Chapter 36: My Fundraising Dinner - Oh, it's supposed to be a reception
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This reception banquet was very big, and the township chiefs, the patriarchs of all ethnic groups, and the vast majority of scholars were invited, and everyone rushed to Wangjianglou with complicated feelings, and they were ready to offer a filial piety one by one.
But the front sign is very clearly written, the gift money needs to be under a penny of silver, is there anyone in this world afraid of too much silver?
Some change their names and give away other valuables, which are recorded in account books anyway, and it is difficult to figure out how much these items are worth for a while.
Now there are a lot of people, everyone gets together to talk about this year's difficulty, the local tyrants are ferocious, and they are more hateful than the gang of corrupt officials and corrupt officials in previous years.
Some of them ignored the approaching end of the year, with tears in their eyes, and forced themselves not to cry.
A few days ago, the magistrate of the county raided someone else's home, and there were hundreds of soldiers on duty in front of the building.
At noon, Yang Xuan rode a yellow horse and came to Wangjiang Tower with several people in the county.
Everyone stood up and welcomed, but although everyone was dissatisfied, they did not dare to express themselves.
Yang Xuan did not go upstairs directly, but walked around first, and after meeting with the main local squires under the recommendation of Li Shikai and others, he went to the second floor to sit down.
After the guest of honor arrived, the banquet officially began, and Li Shikai did not encourage Yang Xuan to stand up and say a few words, but he couldn't hold back, Yang Xuan had to stand up, but he didn't speak, but clapped his hands and brought out more than a dozen prisoners.
When the boxer was left from prison, the magistrate of the county asked him to arrive and speak no matter what, and how to speak was really nerve-wracking.
will not smear the face of the adult, and immediately told his own experience 1510, he was originally a boxer, just because he usually loves to complain, this time he was charged with gangsters by the officials, if it were not for the fair trial of adults, he was still in the black cell.
After Du Jigui finished speaking, followed by other carefully selected prisoners, the Zhengfu was only 3 cents and 6 cents per mu, plus the three salaries were only 6 cents of silver, and the government actually received 2 or 3 cents of silver, which was several times that of the Zhengfu, and everyone had no money to pay the silver, so they were arrested.
The jugglers were only extorted a tael of silver by the white servants because they did not worship the pier, and they did not get the silver, and the juggling reward was not only robbed, but also locked in the official prison.
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Everyone has heard of these in the past, some of them have seen it with their own eyes, and now they are mentioned in public, and some of them can't help but cry.
The two squires who were crying were blackmailed by the officials a few months ago, and more than 500 taels of silver were extorted before and after, and the whole family was almost ruined.
Holding back the grief in his heart, Li Shikai arched his hand and said: "The county magistrate is kind-hearted and cherishes the people of Li, this year our county first suffered from a local riot, and then a military disaster, and now the people's livelihood is withering, and I hope that the lord will make a statement to the prefect and the governor to see if they can be exempted from paying taxes this year." ”
Yang Xuan smiled, got up suddenly, glared at Tan Wanjin, the head of the household, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't be stupid anymore, reduce taxes, do you think that if taxes are reduced, these evil labors will no longer be levied?"
The day before yesterday, I checked the documents, Chongzhen's twelfth year Yilong also suffered a disaster, although the governor Yamen reduced the Tian Fu Ding Fu, but the government still received it. ”
As soon as everyone heard this, the whole scene almost blew up, and everyone started scolding, and Tan Wanjin couldn't sit still, almost fell from his seat, and gave up his hand again and again, claiming that this was done by the former magistrate, and he was just acting on orders.
Yang Xuan smiled, shook his head and asked: "Chongzhen's twelfth year tax collection, this official will continue to investigate, no matter who it is, how much corruption, I will let it spit out."
But the following ones, let me see how you explain them?"
Yang Fuquan, the commander of the small flag of the pro-soldier next to him, gave a look, and several officials and Yu Erye were dragged up by the five flowers.
Yang Xuan returned to his seat, and a scribe next to him announced his guilt, Yu Erye took more than 4,000 taels of silver in less than seven years, deducting the 2,000 taels of silver he spent on selling houses and land, and deducting the hundreds of taels of silver that he had squandered in the past few years, and nearly 2,000 taels of silver.
Yu Erye's small white service is still like this, and those team leaders are even better, and some of them are as high as four or five thousand taels of silver.
Everyone was angry and bloody, thinking that not killing was not enough to calm the people's anger, and they all said that they could be killed.
Yang Xuan stood up and made everyone quiet, then looked at Tan Wanjin, who was standing on both sides in fear, and said with a smile: "Tan Hushu, it's your turn now." Tell me, how much money has been embezzled in the past few years? ”
Now in the cold winter, the weather is very cold, due to psychological tension, beads of sweat rolled down from his face, forcibly suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Tan Wanjin arched his hand and said: "Lord County, the student has become a household scribe since the Apocalypse, and he is conscientious, and he only knows that he assists those county lords in the past, and is only responsible for bookkeeping."
Whether the three former magistrates of the county were illegal or not, what Zhang Dutou and Wang Dutou did, the students had never heard of in the past. ”
Yang Xuan smiled, shook his head and said: "Tan Hushu, don't say that you are so innocent, you probably forgot, your family has been farming and studying for generations, and the family has more than 20 acres of thin fields, and it is a loan to go to Chengdu to participate in the township test during the Wanli period."
Look at you now, not to mention that the whole body wears gold and silver, just look at your family property, there are two houses in the city, worth more than 4,000 taels, and there are cottages in your hometown, and you can't get down without two or three thousand taels of silver, plus nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land, more than 10 shops, and five or six thousand gold hidden at home.
Now that there are hungry people everywhere and the people's livelihood is withering, you can teach you a good method, how to make a fortune and make a fortune?"
Tan Wanjin first wanted to deny it, but he didn't expect that early this morning, the soldiers had already raided his house, seized his account books, and counted his property.
Because Tan Wanjin and others were involved in whether the former magistrate was lawless, Yang Xuan ordered him to be imprisoned pending his sentence and prosecuted according to the Yamen.
Yu Erye and the others were escorted to the prisoner car and tied to the court to wait for the discussion to be corrected on the spot.
Li Shikai and others were dumbfounded, and some even used the "Da Ming Law" to remind that ordinary death row prisoners need to be sentenced at the provincial level and reviewed by the Yamen of the Procuratorial Mission, and especially serious cases need to be decided by the Son of Heaven.
Yang Xuan believes that the evidence is conclusive, coupled with the fact that the local government has just recovered and the situation is unstable, so it needs to be cut through the chaos quickly, and it needs to be executed on the same day.
Everyone was shocked and asked back to their seats, punishing Tan Wanjin, Yu Erye and other corrupt officials is just a fire, and it is still far from really governing one side?
Taking advantage of the fact that the grain chiefs and lieutenant chiefs set up by the imperial court were there, and while the patriarchs and showmen who were quite influential in the local area were there, Yang Xuan threw the problem first.
Now that the local government is in financial difficulties, Yu Erye's white servants levy eight or nine hundred taels of business taxes every year, plus other tricks and robberies, there are even more.
But they are good, and the one who handed over to the yamen is only fifty taels, what should I do about this problem?
The good land is only 3 points and 6 cents, and after adding three salaries, it is only 6 cents, but the local officials collect 2 yuan of silver, what should I do?
The Ding Fu court stipulated 1 coin and 2 cents of silver, but what should I do if the local government levied 4 or 5 cents of silver?
How can corruption and bribery be avoided by secretaries and officials?
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In fact, there is no need to discuss it, every time Yang Xuan throws out a question, the lieutenant chief and Xiucai who met two days ago stand up and talk about their views.
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