"Shut up, me!"
Snapped!
Hai Rui suddenly slapped the gavel and roared with a stern expression.
Jia Cunren and Qian Youyu, who came here to complain at the same time, were surprised, and then they knelt down together.
Hai Rui still looked at the two high-ranking officials with a cold face.
He had been a local official for many years and knew that he should not show fear towards these high-ranking officials. He had to establish his authority from the beginning and then show courtesy to them, otherwise it would be easy for these high-ranking officials to kick him in the face.
After all, educated hooligans are more arrogant than rogues.
What's more, he himself is only a Juren, so he has to gain more momentum first.
Then, Hai Rui looked at Jia Cunren: "If you handed over the land taxes and dingyin in time, how could these proud soldiers and warriors you mentioned come to your home?"
"Furthermore, these arrogant and powerful generals you mentioned were also under the Jun Order of this Hall. They represent this Hall and also represent the Emperor's order. If they say you are rebelling, you are rebelling!"
"If you are wronged, provide evidence to prove that you are wronged!"
After Hai Rui finished speaking, he stared at Jia Cunren like the eyes of a mountain tiger.
"evidence?"
Jia Cunren began to tremble a little and his mouth trembled.
"Yes, evidence."
Hai Rui said.
Jia Cunren seemed to be crying but said: "How can I get the evidence?"
"If there is no evidence, then it is rebellion!"
Hai Rui said something in a deep voice, and then ordered Wu Xiumin: "For the time being, the Jia family and the whole family will be imprisoned in the government prison for the crime of rebellion, and the report will be reported. The specific verdict will be awaited by His Majesty!"
Wu Xiumin said yes and put the Jia family in prison.
Jia Cunren was also dragged down.
Therefore, Jia Cunren had no choice but to shout excitedly: "Haibu Tang, you are so enlightened! How can I, the Jia family, be the richest person in the world and be willing to rebel?"
"It's all just because Quan Sun was a bit stubborn and didn't know the power of the king's law, so he ordered the heavenly soldiers to be beaten out. That's why the heavenly soldiers mistakenly thought that we were going to rebel."
"Now that you say that, it solidifies the suspicion of rebellion!"
"Do you dare to fight the heavenly soldiers?"
Hai Rui directly caught the flaw in Jia Cunren's anxious words and spoke up.
Jia Cunren cried even more aggrievedly: "Master Hai, please have mercy. We are all scholar-bureaucrats. Why should we be so serious? Quan Sun is really just a naughty person who doesn't understand the king's laws!"
"If the children from a poor family who don't study don't understand the king's law, I will still believe it; but the Jia family is a scholarly family for generations, and the children who are educated will be stubborn and don't understand the king's law. Even if this hall is willing to believe it, will the emperor be willing to believe it?! "
Hai Rui asked loudly as he spoke, and then had someone drag Jia Cunren off.
At that time, Hai Rui looked at Qian Xingyu: "Who is in the hall, and why are you kneeling?"
Qian Xingyu said: "Qian Xingyu, the former governor of Henan, came to see Mr. Hai."
Seeing this, Hai Rui hurriedly got up and left the hall, walked to the front of the hall, and started to help Qian Xingyu up: "Mr. Qian, why are you doing this? Please get up quickly!"
However, Qian Xingyu couldn't stand up with his legs for a while, and smiled at Hai Rui awkwardly.
"Give Mr. Qian a chair and help him sit down!"
So, Lu Kun gave up his chair to Qian Xingyu, and came over personally to help Qian Xingyu onto the chair.
Then Hai Rui smiled and asked, "What are you doing here, Mr. Qian?"
Qian Xingyu was so frightened by Hai Rui's selfless scene that he had already forgotten that he wanted to sue the heavenly soldiers for breaking into his house and stealing a lot of money and food. He only smiled and said:
"I'm here to report the tax payment. My Qian family has always been loyal to the emperor and abiding by the law. However, after I became an official, I never cared about housework and only handed over the household affairs to the servants below. As a result, these evil slaves hid it from me. , did not pay taxes to the court. Fortunately, after the heavenly soldiers came, I found out that my Qian family had owed land taxes of 1,000 yuan for so long, to the point where the heavenly soldiers wanted to come to the door in person! "
"So, I'm here to inform you that it's not the Qian family's intention to default, but the evil slaves' misdeeds."
"I see! If Mr. Qian hadn't explained it, I would have mistakenly thought that your government was deliberately not supporting the New Deal."
Hai Rui nodded, choosing to believe Qian Xingyu's words, and asked: "After the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department went to your house, can they still abide by the rules and be polite? If there is any violation of the royal law and military regulations, please speak frankly. We will not Will tolerate it!”
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"Nothing unruly."
"As expected of the master of kings!"
"It's like a breath of fresh air. His tone of voice is gentle when asking questions, and he also helps me deal with the evil slaves who disobey the master."
Qian Xingyu said with a smile.
Hai Rui nodded: "This is very good. I should reward the officers and soldiers who went to Qian Gong's mansion."
Qian Xingyu also smiled and said, "Yes, I have planned to give them a banner."
At this time, Ye Cheng, the grandson of Ye Qi, the Minister of Household Affairs, and a group of adult men from the Ye family were taken into custody.
Seeing this, Hai Rui asked, "What happened?"
Chen Ziluan reported: "Report to the Ministry of Finance, the Ye family is impoverished and nothing was copied, so we had to be ordered to escort their master."
Ye Chengze also raised his head and asked Hai Rui: "Haibu Tang, I heard that it was your order. We really can't afford the tax. You want to interrogate us personally. So, may I ask, how do you want to interrogate us?"
"Mr. Ye wears this patched cloth, is he deliberately trying to prove to us and let us and the court know that your mansion is very poor?"
Hai Rui did not answer Ye Cheng's words, but directly asked Ye Cheng.
Ye Cheng smiled coldly and was about to speak.
"Ye Gong thinks about it first before answering."
Hai Rui suddenly stretched out his palm, facing Ye Cheng with his palm, and then pointed at the flags on both sides of the lobby:
"I am a minister appointed by the emperor. It is equivalent to asking you on behalf of the emperor at this time. If Ye Gong tells a lie to me at this time, he is deceiving the emperor! I believe you will understand how to deal with deceiving the emperor! So, please think carefully, Mr. Ye. Answer again.”
Ye Cheng couldn't help but change his expression after hearing this.
"This court has already considered Mr. Ye's situation. This wealthy official and gentry are so extravagant that it is common for everyone in the family to live in poverty."
Hai Rui continued talking at this time, and as he spoke, he looked at Ye Cheng and said, "But we can't owe the court the land tax and Ding Yin!"
Hai Rui said: "For this reason, we have drafted a memorial to ask the Emperor for permission. For those who really cannot pay the tax, there is no need to behead and seize their property and confiscate it to show the Emperor's benevolence. After all, it is not a malicious debt." It’s a tax, but we can’t but punish him for breaking his promise and harming the country!”
"Therefore, we petition the court to establish a credit reporting system. In the future, anyone who owes more than 500 taels of silver in taxes and fails to pay overdue will be included in the list of dishonest people. Those included in the list of dishonest people will not be allowed to raise taxes within three generations of the three clans. Those who have employed relatives must also be dismissed from their posts; in addition, the heads of households who owe taxes must be detained by the court for labor to compensate for the tax arrears, and they cannot be released home until the taxes are paid."
"Haigang Peak!"
Ye Cheng shouted immediately, looked at Hai Rui with a purple face, and said with gritted teeth, "You are so cruel!"
"Now, Mr. Ye, please answer my question. Why are you wearing this patchwork clothes? Are you really poor or just for show?"
Hai Rui ignored Ye Cheng's roar and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, I wore it on purpose to show the National Taxation Department! I don't dare to deceive you!"
After saying that, Ye Cheng knelt down, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "My Ye family has money to pay taxes, and then I remembered that Qiankong Temple deposited 100,000 silver for me. Please be kind and don't include our Ye family." On the list of dishonest households! My Ye family is willing to pay off all the tax arrears immediately!"
Qian Xingyu also knelt down: "The Qian family doesn't dare to owe taxes. This time they were just deceived by evil slaves. Please be merciful and don't count my Qian family as a family of dishonest people."
Hai Rui said: "The imperial approval hasn't come yet, you still have a chance."
So, next, Ye Cheng and other high-ranking officials who deliberately pretended to be poor and lost their tax money paid the tax money honestly.
Hai Rui left Yangzhou next and took a boat to Zhenjiang and Nanjing.
On this day, it was a rainy and humid day in the south of the Yangtze River. Both sides of the bank were covered with lush dark green in the misty rain. In the hazy mist and rain, the outlines of buildings such as towers, temples and so on were vaguely visible, mimicking those of lakes and lakes.
"That's the official ship of the National Taxation Department! Hai Rui is inside! The ship has already come closer, light the fire! There are two hundred thousand taels of silver in it!"
In the rich green jungle on the shore, several cannons at a temple near the river suddenly spurted out tongues of fire.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Suddenly, due to the close distance and several cannons, although most of the cannonballs fell into the river and only made a lot of splashes, the cabin of the official ship with the lantern of the National Taxation Department was still blown into pieces by one cannonball. Piles of scrap wood.
"Hai Rui was hit!"
The member guarding here laughed happily, but then his expression changed.
