Volume 7 Chapter 12 Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice

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Zhang Jie believes that it should be very simple to collect the 30% tax, because many eunuchs have tried, and the collection of 30% of the tax will not make the people unable to live, as long as they live, the people will not make trouble, and with a little urging, the tax can be paid.

For those who dare not pay, they also have a way, that is, to calculate the taxes of the imperial court and the taxes they fill their pockets together, if the people do not pay all three percent of the taxes, they will not be counted as paying taxes, they should be punished for tax resistance, and see which of them dares to resist taxes!

He originally thought that Bi Maokang, Chen Zizhuang and other "Zhang Bin's henchmen" would argue with him, because these honest and honest officials have this problem, not only is he not greedy, but he also can't see others being greedy, and when others are greedy, they will blow up their hair and oppose it like crazy.

The reason why he is so anxious is that he wants to force these people to blow up their hair, you blow up your hair, I will give you a charge of bumping into the official and taking the lead in resisting taxes!

Unexpectedly, Bi Maokang and they didn't blow up their hair at all, but behaved quite positively, and soon, they took the printed notice and handed it over to them to sign and seal.

The content of the notice was written by Zhang Jie, to the effect that for what reason, what taxes should be levied, the list was very clear, almost word for word, but they felt that it was not very formal to send it like this, so they wanted Zhang Jie to sign the name and then stamp the big seal.

It's nothing to sign and seal, this tax collection is not carried out secretly, but with great fanfare, what is there to hide, even if the emperor knows about them, they are not afraid, they have a way to fool the emperor, but the big seal of the governor of Fuguang is still in Zhang Bin's hands at this time, he can only pull Shi Fan to sign the big name together, and then stamp the big seal of the governor of Fujian.

Signing and sealing, signing and sealing, Zhang Jie and Shi Fan were busy for a long time, dizzy and swollen, the notice of increasing taxes was finally sent, and then they were waiting for the harvest, Zhang Jie put down the next sentence, collected the taxes of Fuzhou City a year ago, and hurried back to the Yamen of the capital.

He also knows that in a place as big as Fujian, it is unrealistic to collect all the additional taxes in less than a month, and the original tax in Fuzhou City is almost nearly 50,000 taels, and after the additional tax is 30 percent, it will be more than 300,000 taels, which is enough for them to squander it and have a good year.

His biggest headache now is the problem of food and housing, it is not a matter to live in the Dusi Yamen all the time, it is too inconvenient, he brought his family to enjoy the glory and wealth, and now this condition is worse than the capital, what kind of enjoyment is it, it is simply a crime.

How to change into a luxurious mansion and buy it yourself?

Of course, this is impossible, although they have already paid thousands of taels of so-called carriage and horse fares from the provincial post stations all the way, but if they are greedy in their pockets, even if they are their own, it is impossible to let them take it out, this governor's palace and the governor's yamen were originally "supposed to have", why should they pay for it themselves, keep this money to buy a few more concubines, and have more fun!

Zhang Jie pulled Shi Fan to discuss for a while, and finally decided to secretly investigate Zhang Bin's henchmen, in addition to coming to Fuguang to scrape the ground, they also have a task, that is, to collect the "criminal evidence" of Zhang Bin and his henchmen, as long as they can find out the luxurious mansion of "Zhang Bin's henchmen", it is proper ironclad evidence.

Didn't Zhang Bin copy all the eunuch mansions as soon as he came to Fujian, they can also copy it, anyway, with the poor money of the current officials, it is impossible to provide a luxurious mansion, as long as there is, it is definitely greedy, and it is absolutely right to copy it.

In this way, it can not only avenge the former eunuch colleagues, but also solve the problem of food and housing, and also concoct evidence of the crimes of Zhang Bin and his henchmen.

Before they came, Wen Tiren "dispatched" more than a dozen minions to both of them in order to facilitate their actions, these people were just like Zhang Bin's personal guards, they were all cronies who had followed Wen Tiren for many years, and they were quite effective in handling things, and that afternoon, Zhang Jie and Shi Fan sent them out and asked them to inquire in Fuzhou City, whether there was a governor's mansion in Fuzhou City, where was the mansion of Zhang Bin's henchmen, and what was the specific scale.

Do Zhang Bin's henchmen have any money?

There is no doubt about this, as long as Zhang Bin is really pulled into the gang, it can be regarded as a rich master, in recent years, Dongshengtang's income has been increasing, and their dividends have naturally risen, even if it is the least, they have also shared tens of thousands of taels.

However, these people are not pleasure-seekers, and when they have money, they will not pursue any luxurious life, because they have higher pursuits.

For example, Bi Maokang and Bi Maoliang brothers, most of their money was spent on building academies and schools, it turned out that Bi Maokang raised funds to build the largest Lishan Academy in Jinan when he was serving in Shandong, and at this time, with the funding of their two brothers, Doosan Academy in Huizhou Fucheng has developed into the largest academy in the entire Nanzhili, and even the academy in Jinling City is not bigger than Doosan Academy!

Another example is Xu Guangqi, most of his money was spent on research, when he first wrote the book of agricultural administration, he spent all his savings to build a farm, specifically to try to grow various crops, in order to ensure the accuracy and practicability of the book of agricultural administration.

At this time, he is compiling the Chongzhen almanac, the compilation of the almanac involves astronomy, in order to observe the operation of the stars of Zhou Tian, he is developing an astronomical telescope, originally, he cannot afford all the funds spent on this development, so the compilation of the Chongzhen almanac has not been completed until his death, the Chongzhen almanac has a total of one hundred and thirty-seven volumes, and he has only completed seventy-five volumes in history.

However, with the financial support of Dongshengtang and the Yishou Dan of the Li family in Qizhou, he not only completed the development of the astronomical telescope and the compilation of the Chongzhen almanac, but also radiant, without any signs of imminent aging and death!

In short, the people Zhang Bin wooed did have money, but none of them spent the money on personal pleasure, so Zhang Jie and Shi Fan were destined to be disappointed, Bi Maokang, Chen Zizhuang, Ni Yuanlu and other Zhang Bin's cronies did not have a mansion in Fuzhou City, they all lived in their respective yamen, and there was no governor's mansion and governor's yamen in Fuzhou City, even if Lu Xiangsheng was the governor here, he was also in the office of the political envoy and the yamen, and lived in a courtyard with Bi Maokang, and lived a very simple life. It is impossible for them to find evidence of corruption among these people.

Zhang Jie and Shi Fan are naturally unwilling, there are still many officials in Fuzhou, since these yamen chiefs can't find the problem, then continue to investigate, they don't believe it, there are more than 100 officials in Fuzhou, not a single one is corrupt!

This investigation, they really found one, this person is Sun Bingru, the commander of the Fujian Metropolitan Division.

Sun Bingru also poured blood mold, during the Apocalypse Dynasty, Gonggong Wei covered the sky with one hand, and his godson Wu Chunfu leaned towards the government and the opposition, because Wu Chunfu was a Fujianese, and almost all Fujian officials took this line, joined the eunuch party, wantonly corruption, and did whatever he wanted, Sun Bingru was naturally no exception.

However, since Zhang Bin became the governor of Fujian, his top boss Hong Xianchun gradually fell to Zhang Bin because of his in-laws, and his colleagues were all commanding envoys and fellow intellectuals Zhao Yuncheng was also afraid of becoming the commander of the capital of Fujian because of Zhang Bin's fear, so he naturally took advantage of the situation to join Zhang Bin's command.

Originally, he had nothing to do, because he knew that Zhang Bin hated corrupt officials, so he gave all his corruption gains to his younger brother Sun Bingyi, and even the mansion in Fuzhou City was transferred to Sun Bingyi's name, so that he could support his parents well, and he himself took his original wife to live in the official house of the Yamen of the Dusi, and since then he has been dedicated to serving as a man and no longer corrupt, only when the Yamen is on vacation, he will go back to see his children.

It's good to die, this time Zhang Jie came to Fuzhou to take office, and he brought two big families, hundreds of people, and the backyard and guest house of the Dusi Yamen were all occupied by them or couldn't live, so he had no choice but to let all the officials of the Dusi Yamen move out of the bureaucracy and live in the military dormitory, and give the bureaucracy to Zhang Jie and Shi Fan's families.

Needless to say, how bad the conditions of the military house are, that is, the place where ordinary soldiers and subordinates live, and even the thatched house is shared by hundreds of people, and the officials of the Dusi Yamen have gone to the city to spend the night at their relatives' houses and even live directly in the temple, Sun Bingru was afraid of wronging his wife, so he moved back to the original mansion and lived with his brother's family and parents.

Unexpectedly, he was caught by Zhang Jie and Shi Fan this time!

Zhang Jie and Shi Fan don't remember that he took the lead in giving up the officials' house, and they finally caught a "corrupt official" and naturally wouldn't let it go.

As a result, a total of less than 1,000 taels was copied out, there was no way, because Sun Bingru was not greedy much, and later bought a mansion, added household belongings, and supported his parents, and the money had been almost spent, plus he had been honest in the past few years, and he was not greedy for a little money, and the money he had been greedy for before had been spent, and these few hundred taels were still earned by his Yulu plus the family property managed by his younger brother, and it was not corrupt at all.

Zhang Jie and Shi Fan didn't care so much, they first raided the house, put Sun Bingru's family, his younger brother's family, and his parents all in prison, occupied his mansion, and then tortured him to induce him to slander Zhang Bin, "confess" Zhang Bin's evidence of forcibly taking and oppressing the people.

After all, this Sun Bingru is from a military background, and he is quite tough, no matter how hard he tortures, he is unwilling to slander Zhang Bin, which makes Zhang Jie and Shi Fan not annoyed, and they are ready to do something to his family.

Zhang Bin received the news and couldn't sit still anymore, these two grandsons are really too much, dare to beat people on Lao Tzu's territory, and play torture to extract confessions, and can't beat you two bastards!

So, the next day, Zheng Zhilong came to the Dusi Yamen with a few generals, at first, he was very polite, according to the rules, honestly asked to see Zhang Jie, and behaved very deferentially.

Zhang Jie also knows that this guy is a pirate, and what the eunuchs are most afraid of is this kind of unreasonable ruffian, because it is useless for you to tell them any reason, people are dancing knives and guns, and if you them, they will do it, and they will not want to fool them if you can say a flower in your mouth.

Therefore, he was also very polite to Zheng Zhilong, and as soon as he heard that Zheng Zhilong was coming, he put down what he was doing and asked people to recruit him into the study, wanting to win him over.

After the two of them greeted each other, Zhang Jie asked cordially: "General Zheng, I don't know what to do with this official?" ”

Zheng Zhilong respectfully bowed his hand and said: "My lord, it's like this, the previous governor Lord Zhang has been gone for a month, and my brothers have run out of food and salaries, and they are hungry. ”

Food? Is this the responsibility of the Governor? Isn't it distributed by the Household Department?

Zhang Jie said inexplicably: "General Zheng, you have found the wrong person, you should find the household department for this salary, but if it doesn't work, you should also find the political envoy to advance first, and then write off the tax with the household department." ”

Zheng Zhilong said as a matter of course: "My lord, you don't understand what you said, the last general only knows that the previous salary was paid by the governor, so please raise your hand and send us this month's salary." ”

Zhang Jie is inexplicable, what's going on, isn't that Zhang Bin in front of him messing around!

He casually asked, "How much do you have to eat?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "There are more than 60,000 sailors under the last general, and ordinary sailors are given one stone of food and one tael per month; Xiaoqi has one stone of grain and two taels of food per month; The general flag has two stones of grain and two taels of salary per month; The general flag has two stones of grain per month and three taels of salary; The total amount of food is three stones per month, and the salary is three taels; The guerrilla general was given four stone of food and four taels of salary every month; The ginseng will have five stone of food and five taels of food every month; The deputy has a monthly grain of ten stones, and a salary of ten taels; Thanks to the grace of the former governor, every month he received 100 stone of grain and 100 taels of salary, which totaled 160,000 taels of silver, and all that was distributed by the former governor was silver. ”

160,000 taels!

When Zhang Jie heard this, he fainted at the wrong point, where did he get so much silver, and the additional taxes were confiscated, even if he collected it, he couldn't give it to them, these are all Lord Wen and himself, why give these pirates!

He hesitated and said: "This, the official still doesn't understand the situation, or else, you go back first, and the official will understand it first and then give you an answer." ”

Zheng Zhilong did not relent: "Lord Governor, no, the last general can't go back, there will be more than 60,000 soldiers yelling at the last general, and the last general won't give them food and salary, they have to beat the last general!" ”

Zhang Jie simply played the scoundrel and said: "This, you have to let the official figure things out first, or do you wait?" ”

Zheng Zhilong arched his hand and said: "Okay, the last general is waiting at the Yamen of the Dusi, please make things clear as soon as possible, the last general's guys you also know, they used to be pirates, lawless, if you don't pay in time, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Didn't you be a pirate before, and you're a pirate leader!

Zhang Jie really didn't dare to provoke these ruffians, so he could only nod and say, "Okay, this official knows, you go down first." ”

Zheng Zhilong was sent away by him, but as soon as he summoned Shi Fan over to discuss, Qi Yuangong came again, and he still wanted food, and besides, the Qi family's army was an elite division, and the salary was also very high, and 10,000 people would need nearly 60,000 taels of food!

Zhang Jie and Shi Fan suddenly had big heads, it was really impossible to steal chickens and rice, and they didn't get any money, but someone forced them to ask for food, and it was more than 200,000 taels!

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