"The taxes collected by the government are also to enable the people to live a stable life." Ran Yuncheng retorted with excitement, "The slaves in Liaodong rebelled, and the court needed to spend a lot of money and food in Liaodong. If taxes were not collected, what would the court get? Resist the slave thieves, I am afraid that the slave thieves will have already entered Shanhaiguan and harmed the people of Ming Dynasty."
When he spoke, he showed disdain.
I feel in my heart that rebelling against thieves is rebelling against thieves. I am short-sighted and don't understand anything. I only think that the government's collection of taxes is oppressing the people, but I don't understand that the government's collection of taxes is truly good for the people.
"You dog officials are really putting gold paint on the clay statues to put gold on your face." The captain of the war soldiers snorted coldly and said, "If you don't collect taxes from rich people, you dog officials will only We are constantly increasing taxes on the poor people and increasing various miscellaneous taxes. You still have the nerve to say that you dog officials are doing good for the people and you deserve it, bah!"
As he said that, he spat at the other party bitterly.
When he was a child, his family had ten acres of thin farmland. Although he could not become rich, he could still make a living.
Later, the miscellaneous taxes collected by the government became more and more heavy, and they were forced to sell their land. But even so, they could not pay the various miscellaneous taxes that increased every year. Instead, they had to borrow interest to pay the government taxes.
The Ju family in the county occupied most of the land in several nearby villages, but they did not need to pay taxes to the government. The ten acres of thin farmland in his family and the fields of other families in the village eventually became the property of the Ju family.
However, their family has lost ten acres of thin farmland and can only work as tenants for other families. What they farm is the ten acres of thin farmland they once owned. However, they still have to pay various miscellaneous taxes from the government. Not only do they have to pay taxes, but they also have to pay more. One rent is given to everyone, and the family's life becomes even more difficult.
So he hates these dog officials who only know how to bully the people.
"Students with meritorious titles naturally do not need to pay taxes. This is a preferential treatment given by the imperial court. People who want to avoid paying taxes can study and obtain academic titles. The imperial court has never stopped people from studying and becoming literate. If they cannot obtain academic titles, then they can just be honest. Pay taxes to the court, otherwise if you don't pay taxes, the court will be in chaos." Ran Yuncheng snorted coldly.
In his eyes, only rebels would think that not paying taxes is a good thing.
In the past, I had only heard how powerful the tiger-character flag was, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that, with such short-sightedness that it is nothing to worry about.
"Damn it, you're such a tough talker." The soldier captain didn't expect that the dogfighter in front of him could be so eloquent. Even though he was already a prisoner, he still had such a tough talk.
However, he did not know that Ran Yuncheng did not think down of him as a rebel.
A soldier guarding the side looked at Ran Yuncheng with evil intentions and said, "If the captain talks nonsense to this dog officer, he will be thrown into the fire and burned to death."
"Are you going to kill someone if you can't convince me?" Ran Yuncheng became frightened and stared nervously at the soldier captain in front of him.
The captain looked at him coldly and said: "There is nothing wrong with the people paying taxes, but whose hands are the extra miscellaneous taxes paid by the people, not to mention that they are all used on the court. Do you believe this? I am sure I don’t believe it, because I have seen too many dog officials and big people in the world working together to oppress the people, even squeezing out the last few ounces of oil from the people’s bones. There are also those academics with honors in your mouth. Why don’t they need to pay taxes? Are they scholars? Do you really think I don’t know anything? The imperial court only exempted you officials from the labor service, but did not exempt you from taxes. However, this part of the taxes was all suppressed by you dog officials colluding with local big families. Don’t you really think I know what’s happening to the poor people?”
Ran Yuncheng's expression changed several times after hearing this.
I thought that the rebel in front of me was just a low-income person, but I didn't expect that he had read books and knew the imperial decree on exemptions. Not only that, he also knew how the government and local large households transferred taxes.
"Why don't you speak? Aren't you quite good at speaking? Speak!" the captain of the war soldier shouted at Ran Yuncheng in front of him.
Ran Yuncheng lowered his head and said nothing.
He can't say that these are all fake and the other party is talking nonsense.
The imperial court's exemptions and exemptions are all well-documented, even if he doesn't want to admit it, because the imperial court only exempts and exempts handymen, and does not exempt taxes. It was only in the Longqing Dynasty that some money and grain were subsidized, but land taxes also had to be paid.
"Take them down and lock them all up." The captain waved his hand and motioned to his men to take Ran Yuncheng and several other prisoners away and imprison them.
Several soldiers came forward and escorted Ran Yuncheng and others away.
At this time, a soldier following the captain said: "Captain, what nonsense are you talking to this dog officer? This kind of dog officer is unreasonable and will cause trouble. They have no common people in their eyes. We have such a dog officer." From Shanxi to Shaanxi, and now to Henan, I have seen too much."
"You don't know! The captain was originally going to Fuwang Palace, but he was sent to the government office on the way. He wanted to find an official to vent his anger on, but he didn't expect to be attacked by someone." Another soldier on the side said Bing said with a smile.
"You guys know nothing. Go and put out the fire. From now on, this will be the government office of our Tiger Flag." The captain looked back and scolded the two men with a smile.
The scolded soldier chuckled and said, "Okay, okay, my subordinates will go put out the fire right now. I won't be an eyesore in front of you, captain."
"Get out of here, get out of here." The captain raised his leg to kick him.
However, the other party held his butt in his hands and ran away first.
The soldier captain laughed and scolded: "Two little bastards, they damn know everything."
After the Tiger-Character Banner army entered the North City of Luoyang City from the North City Gate, they immediately divided into several teams and went to important government offices and storage areas in Luoyang City.
Soldiers with tiger flags also rushed to the other gates of Luoyang City.
As the only vassal palace in Luoyang City, Fuwang Palace was an important place that the Tiger Banner army captured after entering the city.
It is true that Fuwang Palace has money and food, and is extremely rich.
In order to deal with Fu Wang Palace.
A battalion of soldiers from the Tiger Character Banner and a cavalry team of 100 people appeared outside the palace gate of Fuwang Palace.
The four four-pound cannons brought by the soldiers' brigade were lined up in front of the palace gate.
"This King Fu seems to be ready to fight to the end. I think it's better to fire!" Deputy Captain Nie Shaoer said to Captain Zhou Kui.
Zhou Kui glanced at the closed door of Prince Fu's Palace and spat out, "Go down with the order and fire."
The gunners of the four four-pound cannons that had been prepared for a long time immediately ignited the matchlocks on the cannons after receiving the order to fire.
boom! boom! boom!
Several cannons were fired one after another.
The four four-pound cannons were very close to the gate of Fuwang Palace. They could hit the opposite palace gate and the wooden building above the palace gate without any aiming.
A few shots were fired.
The palace door was blasted open, and the wooden building above was also torn into pieces. Many pieces of wood broken into several pieces fell to the ground.
"Enter Fuwang Palace!"
Following Zhou Kui's order, the two squadrons of soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed through the palace gate and entered Fuwang Palace.
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Interested book friends can check it out about the Ming Dynasty’s tax exemptions. It’s very interesting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
