Hearing Xu Zhongliang's words, Gao Guifang glanced at it with disdain and sneered: "Brother Xu, have you forgotten the blood outside Suzhou City?" Tough with Zhang Ke, how many heads are enough to kill? ”

Xu Zhongliang blushed and had a thick neck when he was asked, and said loudly: "Kill!" Just let him kill! Suzhou is not Liaodong, he really dares to kill a river of blood, just Shilin Qingyi can make him unable to eat and walk around! ”

Gao Guifang was even more disdainful, the Xu family really faded out of officialdom for too long, and they couldn't figure out the direction of the court.

"At present, Wei Gelding is wantonly persecuting the Donglin gentlemen, and launching the Shilin Qing Discussion at this time will only make the court boil down to party strife, not only will it have no effect at all, but on the contrary, it will anger the court and bring greater disasters."

Everyone present nodded frequently, Xu Zhongliang drooped his head, and had nothing to say.

The big guys looked at each other, and after thinking about it, the most important tool in their hands was public opinion, creating the so-called Shilin Qingyi, no matter how strong the background is, as long as they keep splashing dirty water, sooner or later everyone will be gold!

Then there are the local officials, and even the army listen to them. Whoever dares to infringe on the interests of the great clans, these people will go on strike, and there will be non-violent non-cooperation. No matter how good you are, you can only do it in vain.

But now, they suddenly found that the two magic weapons had failed.

When the eunuch party and the Donglin party went to war, there was no right or wrong, only friend and foe. rashly launched a public opinion attack, not only could not hurt Zhang Ke, but also set himself on fire.

As for the local non-cooperation, it has not yet been launched, and it has been broken by Zhang Ke!

He has an army in his hands, and he is not afraid of a strike by the officials, and the Bao family has a sufficient number of account keepers, and he is not afraid of the scribes going out of business. In addition, among the private schools at all levels, there are a large number of poor scholars, who study hard and have no way out.

As soon as they heard that they could work in the government, they all sharpened their heads, and it was not at all something that the big family could control.

Zhang Ke's biggest advantage over Ming officials is that he is good at kneading various forces together to achieve his own strength. The same is true for the southeast tax, and under his ingenious arrangement, the cards in the hands of the big clan are abolished.

It's like a school of fish on a chopping board, just waiting to be slaughtered!

"I see!"

Ye Yongxin slapped his thigh and stood up suddenly. He is the nephew of the former Shoufu Ye Xianggao, the foundation of the Ye family is in Fujian, Ye Yongxin alone has three fleets in his hands, and the silk muslin of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is guò in his hands and transported to Nanyang for sale. All the families present will buy his account.

"Ye Gongzi, what's the matter with a surprise!"

Ye Yongxin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "In the past, I always regarded Zhang Ke as a brave man, but now I understand that he is really a famous general, and he is smart?" ”

"What's the clever method?" Someone asked.

"Think about it, according to common sense, tax collection should start from the big households, one is that there is more silver that can be collected, and the other is that the big households have bowed their heads, and others have no courage to refuse. But Zhang Ke, he did the opposite, starting with small and medium-sized merchants, even oil and salt shops, and grocery stores. ”

Xu Zhongliang sneered: "What's strange, that's because he bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard!" ”

Ye Yongxin shook the gold-sprinkled fan in his hand, shook his head and said, "What can the dignified Liao Gong be afraid of us!" He is drawing a salary from the bottom of the kettle, I have inquired, although Zhang Ke is called a tax collector, but he returned all the dry shares in the hands of the officials to the merchants, and cut the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that ordinary merchants not only did not lose money, but also made money! ”

Ye Yongxin looked up to the sky and sighed: "If you want to take the first, this hand is beautiful!" Small and medium-sized merchants are bound to be grateful to Zhang Ke, and they will not be with us at all. Without the support of these people, even if it is like gathering tens of thousands of people to fight hard with Zhang Ke, it is absolutely impossible! And he can also use this to make a name for himself, and whoever goes against him will be infamous. ”

The dozen or so people present were all extremely smart people, and they all nodded their heads.

But the more this happened, the more scared I felt. Zhang Ke has quietly laid a big net, just waiting for the big fish to take the bait! Unfortunately, all of you here are the fish that people are targeting.

Sitting in the last position was Zhu Huan, the general ledger of the Wang family, who looked like he had eaten bitter melons and secretly raised his head.

"Ladies and gentlemen, why don't we pay taxes honestly?"

"What did you say?" Everyone's eyes were like knives, and they all fell on him.

"Phew, count me as a fart!" Zhu Huan lowered his head.

"Hmph, do you think that if you surrender and admit defeat, Zhang Ke will be able to let us go? When it comes to the meat in your mouth, you can still eat it, your idea is simply stinky. ”

Everyone was stunned, but they couldn't come up with an idea, and finally had to set their eyes on the noble side.

"Gao Gong, you have an idea, what should the big guy do?"

"Yes, yes, as long as the method is good, we will listen to you!"

Gao Guifang looked at the people present and smiled proudly.

Although Zhang Ke is shrewd and tough, he is a soldier leader after all, and he does not understand the mysteries of management. We can't fight hard, we can't beg softly, and we can't spend money to buy it out. Then there can only be a desperate plan! ”

"Desperate? What should I do? Ye Yongxin asked in surprise.

Gao Guifang said with a smile: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Suzhou, and there are tens of thousands of troops in Zhang Ke's hands, they all have to eat food and wear clothes, if the firewood, rice, oil and salt are gone, can Zhang Ke still be able to hold on?" We should teach this martial artist a lesson and show him the power of silver! ”

……

Fang Chongwen is a scholar in Suzhou Prefecture, at the age of seventeen, he was a prodigy, he thought that he could be promoted in one fell swoop in the township examination, and he went to Beijing to catch the exam in the next year.

However, before participating in the township examination, some classmates found Fang Chongwen and went to Donglin Academy to study for two months, listen to the explanations of the great Confucians there, enhance their knowledge, and sharpen their articles.

Hearing this, Fang Chongwen was very moved, but his family was poor and couldn't get the money, so he politely declined the invitation of his classmates. His classmates tactfully told him: If you don't go to Donglin Academy to worship the pier, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the exam.

At that time, he scoffed, the township test was for learning, he had studied hard for so many years, real gold was not afraid of fire refining, could he use opportunism!

The facts gave this arrogant scholar a blow to the head, he really failed in the township test, and his classmates, who were far less knowledgeable than him, were selected from low and low, and became a master!

Fang Chongwen was about to go crazy, he tried his best to finally find out the reason. The chief examiner of the township examination sent by the imperial court is a native of Donglin, and the master of the school is also from Donglin Academy.

Although you don't need to play any next act of leaking exam questions, you just need to choose articles that meet Donglin's taste and follow Donglin's ideas.

After ten years of hard study, it was better to go to Donglin for two months to study, Fang Chongwen simply felt that the world had collapsed. The way of the saint who believed in it collapsed in an instant.

Those Hongru who are full of family and country and ask for the lives of the common people are so face-wrenching, and they regard the imperial court talent ceremony as a tool for them to expand their strength and cultivate future generations of talents!

Fang Chongwen hated Donglin from then on, and when he heard that the imperial court was going to recruit scholars who were literate and hyphenated to assist in tax collection, he signed up as soon as possible.

Isn't Donglin against tax supervision and taxation? Lao Tzu will go to collect taxes, and I will do it against you!

Since the beginning of taxation, Fang Chongwen has been proficient in arithmetic and has a flexible brain, and one person can withstand three people. Due to the prominence of the table, he was promoted to the tax supervisor of Xicheng, responsible for collecting the commercial tax on goods coming and going.

"Stop!"

He got up and walked to the gate of the city, where he stopped a convoy, and a dozen wagons were loaded slowly, and the wheels sank into the loess.

"What's on it?"

"Back to the official, is it japonica rice?"

"Oh, where are you going to ship?"

"The wharf outside the city is going to be transported to Shandong."

Every time Fang Chongwen asked, the other party answered fluently, and the soldiers checked it, and sure enough, it was all food.

"Well, the transportation tax on grain is worth one hundred, pay five taels of silver."

The steward of the team honestly handed over the silver, and Fang Chongwen handed over the completed tax form to him and stamped it with a special seal.

"Take it, with this, in the territory of Suzhou, no one can tax anymore."

"Yes, yes, thank you!"

The convoy swayed out of the city gate, Fang Chongwen looked at it from afar, and suddenly frowned. On weekdays, I see grain being transported to the city, but today it is all transported from the city to the outside.

Fang Chongwen was puzzled, sat under the shed, drank tea, and kept thinking.

"Fang Xianggong, Lao Chen is back."

An old official sat across from him with a grin, took the tea bowl, and poured a bowl.

The two of them were drinking, and Fang Chongwen suddenly asked, "Old Chen, aren't you going to buy food?" How did you go for so long? ”

"Well, I don't know how!" Lao Chen sighed: "The grain store in the city is usually full, but today it is empty, and I went to three stores in a row to buy a stone of grain." In the past, I didn't have money to buy food, but now I have money, and I can't buy it, it's really fresh! ”

Lao Chen sighed, Fang Chongwen's brows furrowed into pimples, how could there be a shortage of food in the city, and there were still people who transported it outside the city, were they confused, or did they have other plans!

Syllable!

"Oh, Fang Xianggong, how can you scare people?"

Fang Chongwen said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Lao Chen, you are staring here, I am going to see Lord Zhongcheng!" ”

After finishing speaking, Fang Chongwen didn't look back, and ran to the official residence where Mao Yilu was temporarily staying.

It just so happened that Zhang Ke came from Liujiabao with 5,000 soldiers to support Mao Yilu!

"Grandpa Guo, starting tomorrow, I will go to the major workshops to collect taxes, in Suzhou City alone, there are more than a dozen large households with more than 1,000 looms, and the remaining dozens of hundreds of them are countless, not to mention a million taels!"

Mao Yilu said with a smile: "With the grandfather of the country in charge, the lower officials are waiting to count the silver!" ”

"Hehe, not necessarily!" Zhang Ke smiled: "Mao Zhongcheng, don't you think those big families are too quiet? ”

Mao Yilu smiled: "How else can they toss?" Gonggong Wei has killed a lot of people in Beijing, if they are not afraid of death, they will all be wiped out as Donglin's party, can they be dishonest? ”

Zhang Ke disagreed, and said with a smile: "Wait, the big drama has just started......"

"Grandpa Guo, someone asks to see you!" Sun Jiawen hurriedly came in to report the news.

"Let him in!"

Fang Chongwen stood at the door, dusted off his clothes, calmed his restless mind, and walked in.

"Xiaguan Xicheng Tax Supervisor Fang Chongwen visited Grandpa Guo and Lord Zhongcheng!"

"What's your business?"

"Lord Qiyu Zhongcheng, Xia Guan found that a large amount of grain in the city has been transported out, and there is a shortage of grain in various grain stores!" Fang Chongwen paused, and Yan said: "I suspect that someone did it on purpose!" In order to disturb the city of Suzhou! ”R1152