All over Yansui, Yan'an Mansion has the emperor's holy decree, and all taxes are exempted within three years, Qingyang Mansion does not have such a good treatment, and taxes must be paid, as for Yulin Border Town, because it is a military town, there is no need to pay any taxes, but over the years, Qingyang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion are the same, it is also a continuous famine, if it were not for Zheng Xunrui as the governor of Yansui, considering the actual difficulties of Qingyang Mansion and the efforts of the former prefect Dong Qichang, maybe Qingyang Mansion would have been in a mess long ago.

However, the understanding and proposition of the Donglin Party is not like Zheng Xunrui, they put forward a lot of suggestions to the emperor in the first and second years of Chongzhen, the most important of which is to reduce the trade tax on a large scale, increase the agricultural tax in an all-round way, and also require all localities to collect the agricultural tax owed over the years.

Chen Yaoyan became the governor of Qingyang Prefecture, and Zheng Xunrui was most worried about the issue of agricultural taxation.

Dong Qichang did not forcibly collect taxes, like most other places that suffered disasters, sometimes he did not even ask the officials of the prefecture and county to collect taxes, this was all to let the people recuperate, and they had already encountered a famine, and to collect taxes at this time was to force the people to rebel.

Therefore, the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Qingyang Prefecture have a lot of arrears of taxes.

Zheng Xunrui judged that after Chen Yaoyan took office, the first thing he had to do was to start from the aspect of collecting taxes, which would be of great benefit to the government, if he could collect taxes and hand them over to the imperial court, then Chen Yaoyan's political achievements would come out, and he could get the praise of the imperial court, and it could also confirm that the plan put forward by the Donglin Party was feasible. Nothing remarkable.

More importantly, Chen Yaoyan can attack Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Yansui.

Since Qingyang Mansion can collect taxes, why did Zheng Xunrui, as the governor of Yansui, fail to supervise and let it go, this is ignoring the interests of the imperial court, which is a big crime.

Knowing that he is invincible, if Zheng Xunrui can't make such a judgment, then he will cross in vain.

Zheng Xunrui also knew that if Chen Yaoyan forcibly collected taxes in Qingyang Mansion, it would inevitably cause chaos, and when the people could not bear it, they would definitely rebel.

At the end of March, the information from the post station came.

After Chen Yaoyan took office, the first thing he did was to strictly order the yamen of Fuzhou County not to use the grain in the treasury without authorization, because these grains are all from the imperial court, and every grain of grain needs to be approved by the imperial court.

The second thing Chen Yaoyan did was to ask the government office, the state government and the county government to start clearing up the tax arrears of the people, April and October are the time to collect taxes, and it will be April soon, it seems that Chen Yaoyan is ready to do it.

Qingyang Mansion suffered from drought, although the people have some food, which can be maintained until the end of the year, it is very difficult to save zài, it is almost impossible, Zheng Xunrui took this problem into account last year, so the governor Yamen came forward and purchased grain, which is to relieve the people at a critical moment, plus some displaced people have entered Qingyang Mansion, and the government at all levels also needs to come up with food to relief, but Chen Yaoyan has just arrived in Qingyang Mansion, and he has no understanding of the actual situation at all, so he made a decision arbitrarily and sealed all the warehouses, Not a single grain of grain was allowed, which made the displaced people stranded in Qingyang Mansion lose their support, and also made the people begin to panic.

When the officials at all levels in Qingyang Prefecture found out that the situation was wrong, no one spoke and followed the requirements of the prefect, as for whether there would be a problem, it was not their responsibility.

Some of the displaced people came in the direction of Yan'an Mansion, and some of the displaced people were ready to leave Qingyang Mansion and go to other places to find a way, but it was at this time that a worse situation appeared, and Chen Yaoyan actually asked the state and county yamen to review these displaced people to see if there were any rogues among them, and they needed to be strictly investigated.

Governor's Yamen, wings.

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong's faces were not very good, and they looked at Zheng Xunrui, whose faces were even stricter.

"Mr. Xu, Zheng Jinhong, I didn't expect Chen Yaoyan to do such a thing, it seems that he wanted to make Qingyang Mansion a mess, is that enough to prove his ability."

Zheng Jinhong was naturally very angry and spoke up.

"The young master can blame Lord Chen, wouldn't this give the rogue a chance to take advantage of......

Xu Wanghua didn't speak for the time being, as if he was pondering.

After Zheng Jinhong finished speaking, he slowly raised his head.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that it is not appropriate to punish them for the time being."

Xu Wanghua said this, Zheng Jinhong was very angry, but Zheng Xunrui nodded thoughtfully.

"Mr. Xu, tell me why."

"Lord Chen has not done anything wrong, if he is punished at this time, I am afraid that he will not be able to calm down the gaffe, and it may make a bigger fuss, presumably Lord Chen is prepared."

Zheng Xunrui's face showed a sneer, and he still didn't speak.

"It is not allowed to use the grain of the treasury, the imperial court does have such regulations, Chen Yaoyan is to fully implement the regulations of the imperial court, there is nothing wrong with it, the former prefect Dong, there is nothing wrong with using the grain of the treasury, because this is agreed by the governor yamen, but compared with the two, Chen Yaoyan undoubtedly does better, even if it is to the imperial court, the emperor and the cabinet will support Lord Chen."

"Preparing to collect taxes, and preparing to collect taxes owed over the years, the imperial court also has such requirements, Lord Chen's approach is still not wrong, and Lord Chen's approach is undoubtedly strongly supported by the emperor and the cabinet, the court lacks food and silver, this is a well-known thing, Lord Chen shares worries for the court, how can he not be rewarded, if it is because of this matter, only Lord Chen will get benefits."

"Check the homeless people and see if there are any rogues mixed in, this is the right move, Shaanxi is the place where the gangsters are ravaged, and the leaders of the gangsters, large and small, most of them are out of Shaanxi, Lord Chen takes such measures to prevent trouble before it happens, and there is no place to be responsible."

"The subordinates don't dare to speculate on Lord Chen's thoughts, but the subordinates can be sure of one thing, that is, Lord Chen's move will definitely cause riots in Qingyang Mansion, and the displaced people will appear on a large scale, and after the people can't survive, they will rise up to rebel......"

Zheng Jinhong was a little anxious, and was about to ask Xu Wanghua, since he expected that the situation behind him was not good, why couldn't he stop Chen Yaoyan's moves, at least he could explain it to the imperial court.

Zheng Xunrui stopped Zheng Jinhong with his eyes.

"My lord, my subordinates just said that Lord Chen's move must have come prepared, maybe when Qingyang Mansion is really in chaos, he is afraid that he has already left and returned to the capital, leaving a mess that is difficult to clean up."

A smile finally appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face.

"Mr. Xu's prediction is accurate, I've been thinking about it, Chen Yaoyan is also from Jinshi, it's impossible not to know the consequences of doing this, he's probably thinking about messing up Qingyang Mansion, patting his ass and leaving, as for saying that Qingyang Mansion is in chaos, then the responsibility is mine, he has left Qingyang Mansion, what responsibility can he have, this abacus is good enough."

A smile also appeared on Xu Wanghua's face.

"Lord Chen thinks that if he has support in the imperial court, he will be able to withdraw in a short period of time, which is unlikely, since he wants to mess up Qingyang Mansion, then the Lord can plan and let him stay in Qingyang Mansion to solve all the problems, if he can't solve it, then it is easy to say, when settling accounts, he is afraid that it will be difficult to withdraw."

"Yes, how to let Chen Yaoyan stay, can Mr. Xu consider it."

"Your Excellency also has a relationship in the imperial court, why don't you take advantage of it and let Lord Chen stay in Qingyang Mansion, this is not a particularly difficult thing, at least let him stay in Qingyang Mansion for more than a year, no matter how much he has made, if he has political achievements, he must stay in Qingyang Mansion and continue to work hard to make Qingyang Mansion more stable and rich, if he doesn't do well, then he can't leave without leaving, at least after solving many problems, he will talk about leaving."

"Okay, very good, I'm going to write a letter and report Chen Yaoyan's behavior, I not only want to use a lot of relationships, I also want to write a letter directly to the emperor, praising Chen Yaoyan for doing a good job, I am afraid that many things in my past are not considered, let Chen Yaoyan do more things in Qingyang Mansion, I also have to learn from it."

Zheng Jinhong had long thought about opening his mouth, and finally seized the opportunity.

"Young Master, Mr. Xu, if you do this, won't the people of Qingyang Mansion suffer."

Xu Wanghua showed a wry smile on his face, how could he not have thought of this question.

Zheng Xunrui looked at Zheng Jinhong and opened his mouth with a stern face.

"Zheng Jinhong, sometimes in the face of problems, there must be trade-offs, it is impossible for everything to be perfect, if you want to get some, you always need to lose some, the people of Qingyang Mansion will definitely have to pay a price in a short period of time, but paying such a price is for the sake of stability in the future, the court does not know the specific situation of Qingyang Mansion, only after something happens, those adults in the court will know, otherwise, Qingyang Mansion will suffer more toss."