Chapter 0015: The People Are Suffering
At the banquet that night, Lord Liao didn't stare at Su Nancheng anymore.
After all, Su Nancheng is just a petty official, and it's boring to keep staring at it.
The next day, everyone saw Lord Liao's style of acting.
Just one word: oppress people with power.
His official position is sufficient, but there are many things in Xianzhou that he does not know.
He strictly ordered Yao Taishou to send all the account books of Xianzhou for five years. Lord Liao brought a team of people by himself, and he was going to start a strict investigation.
And, starting with Yao Taishou, he will be questioned one by one from today onwards.
The posture of this interrogation really offended people.
Master Ma is going to die of worry, is this here to help or to do something bad?
He urgently sent someone to deliver a message to the prince, and more than two hours later, the person who went out to deliver the letter was arrested by Lord Liao's subordinates.
Particularly unceremoniously threw the person beside Master Ma: "The lord said that if he finds it for the first time, he will not be punished." During the strict investigation, no one is allowed to leave Xianzhou. ”
Ma was furious: "We were ordered to come to Xianzhou to do business, why can't we leave?" What does that mean? ”
"On orders?" The man sneered: "What life is bigger than the emperor's life?" Didn't Master Ma want to resist the decree? ”
Ma Da's heart attack was very popular: "The minister doesn't dare." ”
After the man left, the messenger got up: "These grandsons, who are specifically watching us, can't get out of the city now." ”
Master Ma shook his head: "You go to change your clothes first, you're covered in dirt, and you're not injured, right?" ”
The guard shook his head.
Everyone sighed and went back to the inner hall.
Lord Liao has been living elsewhere since yesterday, and in this courtyard, only Master Ma and his party are there.
At this time, Master Ma frowned: "It seems that Lord Liao will not ask us to touch this matter." ”
Everyone is very disturbed by what you say and what I say.
"This way, the lower officials can't understand it......" Su Nancheng muttered: "It's just that Lord Liao acts like this, I'm just afraid of startling the snake." In the eyes of the lower officials, Yao Taishou and his party could not be found out by him so easily. ”
"yes, what can I do? This is for fear that we will take credit, right? Chen An, who accompanied him, sighed.
"At the moment, I still have to pass the word to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Sunan Cheng frowned: "Don't the adults feel strange?" Why did you suddenly come to a chincha? Now, if you can't touch this matter, no matter what happens in the future, we don't know at all. Let's not talk about whether to grab the credit or not, what if it is finally confirmed that there is nothing to do in Xianzhou? ”
The crowd was silent.
Chen An smiled embarrassedly: "I said Brother Su, you are holding a grudge." ”
Su Nancheng smiled: "There are some grudges, but the lower officials are also telling the truth." We can't participate in anything, and after that, it's up to everyone to decide whether it's good or bad. Don't forget what we're here for. Why come. ”
"No matter who Lord Liao prefers, he has received the holy decree. We are here on the orders of the crown prince. ”
Needless to say, is there a gap here?
Everyone discussed for a while, but there was no accurate way for a while.
Master Ma told everyone to go back first, leaving Su Nancheng alone.
"Nancheng, what can you do? Don't worry, as long as you have an idea, just say it. When I return to Beijing, I will personally ask His Highness for your credit. ”
Su Nancheng hurriedly said that he didn't dare: "I don't dare to say that I have any ideas, but the matter has come to this point, I'm afraid we can't do it." In this case, it is better to make a big deal directly. ”
Since it can't be suppressed, it won't be suppressed.
If things don't go your way now, muddy it.
Master Ma gently knocked on the table: "In this way, Yao Shibin will also be anxious." ”
"Yes." Su Nancheng nodded.
It's better for others to be anxious than to be anxious yourself. It's not good to do nothing on this trip.
Master Ma is also a good hand at doing things, and if he can stand in front of the prince, he is not an incompetent person.
In just a few days, while pretending to compete with Lord Liao, he had secretly arranged everything.
Soon, all kinds of rumors spread in Xianzhou.
Lord Liao didn't allow Master Ma and his party to leave now, but he didn't dare to trap the entire Xianzhou people.
Soon, His Majesty sent a messenger to control the tax payment in Xianzhou, and the problem of Xianzhou's tax payment spread.
For example, the results reported for the annual grain output in Xianzhou for several consecutive years are not in line with the facts.
There is also the outrageous price of Xianzhou.
The point is that Lord Liao is a clean official, a master of the blue sky, and he is most unfair for the people.
After that, many people cried and begged Qin to be the master.
Those who can afford rice are still good, and many people who farm in the countryside are miserable.
They toiled all year round, but they didn't have enough to eat.
The excesses and miscellaneous taxes are increasing year by year, and there is a lot of water here.
No, now there is a mouth and a household gift. To put it simply, a child has to pay taxes from the age of three to fourteen, and an account has to pay taxes every year.
This is the two stubble taxes.
And they also have an arithmetic, and every person between the ages of fifteen and fifty-six also has to pay taxes every year.
Not to mention the excesses and miscellaneous taxes, the people who farm the land still have land rent.
It's no wonder that they rushed to find it as soon as they heard that there was a messenger.
This is obviously dangerous, but if you don't come, you won't be able to live this life.
Even Master Ma didn't expect this thing to explode all at once.
The point is that this is not counted, Lord Liao made a wrong decision.
When he sent people to suppress it, his men beat one of the people to death with heavy hands, and another woman who was pregnant with Rokka fell down when she was driven away, and she saw red at that time.
This time, the people were even more excited, and they smashed it outside the government at that time.
Everyone can't survive, so what kind of government do you care?
Master Ma and his entourage rushed to the outside of the government office in civilian clothes, and saw the people fighting with the officers and soldiers with hoes.
Many people were bleeding from their heads, and there were many wounded people lying on the ground, not only the people, but also the officers and soldiers.
Someone has already gone to urgently transfer troops outside the city.
There are at least a few hundred people who make trouble, and Lord Liao and others are all in the government office, and they can't hold out.
Su Nancheng approached Master Ma: "Lord Ma, this is the opportunity." You and I are vassals of the East Palace, and there will definitely be opportunities here. ”
Master Ma is also a quick decision, and he does not hesitate to do so. The opportunity is fleeting.
Immediately, he shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, everyone! I am a vassal of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace, and I am here to investigate the tax matter. Listen to me. ”
At first, no one paid attention to him, and some even tried to beat him. However, after hearing the East Palace clearly, some people hesitated.
Seeing this, everyone shouted: "This Xianzhou Taishou is the father-in-law of the third prince, and we are not his relatives." I know that you have suffered, and you have come on purpose. ”
After a quarter of an hour, it really stopped the beating of this group of people temporarily.
A group of people looked at it together, and it was quite scary.