"drive!"
"drive!"
"drive!"
On this day, the morning sun has just risen in the east.
A large number of royal guards and cavalry rushed out of the Xuanwu Gate of the capital.
One of the leaders, the official name of Jinyiweitang, is Wan Bangfu.
At this time, he was galloping on his horse while holding the imperial edict to go south to capture people.
The Jin Yiwei who went south with him were also galloping on their horses, carrying banners and shackles.
Pedestrians on the street outside Xuanwumen saw this and got out of the way.
People who are familiar with the imperial guards' rules for taking people have even begun to guess who the imperial guards are going to take.
Wan Bangfu and others naturally went south to capture Lu Hao and others.
Therefore, as soon as they left the capital, they switched to official ships and headed south, not daring to stop along the way.
When the Jin Yiwei went south to pick up people, Hai Rui on the South Zhili side was still waiting for Zhu Yijun to ask him to recruit strong people to prepare for the change, and to execute Ying Tianfu for opposing the new policy of paying grain to officials and gentry together. The person who committed the crime violated the will, but he had already taken advantage of the power that Zhu Yijun had given him long ago and asked the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department to contact the local people to understand whether the people wanted Hai Rui to help them reduce rents and interest rates for the gentry. .
Moreover, Hai Rui also asked these people to complete their political and military tasks, and they must ensure that once the decree is issued, they can recruit a certain number of people.
While waiting for the order, Hai Rui not only asked the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department to collect taxes while contacting the people, but also dealt with individual stubborn gentry who would rather be put on the dishonest list than refuse to pay taxes.
"Uncle Wang Fang, you have to think carefully. Once you are reported to the court, as a person who has broken faith with the court, you will not be able to take the imperial examination for three generations, and you will have to serve in the army!"
At this time, Hai Rui started talking to Wang Rukui, a very stubborn gentry who had served as the right chief envoy to Guangdong.
Wang Rukui sneered, then raised his hands toward the north and said: "With the emperor's wisdom, I believe that this kind of bad government will end!"
Wang Rukui said to Hai Rui, "So, you just repay it."
"Well, I will let you go back temporarily according to the decree. After all, you are not guilty of a criminal case, you just owe taxes. However, all the food, gold and silver confiscated from your house must be kept here!"
"But the government office won't let you starve to death. After all, the emperor is benevolent. How can he let you starve to death just because you really don't pay enough taxes because you are not good at managing your family? So you can come to the government office every day to collect your taxes." Food to survive.”
"However, in order to prevent the money and food you have left from being insufficient to offset your taxes, the government will impose restrictions on the level of food you can eat in your daily life according to regulations. Therefore, the money and food given to you can only be used to make porridge for your whole family, and it is guaranteed that Don’t starve to death;”
"In addition, there will be someone who will follow you specifically to prevent you from borrowing large amounts of money and food for high-end consumption."
Hai Rui said, "Give Uncle Wang Fang's family the rice they need to make porridge today!"
Not long after, Wang Rukui's servant received his rice.
Wang Rukui looked at it and was shocked and said: "It's still Chen rice. My servants eat better than this rice. Haigangfeng, if you do this, you might as well kill me directly!"
Hai Rui ignored him and just announced his withdrawal.
And not long after that, Hai Rui also did the same to several other particularly stubborn tax arrears.
Wang Rukui, on the other hand, had to wear coarse clothes and live a life of restricted high consumption. As a result, he drank porridge for several days and lost a lot of weight in a short time.
"Master, let's just pay the tax! Why hide it in my uncle's house in Henan!"
"Eating porridge like this every day and wearing such ugly clothes, I really can't bear it! Ouch!"
That night, Wang Rukui's concubine persuaded Wang Rukui to come because she couldn't bear it when the person supervising the Wang family was not sleeping.
Wang Rukui gritted his teeth and drank cold porridge while saying: "Shut up! If you mention this again, I will sell you to offset the tax!"
"Then I'd better be merciful and sell you. It's better than letting me eat porridge here every day. I haven't seen any meat for several days, woo woo!"
The concubine started crying again.
"Want to live a good life with others? No way!"
Wang Rukui sneered and started talking, and then threw the remaining half bowl of cold porridge aside in disgust, preferring to hold his empty stomach instead of taking another sip of light porridge.
Unlike Wang Rukui, most of the officials and gentry in Yingtian Prefecture ultimately chose the policy of paying grain and serving as errands in one piece.
Therefore, these officials and gentry still paid their taxes truthfully.
However, some officials and gentry who were very dissatisfied with the new policy of the imperial court secretly made other actions that had been planned for a long time.
this day.
Qi Jinzheng, who was still the captain of the Jinwu Guards, followed Hai Rui's instructions and helped an old woman sweep the yard at the house of an ordinary farmer named He. He also chatted for a while with the old woman's son-in-law who was milling, and also said that the old woman should If my son-in-law is willing to work for the National Taxation Department in the future, we can work together to reduce rent and interest rates.
The old woman's son-in-law, Ge Daniu, patted his broad copper-colored arm and said: "Master, don't worry, this is something that is beneficial to us people. Naturally, we are willing to listen to Master Hai. Besides, our people's strength does not cost money. As long as the time comes to take care of the food, I'm willing to work for him! Anyway, the farm work is almost done now, mainly because there is not much land."
"Then it's a deal."
Qi Jin said and left here.
Not long after Qi Jin left, a group of officers and soldiers wearing cloth masks and hoods came over.
When Ge Daniu saw this, he was not afraid, because recently the officers and soldiers of Jinwu Guard always came to contact them, and their military discipline was strict, they never committed adultery or robbery, and they would also take the initiative to help with work, which made him wary of the officers and soldiers. It was reduced a lot, so he asked: "Are you military masters also from the National Taxation Department?"
Phew!
But as soon as Ge Daniu finished asking, the sergeant who came over suddenly stabbed his chest with a spear.
Ge Daniu was very puzzled and held the spear and vomited blood.
"father!"
At this time, Ge Daniu's daughter ran out and was shocked.
"Xianggong Huo is right. His Ge family does have a daughter, and she is indeed pretty!"
The sergeant who stabbed Ge Daniu to death pulled out his spear and spoke to the fair-skinned man wearing cloth armor.
This fair-skinned man is Huo Weida, a student at the county school.
At this time, Howeida shouted to the girl: "We are the military guards of the National Taxation Department. Now we want you to go lie down in the room and prepare to serve us!"
The girl Ge Shi was angry and frightened when she saw this.
"What are you doing! What are you doing!"
Not long after, two sergeants wearing inferior and obviously forged armor dragged the girl into the house.
Soon, the girl's screams came from the house.
at the same time.
In Shangyuan County, Yingtian Prefecture, a small landowner named Liu Quesi, a rich farmer with no fame, suddenly rushed in and a group of officers and soldiers wearing Jinwu Guards' unique armor with the word "Yong" rushed in and ransacked Liu Quesi's house. They also killed Liu Quesi who tried to stop them.
Yan Jianshan, a hawker who had sold tofu in Nanjing, was on his way home from the city when he encountered a group of Jinwu Guards who suddenly appeared and killed him and his long-term workers, and took away the proceeds from his tofu sales. of all the money.
No coincidence.
For a time, there were a lot of incidents in Yingtianfu area about Jinwu Guard's pro-officers and soldiers violating laws and disciplines, burning, killing and looting, which really confirmed the common words in history books: "Soldiers are like grates".
Not long after, a large number of people knelt outside Hai Rui's governor's office, crying and complaining. They were no longer health workers and strong and strong people. Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, carrying corpses and injuries to complain, and they were also crying. Heartbreaking, obviously not pretending.
Hai Rui is a man who loves his people like his own son.
Otherwise, the people would not come to him to complain soon.
After all, Hai Rui still has a reputation among the people of Nanzhili for being upright and strict in enforcing the law.
"The pro-military officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department took turns raping the daughter of Ge Daniu, a civilian household?"
Therefore, Hai Rui had to put down the tax collection in advance and go to court to investigate the case.
The first complaint he received was about the case of student member Ge Yongjun seeking justice for his uncle Ge Daniu and his sister Ge Erya, and he learned that this matter was related to the Jinwu Guard.
Hai Rui also looked at Hu Shouren.
At this time, Ge Yongjun knelt down directly with a face full of indignation, kowtowed to the ground, and said:
"Please make the decision for the people of Yingtian! Get rid of the officers and soldiers who are committing evil, and withdraw the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department from Yingtian Mansion, so as not to let them harm the people again!"
(End of chapter)
