When Li Shu said this, the Li clan was excited, and even some of the Li clan's side clansmen began to directly break into the late family head Li Qing's mansion to grab things, a stool, a chair, and a broom, all of which were not let go.

The grain in Li Qing's house was also taken out and poured into the pot to boil, and the pigs and sheep were also killed, waiting to be put into the pot.

More and more people from the countryside rushed over. It is as joyful as a grand festival banquet.

Only the mourning hall was still deserted, and Li Qing's only daughter Li Dai was at a loss.

At this time, in a side room, Li Qing's wife Zhao was forced to hang herself by two women from the clan.

A white silk fell, and the women of the Li Shu clan, the Li Zhu clan and the women, the Li Wang clan, watched from the side.

In the face of death, the Zhao family is still very afraid, but she also knows that she is now being eaten out of the household, and she knows that she is certain to die, but she doesn't even dare to scold it, she is afraid that the Li clan will be angry with her only daughter because of her scolding.

Zhao knew that all he could do now was cry, crying so much that his liver and intestines were broken, and crying was so bad that someone's conscience found out.

"Zhao, don't cry, hurry up and get on the road! We're still in a hurry to eat your meal!" The woman, Li Zhushi, urged a little impatiently.

Li Wang's fist directly hit Zhao's rickety back: "What are you crying about!" Hang me! ”

Zhao naturally felt more aggrieved and cried even more fiercely, but he still obediently stepped on the stool and put his neck on the white silk.

And just as Zhao was about to kick off the stool, a gong sounded outside: "Lord Xiong came to Loei to mourn!" ”

Zhao was stunned, she could guess that it should be the official who came to her house, although she didn't know why this Lord Xiong came to mourn for her deceased husband, but she still ignited the hope of living, as long as she was an official, she would definitely be a big man, and she might be able to make decisions for herself.

Therefore, the Zhao clan did not kick off the stool, but retracted his head from the white silk, and then before the two women in the Li clan who looked at him reacted, the Zhao clan ran out directly: "Lord Qingtian, Lord Qingtian!" ”

……

Li Shu, who was proudly preparing to divide the property of Li's five rooms, did not expect that Xiong Hun would suddenly come to his fifth room Li Qing to mourn.

Li Shu was a little shocked, thinking to himself that his cousin Li Qing in the fifth room knew Xiong Hun .

Xiong Hu got the IRS tax report, and he naturally came here for inheritance tax.

Xiong Hu's current official position is the right attendant of the household department in Nanjing, and he is also in charge of the errand of the Jiangnan State Taxation Bureau, so he is naturally a high-ranking official, and the clansmen of Li Shu and the Li clan have to come out to greet him.

"The Li clan is full of people of all ages, welcome Xiong Shilang!"

Li Shu and the others all bowed their hands to Xiong Hun and secretly surprised in their hearts, thinking that Li Qing actually knew a servant before his death, which shows that Li Qing had a lot of wealth during his lifetime?

Xiong Xun came for the inheritance tax, and he himself was the first person to propose the collection of inheritance tax, so naturally he didn't bother with these Li clansmen when he came here, but walked directly to the mourning hall, saluted the deceased Li Qing, and then asked everyone: "Li Qing is deceased, what about his wife Zhao, and his daughter Li Dai?" ”

Li Shu didn't know what medicine was sold in Xiong Hun Gourd, and he wanted to be close to Xiong Hun in the gourd, but because Xiong Hun had always been very serious, he had no choice but to give up his hand and reply: "Lord Hui, the Zhao family is temporarily resting in it due to excessive sadness, Li Dai is still young and is a daughter and also let her stay in the boudoir, what do you have to tell you to find us clansmen are the same." ”

Li Shu knew that he said in front of the official Xiong Hu that he was preparing for the Zhao family to hang himself, and it would definitely not work to sell Li Dai, who did not have the significance of inheriting the lineage, so he only made up a few reasons in an attempt to fool Xiong Hun .

Hearing what Li Shu said, Xiong Xun nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then the official will look for you, Li Qing still owes more than 200,000 tax silver to the Jiangnan State Taxation Bureau, but now that Li Qing has passed away, since you are his clansmen, the more than 200,000 tax silver will be paid back by you!" Who is the patriarch of you here? ”

Before Li Shu stood up, the Li clan people below blew up the pot first, they didn't expect that Li Qing would owe so much tax money before he died, and they secretly complained to themselves, saying that it didn't matter if Li Qing owed him money, if he wanted to find it, he would find Li Qing's wife and daughter.

It's tax silver again!

Li Shu was angry when he heard the word "tax silver" now, but he still couldn't help but say: "My lord, the wealth left by Li Qing is naturally a family property now, and naturally the property left by Li Qing should not be used to pay taxes and silver. ”

Xiong Xun smiled faintly when he heard this: "Since this is the case, bring Li Qing's wife and daughter over!" ”

Li Shu also smiled slightly, thinking that Xiong Hun wanted to see the Zhao family at this time, but he was afraid that the Zhao family had already hanged himself, no matter what kind of heart this Xiong Huan had, let him see a chaste martyr appear in his Li Gate with his own eyes, and see if he could refuse to fight for a chastity archway for his Li Gate!

……

"Lord Qingtian! Lord Qingtian! ”

However, at this time, there was a shout from the Zhao family inside, and the scolding of several women: "Zhao, what are you running, don't think that if an official appears, you will be able to escape the death of hanging, a desperate household is a desperate household, as a desperate household, you must have the consciousness of being eaten, who will let you not fight for your stomach and not give birth to a son!" ”

Xiong Xun heard these voices, and also saw that the Zhao family, who was running out, was dragged in by the two strong women again, and hurriedly shouted: "Bastard! In broad daylight, what are you doing, come here, save the Zhao family! ”

Five of the tax collectors brought by Xiong Hu rushed over, pushed away the two strong women who were holding Zhao, and then directly took Zhao to Xiong Hun here.

When Li Shu saw Zhao appear, he was so angry that he scolded in his heart: "Why hasn't this prostitute been hanged yet!" ”

Li Shu really didn't expect that the Zhao family would not die, and for a while he knew that it was impossible for Xiong Hun to see a chaste martyr appear in his Li family, so he could only wait for Xiong Hun to leave and then force the Zhao family to hang himself.

Zhao was brought to Xiong Hun in front of her, and she didn't care so much, because she saw that Xiong Hun was an official, she knelt directly in front of Xiong Hun : "Lord Qingtian, you want to be the master of the people's women!" The eldest lord (Li Shu) They want to eat the household, they want to force the women to hang themselves, and they also slander the women for adultery, and ask the lord of the blue sky to be the master of the people's women, woo! ”

Although Xiong Xun had already expected this to happen, he was still very moved when he saw Zhao crying so sadly, and couldn't help but hurriedly help Zhao up and comforted: "Zhao, don't worry, say something slowly, you said that someone forced you to hang yourself, who forced you, there is evidence, and you said that someone slandered you for adultery, who slandered you?" ”

"Woohoo! It was the eldest lord Li Shu who said that I was committing adultery with others, and it was a person named Yuan Yi who slandered me for adultery, woo! ”

Zhao cried.

And Li Shu was completely angry when he saw this, and immediately roared: "Zhao, you are talking nonsense, come here, pull Zhao down, she must be too sad because of the death of her fifth brother, find a doctor to give her a good look!" ”

Li Shu didn't expect the Zhao clan to run out, nor did he expect Xiong Hun to appear here, but in any case, he could only branch out of the Zhao clan now to prevent the Zhao clan from telling more things within the clan.

At the same time, Li Shu also saluted Xiong Hu and said: "Lord Xiong, please forgive me, the Zhao family has lost his mind, and now that his husband has died suddenly, it is inevitable that he will be confused, as for the so-called self-hanging of the Zhao family, it is also a false thing, and the so-called slander of her adultery, Li is not easy to speculate, but I heard that someone reported it!" But in the final analysis, this is still an internal matter of my Li clan, and I still hope that adults will not interfere. ”

Xiong Xun just smiled faintly, noncommittal to Li Shu's words, and only ordered: "Slow down, this official Zhao doesn't seem to have lost his mind, otherwise he wouldn't be able to tell if this official is an official and bring Zhao over." ”

Although the Li clansmen had begun to drag the Zhao clan to the inner room according to Li Shu's instructions, when the tax collectors came, these Li clan people were not easy to compete with the people of the government, so the Zhao clan was brought back to Xiong Hu by the tax collectors.

Xiong Xun couldn't help but smile and asked Zhao: "Zhao, this official just listened to your dictation, and I think it is difficult to confirm whether you have been slandered for adultery and whether you have been forced to hang yourself, you can collect evidence, but what you said about eating out of households, according to the understanding of this official, should be a matter involving inheritance disputes, however, this official is not an official in charge of criminal law, you can file a lawsuit with the legal bureau of your county, asking the government to protect your inheritance rights, so that you and your daughter can smoothly get your late husband's inheritance, and will also be protected by the government, No one dares to take it anymore! Would you like to report to the police? If you wish, I will take you to the Justice Bureau for the sake of your late husband. ”

Zhao heard Xiong Hun say that the government was willing to help him make the decision, so he naturally nodded hurriedly: "The women are willing!" ”

Thereupon.

Xiong Xun took the Zhao family and Zhao's daughter Li Dai to the county office, and by the way, he also asked the Zhao family for the household registration certificate.

Li Shu didn't expect Xiong Hun to take the Zhao family and Li Dai away like this, and he was stunned for a while, thinking that once the Zhao family was taken away by the government, it would be impossible for the Li family to come up with a chaste martyr who would be martyred by hanging, and it seemed that he would not be able to get and sell Li Dai.

In addition, when Li Shu heard Xiong Hun say that the Zhao family should go to the government to intervene in the inheritance dispute, it was obvious that he wanted to prevent his clansmen from eating out of the household, and he became even more angry and nervous for a while.

At this time, the Lun family came to Li Shu and asked, "Master, do we still have a share of the property of the five rooms?" Do you really want the government to divide it! ”

"The government will divide it, what will the government divide, my Li family has not been divided, since his five-room Li Qing is out of the household, his family property should naturally be divided by the clan, and it is naturally decided by the patriarch of the clan, which needs the government to intervene! Take pen and ink, the old man immediately wrote a post, you send someone to Nanjing Engineering to the master in the matter! The five-room property is now being handed over, and all the shops and workshops are coming out! ”

Li Shu was also a little worried about the long nights and dreams, so he simply didn't care about Li Qing's death, and decided to divide and occupy Li Qing's family property first.

……

Because the Jiangnan area has changed the official system, there is a special agency for handling judicial proceedings in the county-level government, which is temporarily called the Legal Bureau, and the main hall official of the Legal Affairs Bureau is equivalent to the main book according to the new policy, so at this moment it is also a master bookkeeper who met Xiong Xun, Zhao and his daughter Li Dai.

The name of this master book is Gao Zhou, and Gao Zhou didn't expect that Xiong Hun would bring a woman and a girl to report the case, and it was still a case involving the inheritance dispute of the Li family, a bureaucratic gentry family.

Let's not talk about the gentry, let's talk about the so-called inheritance dispute, Gao Zhou felt that he couldn't manage such a thing as a master bookkeeper who had been promoted from the warden, so he had to consult Ding Jianyuan, the county governor, and Ding Jianyuan only asked Gao Zhou to cooperate with Xiong Hun to deal with it.

Thereupon.

Under Xiong Hu's instructions, Gao Zhou first asked Zhao: "Zhao, this official will first explain to you the rules of the imperial court, so as not to understand that according to the newly formulated laws of the imperial court, the imperial court has laws to protect the inheritance, and even stipulates the order of inheritance confirmed by the imperial court, but once the imperial court intervenes in the inheritance dispute, as the heir, you must agree to pay the inheritance tax!" ”

"This official has ascertained that among the first heirs stipulated by the imperial court, you and your daughter are the only ones who legally inherit your husband Liqing's property, and your daughter is still young, so it is naturally you who are in charge, and this official asks you if you are willing to pay inheritance tax to the imperial court when inheriting the inheritance, as long as you are willing, this official can stand up for you and ensure that you inherit your husband's property smoothly, and no one can deprive you of it casually! Don't say what kind of big lord it is, even this official and this squire can't be deprived! ”

After Gao Zhou asked, Zhao nodded without thinking about it and agreed: "The women are willing to pay inheritance tax!" ”

For the Zhao family, if there is no government intervention, not to mention that she will not get half of the inheritance, even her life will be taken away by the clansmen, and even a crime of adultery will be left in the clan.

And now, the government only requires her to pay inheritance tax, although she doesn't know what inheritance tax is and how much she pays, but she can understand that the government means that she will let herself get some inheritance, and she will not let herself die, which is very content for her, and she is naturally willing to pay inheritance tax.

Gao Zhou nodded as he spoke: "Since this is the case, this official will file a case for you and intervene in your husband's inheritance dispute case for you." ”

So, Gao Zhou took a group of people from his Legal Bureau and returned to Li Qing's house with Zhao and Li Dai.

Li Shu's side just finished dividing Li Qing's family property, and even Li Qing's courtyard began to live in other houses of the Li family again, and even the maids and servants hired by Li Qing were divided by Li Shu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, someone from the county has come, it is the high master of the Legal Bureau, and the bear waiter who came just now is also here, as well as the Zhao family and Li Dai!"

When the people of the Li family came to report the news, Li Shu became extremely angry as soon as he heard it: "This evil woman, why didn't the fifth brother stop her at that time!" It was for her good to let her hang herself, but she didn't expect that she really thought that she had found a savior! I knew that I should have beaten her into a lewd woman and let her soak in the pig cage! ”

……

No matter how angry Li Shu was, Xiong Hun and Gao Zhou and other court officials still came here, and seeing that the Li clan was still occupied in Li Qing and Zhao's house, Gao Zhou didn't say anything, just wanted to break in with someone, and said:

"Now, the Justice Bureau has officially intervened in the case of Li Qing's inheritance dispute, and it has been made clear that Li Qing has no will, and Li Qing's parents are deceased, and Zhao and Li Dai can be the first heirs, so all the property left by Li Qing belongs to Zhao and Li Dai! So, please leave as soon as possible for those of you who illegally occupy the property of the Zhao family and Li Dai, and return Li Qing's property immediately! Otherwise, they will be severely punished by the government according to the law! ”

Li Shu and the other Li clan members were a little stunned and angry when they heard this: "What does it mean to belong to the Zhao family and Li Dai, this is the property of our Li family, why should we give her the surname Zhao!" ”

"Yes, why did you give her the surname Zhao!"

The Li clan shouted.

At this time, Xiong Hun replied coldly: "Just because Zhao is the wife of Li Qing Fuzheng, the existing Fuzheng documents are here!" ”

Li Shu looked at Xiong Hu coldly, he hated Xiong Hu very much, he didn't understand why Xiong Hu would care about the affairs of his Li clan, which made him unacceptable, so he directly slapped the table and roared: "Xiong Hun!" Don't deceive people too much! Although you are a courtier, the old man is also a senator of the Nanjing General Administration Department of the imperial court, and he is not muddy! ”

"Master Li, you are too deceitful! Orphans and widows, who have just died of their father and husband, you can't wait to take your people to take their property, you have a little conscience! ”

Xiong Xun sneered and replied, and said: "This official is not a Fengxian official and an official of the Ministry of Officials, so naturally he has no right to manage your morality, but now it is the person from the Legal Bureau of Gui County who should deal with the case of his inheritance at the appeal of the Zhao family, not to mention that you are a cousin in the next room, even your own brother, and you are not qualified to occupy the property of other orphans and widows!" Master Gao, this official hopes that you can be a good official with an iron mask and selflessness! Punish some evil thieves well, and when the time comes, the official will tell the above, so that they know that there is a good official like you in Jiangpu County. ”

When Gao Zhou heard Xiong Hu say this, he was naturally more motivated, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Half an hour has come, immediately clear out all the people who forcibly occupied the property of the Zhao family and his daughter Li Dai!" ”

Thereupon.

A group of officers and soldiers of the Law Bureau came over, and just as a soldier of the Law Bureau was about to pull away the Li clansmen who were occupying the west wing of Li Qing, who was carrying their coal stock, one of the Li clansmen beat a soldier to the ground with a stick on the spot, shouting: "Who dares! This is the property that the eldest master has given me, and if any of you dare not let me take it, I will kill him! ”

Syllable!

Gao Zhou fired a shot!

The Li clan was killed on the spot!

The Li clan people present were all shocked, and they didn't expect the government to kill people directly.

Gao Zhou said at this time: "Violent resistance to the law, executed on the spot!" This is the law of the imperial court! Drag this thief out! ”

Li Shu and his clansmen were naturally completely enraged, and they hurriedly gathered together and glared at Gao Zhou and the others angrily.

Li Shu even shouted: "Gao Zhou, do you really dare to kill my Li clan indiscriminately?!" ”

"No matter what ethnic group, those who violently resist the law can be executed on the spot!"

Gao Zhou ordered everyone in the Legal Bureau to raise their guns.

Seeing this, the Li clan did not dare to violently resist the law, but they also refused to move their nests.

Gao Zhou had to order people to forcibly drag these Li clansmen out of Li Qing's house and shop, and even Li Shu was dragged out.

Li Shu couldn't help shouting angrily: "This is our Li family's property, why give her the surname Zhao, why give her a daughter who is destined to marry!" ”

Gao Zhou didn't care, and only recovered the inheritance for Zhao and Li Dai.

And Zhao also subscribed to the inheritance tax, and turned all his last remaining inheritance into cash and deposited it in the bank, and then immediately took his daughter to Jiangpu County.

Here, Li Shu naturally couldn't stand the fact that all the countless family properties left by his cousin Li Qing were given to his wife and daughter, and his temper became more and more irritable.

However, at this time, someone from the Dongchang Inspectorate also found him: "Li Shu, Senator of the Nanjing General Political Division, you are suspected of illegally raising funds and plotting to organize a strike, in an attempt to cause trouble in the world, please come with us now!" ”

When Li Shu heard this, he immediately became half cold, and the whole person fell directly to the ground.

A few months later, Lê Thu was beheaded and abandoned to the city.

……

Zhao's estate case was the first time that the Daming government intervened in a civil inheritance dispute, and the inheritance tax paid by Zhao became the first inheritance tax levied by the Daming Jiangnan State Taxation Bureau.

Under the deliberate propaganda of the imperial court, more and more disadvantaged groups in the clan began to turn to the government for help to prevent their due inheritance from being taken away by the powerful groups of the clan, and as a result, the amount of inheritance tax received by the imperial court began to gradually increase.

It is worth mentioning that after Li Shu was arrested, Ji Xuan was also arrested.

Zhu Houzhao had already entered Shandong at this time, and he was quite surprised after knowing that Ji Xuan confessed, thinking that he didn't expect that there was still the power of the vassal king behind him, and it turned out that these clans had always been unwilling to be lonely.

As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he sent Wang Shouren in, and instructed: "You draw up a decree for me, and all the clans above the general level of the auxiliary state in the world will come to Beijing at the end of next year, and I will hold a royal meeting!" ”

A royal meeting?

Wang Shouren didn't know what the Imperial Council was, but he realized that the Emperor seemed to be starting to think about taking further steps against the vassal power.

Wang Shouren has to admit that although the current Ming vassal king has no military power, he is becoming more and more arrogant, and there are many complaints for the trouble, and the key is that there are more and more members of the Ming clan, although the central financial resources of the Ming Dynasty are still abundant, but the expenditure is also very large, and as time goes on, even if the treasury income doubles tenfold, it will be consumed by these more and more clan members sooner or later.

As Wang Shouren, a member of a big family, and a member of the cabinet, he is naturally very aware of the degree of consumption of the family by more and more family members.

Zhu Houzhao naturally knew it, but he also knew that he was the emperor, not a peasant rebel, and he couldn't execute all these vassal kings, he was the head of their family in this life, and he was related to them by blood, so he was destined not to use too strong means, unless these vassal kings rebelled.

Therefore, sometimes Zhu Houzhao wished that these vassal kings would rebel.

But in any case, what Zhu Houzhao can do now is to summon these clans to Beijing first, and then talk about it, so as not to harm the local people in the local area.

At present, for Zhu Houzhao, the most important thing is the issue of mining tax and mining ban.

Now that the Jiangnan system and tax administration have been successfully reformed, we are waiting for the problem of mining tax and mining ban to be solved, so that the imperial court can completely solve the problem of development in the north.

Just when Zhu Houzhao was thinking about the mining problem, Zhu Houzhao saw Guo Rong to report: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xuan is also here!" ”