As soon as Qin Mintang, the county magistrate of Yilong County, returned to the county office, he saw Yang Lin arrive with the deputy general Long Zhijiao and asked to assign the owners of each house to the countryside to collect money and grain.

The predecessor Yilong Zhixian was killed by the rebels, at the beginning of Qin Mintang's tenure, Yang Lin had acted for state affairs, and the head of the six houses, the yamen officials, and the chief of each security officer had a small half of his appointment, and now he has the official document of the Zhizhou Yamen, and there is a bureau of soldiers stationed outside the city, although everyone feels that it does not conform to the practice of previous years, but there is nothing they can do.

Yang Lin asked: "This year, the grain harvest in some places has failed, and the local people have been hit by local rioters, in the past you have collected money and grain for more than two months, I don't know how many people resisted donations and rent?" ”

Everyone was silent, and Yang Lin glared at Liu Xianfa, the head of the house, and said: "Brother Liu, you lead the way in front, I'll go and see, who is the sacred, who is actually resisting donation and rent?" ”

Everyone had no choice, Liu Xianfa led the way in front, and the group came to the cell in front of the county office, and heard the screams one after another from a distance, and when they entered the cell, they saw that the cell was full of people.

Pointing to the scrawny crowd of people who were screaming bitterly, Yang Lin asked: "The official army has just recovered Yilong for less than two months, why is the cell full of people, let's talk about it, what crimes are these people committing?" ”

Everyone was saddened, and Liu Xianfa arched his hand and said: "Ruzhen, these people are not Diao people? The government went to the countryside to collect grain and grass, but everyone was unwilling to collect grain. ”

Before the words fell, there was a burst of shouting and scolding from the cell, and a man shouted: "My lord, they are talking nonsense, although the grain harvest in the field has failed this year, and the place has also been subjected to local riots, there is no one who can drink porridge and eat porridge in the family to resist donation and rent."

My lord, a few months ago, it was clearly written that each road crossing had 1 bucket per mu of fertile land and 6 liters per mu of dry land.

The brothers were annoyed, but they stepped forward to reason that they were actually holding chains to arrest people.

My lord, there are more than 100 people in this cell, and basically all of them are good people who were locked up by them. ”

Yang Lin was furious, pressed his hands on the hilt of the knife and asked, "Did this big brother say that?" Parents and parents, the sage wants officials everywhere to be kind to the people below like their parents.

Who caught these folks? It's really mad, and it's more ferocious than a tyrant for the money of the villagers. ”

Liu Xianfa arched his hand and said: "Ruzhen, Shangguan is urging very urgently, and everyone has to arrest two people to make a difference." But the most powerful is the warden Liu Mazi, the brothers were beaten and scolded by him if they didn't obey the slightest, and half of the villagers here were arrested in this way. ”

Staring at the pro-soldier standing next to him with a knife, Yang Lin roared: "Brothers, what are we soldiers doing? ”

Wu Dazhu waved his right hand and replied: "Eat the villagers' food, wear the villagers' clothes, and keep the villagers safe." ”

Yang Lin roared: "Now there are corrupt officials who ignore the law of the country and oppress the people so much, why don't you tie him up and punish him?" ”

Warden Liu Mazi was shocked, and stood with a horizontal knife and wanted to resist, but this was a mantis arm blocking the car, and before he could pull out his knife and prepare to resist, he was knocked to the ground by two soldiers.

In the past, I was used to playing tricks and couldn't think of the other party, Liu Mazi sweated like a white face, stared at everyone and trembled, saying that Yang Lin but the local guard Qianqian always had no authority to deal with his own court officials (in ancient times, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the lord Bo, the warden, etc. were appointed by the imperial court and were officials).

It is claimed that there are very few soldiers around Yang Lin, and if everyone resists desperately, they will not suffer.

But Liu Mazi did not expect that the vast majority of them were grass on the wall, and many officials in the past were used as stampers, that was because of his status as an official of the imperial court, and who cared about him as a foreigner without this identity (the Ming Dynasty implemented a non-local appointment system, and the county magistrates, county officials, lords, and wardens were all from other provinces).

In addition, a small half of the Yamen officials were soldiers, and several of them were Yang Lin's former subordinates, most of these people came from the countryside and hated the government's expropriation and extortion, and followed Liu Mazi to the countryside to urge food a few days ago, and all he asked for was a rich and noble job, but deep down in his heart, everyone opposed the government's indiscriminate apportionment.

These battlefield injuries, or other reasons were assigned to the yamen to do the yamen, many of them were rich and noble because of Yang Lin, and now when they see that the situation is not right, how can they do it right, and some even help hold down the other party and wait for the fate.

Liu Mazi didn't recognize the situation clearly, and wailed after being held down, and threatened with words: "Yang Lin, you, you are the opposite, although I misbehaved, but the court officials (not in the stream), you beat the court officials in public, you, do you want to rebel?" ”

Seeing that the other party was so ignorant of current affairs, Yang Lin's face sank, and he hit the other party with an ear scraper and hit the other party's face firmly, leaving an obvious five-finger mountain, which made the opponent's momentum frustrated, Fang grabbed the opponent's shirt with one hand and said: "Don't say that you will be beaten, even if you are killed, it is also right." Emperor Taizu Gao once issued an edict to the locality, but if an official embezzled or accepted bribes, the local squire could send him to Beijing for punishment.

Qin Zhixian, you were born as a lifter, and of course your knowledge is different from that of me, an ordinary showman.

Under your rule, this Liu Mazi is rampant and oppresses the good people, even if you count the various apportionments of one acre of fertile land, it is only one bucket, he is so good that he actually received three buckets, and the people were actually detained more than 100 people, you say, what crime should this kind of person be guilty of? ”

Qin Mintang wiped away the beads of sweat on his face with a sweat towel again and again, and said in a trembling voice: "General Yang, you, you, what do you say?" ”

Yang Lin immediately waved his hand, and several men pressed him down in the cell and beat fifty boards in public.

Unlike the guards, the Pengzhou soldiers belong to the local soldiers, most of whom come from poor peasant families, and the government is tyrannical and tyrannical, and everyone is deeply guilty, so now they seize the opportunity not to vent their anger on the other party.

At first, Liu Mazi also shouted loudly as a hero, and after twenty boards went down, he was in pain, wailing and begging for mercy again and again, and after fifty boards went down, the whole person couldn't stand up like mud, and Shen was put down.

As the saying goes, officials need both grace and power, and beating Liu Mazi's board is not Liwei, and Yang Lin began to count grace after Liwei, but this favor is not these servants, but those people who are imprisoned.

Seeing that the warden board was played for everyone, Wu Jigui led everyone to kneel in front of the lobby, shouting in his mouth Lord Qingtian.

Yang Lin helped everyone up one by one, and said in a choked voice: "Fellow villagers, this year's grain harvest is not good, and the place has also suffered from local riots, everyone knows this.

However, Shangguan is urging very urgently, and the imperial court's tax payment cannot be delayed, otherwise it will delay national affairs, and money is also needed for military training, and the government has no choice but to collect taxes. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and after a long time, Wu Jigui and the others knelt down again, kowtowed, and said: "What the adults said is reasonable, Liu Mazi was famous for being brutal in the past, and today you have removed the evil spirit in your chest for everyone, and everyone is grateful to you."

But my lord, we really can't help it. Not to mention the natural disasters in the past few years, the harvest in the fields has been poor, not to mention the rampant local riots and delaying production, just to say that the government apportionment is too ruthless. ”

Glaring at Qin Mintang next to him, Yang Lin helped Wu Jigui and the others up again, and sighed: "Of course my local Xiucai knows everyone's difficulties, and this is also my proposition when I just recovered Yilong, that is, the government will take back the power of local commercial levies, that is, the government will no longer apportion to everyone." ”

Everyone was happy, but one by one they still looked very eager, there is always a number without apportionment, and different amounts pay taxes completely differently.

In order to win the trust of the people, the ancient Shang Dynasty rewarded the men who moved the pillars, and Yang Lin, who was dedicated to development, was of course no exception, and immediately declared that the policy of recovering Yilong County was still effective.

That is, the fertile land is given one bucket per mu, and the dry land is given six buckets per mu.

In the past, the government had apportioned three or four times the amount of the imperial court's positive endowment, but now when the government has announced that it has been abolished, everyone is overjoyed, everyone is happy, and some even kneel down and kowtow.

Everyone was quite moved, and one by one they fell to the ground again, and bluntly said that if everyone was not considerate, it was really a dog whose conscience was eaten.