secretly scold Wang Zudao and others for being vicious.

Today, Guangnan West Road is divided into 25 prefectures and counties, and the whole territory is only 200,000 households, which can be described as vast and sparsely populated.

Over the years, the Great Song Dynasty court did not pay attention to the southern region, coupled with the repeated rebellions of ethnic minorities, so they did not levy heavy taxes, and Guangnan West Road needed to pay 90,000 yuan of money and goods every year, and an average household paid half a guan of money was enough.

According to the tax set by Wang Zudao, the four Gu tribes in Guizhou paid half of the tax, and it is conceivable where the rest of the money went.

Li Nan sighed and said to the lord of Huangzhai: "You have all been deceived by Wang Zudao's corrupt official, according to the regulations of the imperial court, your more than 3,000 households only need to pay more than 1,300 yuan of money and grain every year. ”

"What?"

After listening to Li Nan's words, Huang Anping and many other servant leaders on the bamboo tower were speechless in surprise.

Even if Wang Zudao exempted half of the taxes of the servant tribe, he would still need to pay 10,000 guan of money and grain every year, which is too different from the more than 1,000 guan that Li Nan said.

After half a ring, everyone digested this information, and the lord of Huangzhai stood up and asked Li Nan with a serious face: "General Li, what you said is the truth?" ”

Li Nan said solemnly and loudly: "What I say is true, if there is falsehood, the sky will thunder!" ”

The ancients took the oath very seriously, and everyone didn't look like a fake when they looked at Li Nan, and the lord of Huangzhai immediately shouted angrily: "Fuck Wang Zudao, General Li, wait a minute, I'll take someone to slaughter that bastard dog official!" ”

Seeing that the servants in this village were about to go out to make trouble, Li Nan hurriedly stopped: "Master Huangzhai, don't be impatient, listen to me first." ”

Although Li Nan is also a Han official, but he came this time with gentle words and brought a generous gift, the lord of Huangzhai stopped and asked, "General Li, what else do you have to say?" ”

Li Nanwen persuaded him: "If you go to Guizhou City to make a big fuss, even if you kill Wang Zudao, you will fall into the notoriety of gathering people to rebel, and when hundreds of thousands of troops from the imperial court come, what will these people of yours resist?" What's more, the three thousand Ding Navy are not just your Huang clan's clansmen, those servants who don't know the truth are likely to attack you after being instigated by Wang Zudao, isn't this a fight of the same clan? ”

These words were justified and well-founded, and instantly extinguished the anger of the servants in the village.

Seeing that the owner of Huangzhai and the others had calmed down, Li Nan smiled slightly and said, "I brought troops to Guizhou this time to deal with Wang Zudao. Therefore, I hope that the lord of Huangzhai can contact the other servant tribal leaders and secretly inform the clan children in the Dinghai Navy not to be impulsive, so as not to have an argument with my soldiers when the time comes. ”

Li Nan did not let the servants participate in the battle, but persuaded them to stand by and watch, such a requirement is not high, so the lord of Huangzhai thought about it and agreed.

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A few days later, Li Nan, surrounded by dozens of personal guards, entered the city of Guizhou on an open horse and went straight to the palace.

Wang Zudao also has a few friends in the court, so he already knows the dynamics of the court, and now he is a little hesitant, not knowing whether to admit his guilt and obey the law, or pretend to be bold and oppose the court.

Li Nan and his entourage stopped at the gate of the mansion, and Zhang Hao and others shouted in unison: "Champion General, pacification envoy of Guangnan West Road, Li Nan, who knows the affairs of Guizhou, arrives, and the criminal official Wang Zudao comes to greet him quickly!" ”

Wang Zudao heard the call outside the door, looked at the dozens of boxes of gold and silver in front of him, and thought of his dozens of concubines, and for a while he was angry in his heart, and he was angry, and he beckoned the Dinghai soldiers in the house to come to the gate.

Seeing Wang Zudao in official uniform coming to him, Li Nan took out the documents of the imperial court from his arms and threw them to him.

Holding this letter with trembling hands, when Wang Zudao saw that he was dismissed on the spot and escorted back to Tokyo City to be punished, his last hope of luck was shattered.

Wang Zudao frantically shouted at the Dinghai officers beside him: "Come on, kill this evil bandit who pretends to be the practice of the imperial court!" ”

The servants and soldiers of the Dinghai Navy, who had already been informed by the patriarch, stood still, and Li Nan sat on the horse like this, leisurely looking at the poor Wang Zudao in front of him.

Seeing that his subordinates looked like they didn't care about themselves, Wang Zudao jumped up and pointed at them and scolded angrily: "Are you natives stupid? Are you not afraid that I will send troops to destroy all your people? Hurry up and kill these people for me! ”

Seeing Wang Zudao's degraded and crazy and angry appearance, Li Nan said lightly: "Okay, you are also a high-ranking official of the imperial court, so don't be embarrassed here." ”

Li Nan signaled slightly, and after several guards dismounted, they came to Wang Zudao's side, kicked him down and quickly tied him up.

Wang Zudao lay on the ground and shouted: "Li Nan, if you dare to do this to me, the old man will definitely not be able to let you go when he returns to the court!" ”

"Hehe, Guizhou is far away from Tokyo, and there are many bandits everywhere right now, so it's not easy for you to go back alive."

After dealing with this matter, Li Nan said to several generals in front of him: "The corrupt official Wang Zudao has been taken down, whether you choose to stay or want to go home, all of them are respectful, and this official will not stop you." ”

After listening to this, these servants exchanged heads and discussions, and at this time, the big and small officials who were watching the development of the situation did not know where to come out, and gathered around Li Nan and introduced themselves with a smile.

Li Nan was impatient to deal with them, and said directly: "This official is lacking today, you will come to the government tomorrow, and we will have a good talk then." ”

When the officials heard this, they immediately bowed down and retreated, and Li Tian and others, who got the news, led 5,000 militia into the city to garrison.

Li Nan took his guards to the back hall of the mansion and found that the courtyard was full of people, all of whom were Wang Zudao's family members and servants.

More than a dozen servants were enough, and seeing the nearly thirty little girls, Li Nan couldn't help but be speechless.

After a while, Li Nan pointed at the children and asked, "What's the matter with these people?" ”

A manservant in his thirties was more clever, and when he heard Li Nan's question, he quickly knelt on the ground and replied, "They are all the concubines of the criminal official Wang Zudao. ”

"I'll go!"

Wang Zudao is sixty-three or four-four years old this year, and these girls seem to be estimated to be eleven or twelve years old, the evil deeds of this old pervert really make Li Nan a little speechless and angry.