The bamboo courtyard was once again stuffed with horse-drawn carriages.

Wei Ming looked at the battle this time, it was much more than the last time, he stood at the foot of the pavilion and waited for Ye Lanxiao, and after standing still, he saw Ye Lanxiao striding over.

"I've been waiting."

Wei Ming said no, and the two of them were not polite, they sat down and began to play chess, but they exchanged serious things in their words.

Ye Lanxiao opened his mouth first, "My father told me that eighty percent of the people have come, and tomorrow will be the end of the day, they will discuss it seriously, I look at his meaning, and want to settle this matter at one time, and then, I will begin to lead Chang Bin to the bait." ”

So fast!

Wei Ming thought about it, in the previous life, Chang Bin hadn't made any big trouble in Nanzhili, but he was kicked out of Nanzhili because he dug the graves of his clan relatives privately, and it was not surprising that Ye Yongqu and others acted quickly.

It's just that he and Ye Lanxiao want to make a fuss about Chang Bin and make things bigger, so as to arouse the opposition of the government and the opposition to the mine supervisor and tax envoy, and force Jinshang to take back his fate, which is not something that can be done in a day or two.

They must first stop Ye Yongqu and the others, let Chang Bin continue to go crazy, and then wait for the opportunity to create turmoil, and more importantly, the people who can't be caused by the huge momentum will suffer.

Wei Ming talked to Ye Lanxiao about many methods, but they couldn't make the trip, and they needed the cooperation of Ye Yongqu and other officials of Nanzhili, and Chang Bin needed to be in the set, which was not so easy.

But now, they first stopped the expulsion method of Ye Yongqu and others, which is true.

Ye Lanxiao didn't try to persuade Ye Yongqu, but Ye Yongqu looked at him strangely and asked, "Have you always been with that Wei Ming recently?" Say something on paper! You are a two-rank jinshi, how can you be bewitched by him! Is it so easy to take back today's destiny?! Don't believe him! ”

Ye Lanxiao was very helpless, and turned around and joked to Wei Ming, Wei Ming couldn't cry or laugh.

He didn't say much, Ye Lanxiao was already very good at believing in himself, since Ye Yongqu couldn't persuade him, he didn't persuade him, and acted directly.

Wei Ming said, "Chang Bin also knows that here in Yangzhou and Nanjing, the officials are very confrontational, and they only go around Chuzhou, refusing to move, and sending some staff to collect taxes. Chang Bin was cautious, but let those minions run rampant and domineering, testing the bottom line of the officials of Nanzhili. ”

Wei Ming was not on the mountain two days ago, and sent Cui Zhi and his party away, so he got the news from the beggar gang and went to a mine north of Yizhen.

As the name suggests, the main business of these eunuchs who have taken the special edict is to collect mining taxes to fill the treasury.

Originally, there was a mining tax, and the Daxing Law stipulated, but because there were few people who mined in the early years, there were few taxes, and many new mines did not have taxes at all.

Jinshang saw this vacancy and sent eunuchs down to collect this mining tax.

In the past, the reason why there was no mining tax was because the income from mining was not much, and it was not easy for the people to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains.

Isn't it true that the mine tax collector can collect as much as he wants?

Originally, the people paid taxes, but there were no rules and regulations, and one person had the final say.

The reason why these people dig mountains and open mines is because they can't eat, and as a result, they can't eat.

There is no security at all.

There is a mountain in the north of Yizhen, and galena ore has been opened, which is mainly used to refine lead, as a medicinal or metal refining appliance, but galena often contains silver, and at the same time of smelting lead, it can also smelt a certain amount of silver. Not long after the mine was discovered, it was already heavily mined by the locals.

Of course, the local government knew, but it did not immediately increase taxes, and when Chang Bin came, he heard about this galena, and he couldn't hold it down, so he stretched out impatiently, and opened his mouth, and asked for a fifty-five cut!

Half of the lead and silver that the people have smelted will be turned over to the treasury.

There was a direct commotion in the local area, and the people sent by Chang Bin had already expected it, and they didn't know where to find a group of thugs to guard the mine and prevent people from entering.

"Either pay the mining tax honestly, or don't think about digging a penny out of the mountains!"

And all the people wept and grabbed the earth.

Wei Ming went to the mine to see it, and there was a seventy-year-old grandmother sitting at the head of the village crying.

Her grandson and great-grandson were injured, the family had no money to buy medicine, her grandson wanted revenge, and he had to fight with those people, and the grandmother pulled him and didn't let him go, "Don't we want money?" The mines are all given to them, can't they? ”

"No way!" The grandson was categorical, "Grandma, this is revenge, you have to get revenge!" ”

After speaking, he led a group of people with knives and guns and went straight to the mine.

When Wei Ming arrived, those people had already been up the mountain for a long time.

The old grandmother saw that he was wearing a scholar's robe, pulled him and begged him, "Little official, save them, they are all crazy, they are all crazy!" ”

Wei Ming looked at it, and his heart was sad.

This is no longer a problem of mines and financial routes, it has become an enmity.

Taxation beyond the law is a robbery of money.

Who will let it be slaughtered?

Wei Ming listened to the old woman's words, so he could only pretend that he was a person sent by the government, comforted the old woman, asked the way to the mine, and went straight all the way.

Before he arrived, he smelled the smell of fire, and when he looked again, the smoke rose into the sky.

How dangerous it is to start a fire in the mountains, the nearby village is not far from the mountain, and if the wind blows, the fire will be out of control.

Wei Ming hurriedly ran to the burning ground, only to find that it was the direction of the mine.

When he reached the door, he saw a miasma of smoke inside, and the sound of insults, shouts, and sticks was incessant, and everyone twisted into a ball, but there was no one to put out the fire.

Wei Ming didn't know which one was the grandmother's grandson, he saw that those people were all in tatters, covered in mud, and some of their heads, faces, and arms had large patches of blood.

At this moment, I don't know where someone brought a stall of wine.

"Don't even live!" The man shouted, and smashed the jar of wine beside the fire, and the fire suddenly rushed up.

The people who fought were crazy, and Ren Weiming shouted for fire, but no one paid attention to it......

In the end, it was Wei Ming who urgently asked the lieutenant chief to come forward in person, so that the disaster was quelled and the fire was extinguished.

Although there were no deaths, I can't count how many people were injured.

Those Chang Bin's minions are still entrenched, and the grandmother's grandson is covered in blood, gritting his teeth with hatred, "I will let them pay for their blood debt sooner or later!" ”

The feud has been settled, and sooner or later something will happen.

From this small struggle, Wei Ming saw the situation of the entire Yizhen, the entire Nanzhili, and even Huguang, Jiangxi and other places that were also sent to the mine supervisor and tax envoy.

As long as the mine tax collector exists, the confrontation between the common people and the imperial court will not disappear.

Ye Yongqu and others, why don't they understand?

They only have Nan Zhili in their eyes, and if Nan Zhili wins, they win, how Huguang is, how Jiangxi is, how Shandong is, no one cares.