In the afternoon, the well-known gentry in Zhengding Mansion arrived. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As the saying goes, 'the prefect who breaks the door, and the prefect who destroys the door' beckons to such bigwigs, the gentry dare not come, and they sit in the flower hall one by one, with a sad look on their faces.

"Hey! Have you heard? The county prince of Anping killed someone last night? One of the gentry lowered his voice and preached to the surrounding gentry.

"We've heard about it too!" Several gentry nodded, a hint of sadness on their faces. A gentry said angrily: "This Lin Governor's Mansion is really lawless! Zhou Dechang is the hereditary county prince of the grandfather, but he was killed by him in this way, his courage is really bigger than the sky? Isn't he afraid that the emperor will find out about it, arrest him, and kill him? How can he be blatantly contemptuous of his grandfather? ”

A gentleman next to him smiled and said, "You don't know about this!" This prefect Lin is also said to be very big, his father is Zhou Yongkang, the secretary of the court, who is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials in the world, what are people afraid of? There is a cover of his old son in the court, that is, he is dismissed as an official, and it is a big deal to live at home for two days, and he will be reinstated as an official in a few months! ”

"Ahem! This Anping County Duke is really, too arrogant, the last time he had a tea party, he beat Lin Zhifu in public, he must have annoyed him sometimes, and he held a grudge and wanted to take revenge. But then again, only when these immortals fight, can they get rid of Zhou Dechang, if we ordinary people, we would have been wiped out ten times and eight times. The gentry who spoke to him sighed.

"That's right! What is the matter with the prefect coming to us this time? A few gentry from a remote area, for some reason, asked.

The gentry, who had been here the last time, said to him, "What can it be?" Of course, it's rent and interest reduction, and we have put money in our pockets! ”

"Hey......" The gentry from the remote area immediately let out a lament, and his face was sad.

Just as everyone was discussing, I heard a servant at the door shouting: "The prefect is here to ......" As soon as the words fell, the prefect Lin was dressed in official clothes, wearing a black veil on his head, holding the shelf of the official master, walked into the hall step by step, laughed at the gentry, and went straight to the main seat and sat down.

"See the prefect's ......" All the gentry stood up together and bowed to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi smiled and saluted everyone back, instructed everyone to sit down, and arched his hand and said: "Fellow villagers, I was loved by the emperor and entrusted me with the post of Zhengding prefect. Since taking office, with the support of the elders of the villagers, the government has punished the heinous Anping County Prince, and returned Zhengding Mansion to a bright and blue sky, but ......" Speaking of this, he turned the conversation around, lowered his face, and continued to speak: "Some poor hired peasants reported that some rural gentry were not benevolent to the rich, and did not want to pay the land tax, share the worries for the court, and solve problems for the emperor, but they colluded with the officials in the government to do everything possible to conceal the land property and reduce the land tax they should pay, which is really an unforgivable crime! The government decided to check the account books of the past years, re-measure the acres of land, and chase down the fields of previous years! As soon as he finished speaking, many of the gentry immediately turned pale with panicked expressions on their faces.

Depend on! This tea party is really a Hongmen banquet! This Lin Governor is also ruthless enough, he has to re-measure the acres of land, verify the fields of previous years, and pursue and punish severely, if it is really so, wouldn't it be a big trouble? Because among the gentry seated, there is more or less a certain amount of concealment of land and underpayment of taxes, which can be said to be a check!

"Big ...... My lord......" A gentry stood up and stammered: "I know that the lord wants to collect the autumn grain, share the worries of the court, and solve problems for the emperor, so we must fully cooperate with the lord to hand over the field endowment, but this is a new measure of the acres of land, and there is no need to chase down the arrears of previous years!" It's not easy for everyone. Speaking of this, he cautiously glanced at Lin Yi who was sitting in the chair, and did not dare to speak again.

Depend on! What a treacherous man, he persuaded me to join them in the mud and try to get by. Lin Yi thought for a while, ignored him, and said to the gentry: "Fathers and fellow villagers, you are all well-known figures in Zhengding Mansion, this mansion invites you to drink tea this time, in addition to re-measuring the acres of land, there is one more thing, which is rent reduction and interest reduction, which poor employers in the field, who owe you the rent and profit in previous years, and also write it off!" "Speaking of which, take the eyes and stare viciously at which gentry.

This sentence seemed to poke a hornet's nest, and a gentry immediately became confused. A gentry stood up angrily, pointed at Lin Yi's nose and said, "Lord Lin? You're too disrespectful, aren't you? Which article of the Great Zhou Law stipulates this rent reduction and interest reduction? You point it out to us, and if there are no rules, we will never agree! After that, he straightened his face and looked angry.

A servant beside Lin Yi lowered his head and whispered in Lin Yi's ear: "This Huang gentleman, his younger brother is in the position of imperial history in the court, so he speaks very hard, and adults must be careful to deal with it." ”

Lin Yi nodded, and smiled at the gentry surnamed Huang: "My Great Zhou Law does not have this provision, this policy of rent reduction and interest reduction was proposed by the government itself, because I think that the poor peasants in Zhengding Mansion are living too hard, and they must increase their income, and control the interest on land rent and money lending at a reasonable level, so that the poor farmers and landlords can live in harmony with each other and live happily together." In addition, the land rent set by the government shall not exceed 50%, and the interest on the loan shall not exceed 2 cents. ”

"You accept it, we don't accept it!" The gentry surnamed Huang retorted without hesitation, and raised his head high, looking puffed out.

Depend on! It's really against your God, and this government still doesn't believe that it can't cure you! Lin Yi was furious in his heart, and instructed the officials around him: "Come on, bring up the Tianfu account books handed over by his Huang family over the years, and this government wants to see how their Huang family shares the emperor's worries and solves problems for the imperial court." ”

"Yes! My lord! The official beside him ran out, and after a short time, he took the account book and handed it over to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi opened the account book to find which column of their Huang family, glanced at it, and said: "Huang Shishen, your younger brother is a jinshi, enjoying preferential treatment from the imperial court, a total of 664 mu does not need to pay land taxes, and there are 100 and 3 people......"

"Big ...... My lord, that's not right! My family only has 123 acres of land to enjoy preferential treatment, and there are only 25 people! Huang Shishen said with a blank face, his eyes full of doubts.