"His Majesty the Emperor Wu is too old and has limited energy. How can he take care of these small things?"
Shouhou said with a smile, the county government raised so many people, but the court didn't know at all. Anyway, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, and the county princes of the Xuanyuan royal family never came. Isn't it the county magistrate and the master who have the final say on how many people should be raised?
"No wonder the young master asked us to collect taxes in person. If you continue to mess around like this, our team's salary will be short of money!"
Zuo Feng sighed, kicked the ten yamen servants hard on the buttocks, and shouted loudly:
"Take us to the county office quickly. I want to have a serious talk with your incompetent county magistrate. If you can't even collect taxes and money, then just don't collect them. We, the Demon Hunter Guards, will do it ourselves from now on!"
Everyone in the Demon Hunting Guard smiled happily when they heard this. They were originally worried that they would have to talk a lot, but now it seems that they are here to help the Xuanyuan royal family take over the mess!
What a great act of kindness!
Thousands of demon-hunting guards escorted ten government officials forward, attracting the attention of countless farmers who were harvesting rice in the fields along the way.
Zuo Feng shouted loudly to the farmers doing farm work:
"FathersFrom today on, the taxes in the entire Cangbei County will be collected by our Demon Hunting Guard. According to the new order issued by the Young Master of the Demon Hunting Guard, :
From now on, anyone who hands over tax money to the Demon Hunting Guard will receive a 50% discount on all tax money. In other words, giving it to our Demon Hunting Guard only requires 25% of the tax money!
Remember, any county government official who dares to come here to collect taxes twice will be killed. With our Demon Hunting Guards backing you up, we will send anyone who dares to mess around to see the King of Hell! "
As soon as he finished speaking, urgent inquiries came from all around:
"The Demon Hunting Guards? Didn't all the Demon Hunting Guards let the monsters kill them all? How could you guys deal with tens of thousands of government servants with swords?"
Zuo Feng and his ten legitimate sons and grandsons were left speechless by the old farmers' questions. It turned out that the imperial court had been sending people to carry out false propaganda, creating rumors all day long that all of our Demon Hunting Guards had been killed by Warcraft.
Suddenly I felt that I should fight a big battle with the imperial court, so as to increase the common people's understanding of the Demon Hunter Guards.
Suddenly thinking of those street performances that broke people's chests, Zuo Feng had an idea and said to his two followers:
"You two chop each other with your knives, and let the people see what it means to have copper skin and iron bones!"
The two followers knew that Zuo Feng wanted to use magical skills to win people's trust. Without saying anything, they took out two giant axes from the jade storage.
The two tried their best to chop dozens of axes at each other, and finally stopped when the ax head shattered.
Have the surrounding farmers ever seen such methods? Everyone regarded these two people as gods descending to earth, and knelt down to worship them, muttering something in their mouths:
"Gods and Bodhisattvas who save those who are suffering, please save us common people. We can only keep twenty-five jins from a load of millet. Even the little grain we save in good years is not enough to pay taxes in bad years.
If this continues, no one will be able to grow food! When the time comes, everyone will go up the mountain to become bandits and see who they can rob! "
"Twenty-five kilograms! Old man, didn't you just ask for 50% of the tax? Logically speaking, shouldn't you still have fifty kilograms?"
Zuo Feng asked puzzledly, the tax rate has always been 50%. For the palace, county government, state government, county government, plus the Demon Hunting Guard, each level is 10%.
"It's your own land and you only pay 50%. Our land belongs to the imperial court and the Xuanyuan royal family."
, they want to collect 50% of the land rent first! "
"What the hell! This is our Demon Hunting Guard's fertile land, why should we pay rent to the Xuanyuan Royal Family?
Old man, just farm your land in peace and contentment. From now on, no matter how much food you harvest, you only need to pay 25% to the Demon Hunting Guards!
Keep the rest of the food for yourselves! "
Zuo Feng heard the curse and shouted to the demon hunting guard behind him:
"It's too slow to walk. Let's fly over and take over the county government office! You bastard, you dare to embezzle even the hard-earned money of our Demon Hunter Guards. I'm going to kill a few county magistrates today to show off this evil!"
Everyone became excited when they heard it. Killing dogs and corrupt officials to eliminate harm for the people is a wonderful job to do justice for heaven. How can you miss it?
Thousands of them were soul refining mages, flying directly into the air and heading towards the county government in a mighty manner.
Seeing the crowd of people flying away, the old farmers knelt on the ground and shouted to the gods and bodhisattvas, thinking that they were saved.
Thousands of demon-hunting guardsmen carried ten government officials through the city, alarming the residents of the entire county. The residents followed them in an endless stream, and the crowd was like a tide Like this, they rushed towards the county government office.
The gate of the county government office was quiet, and all the government officials were sent out to patrol to prevent bandits and hungry people from going down the mountain to steal food. Only the magistrate and the master who were in charge of the county government sat in the backyard chatting and drinking tea.
While the two were enjoying the coolness of the autumn day, suddenly the pair of grievance drums in front of the hall started to sound. The two of them spat tea at each other, wiped each other with their sleeves, and walked out cursing:
"What a cunning person, you dare to interrupt my lunch break. You are tired of living, aren't you?"
The master followed behind and walked angrily, wondering whether he should give the visitor a slap in the face first.
The two angrily rushed to the county government lobby and were about to sit on the magistrate's chair when they suddenly found that someone had already occupied that seat.
"What a cunning citizen, how dare you despise the court! Is this the county magistrate's seat that a commoner like you can sit on?"
The county magistrate found that this man was tall and majestic, and he was not protected by the government officials. His aura instantly weakened by three points, and he retracted his raised hand.
Unexpectedly, this person ignored me at all and asked the drummer outside:
"Who beats the drum to complain? Please come in and talk."
"Hey! When will it be your turn to be the county magistrate? Come down here quickly so I can forget about it."
The county magistrate shouted loudly and found that no one was paying attention to him. The master on the side saw something was wrong and quietly pulled the magistrate with his hand, and pointed at the strong men around him with his finger.
Looking at those people who didn't even want to look at him, the county magistrate finally knew the origins of these people. With such murderous aura in them, he could guess their origins at once.
"Didn't I say that they were surrounded by monsters? How could they escape?"
The magistrate muttered something quietly, and the master shook his head to signal him not to talk nonsense.
Sitting in the county magistrate's seat, Zuo Feng took the opportunity to interrogate these two corrupt officials.
The common people disguised as demon hunters came up and pointed at the county magistrate and military advisor and reported:
"Your Majesty, the ordinary people are beating drums to complain, so that your Majesty can make the decision for the people of Cangbei County, bring these two corrupt officials who have taken bribes and pervert the law to justice on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people, and restore peace to Cangbei County! "
"Oh, do you have any evidence to prove that the county magistrate and the master are corrupt and bending the law?"
"Do you need evidence? He secretly bought the 300,000 fertile land of the Demon Hunter Guard for others to grow food. In the past two years, he has not handed over a single penny of tax revenue to the court, and he has not given it to the Demon Hunter Guard either!
With so many gold bars, they must have divided them equally! "
The members of the Demon Hunting Guards who pretended to be ordinary people directly focused on the 300,000 acres of fertile land. Other matters may be complicated and confusing, but the private occupation of the Demon Hunting Guards' fertile land was witnessed by all the members of the Demon Hunting Guards. , what could go wrong?
"Bold officer, you dare to invade the fertile land of the Demon Hunter Guards. Do you think your life is too long?"
Zuo Feng slapped the gavel hard and shouted at the county magistrate and master.
"Nonsense! Our county government was ordered by the Xuanyuan royal family to take over all the fertile lands of the Demon Hunter Guard!"
The Master immediately moved the Xuanyuan Royal Family out. Now, the only ones who can fight against the Demon Hunting Guards are the Xuanyuan Royal Family.
"Take a look at the imperial edict written by Xuanyuan Duzun. Words are unfounded, seeing is believing."
Zuo Feng asked slowly.
"This is a secret oral message sent quietly by the Holy Emperor. Where can I write an imperial edict? There are tens of thousands of counties in the entire Daxia Dynasty. Each of them has written an edict. Zhang Shengzhi, His Majesty the Emperor Wu is too busy alone?"
The master continued to argue that only by blaming the Xuanyuan royal family could he get out of trouble.
"Do you think we are all fools? Which emperor wants to write an imperial decree with his own hand? Do we raise so many eunuchs just for food?"
Zuo Feng retorted with a smile, and without waiting for the master's reply, he directly asked the county magistrate:
"I heard that you are in charge of the county government and you are running into losses every year. Do you put the money into your own pockets, or are you really unable to make ends meet and often borrow money from banks to pay for food?"
The county magistrate was stunned for a moment by Zuo Feng's question, and was knocked again by the gavel tree. He immediately said truthfully:
"Of course we can't make ends meet! In order to help the court collect 40% of the tax money, our county government has raised a total of 30,000 government officials. The wages of the government officials alone are not a small amount of money!"
"A small county government actually supports 30,000 government servants. No wonder you are in deficit every year, and you have to borrow money from banks to pay your wages.
If you are still a county magistrate at your level, I think you might as well resign and go home to take care of your children. Why do you need to bring disgrace to the country and the people here? "
Zuo Feng smiled and said sarcastically, "If you don't have a diamond, don't take the porcelain job. You don't even understand the truth. You deserve to be used as a sacrificial flag by me."
[In view of the general environment,
How could the county magistrate tolerate such humiliating language? In the entire Cangbei County, no one had ever dared to talk to him like this. He suddenly got excited and retorted towards Zuo Feng:
"What do you, a little kid, know? Nowadays, bandits are roaming around and thieves are everywhere. If I don't raise more food for the government officials to protect the people, not only will we not be able to complete the tax collection task, but even the people will go hungry!
I'm the first to say ugly things, don't say my level is low, even if Zhuge Liang is reborn, there will be no difference! "
"Okay, just to tell you what I'm saying, today our Demon Hunting Guards have taken over the Cangbei County Government Office. The two of you are standing aside and watching with your eyes wide open. How can we, a thousand of our Demon Hunting Guards, do this? All taxes were collected within one month!
Come on, tie up the county magistrate and the master. After we collect the tax money, we will have them check it out in person. "
Zuo Feng shouted to the demon hunting guard outside the door, forget it if you don't do it, but do it beautifully if you do it. This is the task assigned by the young master.
