Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 56

These taxes basically restrict the lives of the people from all aspects. After all, these taxes cannot be paid by all taxes.

As a result, there are many more people who can't cross the bridge, can't walk some roads, can't go to court, can't report to the official, can't get married...

In this case, some taxes have no choice but to pay.

So much so that Qingshui County is full of complaints.

But many people just dare to be angry but dare not speak up.

After all, the government in every place is the sky, and the yamen collects these taxes, how dare you not pay them?How dare you complain?
Are you afraid you want to go to jail?

After understanding the situation clearly, Li Ke was furious.

If this kind of matter is not dealt with, wouldn't the king's law of the Dragon Kingdom become an existence that corrupt officials despised and trampled upon?

However, he didn't do it right away.

Instead, I am planning to go to several other counties to have a look.

Since the people say that the counties under Shun'an Prefecture are all like this, then Li Ke naturally needs to do a thorough investigation.

So, after leaving Qingshui County, Li Ke went to several other counties.

After a few days, I found that these counties are all the same, and all kinds of taxes are rampant.

However, in ancient times, people's information dissemination was very limited, and the common people would basically never leave their county for the rest of their lives.

Maybe the farthest is to go to the next county.

Therefore, in this situation of information occlusion, they were deceived by the local government, but there was nothing they could do.

But such a situation really made Li Ke helpless, and at the same time worried, would there be the same problem of the government being a disaster in other places farther away?

Therefore, after he was going back to the imperial capital, he thought of a way to monitor the government of the whole country and prevent the local government from causing harm.

After having this idea, Li Ke thought of Jin Yiwei.

It seems that it is also necessary for him to set up a department like Jinyiwei, otherwise, it is really impossible to fully take care of the problems by relying on the Ministry of Officials to manage officials from all over the place.

After the undercover investigation in several counties was completed, Li Ke went to Shun'an County, Zhili County, Shun'an Prefecture.

Here is where the government office is located.

The problem of Shun'an Mansion must be with the prefect.

After all, the magistrate governs more than five counties and is the boss of the county government's war order.

Li Ke would not believe that several county towns could talk about taxes so rampantly without the prefect's instruction.

In other words, if the magistrate is in charge, those county magistrates dare to collect taxes indiscriminately?

Arrived at Shun An Mansion.

Li Ke entered Shun'an County, and from the moment he entered the city, he paid the city entry tax.

Li Ke sneered, paid the tax, entered the city, and went directly to the government office.

When he arrived outside the government office, he went straight up and prepared to beat the drums.

At this moment, the yamen servant next to him said, "Do you want to sue?"

"Good!" Li Ke nodded.

"First pay the tax of one hundred cash, and then pay the promotion money of one tael of silver."

Hearing what the yamen servant said, Li Ke asked: "It's all right to pay taxes, and you need to pay extra money for promotion!"

The yamen servant frowned: "Nonsense, how labor-intensive is this promotion? If you don't pay the money, who wants to thank you for it?"

Li Ke took a deep breath and looked at Jin Yan.

Jin Yan nodded, took out a tael of silver and gave it to the yamen servant.

The yamen servant nodded in satisfaction and brought Li Ke into the yamen.

Walking into the lobby, all the yamen servants came out and stood up quickly.

Not long after, the fourth-rank magistrate in official uniform came.

The magistrate was about 40 years old, a little thin, but he had a fierce face.

As soon as he came up, he shouted angrily: "What's the case? Who is in the hall? Tell me quickly..."

Both Li Ke and Jin Yan were standing, and Li Ke said:

"Master Zhifu, I want to sue someone."

"Well, to sue... How much do you plan to sue?" the magistrate asked.

Li Ke was confused again, a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"It means, according to the size of the person and matter you want to sue, pay a certain amount of money. Then you can guarantee that you will be sure of everything!"

The prefect explained and took a sip of tea after speaking.

Li Ke nodded: "Just now, the lawsuit is based on money."

The prefect nodded: "Almost."

"All right!"

Li Ke smiled and said to Jin Yan: "Give me 1000 taels of silver!"

Jin Yan was taken aback, she didn't expect Li Ke to ask for so much.

But I still took it out and gave it to Li Ke.

Above, the prefect became excited.

1000 taels of silver, he didn't expect Li Ke to be so rich.

After Li Ke took out 1000 taels of silver, he said, "I'll give you all the money, so what should I do?"

The magistrate showed an accompaniment smile: "If all of them are with this government, how about this government asking you to interrogate here in person? 1000 taels of silver will not let you spend it in vain."

Li Ke also smiled: "1000 taels, go up for an interrogation in person, sounds quite interesting."

So he said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll try."

With that said, he stepped forward and handed over the silver to the magistrate.

The magistrate did not expect to earn 1000 taels at a time. He was very happy, and he gave up his position with the money, without any lower limit.

Li Ke was also polite, and sat directly in the prefect's seat.

At the same time, he glanced at the magistrate, who was smiling while holding the money.

It's really for the money, I can do anything, even things like promotion can be given up at will.

Although, Li Ke didn't intend to let him sit in this position again.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ke slammed the gavel and shouted:

"Come on!"

Not to mention, it was quite scary all of a sudden, and the prefect was startled.

Then, several yamen servants walked out immediately, not knowing whether they were really obedient or if they were overwhelmed by Li Ke's aura.

Li Ke said with a sullen face: "Take down the criminal, the prefect of Shun'an Prefecture!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked!

(End of this chapter)