Outside the door, the people of the three counties stretched their necks to look around, pricked up their ears to listen, and found that this county lord actually said such a thing, and there were bursts of laughter in the crowd. At this moment, everyone suddenly heard a piercing gong, followed by a loud shout: "If this chaos can't be calmed down, is it Xue Xianzun that you have rebelled, seen the wind and made the rudder, mediocre and incompetent, and have the face to blame the third class and six rooms of the county government?" ”

Xue Chao was almost not scolded by this sudden scolding, but there were too many people surrounded by three layers outside the county yamen, and he couldn't see where the person who spoke was at all, and he couldn't find the main owner if he wanted to scold. At that moment, he could only hear the man who spoke shouting loudly again.

"Cheng Wenlie and other illegal students in Wuyuan County instigated the people to gather in Wuyuan County, and bewitched the public. And there are Xiuning County student Wu Dajiang, Ye Ting and others, Chen Xianzun under house arrest, fabricated urgent official documents and sent them to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangzhou, with the intention of speculation, and led the rebellious people to forcibly donate to the strong faction, and now they have sent the official office to the rebellious people who have suddenly woken up. Xiuning Wuyuan, who made the most trouble, has already calmed down, but you are still gathering people in this county town to storm the county government and block the gate, this is a felony to be filled with the army, don't you want to think about your family at home? ”

Wuyuan Xiuning is the first two places to make trouble before, especially Xiuning is relatively close to the capital city, so the people of the other three counties are moved when they hear the news. Now in the face of this sudden news, the crowd suddenly stirred, although some people shouted that this was just a coaxing nonsense, but many people believed it.

"She County has sent summer tax silk for two hundred years, and the annual tax silk is eight or nine thousand horses. More than 6,000 taels of silver. Even if it is no longer the Shexian independence faction. Instead, it is evenly distributed to the remaining five counties, and each county is responsible for hundreds to thousands of taels, and then sent down to each Dingkou and each family, maybe it is only a few dozen cents, and for these dozens of cents, you have to make trouble outside the mouth of the army, you all think about whether it is worth it! If it is returned, I am Wang Fulin, Songming Mountain, She County, and I hereby guarantee that I will definitely promote the openness, justice and fairness of the summer tax silk in the six counties of Huizhou. I urge Yao Fuzun to declare the old files he checked before to the six counties in every detail! ”

Hearing the name Wang Fulin, the villagers gathered outside the Yamen of She County finally really stirred. However, Xue Chao, who was at the gate, only felt a countercurrent rushing to his brain, and he was really fainted at this moment. While Master Liu was taken aback, he could only do his best to support the county magistrate next to him, and secretly complained in his heart.

If Wang Fulin really came alone, saying such a thing, hundreds of people in the three counties might hesitate, but with his appearance, under the archways at both ends of the county front street. There were many strong men with sticks in their hands, which made many people who wanted to coax people to fish in troubled waters also cast a rat bogey.

And what makes them even more afraid to act rashly is that. Wang Fulin said loudly again: "The first head and others besieged Shexian County, and the people of Shexian County did not fight-for-tat for the sake of you who were also full of righteous indignation, but if this continues, there will be no peace in Huizhou's one government and six counties!" My guarantee, Yao Fuzun has already recognized, and now these people behind me are the veterans of the Qi family army who have recruited and trained the Shexian Reserve Warehouse and the Huizhou Rice Industry Guild General Warehouse over the years, if you are willing to understand the Mandarin Duck Formation of the Qi Family Army, you might as well give it a try! I count to ten, and after ten sounds, those who sit down on the ground are forgiven, and those who resist will not be spared! ”

"One!"

"Two!"

After the number was announced, the villagers were kneeling or sitting, and only a few people were still standing there stubbornly. But when the last sound came out, they saw that under the archways on both sides of the county front street, those strong men seemed to be extremely well-trained to cover up, and their feet suddenly weakened. As the last few people fell to the ground with a thud, there was no longer a single upright person standing in the huge open space in front of the eight-character wall in front of the county office.

In the face of this scene, an hour ago at the gate of the mansion, Yao Fuzun performed a play, and Yao Fuzun announced in public that Wuyuan Xiuning had been calmed down, so that this mansion had monopolized the appeasement, and then Wang Fulin, who also used such a group of so-called Cangyong to suppress the troublemakers, breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but support the archway pillar next to him with his hands, only to feel that all the strength in his body was empty.

Where did he come from, the people trained by the veterans of the Qi family army to help him fill in the dart bureaus in various places, and it is too late to manage the general warehouse of Yuliang Town at this noisy pass, how can there be kung fu to get here? They are all white service helpers who are not registered in the third class of the county government, they just learn to look like them, they are all soft eggs who run away when they see things, fortunately, this bluff worked!

First of all, Mrs. Wu mentioned it at Wang Erniang's wedding before, and then Liu Hui and others ventilated, followed by the government to argue fiercely, and Shuai Jiamo returned to his hometown in fine clothes...... A series of processes gradually unfolded, so fast that it was dazzling, although he contacted most of the famous families in She County on the one hand, let us not get involved, and urgently arranged for the unexpected, but the guys who fish in troubled waters behind the scenes are also so bold that it is shocking!

He is not a scheming Zhuge Liang, he is just taking precautions and preparing for the deployment around the two or three counties of Wuyuan and Xiuning, which are most likely to have incidents, but who would have thought that Wuyuan would not only transfer the tiger from the mountain to open the county order Wu Xuan, but also made a group of killers who hated Wu Xuan on the way and almost killed Wu Xuan and his party, and those lawsuits were gathering chaotic people to occupy the county government to make trouble. And Xiuning's side put Chen Xianzun under house arrest for issuing fake official documents, and then a few lawsuits and bullies took the rebels to pay forcible donations all the way, and even set fire to people's houses! Fortunately, Xiuning had Ye Qinglong leading those wealthy grain merchants, he only went to Wuyuan, and that powerful strength made Wu Xuan not care about his weakness after being robbed, and immediately rushed back, he had to temporarily divide several people around him to help!

Even so, he traveled more than 500 miles back and forth, and after more than two days, his mounts were exhausted, and both strands were completely worn out!

The people of the three counties persuaded them to return to their hometowns, and the capital and county seats, which had been in turmoil for several days, returned to peace. As for whether some relevant people can calm down, Wang Fulin doesn't bother to care. He is not a person who does not talk and only does things, and every day a newspaper is presented to Yin Zhengmao, the head of the household department in Nanjing, and Wang Daokun and Tan Lun of the Beijing Division. Among them, he only wrote an original copy to Tan Lun, and it was expected that Tan Lun might present it to Zhang Juzheng. As for the rest, Jinbao and Autumn Maple Leaf Chubby are responsible for copying. Because he will describe the details in detail. So every letter is sprinkled with a thousand words.

He knew very well that Zhang Juzheng was conniving at Shexian County at this time to bring up the matter of Xia tax silk with great fanfare. And Yin Zhengmao, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, also advocated the reason for equal servitude. The former wanted to take the opportunity to deduct Yu Maoxue's hat after the five counties made a big fuss after the accident. As for Yin Zhengmao, he is completely partial to others, and he took the opportunity to establish his prestige in the eyes of Sangzi Township. Yin Zhengmao's selfishness is not mentioned for the time being, but Zhang Juzheng never wants such a thing to shake Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangzhou!

Therefore, Wang Fulin didn't mention anything about Yu Maoxue on the letter to Tan Lun, and as long as those people above were willing, some of them were waiting for their eyes. If you want to fabricate it, what crime can't be fabricated? Speaking for someone who has no friendship but has a grudge, he is not a saint like that.

Although he was exhausted, as soon as he returned to his small house in the back street of the county, as soon as he entered the door, he asked Jinbao who came out, "Where are the people?" ”

Although this question was a no-brainer, of course Jinbao would not be mistaken, and immediately whispered: "Mother accompanied that lady in the main room, the eldest uncle and Qiu Feng were comforting his son, and he was on the second floor of the main hall, in his father's study. ”

"Hmm." Wang Fulin nodded. Without saying a word, he went straight to the second floor. When I pushed the door in, I saw the middle-aged man sitting on a chair in a daze. He casually closed the door, and then said lightly: "I knew today, why bother in the first place?" ”

Shuai Jiamo was like being struck by lightning, and when he raised his head and saw that it was Wang Fulin coming in, this man who had suffered a threat of life and death couldn't help but mutter, "Why? Even if the five counties of Junping, such as a small county like Jixi, are apportioned a few hundred taels of silver more every year, and the per capita is not more than a few dozen dollars, why should they make such a fuss? It has been more than 100 years since the people proposed that the summer tax silk is unfair, and it is easy to have a result now, so do you want to give up halfway? ”

"When you returned to your hometown in good clothes, even Xue Chao of She County regarded you as a hero, but now that the situation has changed, if it weren't for the fact that the three classes and six rooms of the Yamen of She County were all tough people, you would have to be thrown out by Xue Chao as a scapegoat to calm the anger of the people. Why don't you ask, and why? ”

Wang Fulin asked directly, seeing that Shuai Jiamo's face was full of bitterness, and then buried his head deeply between his palms, he continued: "Don't suffer from widowhood but suffer from unevenness, the people have been going up one by one for more than a hundred years, and it is naturally because of this. For the other five counties of Huizhou Prefecture, paying dozens of dollars more is just a drop in the bucket for large households, but for people with four walls, dozens of dollars means that they have to save money and pull it out from between their teeth, and then they are instigated by people with intentions, and it will naturally be chaotic. ”

concisely recounted the chaos between Xiuning and Wu Yuan, and seeing that Shuai Jiamo's face was first full of astonishment, and then showed a terrifying expression, he knew that Shuai Jiamo understood the danger behind this. But Xue Chao really issued such a card ticket in order to suppress the people before, and the layers of bosses also drew gourds and pushed all this matter on Shuai Jiamo alone, what shelter can such a foreigner who is actually not from She County get protection? It's just an unlucky guy who was pushed forward by someone with a heart to charge into battle, and then sold it backhand when it was useless!

"Wang Gongzi ......"

"Everyone has a love for names, and I have it too. But you have to consider the consequences of false fame, and be prepared to deal with the crisis, but unfortunately, Mr. Shuai, you were fluttering at that time, and you had already taken what I told you as alarmist. Therefore, your house was broken into by more than a dozen rioters and smashed into ruins, and you yourself were almost thrown out as a scapegoat by Xue Chao, who introduced you as a guest in the first place. ”

Wang Fulin didn't intend to blow Shuai Jiamo to death with all his might, and at this moment, he suddenly changed his words and said: "Since the reform of Yisi, in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, there has been a certain increase in summer tax and autumn grain, but from the fourteenth year of Hongzhi to the forty-first year of Jiajing, it is almost unchanged. You are a person who is familiar with the Huizhou Mansion Chronicles, you should know. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the summer tax wheat in Huizhou Prefecture was 48,750 stones, and the silk was 9,708 horses, and in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, the summer tax wheat was 1,498 stones, seven buckets, one liter and two spoons, and the silk was less than 8,800 horses. The last two figures remained almost unchanged until the forty-first year of Jiajing. ”

Shuai Jiamo knew that Wang Fulin was a careful person, and it was not too surprising that he was so familiar with the tax figures. At this time, the corners of his mouth squirmed, but he did not speak.

"This is the number in the Ming Huidian, Shexian County was holding this number at the beginning, closely following the Xia tax silk is a silk silk folded silk, not a debt of Yuan wheat during the Jiachen period, so the next year set a permanent system, with silk to discount, in order to fight with other five counties in the ring, I don't want to talk about this today. After all, the total amount of summer tax in Huizhou every year is this number, but the six counties together collect far more than this number every year, because the extra money has to be used as government and county government expenses, and there are all kinds of apportionment of public expenses. However, these are the main taxes anyway, but what about the miscellaneous items of the annual office and the sitting party? ”

Wang Fulin said as he began to count with his fingers: "During the Jiajing period, all the regular taxes in Huizhou Mansion were added together, and they were only paid more than 60,000 taels. However, the annual supply of military supplies for the household department is 5,535 taels. The supply of the military quartermaster of the Ministry of Industry is five thousand six hundred and eighty-two taels. The annual supply of the Ministry of Rites is two thousand two hundred and seventy taels. Lijia military silver, twelve thousand one hundred and fifty-nine taels. The Ministry of Industry received an additional offering, 16,920 taels. From time to time, the household department sits on the offering, 47,951 taels, there are 12,951 taels of troops from Xieji Su Song Dingtian and Zhenjiang, and it is said that Su Song Zhenjiang is exempt from levy, but it still took four full years, and it was stopped during the Longqing period. From time to time, the Ministry of Industry sent an offering, 19,791 taels.

As for the Fuyuan from time to time to send to help neighboring counties, this is not common, Jiajing forty years of King Jing's country, 20,000 taels. In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, King Jing's palace returned to Beijing, 10,000 taels. Afterwards. From time to time, the Fuyuan sat on the side to prepare offerings, and in the 34th year of Jiajing, an additional 18,364 taels were added. Except for these special cases that indicate the number of years, the rest are recruited every year and never stop. ”

Even for a person like Wang Fulin, who is very sensitive to numbers, it still took a lot of effort to remember this long list of numbers, and it was because he was too shocked after reading the column of Huizhou Mansion Zhi Sui Gong Sui Office. If he wears it back to modern times, who will dare to say to him that the Ming Dynasty has low taxes, he simply wants to spray those people with a spit on the face, it is because the imperial court is really shameless, and only the official classics such as the Ming Dynasty will only record the correct taxes, and only take these out for people to see.

Of course, the Jiajing period is indeed a special case, there is the southeast anti-Japanese war, and the Jiajing Emperor is repairing the palace, so the apportionment is particularly serious, but how much higher is the annual tribute and annual office than the regular tax silver? Nearly 150,000 taels of silver for the annual tribute and the sitting, in the year when the most taxes were collected, these miscellaneous items were almost three times the regular tax! What's even more terrifying is that the annual tribute and annual office should not have been fixed, but it gradually became a permanent system, and it was only reduced during the Longqing period. A few years ago, when Ye Junyao served as the county magistrate, the annual tribute and the annual office were considered low, but they were also higher than the regular tax, at least to the point of one to two.

"Is this burden heavy on the summer tax silk, or is it this year-old tribute and sitting faction? Pitiful, the folk eunuchs are rich and the people, the princes and elders of the court, no one dares to touch this, you must know that there is no such thing in the Hongwu period, the so-called never add taxes, but also do not add taxes, miscellaneous items have never been less. Mr. Shuai, you are a person who is proficient in arithmetic, don't tell me you don't know! In the Ming Dynasty, a national-level classic, the tax is not paid at the county level, only at the government level, and there are too many well-dressed households exempt from military service and tax exemption, and the total number of miscellaneous taxes and apportionments in the counties is more than the total number of one government, and the rest are all at public expense, and the accounts are chaotic, which is the biggest source of disputes in the counties! ”

PS: I'm asking for a few more days off - (to be continued.) )