"Lord Captain, this was found from their corpses!"
In a short time, just when the soldiers began to clean up the mess, a large amount of grease was quickly found from the horse bags of the cavalry.
"What a great Ma Jinliang! Find someone to show him. Don't let him really die. I want his confession!"
Bringing so much fat to the Shaofu Prison, what else could he do besides setting fire?
A smile appeared on Yuan Qing's lips. It seemed that he had completely stood his ground this time.
"promise!"
The soldier responded, then went down to prepare.
Zhang Zihuan hurriedly returned to the military camp.
He quickly wrote a letter and conveyed the situation they were encountering back to Jinyang.
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"Why have we only harvested so little of the autumn grain so far?"
In the Prime Minister's Office, Lu Jia looked through the documents submitted from various places, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.
"This, this..."
As a Hu Cao, Wu Siyuan stammered a bit and really didn't know what he should say.
"If you have something to say, tell me what you are doing."
Lu Jia suddenly frowned.
"This is because those mud-legged people are now looking for copper coins all over the mountains and plains. Even if they sell their property, the vast majority of them are not willing to go to the fields to collect food..."
Wu Siyuan had a grimace on his face, not knowing how to explain.
"What did you say? Selling your property?"
Lu Jia almost jumped up.
"Please tell me clearly, what is going on?"
If it was during the Han Dynasty, the government would only collect a small amount of copper coins every year, and most of the taxes would be offset in kind.
Finally, it is up to the government to decide whether the collected items should be sold into copper coins or stored in warehouses based on actual needs.
But it is different in Lingnan. On the one hand, it is to facilitate those involved in maritime trade to pay taxes. On the other hand, it is also to facilitate officials at all levels to get involved.
Therefore, when taxes are levied, the people can decide whether to pay in copper coins or in kind.
Of course, due to the needs of the court, if all copper coins or all payments are paid in kind, there will always be part of the overflow value offset in the end.
The final decision on how to calculate this value offset lies with the local government.
This is also to prevent everyone from paying all the copper coins.
But now it seems that the situation is far worse than they imagined.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we have now raised the ratio to the highest level. If we pay the full amount of copper coins, we will have to pay twice the tax. But even so, those idiots would rather sell their property and must pay the tax with copper coins. …”
Wu Siyuan also looked aggrieved. This matter really had nothing to do with him. He was already doing his best to solve the problems he encountered.
However, the current trend is beyond their control.
"Why didn't you say it earlier? Why didn't you say it earlier!"
Lu Jia angrily overturned the table in front of him, stood up suddenly, his face was red with anger, and he almost pulled out the knife to kill someone.
"The lower official deserves to die, the lower official deserves to die!"
Wu Siyuan has been with Lu Jia for so many years, but he has never seen Lu Jia like this.
"Do you know that this crop grows in the ground. If no one harvests it, it will rot when the time comes! It has been seven or eight days since the rice matured. Up to now, there is not much farmland left near Panyu City. Are you aware of the harvest?"
Lu Jia was pacing back and forth on the ground angrily. The more he talked, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
He tolerated all these people being fat-minded, but being so stupid to this point was really hard for Lu Jia to accept.
Food is a major matter for a country.
Lingnan's grain output was already decreasing year by year, which gave Lu Jia a headache.
Although he and Zhao Tuo did not deal with each other, he still sat in the position of prime minister.
Lingnan is also his sphere of influence. He can't watch his territory being filled with hungry people.
Besides, when all those mud-legged people are dead, who will he be the prime minister for?
"This, this subordinate doesn't know..."
Wu Siyuan looked aggrieved. This was something that he, a household official, should not know.
"Come here, drag him out and give him fifty lashes!"
Lu Jia was so angry that he was shaking all over. What would he do with such a waste?
"Prime Minister, have mercy on me, Prime Minister, have mercy on me!"
Wu Siyuan quickly knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.
He is just a civil servant, wouldn't it kill him if these fifty lashes were applied?
"If I spare your life, who will spare mine? Do you know how many people in this world hate me to death?"
Several officials from the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly stepped forward and dragged Wu Siyuan out. Not long after, a heartbreaking scream came from outside.
After fifty lashes, Wu Siyuan was beaten to death.
When he returned to Lu Jia again, he was as limp as mud, lying on the ground like a dead dog...
"I'll give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. From now on, you will immediately send people out to various places to urge me to harvest the autumn grain. All the people who have not paid their taxes will be offset in kind. Anyone who dares to do anything to me at this time , don’t blame me, Lu, for being unkind!”
When Lu Jia spoke, his words were full of threats.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you, Prime Minister!"
"Boom - boom - boom -"
However, at this moment, a burst of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. .
Lu Jia was stunned, and quickly opened the door to the check-in room and rushed out.
The sky that was cloudless just now suddenly became covered with dark clouds.
Lu Jia suddenly felt his eyes darken, as if someone had hit him in the head.
The originally straight back suddenly became rickety. If there was another heavy rain at this time, it would really make things worse.
Those rice plants were already mature, but now they are watered by the violent storm. It would be great to have only one ten percent left...
The storm was about to come, and the wind filled the building. In just a short while, it started pouring rain outside.
"It's over...everything is over..."
Lu Jia angrily pushed away the man next to him who was trying to hold an umbrella for him.
The whole person just stood in the heavy rain, full of ambitions and ambitions, but at this moment, they had drifted away with the smoke...
Without food, how will we survive the winter in Lingnan...
Without food, how will we fight the upcoming war?
Without food, what will happen to the hundreds of millions of people who are crying out for food?
"puff--"
"Oh my God! You are trying to destroy me in South Vietnam!"
