A bucket of cold water was splashed on his body, the black panther trembled and had no intention of drinking, his eyes blinked, and he opened his mouth and said, "You, you, who are you?" We have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, you, why did you attack our Black Wind Village? ”

Everyone laughed, and a scholar next to him scolded: "It is said that you are a black panther with three heads and six arms, why did you not expect to be today?"

You are a bandit, murder and arson, and do all kinds of evil, and we are officers and soldiers, of course, we are incompatible. ”

After capturing Yao Tiandong alive and recovering Guiren County and Tongjiang County in Bazhou, Yang Lin renamed the Pengzhou soldiers as the Volunteer Army.

Hearing that it fell into the hands of the volunteers, the black panther still didn't believe it, and shook his head again and again: "Impossible, impossible, although my Qingfeng Village is not from the Longtan Tiger's Den, it is also secretly organized."

Your Volunteers are powerful, but it's hard to avoid them.

There must be a careful work, otherwise, how can you kill us by surprise and clean up the Black Wind Village overnight? ”

Yang Wei felt funny, stepped forward, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are not bad as a black panther, so tell me, which one is a fine work and which one is a traitor?" ”

What Master He did in the past, the black panther felt a palpitation, if it wasn't for Master He secretly making it bad, why did he just return to the cottage lair and be ended?

Since you are unkind, do not blame me for being unjust. In order to vent the resentment of the attack on Qingfeng Village, the black panther immediately revealed all kinds of illegal activities between the two sides in the past.

The more Yang Wei and the others listened, the more frightened they became, they couldn't imagine that this crackdown on bandits would cause so many rights and wrongs?

At the beginning of the recovery of Tongjiang County, the volunteers sent people to keep an eye on Qingfeng Village and the black panther, and with the gradual establishment of township offices in various places, the head of the head of the Jiali was reconfirmed, and the rule of the government in Tongjiang County was slowly restored.

With the cooperation of local grass-roots organizations such as the township office and the local chief, some small groups of bandits were gradually arrested, and the localities became more and more stable.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more stable, Yang Wei aimed his attack at Heifeng Village and the bandit leader Black Panther on Heifeng Village.

In the past few days, he has sent a meticulous worker to disguise himself as a woodcutter and a merchant to inquire about the news, so as to provide information for the army's clearance.

Seeing that the surrounding cottages and small groups of bandits were suppressed one after another, the black panther couldn't sit still, so he personally led people down the mountain to the He family's compound early this morning to discuss with Master He, so that the mountain was empty and guarded.

The team leader Yang Yong saw that he could take advantage of the opportunity, and while sending someone to report to the chief Yang Wei, he personally took three or five people to the cottage and hid in the dark.

When the black panther in Master He's house had no way to ask for help, and when he returned to the cottage and ordered the dissolution of the cottage, Yang Wei led the army to take advantage of the weakness and broke the black wind village in one fell swoop with the cooperation of Yang Yong, who was hiding in the shadows, and captured the black panther who was in charge alive.

Things went too smoothly, and afterwards the party Hei Panther felt unbelievable, thinking that he was betrayed by the ruthless Master He, and immediately revealed the two of them to illegal activities in the past.

Don't look at Master He now in the local family with a big business, rich and rich, ten years ago he was just a teacher in a local private school, and he didn't have time to help Di Bao write letters and get rewards.

After coming and going, Master He slowly became acquainted with the county government clerks, and he was even more jealous of his predecessor Liu Lao Er sitting on the ground to collect money and making a career of 100 gold every day.

He Lao Ye Xiucai was born, well-informed and active, and the first two of Liu Lao Er and the county Yagou were jealous and disgusted.

Then the black panther came forward to rob Gou Dutou's family, causing a fire between the two sides, and finally the black panther led people to clean up Liu Lao'er, and never had any troubles.

Master He turned his hands into clouds and hands for rain on both sides, out of the limelight, and took up the position of a logical place after the fall of Liu Laoer

Unexpectedly, after the trial was correct, Yang Wei and Liu Xianfa, the magistrate of the county, immediately sent officials to summon Master He, and summoned witnesses for careful interrogation.

After many years of lawsuits were uncovered on the spot, the dignified old man He knelt in the lobby and wept bitterly, sighing, everyone also protected the power of the land, and was shocked by the corruption of officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Xiangshuiji is just an ordinary bazaar, and although the local security is only an intermediary between the government and the local gentry, he has the right to assist the government in collecting money and grain.

Every time they rush to the market, the local security guards take three or five dogs to collect money and grain, as long as they go to the market to buy and sell things, they need to pay taxes, seven or eight taels a game, plus other income, there are a thousand taels a year.

In the past, it was not good for the imperial court to set up a name for not levying three salaries, but now the imperial court is leviing three salaries and local land protection is more enjoyable.

When you encounter someone who is rich and powerless, you can forcibly apportion it under the name of a clever name, and add this subject today and that subject tomorrow, who can say clearly with two official words?

Besides, people also adhere to the government's regulations and forcibly levy labor, that is, your only son and husband are required to be forced into labor. You give less money, you have a slightly disrespectful attitude, and you are waiting for your family to be ruined.

Because of the government's forcible apportionment, and because of the clever establishment of land protection, how many families have been ruined, and how many families have been forced to flee their homes and become displaced people.

Although this money cannot be swallowed by one person, just like Master He can make more than three or four thousand taels of silver a year, in addition to the expenses of honoring officials, scribes, and officials, he can have a thousand taels of silver left every year. (The annual income of the average family in the Ming Dynasty was only twenty taels, and the remaining 50 family assets were kept in a small way.) ）

Relying on these means, Master He also changed from a poor scholar who was not literate to a squire on the rich side.

Unexpectedly, the sanctimonious Master He was actually an insatiable and ruthless hypocrite, and many scholars who came to hear the news were incredulous, and some even demanded severe punishment from the government in court.

Liu Xianfa, the magistrate of the county, was full of emotion, as the earliest supporter of Yang Lin, of course he understood the other party's insistence, and now he understands the meaning even more.

Drinking the order of the official to take Master He away, Liu Xianfa walked down the lobby and arched: "Everyone, what these rats have done, Lord Zhizhou has long been aware of the autumn fire."

Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial court wants to quell the rebellion of the Tartars in Liaodong, and to exterminate the rebellion of the Liukou, it needs money to fight a war, and it is not reproachful to collect money and grain.

However, there are many corrupt officials in the local area, and they collect money and grain from ordinary people, which displaces the people, causes chaos in the world, and makes the people miserable.

The adult was born in a poor family, and since he came out, he has been bent on changing this malpractice, and has been imprisoned twice in just one year in order to impeach corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Everyone, we are all scholars, we all have a fist heart, everyone should no longer be deceived by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, let's follow the adults to do it, and change the pure land of the people. ”

Thinking of the scene of his relatives fleeing the famine, Gongsheng Lin Shitai choked up in his voice; "My lord, everyone has a conscience, and of course everyone knows that your lordship thinks about us powerless people.

However, since ancient times, the government servants have set up apportionments at various levels, and adults are also a person, can they really put an end to apportionment, can they put an end to forced labor? ”

Thinking of what Master He did, Liu Xianfa said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "To tell the truth, the adult came out to do the land security that day, and the adult came forward to oppose the forced apportionment of Li Baotian in Zhizhou that day.

But after more than a year, I feel that it is indeed feasible, everyone think about it, is this the case? ”

Liu Xianfa talked eloquently, which was almost unimaginable to everyone in the past, but now he understands the truth when he hears it.

In the past, each bazaar was completely contracted to the local land security, and the small land security paid 350 taels a year, and the large ones were only 50 or 60 taels, and the bulk of the money was divided by the magistrates, scribes, and officials.

At present, township offices have been set up in various bazaars, and although the levy is even lower than in the past, a bazaar can collect seven or eight hundred taels a year, and after all kinds of expenses, it is completely possible to use the remaining five or six hundred taels as military expenses.

In the past, the government apportioned labor, and the local government forcibly levied labor, and the people fled to other places without making a living, but now the government does not levy labor from other places, so that everyone can live and work happily in peace.

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As soon as everyone summed up, the implementation of the new policy in addition to ensuring that in addition to the past court taxes, the county can increase the income of more than 10,000 taels, if the distribution to the scribes and the preferential treatment of tolerances are deducted, it can also be left with seven or eight thousand taels, which can completely train troops to suppress bandits and ensure local peace.

If in the past, everyone would still be skeptical, but now everyone suddenly opened their mouths and applauded one by one.

Lin Shitai and three or two scholars gave up their hands one after another, hoping to do their best.