"It is the emperor's will to increase taxes, as long as Lord Zheng complies with it, he will be safe, if he protects you, his lord will make trouble. So when the adults are still on your side, you'd better cherish it and don't make trouble! Qin Saburo was afraid that they wouldn't understand, so he broke it and told them.

Fortunately, the big guy understood, and cried and begged: "Qin Baihu, we were wrong, we won't make trouble anymore, we must wait for the county commander." ”

However, some villagers felt that this tax was a flying disaster, and they should not pay it, so they said: "Qin Baihu, can't you not pay this tax?" Even if a new bank lends us money to pay taxes, we will still have to go into debt...... Since the drought in the northwest, the taxes in our south have been much heavier, and we can't hold on for a long time. ”

In the end, I was so sad that I wiped my tears.

When the other villagers saw it, they also shed tears, and some even covered their faces and cried bitterly.

"Milk, don't cry...... Brother Qian was afraid. ”

"Grandpa, are we going to be sold if we can't pay the money? Woo woo, don't sell us, we'll go find a job to earn money for our family. ”

These old people brought a lot of children here, just to let the county magistrates pity them for the sake of the children. But the children were timid, and when they saw their grandmother crying, they also cried.

For a while, the entrance of the yamen was full of crying.

There were many officials, soldiers, and onlookers who cried along, although Luo Wu endured it and tried not to think about the things in the northwest before, but his eyes were still red.

Only Qin Sanlang's face remained unchanged, looked at them and said: "The tax is collected by the emperor, if you don't pay it, you will resist the decree, and the end will be the whole family, only by paying the tax, you can live." That's all I have to say, so do what you want. ”

After Qin Sanlang finished speaking, he explained to Zhang Zhong and Luo Wu: "You guys are watching here, keep an eye on it, don't go wrong." ”

"Yes." Zhang Zhong also had red eyes, but he believed that Qin Baihu would definitely not harm the villagers.

Qin Sanlang didn't stay long, and left in steps, but did not take the main gate of the yamen, but made a detour to the back gate of the yamen, entered the yamen from the back door, and went to see Zheng Countyling.

Zheng Xianling didn't rest for a day and a night, and at the moment his eyes were blood-red, and his eyes were blue and black, and he was counting the accounts of the yamen with Master Qian Liang and ten scribes, and wanted to take out some silver and use it as a tax to pay it.

No matter how much can be cut, in short, it can reduce the burden on the people.

After two days of calculation, it was finally calculated.

"My lord, our yamen is not in deficit, it is an extra eight thousand three hundred and seventy-four taels of silver!" Master Qian Liang shouted happily, but because he hadn't slept all night, his voice was hoarse and ugly.

"Really?!" Zheng County's order snatched the account book in the hand of the master of money and grain, and when he saw the amount of silver at the bottom, he laughed out loud: "Okay, well, with these more than 8,000 taels, the people can pay a little less tax." ”

Don't think that eight thousand taels is less, many counties in Dachu have a deficit in their accounts, and it is already rare to have more silver.

As soon as Qin Sanlang entered the courtyard, he heard this, knocked on the door, walked in, and asked, "Do you really want to pay taxes to the people with this silver?" ”

"Saburo is here." Zheng Xian Ling was very happy to see Qin Sanlang, if it weren't for him guarding the yamen in the past two days, he would not have been able to work with peace of mind, and nodded when he heard this: "Well, with this silver, the burden of the people can be lighter." ”

Qin Sanlang: "This is a drop in the bucket, it can't save the people of the county at all, and it is very likely to bring death to adults." ”

A single anti-war tax is one tael of silver per person, not one tael per household, and double the poll tax and grain tax, which are evenly distributed on everyone's head, to say the least, it will cost two taels of silver per person. Tianfu County is a large county near the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of no less than 30,000, what can more than 8,000 taels of silver do?

Zheng Xianling was poured a basin of cold water, and his face was ugly, but he knew that San Lang was doing it for his good...... The emperor is short of silver, and according to the criminal law of Dachu, the extra silver from the county government and the government government will be sent to the capital along with the two taxes on money and grain.

"There must be more than one official who does this, the official will give the capital a fold in advance, with Mr. Zheng here, there will be nothing to do~" Zheng County's order said at the end, and his voice was a little empty.

At this time, the most important thing for Mr. Zheng to do is to stand firmly on the emperor's side, otherwise he is likely to lose the emperor's trust, and once Mr. Zheng loses the emperor's trust, it will be the beginning of defeat for the Zheng family.

The major wealthy families and the adults in the capital are very aware of the fate of their help to the people, so they pretend to be deaf and dumb one by one, ignore them, and only seek self-protection.

"Qin Baihu, you are also from a farmer's background, how can you say such a thing? Aren't you sad when you look at the villagers who are carrying coffins and bringing children outside for two days? Fang Xiancheng was young, and he was still a little bookish, so he was very disappointed by Qin Sanlang's words, and he blamed him in a bad tone.

Qin Sanlang was not angry, he laughed, hugged his fists towards Zheng County Commander and Fang County Cheng, and said: "Thank you to the two adults for caring for the people, but embezzling the money of the county government will indeed bring danger to the county commander, since I have seen this danger, I naturally want to say it." And I already have a way to do both worlds here, and I can't let the adults embezzle the money of the county government. ”

"The best of both worlds? What's the best of both worlds? San Lang, you should say it quickly. Zheng Xian Ling's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked over and pulled Qin Sanlang's arm and said.

Qin Sanlang: "Raided the house, copied the Gao family in Xianggui Town." ”

He found out that Master Gao and Shi Laohan wanted to make trouble in the Yamen, and finally bought the villagers' fields and population at a low price.

"Master Gao is from a bad family, and his family is full of ill-gotten gains, and this time he took advantage of the tax turmoil to buy the villagers' fields and children at a low price, so he should have copied the Gao family and deterred the rest of the wicked people who want to take the opportunity to buy the villagers' industries at a low price."

Qin Sanlang looked at Zheng County's order and said, "The Gao family's property in Xianggui Town is more than 10,000 taels, and if you copy his house, you can get a lot more silver than in the accounts of the yamen." ”

Fang Xiancheng listened, gasped, looked at Qin Sanlang, and unconsciously took a few steps back: "No wonder others have given you the nickname of Hades, you kid is really not a master to mess with." ”

Ah, San Lang, I just said two words to you for my brother, you must not take it to heart.

"Hahaha, what Hades? San Lang is just helping the villagers. Besides, the Gao family is self-inflicted, if the surname Gao doesn't get these side ways, there will be no incriminating evidence in our hands, and the yamen can't copy his home! Jiang Qi walked in big strides, patted Qin Sanlang on the shoulder, and said, "Good boy, well done, Lao Tzu really didn't misunderstand you, you are a capable person." ”