Zhou Shunchang, a member of the Donglin Party, a Jinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli, was dismissed in the third year of the Apocalypse, only ten years before and after, in the eyes of ordinary people, he is just a rookie in the officialdom.

But those who really know Zhou Shunchang know that he is terrible.

Zhou Shunchang was first awarded the post of Fuzhou Governor, and in office he opposed the mine supervisor and arrested the minions of the eunuch Gao Cai. At that time, the gentry in the southeast strongly opposed the mine supervisor and tax supervisor, but not many really dared to do it. Zhou Shunchang became famous in a war, and his name spread all over the world. Regarded as a rising star by Donglin, he was transferred from the magistrate to the capital.

Beijing officials are more expensive than foreign officials, even if they are demoted by one level, they are considered to be promoted, and Zhou Shunchang not only did not have a demotion, but also promoted to an official, entered the Ministry of Officials as the chief of the Inspector, and then served as a member of the Wenxuan Qing Officials.

The Ming Dynasty had two of the fattest positions, one was the Ministry of Military Selection, which was in charge of the promotion of officials, and the other was the Military Division, which was in charge of military attachés. The officials who came out of these two places did not say that they were not far behind, and they were all oily crotch when they farted, and they had what they wanted, and how many people drooled greedily.

Not only is the errand fat, but also the power is great. At the beginning, Gu Xiancheng, the founder of Donglin Academy, made his fortune in the Anthology Division. A small Lang Zhong was able to participate in the nomination of university scholars, and the opinions of the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Officials were swayed, and in the end, Wanli had to personally order Gu Xiancheng to be expelled!

has seniors as role models, and after Zhou Shunchang entered the Department of Literature and Anthology, he was also like a fish in water, and promoted a large number of Donglin juniors to enrich the party members. Especially/it is a science and technology official, due to the large number of people, the low grade, the characters above cannot be controlled, but the official has the power to rumor, it is simply a hornet's nest, and the emperor is full of bags when he touches it.

During Zhou Shunchang's tenure, he enriched a large number of Donglin Party members to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section, stabilizing the overall situation of Donglin. Zhang Ke set off several attacks on Donglin, and although he defeated many old scholars, Donglin's foundation is still there, and his power is still stubborn.

After Wei Zhongxian came to power. Donglin's old enemy belonged to Lao Wei's banner, and he finally dismissed Zhou Shunchang in the third year of the Apocalypse, started from his subordinates, and restricted Donglin.

As Wei Zhongxian's godson, Li Shi was very aware of his godfather's resentment against the Donglin Party, and when he heard that it was Zhou Shunchang's industry, he immediately burst out laughing.

"Doesn't Zhou Shunchang boast of being honest every day? Not all the people of the Donglin Party are Qing officials, and their hands are not touched by the spring water, how can they get a cheap business? Let's look at it. Someone must have pretended Zhou Shunchang's reputation and corrupted his morality. ”

Li Shi pouted and said with a smile: "Children, listen to our family's orders and seal the workshop!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Shi's subordinates are all Jinyiwei's people, not to mention a dismissed official, even if it is the six Shangshu in Beijing, they don't look at it.

At the sound of an order, a strange scream. Surround the workshop.

The leading Jinyi Wei Baihu Wantong kicked open the door and rushed in with his head.

"Jinyi Wei is on business, give me an honest job!"

Jinyiwei!

The three words are like immobilization, after hearing it. Everyone present changed color drastically, and their hands and feet trembled.

"Who's in charge?"

A little old man hurriedly ran over, kowtowed and said, "Little Zhou Ren, meet the eldest master!" ”

"Hmm. Are you the owner of this workshop? ”

"This ......" Zhou Ren pondered for a long time and said, "Yes! ”

Wantong sneered and scolded in his heart. The literati just like to pretend to be garlic, openly run workshops, and make a lot of money, and they are not willing to reveal their names, so they let their families or relatives come out to do things. Since Zhou Shunchang pretended to be confused, he was happy to be confused.

At this time, Li Shi and the little eunuch also came in, and as soon as Wantong told him about the situation, Li Shi nodded.

"Our family is the new Suzhou and Hangzhou weaving, responsible for collecting taxes, how much silk can you weave in a year in this workshop?"

Zhou Ren's face turned even paler, and he kowtowed and said: "Father-in-law Qiqi, when the Holy Lord first ascended the throne, he was sympathetic to the difficulties of the people's livelihood, promulgated the holy decree, and exempted commercial taxes. The small ones are law-abiding, and they still follow the rules of thirty taxes and one tax, and they dare not slack off. Over the years, he has repaired bridges and roads, donated money to support education, and spent a lot of silver, which is well known to the people of Suzhou......"

These words are clear enough, Lao Tzu should not have paid taxes in the first place, but Lao Tzu paid the money kindly, and came to make trouble, that is, you are wrong!

Li Shi was so angry that his face turned white, and he flew up and kicked Zhou Ren away.

"Sure enough, it's Diao Min, you said to pay taxes, why didn't the yamen have it? What else do you say about repairing bridges and roads, they are all built at your doorstep, right? Don't be clever here, our family is ordered by the emperor to collect taxes, and if you don't pay the money, you will wait for a lawsuit! ”

Li Shi strode into the account room, Wantong hurriedly followed, and when he got inside, he immediately blocked the account room, and the piles of account books were placed in front of Li Shi.

A few little eunuchs hurriedly came over and counted carefully.

"Godfather, please look, this is the account."

Li Shi took it and took a look, he was in charge of the Weaving Bureau, and he dealt with these numbers every day, and when he saw it, he frowned.

"Go, call the man in charge."

Wantong went out, and after a while, he brought in Zhou Ren, who was trembling all over.

"Let's ask you, how many looms are there in the workshop?"

The loom was placed in front of him, and there was no way to deny it, so Zhou Ren could only say: "Father-in-law, there are 1,200 looms!" ”

"One thousand two hundred, one weaves five feet of silk a day, ten days is one piece of cloth, at the end of the year, thirty-six horses, a thousand is thirty-six thousand, and one thousand looms are forty thousand silk. The price of a piece of silk is fifteen taels, which is six hundred thousand taels. Our family only collects 20% and pays 120,000 taels! ”

Li Shi said it lightly, but it frightened Zhou Ren.

He wept bitterly on the ground like chaff.

"Father-in-law, there are not so many, there are not so many at all, a workshop all year round, all kinds of expenses, the price of raw silk is high, the wages of weavers, food, are all astronomical. Last year, I didn't sell it, but I sold it ......"

"How much did it sell?"

"Fifty thousand taels!"

"Get out!"

Li Shi really couldn't help it, burst into foul language with a red face, and scolded: "Are you a layman and a fool when you think of our family?" Your loom can weave six feet a day, and if it is day and night, it is one foot and two feet. Our family is benevolent, and according to the calculation of five feet, we have opened a great favor! Our family can see that some people's hearts are black! Wantong, you take this guy to Zhou Shunchang and tell him that he paid a sum of taxes, if you don't pay, our family will be unkind! ”

Wantong nodded, and walked outside with Zhou Ren in his hand.

When he came outside, he threw Zhou Ren on horseback, and he sneered: "Grandson, don't ask who Gonggong Li is, you dare to lie to him, you are impatient!" ”

Wantong flew on his horse and was about to go to Zhou's house, when suddenly there was a sound of chaotic footsteps on both sides of the street, and he looked up suddenly, and the crowd of black oppressors rushed up from both sides with various weapons. It seemed that there were at least one or two thousand people, and in an instant, Wantong was surrounded in the middle.

Just now, it was said that the Zhou family was looking for death, but in the blink of an eye, they turned into a drop in the ocean, and they were in turmoil.

"Get rid of the tax superintendent! Drive away the eagle dogs of the imperial court! Kill the Jinyi Guard who eats people and doesn't spit out bones! ”

With a roar, a tide of people poured up, and Wantong and the others were unexpectedly drowned in the sea of people...... (To be continued......) R1292