The cold wind is blowing sharply and the snow is flying at the southern foot, which should be auspicious.
But in Chen Anzhi's view, this is a precursor to the arrival of the Little Ice Age.
In the Weilai Academy in Wangcheng County, the night was silent at this moment, with two young men and one old man sitting around the stove in silence in the cold air.
"Why, unwilling?"
Seeing Chen Anzhi's sudden grimace, the old man inside broke the tranquility.
“Master, it’s not what you think.
It's just that this unprecedented snow in the south and north is not auspicious, but it is like the precursor of the small glacier that the senior brother said. He is suffering for the people. "
Among the three, Anping, the youngest, anxiously defended Chen Anzhi.
There are four people in Wei Lai Academy.
One is Confucius, who has always been drunk and ignorant of the world, the other is the senior brother Chen Anzhi who is suddenly worried about the country and the people, and the second senior brother Jia Pipi who is often seen as the beginning and end of the dragon, and he is actually responsible for the affairs of the college. Junior Brother Anping.
This evening, a cold wind blew up.
The master, who was drunk and drunk, asked the two of them to walk with him in black clothes tonight, steal the door and violently kill the good drinking buddy who had just exchanged glasses with him during the day, Wangcheng Zhang Family Martial Arts Hall advocate Dashan.
As Zhang Dashan's dog, the public was always angry, so the three of them gathered around the stove and waited for the moon to turn dark and the wind to turn high.
Who would have known that the goose feathers suddenly falling from the sky would bring out the pain in the senior brother's face.
According to the elder brother, once the Little Ice Age arrives, the ill-fated Wei Dynasty will be in danger.
...
"Bitter people?
Do they suffer as much as we do?
Who do we suffer for? "
After hearing Anping's words, Confucius responded angrily.
He was just about to continue complaining, but when he saw the stern look in Chen Anzhi's eyes, he quickly stopped talking.
There are some things that, except for the three of them, cannot be explained to humans too much.
These three do not include Anping.
Because Anping was a disciple they only accepted when they arrived at Wangcheng County, Tiannan County, Nanlu Prefecture, and he was the secret officer of Wei Lai Academy's business affairs department in Wangcheng County.
Although he does a good job, he can understand some but not others.
...
It has been nine years now.
The officials of the Wangcheng County Commercial Officials Department all know that there is someone secretly in charge and monitoring them in Wangcheng, but from the beginning to the present, they still do not know who the real boss is.
The prestige of the Shang Li Division was unparalleled by any government agency in the Wei Dynasty.
It has an alias called "Ye Zhi'er Cry": Dawei Qing Accounts Department.
As the name suggests, it is the real power yamen that clears the accounts of the people, replenishes the national treasury, and stabilizes the country for the Wei Dynasty. Under the prerogative of the law of crime and tax, it can even be superior to the six ministries.
The original intention of Emperor Chongzhen of the Wei Dynasty to implement the sin tax law was because the country was poor and the officials and merchants were rich. At that time, he was also militarily confronting Mobei.
Therefore, despite the objections of his courtiers, he forcibly removed the Shang Lisi from the Ministry of Household Affairs and gave the Shang Lisi great power to officials and merchants to use their wealth to offset their crimes as taxes, and became the most powerful yamen in the Wei Dynasty.
This is the so-called sin tax law.
Unexpectedly, due to the conflict between the superiors and the inferiors, the merchant official department that was supposed to be Xie Zhi turned into an accounting department that preyed on the people.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen had to call back courageous and upright generals from the border army, and went deep into the 19 states of the Wei Dynasty to secretly supervise the merchants and officials in various places, in order to bring order to the chaos and return favor to the people.
This period is only ten years, otherwise Emperor Chongzhen will be forced to withdraw the sin tax law, return the merchant department to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and take back the Sword of Damocles that he hung over the heads of Wei officials.
And this year is the ninth year.
...
"Master, I thought about it, I can no longer kill people in black."
The mind returns, and the worry cannot be solved. The reality has emerged, so it needs to be solved differently.
The bitter Chen Anzhi said his first words tonight.
"Why?"
Confucius asked puzzledly.
In the past, the man in black in Wangcheng was the most excited about killing raped people at night. Why did he suddenly change his gender tonight?
“The purpose of the men in black in Wangcheng is to frighten the mountains and scare the tigers, so that the officials of the Shang Li Department will not dare to distort the law of crime and tax and bully the weak.
But look at the past few years, we have killed people with passion and gained a well-known name as the Men in Black, making the evil people in Dewang City talk about being black.
But, is it useful?
The government officials and businessmen Li Shen are not in control. Today, apart from Zhang Dashan, there will be another Zhao Xiaosi tomorrow.
Because of the distortion of the sin tax law, the officials and gentry exploited the people even more, causing resentment and starvation in many places.
I believe that although there is just goose feathers and flying snow tonight, there will be frozen bones everywhere tomorrow.
If things go on like this, people's hearts will inevitably collapse, and the backlash will set the prairie fire ablaze.
Our fishing law enforcement is nothing more than a trick to remove carrion and insects. It only treats the symptoms but not the root cause! "
Chen Anzhi's words are not unimportant.
In the ears of Confucius and Anping, it is like a bell in the dusk mountain and a curse, which is deafening and enlightening.
"What do you mean, Senior Brother?"
Even though he had a rough guess, Anping still asked cautiously.
"Mingya governs the county!"
"puff!"
Confucius, who originally took a sip of wine and wanted to drink it, couldn't help but blurt out when he heard these four words. The wine sprayed on the stove, making the red charcoal in the stove crackle. , and then sparks flew everywhere.
This is a self-denial method. It not only denies the credit of their nine years of concealment and supervision, but also denies the intention of His Majesty the Emperor.
The so-called government administration of the county in the Ming Dynasty is to use the prerogatives of the merchant officials to nakedly seize the power of county governance, which is like dividing the territory and splitting the land.
This is a taboo for people, especially at the sensitive moment of the confrontation with Mobei, and it can easily be framed.
