There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 10 The morning meeting of the county government
  After midnight the next morning, Magistrate Zhang notified the county government officials and the heads of the three shifts of government officials to gather in the lobby and hold a morning meeting to discuss the collection and suppression of taxes.

Lin Feng quietly notified Su Shunian, the householder, and asked him to prepare the tax account book and land register, waiting for the county magistrate to check at any time.

Ding Yingqi and Zhao Guangqing probably drank too much flower wine last night. The county government official, equivalent to the director of the county government office, was still sound asleep when they went to inform them.

When he learned that the county magistrate was going to convene to study the collection and suppression of wages, he was not surprised. He thought that Lin Feng would give up the job because he couldn't do it.

When the two people walked into the lobby of the county government with sleepy eyes, they still smelled strongly of alcohol. Anyone could tell that they had gone drinking together last night and drank a lot.

Magistrate Zhang couldn't help but frown, which strengthened his determination to get rid of Zhao Guangqing first.

Ding Yingqi walked into the lobby and was very unhappy when he saw Lin Feng sitting in the left-hand seat below the magistrate where he usually sat. However, seeing the unkind look on Magistrate Zhang's face, he refrained from saying anything and could only sit down on the right side of the hall. .

"We are summoned here today to discuss tax collection matters. The household has always been responsible for this matter. Is Mr. Zhao here?" Magistrate Zhang spoke first.

"The villain is here, please give me the county magistrate's orders." Although Zhao Guangqing had the backing of Dian Shi, he did not dare to make a mistake in front of the county magistrate.

"The amount of taxes you have collected in recent years has been consistent. Is there any problem?" Magistrate Zhang asked.

"Go back to the county, I will guarantee it with my life, there will be no problem." Zhao Guangqing patted his chest and said. I thought to myself, how can you, an old nerd like you, not know much about practical matters and too lazy to take care of things, know about accounts?

"Really? Come, tell the household clerk to submit the account books." Magistrate Zhang gave the order.

Soon, Su Shunian, the household manager who received the notice from the official, walked in quickly and presented the tax account books and land records for recent years.

Lin Feng stood up at this time, picked up the account book, flipped through it and said: "Sir Zhao, in the eight years of Chongzhen, the total number of household tax registrations was 24,000 taels, but only 18,000 taels were reported, and the annual tax collection was not completed. Subject. Where did the difference of six thousand taels go?"

When Zhao Guangqing heard this, the sweat on his face instantly dropped. "This, this, tax collection and expenses are spent."

"You made a false list of several expenses, and even the signature for the application was signed by the same person. Do you really think that others are fools? You don't even know how to make false accounts.

In what county does it cost two to three thousand taels to collect a tax? Did you hire hundreds or thousands of people to collect taxes? We need to buy so many pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Will the household use them all in ten years?

Even if your expenditure is true, the court has clearly stipulated that tax collection expenditure shall not exceed 6000% of the tax fee. You paid taels in taxes, but spent taels. What is the special situation with such a large overspend? Have you asked the county magistrate for instructions? "Lin Feng fired a series of refutations like a machine gun.

"This, this..." Zhao Guangqing had no preparation in advance, so he couldn't answer it. It couldn't be said that they divided it privately and spent it drinking wine.

Otherwise, with his salary of less than 20 taels a year, how could he afford the flowers and wine from Caiyun Pavilion? But the little girl last night was pretty good.

Damn, what are you thinking about? This is still being interrogated. Zhao Guangqing was startled and came to his senses again. But there was nothing I could do at this time, I could only look at Ding Dianshi helplessly.

Ding Yingqi finally realized that today's morning meeting was for him. But now he couldn't think of any tricks for a while, so he could only hope that Zhao Guangqing could withstand it.

"Also, in the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, the tax has been added up to more than 10,000 taels several times. The next time the total is calculated, it will be one or two thousand taels less out of thin air. Don't you even want to list the expenses? This is bullying the trust of the county magistrate. Don't you look at the account books?" Lin Feng continued to stab him.

"This, this..." Zhao Guangqing was in a hurry and had not yet fully sobered up from the wine, so he could not answer.

"You evil officials, in vain of my trust in you, dare to bully me like this. Come here, take Zhao Guangqing down for me, put him in jail for interrogation, and send someone to his house to search for evidence of corruption. Please ask Lin County for this matter The Prime Minister is solely responsible."

County magistrate Zhang is so angry. He usually fully delegates power to them, but he turns out to be so corrupt and greedy. The key is that he, the top leader of the county government, doesn't deserve to be treated as a fool, right? What is unbearable!
  "Master Ding, please save me!" Zhao Guangqing said desperately.

"Your Highness, there must be something hidden in this. Don't be impulsive. Let your subordinates investigate." Ding Yingqi could only step forward and say.

"Is it possible that Ding Dianshi still wants to protect this person? Or are you also involved?" Magistrate Zhang was really angry and said unceremoniously.

"I don't dare!" Ding Yingqi could only retreat.

"Where is the catcher? Put this man in jail immediately, and hand the account books to Lin County Cheng for sealing first. Also, this matter is all discovered by Lin County Cheng carefully checking the accounts. He will record his merits first, and then reward him after the matter is found out.

In order to cooperate with the follow-up payment collection work, the county government's Zhuang class has been put in charge of Lin County Cheng. You must obey the order. " Magistrate Zhang took advantage of the situation and ordered to cut through the mess quickly.

"Yes!" Sun Jiewu, the leader of the strong class, came out to take the order.

After the main instructions were given, Magistrate Zhang slapped his ass and left. Of course, Lin Feng had to do the work.

Ding Yingqi had sobered up at this time, but he was still a little dazed. Suddenly, the situation suddenly changed drastically, and he was furious. He didn't bother to say hello to Lin Feng, and hurried out. It seemed that he was going back to discuss countermeasures.

As soon as Ding Yingqi left, the leaders of the county government's arrest squad and soap squad escorted Zhao Guangqing down, and the other five-room clerks also dispersed. Only Su Shunnian and the leader of the Zhuang squad, Sun Jiewu, were left in the room. "In the coming year, take the account books to our county magistrate's office and put them away." Lin Feng first ordered.

"Yes!" Su Shunnian saw that Lin Feng had neatly taken down Secretary Zhao Guangqing as soon as he arrived. His confidence immediately increased and he went to move the account books happily.

"Team leader Sun, take ten government officials and search my house." Lin Feng then said to Sun Jiewu.

"Yes!" Sun Jiewu responded.

"Boss Sun, please understand the situation clearly and don't make mistakes. If the news is leaked, I will ask you. If you do a good job, you will be rewarded with silver." Lin Feng watched Sun Jiewu go out, and then Come on, let’s put the stick and carrot first.

"The villain understands that he will never mislead the adults." Sun Jiewu was not stupid. When he saw the county magistrate and the county magistrate joining forces, he naturally knew which thigh to embrace. Besides, the strong squad usually stood guard a lot, and all the benefits went to the arresting squad who was responsible for arresting and detaining prisoners, so they didn't have to work for Ding Dianshi.

Lin Feng returned to the county magistrate's office and saw that Su Shunnian had brought the account books over, so he told him to go back to the household to take a look at it and continue working to see if he could divide the remaining scribes.

When Su Shunnian went out, Lin Feng pretended to put the account books in the cabinet, but actually put them in the passenger plane. He still couldn't trust the people in the county government.

Then, Lin Feng asked Fang Tiezhu to bring a waist knife and go with him to ransack the house. In the dangerous operation of confiscating a house, one must bring a bodyguard with a high force value. At least the gang of government officials in Zhuangban must be frightened, lest they have the evil intention of killing people and stealing goods.

Sun Jiewu brought the people here very quickly. They arrived as soon as Lin Feng left the house, and the group quickly ran to Zhao Guangqing's house.

On weekdays, for the convenience of going to the government office, the Zhao family is right next to the county government office, and it takes about ten minutes to get there.

At this time, Zhao Guangqing's house was in a state of chaos. Some of the family members were rummaging for things, and some were packing their luggage. It seemed that they had just received the news and were sorting out their money and preparing to escape.

Sun Jiewu became anxious when he saw it, and said quickly: "Sir, it's really not us who leaked the news."

"Okay, I believe you won't be so stupid. It's useless to leak the news in such a short time. Get everyone in the Zhao family and let's go in and take a look." Lin Feng ordered.

The strong squad of detectives immediately spread out to arrest people and count items.

Lin Feng took Fang Tiezhu and walked in first, looking for Zhao Guangqing's bedroom first. According to general rules, ordinary people would put their most valuable things closest to themselves.

The Zhao family is not big either, so they quickly found the master bedroom. Lin Feng asked Fang Tiezhu to guard the door and went in to check.

There was a cabinet in the room. The door of the cabinet had been opened, and a lot of gold and silver were scattered around. It seemed that it had been hurriedly pulled down just before packing up and escaping.

Lin Feng didn't care about this. He believed that corrupt officials had no sense of security and would hide their most valuable things in hidden places. He picked up a small wooden stick and knocked it around.

It was soon discovered that the ground under the bed was empty, and there were obvious signs that it had been opened frequently. He touched a handle and pulled it, and a floor covered with bricks was pulled open. Good guy, there is a cellar full of silver packed into several boxes, at least more than two thousand taels.

Lin Feng saw that there was no one in the room, and with a thought in mind, he took about half of the silver and an iron box and placed it in the passenger plane space. Then asked Fang Tiezhu to call Bantou Sun over.

When Sun Jiewu came in and saw so much money in the cellar, there were thousands of taels of silver in the cellar, and he couldn't help but cursed that Zhao Guangqing deserved it. As a class leader, he only has a salary of more than ten taels a year. How can he not be angry that Zhao Guangqing has embezzled his salary for a hundred years?

Then he saw that Lin Feng's hands were empty, and Xia Tian's thin clothes didn't look like they could hide money. He couldn't help but cupped his hands and said: "Master Lin is unmoved and doesn't take any of the stolen money. I admire you!"

I just wonder if he would be so angry that he would vomit blood if he knew that Lin Feng had just taken away half of the Zhao family's hidden silver.

"Brothers, you have worked hard to ransack the house. Each of you will be given five taels of silver later." Lin Feng picked up a piece of silver, weighed it and said, to make his subordinates obedient, in addition to the necessary beatings, it is of course also essential to give some benefits.

Five taels of silver was already more than three months' salary for the government servants. When Sun Jiewu heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Then I will thank you on behalf of the brothers in the strong class."

Zhao Guangqing was a low-ranking official, and it was impossible for his family to have a building with several entrances and exits, so the inspection was completed quickly.

A total of more than 1,100 taels of silver were found, as well as some jewelry and jade. There were also some swords and bows and arrows issued by the imperial court hidden in the house, which must have been obtained from the barracks.

After counting the things, Sun Jiewu gave each of the ten yamen servants 5 taels of silver and said it was Mr. Lin's grace. The government officials thanked him repeatedly and burst into long-awaited cheers.

After the matter was done, Lin Feng immediately ordered the team to go back. He had to report to the county magistrate as soon as possible to avoid a long night and many dreams.

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