In August of the 11th year of Zhengde, Nanjing was as hot as the scorching earth.

Originally, after a summer harvest, the taxes and grains in various places would also begin to be paid, and in a few months they would set off to escort the Beijing Division.

However, this year, more than half of the dozens of counties in the south of the Yangtze River have been in a state of stagnation, and the amount of taxes paid by the imperial court has of course come down, but the county governors and counties either cannot find a 'tax bearer' or a newly found 'tax bearer' does not play a role at all.

The big households don't pay, the rich don't pay, and the ordinary people can't always know that the county lord goes door to door to search for the little tax grain.

However, for many people, this is not a big problem at the moment, and the big problem is that the imperial court wants to hold the field.

As for the assessment at that time, the officials and gentlemen gathered in Nanjing still have complaints.

"Just a few people, just a little time, how can you accomplish so many things?!"

"Isn't it? In previous years, we could still do some apportionment, and the big families would help the foil, so that the errand could be done. The old man above doesn't know how easy it is for us! ”

It's still a good situation to collect a year, and some places have already started to incur debts.

The eaves are dripping from generation to generation, and the new officials are not counted as old officials.

There is no absolutely good system in the world, and although the system of liuguan has strengthened the power of the central government, it has also brought great harm. They don't care about the actual situation in the county, as long as they survive a few years of tenure, they will be promoted and leave when the time comes, why bother?

"This time, it's similar to Shandong, the probability is to see us, say a few words to scare and scare us, not to go back and smooth out those obstacles!"

"You are all easy to do, I am there, that family is a high-ranking mansion that has been a fourth-grade official, and I am a seven-rank county, so I usually have to be polite, how dare I frown coldly?"

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There are probably a lot of such voices.

Anyway, more than a hundred or so people gathered outside and chattered.

However, it is not the same as Shandong.

At that time, Zhang Xuan also invited those people to a meal, and when he came to Jin Gui, he was very honest and honest, and he didn't have the money to invite so many people to dinner.

It was the officials of the government who went in to report the current progress and talk to him.

The rest waited in the courtyard in front of the main house.

There are a few counties in one province, and there are more than a dozen counties, anyway, there are about ten people, and the prefect is in front, and then they all go in.

People outside can't see, and they can't hear clearly.

But the state of the first person who entered suddenly changed completely, one by one, his steps were hurried, and his expression was very anxious, and he muttered,

"Oh, what can I do, how can there be such a thing?"

"Don't talk about it, why don't you go back and get down to business?"

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The people who were waiting outside did not care at first,

But when the second group of people came out, they were in the same way, and some of the prefects pulled the prefect and didn't let go, "Fuzun, it's not that the lower officials don't do it, it's really difficult, you have to help me." ”

"Who doesn't have difficulties? Why didn't you explain it to Lord Zhongcheng just now? ”

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Two times in a row, going in and coming out are completely opposite, so that the rest of the people began to be anxious, and some people were uneasy and stepped forward to stop one, "Kochi Prefecture, what is the situation?" Inside, what did Lord Zhongcheng say? ”

"Oh, Brother Liu, don't ask more, this matter is in big trouble." As the man spoke, his hands trembled as if something was wrong.

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Liu Jin didn't know that he had received a lot of attention when he entered Ning, and the officials had great powers, and they inquired about his general itinerary and knew to hide as much as possible. Some of them will hurry up to dredge up the relationship.

This is a person who has suffered from officialdom, replaced by those cynical stunned youths, who have already started to scold Liu Jin all over the street, and they are not taboo at all, saying that he is vicious, saying that he is comparable to a beast, in a word, can a dignified husband be afraid of a eunuch?

Liu Jin didn't hear much of this when he first arrived, he was accompanied by Zhang Yong all the way to the imperial city of Nanjing, of course, no matter how valuable the status of the garrison eunuch is, he can't live in the core area of the imperial city, or pick a room on the periphery, and Liu Jin, the residence of his predecessor, doesn't like it.

He didn't have to worry about it, he had already prepared it before.

The similarity between the two imperial cities is very high, and Liu Jin seems to be revisiting his hometown, and he is a little touching.

He rubbed his eyelids with his fingers and wiped away the last bit of tears, "He Ming, Wang Jun,"

These are the two people he brought out, because they have offended him in the past, and now they are as afraid as seeing him as if they were seeing Lord Yama.

"You go to the 23rd Yamen in Nanjing, find them in charge of the eunuchs, and pass on the order of our family, and say that the emperor ordered the fields to be cleared, including the eunuchs, and asked them to hand over all the fields they had occupied. There's only half a day, go quickly. ”

In fact, there are twenty-four yamen in the Ming court, but Nanjing is a little special as a stay, because there is no emperor, and in order to strengthen control, and send Nanjing garrison eunuchs to lead the overall situation, in order to straighten out the legal relationship, this internal garrison will generally serve as the palm seal eunuch of Nanjing.

In this way, it can be understood more smoothly like Beijing.

Zhang Yong didn't understand, "These people are not our old people, can such a trivial and heavy order be effective?" ”

Liu Jin was a little tired from a long journey, he sat down with his waist on his back, "What I want is that it has no effect." You see. ”

He Ming Wang Jun didn't dare to delay a little, for fear that Liu Jin would kill their heads as soon as he got angry, so he ran extremely hard, and all of them were carefully notified in place.

However, half a day has passed, and only four of the twenty-three yamen are honestly doing things according to his orders, which is a fraction at most! In modern political terms, this is a approval rating of less than 20%.

Of course, people all came, and the rest of the people said that they had not encroached on the fields.

Liu Jin stood up with He Ming's support, stepped over the threshold of the hall, and said to the group: "It's still to give face to our family, at least everyone has arrived." Internal Supervisor and Imperial Supervisor...... Salary Division, Bell and Drum Division...... Familiar name.

No matter what you muttered in your heart, or what you did in the past, here in our family, in a word, we are rootless people, we recognize the palace and the emperor. The emperor said that the fields in Nanjing must be measured, so our family will do it, and if we don't do it, our family will kill it. Including you. ”

Liu Jin beckoned to Wang Jun, "Bring those four people to our family." ”

"Yes."

Wang Jun stepped forward, "Father-in-law Hu, father-in-law Fu...... Please come forward. ”

Liu Jin lowered his gaze, "These are all acquaintances, Your Majesty is going to measure all the fields now, and if you occupy it in the end, you will always be able to get it, you are a smart person." The rest......"

He turned, "Drag them all out and kill them with a cane." ”

This sentence has no tone at all, and there is no volume, simply saying it directly shatters people's souls, even Zhang Yong was shocked inexplicably, his eyes widened!

The group of kneeling eunuchs were even more confused, "Grandpa Liu! What sin have we committed to be put to death with the rod? ”

"As an eunuch, if you don't listen to the holy decree, you will die."

"Where have we not listened to the decree! We really didn't encroach on any fields, you know, in the twenty-four yamen, our seal and ribbon supervisor is the Qingshui yamen. ”

Liu Jin only felt noisy, he sat on the chair that was moved to the door, "When our family is the first day to work in the palace?" The 24th Yamen of Nanjing is responsible for paying tribute to the palace, don't you scrape a little? Silk, tea, local products, etc. are all counted by boat, and there are not many opportunities to buy them? And the repair of this palace, the filial piety of officials, so much silver, you don't buy land? Hum! Beat! Fight to the death! ”

Zhang Yong brought people here, and now they are under the command of Liu Jin, and when an order was given, dozens of people immediately stepped forward, to say that these people also have a tacit understanding, they divided into groups, and then each went to 'receive' one, and then pressed it to the ground, and began to beat with a cane!

The scene was slightly terrifying, and the screams made the hairs stand on end, and the four who escaped were all chilled on their backs.

It's only been five boards, and some people can't stand it, "Grandpa Liu!" Grandpa Liu! The small one knows that he is wrong, the small one has 2,000 acres of land, and he is willing to dedicate it to Grandpa Liu! ”

Liu Jin fanned the front of his nose with the palm of his hand, not to fan away the smell, but to fan the smell of blood in, "What do we want you to do with that little." Keep playing! ”

In the courtyard, several big men were scattered according to the combination of one person, because of the large number, the wooden sticks were about to form a curtain when they went up and down.

The cry of 'ahhh

As a result, there began to be all kinds of begging for mercy and confessions, but all of them were rejected by Liu Jin.

Even Zhang Yong couldn't stand it, "Brother Liu, you just came...... And there are so many people in here, maybe there is really no field. Why do you have to do this, it's already thirty sticks, and if you continue to fight, you will all die here! ”

Liu Jin squinted his eyes and said gloomily: "From today onwards, our family will not give anyone a second chance." ”

He Ming and Wang Jun were sent before, and they have already been given a chance!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The wood-colored sticks began to dye red one by one, and the screams gradually subsided, and most of the people lying on the ground were covered with cold sweat and were in a state of fainting.

This practice directly put the court in hellish horror.

By the next day, people knew that none of the people who had been beaten yesterday had survived, and the corpses were carried out one by one and thrown into the mass graves outside, and in the end there was not even a coffin!

What about Liu Jin?

Drinking tea, Yun was looking at the four people who died yesterday, "It was He Ming and Wang Jun who did this job yesterday, and several of us are not familiar with this place, at least not as familiar with the four of you, and now this job will be handed over to you." Wait a while, after the surveyor we want arrives, you will each take it back, one by one, and measure the palace and our own fields first. Don't worry, you don't need to do the heavy lifting, just lead the way. I'll talk about any difficulties when I encounter them, but today's words should be of a lot more use, what do you think? ”

The four of them were already frightened, and hurriedly agreed, "Yes, Gonggong Liu's words were originally effective." ”

It turns out that they still have some questions, for example, now that their heads are gone, a lot of work is not easy to carry out, but now they are all holding in their stomachs, and it is better to do things difficult than to lose their heads, right?

After this matter was arranged, it didn't take long for He Ming to report, "Father-in-law, I want to ask my father-in-law to come over to the house to talk about it, and I sent someone to send a post." ”

The authority of the Nanjing garrison has been very high since the Renzong Dynasty, and the scope is not limited to the city of Nanjing, he even has soldiers in his hands.

Liu Jin originally wanted to be angry with him, after all, things were not done well, but thinking that Zhang Yong said that he was his own person, it was just right, he heard that the chief officials of various prefectures and counties had come before, and he could also ask which counties were not doing well.