In the lobby, many squires waited for a long time, but Gao Yihuan hadn't come over yet.

Forget that no one came, and there was not even a person to serve tea, which made the squires a little dissatisfied.

As time passed, Chen Zhonglian's face began to become more and more gloomy.

He is the imperial historian, full-time mouth cannon, although the official is not big, but he goes straight to the sky, that is, the three directors of the province have to be polite when they see him.

After he returned to his hometown due to illness ten years ago, except for the prefect who visited Sipin, he did not visit the door of other officials, and local officials came to look for him.

There is no way, the magistrate is afraid that he will be unhappy, so he will write a letter to a colleague and make a small report, which will cause a commotion for some reason.

Although Gao Yihuan is a big official, but a military general, he is still a rogue, what are you cheating?

The duty of admonishing Taiwan officials is to let go of their mouths and find faults, but most people are brainless, they only judge others, and they have no way to do practical things, but they feel that they are very good.

Although he has returned to his hometown for more than ten years, the situation in the government and the opposition has long changed, but Chen Zhonglian still looks at the problem with old eyes, and is a pedantic and self-righteous old nerd.

In his opinion, no matter what you Gao Yihuan did before, how powerful you were, now that you have become a minister, you have to lie down whether you are a dragon or a tiger.

The old man personally came to visit you as a rogue, but he gave you enough face, and let the old man wait in the hall, which is really a bit unusual. After he has decided to go home, he will write a letter to his friend in Nanjing, accusing you of being arrogant, so that Gao Yihuan can't eat and walks around.

At this time, Chen Zhonglian was already a little impatient, and suddenly a soldier outside the hall shouted: "The handsome man has arrived!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, Gao Yihuan held his belt with both hands, and strode in with a full look.

Chen Zhonglian didn't like it when he saw this, but he still led everyone to stand up to greet him, Gao Yihuan waved his hand and said: "Ben Shuai just won Yiling, things are complicated, so you villagers have been waiting for a long time!" ”

After speaking, he sat under the middle hall, and his cheeks were agitated, like leeks between his teeth.

"Vulgar!" Chen Zhonglian looked at Gao Yihuan's appearance with disdain in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "Gao Dashuai is busy with military affairs, we are still bothering, I'm really sorry!" ”

Knowing that Ben Shuai is very busy, he still comes to delay time?

Gao Yihuan also smiled, laughed, and said against his will: "It's okay, everyone, please take a seat, if you have anything to say!" ”

Chen Zhonglian arched his hand with a hint of arrogance on his face: "Tall and handsome, the old man Chen Zhonglian is the representative of the Yiling squire, and he was the imperial history of the Chongzhen Dynasty. ”

After speaking, Chen Zhonglian paused, waited for Gao Yihuan to react, and looked forward to a few words of greeting between the two sides, but after a half-stop, Gao Yihuan just urged suspiciously: "You say!" "I didn't take his identity as a former imperial historian to heart at all.

Chen Zhonglian almost choked to death in one breath, so he could only calm down, "Gao Dashuai, the old man heard that the official army found a lot of silver in the lotus pond in the east of the city. ”

When Gao Yihuan heard this, he immediately raised his vigilance in his heart, what is this bird royal history doing with silver?

"Haha~ Where did the old gentleman hear the news, there is no silver!" Gao Yihuan shook his head and waved his hand.

Chen Zhonglian said with a smile on his face: "Dashuai Hugh wants to hide it from us." These silvers are all the people's fat and ointment looted by the Sun thieves, and the salary that forced us to help should be more than 200,000 taels. ”

Gao Yihuan showed an unhappy look on his face, Lao Tzu said that it was nothing, and you also said that there were 200,000 taels, which is not to give Ben Shuai face.

"What are you doing here?" Gao Yihuan asked coldly.

Sure enough, he was a martial artist who only recognized silver, Chen Zhonglian continued to rely on the old and said with a smile: "Dashuai, those silvers, even if they are the squires of Yiling Prefecture, give a little heart to Dashuai, and the old man has no other meaning." ”

Gao Yihuan couldn't help frowning, and glanced at Chen Zhonglian like a fool. How did the silver that Ben Shuai snatched from Sun Kewang's hand become a little bit of your heart? What a shame!

Gao Yihuan looked at everyone with more interest, "What do you want to do when you come?" ”

Chen Zhonglian mentioned the silver first, just to make Gao Yihuan embarrassed, and the later requirements were easy to say.

"Tall and handsome, the Sun thief is fierce and cruel, wantonly looting people's property, and the people are miserable. We are all looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally we are looking forward to the official army. We really hope that from now on, Yiling Prefecture will be peaceful, and I hope that everything will be restored to the previous time when the government ruled and the burden on the people will be reduced. Chen Zhonglian sighed first, then glanced at Gao Yihuan, and continued: "Gao Dashuai, I came here this time, mainly to show the handsome feelings, hoping that the handsome can relieve the people from hanging. ”

Gao Yihuan squinted at him, this Chen Zhonglian pretended to be smart, first mentioned the silver, wanted to sell personal favors, and now he brought a high hat to Lao Tzu, fooling Lao Tzu, did he really regard Ben Shuai as a simple-minded martial artist?

"I don't know what to do, in order to save the people from fire and water!" Gao Yihuan sneered in his heart.

Chen Zhonglian had a smile on his face, and the gentry in the hall also showed expressions of admiration.

"Gao Dashuai, the old man thinks that first of all, the land and houses plundered by the Sun thieves must be returned, so that the people have land to cultivate and houses to plant. Secondly, the Sun thief exploited the people seriously, levied more than forty percent of the field tax, and the people's annual income had to be levied half, which was much higher than the twenty percent tax of the imperial court. Lao Yu believes that since the official army has recovered Yiling Prefecture, the tax law must also be abolished, so that the people can have income. Chen Zhonglian said eloquently, "Gao Dashuai, if you can do these two things, the people will be grateful to Dade and remember the kindness of Dashuai!" ”

Sun Kewang encroached on a lot of land, but the people could have a few acres of land, and the biggest loss was actually these landlords and gentry.

The land endowment in the Ming Dynasty was not high, even if the three salaries were normally calculated, it was only about two to three percent, but the landlords and gentry transferred the land endowment they should pay to the homesteaders, so that in the actual collection, the people had to pay more than fifty percent of the land endowment.

As a result, in the process of farming, the grain that the people can actually get is only about four or five percent of the harvest, or even less, and the government actually does not get much, only two percent of the total output per acre, and the remaining three to four percent are basically greedy by the squires, landlords, and officials.

Sun Kewang stipulated that the land was given to the government as four officials and six percent for the people, and the government, which could only receive two percent of the tax, received the four-city tax after the reform, and the common people, who could only get four or five percent of the grain, got 50 percent, and the yeoman farmers could get 60 percent, and only the squire landlords, who could get more than 30 percent, could only receive 10 percent of the rent.

Gao Yihuan conducted a certain amount of research on Sun Kewang's tax system, and knew that with this method, the government benefited the most, followed by the people, and the squire and landlords were the party with the greatest losses.

After Gao Yihuan entered the city, he posted an article on the list of people as he did in Jingzhou, saying that the tax system would remain unchanged for the time being, so Chen Zhonglian wanted to fool him and overturn this set of regulations.

Chen Zhonglian thought that Gao Yihuan was a martial artist and didn't understand this, so he smiled and waited for him to reply after speaking.

Who knew that Gao Yihuan snorted coldly, and suddenly changed his face, "You old thing, you really don't know shame." That silver was seized by the commander, what does it have to do with you, and besides, repeal the existing regulations, so that you can collect three or four percent of the rent? You squires, enjoy the preferential treatment of the imperial court, but you don't want to repay the service, and you dig into the corners of the imperial court, which is really shameless! ”

Chen Zhonglian was stunned, and his face immediately turned red, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Gao Yihuan.

Chen Zhonglian was so shocked that he took a step back, and felt angry in his heart, a scholar wants face the most, so if he is poked by someone, his face will be a little unbearable, and he will suddenly change his skills in the platform back then, "Although you are a high-ranking official of the imperial court, you can't be so bloody." This tax law was established by Sun Thief, you are an official of the imperial court, what is your intention to use the law of thieves? The old man wants to write a letter to Beijing and find ginseng for you! ”

Chen Zhonglian, who was born in imperial history, showed the combat power of the mouth cannon party.

"Join me?" Gao Yihuan took the case, "You help the western thieves, provide silver money for the western thieves, and fight against the imperial court." Ben Shuai will first cure you for the crime of collaborating with the enemy. Come on, take it for Ben Shuai! ”

Gao Yihuan shouted, and more than a dozen wolf-like armorers rushed in~

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