Chapter 21: A word is full of surprise
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The servants stopped the people who were watching the excitement and were about to close the door, but Luo Qianshan was quick and squeezed in, waved his hand to stop others from greeting, moved his wrist, and made a crisp bone joint sound. I can't say that I'm going to vent my anger on this student in a while.
As the so-called showman meets the soldiers, it is unreasonable to say, these showmen have broken mouths, and they are quite comfortable to fight, at least much more comfortable than sacks. Thinking of the pleasure of punching to the flesh, Luo Qianshan suddenly let out two strange laughs.
Zi Baifeng heard the strange movement behind him, and quietly turned around, and saw a man dressed as a tall horse sergeant holding himself tightly, looking at him, grinning at him, white teeth, one hand flicked on the long knife circlip on his waist, murderous!
"Ale, what's the situation? Could it be that the Hongmen banquet will cut me down if you don't go to court. ”
When he was beating the drum just now, Zi Baifeng was still having a good time. At this moment, I suddenly felt that my legs were weak, and it seemed that I was ...... What amazing thing did my brother do?
However, I've already arrived here, and I can't retreat if I want to.
Zi Baifeng's head was horizontal, and his momentum was a little more horizontal.
Zi Baifeng entered the main hall for a while, and the slightly tired Fujun walked out of it, he sat in the middle, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Who beats the drum and voices grievances?"
As soon as he looked up, the first thing he saw was not Zi Baifeng, but Luo Qianshan, and cast his eyes inquiringly, but saw Luo Qianshan slowly shaking his head.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Fu Jun was still disappointed, and his heart was even more irritable, and then he looked at the kid in the hall, how hateful he looked.
"Student Zi Baifeng. Facing the solemn face of Fu Jun, Zi Baifeng clenched his fists, neither humble nor arrogant.
"What grievances do you have? Why don't you submit a letter to present your grievances?" The channels for literati and ordinary people to redress their grievances are different.
"The student originally planned to ask to see the prince, but the prince was busy with official business and couldn't wait for a long time, so he made this decision and asked the prince to forgive him. ”
"Forgiveness?" Fu Jun was in a very bad mood and said impatiently, "Whether you forgive sins or not depends on whether you are guilty or not." Say, what grievances do you have, and to whom do you accuse them?"
Zi Baifeng glanced left and right, only the prince came out, the lord Bo and the like didn't come, there were seven or eight officials on each side, and there was a small table on one side, and a master was writing hard, obviously making records. And not far behind him, the vicious soldier was playing with the circlip of the long knife on his waist, making a rhythmic clicking sound, and when he saw Zi Baifeng looking over, he showed a fierce expression again.
Zi Baifeng turned his heart and said: "Qiyu Fujun, the student is for the more than 300 people in Xiayan Village to redress their grievances, and the student wants to sue is you, Lord Fujun!"
A word is out of the house, and everyone is shocked!
The servants on both sides looked at each other, the master's mouth opened wide, the ink in his hands dripping down his chest, and the disturbing clicking sound stopped.
Everyone froze.
"What are you talking about?" I don't know who was surprised, speaking in a local dialect.
"What?" Even Fu Jun thought that he had heard it wrong, this Bai Feng was not born in an opera, and the story in this kind of drama could actually come to reality? He thought that he had been busy for days and had auditory hallucinations, so he quickly plucked out his ears, took a sip of tea to suppress his shock, and said, "You say it again!"
Zi Baifeng said it again, his voice was loud, and he didn't see any weakness in his heart.
Fu Jun was immediately messy, he was angry and laughed, and said, "What are you suing me for, and what are you accusing me of?"
He waved his hand to signal Luo Qianshan, who was gearing up behind him, to be calm and not impatient, and listen to what this Zi Baifeng said.
"I sued the government for three crimes, one crime was unknown, the second crime was not well supervised, and the third crime was an unreasonable tax increase. ”
The prince looked at Zi Baifeng condescendingly.
This Zi Baifeng is indeed slightly famous, and that splendid article is indeed a fantasy, and I am full of praise for reading it, but this little bit of goodwill has been diluted by the wood carving incident, although the angry Fujun did not continue to investigate, but he also knew that Lu Dao turned his beloved wooden root carving into two fat dolls, which is the Zi Baifeng in front of him.
This kid is hateful!
Moreover, the word tax increase has poked the pain of the prince again, this is really a pot that can't be opened!
Seeing that the prince of the house picked up the cup again, the officials on both sides grabbed the killing stick in their hands, and only waited for the prince to finish his throat, and then stepped forward and beat him violently with a shout of anger.
Obviously feeling that the atmosphere was suddenly tense, Zi Baifeng was not selling Guanzi, he said aloud: "The government allows incompetent people to supervise and pay taxes, and the accounts are full of errors, isn't it that no one is unclear? And even on the grounds of this erroneous account, the tax is not ineffective? And all kinds of reasons are untenable, is it wrong for the government to raise taxes unreasonably?"
"Bold!" Luo Qianshan shouted violently, and was about to step forward and take down Zi Baifeng, Fu Jun was the person he regarded as his own father, how could he allow others to be so offended!
What's more, if others don't understand the difficulties of the government monarch, how can he not understand it? The government is kind-hearted, has the people in mind, and bears all kinds of pressure, and is definitely a good official that is rarely seen in a hundred years.
"Wait. Although Fu Jun's face was gloomy and could drip water, he still raised his hand to stop Luo Qianshan, and a pair of eyes were firmly fixed on Zi Baifeng, who had been in a high position for a long time, and his official authority was like a monstrous flood, pressing towards Zi Baifeng wave by wave.
In Zi Baifeng's eyes, the Lord of the Mansion in front of him had something similar to spiritual power circulating all over his body, and the pressure on people was becoming more and more huge.
Zi Baifeng took a deep breath and said, "I have evidence, can the government dare to confront the officials in charge of taxation in person?"
He took out an account from the wooden box he was carrying: "This is all the accounts of my Xiayan Village for the past fifty-three years, one by one, very clear, and all the taxes have been paid over the years. Why did I pay taxes in Xiayan Village for another three years? The government knows that in order to pay taxes for these three years, the villagers of Xiayan Village searched their intestines and scraped their stomachs and sold their children and daughters. In the past three years, the tax has come up, and there is no Xia Yan Village in the world!"
In this life, he broke off his drink, and made a loud noise, so that the whole house was quiet.
Three years of taxation has come up, and there is no Xia Yan Village in the world!
Fu Jun's eyes widened, he couldn't speak for a while, he asked himself if he was an honest official, and he ruled well, and the people didn't say that they would get rich, but they could live and work in peace and contentment.
"You talk nonsense! You are alarmist! You talk nonsense! You are vexatious! You ...... You ......" Before Fu Jun could speak, someone behind him should not respond, Hu Caijun roared and rushed out from behind, pointing at Zi Baifeng and scolding wildly.
After scolding, Hu Caijun reacted that he was too impulsive, and hurriedly complained to the prince.
Zi Baifeng looked at Hu Caijun coldly: "It turns out that it is you who deceived and instigated Lord Fujun, you say that I am talking nonsense and making trouble, let me ask you, when did my Zi Baifeng tell a lie?"
Hu Caijun opened his mouth and couldn't say a word.
Only tell the truth Zi Baifeng, this well-known gold-lettered signboard is so loud that the people who were offended at the beginning were able to line up from the Mengcheng Mansion to the city gate, but now no one can refute this sentence.
That's right, he doesn't change his name, he doesn't change his surname, it is the dignified "only tell the truth" is also.
Fu Jun increased the amount with his hand, originally thought that he was a good assistant, but who knew that Lu Dao turned out to be a pig teammate.
"Lord Fujun, the student earnestly asks Lord Fujun to allow the student and Hu Caijun to check the accounts face to face, if the student makes the slightest mistake, I am willing to accept the crime of offending the Fujun and slandering the Shangguan! If the student is correct, please also ask the Lord Fujun to give me justice to the more than 300 people in Xiayan Village. ”
Fu Jun frowned for a moment and said, "Hu Caijun, are you willing?"
Hu Caijun was overjoyed in his heart, Fu Jun remembered his name, and he hurriedly said, "The student is willing!"
He is confident that his attainments are far superior to Zi Baifeng, not to mention, all the accounts he calculates have been checked by the account office. Zi Baifeng dared to go to court with him, this was really self-defeating.
After a while, several desks were placed in the court, Zi Baifeng and Hu Caijun looked at each other's accounts, Hu Caijun looked at each other's accounts, the more frightened Hu Caijun became, this account was clear and clear, it really didn't look like a layman's doing, he was surprised in his heart, could it be that Zi Baifeng was actually good at calculations?
However, he checked for a while, and found a few suspicious places, and wrote them down one by one, secretly happy in his heart, he had specially calculated these places, and it was definitely Zi Baifeng's mistake.
Zi Baifeng looked at the accounts in his hand expressionlessly, the two sides checked the accounts with each other, and after the inspection, they handed over to the two account gentlemen to reconcile, after a long time, the accounts were checked, and the account clerk first reported to the king: "My lord, the villain has been checked, these two accounts, most of them are the same, and there are several places that contradict each other......"
After finishing speaking, the famous man of the mansion took the accounts, he checked those places a few times, nodded lightly, raised his head and said, "Zi Baifeng, what do you have to say?"
Zi Baifeng heard the tone of the bookkeeper, and his heart suddenly lightened.
The places where the accounts are wrong are the traps he left, and the places where he really does his tricks and feet, laymen can't see it, and now it seems that these guys can only be regarded as laymen.
He looked relaxed and said: "What the prince said is page 36, page 122, page 157......" Zi Baifeng recited it like a few treasures, smiled slightly, and said: "These places are the places of error, the tax orientation has always been with the market, the winter seven years ago was extraordinarily long, the spring came late, and the harvest was late, and the tax collection of that year was actually before the harvest, but it was calculated based on the price of grain after the harvest, so there is a fallacy...... Five years ago, when the mountains were covered by heavy snowfall, the price of furs skyrocketed, and the price was less than a third......"
After some explanation, Hu Caijun shouted unconvinced: "You are talking nonsense!"
"Do you dare to go with me to find someone to verify? The accounts of the ten years will definitely be there in the various firms, just look at their average price. ”
"You are talking nonsense, even so, the final price will not be so bad!"