Qian Bantou had no choice but to follow the prefect's order to go and count all the officials in the prefect, and under the leadership of the prefect, he went to arrest the mob. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

suffered a loss, this time the head of the Qian squad asked the officials to bring wooden sticks and iron cables, if the mob dared to resist arrest again, at least they would have the strength to fight back.

These mobs may have thought that they had beaten Li Tongzhi and the officials in a row, and played a role in knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger. The newly arrived prefect did not dare to collect taxes again, who would have thought that a group of officials would kill the alley and catch them off guard.

The mob was able to gain the upper hand in advance because of the preparation and outnumbering of people. But now they are unguarded and scattered with each other, but they were caught by the government with a time difference.

After a symbolic resistance, more than a dozen mobs were chained by the officials and pressed back to the county office.

According to Qian Bantou, there was a small leader among them.

Although all the mob was not escorted back to the county office, the result was satisfactory enough for Xie Shen.

The first thing he needs to figure out now is whether these mobs are simply beating Li Tongzhi to resist taxes, and the next thing makes sense when this problem is solved.

Xie Shen was naturally a little excited when he ascended to the hall for the first time.

He patted the shocked wood and said in a deep voice: "Ti Wang Gui and other mobs! ”

The prefect gave the order, and the officials naturally did it immediately.

The dozen or so unlucky eggs were pressed into the hall and stared at Xie Shen with angry eyes.

Xie Shen sneered in his heart, it was obvious that these mobs were at fault, and he still looked like he had been greatly wronged. Is it not wrong in their eyes to beat the officials of the imperial court?

Before Xie Shen could speak, the official in the hall stepped forward and kicked the mob in the shins.

The mob immediately fell to their knees and fell to their knees with great reluctance.

Xie Shen asked in a deep voice: "The people under the court, but you gathered people to resist taxes and beat Li Tongzhi and the Yamen dukes?" ”

He didn't intend for the mob to admit it. After all, people are lucky, and it is still very difficult to get them to admit it without absolute evidence.

Who knew that the mob headed by Wang Gui snorted coldly and said, "It's the dog official who took the lead in beating him." ”

Xie Shen was slightly stunned, and then said: "Presumptuous!" Li Tongzhi is an official of the imperial court, how can he tolerate bullying by mobs such as Er. ”

After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "The imperial court has a spring tax and an autumn tax. Since you are the people of the Ming Dynasty, you should pay the grain according to the Ming law, but why did you beat Li Tongzhi, who supervised the collection of taxes. ”

Li Tongzhi had always been in charge of tax collection before, but Xie Shen didn't take over for a while after he came, so Li Tongzhi was still staring. Who would have thought that Li Tongzhi would catch up with such an unlucky thing and be beaten for no reason.

That Wang Gui did not back down at all, and said coldly: "The prefect's words are wrong. Not long ago, there was an earthquake that caused serious damage to the house. In addition, there is an epidemic, and the old folks can't even eat, so what to take to pay for food! ”

At this time, Xie Shen was choked.

Yes, natural disasters are ruthless, and the people of Lu'an Mansion are indeed miserable. At this time, it is indeed very unkind to force them to pay food. However, the law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that the spring tax and autumn tax must be collected on time, and even if it is reduced or exempted due to natural disasters, it must be approved by the imperial court.

This time and again until the imperial court approves it, it will take a month at the earliest, but it will be after the deadline for the collection of spring grain.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, a whip law reform was piloted in the local area, and in the ninth year of Wanli by the first assistant Zhang Ju was being promoted throughout the country.

A whip law changed the tax in kind to a tax on money, which was greatly improved in terms of operability.

Normally, in the face of local disasters, the imperial court would be exempt from taxes, but no one dared to make their own decisions without issuing an edict.

After all, food is a thing, and the government can't conjure it out of thin air. If the money is collected, it can be paid in advance with the government silver, and if the imperial court exempts the disaster area from taxes, this part of the frozen silver money can be unfrozen.

That's the advantage of the money tax.

But now it is to levy taxes in kind, and Xie Shen is helpless.

At this moment, he really realized the difficulty of the local parent officials.

Not only in the government, but also between the people and the government, between the people and the gentry, and between the gentry and the government, the intricate entanglement between the gentry and the government also needs to be coordinated by parents and officials.

Xie Shen wants to fight for tax relief for the people of Lu'an, but the contradiction lies in time.

"This official will ask the imperial court to reduce or reduce the taxes of Lu'an Mansion, but before that, the spring tax will still be collected."

Xie Shen obviously felt that he lacked confidence, but he still had to have an attitude, otherwise what would be the prestige of the government.

That Wang Gui seemed to have found Xie Shen's weakness, and asked a series of questions, forcing Xie Shen to choke for a while.

Odd......

That Wang Gui is just an ordinary person, but he is clever and full of truth.

That's fine, but this person's sentences are buttoned to the key points, as if he had typed the draft in advance, and only read it out again in the hall.

Could it be that this Wang Gui has the unique skills of an unpredictable prophet and anticipated the question that the government wants to ask?

Isn't there a master behind this?

Xie Shen was not a conspiracy theorist, but at this moment he had to admit that such suspicions had arisen.

This Wang Gui's performance is too perfect, every detail is impeccable.

Mo said that he was an ordinary person who had never read a book, and even if he was replaced by a champion like Xie Shen, he might not be able to improvise to such an extent.

You must know that in terms of lip service, there are few people in the Manchu Dynasty who can compare to Xie Shen.

Xie Shen felt that the case should not be closed in a hurry, so he patted the hall and said: "Come on, put all the criminals in prison, and retry them at a later date!" ”

The left and right officials immediately stepped forward and dragged the Diao people who fell to the ground and dragged them down the hall.

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After leaving the lobby of the government, Xie Shen went straight to the office where Li Tongzhi worked.

Ever since he was beaten by the mob, it has been hard for him to cheer up like a frosted eggplant.

Li Tongzhi, who was recuperating from his injuries, saw that the prefect Xie was coming, and forced himself to squeeze out a smile and said, "Why is the prefect here." ”

Xie Shen shook his head and sighed: "This official has just opened a court to interrogate those mobs who beat Li Tongzhi, but the other party has bitten the word about the disaster and refused to pay taxes. ”

He told the details to Lee Hyo-gi, and Lee Hyo-gi hated it with hatred after hearing it.

"Lord Prefect, these mobs must have been instructed by others, how could they come up with such a watertight argument alone!"

Xie Shen nodded and said, "This official thinks the same way. It's just that there is no evidence in hand, and it is not easy to make a decision directly, so he will come to Li Tongzhi for discussion. ”

Li Xiaoji continued: "The prefect doesn't hurt to talk about it, as long as the officials can do it, they must not shirk!" ”

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