Li Yan made a slight plan, and a group of officials in Jiangnan really hit the plan, and soon, they reported the deed tax on the acres of land.

"Master Li, this is the title deed of 3,000 acres of paddy fields and 1,000 acres of dry land under the name of my Ye family. As for the taxes that were owed and unpaid before, it is still a little difficult to count, I have ordered someone to send them to your house, and I will wait for you to go back and slowly check it!" Ye Chengwen got the benefit last time, and this time, he was the first to stand up.

Ye Chengwen not only sent the land deeds and taxes that should be paid, but also the taxes owed before, all of which were sent to Li Yan's back house.

It was sent to Li Yan's house, and how much tax was owed was not what Li Yan said? The rest of the excess would naturally fall into Li Yan's pocket.

Not only Ye Chengwen, but other officials also did the same. In their opinion, Li Yan will give them this kind of attention, which is nothing more than wanting to reap benefits.

I'm not afraid that you'll catch it, I'm afraid you're not greedy.

Anyway, this benefit is also a drop in the bucket for them. These people, let alone one-tenth of the number of acres of land reported, and some of them are not even one-twentieth or one-thirtieth.

Looking at the ledger in front of him, Li Yan's smile became brighter and brighter.

"Haha, I'll just say, my lords, my sleeves are breezy, my family only has a few hundred, thousands of acres of land, and I don't need to pay a lot of taxes, I will report to Your Majesty one by one. These fields, I will ask Your Majesty to collect some less taxes, after all, you adults also have to eat because of their great careers!" Li Yan sneered in his heart. This group of bastards, like those officials in Beijing at the beginning, all had a lot of money, but when they donated, they only took out a few hundred taels of silver. These people got tens of millions of taels of silver last time they donated money to raid their homes, but this time, they only took out a few hundred acres of land one by one.

Don't look at the Ye family's most land, but it is only 3,000 acres of land, Li Yan has already sent someone to investigate, the Ye family has 10,000 hectares of fertile land, that is, more than 100,000 acres.

However, Li Yan remained silent, but said: "Ladies and gentlemen, when you go back, you can publicize the policy to the squires and landlords and ordinary people under your rule, I will not stay in Jiangnan for too long, I hope they will report the number of acres as soon as possible!"

"Definitely, I'll go back and ask my relatives to report the number of acres of land at home to the adults as soon as possible, and all the taxes owed to the adults' mansions, so that the adults can count them slowly!" the officials said one after another.

"Then thank you very much!" Li Yan arched his hand and said, "This official is busy, so I won't leave you to eat, and when I turn back, before I leave, I must have a drink with all the adults and celebrate!"

"That's nature!"

"Don't bother Lord Chincha!"

A group of officials left with great interest.

When they went out, many officials gathered in groups.

Several officials hurried to catch up with Ye Chengwen.

"Lord Ye, you are really like a god, and this person surnamed Li is insatiable!" an official complimented.

Ye Chengwen touched his beard and sneered: "There is no cat in the world that does not eat fishy." Isn't the purpose of being an official just to make a fortune? He's a little bandit and anti-thief, and he is favored by the emperor because of the smoke from his ancestral tomb, and who knows how long he can be favored when he becomes a master of the Qincha? Does he dare to offend our entire Jiangnan? When the time comes, there will be no place for him in the world! Therefore, as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely take the opportunity to make a profit, and he will have a good relationship with us, so why not do it?"

This time, I'm afraid that the person surnamed Li will have to get a million silver. An official said enviously.

This time, each of them gave silver. In particular, those merchants and big landlords will definitely make false reports about the amount, and if they want to make false reports, they will have to spend money to curry favor with Li Yan. It can be said that this time Li Yan came down to be a messenger, measuring the black land, and picking up the silver of white flowers. If you want to say that you don't envy, it must be false.

Ye Chengwen sneered and said, "It's still the same sentence, if you want to get rich, you must be promoted first! As long as you have His Majesty's favor, what do you want?"

"That's, that's ......"

The people next to him nodded again and again, and took the opportunity to compliment: "This time, Lord Ye is a benchmark figure again, and he entered His Majesty's holy eye last time, and this time, I'm afraid it will be okay to enter and leave the cabinet." ”

"Haha...... Everyone is an old friend, and when the time comes, I won't forget your benefits!" Ye Chengwen was extremely comfortable by this sycophancy, which was called a transparent ah, and almost felt that the position of the first assistant was within reach.

......

Sure enough, Li Yan's "policy" was operated by an official in Jiangnan, and soon, those big landlords and squires reported the number of acres in their homes.

These people are not ordinary people, and those who can become landlords and squires are at least at the first level.

The Ming Dynasty can exempt people from forced labor and taxes, and if they have land in their homes, they can not pay taxes.

This was originally to encourage people all over the world to study, but who knows, these people do not think about the emperor's grace, but instead annex land in various ways, resulting in less and less taxes that the state can collect, and less and less land for ordinary people.

It can be said that the country is poor and the people are suffering. Rich squire.

Li Yan originally came out of the bottom, and he has seen with his own eyes countless ordinary people who were forced to rebel because they couldn't live anymore.

He deeply knows that if the resources occupied by these landlords and old wealth are not divided among the common people, then the chaos of the Ming Dynasty will always be a symptom rather than a cure. The rebels will be like weeds, getting rid of one wave after another.

And his thoughts coincide with Chongzhen's thoughts, so this time, Chongzhen sent him down, and even the remodeled Shenji Battalion was also sent.

Half a month has passed in a flash.

Finally, the number of acres in the entire Jiangnan was almost reported.

And the number of these reports is very different from the number that Li Yan secretly investigated.

The richer the family, the fewer the number of reports. All because the relationship between these people is intricate and interconnected. On the contrary, those ordinary people don't dare to report less if they want to, or they will be blackmailed by the officials registered below, so it is better to report honestly.

All in all, the number reported is not even a tenth.

It can be seen how bold this group of people is, they simply treat Li Yan as a fool, or think that Li Yan will get by if he takes the money.

But he never thought that Chongzhen was now resolute, and as long as Li Yan was not stupid, it would be absolutely impossible to allow such a big mistake. Otherwise, how can we justify ourselves if we report it to the emperor? The emperor is not stupid.

It's a pity that these Jiangnan officials have lived too long in peace, and they have long lost their sense of vigilance, and they are all like pigs, and they all feel that others are also pigs.

It's a pity that their whimsical ideas are destined to pay a terrible price.

On this day, Li Yan called the Red Lady, took the Shenji Camp, and headed towards the Ye family's grange.

"The pig is fattened, it's time to kill!"

PS: Thanks to the book friend "boy" brother on QQ for rewarding a 40,000 book coin. I don't see the data over there, but I don't know it now. On the QQ side, I can only get a quarter of the manuscript fee, plus IOS and tax deductions. Whining...... I really want to cry, if you give a reward of 400 yuan, I can only get 50 or 60 yuan. Brothers, it's better to come to the starting point to give a reward. However, I will add two more chapters for the "boy" brothers. Put it tomorrow.