"Bureau Li, let's go!" Lu Jiude found Li Zicheng and said excitedly.

"How?"

"Let the king pay the taxes!"

"Found out?"

"Found out! a total of 157,000 taels. ”

"So much?" Li Zicheng said in surprise.

"It's less than his fortune."

The two spoke, and came to the Acting King's Mansion again.

"Lord Wang, please make up the taxes for the past three years." Lu Jiudeming put the results of the verification to Zhu Yi and said with a smile.

"The king who should be handed over has been handed over, what are you calling a dog?"

"Lord Wang, you know whether you hand it over or not, since we came to you, there must be evidence. Hope you have rat tail juice! Don't force us to use force to solve problems. Li Zicheng said impatiently.

In the past few days in the city, I have heard all kinds of rumors about the acting king, what forcibly occupy the fields, forcibly rob the people's daughters, and there is no good one! Originally, he was born poor, so he didn't have a good impression of these blood-sucking things, and he lacked patience at all.

"Are you threatening the king? What are you? Zhu Yi was furious, although he was a prince without military power, but not everyone could threaten him.

"I'm not threatening you! I'm telling you the facts! Tomorrow at this time! If you can't get together the money in this account book, then the prince will enter Beijing with me! ”

"Bastard! How dare you be disrespectful to this king! This king will not let you go. ”

Li Zicheng ignored Zhu Yi's shouting, and turned around and left the palace with people.

"Monitor day and night, no one is allowed to come in or out!" Out of the door, Li Zicheng commanded his subordinates.

"Bureau Li, why is there such a big anger?" Lu Jiude said with a smile.

"Nothing."

Li Zicheng said sullenly, the acting king is unscrupulous and arrogant, and it is impossible for local officials not to know. But no one cares, don't you dare to care, or don't you want to care?

"Li Ju has been in the army for a long time, and he doesn't know much about some things. For example, an official may have a good reputation on the outside, but he may indeed be dirty and filthy to the extreme. Some have a bad reputation, but they may be honest and honest officials.

There are those who are wise enough to protect themselves, and there are those who are not afraid of power, and of course, there are many people who are in the same stream, or even the most.

Dongchang has been exposed to too many such things, and it slowly became numb. Believe it or not, in this world, corrupt officials cannot be killed. We all know this truth, do you think Your Majesty knows? You look at it, Your Majesty has a purpose in everything you do, and whether you pay this tax on behalf of the king or not, you have to peel off your skin.

Since Your Majesty trusts us so much, we should not be affected by other things, and everything is subject to the law. The king does a lot of evil, but can a good man not collect taxes? ”

"Self-taught."

Li Zicheng was silent for a moment, as if he understood something.

To be honest, he really had the urge to kill the acting king first. At this time, after Lu Jiude said this, he was really a little enlightened.

Collecting taxes is the goal, and as for the process, it is up to them to grasp it.

After Li Zicheng and the others left, Zhu Yi was angry in the palace. No one has dared to talk to him like that since he had grown so big. If it weren't for the fact that the other party represented the emperor, he would have to be killed.

"Father, should we make up this tax or not?" Zhu Yi's son, Zhu Chuanyu, asked in a low voice after he was a little angry.

"Supplement!" Zhu Yi said through gritted teeth.

He can see that since the other party dares to be so tough, if he dares not to pay taxes, I am afraid that he will really bring himself to Beijing.

"But if you make up for it, you have to pay it every year!"

"What then? Is it a rebellion? Don't you want to die? Zhu Yi's eyes widened. What can it do? With the few bird feather guards in his palace, he couldn't even get out of the gate of Datong City. "Don't worry, many fields have not been reported. It's only a part of it. ”

Zhu Chuanyu nodded, but he always felt a little unsteady.

Early the next morning

Li Zicheng and Lu Jiude came to the Acting King's Mansion again.

"How? Is the prince ready for the silver? Lu Jiude arched his hand and said with a smile.

Zhu Yi didn't speak, gave the housekeeper a look, and ordered someone to carry the silver out.

More than 100,000 taels of silver almost occupied half of the courtyard.

"The prince is really a believer! The example set by the prince for the tax reform of the clan this time will definitely make His Majesty happy. There is a pennant here in our house, which His Majesty specially ordered me to bring a reward to the prince before I came. After speaking, Lu Jiude took a pennant from his subordinates, shook his hands, and the gilded characters of the four Zhu Youzhen of "Tax Pioneer" came into view.

"Lord Wang, kneel down and receive the flag!"

I'm your mother!

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were exchanged for a rag, and the fuck let me kneel to pick it up??

Zhu Yi's nose is crooked! But there was no way, so I had to kneel on the ground and take the pennant.

"Alright. This is the end of the tax payment, thank you for your cooperation! ”

"Don't send it!"

Get out of here.

"You really don't need to send it, the prince has to come with us."

"What? What's together? Isn't the money given to you? ”

"The money was indeed delivered. It's the land outside the city, and our family always feels that the number is not right. Let's go out of town together? ”

"What are you talking about!?"

Li Zicheng didn't speak, he glanced at the people below, and immediately more than a dozen people came up to surround Zhu Yi.

"Let's go."

Seeing this, the guards of the palace wanted to step forward, but they were immediately stopped with muskets, and none of them dared to move.

Li Zicheng and others escorted Zhu Yi to swagger through the city, and the people passing by stopped to watch, so that Zhu Yi was ashamed and wanted to find a crack to get into.

The group came all the way to the west of the city and stopped in front of a fertile field.

"Lord, whose land does this land belong to?"

"How do I know?" Zhu Yi's face was flustered.

"Oh, I don't know. Our people have measured that this large area alone is nearly 1,000 acres, and we don't know whose it is.

But you're all weird.

Large tracts of fertile land are ownerless, and there are people who have grown crops.

Since no one wants it, then confiscate it. ”

Lu Jiude looked at the endless fields in front of him and said to himself.

"You can't confiscate my land!" Zhu Yi said with a sad face. This is all the wealth accumulated by the ancestors bit by bit, if it is confiscated, it will simply die.

"You admit it's your land!?" Li Zicheng's eyes widened, and he asked sharply.

Zhu Yi stood in place dejectedly, not saying a word.

"The prince forgot what our family came from. The brothers under our family are all elites of the East Factory, and there are not many things that can hide from their eyes. How much land has not been taxed, the prince himself should know in his heart. The old way, tomorrow we will get the silver. ”

Li Zicheng sent Zhu Yi back again.

Zhu Chuanyu saw his father coming back with a sad face, and hurriedly walked over to him and asked what was going on.

"It's all over, these IRS guys are all fans of the original East Factory, and we can't hide how much land we have from them! And pay the silver!

！ ”

"How much?"

"Two hundred thousand taels!"

"Huh?"

"Open the cellar and get the silver out."

"Is it really impossible not to pay?"

"Do you want to go to the capital? King Fu's family is still under house arrest in the capital! ”

"But that's too much! Wouldn't it be a lot less to pay taxes every year in the future? ”

"Money money money, money knows money. How did I give birth to such a son as you! Can money be compared to life? ”

Get!

Zhu Chuanyu shut up, and I don't know who swore yesterday that he didn't have to pay it.

Early the next morning

Li Zicheng and others came to the Acting King's Mansion again. Zhu Yi knew each other very well this time, and directly prepared all the silver and waited for their arrival.

"How much silver is this?" Lu Jiude asked.

"Two hundred thousand taels." Zhu Yi drooped his head.

"Why is it only 200,000 taels!?" Lu Jiude's eyes widened.

"What do you mean by only 200,000 taels?" Zhu Yi is blown up!

"What about the fines???

"What fine?"

"Those who evade taxes have to pay fines, doesn't the prince know?"

"No one told this king!"

"Then we will officially inform you now. In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the "Daming Tax Administration Regulations". Anyone who conceals tax evasion on land property shall pay the tax arrears within a time limit and shall be fined three times. ”

"Why hasn't this king heard of the "Daming Tax Administration Regulations"?"

"Your Majesty just promulgated it a year later."

"According to your meaning, I have to pay another 600,000 taels?"

"It's not what we mean, it's the "Daming Tax Administration Regulations".

"The king has no money. You can see what you do. Why don't you tear down this royal house? Zhu Yi was completely unwilling.

How can there be such a thing, asking for money is endless.

Do you still want people to live!?

In accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the "Daming Tax Administration Regulations". Those who maliciously resist taxes and fail to pay them shall be dealt with according to the size of the amount and the severity of the circumstances. More than 100,000 taels is a huge amount and should be punished with capital punishment. ”

I'm you!

Zhu Youzhen, you're not human! So cruel to your own people! Are you from the old Zhu family!?