After Zhu Houzhao returned to Nanjing, he immediately summoned Qiu Yue, and pointed to a holy decree, and ordered: "This is a holy decree drafted by the cabinet and approved by the celebrant supervisor, and now you Qiu Yue is in charge of the first division of the Guards Army in charge of the defense of Nanjing and the military affairs of Nanzhili, you should understand my intention to let you do this, and take precautions, and my safety will be tied to you!" ”

On the way here, Qiu Yue had already done ideological work by Ma Wensheng, the first assistant who had been the secretary of the military department, and knew that Zhu Houzhao suddenly put him in charge of Nanjing's military affairs to be tough on these gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, so he arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" The ministers will protect the safety of Your Majesty and your lordships! ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then asked Qiu Yue to retreat with the holy decree, and immediately said to the first assistant Ma Wensheng, the master of ceremonies Liu Jin, the secretary of the ministry Wang Shu, and the governor of Nanzhili Wang Yangming:

"Like me, you are all people who are determined to reform the Ming Dynasty, and now that we have come to this point, the new policy cannot be stopped because of the resistance of the entire Nanzhili gentry! We can't be soft! Gotta tough! What's more, we didn't give them the respect they deserved, Ma Wensheng, do you still have objections? ”

Ma Wensheng is a native of Henan, and his protégés and former officials are also many, and he is a representative of the gentry class in the central region of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Houzhao asked him first.

"Back to Your Majesty, the matter has come to this, and the ministers are subject to the Holy Judgment!"

Although Ma Wensheng knew that the existence of the Fu was a common phenomenon in the local area, he also knew that if this phenomenon was not solved, the imperial court's finances would be more and more depleted, and he Henan had always suffered from the Yellow River.

"What about Wang Shu?" Zhu Houzhao asked Wang Shu.

Wang Shu is a native of Shaanxi, a representative of the northern gentry class, when Zhu Houzhao asked him, Wang Shu immediately replied: "The interests of the world are only important to Jiangnan, if Jiangnan is unwilling to lose to the world, then who will be the Jiangnan barrier in the future, the minister has no objection!" ”

Zhu Hou looked at Liu Jin.

Liu Jin smiled embarrassedly: "The ministers are the emperor's people, and the entire Ming Dynasty Twenty-four Yamen is the emperor's people, and the emperor will naturally do what the emperor asks us to do." ”

Finally, Wang Yangming, as a son of the Zhejiang clan, also said: "The minister is willing to be His Majesty's eagle dog!" ”

"Very good! Now the cabinet is intended, and the celebrant is approved by the celebrant and the superintendent, and the Jiangnan State Taxation Bureau will be established immediately, which is subordinate to the household department, temporarily supervised by the governor, and changed the voice guard to the tax police brigade of the Jiangnan State Taxation Bureau, and obeys the governor's instructions. ”

Zhu Houzhao first made such a will, for no other reason, to set up a special tax bureau and tax army in Nanzhili, which was specifically responsible for the tax collection of Nanzhili, in order to protect the tax revenue of the imperial court in Jiangnan, and the use of the Absolute Voice Guard was naturally because this army was better controlled by the deaf and mute.

Then, Zhu Houzhao said: "If the endowment owed by Nanzhili is more than 500 stone since the first year of Zhengde, if there is a meritorious name, the meritorious name will be removed, and if there are officials and lords from various places, they will be dismissed as commoners and will never be used!" In addition, it is forbidden to participate in the industry within three generations! Since they are unwilling to pay taxes to the court, then the court does not need to support them! ”

Zhu Houzhao's intention is very clear, since there are many gentry in the Jiangnan area, and they all say that they represent the will of the people, and now he will demote these gentry who are not endowed with money to the common people.

At this time, Wang Yangming couldn't help but remind: "Your Majesty, Lu Nan, the new champion, also owes five hundred and twelve stones!" ”

"Get dismissed together! Strike for the common people! ”

Zhu Houzhao commanded.

"Yes!" Wang Yangming replied.

……

Soon, the cabinet's decrees were drawn up, and the celebrant immediately approved it.

Su Ming, the former secretary of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing, was dismissed as a commoner, never used, and was not allowed to raise a business within three generations!

Mu Yan, the host and guest of the original Ministry of Rites, was dismissed as a commoner, never used, and was not allowed to raise a business within three generations!

Lin Linkai, the former governor of Yueyang Mansion, was dismissed as a commoner, never used, and was not allowed to raise a business within three generations!

Raise people Guo Yangchen to get rid of his fame!

Raise people to get rid of their fame!

The life of the water farmer is in addition to the fame!

……

These are all decrees drafted by the cabinet and approved by the celebrant and supervisor, and they follow the formal procedure, and because the privileges of these Jiangnan gentry were removed from the beginning, now the magistrates and Wang Yangming have also begun to recover the levies without scruples.

According to Wang Yangming's distribution, the smaller amount owed was recovered by the magistrate, while the larger amount was personally brought by the governor to the IRS.

Therefore, Wang Yangming personally led the people to Su Ming, the Qing of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing, and Su Ming scolded directly when he saw this: "Wang Shouren, what do you want to do!" ”

"Su Ming! You have now been deposed as a commoner, this is the will of above, see for yourselves! The 7,600 stone tax you owe to the imperial court will be recovered by the Jiangnan State Taxation Bureau in person! This is an order! See for yourself! ”

After Wang Yangming said this, he waved his hand and asked someone from the IRS to go in and copy it.

And even if this Su Mingdang drank to make Haonu resist, the command of the Absolute Voice Guard made Yang Maodang kill three people!

Su Ming was shocked when he saw this, pointed at Wang Yangming and shouted again: "You! You! ”

"Your Majesty has a decree that anyone who obstructs the IRS from collecting taxes will be killed! Su Ming, don't force this official! ”

After Wang Yangming finished speaking, he walked straight in and shouted: "According to the will of the imperial court, it will be confiscated according to three times, and no more copies or less copies shall be made!" ”

But this Su Ming suddenly ran in front of Yang Mao and the other tax police, and shouted: "The old man doesn't believe that the imperial court is willing to kill me for thousands of stones, Wang Yangming, unless you step on the old man's corpse today, don't want to raid my house!" ”

Wang Yangming didn't speak, but gave Yang Mao a look, Yang Mao understood, and killed this Su Ming on the spot!

At the same time, other areas in Nanzhili also began to recover the Fu.

According to Zhu Houzhao's meaning, once these magistrates fail to recover effectively, they will be dismissed or even punished in this grand plan, so these magistrates do not dare to be ambiguous.

At this time, Pan Duan, the magistrate of Wuzhong County, Suzhou, ordered the officials to escort the six students who owed taxes of more than 500 stone to the county government: "The imperial court has decreed that the taxes owed by you must be paid, and because the period of March has passed, you should be repaid three times!" Wait until you send your family to pay it as soon as possible, otherwise the official will not be polite! ”

"Your Excellency! How can students have so much money and food! We are all members of the imperial court, can't we be forgiven? ”

One of the more wealthy students cried directly.

This Pan County Order is also not polite: "You and the others are all local rich people, why can't they pay, Hugh has to quibble!" Since you are unwilling to pay, you will wait for the 20th board first! If you don't pay again, you will play another 40 boards! If you still don't pay, you will be killed! ”

After speaking, this Pan County Order directly shouted: "Fight!" ”

"Wait! My lord, we are all students, meritorious scholars, you have no right to beat! One of the students shouted.

"You refuse to pay taxes, and the court has revoked your fame!" Saying that, Pan Xian Ling continued to shout: "Fight! ”

As a result, the students were pinned to the ground and beaten to the ground screaming.

However, unexpectedly, these students who were dismissed from their fame couldn't help beating, and three were killed on the spot.

Seeing this, Pan County Ling had no choice but to beat him to force him to pay taxes, but personally led people to raid his house, and as a result, because some people resisted taxes, Pan County Ling had to kill three gentry!

All of a sudden, the entire Suzhou Mansion was in an uproar because of this incident!