"You bastard, what are you talking nonsense about?"
Guard Xu Fengran was afraid that Yao Guangming next to him would think too much and that he would be targeted by the imperial guards, so he rushed forward and slapped the fat man to the ground.
"Ouch!"
The man lay on his back in pain and said loudly: "Xu Fengran, you are crazy! My Han family has offended you in some way, and we are so violent today!"
Xu Fengran was worried that the man would say something shocking again, so he said angrily: "What happened to your Han family, you should think about how to plead guilty!"
After saying that, Xu Fengran hurriedly returned to Yao Guangming, nodded and bowed and said with a smile: "Haha, sir, don't be offended. The Han family is used to being arrogant, so everyone keeps their mouth shut."
"Oh, is it so?"
Yao Guangming raised his head to gesture to the fat man and asked, "Who is that from the Han family?"
Xu Fengran hurriedly replied: "He is the eldest son of Han Guoyu, the head of the Han family, and his name is Han Ranshuang."
"Han Ranshuang?"
Yao Guangming said: "Control this person first and send people in to search!"
"yes!"
At this time, the guard Xu Fengran was eager to show that he had nothing to do with the Han family, so he was ready to scare him to death and search out all the taboo items in the Han family. He loudly said to the one or two hundred soldiers behind him: "Come in and give them to the Han family." I searched inch by inch, not letting go of a needle or a grain of rice!"
"yes!"
The large group of soldiers were about to rush into the door. The fat man suddenly became angry and tried hard to break away from the two soldiers suppressing him, but found that he couldn't break free at all, so he roared angrily: "You are all waiting to die, come out of here!" Bullied to the Han family
It's on your head, give me a bright dick! "
As soon as the words came out, the door of the Han family opened directly from the inside. Dozens of servants rushed out fiercely, directly blocking the door of the Han family's residence, pushing and stalemateing each other with the soldiers who rushed up.
The servants of the Han family all held steel knives, and a few of them in front also had shields. They also looked quite capable. Yao Guangming was very surprised. He really picked a big fish!
"What are you doing? What are you doing!"
At this time, Xu Fengran's face was ashen and he wanted to chop Han Ranshuang into pieces. Now things finally got serious.
"Ha ha!"
Yao Guangming burst out laughing. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to find any strong evidence when he rushed in, but he didn't want the Han family to jump out on their own. Now he could at least accuse the Han family of going against the imperial court.
So after laughing, Yao Guangming stepped forward and showed his badge, and then said: "The Military Intelligence Department is running an errand. Who the hell dares to stop me? I want to die!"
Seeing this, most of the servants' momentum disappeared immediately, and they all hesitated. Many of them looked at Han Ranshuang.
Suddenly, a person came out of the door and said loudly: "Even if the military intelligence officers come to the door, they must have evidence and an explanation. Otherwise, it will be an abuse of power and oppression of the people. I am familiar with everyone in Jingzhou Mansion, so naturally I will." You can file a complaint!"
I saw a man in his fifties walking through the crowd. The servants of the Han family gave way, and even the soldiers took a few steps back.
Xu Fengran's face was a lot tangled, and he whispered to Yao Guangming: "Sir, this is the head of the Han family, Guo Yu."
"It turns out to be the head of the Han family."
"I don't know if this gentleman
How to call it? "
"Yao Guangming."
"It turns out to be Mr. Yao, whom I have admired for a long time. But why did you suddenly have trouble with my Han family today? Is there any explanation?"
Although Yao Guangming exchanged polite words with Han Guoyu, he still said with a straight face: "Don't you know, the head of the Han family? Something happened to your Han family!"
"Oh? My Han family has always been law-abiding. If anything happens, please don't scare me."
Yao Guangming frowned slightly. This Korean Yu was so inexperienced that he seemed to be ready to take action.
At this moment, Zhang Haitai arrived here with the Han family's housekeeper. They were both surprised to see that the two sides were already at war with each other.
When Yao Guangming saw Zhang Haitai coming, a stone fell in his heart, so he called him aside and asked, "How is the matter?"
"Don't worry, sir, the evidence has been obtained!"
"good!"
Then, at Yao Guangming's signal, Zhang Haitai pointed at the housekeeper beside him and said loudly: "The head of the Han family, right? Do you recognize this person?"
Han Guoyu's face instantly became very ugly, and Han Ranshuang on the side even gritted his teeth and cursed angrily, wanting to rush up and bite the housekeeper a few times.
"Master, Master, please don't blame me. The only blame is that the imperial court cannot tolerate the Han family. Now that the scandal has happened, Master, Master, you should plead guilty!"
"Pooh!"
Han Guoyu said angrily: "You heartless house slave, how dare you teach me a lesson!"
Seeing a few people quarreling, Yao Guangming didn't want to wait any longer, so he directly ordered Zhang Haitai to read out many of the evidence of the Han family's crimes, especially gathering people to resist taxes and resisting New Deal measures, etc., which were all serious crimes at the time.
Even among the many evidences collected by the housekeeper, Han
Evidence that family members took human life seriously and raped women.
After hearing this piece of evidence, Yao Guangming's face became even more gloomy, and he said loudly: "Now that the witnesses and physical evidence are all there, stop talking nonsense. Xu Shoubei, it's up to you."
Xu Fengran couldn't wait any longer. If he allowed the old man and the young man to continue talking nonsense, he didn't know how many people would be involved. He might be the next one to be investigated.
So Xu Fengran made up his mind, even if he would be implicated in the future, he would still show off today, at least leaving a way out for himself, which would be regarded as a crime and meritorious service.
"Brothers, rush in with me. Anyone who dares to stop me will be killed without mercy!"
The soldiers of the brigade roared and rushed forward. Dozens of the Han family's servants lost their temper at this time and retreated to one side. Then they were disarmed by the soldiers and were all taken to the street to guard them.
At this time, the father and son Han Guoyu and Han Ran were kneeling aside with pale faces. They had been captured and tied up. Listening to the cries of the female family members in the house, and the sounds of the soldiers scolding and rummaging for things, the two of them felt that their hearts were about to break.
Yao Guangming and Zhang Haitai, accompanied by guard Xu Fengran, were about to enter the Han family residence, but were stopped by Han Guoyu.
"My Han family is just gathering people to resist taxes. In the early years, no big family in the south of the Yangtze River has done this. But why is the court staring at my Han family!"
Yao Guangming looked at Hanguo Yu for a while as if he were a fool, and then said: "Today's court is no longer the rotten place it used to be, and today's national policy is not a bad policy that squeezes the people and treats the powerful. If you want to ask for wealth, just do it. You must rely on your ability to make money reasonably and legally. If you want to fight against the court and continue
If you bully the people, don't expect a good outcome! "
"Now I would also like to advise you: if you reveal your accomplices as soon as possible, you can also leave a trace of your Han family's blood!"
After saying that, Yao Guangming and others entered the Han family's residence, leaving only Han Guoyu and Han Ran, father and son, with ferocious faces thinking about something.
On that day, Yao Guangming, Zhang Haitai and others led the crowd to seize a lot of correspondence at the Han family, which were all contacts with officials from Jingzhou Prefecture and several other powerful gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.
Yao Guangming looked through it carefully and found that the powerful gentry who had contact with the Han family were in several places where people resisted taxes. The time and location were checked.
"Very good!"
Yao Guangming smiled and said to Zhang Haitai: "The Han family has colluded with the officials of Jingzhou Prefecture. Maybe the other powerful gentry are also related to local officials or even the ministers of the DPRK. We must dig deeper into this matter!"
Zhang Haitai nodded and said: "My subordinates will mobilize their manpower and rush to the homes of several other powerful people to conduct inspections."
"Well, okay. In addition, we need to mobilize manpower to interrogate the Han family and his son immediately. A confession must be obtained within two days."
"yes."
When Xu Fengran, the guard on the side, heard this, he was trembling with fear. Then he knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "My lord, I was blinded by lard and accepted the Han family's money. On weekdays, I helped the Han family bully the people, so I will plead guilty to you today and ask you to punish me!"
Yao Guangming had seen this early, but he didn't expect Xu Fengran to take the initiative to plead guilty, so he asked: "Do you have anyone's life on your hands?"
"No!"
Xu Fengran said hurriedly: "The official is just scaring people.
, will never kill anyone. "
"Have you participated in the tax resistance and the New Deal?"
"No!"
Xu Fengran said hurriedly: "I will never dare to resist the imperial court, not even a hundred!"
"In that case, I will give you an opportunity to make a meritorious deed. First, deal with the affairs of the Han family, and then within a month, reorganize your troops in accordance with the imperial military reform order, and wait for the imperial court to verify it. Do you understand?"
At this time, Xu Fengran nodded hurriedly and agreed: "I will definitely do it, sir. Please rest assured."
On that day, everyone confiscated various properties from the Han family, worth at least more than 70,000 taels, not counting the farm outside the city.
Of course, these belongings of the Han family are not actually too much, and they can only be regarded as a middle-to-lower tycoon, but they are still considered a tyrant in Jiangling City.
That night, Zhang Haitai personally interrogated the father and son Han Guoyu and Han Ran. It only took one night to make the father and son docile. They confessed everything one after another, including the several widows they had found. .
On the next day, Yao Guangming and Zhang Haitai compiled the confessions of the Han family and his son, as well as various evidences, and sent their horses to the capital.
At the same time, Yao Guangming mobilized troops from the Nanzhen Fusi Department of the Military Intelligence Department and went to various places to control the powerful gentry in various places who participated in the tax resistance in advance.
When Liu Yan received the confessions and evidence submitted by the Nanzhen Fu Division of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, he immediately ordered the arrests and house raids, and suppressed them with an iron fist. He also dismissed many relatives, friends and backstage officials of the powerful Jiangnan gentry in the court.
After this operation, the voices opposing property tax in various places disappeared, and the money collected by the court
The amount of property tax is also increasing.
Regardless, Liu Yan also realized a serious problem because of this turmoil, that is, the land annexation situation in Ming Dynasty had reached a point where it had to be changed.
"The economy of Ming Dynasty has not yet developed to the point where it can support a large population. This will take time. Therefore, land is still the main direction of carrying the population of Ming Dynasty. The land problem must be solved immediately!"
At this time, Liu Yan only felt that he was in a state of confusion. Since the New Deal and military reform were implemented, first the tax reform was added, the Nanjing court was abolished, and now the land reform was added. It was as if future generations of programmers were Correct bugs, the more bugs are corrected, each one is more serious than the last!
Liu Yan took it easy. No matter what, he had to hold on and go on. With the current situation in China, the Ming Dynasty was still the best choice. Maintaining a prosperous Ming Dynasty would at least be better than falling into the hands of the Manchu Tatars and letting China sink for three years. A hundred years is much better.
"So, no matter how many difficulties there are, we must take them one by one!"
