"Give Xiangshan a chance!" Liang Ruimin's attitude seemed to be a little out of control, and the other kind clan elders did not look as calm as before.

"How can I give you a chance!"

"We did wrong before, and now we want to live in peace."

"You said this to Mr. Yu. See if he gives you a chance to live in peace. ”

"That's what makes us die?"

"I'm sorry, I'm from the imperial court."

After a conversation that obviously felt that there was a problem with the painting style, Chen Rongtai, another local patriarch surnamed Chen, coughed, "Forget it." We don't have to embarrass our old parents anymore. Don't you just want money? We promised to pay for food, and as long as you don't let the officers and soldiers come, we will give you food. It's just that the harvest in Xiangshan in the past two years has not been very good, so can this figure be accommodating. ”

Li Yanqing gestured to Qin Ruizhu with his eyes, and Qin Ruizhu stepped forward, "Chen Weng, what you said is not right. When the number of finished grain in Xiangshan was originally set, it was only after considering the reduction in production in the disaster year that the figure was set at 21,000 and 237 stones. Coupled with the loss, it is only 23,000 stones, and according to the number of completed grains over the years, there has never been anything less in the Chenghua years. At the same time, referring to the county annals, there were indeed floods and droughts here in the year of Chenghua, and the disaster situation was very strict, and the government recorded them in detail. If you want to say that the disaster in Xiangshan in the past two years is stricter than that of Chenghua, then we might as well take out the county chronicles and compare them. ”

She is well-read and memorized, and she memorizes the boring county chronicles, and she knows very well about this grain tax, and it is not easy to get her. Li Yanqing said on the side: "Presumptuous." Xiao Qin, how can you speak to a few old men like this, there are no rules at all. Usually, this official is still too indulgent to you. Stand aside, don't speak without me. ”

He said to Chen Rongtai again: "Chen Weng, this official is not an unreasonable person, the output is reduced in the disaster year, the grain harvest is poor, and the official cannot be strong." But there are also true colors in the court, and the officials are not people who eat the ancients. Since ancient times, there has been no agriculture, no stability, no business, no wealth, no food, can it be converted into cash? As long as the fire consumption is sufficient, the official in the provincial capital will take care of it. ”

Several patriarchs are almost about to spurt blood, they have been in Xiangshan for many years, and they have not dealt with the government once or twice, and they have seen more officials, but they have done this as an official like Li Yanqing, without any cover-up, and they have not seen many people who directly ask for money.

This is also to plant melons and get melons, and sow beans to get beans. It is precisely because they used clan power to control the local government in the past, so that the Ming government was in a state of long-term powerlessness, and there were fewer and fewer local officials, and in the end, when a figure like Liu Chaozuo appeared, there was no one in the entire Xiangshan who could compete with him.

If this place is in the Jiangnan area, you can also find some literati to put on a broken boot array, but at the moment, there are only children in this place, where is there still trouble? The patriarch of the He family on the side couldn't help but say, "Master Liu." If you do this way, you are not afraid that the people's will will boil and go to the provincial capital to sue? Moreover, if it provokes the people to change, I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the old man, right? ”

"What? Sue me? Li Yanqing seemed to have heard some of the funniest jokes, and laughed for several times before saying, "Is this official afraid that others will sue me now?" I'm the one who just cracked the White Lotus Lesson Case and marked it in front of the governor. In the counties of Guangdong, there may not be any county order that is more popular than me. Don't look at me as a well-known person, even if I am a county official who comes out of Shikejia, I may not be as famous as me. ”

"Now that someone is suing me, it can only show that he sympathizes with the White Lotus Sect in his heart and retaliates against the heroes who investigated the White Lotus Sect. Wu Shuai's visit to the bandits was very strict, and he once issued a strict order, no matter who it was, it must be investigated to the end and will not be tolerated. If anyone wants to try Wu Shuai's sword or not, this official will never stop him. As for the civil uprising? What do I have to explain, the Japanese have not made much trouble recently, Yu Dayou has no battle to fight, and his sons are worried about where to find some brains to make money. At this time, the people are changing, and he is in his heart, and he is afraid that it is too late to thank me. ”

"The matter of Confucianism in the former is still unresolved, and the great order has to be taxed, but I am afraid that the people will be a little unconvinced." Chen Rongtai relied on his old age and spoke again.

Liang Ruimin closed his mouth, said nothing, and scolded these pig teammates in his heart. Habits become natural, and human inertia is really difficult to reverse. These clan elders are used to talking about everything on weekdays, and they have never taken the government seriously, and they still don't know enough about this young magistrate.

When I met him in Chunfeng Building, I knew that this was not an ordinary man, but these people had never seen him powerful, so if they had to send it themselves, then don't blame yourself for asking for hardship.

When this came, everyone had already discussed it. As long as the officers and soldiers do not go to the countryside, then it is not a big deal for everyone to break some money and buy off this magistrate. It's just that I didn't expect the magistrate to open his mouth to collect taxes, which is inevitably like cutting meat with a knife for them who have not paid taxes for several years.

But so what? What kind of business do you do, don't you know in your heart? If it really provokes the officers and soldiers and the brocade guards, everyone's business should not be done, and the loss of silver taels will be far more than the taxes paid.

And this Confucian matter was originally caused by the predecessor, and the new official was naturally reluctant to carry it on his back, and he had to mention it in front of him, isn't this looking for bad luck?

Sure enough, Li Yanqing's face sank, "What?" Today, you came to see the official, it turned out that you came to ask for debts? I'm sorry, the official is busy with official business, the official affairs of the White Lotus Lesson Plan are piling up, the provincial constitution is urging the soldiers, the official is preparing the house, and the money and food are already busy. I don't have time to deal with this Confucian matter for the time being. If anyone is not convinced, they can go to the province and sue me. Xiao Qin, let's go. ”

After this temper tantrum, he grabbed Qin Ruizhu's jade wrist, stepped out of Liang Ruimin's villa, and went out to get into the sedan chair.

There are two people squeezed in this big sedan chair, and it is inevitable that some bodies will touch. But Qin Ruizhu's public identity is the master's cronies, and at the same time, she is a pair of small feet after all, if she runs with the sedan chair, it will be too inconvenient, so she has to sit next to Li Yanqing shyly, and just quietly pulled her hand out.

"Master, shall we leave like this? If those people really return to their hometowns in anger and instigate a rebellion in the eleven capitals, I am afraid that you will also suffer at that time. ”

"How dare they? Now the imperial court has stationed heavy troops in Guangdong to prevent Japanese invaders, and there is this big case of investigating Bailian. Governor Wu was trying to cut off a batch of heads to establish military merits, they were not so stupid, and they sent them to the knife at this time. Wait, if you don't get past tonight, they'll have to rush to me!" These people, who are afraid of power but not virtue, if they are given a few colors, they will dare to open a dye shop. You have to be tough on them, and they will know how powerful they are. Tonight, the lord will take you to eat a big dish, and you didn't catch up with the nine big dishes last time, so this time I will make up for you. ”

He seemed to be more and more energetic as he spoke, and grabbed Qin Ruizhu's hand again. This time he used a lot of force, Qin Ruizhu twitched twice in a row and didn't twitch, so he had to let it go, just his heart was pounding, knowing that this was wrong, but he was powerless to resist.

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