Chapter 52: Confrontation in court
Li Yunqing no longer bothered with the two officials, bypassed the two and walked straight towards the palace. Seeing this scene, the two officials picked up the sticks in their hands and were about to beat Li Yunqing. Before the two sticks could fall, one of them had an extra sword around his neck. I only heard Yang Bin say coldly: "If you want to live, stay honest with me, otherwise this sword of grandpa won't mind killing two more short-lived ones!" ”
The two officials were startled when they saw this scene, threw away the wooden sticks in their hands almost at the same time, raised their hands and said: "A good man spares his life, we are just following the words of the county lord, and we officials dare not listen to the words of the county lord, after all, we still have to support our families, right?" ”
Yang Bin snorted coldly when he heard this: "Let me ask you, where is your county master?" ”
The two officials glanced at each other, and one of them, the one who hadn't woken up, said: "The county magistrate is in the mansion, we will call you out, you later, later." He also looked at the sword in Yang Bin's hand, for fear that he would lose his head.
Seeing Yang Bin nodding, the two ran into the county office, Yang Bin invited the three women in, and finally entered the county office. At this moment, Wei Yunfei, the county magistrate of Qingyang County, is playing with a group of extremely explicit women, these women are all among the best beauties in the flower building. What is Ruhualou? It was Qingyang County, and even the largest Qinglou in Lingshan County. Wei Yunfei is a frequent visitor in Ruhualou, and half of his home is in Ruhualou.
Seeing the two officials suddenly running in, Wei Yunfei's face darkened, and what he was most tired of was being disturbed when he was playing with the girls. Seeing the face of the county master, the two officials were trembling, but thinking of the fierce and vicious appearance outside, one of the officials said boldly: "Lord County, it's not that you mean to disturb, it's really a few fatal lords outside, just now I and the fourth child were almost cut off by one of them!" ”
Wei Yunfei, who was originally half-lying in a woman's arms and was about to eat the grapes that the woman fed with her mouth, sat up violently when he heard this, stared at the two officials and said, "Do you know what you mean?" Who are these people who dare to draw a sword in this official mansion? ”
The official known as the fourth elder stepped forward and said: "One of them is like the master, there is an important grievance, let the county lord quickly ascend to the court to ask the case!" ”
Hearing this, Wei Yunfei stood up violently and roared, "How can this be true! So arrogant! Dare to command this county, I don't know whether to live or die! Wei Yunfei felt that his majesty had been greatly provoked, and his heart burned with anger.
Hearing this, the fourth child nodded again and again: "The county is wise, the two of us are the same, but one of them can't help but put the sword on our necks, let's not come to look for you!" ”
When Wei Yunfei heard this, he beckoned the two girls to dress up for himself, and went out of the room with a scolding in his mouth. When he arrived in the lobby, he didn't see anyone coming, so he scolded first: "What kind of thing is the death that dares to order this county?" When I looked at it, I saw a man in a luxurious costume standing in the middle of the lobby. Wei Yunfei was stunned at first when he saw this scene, randomly suppressed his anger, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" What are the grievances? ”
It's not been a year or two since Wei Yunfei has been in officialdom, and he still has the ability to see Rao. Even if Li Yunqing is dressed plainly, the extravagance on his body can't be concealed. Therefore, Wei Yunfei did not make trouble immediately, and was ready to ask the other party for details before making a decision.
Li Yunqing sneered and said, "Lord County is really late." ”
Looking at Li Yunqing's cold gaze, Wei Yunfei twisted his body a little uncomfortably, his eyes flickered a little and he coughed twice: "Ahem, this official occasionally feels cold today, and his body is a little tired, if you have any grievances, hurry up, this official still has a lot of things to see here!" Wei Yunfei pretended to lift the stack of corners of the table, but he didn't want to raise a puff of dust.
Seeing this scene, the corners of Li Yunqing's mouth twitched twice, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Huang is a businessman, and the two came to your place, and someone found Huang this morning who is from the Qingzhu Gang and asked Huang to pay taxes." Li Yunqing came here to look at Wei Yunfei's face, and saw that his face was a little ugly, he sneered in his heart, and said: "Huang came here to ask the county honor, I have already paid the tax on the first day I came, why do I have to pay it a second time?" If the first tax was paid to the imperial court, then to whom was the second tax paid? Huang's business is not, and he has never seen such a tax collector, he is lonely and unheard, and he also asks the county lord to teach! ”
Wei Yunfei's cheeks twitched twice, and he secretly scolded the Qingzhu Gang for making trouble for himself and not doing things well. The tax was handed over to the imperial court, and the lower state capitals, counties, and counties were only collected once a year, and they were not collected a second time. But Wei Yunfei couldn't resist the temptation of the Qingzhu Gang and acquiesced to their tax collection. The purpose of tax collection is to protect the people for the government, which is considered a hard fee.
This kind of reason that is not a reason can only appease Wei Yunfei himself and the people of Qingyang County, if it is known by people outside, they can see the trickiness at a glance. The government has servants, and it can also transfer the surrounding defenders, and needs a gang of gangsters to protect the people? It's a big joke. But it was such a joke that made Wei Yunfei's pockets bulge. With hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, Wei Yunfei naturally doubled his maintenance of the Qingzhu Gang.
In order to keep the Qingzhu Gang and let them earn more silver for themselves, Wei Yunfei shirked all the traders and people who came to complain, and if they couldn't shirk it, they asked them to find someone to write a good letter and hand it over, just like what happened to Li Yunqing today. Wei Yunfei naturally didn't know how to watch it, and he was still busy playing with the girl in Ruhualou.
Looking at the noble, twenty-year-old young man in front of him, Wei Yunfei knew that he couldn't hide today. For the first time in three years, someone has gone to court over the tax collection, and people are already standing here, trying to get out...... Looking at the sturdy guard-like man beside Li Yunqing, Wei Yunfei completely dispelled this thought.
After thinking about it in his heart, Wei Yunfei said in a deep voice: "The Qingzhu Gang's tax collection is approved by this government, and it is also to maintain the peace of my Qingyang County side. I don't think Zunjia is an ordinary merchant, can't he even afford this silver? Wei Yunfei still showed a strong sarcasm on his face, and looked at Li Yunqing's eyes as if he was looking at a poor ghost.
Li Yunqing couldn't suppress the anger in his heart anymore when he heard this, he didn't expect that this Qingyang County Decree would be so shameless that he could come up with such a bullshit reason. I only heard his angry voice shouting: "Fart, my Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Great Qian, ordered that each household should pay fifty taels of silver a year, and fifty taels is the tax during the opening of the emperor." During the Xingye years, the commercial tax was reduced to thirty-five taels! In this dynasty, it fell again, and it became thirty taels! Your fucking opening is a thousand taels of silver! It's really okay to do it to death! Let me ask you, who gave you such guts?! Do you still have the court in your eyes?! ”
Wei Yunfei wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his face turned a little blue. Since he became the county magistrate of Qingyang County, no one has ever dared to scold him like this. And this person has a temperament that does not come out, and there is a coercion that makes people a little breathless. I saw Wei Yunfei gritting his teeth and forcibly calming down: "You madman!" It is simply audacious to dare to defy the court! Left and right, take it down with a dry heat and put it in prison! ”