Shiqian Prefecture's requirement for Longquan County is to levy 8,000 stone of grain and 8,000 taels of silver, which is not a lot for a county. Generally speaking, a county has a population of tens of thousands, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 small ones, like a large county in the Central Plains, where there are 100,000 people. It will never force the people to rebel, you must know that Chang Xiu, one of the three tyrants of Songtao, privately levied the toll tax, Wei Gang ran rampant in the county, collected safe silver, such a vicious act, and did not force the people to rebel, and they all recognized and paid the money, which is not without reason. At least these two treat the outside world equally, whether they are rich or poor, they will charge you this money, and they don't target those bitter haha to blackmail to death.

Longquan County can force the people to rebel, and the degree of expropriation and extortion is certainly better than that of Songtao County. In Yue Su's heart, it is estimated that Longquan County must be clinging to a sheep to gather wool and put all the burden on the poor people, and the rich and powerful people will not take anything. Moreover, the number required by the prefect's yamen is in the county, and even if the county magistrate does not double the number, he can add a few percent, anyway, the superiors asked him to do this, so what's the big deal if I get some errand money in private. The target is a group, and the amount of forced expropriation has doubled, forcing the poor people to have no food.

Yue Su understood this truth, so he did not force the apportionment to the following counties at the beginning, as long as this kind of wanton expropriation was given to those officials who ate people and did not spit out bones, they would definitely get worse.

"What do you mean, sir?" Pang Bai was frightened and hurriedly asked. At this moment, he was held back by Yue Su's servants, and the little servants under him were all stunned.

"What do you mean, don't you know it in your heart? Why did the people in Longquan County rebel? It's not that you are tyrannical and forced them to do it, and now you still have the face to ask me! Yue Su shouted angrily.

"My lord, this is also an errand sent by Shiqian Mansion, the lower officials obey the order, who would have thought that those Diao people would be able to rebel. I also hope that the adults will see that someone among the people must be fanning the flames. Pang Bai said with a sad face.

"Then this government asks you, how many people are under your rule, and how much is levied by each household?" Yue Su glared angrily and asked.

The sentence "This ......" stunned Pang Bai when he arrived. This guy has been the Longquan County Commander for more than two years, and although he has read the household registration, he has long forgotten the numbers on it. As for how much is levied per household, it is basically how much a family has, and there is an accurate number. Moreover, when the errand officer is on a mission, it is inevitable that he will be a little more greedy for ink, and this number is even more uncertain.

"You waste, you don't even know how many people you rule, and you don't have a quota for how much each household collects, do you dare to tell this government that the people's rebellion has nothing to do with you?" Yue Su was furious, raised his leg and kicked Pang Bai to the ground. Then he shouted: "Search his back house for me!" ”

"Yes!"

The servants immediately dispersed and rushed into the rooms, even if there was a lock on the door. After a while, I heard an errand officer shouting, "Come to this house, the chest is full of silver!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, a dozen or so messengers rushed in and out, and successively put out seven or eight boxes, opened the lids, and they were full of silver.

Yue Su glanced at it, although he didn't know the exact number, but it was estimated that there could be a thousand taels in a box. He sneered and said to Pang Bai: "Longquan County, do you have a lot of silver in your family?" ”

Pang Bai's face was so frightened that his face was like ashes, and he hurriedly explained: "Big, adult...... This...... These are the pieces of silver that have been ordered to be collected...... It has nothing to do with me......

"Do you use this house as a three-year-old child? What does it mean that the money that was collected by order was not deposited in the local treasury but in your own house? ”

"This ...... This...... Didn't you have time......"

"You're a quibble. Good! Then you can take the government to your county government library to see how much inventory there is! After Yue Su finished speaking, he gave the messenger a look, and the messenger immediately put Pang Bai up.

Pang Bai's face turned green with fright, and he gritted his teeth and said, "My lord...... After all, you are not from Shiqian Mansion, without the permission of the above...... Privately enter the prefecture library...... I'm afraid it won't be with the system......"

Yue Su understood what he wanted to say, so he broke off and said, "Okay, since you are not going to let this mansion go to see your fanku, then this mansion will not look at it." But the purpose of this government's visit this time is to quell the rebellion, and the people outside want to see you, the official of your parents, and it is inconvenient for the government to stop you, so I will hand you over to them and see what the people have to say. If those Diao people really dare to kill you, this government will avenge you! Come on, pull Longquan County out of me! ”

"Yes!" After receiving Yue Su's order, the messengers immediately took action to carry Pang Bai out.

When Pang Bai heard this, he was so frightened that he almost turned his back on it, and handed it over to the people, and he had to be eaten raw by those people. "Adults are angry, adults are angry...... Since the lord wants to go to Fanku to inspect, then the next official will lead the way in front of ......"

Compared with your own life, everything else is secondary, so let you go to Fanku to see what it can do, you can't just cut me off right now.

Pang Bai was coerced by the servants, leading the way in front, Yue Su followed behind, and the eight boxes of silver were naturally rarely carried.

The county ya's library is also in the yamen, usually in the west corner, and is guarded by special officers. When he arrived at the door, Pang Bai asked people to open the door of the warehouse and invited Yue Su to enter. Yue Su went in and took a look, checked it slightly, and it had been determined that there were nearly 18,000 taels of silver in the library.

Turning his head, Yue Su looked at Pang Bai and said, "Longquan County, Shiqian Mansion ordered to prove that the grain is 8,000 stones, 8,000 taels of silver, and the grain is converted into silver, which is also 8,000 taels, and the total of the two is 16,000. Since you have enough counts, why are you still leviing and tyrannical and filling your pockets! When he said the last sentence, his voice was extremely stern.

"This ...... This...... The original inventory of this county was 8,000 taels, and since the above had asked for 16,000 taels, the lower officials had no choice but to be ordered to requisition and transfer the amount. Pang Bai explained.

"Sophistry!" Yue Su shouted loudly and said, "This mansion will seek justice for the people of Longquan County today." The treasury is closed, put him out for me! ”

The messenger agreed, set up Pang Bai and walked towards the county gate.

"My lord, my lord......" Pang Bai was so frightened that he kept shouting and screaming, but Yue Su's servants didn't care about this, and carried him out of the yamen stiffly.

As soon as they got out of the gate, the people outside saw Pang Bai being carried out and left to cheer, which was full of emotion. Yue Su then went out and shouted loudly: "Listen to the people of Longquan, this government has already ordered Pang Bai to be captured, so let's talk about it, how did he collect money, and how much did he collect from you?" ”

This time, Li Haoran stood up again, and he said loudly: "If you go back to your lordship, we are the villagers of Sanjiaji, Fangmagou, Yaojiabaozi and Sanhe Township, and we don't know how much the county lord has levied elsewhere, but we have no rice to cook." For example, our family, just two brothers, by working for the landlord to live, a year, can save more than 100 money, but the result is all robbed at one time, not to mention, even the only half of the family rice was also taken away, my brother and the errand theory, but also injured, don't believe adults. ”

After Li Haoran's words were finished, a ten-year-old descendant walked out of the crowd, with a linen cloth wrapped around his head, tattered clothes, and obvious scars on his body, obviously from a recent injury.

"This adult, after all, our family is not old, not young, the money has been robbed, and then I can barely survive by working for the landlord, but how should those who have elderly people and nursing children live." Li Haoran pointed to a young man behind him and said, "Like the Lu Dog Brothers, there are old mothers, daughters-in-law, and a child who has not been weaned. Now there is nothing at home, the children are crying every day, they don't even have rice soup to drink, they want to borrow, no one in the village has food, they go to beg the local family, and they are beaten by the people's nursing home. ”

Yue Su looked in the direction of Li Haoran's finger, and saw a young man with bruises on his face, the clothes on the young man's body were tattered, first rolled and torn in the place, and the exposed parts were also unhealed wounds.

"Your Excellency, you're looking at our house." Someone in the crowd shouted again, and a middle-aged man walked out, supporting an old man, and this twelve or thirteen-year-old child was on the side. The child was carrying a rolling pin in his hand and had a wary look on his face.

"My name is Zou Ermao, I am from Fangmagou, I have parents at home, a wife and children, and I originally pointed to two acres of thin fields, barely making a living. But after the people from the county government came, they robbed like bandits, and robbed all the valuable things in the family and the grain harvested in the autumn, and the whole village, like our family, did not eat for three or four days. My youngest son starved to death yesterday, and if you tell us justice, how can we give it to you? Zou Ermao's face was full of vegetables, and he shouted at the top of his voice, with sadness in his voice, and tears flowed from his eyes when he said that his youngest son was starving to death.

After that, many people told about the situation in their homes, which were basically the same, the families had no food, they were hungry for several days, and some people also starved to death.

Yue Su listened to these people's stories, and his heart was extremely sad, and he grabbed Pang Bai's collar and glared at him fiercely. Yue Su's eyes erupted with flames, and he said angrily: "Huge man, what they said is not wrong! ”

Pang Bai's face was now frightened and green, and the people present all stared at him with vicious eyes, it was estimated that there were no soldiers in the middle, and these people had already rushed up to tear him apart.

"Big, big...... I didn't think of it either...... This kind of thing will happen......" At this moment, he didn't dare to say that these were Diao Min, and everything he said was false. He knew that if he really dared to say such a thing, he would be torn apart immediately.

"You didn't expect that?" Yue Su said coldly: "They are all the people under your rule, you are their parents and officials, after you rob their families of food and property, won't you ask them how they will live?" ”

"Yes, it's the lower officials who are confused, they don't think about it so thoroughly, and I hope that the adults will ......"

"Phew!" Yue Su didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he interrupted him angrily and scolded: "Why didn't you see you confused when you were filling your own pockets, now that the people have hit the yamen, you pretend to be confused for me." Why don't the rich households in Longquan County go to expropriate, but they make up their minds on these people who can barely make ends meet, and the officials force the people to rebel, what else do you expect from me! Now the people let me give them an explanation, how do you say that this government will hand you over to them? ”

"Adults, adults...... Please spare me this time...... I...... I don't dare anymore...... "If it weren't for the servant who held Pang Bai again, he would have been able to kneel for Yue Su now."

"You still want to have a next time, I'm afraid you won't have a chance!"