Chapter 536: Nest Bag Back Hand

In fact, it was not only Lu Li, the tax supervisor, who was the idea of the cotton gentry, but also the tax supervisors who were sent to various prefectures and counties in the three northern provinces, except for those who were in the ports or commercial cities, and the rest of the places relied solely on industrial and commercial taxes, which did not mean anything at all. At least for the time being, the largest, most profitable, and most oily places in the three northern provinces are the cotton fields, as well as related things.

Several prefectures and counties near Cangzhou Mansion are staring at each other, and many people are waiting for the results of Lu Li going to Chujiazhuang to collect taxes, and then decide whether they will do it.

Lu Li's fate made many people gasp, thinking that the landlords in the countryside had really become arrogant in recent years, and they didn't care about the decency of any official family.

Some of them were originally landlords, and the magistrates could not afford to offend, and the territory controlled by these people had more and more tenant farmers, and the magistrates still needed to rely on these gentry to do many things, and the gentry's silver was spent a large amount of money, so it was naturally more and more closely combined.

It is conceivable that these tax supervisors came to the local government because the local tax collection was incomplete, so the capital sent eunuchs to collect taxes. Even the elm pimple can figure it out, since the tax supervisors are sent to investigate and supervise, the magistrate's oil and water will definitely be reduced by a part, and no one will want to make less money.

The cotton gentry have always paid according to the taxes paid for growing grain, and even so, there are still a number of arrears and shortages, anyway, the local tax collectors are fed, and everything can be done. Of course, they are also worried that with such a big profit from the cotton field, and it is also an increasing profit year by year, will there be an official government to focus on this money and extract heavy taxes, such as Nanjing and Yangzhou, and the current taxes of the handicraft workshops in Suzhou and Hangzhou are not light.

Don't take your turn, every cotton gentry thinks so, this time the tax supervision, Jiangnan is those chambers of commerce and factory owners, in the three northern provinces is these cotton gentry, it is really like the attitude of the enemy.

At the beginning, it was okay, no one started at the cotton gentry, some people didn't think of it at all, but they just knew that according to the rules of the imperial court, they just collected industrial and commercial taxes, and they didn't have any other ideas at all, of course, in Kaifeng, Luoyang, Tongzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, the industry and commerce are extremely prosperous, even if they don't fight the idea of agricultural taxes and fields, as long as they make efforts to picket taxes, they can make achievements. After all, there are only a limited number of such places, and the rest of the places are like Lu Li's situation, but more people are waiting there, hoping to see a pioneer appear to test the depth of the water, after all, although the cotton gentry have only appeared for a few years, their power is too huge.

The attitude of the cotton gentry is somewhat essentially the same as that of the tax supervisors, but the reverse is that when the civil officials were in charge, the authority of the imperial court had long been degraded, although they were only landlords in the countryside, but they also knew it in their hearts, and now it was the Jiajing Emperor who regained power and sent the tax supervisors to supervise all over the country, and they were also a little unsure of the depth.

After the incident in Chujiazhuang this time, it seems that everything has an answer, whether it is the local bureaucrats, or the cotton gentry in the countryside, or the industrial and commercial owners in the prefecture and county.

After Lu Li returned to Fucheng, he hid in his house in a gray manner, and did not come out for a few days, and he looked like he had no face, and the officials at all levels in Cangzhou Prefecture and County were still very polite at the beginning, and after this incident, they were too lazy to pay attention to it.

The arrears and increases of taxes on industry and commerce, that is, for the first few months, were carried out, and then returned to the way they had been, but a few of the gentry in the countryside paid their arrears, of course, according to the share of the crops they planted only once a year, and the grain they grow.

After handing over such a time, the accounts in the yamen were also smoothed, and it can be said that there is no leakage, and no one can see that the cotton gentry still has any arrears.

The master who followed Lu Li, on the day he just came back, Eunuch Lu lost his temper and drove the master out of the door, but after a while, he was called in again, all kinds of actions show that the tax supervisor has lost face in the countryside, and he is no longer prestigious.

Even the military attachés of the Jinyi Guard who followed the tax superintendent did not go to the nearby restaurant every day to drink and feast like before, and they all stayed in the mansion in a gray manner, and the house of the tax superintendent Lu Li was the person who bought food in and out.

The people sent by the cotton gentry were all staring outside the house, not so much the nail men, but the guards outside the door, and they did not pay any attention to any skill at all, just watched outside the door like a prisoner, and any strangers came in and out, all of them were blatantly looked at or followed for a while.

At the beginning, it was quite dedicated, but after watching it for a few days, I found that the tax supervisor Lu Li did not have a big deal, and stayed in the house honestly, indicating that he really lost face, and he was much more honest, and the people who nailed him slowly slacked off, and finally went into the city once, wouldn't it be better to have some fun.

When the prefect of Cangzhou returned to Fucheng, he already knew what happened to the tax supervisor, and couldn't help laughing, quite disdainful, and did not treat the tax supervisor as a guest.

Ten days have passed like this, the Cangzhou prefect finished handling business in the yamen in the morning, according to the usual habits, or returned to the back of the study, where is his own home, more comfortable, there are beautiful wives and concubines waiting, it is very comfortable, the maid behind him gently knocked on his shoulder, there are prepared rice wine and dishes on the bookcase, all of which are pre-heated, Cangzhou prefect half-squinted, when he was enjoying it.

Running in a servant outside, this is the prefect's inner house, the men outside are not allowed to enter easily, this official has obviously forgotten this rule, but the female behind the prefect was startled, hurriedly covered her face, and hurriedly ran out.

The Cangzhou prefect was just about to have a seizure, and the official shouted out of breath:

"Master, there are several officers of Tongzhou Wei outside who want to see you......"

Before the words were finished, I heard the sound of horse boots stepping on the ground outside, and several military men walked in, this Tongzhou Wei is a little different from the guards in other places, whether it is the Beijing camp Jingwei, or the big camp in Baoding, or the border town of Xuanhua in Jizhen, they are all based on the infantry army. The vanguard horse army used by Chengzu Zhu Di in the Northern Expedition has been maintained, but the role has changed from the original vanguard operation to the critical time, escorting the royal family and important ministers of the Beijing Division to the south.

A few years ago, when the civilian government was in charge, perhaps based on the idea of convenience when fleeing for his life, he did not deduct the food and salary of this horse army, so this cavalry in the hinterland of Beizhili has always been flying and domineering.

The military households in the guard station have no status, but these cavalrymen are like uncles, and the local government tries to avoid any entanglement with them. However, these horse teams of Tongzhou Wei do have some real skills, dealing with the cavalry of the Mongol Tartars and the Xiangma who are making trouble in Shandong, these cavalry are brave and abnormal, and they defeat the enemy soldiers.

"Governor Fang, this is the document of our horse team, and the Beijing Division and Military Department have allocated it to clean up the Chu family who are fighting taxes and rebellion, and I also ask the Governor of Fang to make it convenient!"

The prefect of Cangzhou has not yet stood up, the other party has already extended the official document directly to him, the military man's actions are quite arrogant and rude, but the prefect of Fang can't care about the other party's attitude, he was already stunned by the words said by this military man, and after a long time he spoke:

"The Chu family is a big clan in the local area, how can you resist taxes and chaos among the people, don't wronged the good people of a few generals!"

Maybe he was shocked by the momentum of the other party, but unconsciously used the word general, the face of the military man suddenly looked a lot better, and he explained:

"I don't know how, but I know that the Ministry of War has issued a document and transferred troops after the approval of the Long Live Lord."

Governor Fang was stunned again, and looked at the few people in front of him who were all wearing light armor and a small flag with a long knife on his waist and hips, and hurriedly said:

"Since this is the case, the official will go out and dispatch people to help you quell the chaos."

The soldier grinned and said:

"A few of us were sent to protect the adults, and the Lord of the Thousand Households said that if the war is in chaos, the prefect should not leave the government, so as not to cause any damage, then it is a sin."

Looking at the honest smile on the face opposite, the prefect of Cangzhou could only reply with a dry smile:

"In that case, thank you for your kindness, sit down, I'll order the wine and dinner!"

About seven or eight hundred cavalry were stationed at the south gate of Cangzhou Fucheng, and the grain, grass and food of the nearby post stations and carriage and horse shops were all requisitioned, and they were barely enough to replenish them.

These soldiers were either arranging their saddles and weapons, or eating and resting there, they were all silent, and in the tea shed not far away, a cavalry Qianhu and Lu Li were talking there, and the cavalry Qianhu said coldly:

"Is Chujiazhuang really a chaotic people, and it is actually a grandiose existence in Zhili!"

"Raising private soldiers, resisting the laws of the country, and truly chaotic people."

Tax supervisor Lu Li said gritting his teeth......