Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 35
Xuanmiao Temple is a Taoist temple, which was first built in the Xianning period of the Western Jin Dynasty. It was repaired and expanded during the Tang and Song dynasties. It is the largest Taoist temple in the south of the Yangtze River.

Originally, there was no mystery in it, it was just that the incense was strong.

However, since Sun Long occupied this place, Xuanmiao Temple has become very different.

So, what is the mystery in the Xuanmiao Temple?

Ge Cheng followed the crowd into the house, and sat down beside Wu Yangsheng respectfully, and then introduced: "This Xuanmiao Temple was originally the largest Taoist temple in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a quiet mountain in the back. The tax envoy Sun Long didn't know why he took a fancy to this place, and even drove away all the Taoist priests inside, and then recruited a bunch of local ruffians to run amok."

Hey, this Ge Cheng is not easy!

When Taichang heard the words, doubts arose in his heart.

Before he could even ask, someone actually mentioned the tax envoy Sun Long. What do you mean?
Ordinary merchants don't dare to speak ill of the tax envoy in front of others, because that is purely courting death.

Why did Ge Cheng mention tax envoy Sun Long as soon as he opened his mouth?
He asked calmly: "Oh, how did they run amok inside?"

Ge Cheng was also unambiguous, and directly gritted his teeth and said: "At first, the little old man didn't know how these beasts ran amok inside. At the beginning, the little old man only heard about it. Anyone who was caught by the local ruffians under Sun Long For those who are into Xuanmiao, if a man can come out alive, it is considered good; for a woman, even if she can come out alive, after the funeral is done, they will all hang themselves into the water."

This is strange, isn't Sun Long a eunuch, how could he let a woman hang herself into the water?

Taichang couldn't help asking: "What happened inside?"

Ge Cheng said with grief and indignation on his face: "Oh, they are really helping animals. The little old man was once entrusted by someone to sneak in to save a familiar farmer. Those who experienced strong winds and waves couldn’t bear to look directly at them. When the men were caught inside, they were either hung upside down on the beams and corridors, or hung upside down from the branches of trees, and were whipped day and night. The rascals are taking turns to jianyin in the deep hall, and the bastard Sun Long is dancing on the sidelines as if watching a play. Have you seen that scene? Once you walk in, there are trees, corridors, and beams hanging everywhere. The bloody man, the entire Taoist temple is full of miserable howls, and the valley behind the Taoist temple is almost filled with bones!"

This beast!

When Taichang heard this, his eyes almost burst into flames.

He suppressed his anger and asked: "Why is this Sun Long so careless about human life? Is he crazy?"

Ge Cheng rolled his eyes at Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou who were beside Taichang, then gritted his teeth and said, "Crazy? Maybe a little bit. Eunuchs are incomplete men. It's good not to be crazy. Once crazy, ordinary people can't imagine it. As for Sun Why is Long so reckless about human life? It’s not about money. Whoever doesn’t pay taxes according to the rules he set will order those ruffians to arrest them.”

Uh, this guy has obviously seen that Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou are eunuchs.

Of course, this is not the point.

Taichang then asked again: "Then what is the rule set by Sun Long?"

Ge Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "I won't talk about anything else, just talk about the cloth. The rules set by Sun Long are that each loom is charged three yuan a month, each cloth is charged five cents, and each silk is taxed. One qian, two cents for each piece of cloth yarn, and five cents for each piece of satin thread."

Fuck, this bastard is ruthless enough. You must know that the annual output of cotton cloth in Suzhou alone reaches about 1000 million pieces. He can collect 50 taels a year just for the cloth tax in Suzhou alone. Not counting looms, satins, and yarn taxes!
Taichang asked again carefully: "How much profit does the weaver household have?"

Ge Cheng sighed: "Where can weavers earn any profit? When the price of cloth was the highest, it was only one or two or three pieces, but now it is basically about one, two or five pieces. That is to say, one piece of cloth can be bought for two yuan. The yarn alone costs nearly a penny, and with a tax of five cents, there is a gross profit of five cents left. You know, even the most skilled weavers can weave a penny in five days. A piece of cloth is not bad, a penny a day, even the family can’t support, how much money does it make, what’s even more hateful is that a loom has to pay three cents a month in tax, calculated in this way, one penny a day It’s exactly one penny, that is to say, Zhihu has been working so hard for a month, but he can’t earn a penny, and he doesn’t even have to eat!”

Fuck, don't you want human life!
Taichang gritted his teeth angrily: "If he does this, who would dare to weave?"

Ge Cheng said helplessly: "Yeah, if he does this, the weavers don't dare to weave any more. Just because of this, he still needs to collect taxes on the looms, and almost all the weavers use their looms as firewood with tears in their eyes." It's on fire!"

Hateful!
Taichang couldn't help but patted the coffee table and cursed: "This beast!"

almost.

Ge Cheng got up suddenly, cupped his hands and said with a deep bow: "After hearing that the young master is a famous family in the capital, this little old man has the courage to ask the young master to be the master for the people of Suzhou!"

When Taichang heard the words, he instantly understood that Ge Cheng wanted him to take care of Sun Long, that's why he was so forthright, and he said everything without asking.

Sun Long, I will definitely clean up.

However, you are a rare expert in this world, and it would be a pity if I didn't accept you.

Of course, before doing this, one must first understand the person's heart. If he is a mercenary villain, he would be asking for trouble if he accepts it.

He pretended to frown and ponder for a while, then asked, "You are not a local parent official, why do you beg me so earnestly for the people of Suzhou?"

Ge Cheng couldn't help but said with emotion: "Master, although the little old man is not talented, he is wrongly loved by Suzhou weaving households, machine households, shopkeepers of tooth shops, etc., and he is honored as Ge Lao. Usually, they have any conflicts and entanglements. As long as I speak, they will also be able to deal with it." Save face and calm things down, I can't be like a dog and respected by others, and leave them alone when something big happens!"

Well, this statement should be true, if it is false, why would he take the risk to speak ill of Sun Long in front of him, and still beg him so hard.

This Ge Cheng should be an honest person, so he can accept it as a helping hand.

So, how to charge it?

Of course, it is to exaggerate the difficulty of the matter, pretending to do everything possible to help, and let him be grateful.

This kind of person would certainly not owe such a great kindness to others.

As for whether he would regret it after knowing his identity as the emperor, then don't worry, smart people would not do such stupid things.

Would it be better to follow the son of a Duke's mansion than to be the emperor?

That is to say, even if he finally revealed his identity, this Ge Cheng should be sensible, pretending not to know that he was cheated.

This man, when it's time to pretend, he has to pretend.

Taichang pretended to frown and pondered for a while, and then his face was full of doubts: "You should also know that Sun Long's backer is Wei Zhongxian, the admiral of the East Factory. Eunuch Wei secretly retaliated wildly, if one is not good, his life may be lost, and you know that the Dongchang gang is not easy to mess with!"

Now the expressions of the people in the hall are wonderful.

Wu Yangsheng was deeply convinced and nodded repeatedly.

Dongchang is not easy to mess with, he is really afraid that the eldest brother's son-in-law will ignore Dongchang and provoke Dongchang, if that is the case, there may not be any trouble in Cheng Guogong's mansion, something will definitely happen to their Wu family!

Zhang Zhiji, Xu Yunzhen and others had strange expressions on their faces.

What does the emperor mean by this?
It's not a matter of one word for you old man to clean up Sun Long, even if you clean up Wei Zhongxian, it won't take much effort!
Only Bi Maoliang looked at Ge Cheng and nodded secretly.

It seems that the emperor has taken a fancy to this rare master in the world.

(End of this chapter)