Zhang Wen picked up the curtain, glanced at the scene outside, turned around and said, "This official must report the matter of Shangyu Sheng to the report." ”

Huang Renzhi touched his beard and shook his head: "You don't have to. ”

Zhang asked a little puzzled after hearing this: "No need? How can I remember that you and Master Shen Yunshan are friends. ”

Huang Renzhi smiled slightly.

Zhang Wen was still angry, ignoring Huang Renzhi's strange expression, "Besides, this tax supervisor is not the only one who is rampant. ”

Before Zhang finished speaking, Huang Ren squinted his eyes and pointed at Zhang and asked, "That's exactly the truth, my lord." “

Zhang asked, puzzled.

"This tax supervisor is not running rampant overnight, and the disaster is not the only one of the Shen family, nor is it my Shangyu place. This matter must be reported, but it must be weighed and reported. Huang Renzhi drew a map of the official position out of thin air as he spoke, pointing to the bottom, "This is your lordship, the county order, the official worships the seven products," his hand kept raising up, knowing that it was pointing directly to the roof, "This is my Da Ming Sheng." His hand dropped a little from the position of "emperor" and continued, "This is the person behind Huang Gonggong. He left a moment to look at the clouds that gradually accumulated on Zhang Wen's face, and smiled lightly, "So, my lord, for the time being, whether you can hand this fold from the bottom to the top, and whether the people above can put a small Shangyu County in their eyes if they see it." Just think, in the middle of your upward folding, if someone smashes something down above, with your current strength, can you bear it? He didn't ask this question to wait for Zhang Wen's answer, Zhang Wen understood.

"In your opinion, who can bear it?"

Huang Ren shook his head.

Zhang Wen remembered the Donglin Party and the smiling eunuchs who were kneeling in front of the noon gate, so he had to put down his clenched fists, and it was not terrible to swing his empty fists, but he was afraid of the weak fists

Within two days, Zhang Wen got the news that the tax made Huang Qi make two more moves. One trick is to set up customs at various roads and wharves to collect taxes, and all ships and goods passing through must raise taxes; The second trick is to forcibly tax the machine owner, stipulating that each machine will pay three dollars of silver, two cents of silver for one horse of yarn, and five cents of silver for one horse of satin.

Zhang Wen sat in the signing room, drinking tea with Huang Renzhi, talking about it. Zhang Wen shook his head and sighed: "This is done, you have to arouse the anger of the people......" After saying that, he paid attention to Huang Renzhi's expression with his spare eyes.

Huang Renzhi half-squinted his eyes and muttered, "So what the young owner asked the adults to do last time...... That's for the people and officials, we just need to understand it in our hearts. ”

Zhang Wen nodded, flipped through a copy of "Da Ming Law", and said: "When this official was a Beijing official before, there was a Jinshi in the same year in the Hanlin Academy, and I heard him say that our Ming Dynasty's cultivated land only said that there were 700 million mu of clear measurement, and according to the Da Ming Law, 20 catties of grain were levied per mu. 700 million acres is ...... More than 70 million stone meters. At this time, the price of rice is seven dollars per stone, and when it comes to calculation, just the land tax can reach more than 50 million taels of household income. Can the current income ...... Less than five million, right? ”

Huang Renzhi's eyes jumped, glanced at Zhang Wen, and said, "What does the adult mean ......?"

Zhang Wen said with a smile: "I was just thinking, the emperor is not satisfied with the tax silver, we can understand the Sacred Heart, and the use of taxes to make such an ordinary person with a miasma of smoke and miasma, look at what they have done, completely ignoring the laws of the court, it is naturally counterproductive." ”

Sure enough, within a few days, I listened to the report of the soap cloth who was in charge of finding out the news, and the people could not live under Huang Qi's harsh taxes, and his minions were suspected of raping and killing Chen Shengyuan's wife and daughter, which made the people even more angry. The people around the upper city were so angry that the officers and soldiers defending the city could not stop it, so they poured into the city.

"The people in Shangchengxiang are speaking together, and the big people in other places will definitely respond, and the situation is out of control!" Zhang Wen hurriedly ordered to return to the county office and ordered to ascend to the lobby. Zhang Wen sat on the public seat, and Huang Renzhi, as the representative of the Shen family in the county government, also sat on the side of the warm pavilion. Zhang Wen pondered for a moment and ordered: "Close the city gate immediately, and the county seat will be under martial law!" All fast servants bring weapons to defend, and their officials must fulfill their responsibilities to defend the land! ”

He picked up the pen, wrote a big seal for the card, and almost served as a servant: "Immediately go to each compartment, recruit fast hands, bring weapons to the county, and defend the house!" ”

At this time, Zhang Wen's housekeeper Cao An walked in, glanced at Huang Renzhi next to the warm pavilion, walked up to the public seat, and whispered in Zhang Wen's ear: "The old slave has found out that those chaotic people, led by a few big families and families, either instigated or paid money, and coerced the people. ”

Huang Ren saw the two whispering, and reminded in a low voice: "The words that Miss Shen brought last time ......" Zhang asked in a deep voice: "Which side is the official standing on now, Mr. Huang still doesn't know?" Huang Renzhi nodded.

Zhang Wen picked up the pen again, quickly wrote an official document, explained the circumstances of the recent life in detail, handed it to Huang Renzhi and said: "This is the official document that this official is going to report, Mr. Huang will see if there are any omissions." Huang Ren read it straight and was very satisfied when he saw that the article put all the responsibility for the civil uprising on the tax superintendent. Zhang Wen sealed it with a seal and lacquer, and ordered the soap to be sent to Shaoxing Mansion for 800 miles.

In the evening, Zhang Wen still sat with candles, and sent a public servant to pay attention to the surrounding movements. Suddenly reported that the city gate had fallen, new mobs rushed into the city, taking the opportunity to rob and break the law, and the number of mobs increased sharply to more than 10,000.

Zhang Wen turned around and took off the long sword on the wall, and said, "Immediately, the archers are fast, follow me out of the ya, and protect the people in the city." Beat the gong, spread the order of the county, and each household sent strong men to assist the government to quell the chaos and eliminate the riots and calm the people. Zhang Wen shouted to the soap li beside him.

The soap li struck the gong, and everyone shouted, the effect was only limited to strengthening the momentum and intimidating the people, but there were not many strong men coming out, at this time there was a commotion outside, and the people were at home at a loss.