Daming talker

Chapter 214
On the dilapidated boat circling in the middle of the river, the Zhang brothers were still wondering, was being taken away the "enemy of ten thousand people"?
Although they, as Lin Tailai's neighbors, can fully guess that this play was staged, but what's the point of acting in it?
Zhang Wu asked his eldest brother: "The restaurant is gone, what should you and I do now?"

Zhang Wen thought for a while and said: "The broken boat should be left here for others to see, it can increase the topicality of the talk in the hall.

And you and I are useless people, just dive into the water and swim away! "

No one on the shore paid attention to the Zhang family brothers. Hundreds of people looked at Fengqiao in unison. Their commander-in-chief was on the bridge.

Xi Siquan Da Chaofeng was a little at a loss, why did the plot not follow his own script at all?

Obviously, the most detailed settings have been made, but it turned out that all the busy work was wasted, and today's deployment was all wasted.

Xi Siquan admired this feeling, as if he had changed from a director who should control the audience to an insignificant spectator, and the psychological gap was really huge.

Also, you, Lin Tailai, are so skillful at imitating various role switches, you transform three times in just a few words, it's acting at first sight!
You can fool ordinary people, but you can't fool a shrewd person like him!
What Xi Siquan couldn't understand was, what was Lin Tailai's purpose in doing this?
Even if the business gang is discredited, then what?What can I do?
After much deliberation, I can only think for the time being that Lin Tailai's purpose is to get out and break the siege.

But if Lin Tailai can run away, monks can't run away from the temple, and it is impossible not to return to Suzhou City forever.

In fact, everyone from the county government to the government government to the governor's office knew about Lin Tai's trip back and forth to Suzhou.

And they are also very concerned, after all, this is the number one thorn in the hands of local figures in Suzhou City, and the natural enemy of most foreign officials.

Even compared with Lin Tailai, the chief assistant's son seemed gentle, courteous and frugal.

Not to mention that Governor Wei secretly dispatched officers and soldiers this time to assist the Dongting merchant gang forces to clean up Lin Tailai.

Therefore, Xinke Wujie Yuan Lin Tailai was blocked by villagers in Fengqiao, and then was taken away by Nanjing people. The government offices received the news at the first time, and then they all didn't know why.

Some people have also noticed that the development of the matter is obviously aimed at provoking regional conflicts, but is this useful?

In reality, no matter how loud the verbal quarrel is, how many people are willing to actually fight for regional conflicts?

Precisely because they couldn't understand it, the bureaucrats of the various government offices chose to wait and see what happened.

Deng Zhixian of Wu County didn't wait long. The next morning, after all the officials lined up to participate in the Yamen, suddenly the sound of drums outside the gate was sounded.

If there are no major events or urgent cases such as human life and robbers, generally no one will come to beat the drum.

Immediately, he saw an old man in his seventies and eighties walking tremblingly into the courtroom with a large pile of documents in his arms.

When local officials encounter this kind of old people who have not lived for a few years, they generally don't let them kneel down to show their virtues.

Then the old man reported: "The people in Dutu along the Xujiang River and Taihu Lake heard that Lin Jieyuan was betrayed by Dongting merchants and captured by Nanjing Wu Family, all of them are outraged!

There are nine capitals, including No. 13, No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-], and Wanmin jointly wrote to the county honor! "

Dengzhi County: "."

If he remembered correctly, the nine capitals located on both sides of the Xujiang River and the Taihu Lake were all jurisdictions of various halls of Lin Tailai's forces.

Lin Tailai was only taken away yesterday, and today he was able to compile the Wanmin Book, so it's not a surprise that he planned it in advance!

The old man presented the large stack of documents in his arms and put them on the public case.

Deng Zhixian flipped through it casually, and there were all names and red fingerprints on the back. This is the joint name of Wanmin!

It doesn't matter whether there are 1 or not, Dengzhi County doesn't bother to count them.

He only needs to read the text on the first page carefully to see what the public opinion is.

Then I saw a key sentence in the text: "Stop paying Nanjing grain this year."

For local officials in the south of the Yangtze River, money and grain are the most important tasks, not one of them, especially when it is time to collect autumn grain.

So at this time, Dengzhi County is the most despised issue of lack of money and food, which is directly related to his official status.

Immediately, he slapped the case angrily, and shouted at the old man: "What are you rascals trying to do!"

Deng Zhixian finally understood why the unruly people sent this dying old man to send Wanmin's book, and it was because his county lord couldn't beat him casually.

The old man trembled, as if he would fall if touched, and replied: "Although we small people are humble, we also know the word loyalty.

Nanjing has no way, the business gang is shameless, Lin Jieyuan is innocent, and the people of our Jiudu are filled with righteous indignation, and we can only use this to express the anger of the people! "

Deng Zhixian is not a mediocre person who is easy to fool, and immediately said sharply: "In my opinion, you gangsters are just trying to find a reason to evade taxes!"

The money and food are collected and dispatched in a unified manner. How does anyone know which grain will be sent to the capital and which grain will be sent to Nanjing?
Therefore, the meaning of "stop paying Nanjing grain" actually refers to stopping paying this quota!
In Jiangnan, especially in Susong, taxes are too high compared to other places, and it is actually difficult to collect all the quotas.

Otherwise, the officialdom will not acquiesce, as long as [-]% can be collected, it will be considered qualified.

In this context where the number can fluctuate, the locals will always fight the government to fight wits and courage in order to pay less money and food.

The final amount of collection depends on the result of the game. If the government is strong, it will charge more, and if the government is weak, it will charge less. This is simply the eternal theme of the Jiangnan area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

In Deng Zhixian's view, the public opinion in the Wanmin Book is pure nonsense, that is, the unscrupulous people band together to persecute the government in order to find an excuse to pay less money and food.

Nanjing City of the Ming Dynasty was a consumer city. The military households of the Nanjing Guards need to import about one million shi of grain every year, and most of them rely on the nearby south of the Yangtze River.

Take Wu County as an example, if you don’t count the true colors, the general quota of taxes and grains is generally around 30 shi, and about [-] shi were transported to Nanjing, which is one-sixth of the total!

Therefore, the real public opinion of these unscrupulous people "stop paying Nanjing grain" is that, on the basis of [-]% of the qualified, then discount and subtract one-sixth, and finally only pay more than [-]% of the quota!
The more you think about it, the magistrate of Deng County becomes more and more angry. If you scumbags say that you are "outraged by Lin Tailai's arrest", I am afraid that your words are full of loyalty and your heart is full of money!

But I have to admit that this matter is very tricky, because it is not just a few unruly people who are whimsical and talking nonsense.

There is the organizational power formed by the associations, spiritual leaders like Lin Tailai provide reasons, and there is real public support like tax evasion!
The scale is still very large. The people of Jiudu account for almost one-third of the county's population. It is not easy to suppress.

The news that people from the nine capitals of Wu County wrote tens of thousands of people's books spread throughout Suzhou City in one day, and the whole city was shocked!
Moreover, this news quickly spread to other counties in Suzhou Prefecture, and many people, especially those capable people in those places, felt their eyes light up and they were ready to move.

Who wouldn't know how to talk about loyalty?
Although the first Wu Jieyuan in Suzhou history was from Wu County, he even belonged to the entire Suzhou Prefecture!
All Suzhou people tonight!Our own people must support our own people, and we can't just watch Nanjing people bully our fellow villagers like this!
　Do you still have a monthly pass?Have you run out of ammunition and food?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)