Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 369 The First Counterattack

Seeing that all the heads of the fourteen families agreed, Jia Huan smiled and said: "You are truly a role model for the gentry. I will have to rely on you in the future."

"However, I hope that after you return, you can allocate the land of Cao, Song, and Bai as soon as possible, report the number of acres of your fields as soon as possible, and pay taxes as soon as possible."

"And after you have handed over the taxes, I will personally escort the taxes to the capital and personally plead for you in front of the current Holy Emperor."

"If possible, I can even bring back a holy calligraphy treasure for each of your families."

Hearing this, the heads of the fourteen families all felt excited.

What Magistrate Jia mentioned was so tempting that they couldn't help but feel excited.

If they can really get the calligraphy treasure given by His Majesty, it will be like a death-free gold medal for their family!

As long as they don't commit suicide themselves, and don't dare to say anything more, at least protecting their family for decades will not be a problem.

This calligraphy treasure is worth thousands of gold!

At this time, the head of the Liu family suddenly said in embarrassment: "Your Excellency, the county magistrate, the humble house is temporarily short of money. Even if it is borrowed, it will take some time."

"Once I pay the 10 taels of silver in cooperation, my family is already stretched thin. I wonder if the tax can be extended for a while?"

"Don't worry, Sir, my Liu family will pay taxes in full even if they sell iron and steel. It's just that it will take a few days to raise cash."

Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Master Liu, don't change the priorities. After you return, pay the tax as soon as possible."

"As for the 10 taels of silver to invest in the horse-drawn carriage workshop, there is no rush, as long as it is handed over before the year."

Hearing this, Master Liu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness."

The discussion has been decided, and the heads of the fourteen families have resigned.

After they left the county government office, they did not leave immediately, but went to Qingfeng Tower together.

Of course, this time, they weren't plotting how to fight the new law.

Instead, they were discussing how the fourteen families could take over the land of those three families.

Because Magistrate Jia was so urgent, they did not wait to figure out how to buy the land and how to distribute it.

They directly divided up all the land of the three families based on their strength and the land bordering the three families.

Next, the heads of the fourteen families went home to raise money.

In the afternoon of that day, the head of the Wang family took cash and went straight to the county government office to pay taxes.

The Wang family has a total of 3 eight acres of land and must pay 270 five taels of silver.

Jia Huan called Lu Liu and ordered Lu Liu to count the money and then send it to the warehouse.

When the other thirteen families heard that the Wang family had sent taxes to the county government that day, they couldn't help but curse the Wang family behind their backs.

Next, the other thirteen companies also accelerated their fundraising.

By the second day, each family had paid all the taxes that their family needed to pay.

In total, fourteen families occupied 23 acres of farmland.

This number is much higher than what Jia Yun heard before.

Of course, the error is still very small, which shows Jia Huan's ability.

A total of 200 taels of silver were collected.

A mere county can collect more than 4 taels of tax silver!
Daxia has more than 400 counties. Of course, Ping'an County is the largest county.

But on average, even a county only charges 1 taels of silver.

Then the whole of Daxia can collect more than 400 million taels of tax silver.

And this is just the agricultural tax spread across the land.This does not include taxes on salt, iron, tea, commerce, etc.

Adding it all up, I'm afraid there will always be thirty to forty million taels of tax silver.

If so much tax money can be collected in a year, how can the court be afraid of running out of money?

Jia Huan suddenly smiled and felt that he had thought too far.

This time, all taxes from all gentry families in Ping'an County were collected.

There are still more than 7 acres of farmland for ordinary people. If all is collected, about 4000 taels of silver can be received.

However, Jia Huan is not planning to collect taxes from the people this year.

The people have already paid taxes once in the spring, and the taxes levied this time are heavier than in the spring.

If we continue to levy taxes from the people, their lives will become even more difficult.

Therefore, Jia Huan simply decided to give up collecting taxes from the people and wait until next autumn to collect taxes.

At that moment, Jia Huan called Lu Liu and ordered him to announce the news to all towns and villages.

Hearing this, Lu Liu hurriedly bowed deeply to Jia Huan and said: "Your Excellency cares about the people, and I ask you to respect me. Please accept my respect."

Jia Huan laughed and helped Lu Liu up and said, "Lu Dianshi, I am the parent officer of Ping'an County. This is what I should do."

Lu Liu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Your Excellency is truly a role model for our generation. Don't worry, Your Majesty. Your subordinates will definitely inform you of your orders as quickly as possible."

Lu Liu ordered his men to quickly announce the news.

This news caused all the people in Ping'an County to cheer and cheer, and many people even cried with joy.

The new county magistrate has really served as an official for a long time and brought benefit to the whole country. He is truly the Qingtian Master of Ping'an County!

Many people walked out of their homes and kowtowed in the direction of the county government.

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Let's say that a report from Jia Huan directly caused an uproar in the court.

The county magistrate, who won six yuan in a row, looked gentle and handsome, but he didn't expect that he was so murderous.

He had only been in Ping'an County for a few days, and he ransacked the homes of three families.

And directly killed all the direct descendants of the county magistrate and the chief registrar's family.

This kind of thing has never happened since the founding of Daxia.

The so-called county magistrate confiscates the family and destroys the governor.

However, even if other county magistrates raided the houses, they would never cause such a sensation. Moreover, when they raided the houses, they usually just raided the houses of some merchants. They almost never touched the houses of the gentry.

Not to mention, if you make a move, you will disturb the three families.

Moreover, Jia Huan, the county magistrate, directly killed the county captain and chief registrar.

Who gave him the right?
What?You said that the county captain and the chief registrar were assassinated by assassins, not Jia Huan?

Who cares?
What's more, even if he wasn't killed, it wouldn't be possible to arrest him and put him on trial. How could you, a mere county magistrate, get such power?

If county magistrates all over the world follow suit, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
Therefore, what Jia Huan did triggered an impeachment in the court.

There are so many memorials to impeach Jia Huan.

At first, Emperor Chongkang remained silent. However, as things got worse and worse, even Emperor Chongkang could not suppress it any longer.

Emperor Chongkang and other reformists all understood that the conservatives' first counterattack was coming.

(End of this chapter)