Chapter 248 - Reluctance to Pay Taxes

"Well, I ordered you to immediately send someone to find out the origin of this woman, remember not to let Yang Aiqing find out, and don't touch this Xia Mengqi, you have to understand, I am afraid that this woman was sent by the enemy country to tempt Yang Aiqing, and I now have Yang Aiqing in my hands as a humerus minister with the talent of the top scholar and the ability of Xiang Yu, so you must be very careful when you act, and you must track down the ins and outs of this woman.

After checking the real evidence, you can't act without permission, and you must let me make a decision myself. This matter is related to the safety of the country, and you have been deeply favored by the country for generations, so you must work hard to repay the country's kindness. ”

"Wechen has to complete the task assigned by His Majesty, and Wechen will personally lead hundreds of Jinyiwei's experts to track down, and he must find out the ins and outs of this woman clearly."

Chongzhen is indeed very nervous Yang Tingjian, if Xia Mengqi is really a beauty trick used by the enemy, then the power in Yang Tingjian's hands is not something that Chongzhen can contend with, can Chongzhen not be nervous? Fortunately, Chongzhen has not lost his mind, but just asked Luo Yangxing to check secretly.

After receiving Chongzhen's order, Luo Yangxing immediately summoned his most powerful assistants, dressed up and went straight to Yangzhou.

Xia Mengqi is Yang Tingjian's forbidden body, and if you move Xia Mengqi, Yang Tingjian will use a knife with him, this is not said.

No, Jin Zhuyu has already received Yang Tingjian's order, and Yang Tingjian ordered Jin Zhuyu, his wife, to arrange the "Dragon Gate Inn", leave the people left behind, and immediately bring the headquarters of the Intelligence Department to Yangzhou.

Yang Tingjian asked Jin Zhuyu to go to Yangzhou, it was not just as simple as relocating the Intelligence Department, but he needed Jin Zhuyu to come forward to withdraw the marriage of Miss Su, and the status of this wife was too important in ancient times. The children of the flat wife must call the main wife their mother, which is why Yang Tingjian must not marry Miss Su. Yang Tingjian's previous promise to his parents was just a stopgap measure, and Yang Tingjian believed that Jin Jianyu had the ability to make the Su family take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage.

In other words, did Huang Taiji stop? That is impossible, although Huang Taiji's strength has been damaged and he cannot cancel the system of the Eight Kings, but his throne is still basically stable. Because Mang Gurtai has been killed, Dai Shan's ability is not comparable to Huang Taiji at all, and Dolgon's prestige at this time is not enough, and he cannot pose a challenge to Huang Taiji.

For this defeat, Huang Taiji must not be convinced, and then asked Fan Wencheng to send people to infiltrate Daming to spread rumors, such as Yang Tingjian secretly swallowed more than 20 million taels of silver and more than 1 million taels of gold in Yingzhou, Yang Tingjian wanted to rebel, Yang Tingjian let Huang Taiji take out of the customs. It is because Yang Tingjian and Huang Taiji signed an agreement to divide the Ming Dynasty equally, etc.

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In the courtyard of the Wu family in Yangzhou, hundreds of gentry and big businessmen are gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

Let's talk about this Wu family first, that's amazing, because their family has a slaughterhouse, that is Wu Zongda, there is a proverb in Beijing, "The turtle king has eight pieces, and he always suffers from plague." "The turtle king eight refers to Wang Yingxiong. The slice is Wu Zongda, and the plague is Wen Tiren.

Wu Zongda's hometown was originally from Yixing, Suzhou Prefecture. But the other branch of their family is the big landlord of Yangzhou Mansion, with more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, and the current head of the family is called Wu Chengxing, who is a cousin with Wu Zongda.

Because of this relationship and such a strong background, everyone regards Wu Chengxing as the leading brother, doesn't Yang Tingjian want to engage in the integration of officials and gentry? The Yangzhou gentry who had scholars in every family were unwilling to pay taxes. So everyone gathered together in the Wu family compound.

A group of gentry surrounded Wu Chengxing and discussed:

"Master Wu, this time you have to be the master for us! Daming exempted meritorious scholars from taxes, this was a rule set by Taizu, so as soon as Yang Tingjian came to Yangzhou, he would do the business of looting the people's fat and people's ointment, and Master Wu could not stand idly by. Besides, Master Wu, you also have more than 100,000 acres of fertile land to pay taxes! ”

"Yes! Although Yang Tingjian is deeply favored by the emperor, he can't rob the people's wealth so unscrupulously! ”

"Let's put some silver each, go to Beijing to sue the royal court, once shop Lord Wu to mediate, want to come to a small prefect, it can also be easily won......"

Wu Chengxing has not spoken, this old man is in his fifties this year, with a goatee, a pair of eyes that are sloppy, and the image of a rotten master. Wu Chengxing also has a reputation for making a name for himself, of course, his family is also a tax-exempt object, and several of his sons are also studying hard, and in the future, they will be like their uncle Wu Zongda, ranking in the slaughtering shop.

This is not the main thing, Wu Chengxing likes to care about the current affairs of the country, and every issue of the Di Bao, he has to ask people to copy a copy in the Yangzhou Yamen to see, what kind of person Yang Tingjian is, Wu Chengxing is too clear, in a short period of time, he has made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Chengxing carefully analyzed Yang Tingjian's character according to Yang Tingjian's deeds, such as slaughtering all the eight traitors in Shanxi, Wu Chengxing knew that Yang Tingjian was a ruthless person, and analyzed the achievements of the Tiger Ben Army under Yang Tingjian.

Wu Chengxing came to the conclusion that Yang Tingjian's literary and martial arts are the best in the world, his intelligence is outstanding, and he is also ruthless. In addition, it is necessary to add that Emperor Chongzhen has a lot of trust, can Wu Chengxing provoke such a person?

That is undoubtedly an act of looking for death, Wu Chengxing was even more sure of his judgment after watching the intimidating drill of the Tiger Ben Army last time, but Wu Chengxing still did not give up, there are countless Liangtian shops under his name, if you pay taxes, how much silver will it cost! Therefore, Wu Chengxing immediately asked people to quickly write a letter to Wu Zongda, who was far away in Beijing, and asked him what this cousin meant.

Wu Chengxing, the old fox, will never express his position at this time, he doesn't want to be an example for Yang Tingjian to kill chickens and monkeys, tens of thousands of wolf-like tigers and tigers are not ornamental, and the countless muskets and artillery are not something that can be confronted by a large number of people.

"Ahem...... Wu Chengxing cleared his throat and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, although my brother is the slaughterhouse of the imperial court, but far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, the old man is also afraid that my brother will not be able to catch it, so this matter is still a long-term consideration, and it should not be moved lightly - the old man heard that Yang Tingjian slaughtered thousands of people from the eight major merchants in Shanxi overnight, and the chief of Jiannu, Huang Taiji, led an army of 500,000 into Kou Jinggi, and within a few days, Huang Taiji broke fifty-eight cities in a row, guess, what is the result?

That Yang Tingjian only took 20,000 or 30,000 horses with the Tiger Army, and beat the Huang Taiji to the point of wolf rushing, and the wolf escaped from the gate with hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Tiger Ben Army beheaded more than 10,000 Yellow Banner True Tartars in this battle.

Think about it, everybody! …… Drink tea...... Drink tea. ”

After Wu Chengxing finished speaking, he picked up the teacup in front of him and asked the gentry who came to persuade him to drink tea.

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