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"My lord, this is a forgery, this must be a forgery."

Shopkeeper Wu also chimed in: "Yes, this must be a forgery!" ”

Xu Guan glanced at them coldly and said, "You haven't even read the content of this handwritten letter, so you opened your mouth and said that this handwritten book is a forgery, is it really easy to deceive when you are an official!" ”

Xie Shen watched the development of the situation coldly.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, because the temple land could be exempted from paying taxes, many large landowners and gentry attached their family land to the temple to avoid paying taxes. But this kind of family often does not have any clansmen who have meritorious fame, because as long as there are scholars in the family who have obtained fame, they can also be exempted from taxes, and there is no need to do more.

Big families like the Candle Lake Sun Clan, the Shangtang Wang Clan, and the Simen Xie Clan have many meritorious scholars in the clan, so they are absolutely exempt from taxes. However, because of their lack of fame, wealthy businessmen like Shopkeeper Wu and Tan Fang could only cooperate with Ciyun Temple.

This kind of thing of attaching acres of land to temples in order to exempt from taxes was not uncommon in the late Ming Dynasty, and it was basically the people who did not raise officials and did not hold them accountable. But in the Hongzhi Dynasty, this was definitely a big case that was enough to cause a sensation in the local area.

You must know that both Tan Fang and Wu shopkeepers started by doing business and accumulated a lot of original wealth.

Tan Fang was even adopted by Li Guang as an adopted son, and Li Guang is a well-known greedy eunuch, who can make Eunuch Li look at the right eye, not to mention that he is rich and rivals the country, but also has a lot of money.

What such a businessman wants to do most after getting rich is to buy and merge the acres of land of many farmers.

Shinong industry and commerce, businessmen are ranked at the bottom.

Now that he has gone into business from a lowly business, there is no need to think about studying and testing for fame. It's not yet the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it's impossible to sell the official beard. As for the second-class peasants, they became the target of all the wealthy businessmen.

You don't need anything else to buy land, you just need silver. As long as the silver is sufficient, the acres of land can be changed to these wealthy businessmen and magnates to accept. It is important to know that the economy of self-sufficient smallholder farmers is very fragile, and in the event of any natural or man-made disasters, those who are the first to go bankrupt are those farmers who have little resilience to disasters.

Over time, these wealthy businessmen hoarded a large amount of land in their hands, completing the transformation from wealthy businessmen to large landlords.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the identity of the big landlord was often not independent, and often had another layer of identity. Either it is a wealthy businessman, or it is the gentry class of Zhishi.

People's hearts are greedy, and businessmen are naturally even more so.

With a large area of land, they are not satisfied, and they have to find ways to evade paying taxes.

It can be said that the late Ming Dynasty could not collect taxes, and a large reason was this default tax avoidance. Anyway, it was the emperor of the Zhu family who pitted, and these gentry class turned a blind eye.

Xie Shen studied the history of the Ming Dynasty and naturally hated this kind of behavior. It's just that he really couldn't imagine that such a thing would really let him encounter it, and it would appear on the enemy.

really responded to that sentence, it's not that enemies don't get together!

Xu Guan is an upright official, and when he sees this kind of thing, he naturally does not intend to tolerate it.

I saw him slap the wood in shock, and said sharply: "Wu Cheng and Tan Fang, in order to evade the payment of court taxes, you colluded with Ciyun Temple, and lied to attach Tianmu to the name of Ciyun Temple, which is really intolerable. Come on, first and the official will each beat the two of them with sixty boards! As for these monks in Tsz Yun Monastery who are in charge of the land deeds, it is hateful to evade taxes for others. These monks will also be beaten with sixty boards! Although the three evil slaves of Tan Mansion acted on orders, they were also murderous, and they were each punished with thirty boards! ”

These officials are all the henchmen of Wu County Order, and they all look at Wu County Order.

"What are you doing in a daze, Lord Xu has an order, and he still doesn't obey the order to execute!"

Now, Wu County Order can't control so much. In line with the mentality of a friend of the dead Dao who does not die and the poor Dao, he can only obey Xu Guan's punishment for no reason. If he spoke for Tan Fang, he might even have to get in.

Anyway, it was Xu Guan who ordered Tan Fang to be punished, and there was a debtor who was wronged, even if Eunuch Li really pursued it, he would also go to the old man Xu Guan instead of himself.

Those officials got the approval of Wu County's order, so naturally they would not hesitate any longer, and the shopkeeper Wu, several monks and three evil slaves knelt under the hall and were directly kicked to the ground by the officials. That Tan Fang was even more miserable, she was still sitting on the chair, but now she was picked up by two officials and dragged to the bottom of the hall like a dead dog.

Several people lined up and lay down under the hall in turn, and before they could call for help, they heard the board whistle and smash down.

"Oh, it hurts, it hurts."

Tan Fang had been pampered all day long, and he had suffered such a painful place, and immediately exhaled in pain.

The shopkeeper Wu is also delicate and tender, and he was beaten by two officials and cried for his mother. However, a few monks and three evil servants only let out a few muffled snorts, which slightly preserved their dignity.

"Lord Xu, you can't beat me, my godfather is Li Guang!"

In an instant, more than 20 boards had been played, and Tan Fang was in pain and moved out of Li Guang.

Eunuch Li is notorious in Beijing, how can Xu Guan, who is the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, not know? Tan Fang didn't mention Li Guang, but when he said this, Xu Guan sneered: "Eunuch Li? Did he teach you this method as well? ”

Tan Fang realized that she had lost her words this time, and hurriedly kept silent.

Xu Guan said coldly: "You and that Wu Cheng also designed to kidnap the handmaid of the Xie family, although it was unsuccessful, it is still hateful. ”

After a pause, Xu Guan continued: "The two crimes will be punished concurrently, and then the two of them will be punished with twenty boards!" ”

This is the eighty board, and even a strong man may not be able to stand it. You must know that although the board of the ordinary county government is a big bamboo board, it is not as good as a cane, but if it is a real fifty or sixty board, it can kill people.

Tan Fang and Wu Cheng were so frightened that they hurriedly pleaded with Xu Guan, expressing their willingness to make up all the taxes owed over the years.

But Xu Guan couldn't rub the sand in his eyes, saying that the unpaid taxes had to be paid, and this punishment could not be exempted!

After thirty boards, the three evil servants of Tan Mansion could barely stand up. After sixty boards, the monks were already half dead. Tan Fang and Wu shopkeepers still couldn't escape from Ascension, and they were beaten by Maozhu Daban, and almost fainted.

Xie Shen said in his heart that the presiding officer of Ciyun Temple was seriously ill and escaped, otherwise it would be possible for him to be killed by the cane in the county government at his age.

His character is the most protective of his shortcomings, and his maidservants are robbed on the street, which is absolutely unbearable.

Now that Tan Fang and Shopkeeper Wu have been severely punished by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Shen is naturally very happy. As for the monks of Ciyun Temple who were brought out, Xie Shen could only say that he was to blame.

After the eighty boards were played, Tan Fang had passed out, and the shopkeeper Wu was also dying.

Xu Guan watched coldly, and when he saw that Wu County's face was like ashes, he asked aloud: "This official is so punished, I don't know if Wu County's order thinks it's okay?" ”

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