After Li Congyan dismissed Wei Congrong, Bao Tian, Shen Mintuo and others, he secretly sent Wu Conghan to investigate Wei Congrong's family, and it didn't take long to learn that the people of the Li family in Dengzhou had looked for Wei Congrong, and the two sides also talked secretly for a long time, and the specific time was a few days before Wei Congrong and others besieged the Assassin Mansion.

From this, Li Congyan deduced the general beginning and end of the matter.

"Humph! It seems that the Li family is really bold, so Wei Congrong stabbed out the matter of the Haiyan Workshop, it seems that the Li family is eyeing this piece of fat. Bite off more than one can chew! Now that the matter is settled, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

At this time, Emperor Li Siyuan's will had spread to all parts of Dengzhou, including the Li family in Dengzhou, and the families and businessmen from all over the country were uneasy, not knowing whether Li Congyan would seriously implement this will, and how he would implement it, for a while all eyes were focused on Li Congyan's body.

While all parties were waiting, Li Congyan directly posted an announcement in the name of the Assassin Mansion and began to counterattack the three major families.

This time, Li Congyan used three major killing moves in a row, in Li Congyan's own words, this is the three-plate axe that he slashed at the three major families, and each axe can cost half the life of the three major families!

First, the tax stamp system is promoted throughout Dengzhou, and all families and merchants with a family property of more than 30,000 yuan or more or more than 100 acres of land must abide by the tax stamp system.

The so-called tax stamps, that is, all the people who sell goods in Dengzhou must regularly purchase tax stamps of various denominations from the Thorn Mansion, and these tax stamps are beautifully printed bills. When someone buys goods, the seller must pay the corresponding tax receipt according to the price, as a proof of purchase of the goods.

Of course, the amount of tax stamps that need to be paid for different goods is also different, the highest is 8% of the price of the goods, and the lowest is 2% of the price of the goods.

To put it bluntly, the tax stamps promoted by Li Congyan are the invoices of later generations, and they are specifically aimed at families and merchants from all over Dengzhou. Every month, the Assassin's Mansion would send people to visit the shops of these families and merchants, and severely punish those who refused to buy tax stamps.

At the same time, Li Congyan is also preparing to draw up an exclusive number for each tax stamp, and then on the first day of each month, the Thorn Mansion will announce a good luck number, and the person who buys the goods can use the winning tax stamps to receive a bonus of 1,000 times the face value of the tax stamp!

Li Congyan believes that with the incentive of huge bonuses, the people and the people who buy the goods will force the family and the merchants to buy tax stamps, and the income from the sale of tax stamps in the Assassin Mansion is actually equivalent to the commercial tax.

Second, the Assassin's Mansion will check the property of the families, merchants, and wealthy families in Dengzhou, register the dependent hidden households, and set the practice of checking every three years.

After the inventory, the Assassin Mansion will levy an asset tax of 5% on the property of the family and merchant family under investigation, which will be levied every three years. At the same time, the Assassin's Mansion will levy a poll tax on the families and merchants according to the number of hidden households, regardless of men, women, old and young, at the rate of fifty yuan per person per year.

Of course, these families and merchants could hide those hidden households, or hide their possessions. However, Li Congyan also has countermeasures, the Assassin Mansion accepts reports from the people, and once it is verified, the whistleblower can receive a reward of one-thousandth of the amount of the property of the reported family and businessman. Of course, this thousandth of the money must be paid by the family and the merchants.

Third, the Assassin's Mansion will mobilize people to clear up the arrears accumulated over the years, and all those who owe taxes to the imperial court, whether they are families or merchants, will be fined 20%, and it must be completed within three months.

To clean up the arrears accumulated over the years, the Assassin Mansion also accepts reports from the people, and the reward amount is 1% of the amount of arrears.

After the promulgation of these three decrees, there was an uproar in Dengzhou. Families and businessmen from all over the world never imagined that Li Congyan would be so ruthless, these three laws can be described as fatal, and they are all aimed at the weakness of the family.

Moreover, Li Congyan has already considered when formulating these decrees, all new taxes are calculated according to the tax rate, the rich and noble pay more taxes, and the rich and widowed pay less, which avoids accidentally hurting those small businessmen and small families.

For more than ten days, the big families from all over Dengzhou reprimanded this as a harsh policy, and went to the Assassin's Mansion to protest, and even Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng rushed to the Assassin's Mansion one after another, wanting to meet Li Congyan to intercede for their respective families, after all, the Li family in Penglai and the Chen family in Huangxian County at this time are not small, once these three decrees are implemented, the Chen family and the Li family will have to cut a piece of meat.

But when Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng saw Li Congyan, they were all reprimanded by Li Congyan without exception. Seeing this, Chen Dongli and Li Sisheng were frightened, so they had to leave the Assassin's Mansion unhappy.

However, everything is full of joys and sorrows, and after Li Congyan announced the decree against the three major families and other great families and merchants, he immediately issued another decree: exempt the 28 harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed on the people of Dengzhou, and write off the 28 arrears of the previous years.

Unlike the anxiety of families all over Dengzhou, the people of Dengzhou are very happy, which is great news, and many poor families have been given a chance to breathe and live an already difficult life. Li Congyan thus won the support of the people of Dengzhou.

All the families in one city and four counties in Dengzhou were shocked, and now in this world, which family has no debts? As little as thousands of guan, as much as tens of thousands, a top local family like the Li family in Dengzhou owes the imperial court more than 300,000 guan in taxes over the years!

When Li Jian learned that Li Congyan had begun to fight back, the original state of the old dragon clock suddenly disappeared, and he sat up straight, staring at the servant who came to report with a pair of eyes in a cold light, like a frightened old wolf.

"These are the messages posted by the Assassin's Mansion?"

"Whoa! According to the official of the Assassin's Mansion today, Li Tingshi has secretly mobilized people and horses to prepare to start collecting the arrears accumulated in various parts of Dengzhou and rectifying the taxes in Dengzhou. He also said that Li Tingshi specially summoned all the departments of the Assassin's Mansion to join the army, and discussed the implementation strategy for several days. ”

Li Jian stood up suddenly, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Li Chuang's worries are right, Li Congyan is not only brave and ruthless, but also thoughtful, and he is ruthless when he makes a move, could it be that he already knew that the saint would issue this edict?" Yes, it must be! So Li Congyan didn't take any measures some time ago, and he didn't make a move until now! ”

"Someone! Call Li Chuang. ”

Li Chuang hurried over when he heard the news, and Li Jian immediately said: "Immediately send someone to contact the Cui family and the Xue family, so that they can take countermeasures." In addition, I went to the Assassin History Mansion to make it clear that this is a harsh government, and my Li family will also make a statement to the imperial court, asking the Assassin Mansion to exempt from such harsh policies! ”

"Whoa!"

Li Yan asked again: "The head of the family, the book for the Assassin Mansion is just a superficial article, since Li Congyan has made a move, he will not take care of this." If Li Congyan insists on going his own way, then how do we deal with this matter, do we want to have a direct showdown with Li Congyan? ”

Li Jian pondered for a while, and said: "Li Congyan's three decrees can be described as fatal, tax stamps and asset taxes can reduce my Li family's financial resources, and the head tax of the hidden household is forcing us to release those coolies, and the recovery of arrears is even more vicious, which clearly wants us to break the family!" ”

"It seems that the matter of the Haiyan Workshop before was indeed the old man Meng Lang, and Wei Congrong also dissuaded the old man for this, but unfortunately the old man didn't listen to it! I knew that Li Congyan was so ruthless, why should I provoke him? ”

Li Chuang's hand said: "The matter has come to this, the head of the family does not have to blame himself, but what is the next step?" I estimate that the Xue family and the Cui family will not have any good solutions for a while, and most of the two of them will still keep an eye on our Li family. ”

Li Jian nodded when he heard this, and then habitually walked to the window, at this time, hundreds of young people who were practicing outside were in high spirits and sonic shocks, such a scene suddenly gave Li Jian great confidence, and the original chaotic mood instantly calmed down.

In Li Jian's view, although Li Congyan's thousands of new troops are known as strong, and they also eliminated Liu Yu and others overnight, but after all, those new armies are newly formed people, and Liu Yu and others are just civilian officials, where are there any strategies and means? And the people led by Liu Yu and others are even more rabble, not worth mentioning. So although Li Congyan eliminated Liu Yu and others, this doesn't mean anything!

The Li family's people have been working hard for more than ten years, not only thousands of people, but also all of them are fierce and ruthless. Over the years, the Li family has not only supported these thousands of people with good wine and meat, but also practiced every day by martial artists hired by a lot of money on weekdays, and has never stopped for more than ten years.

Therefore, for Li Jian, his thousands of centaurs are the real elite, and they are Li Jian's strongest hole cards against Li Congyan in the future.

"Humph!"

After thinking about it for a while, Li Jian said coldly: "Since Li Congyan doesn't show us mercy, then I don't have to keep my hands." The people sent to the Xue family and the Cui family don't need to pass the word, they directly invite the heads of the two families, and I want to discuss with the Xue family and the Cui family about the boycott strategy! ”

Li Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with his crossed hands: "What does the head of the family mean is that he is going to unite the Xue family and the Cui family to gather people and horses to resist taxes?" ”

"It depends on whether Li Congyan really does it, or whether he is just doing superficial things."

"The head of the family thinks Li Congyan is just talking?"

Li Jian hesitated for a moment, as if he was not very sure of his judgment, and said: "Judging from Li Congyan's style, this move will never be just talk. But with my Li family, plus the Xue family, the Cui family, and the rest of the families, once this matter can't be good, how many people can each family pull? How many connections can be involved? Does he, Li Congyan, really have the courage and courage to completely turn his face? ”