Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 173
After getting rid of Lan Xian'er's master, Zhu Qi and Lan Xian'er will not have any obstacles to being together.

Lan Xian'er had already fallen in love with Zhu Qi, so naturally she would not object to the marriage.

But for things like marriage, I still have to go back and ask Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions. After all, I am His Royal Highness Liao Wang, so I can't make my own opinions.

However, there are still some things to deal with before going back. The first is the establishment of tariffs. We must wait for it to run smoothly, then find a local person in charge, and then go back after confirming various rules and regulations.

In addition to this, the tariff accounts must be sent to Ying Tianfu every three months.

This is also to maximize tax oversight.

Tax collection should never be too troublesome, after all, it is related to the problem of filling the national treasury, without money, it is really impossible to do anything.

However, Zhu Qi also grasped the general direction of these things, and the specific operations were all done by his subordinates.

Zhu Qi had nothing to do these two days, so he still took Lan Xian'er and Bai Tang Yu'er out for a tour.

But he didn't know what was going on, Zhu Qi seemed unable to stop, and after only two days of leisure, another piece of information came from Jin Yiwei.

Daotong, the county magistrate of Panyu County, was beaten and scolded in public by Zhu Liangzu, who was guarded by Guangdong and Guangxi, and was seriously injured.

When Zhu Qi heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered who the county magistrate Daotong of Panyu County was.

This Panyu County is also the modern Guangdong, but in the Ming Dynasty, Panyu County was already a relatively developed area of ​​commerce and trade.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Guangdong's economic strength was no less than that of the Jiangnan region.

Because of this, the commercial and economic activities in Panyu County are quite frequent, and there are many wealthy merchants here.

As for things like capital, in the feudal era, rights must be maintained, and those in power will take the initiative to approach those rich merchants for their own benefit.

This is especially true in feudal dynasties, and Panyu County is no exception.

In Panyu County, there are many rich and powerful households who oppress the people and seize good land. It can be said that they do all kinds of evil.

And this Taoist is also a clean and honest official, not afraid of violence, and often arrests those local ruffians and wealthy gentry who do all kinds of evil.

It has a very good reputation in Panyu County, and Daotong’s temples can still be seen in Guangzhou. I believe people in Guangzhou must be very aware of it.

But this time, Daotong caught a rich hooligan, and this person's identity and background were indeed quite strong.

This wealthy hooligan is the brother-in-law of Zhu Liangzu, the defender of Guangdong and Guangxi.

As soon as Zhu Liangzu heard that his brother-in-law was arrested by Daotong, he disliked Daotong very much, so he went to Panyu County immediately to let Daotong release him.

How could Daotong listen to Zhu Liangzu's words?
At that time, he didn't agree, and Zhu Liangzu was also very violent, and Daotong was beaten up when he was arrested.

This Zhu Liangzu is the general of the army, and Daotong is the civil servant of the bureaucracy.

This general beat the imperial court official, is that okay?

It stands to reason that if this matter is reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Liangzu will definitely be punished.

The key problem is that Zhu Liangzu's ability is too high, and he actually suppressed this matter. Even the prefect of Guangdong did not dare to raise this matter.

And no one in Guangdong official circles spoke for Daotong, and the reason was because Daotong was a Mongol.

The Ming Dynasty was established by succeeding the Yuan Dynasty. In the bureaucratic system, there are also many officials from the former Yuan Dynasty.

For example, Zhu Liangzu and Daotong used to be officials of the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Liangzu revolted as a citizen to help the volunteer army of the Yuan Dynasty, but was later incorporated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Daotong is a serious professional background, not only that, but also a Mongolian.

However, although Daotong is Mongolian, he has been sinicized.

What I learn is Confucian principles, and what I agree with is the righteousness of China, for the sake of the common people in the world.

This Zhu Liangzu Daotong also caused quite a stir in the local area. When the bullies saw that the county magistrate who scared them was beaten by Zhu Liangzu on weekdays, they couldn't do anything about it.

Everyone was very happy. I heard that even the county magistrate's office in Panyu County was made a fuss by these bullies.

And with Zhu Liangzu's support, the county magistrate's officials couldn't do anything to them.

Even Daotong, the magistrate of Panyu County, is still lying in bed, unable to move!
Zhu Qi recalled this period of history. If there is no deviation in the memory and the history has not changed, then Zhu Liangzu should write a letter to the villain in Yingtian Mansion to complain first.

It is nothing more than to say that the Taoists, who are Mongolians, colluded with Beiyuan and communicated secretly.

Based on Zhu Yuanzhang's trust in Zhu Liangzu, most of them would believe this report letter, and in history it was indeed Zhu Yuanzhang who bestowed the death of Daotong.

However, history belongs to history, and now it is different.

Now that Zhu Qi knows about this, it is impossible for the tragedy of history to repeat itself. Daotong is a good official, and it will definitely be useful in the future if he stays.

As for Zhu Liangzu, there was no criminal evidence to catch his fox tail, but now that he arrived in Guangdong, he really showed his minions.

Helping a bully beat a civil official is such a big crime, then he must not be let go.

Let's go to the local area to collect criminal evidence, maybe there will be evidence of Zhu Liangzu's domineering or protecting others, maybe.

Moreover, Zhu Liangzu was Lan Xian'er's enemy, no matter whether it was public or private, he had every reason to take Zhu Liangzu down.

Zhu Qi thought for a while, and immediately decided to get up and go to Panyu County for a private visit.

Ever since, Zhu Qi took a part of Jinyiwei into a merchant convoy and set off for Guangdong.

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Nanning Prefecture is not very far from Panyu County, and Zhu Qi's convoy arrived in Panyu County just over a day after leaving.

They came here on private visits, so naturally they would not inform the government office of their itinerary, and the Panyu County government office did not know that Liao King Zhu Qi had arrived in the territory.

Zhu Qi is already quite familiar with things like private visits on microservices. When he arrived in Panyu County, the first thing he did was find a teahouse to sit down and listen to what the common people had to say?

As soon as Zhu Qi and his men sat down in the teahouse, the waiter who brought tea and water hurried over, wiped the table and benches with a towel on his shoulder, and then said to Zhu Qi with a smile on his face:

"This young master doesn't look like a local. May I recommend our Guangdong herbal tea to you?"

Zhu Qi nodded, and then said:
"Okay, then you can have a few cups of herbal tea!"

The waiter in the store responded, and then went to the backstage to prepare.

It didn't take long before a large plate of herbal tea was brought over. Besides Zhu Qi and Bai Tang Yu'er and Lan Xian'er who were sitting on the table, Gao Jin behind him and the other guards also had tea.

After the waiter in the shop delivered the tea, Zhu Qi stopped him, and then asked:
"Xiao Er, wait a moment, we just came here to do business, and I want to ask your officials about something, is it easy to get along with?"

After Zhu Qi finished asking, the waiter in the shop immediately said energetically:
"That depends on what kind of business you are in? If it's a legal business, then it must be easy to get along with. We have nothing to say about the county magistrate Dao Tongren.

But if you do other business, then maybe.Our county magistrate is the kind of person who cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes. "

Zhu Qi nodded. It seems that the people here have a good opinion of the magistrate of Panyu County. Then he asked:
"Listen to you, the magistrate of Panyu County seems to be quite powerful, but I heard that your county magistrate was beaten in the next village. Is it true or not? Does anyone dare to beat the court order? ?”

The waiter in the store was startled when he heard this, then he looked around and said in a low voice:
"Isn't that right? The entire county is talking about it. A good official like the county magistrate Daotong caught bullies for us, but he was beaten by the guard Zhu Liangzu.

You said Zhu Liangzu, you can't hate him, my brother-in-law is a bully who bullies good people everywhere, let him go, our county magistrate came to control him, and even beat him, alas, really. "

The waiter in the store said this, and seemed worried that Zhu Qi would continue to ask questions, so he didn't dare to stay any longer. He patted the towel on his shoulder, and then said that he was busy elsewhere.

It seems that there is not much difference from the situation investigated by Jin Yiwei.

To be honest, if Zhu Qi hadn't mobilized most of Jinyiwei's elites to Guangxi, Zhu Liangzu from Guangdong would beat up Daotong, the county magistrate of Panyu County. We know it.

After all, for Jin Yiwei, it is impossible to disperse their personnel to every state and county. More is to investigate the corruption and crimes of those officials, or to investigate the military situation, eradicate enemy intelligence personnel, and so on.

But this matter happened to happen to him, so it can only be said that Zhu Liangzu was out of luck, and the next step was to send Jin Yiwei to go to various places in Panyu County to collect evidence, mainly the testimony of ordinary people.

I must first go to see how the situation in Daotong, the county magistrate of Panyu County, is going.

After Zhu Qi finished drinking tea in the teahouse and put down the money, he left the teahouse with a group of people, and then walked towards the government office.

But just as he walked to the office of the government office, he saw a few people standing at the door.

And these few people didn't wear official clothes, but instead wore silk and satin all over their bodies.

However, although the clothes are made of good materials, they are not particularly exquisite, and they are just a piece of good cloth to make a suit of clothes.

When these people saw it, they knew that it was a servant of a wealthy family.

Seeing Zhu Qi approaching, those servants embraced him immediately, then raised their hands to Zhu Qi and asked:
"Where do you guys come from? I don't know if our county magistrate's office is not allowed to come here?"

Gao Jin immediately stood up and stood in front of Zhu Qi, then asked with a frown:
"This yamen is the yamen of the imperial court. People can come here if they have something to do. Why are you blocking this door and saying that the yamen is not allowed to come?"

When the servants heard this, they immediately laughed, and then pointed at Gao Jin and scolded mockingly:
"You bastard, don't you know who we are? You don't know anything. If you come to our Panyu County to hang out, I really don't want to kill you."

Gao Jin raised his hand and cursed at the man:

"Dare to seal the gate of the yamen privately, you are the ones who don't want to live, and you should be executed for your crime!"

Maybe it's because Gao Jin is tall and powerful, and the first thing he said was the law of Ming Dynasty, which made these servants hesitate for a while, but someone still had the courage to say:

"Stop talking so much nonsense. You don't look like locals. I'm in a good mood today. Get out of here."

Gao Jin still wanted to speak, but Zhu Qi raised his hand to stop Gao Jin, then smiled and said to the servants in front of him:

"That's right, we are indeed foreigners, we came from other places to do business, and we have a batch of goods in our hands.

And according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, you have to pay thirty one tax for doing business in the local area. We came to this Yamen to pay the tax.

If everyone is willing to make it easier, why don't we go in and pay the tax? "

When the servants and servants heard that Zhu Qi was here to pay taxes, they laughed immediately, and one of them took the lead and said:
"It turns out that you are here to pay taxes, so you don't have to go in, just give me the money and you're done."

Zhu Qi smiled and said with his hands behind his back:
"It seems that you don't look like people from the government's yamen, can this tax be collected?"

A servant pointed to himself with a thumbs up and said:

"What is the status of our master, but Zhu Liangzu's brother-in-law who defended Guangdong and Guangxi, let alone collecting taxes in this small Panyu County, even the life of Daotong, the county magistrate of Panyu County, is what we can collect if we want!
Don't talk nonsense, just hand over the tax money to us. In Panyu County, you can do whatever you want to do business, and our master will protect you. "

Zhu Qi smiled and continued:

"I'm afraid you won't be able to cover it!"

When the servant heard Zhu Qi say this, he immediately became furious, clenched his fists and wanted to fight.

Gao Jin had already grasped the hilt of the knife hidden behind him, but Zhu Qi first pressed his wrist, then gestured to the person behind him, and said:

"Give them the tax money."

The few people behind were stunned, they don't know how much it is before tax, and Zhu Qi added:
"Give as much as you have."

Those Jin Yiwei didn't know what His Highness Liao Wang had in mind, as for them servants of Xiaosan Xiaomao, Jin Yiwei randomly came and cleaned them up.

However, His Royal Highness King Liao didn't seem to intend to embarrass them. Not only did he not embarrass them, he even planned to pay them taxes.

His Royal Highness King Liao has always been wise and powerful, and he has his own reasons for everything he does, so these Jin Yiwei didn't ask any more questions.

They quickly took out the silver taels from their pockets and added them together, about three to four hundred taels, and handed them to the servants in front of them.

The three 400 taels is a huge sum of money. Even if a wealthy businessman makes a sale, he may not be able to have this amount of tax money.

As soon as the servants and servants saw so much money, they immediately opened their eyes to the money and put it away, and then their attitude towards Zhu Qi improved a lot.

However, after Zhu Qi saw that they had collected the money, he did not leave in a hurry, but said to the servants:
"Guys, according to the old rules, we will give a certificate when we pay taxes at the government office. I don't know if the official can give some certificates."

The servants and servants were taken aback for a while, and after discussing for a while, someone asked:
"What kind of certificate is this? If you are doing business in Panyu County and encounter any trouble, just report our grandfather's name directly, and just say that it is under Li Guo's subordinates in the Li Mansion."

Zhu Qi went on to say:

"Why don't you give me a token, or a note or something, so that we can talk in the future."

These servants and servants also heard the same reasoning. Anyway, the money was collected, and it was appropriate to give a token so that these merchants could do business in Panyu County.

Afterwards, someone took off the badge in his hand, threw it to Zhu Qi, and said:
"This is the badge of our Li family, no one will dare to do anything to you wherever you go with this badge?"

Zhu Qi thought for a while holding the waist card, and then said:
"Why don't you write a document to prove that I have paid the tax, or else I will not be able to speak when someone asks me later."

The servants and servants got angry again when they heard this, why do you have so many things?

But before they had time to start cursing, Zhu Qi followed up and said:
"To be honest, I'm just a striker. Our goods are trivial, and there are more people still in Guangxi, who haven't come over yet.

I just came down from the ancient tea-horse road, and brought a lot of good things, so let's not talk about selling them at a good price here in Panyu County.

The three 400 taels of tax money is just a little splash, and when the people behind come, there will be more money.

I took these certificates and went back to tell them, and I have an explanation, otherwise I paid the tax and only gave me a badge, and those people behind would not dare to come here. "

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, the eyes of those servants and servants began to light up. Three or four hundred taels was just a striker. How much money did the caravan behind bring?

Someone asked:
"Is there really that much stuff behind you?"

Zhu Qi nodded, and then said with certainty:
"Of course there are so many goods. Isn't the three 400 taels of silver also given to you in real money?"

The servants discussed for a while, and then someone said:

"Then wait a minute, I'll write you a note."

The servant servant quickly went back to write the note, and then handed the note to Zhu Qi.

What was written on the note was more like an IOU for arrears, but it did explain that it was Li Guo of the Li Mansion in Panyu County who collected taxes from these merchants so that they could do business in Panyu County.

Good guy, the master of the pit is a fool.

And those servants were also very concerned about how much money they could have in the future. Zhu Qi casually said thousands of taels of silver, but they were overjoyed.

They may not be able to spend more than ten taels of money for half a year, but this directly brings in thousands of taels of silver, whether you are happy or not.

After Zhu Qi took their badges and documents to prove, he was naturally very happy in his heart.

There was once a joke that said that the account of a local tycoon was stolen by someone, and he immediately recharged 100 million into this account, and the person who hacked the account would be sentenced to several years in prison.

It's a bit different from the situation I'm encountering now, but the principle is the same.

In modern times, this is called phishing law enforcement. However, in the Ming Dynasty, there were no other auxiliary investigative methods, such as video and audio recordings, so the only way to obtain evidence was through phishing law enforcement.

Whether it's the waist card, or the documents written by these servants and servants, it's all ironclad evidence!
Dare to collect taxes instead of the government office in the Ming Dynasty, that is really a small head that doesn't want it.

Let alone Li Guo from the Li Mansion in Panyu County, even his brother-in-law Zhu Liangzu might not be able to escape the blame.

With the criminal evidence in hand, Zhu Qi didn't rush in through the main entrance, but left after asking some simple questions.

And the family servants guarding the gate of the government office did not stop them, they obviously just didn't want the common people to come and contact Daotong.

Zhu Qi sneered in his heart, lamenting that these local hooligans are really daring.

Only Zhu Liangzu, the defender of Guangdong and Guangxi, was their backing, so he dared to do this.

If it was replaced by other Liangguang guards, they would directly lead the troops to destroy them.

Zhu Qi didn't say much. After leaving the government office, he quickly went outside to look for other officials.

Although Daotong, the county magistrate of Panyu County, was trapped inside the government office, the officials outside were not trapped inside, but were sent back home instead.

The Jinyiwei have all their information, and it is not very difficult to find them.

There are a total of 32 officials in the yamen of the county magistrate's office in Panyu County. It didn't take long for Zhu Qi to find all 32 officials. If they were all gathered together, Li Guo of the Li Mansion might not really be their opponent. Woolen cloth.

However, Zhu Liangzu, the brother-in-law behind Li Guo, is a regular army with military power in his hands, so these officials have no other choice.

They are just temporary workers hired, and they are really like gods fighting little ghosts.

But when Jin Yiwei came to the door, those officials were all in a daze. How did they know what Jin Yiwei was?

Although Jinyiwei has been established for half a year, it is not well-known in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Many local officials were arrested in the empty seal case before. Although they had heard of it, they didn't know that Jin Yiwei was in charge.

But when they heard the name of His Royal Highness King Liao, they all cheered up.

Although we don't know Jin Yiwei, who doesn't know His Highness King Liao?

The most amazing thing in this world is His Royal Highness Liao Wang. Everyone said that His Royal Highness Liao Wang is the reincarnation of the gods, the gods descended from the earth, but they did not expect to come to our Panyu County.

This must be His Royal Highness Liao Wang, who knew early on that there was a grievance in Panyu County, so he came to help the people of Panyu County, right?
The officials thought this in their hearts, and they didn't dare to be negligent, so they immediately took out their official uniforms, put on their waist knives, and gathered with the Jinyi guards.

And when Zhu Qi gathered these officials, he didn't want them to be human shields or pawns.

The prestige of local officials naturally needs to be re-established by the local government.

Otherwise, if you help to establish it yourself, when you turn around and leave by yourself, those bullies will bully you again, and those who should be demolished will shrink back home again?
This time, I want to set an example and let these officials know that even if they are temporary workers, they still represent our imperial court of Ming Dynasty.

It cannot be said that temporary workers have no responsibilities or obligations.

What kind of thing is it to shrink back home when something happens?
The officials gathered quickly, and Liao King Zhu Qi also appeared in front of them, he didn't say much, just waved at them, and then led them towards the government office.

And the servants guarding the government office were laughing and discussing how to divide the money.

I saw dozens of official messengers rushing outside.

Naturally, the number of officials is higher than the number of people. Although the number of servants and servants is small, they are not in a panic, because standing behind them is Li Guo from the Li Mansion, or simply put, guarding Zhu Liangzu What about the general?

Zhu Qi was also a man who didn't talk too much, he waved at the officials, and then the officials rushed towards the servants.

Those servants and servants saw the people who came over, it turned out to be the previous merchants, and the officials behind them, for some reason, all of them seemed to be courageous, and one of them confronted the officials and Zhu Qi shouted.

"What are you doing? Don't you want to live anymore? We are from the Li Mansion. This place has been sealed off for us. What are you going to do?"

He had just finished shouting when Gao Jin strode up and slapped the man on the face. The man who hit him lost consciousness immediately, and Gao Jin said viciously:
"I don't think it's you guys who don't want to live! You dare to close the government office, and even dare to collect taxes on behalf of the government office, saying that you are really tired of living."

Seeing the scene in front of them, these servants knew that these officials were coming for real, and their legs and feet began to swing uncomfortably.

The officials took all kinds of ropes and quickly tied and handcuffed these servants and servants.

Then he took it to the prison of the government office. I believe that the news will reach Li Guo's ears in a short time.

Then Li Guo would definitely bring someone over to the official office, but before that, Zhu Qi decided to go to see how Daotong was doing.

He passed the house servants who were taken to prison, and then walked towards the yamen.

After walking a few steps, I saw a man in an official robe inside, who was dragged out with the help of two people.

Apparently, those officials had already gone in first, and they knew the news about His Royal Highness King Liao's arrival in Panyu County.

And Dao Tong was obviously beaten badly, he couldn't walk on both legs, so he could only walk out with the help of others.

After seeing Zhu Qi dressed as a businessman, Na Dao didn't know if he was really His Royal Highness Liao Wang at the same time.

However, when the Jinyi guards around him showed their badges and official documents, that Daotong hurriedly knelt down to salute, but Zhu Qi had already helped Daotong up in advance, and then said gently to him:

"Daotong, don't be too polite. You are not badly injured, just stand and talk to me!"

In Daotong's current situation, neither lying down nor sitting up, it seems more comfortable to stand up.

That Daotong was also moved, and said to Zhu Qi with tearful expressions:

"Xiaguandao thank His Royal Highness Liao for his compassion, but I really feel ashamed of His Highness Liao!"

Zhu Qi said with a smile:

"If you feel guilty about being sealed off by someone in the government office, you don't have to, after all, it was Zhu Liangzu, the defender of Guangdong and Guangxi who bullied you.

You have nothing to do, this king is understandable. "

Hearing this, Daotong also sighed heavily, and then said:
"I really can't understand, this Zhu Liangzu has become a guard of Guangdong and Guangxi, why would he give up the king's law for his brother-in-law?"

Zhu Qi did not speak, because such things are not particularly rare.

But now there are many more magical things. It’s not that powerful people are smart people, but people are selfish and like to hurt others maliciously. Zhu Liangzu is obviously not the kind of self-disciplined person .

But it's useless to say these things, Zhu Qi wanted to know more about Zhu Liangzu's criminal evidence, and then chatted with Daotong.

Needless to say about Zhu Liangzu's crimes, Daotong was beaten like this, and the people in Panyu now see it in their eyes and know it. This is already solid evidence.

Needless to say, beating the imperial court officials, and Zhu Liangzu beat the magistrate of Panyu County because of a criminal.

The criminal who oppressed good people and occupied the land was already an unforgivable crime, and he was released by Zhu Liangzu, and he is still ostentatiously walking around outside, getting away with it.

In this situation, apart from the death penalty, there is no other crime to greet Zhu Liangzu.

In short, Zhu Liangzu is dead.

When the two of them were talking here, a Jin Yiwei soon came outside and reported the situation.

Things were exactly as Zhu Qi expected Zhu Qi expected, then Li Guo did not hold his breath, as soon as he heard that his family and servants had been arrested, he immediately brought more people towards the government office up.

Good guy, do you think you don't have enough capital crimes?

Zhu Qi didn't say much anymore, he stood up and was about to punish Li Guo, but the Panyu county magistrate Dao patted the table next to him, and then said:

"This Li Guo has acted recklessly. I will never let him go this time. Your Highness, you have done well here. Your Majesty, I will arrest him and bring him to justice."

After that, he was supported by someone and walked towards the gate of the county government office.

But Zhu Qi saw that the county magistrate Daotong planned to handle the matter himself, so he stopped showing up.

He just led the people behind Daotong and walked outside together.

At this time, at the gate of the county government, the common people had already gathered.

When they saw Li Guo's people surrounding the county government, they were all quite scared, but now they heard that someone had arrested all of Li Guo's servants.

The common people are actually very curious, who has such courage, thank you for provoking Li Guo of Panyu County, the county magistrate Daotong was beaten up by him, and now he is still stuck in the yamen, unable to go anywhere !
Common people, you are curious in your hearts, but you still hope that justice will be done, so you all come here one by one, and it looks lively.

And Li Guo didn't drive those ordinary people away, he just wanted these ordinary people to watch Panyu County from the sidelines, who is the boss?

As the saying goes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Panyu County is located in the extreme south, and Li Guo is bigger than the imperial court!

(End of this chapter)