In mid-April, a funeral was held in Jieqiao Village.

Although Yan Song had been confiscated and affected some tribe members, when he learned that he died in the Poshan Temple, the Yan clan members brought his body back.

The corpse was wrapped in a mourning hall in a straw mat, but the corpses in April were prone to rot and smelly. There was no silence in this mourning hall, and it seemed very desolate, even worse than the funerals of ordinary people.

It is indeed a pity that the first-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, who should have been buried in the glory, ended up in such a miserable land.

Although Yan Song was greedy, he was also loyal. Jiajing was a smart emperor and a suspicious emperor. If Yan Song was not loyal to him, it would be impossible to reuse Yan Song for twenty years.

If the Japanese pirates in the southeast can be effectively solved, the first hero should naturally be considered Hu Zongxian, but Yan Song should actually have some achievements in this matter.

From the current political ecology, we can see that a small governor of Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian, could not tax the gentry in the entire southeast, including the Xu family. It was with Yan Song's support that Hu Zongxian had the confidence to collect from the largest landlord Xu Jie, thus raising enough military pay to fight against the Japanese, and solving the Japanese problem from point to face to face.

There are inevitably some deviations in the operation process. The government has always been accustomed to fearing the strong and bullying the weak. Many people in the southeast were forced to leave their hometowns. This is also blamed for Yan Song and Hu Zongxian's "evil politics".

Yan Song not only instigated Yan Shifan to greed for a lot of money, but also had many problems during his rule. His biggest mistake was to increase taxes and build a large-scale civil engineering project in order to win Jiajing's favor.

The financial corruption of the Ming Dynasty has repeatedly caused the phenomenon of miscellaneous taxes being more serious than regular taxes. More and more bankrupt people have become bandits, which has also laid the biggest disaster for the destruction of the Ming Dynasty.

He served the country in his life only by loyalty and Chi, and followed people to tell people right and wrong after death. Yan Song was undoubtedly loyal to Jiajing, but even if his rule was not zero, he was still in the ranks of difference.

Yuanzhou Prefecture is located in the southwest of Jiangxi, with Yichun County as its prefecture.

Yuan Jing, the second son of Yuan An of the Eastern Han Dynasty, lived in seclusion here and became a very famous hermit at that time. After Yuan Jing passed away, people were grateful for his noble character and called the place where he lived Yuanshan.

In the 11th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty, Yuanzhou was established in Yiyang County. It is said that Yuanzhou's "Yuan" was influenced by Yuanshan.

Yuanzhou City is ten miles in circumference and is as high as two meters high. Four doors are opened, and the city towers are set up above the four doors. The urn city and the arrow tower are built outside, which are repaired once during the reign of Yan Song.

Although the local economy is not significant, the city is built very solidly. In addition, the imperial court set up the Yuanzhou military preparation yamen here, which also made outstanding contributions to the Han people assimilating the Tu people.

It is a tradition to not build a yamen. However, the current prefect Li Yinshi not only cultivated it, but also cultivated it very grandly, especially when a large pool was built in the back house, and the spring water in the center of the pool was constantly surging.

Yichun County is named after its abundant springs? Not only does it have Liqu that runs through the east and west of Yuanzhou Prefecture for thousands of years? It also has springs throughout the city, and is most famous for its Lingquan, Zhuquan and Fuhui Shengquan.

Although it is far away from the south of the Yangtze River, it shows the softness of the water. If there is a spring, there are two lakes in the east and west? The water is as clear as a mirror? The spring water is warm in spring and cool in summer? Therefore, it is said: It is as charming as spring? It is pleasant to drink.

An obese middle-aged man was sitting by the pool fishing. The summer wind blew the calm pool water up with wrinkles? Several carp also shook their tails not far away.

As the rod was raised, a crucian carp was thrown up by the fishing line, and the fish's eyes were filled with despair.

Next to the fat middle-aged man, there was a brothel woman wearing heavy makeup. Seeing this, she applauded excitedly and said, "Master, you are so awesome!"

"Haha... Is the master powerful? You'll know it tonight!" Li Yin really held the fishing rod and turned his head to look at the seventh concubine who had just taken it and said lustfully.

The butler who was helping to remove the crucian carp from fishing couldn't help but roll his eyes. The fish sold in this pond were both numerous and greedy. If he couldn't catch it, he would be a damn thing.

As for the so-called awesomeness, I am afraid that there is only one lustful heart, otherwise I would not have tonic every day, and those concubines would not have done anything wrong.

"Dongweng, the collected silver has been merged into silver ingots and has been compiled into the treasury!" The master had just returned from his business and walked over with his account book.

Li Yinshi took the account book and looked at the master lightly. The master immediately showed a meaningful smile and said: "Dongweng, please rest assured that this time is one point lower than the expected loss!"

In the process of collecting grain, local officials often collect more "drain", and these grains usually enter the pockets of officials, which is a hidden welfare for some officials responsible for collecting grains.

But the most profitable and secretive thing is actually the waste of money.

Since the miscellaneous taxes paid by the people are collected in broken silver, and when handed over to the court, it is necessary to melt them into large silver ingots, so many impurities appear in the process of melting, which is commonly known as "fire consumption".

By the same token, the government will also impose more "fire-consuming silver" on the people during the process of collecting silver taxes, so that the sufficient silver ingots can be collected and handed over to the court.

If it is an official like Hai Rui, the actual loss will be levied from the people. However, the amount of impurities in the silver in different places is different. The most important thing is that the degree of damage to the conscience of the officials is different. Therefore, local officials will inflate the amount of fire and consume silver, thereby putting the excess fire and consume silver into their own pockets.

The current miscellaneous taxes in the Ming Dynasty increased sharply, and even the miscellaneous taxes in many places were higher than the regular taxes. Except for the straightforward officials like Hai Rui, most local officials were actually happy to see it.

Li Yin was indeed able to obtain the seventh concubine, and relying on the little salary from the court was far from enough. He was relying on this relatively obscure waste of money and thus lived a comfortable life as a groom every day.

However, he still didn't like this Yuanzhou Mansion in his heart. Compared with the southeast where the main mansions that cost tens of thousands of taels of miscellaneous taxes, the amount of oil and water here is too different.

Just as Li Yinshi handed the account book back to the master, a servant hurried over and respectfully submitted a letter to Li Yinshi.

When Li Yinshi saw that it was a letter sent by the magistrate of Fenyi, he opened the letter in confusion. After reading the content of the letter, he said in a daze: "Hey, Yan Song died in a dilapidated temple!"

The master was about to leave with the account book when he heard the news and asked in surprise: "Is Yan Song really dead?"

"This is the news from Li Magistrate Fenyi. He has no courage to deceive me, nor does he have any reason to deceive me!" Li Yinshi gently put down the letter, looking serious.

The master immediately smiled and bowed to Li Yinshi, "Hehe...congratulations to Dongweng!"
Chapter completed!