Chapter 303 One catty and one cane, a hundred catties are fatal
The golden rice flowed all over the ground, sprinkled with a thick layer.
At a cursory glance, you can see that there are dozens of catties.
Li Xuan stood aside, his face already extremely cold.
Chen Xiang, the tax collector who kicked out two feet back and forth before, had already knelt to the side, his head bowed, and his whole body was trembling.
Behind him, standing was Huang Bai with a smile on his face, and his wife Zhou was standing on the side with his son Huang Xi in her arms.
Even with her head down, Li Xuan could see that her face was very embarrassed.
"You practiced those two feet for a long time, right?" Li Xuan's voice sounded faintly in Chen Xiang's ears.
Chen Xiang subconsciously wanted to nod, but then, as if he had thought of something, he was full of excitement and bowed to the ground full of fear.
"Drenched Kick!" Li Xuan sneered and directly exposed the two most disgusting methods of the world's grain officials.
Li Xuan raised his head, and in the square where the tax was collected, I don't know when more and more people began to gather.
These people from Huangjia Town didn't know where they heard the news, and immediately rushed to see the excitement.
At the beginning, all the people whispered in whispers, looking at Chen Xiang with a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes, and at the same time with a hint of worry.
It is not that he is worried that Chen Xiang will be severely punished, but that he is worried that he will escape punishment, and his revenge will be even more fierce in the future.
But soon, I don't know who said what, many people subconsciously looked at Li Xuan in surprise, with respect in their eyes and a hint of hope.
Li Xuan swept the audience directly, and then his eyes fell on Chen Xiang, and said with hatred in his eyes: "Do you know, if you take a copper ruler and scrape it on the top of the mouth like this, how much grain will be scraped to the ground, how much grain will be kicked into the dust, and every time you do this, how much will the court lose, and how much will the people lose?"
Li Xuan's gaze quickly turned to one side and fell on the body of the county Cheng Gu Tan and the soldier Cao who joined the army, Xi Ying, his eyes were like sharp swords, making everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.
"15 catties, each time is fifteen catties, if you usually only occasionally kick to get it, this king is difficult to pay attention to, but today in front of this king, you kicked two feet in a row, not to mention this deliberate scraping, these taxes that should have belonged to the imperial court fell into the arms of you evil officials.
Twenty percent, a whole twenty percent of the tax grain was stolen from the hands of the people, from the official warehouse of the imperial court, to your own home.
Do you remember what this king said in court today, and since you have said it, you should know the consequences of it, and then you will be beheaded for treason......
Rebellion, as soon as these two words came out, Chen Xiang's eyes were already full of horror.
A chopping word made him fall directly to the ground.
"Lord Wang, although this official is guilty of a lot of crimes, he is not enough to rebel, and I hope that the prince will be tolerant." Gu Tan hurriedly stood up and interceded for the tax collector Chen Xiang.
It's not because he has any unsavory dealings with the tax collector Chen Xiang, but because at this time, Dongyang County Ya really can't have any more accidents.
Once people's hearts are in turmoil, if nothing else, this year's summer harvest will definitely be affected
Li Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, looking at Chen Xiang, who was lying there and trembling with fear of Li Xuan's words of rebellion, the corners of Li Xuan's mouth showed a sneer of disdain, and said, "Indeed, sentencing rebellion will indeed make people question that this king's punishment is too heavy, since this is the case, then you will be punished with eighty!"
"Someone!" As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, two Qianniu guards had already flashed out from the side, and they stepped forward directly to pick up Chen Xiang, ready to pull aside and scold.
At this moment, an old man in white clothes, half black and half white, hurriedly stood up: "Please forgive him this time, Chen Xiang knows his mistake, he will definitely not dare in the future, Lord Wang, he is still a child!"
Li Xuan subconsciously looked down at Chen Xiang, this is obviously a strong man in his twenties, why do anyone dare to say that he is a child.
Li Xuan's gaze swept over the other tax collectors present, and saw the uneasiness in their eyes
and fear, Li Xuan sneered in his heart.
"Well, since so many people are interceding for you, then eighty rods will be enough, and ten rods will be fine." Li Xuan's fluttering words made Chen Xiang, who was lying on the ground, suddenly overjoyed, and let out a long sigh of relief, and at the same time, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.
Li Xuan's gaze swept over the people in the distance, and finally fell back on Chen Xiang's body, waving his hand at Qian Niu Wei on the side.
The two Qianniu guards immediately pulled Chen Xiang aside, and then in front of everyone, they scolded the staff hard, which was very heavy. new
Li Xuan's eyes fell on the surrounding Dongyang County tax collectors, looking at their relieved expressions, the sneer in Li Xuan's heart was even worse.
"Old Chen, right?" Li Xuan's eyes fell on the old man in the clothes, who was Chen Mu, the head of the tax collectors in Dongyang County, and also the uncle of the tax collector Chen Xiang.
"Don't dare to be called like this by the prince, the prince calls the villain Lao Chen!" Chen Mu arched his hand seriously at Li Xuan, his expression was full of uneasiness.
Li Xuan's time in Dongyang was not short, but what he did made everyone feel uneasy and afraid.
"It's okay, you're several times older than this king, and it's not too much for this king to call you Old Chen."
After saying a word, Li Xuan's face had completely cooled: "When this king was in the county government before, he said more than once that at this special moment, this king will not pursue your past crimes, nor will he care about your future affairs, but this year, that is, this year, everyone acting in Dongyang must be restrained by this king, and your small means can be endured this year, and if you can't bear it, you must bear it!"
Li Xuan almost gritted his teeth and said these words in the end, and his cold eyes were like steel knives, scraping on everyone's faces.
Many tax collectors from Dongyang County immediately gave up their hands and said with trepidation: "What the prince said, I have long been familiar with the humble position, but this Chen Xiang is too young, and some things are used to it, and it is difficult to change it for a while."
"Got used to it, and it's hard to change it for a while?" Li Xuan sneered, and then said coldly: "It seems that you have done these things really well, since you are used to it, then this king will order it now."
From this day onwards, if at the time of harvesting grain, deliberately cause the grain to fall to the ground, one pound of rods, ten pounds of rods, ten pounds of rods, and one hundred pounds of rods, and one hundred pounds of rods.
You understand that as long as this king is in Wuzhou for one day, this decree, the whole of Dongyang must give this king 1510 implementation, and change your stinky habits."
Li Xuan's voice sounded in everyone's ears like thunder, and the people of Huangjia Town in the distance couldn't help whispering while looking surprised.
And the faces of the many Dongyang tax collectors standing on the side have already turned pale.
If this is the case, then they will be completely cut off from relying on these old methods to make money from taxes.
Everyone's eyes were full of anger, and they didn't dare to face Li Xuan or Gu Tan, so they could only face Chen Mu who was standing on one side.
There is also Chen Xiang, who is being executed with a cane and keeps wailing.
With a "snap", the ten cane reproaches to Chen Xiang had been executed, and the two Qianniu guards had already supported Chen Xiang, who was bloody in the buttocks, and returned to Li Xuan.
Throwing Chen Xiang directly to the ground, the two Qianniu Guards retreated into the crowd at the same time.
Li Xuan walked to Chen Xiang's side, stood still, looked at the rice in front of him with a cold face, and asked coldly, "Chen Xiang, are you guilty?"
"Chen Xiang is guilty!" The ten-stick rod scolded the tax collector Chen Xiang's buttocks for a while, and in the face of Li Xuan's questioning, he didn't dare to slack off, lay on the ground, and quickly replied.
"It is good to know the guilt, so that this king does not need to punish you to serve on the front line of Shangxi, and there is no need to directly remove you from your position as a tax collector." Li Xuan's fluttering two words made Chen Xiang, Chen Mu, and everyone present couldn't help but change their faces.
The only place in the whole of Dongyang where there may be a war now is in the Shangxi Gold Mine.
Sent to the front line of Shangxi, if you are not careful, it is a fate.
Being dismissed from his post as a tax collector also made Chen Xiang's heart palpitate.
For so many years, because of this position as a tax collector, Chen Xiang secretly didn't know how many people he had offended.
If people know that he was personally deposed by the king of Nanchang because he maliciously collected taxes in front of the king of Nanchang, then I don't know how many people will ignite their hearts of revenge.
In that case, Chen Xiang would not be able to find out if he was dead.
Now it is just a rod and ten rods, which can be said to be a great grace!
"Don't hurry up and thank the prince for your forgiveness!" Chen Mu on the side immediately stood up and shouted at his nephew.
Chen Xiang immediately hurriedly lay on the ground and arched his hand: "Thank you......
"Not busy!" Li Xuan waved his hand directly, looked at the many tax collectors present, and then said coldly: "Today, this king has decreed, starting today, anyone who deliberately causes the grain to fall to the ground when collecting grain will fall into the ground by one catty, one rod, ten catties, ten rods, one hundred catties, and one hundred rods, and one hundred rods, and someone must carry out this order."
"Chen Xiang, this king will order you to supervise this matter in the future, and from now on, whether it is an official or a squire, but if you violate this order, this cane will be executed personally." As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, Chen Xiang's eyes were already full of surprise, and he bowed to Li Xuan: "Thank you, Lord Wang!"
"Lord Wang!" Chen Mugang on the other side wanted to open his mouth to stop him, but Chen Xiang had already responded directly.
Chen Mu's hand was stretched out in the air, and his eyes were already full of horror.
Li Xuan glanced at Chen Mu lightly, then looked at Chen Xiang expressionlessly and said, "Work hard, in the future, not only Dongyang, but also the entire Wuzhou will have a place for you to play."
"Thank you, Lord!" Chen Xiang bowed deeply again.
Li Xuan waved his hand and said to Gu Tan, "That's it, let's continue to weigh taxes!"
Whoa!" As soon as Gu Tan waved his hand, the tax collectors of the county government immediately began to get busy, but their eyes were already full of jealousy and resentment when they looked at Chen Xiang.
Li Xuan turned around and beckoned to the Huang Bai family on the side.
Huang Bai immediately walked over with some excitement, and then bowed to Li Xuanshen: "Thank you Lord for your leniency!"
"That's what this king is supposed to do." Li Xuan stretched out his hand and pulled the little boy Huang Xi, patted his head lightly and said, "Since you love to learn, you will be admitted to the county school as soon as possible in the future, and then Cheng Xijiu will teach you to read!"
"Good!" Huang Xi was ignorant, but he just knew how to nod, and he didn't understand the meaning of Li Xuan's words at all.
Huang Bai on the side immediately bowed his hand to Li Xuan and said excitedly, "Thank you, Lord Wang!"
"Hmm!" Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Huang Ren on the side, and said with a smile: "Huang Weng, family harmony is the luck of the family and the luck of the world, this king hopes that you can remember, in addition, in three months, this king will come here to check on your family's autumn grain, don't let this king down."
Huang Bai's cheeks couldn't help twitching slightly, but he still said respectfully, "The old decay takes the order."
"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded, then turned around and continued to look at the tax in front of him.
There is a beginning and an end, and he came for this.