Autumn in Jiangning is very beautiful, the sky is blue, the forest is lush, and Zhan Qixin, director of the Jiangning Taxation Bureau, has an inexplicable green face and the current scenery.

Standing on the platform, Zhan Qixin shouted to hundreds of people in the audience: "This time, people from various departments were selected to come together, and everyone was divided into groups of ten, and there were cadres from the police station in each group. If you encounter another attack, you must listen to the command of the police station cadres and never run away blindly. ”

People in the government have been beaten, which is something that has not been seen for many years. The people in the audience listened to Zhan Qixin's voice and looked at Zhan Qixin's face, and they gradually had some thoughts of struggle in their hearts.

"Rest assured, we have sent a police brigade and militia from nearby villages to arrest Lujiazhuang, who beat people this time. I can assure you that they're finished! If the Lu family does not hand over the murderer this time, everyone in their family will come to the flail to show the public. If anyone dares to do anything wrong, everyone will think that their own safety comes first and return first. I am here to assure you that the whole family of those people will be wailing on the streets of Jiangning Mansion for a month with wooden flails! ”

When Duan Fengming heard this, he felt a lot better in his heart, and when he first heard that a murderer had attacked a tax official, he felt that some people were probably going to rebel. However, thinking of his family, Duan Fengming felt a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't like the commanding style of the family elders, but if the Duan family was shown to the public, Duan Fengming also found it difficult to accept.

While he was talking, someone ran up to Zhan Qixin and said something to Zhan Qixin. Zhan Qixin's face immediately showed great joy, and he shouted loudly: "Everyone, let's go to the north gate now, the people of Lujiazhuang have been pressed!" ”

Everyone didn't expect to catch the people of the Lu family so quickly, since they dared to attack the tax officials of the government, everyone felt that they had to be unruly, and even wanted to be a thief. It doesn't seem right to be caught so easily. Immediately, someone hurriedly wanted to see it, but there are rules here. Under the shouting of the captains of each team, the officials and cadres quickly restored order and marched to the north gate.

After waiting for a while at the north gate, I saw someone escorting a group of people over. The hands were tightly tied behind their backs, and deep sleeves were tied around their necks, and they were strung together. As long as they walked slowly, someone next to them whipped them. Duan Fengming looked at it for a while, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. If he hadn't seen the two tax officers who had been beaten with several wounds on their heads and almost couldn't even save their lives, Duan Fengming probably thought that these people were maliciously captured by the government.

Such a group of people walked through the streets of Jiangning, which caused many people to come and watch, and the officials evacuated the scene first. Tomorrow they will leave for the village.

As soon as I got home in the evening, the people of the Duan family were already waiting at Duan Fengming's house. The attitude of the people who came to invite this time was relatively low, and they had to let Duan Fengming go to the clan to meet no matter what. When they met, the people of the clan carefully inquired about the collection of taxes, and obviously took the matter seriously. Duan Fengming also just wanted to hurry home after finishing his speech, and this time the matter was originally very simple.

"Although the land tax is now being collected, it is only necessary to pay it before New Year's Day. This time I went to post notices for those who did not pay fines, indicating that some of their family's land had been seized by the government. If they pay the fine before the auction, they can get the land back. If they don't pay the fine, the land will not belong to them. So we don't go to collect taxes, but to deliver letters. ”

"Feng Ming, let me ask you, you tell the truth. If the prefect of Wen didn't care about these things at all this time, and could even help the landlord speak, would the tax bureau still dare to collect taxes? The elder asked.

Duan Fengming had thought about this issue before, and from the current point of view, the one who really promoted the strong tax action did look like Wenzhang, the prefect of Jiangning. After thinking for a while, Duan Fengming said: "But the Wen Governor's Mansion is determined to collect taxes and implement the new system of the imperial court. It was not easy to convince him. ”

"If Wen Zhang didn't belong to the Jiangning prefect, there wouldn't be such a thing?" The elder continued to confirm.

Thinking again, Duan Fengming shook his head. "The Wen Governor's Mansion only implements the system of the imperial court, if the imperial system does not change, a few people still have to do this. But it's just that other people have not done it so thoroughly. ”

"Did Wen Zhang's brother Wen Tianxiang suggest it?" The elder looked serious and asked Duan Fengming, who was now the highest official in the Duan family.

"That's a system set by the government, and it has nothing to do with Wen Tianxiang."

"Are you sure?" It could be seen that the elder did not particularly trust Duan Fengming's information.

"Every time we do a study, we talk about what the systems are all about. This time, the taxation and agricultural management are all the meaning of the government, which is to let the land of the Great Song Dynasty produce grain with the greatest efficiency. The grain output is high, and the world of the Great Song Dynasty can also be stable. Duan Fengming explained. He personally agrees with this explanation, and a peaceful and prosperous Song Dynasty is very good.

The elders didn't seem to have the slightest interest in the peace and prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, they talked in a low voice, and then asked, "After the government collects the land this time, is there any room for maneuver?" ”

"If you don't take the money out, you can only take their land."

"Can you be like our family, and sell rotten land in exchange for being exempt from punishment?"

"This ...... I really don't know. ”

"You ask carefully and see if you can do it."

"Why? Those things have nothing to do with our family. Duan Fengming said boredly. After finishing speaking, seeing the unconcealable impatience under the elders' pretending to be calm, Duan Fengming suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked, "It's hard for you to change their land?" ”

Of course, the elders didn't want to explain their thoughts to Duan Fengming at first, but Duan Fengming figured out the joints himself, and the elders didn't hide it. Although there is a lot of rotten land, there is a lot of rotten land in the hands of the Duan family. In the past, those lands might have been called medium-rated, but with the cold weather, and the siltation of the riverbanks and rivers, the medium-sized land gradually became rotten land. In the past, I didn't even have to think about replacing bad land with good land. Now there is finally an opportunity, the landlords' families who have been violently attacked by the government will lose good land, and if they can exchange the rotten land for their good land, and reduce the losses of some landlords' families, this deal can be done.

Of course, there are also some prerequisites for doing this, that is, the Duan family must be the only one in control of this channel, and only Duan Fengming can directly inform Fu Wenzhang and be able to persuade Wenzhang. Obviously, Duan Fengming worked hard for the family and completed the agreement to sell the rotten land, which left a deep impression on the elders of the Duan family.