After reaching the peak of feudal society, China fell into a vicious circle.

The officialdom of every dynasty is becoming more and more obsessed with fighting for power and profit and the party's struggle for differences. Occasionally, people who are determined to reform appear, and these people often end up in failure.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, many knowledgeable people have realized that there are serious problems in the current political ecology. The first thing they have is the uneven distribution of social resources, which has led to more and more people struggling on the survival line.

Although some people who are determined to reform have appeared in all dynasties, when they just took action, they were obstructed and counterattacked by the powerful officials and gentry classes.

Not to mention the distant past, the eunuch Liu Jin of the Zhengde period rectified the military camp and allowed the military households at the bottom to take back the land that originally belonged to them. This move can be said to be a measure that benefited the country and the people.

However, this measure was just implemented and encountered local obstruction, and Liu Jin was even retaliated by the officials and gentry classes, and was eventually executed by lingchi on the charge of "rebellion".

Nowadays, after Lin Weiran took over the power of the Ming Dynasty, he has successively introduced a number of reform measures, especially "spending acres to acre" that has greatly infringed on the interests of the officials and gentry classes.

It is precisely because Lin Weiran has become an enemy of the official and gentry class, and is destined to be counterattacked by the official and gentry class.

After Qian Dewang took the lead in sounding the clarion call for condemning Lin Shiran, more and more officials and gentry secretly participated and attacked Lin Shiran in public opinion.

At first, many people were still considering Lin Shiran's power, but they found that no matter how they criticized Lin Shiran, they were not retaliated against, and they could even become the focus of restaurants or teahouses, so many people were even more keen on this.

At this point, seven or eight of the ten restaurants in the capital were declaring Lin Weiran, and the cost of military exercises was a big deal.

In April, the weather has gradually become hotter and the rain suddenly increases.

Shuntian Prefecture, signing room...

Since Lei Changjiang served as the prefect of Shuntian, he has been dealing with matters of the government office conscientiously. Although he does not have the ability to create a new situation like Lin Qingran, he also makes every effort to maintain the current good situation, thus making Beijing city change.

Becoming more and more prosperous.

Thanks to the commercial atmosphere created by Lin Qingran, the commercial atmosphere in the Gulou area of ​​Beijing is becoming more and more intense, which has led to a surge in the commercial tax revenue of Shuntian Prefecture, and is likely to become the second mansion in the Ming Dynasty to surpass the regular tax.

Since Shuntian Prefecture is going to hold a mansion examination this month, he is busy with the mansion examination seriously, but he wants to finalize the questions for the mansion examination.

It has to be admitted that although Shuntian Prefecture is the best in the world, in terms of the quality of students, it is actually far inferior to Suzhou Prefecture, which has many talents, and is not as good as Guangzhou Prefecture students.

"Mr. Prefectural Prime Minister, I'm upset!" A hypocritical old man followed the housekeeper in and bowed to Lei Changjiang.

Lei Changjiang put down the matter in his hand and pointed to the chair very politely and said, "Old Zhang, you can come here. This place is Penghu Shenghui. Please sit down quickly!"

Zhang Boguan's ancestors once served as Minister of Rites in Nanjing. After retiring and returning to Beijing, they founded the famous Qingsong Academy, and the current director of Qingsong Academy was Zhang Boguan.

Zhang Boguan also entered the official career in his early years, but soon resigned from office and focused on teaching and educating people at Qingsong Academy. Over the years, many students were trained to enter the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Zhang Shouzhi, the former Minister of Works, once studied at Qingsong Academy.

Zhang Boguan stroked his beautiful beard, but said straight to the point: "Mr. Gong, I am here to bother me this time because I want Mr. Gong to preside over me to be fair!"

"Old Zhang, who is so unhappy about this? How dare you provoke you?" Lei Changjiang took the teacup sent by the butler, but he deliberately half-jokingly said.

Although Zhang Boguan is not currently an official, he has a very high reputation in Beizhili. He even joined the emperor's persuasion team last year and has a very decent position in Beijing.

That's true, even if he, the dignified Shuntian Prefecture, was very polite to this official and gentry who had responded to the Northern Zhili, and would definitely not offend him easily.

Zhang Boguan saw Lei Changjiang's reverence for him, and said bitterly: "Mr. Gong, I am also a well-known person in Beijing, and I am even more responsive in the scholars' forests! With my prestige today,

If you publish an article in Shuntian Daily, would you like to praise Shuntian Daily?"

"Haha...it should be so!" Lei Changjiang didn't expect that Zhang Boguan would actually have such a mysterious narcissism, but he still pretended to flatter him.

Zhang Boguan was recognized by Lei Changjiang and seemed even more angry and bitter: "It's just that I went to the newspaper of Shuntian Daily, and that Kang Wanrong actually disagreed. Do you think it's annoying?"

The matter was already very clear. Zhang Boguan, who was highly regarded, took his article to Kang Wanrong and asked to publish it in Shuntian Daily, but was rejected by Kang Wanrong, the editor-in-chief of Shuntian Daily.

"Old Zhang, I don't know what kind of article it is. Can I read it?" Lei Changjiang's heart moved slightly and asked quietly.

Zhang Boguan's chin raised slightly, and he took out the already written paper from his sleeve and handed it over and said, "This is what I have earned for several days, please read it!"

Lei Changjiang read the article carefully, but a sharp look flashed across his eyes. At the same time, he knew why Kang Wanrong disagreed, and it was impossible for him to agree.

Zhang Boguan seemed to be angry, but continued to say angrily: "Mr. Prefecture, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, my status and reputation in the scholars are among the best. If this article is reported to me, I will give you less.

Shuntian Daily brought 100,000 copies of sales. My move was clearly to give money to Shuntian Daily, but Kang Wanrong was simply not as good as the so-called." After a pause, he explained his purpose: "Mr. Gong, please still ask for it now.

If you come forward, order Kang Wanrong to report my articles tomorrow, and I will not be as good as him!"

Nanzhili, Taiping Prefecture City.

This place was originally a barrier to Nanjing and had extremely high military value. Therefore, all dynasties used prefectures or assassinations to command troops here. However, with the Ming Dynasty moving the capital, the importance of this place dropped sharply.

However, after Lin Weiran served as the Minister of War, he ordered Jianyangwei to station in the east of Taiping Prefecture and mined iron ore in Ma'anshan, making Taiping Prefecture a rare iron ore capital in the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely driven by the iron smelting industry and the solid agricultural foundation of Taipingfu has led to the increasing commercial atmosphere of Taipingfu in recent years.

There are Leizhou cloth, perfume and Yipin sauce from Guangdong, as well as various local specialties from Southeast Asia, as well as some novelty games from the West.

Today is the era of the ruins, and the people of Taiping Prefecture flock to the streets in the city. Some people shout and sell here, while others are shopping, showing a prosperous scene.

The Baili silver dollar has been accepted by the people. Now that everyone has completely abandoned the broken silver, they are very happy to accept this exquisite patterned silver dollar.

Dong... Dong...

Guy

As the long gongs rang out, everyone saw the sedan chair of Dangtu County magistrate passing through this lively street and heading towards the city gate.

Although this young magistrate has been in office for less than half a year, everyone has seen Long Gan’s enthusiasm. Not only is he diligent in handling official duties, but he also goes to the countryside to understand the people’s conditions from time to time.

When the people on the street saw that it was the sedan chair of the county master, they also took refuge.

But at this moment, a tall carriage came towards him, and the magistrate's sedan suddenly fell down, and the magistrate himself actually stood in front of the carriage.

"Magistrate Long, what are you going to do?" Qian Dewang just returned from Nanjing and was in a good mood, but he questioned Long Gan, who was blocking the road, dissatisfied with him.

This trip to Nanjing was a great success. Not only did he successfully hand over the joint commendation to the court, but he also caused a huge response in the capital. His Qian Dewang's name will resound throughout the entire Jiuzhou.

Now he is still returning home in glory, but he never expected that he would meet this broom magistrate Xingxian just now when he entered the city.

"Qian Dewang, you owe twenty taels of miscellaneous taxes to the county government. Please pay them as soon as possible!" Long Gan looked up at Qian Dewang fearlessly, and immediately pursued the tax chasing path again.

Huh?

The people on the streets are all gossipers. Now, when the magistrate Dangtu openly pays the taxes owed to Qian Dewang, they can't help but look at attention.

Although they had heard that the magistrate of Dangtu, Long Gan, stopped Qian Dewang's carriage on the official road outside the city to pursue taxes, the rumor was difficult to tell the truth and false, and how could it be seen with his own eyes now?

But seeing this scene, everyone's reactions were different.

Some people were surprised that the tax chasing behavior of Dangtu County was too merciless, while others did not expect that Qian Dewang really owed the taxes from the county government, and some people were just here to watch the show.

Qian Dewang did not expect Long Gan to be so indifferent, so he immediately said with a calm face: "I have already said that such an unreasonable evil law will definitely not surrender. Please give in quickly!"

"Qian Dewang, this is the tax collection document issued to you by Dangtu County Government. Please take a look first!" Long Gan kept carrying the money collection document with him, so he took out the debt collection document and handed it over to him.

According to the current Ming Dynasty tax collection system, if you encounter tax resistance, in addition to conducting an oral pursuit, you must also present the corresponding documents in front of the tax-owed person.

Qian Dewang took the tax collection document from the groom, and tore the tax collection document apart like a provocatively and said, "Missar Long, don't do these useless things, I will definitely not pay it!"

this……

The onlookers saw Qian Dewang's arrogance and couldn't help but look at each other.

Combined with his hard work over the years to raise funds and replenish taxes, this great scholar who had thousands of acres of fertile land was reluctant to take it out even twenty taels, and he couldn't help but feel mixed feelings in his heart.

Now these great scholars say that the "spreading acres" promoted by Master Lin is unfair, but now it is fair for you, the powerful and powerful people to openly resist taxes?

"Since that's the case, don't blame the county for being rude. Come and take him down!" Long Gan had already made a decision in his heart, and immediately ordered.

The four yamen officers immediately left the line and immediately prepared to go forward to lock people.

"Magistrate Long, what a great official power!" But at this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a fourth-rank official uniform walked over with an official airs and said sarcastically.

Long Gan didn't expect that things would be so coincidental. He sighed helplessly at first, and then greeted the middle-aged man who was walking over: "You have met Master Yuan Zun!"

The person who came was Zheng Yuanfang, the prefect of Taiping, who was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Longqing. After so many years of hard work, he resolutely became a local official from the fourth rank of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Yuanfang ignored Long Gan who was greeting him, but stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "Students have met their mentor! The mentor returned from Nanjing City and was exhausted all the way. The students have prepared a banquet at home. Please go with the students. drink!"

"Ningjing, I am afraid that my teacher will not be invited. County Magistrate Long is going to take me to the county jail!" Qian Dewang's mouth raised slightly, but he deliberately asked for trouble.

Zheng Yuanfang's face turned right and immediately scolded Long Gan, "Magistrate Long, do you know what you are doing? My teacher doesn't say that he is in Taiping Prefecture, even if he is admired in the entire Ming Dynasty, how could he be you A little magistrate arrested him casually!”

"Qian Dewang owes twenty taels of miscellaneous silver, but now he refuses again and again. The subordinate just takes him to the county government according to the procedures!" Long Gan frowned and expressed his serious attitude.

"Nonsense! The court has already repeatedly declared that it should not be forced to impose taxes by force. Have you forgotten that you have never forgotten? Not to mention my teacher's identity, just because he was so old that he had entered the prison and agreed with murder. Do you know the consequences? "Zheng Yuanfang was an old man in the officialdom after all, and he even used his power to overwhelm people.

The inability to impose taxation by force was indeed a decree by Lin Junran after he came to power. In view of the fact that local governments used tough measures to force many people to sell their children, the court also issued official documents to allow local governments to adapt to local conditions, and taxation should not be impartial.

Of course, the original intention of this statement is to warn local governments to be more polite to some people in real difficulties, but it is not to turn a blind eye to gentry like Qian Dewang who deliberately resists taxes.

"Missar Long, I will definitely not pay the tax. Do you want to take me to the county jail or let me leave? Let me give you a word!" Qian Dewang looked at Long Gan contemptuously, but he was very proud. Asked.

Facing the pressure from the prefect, Long Gan looked at the proud Qian Dewang. Although he was very unwilling to accept it, he still stood beside him and gave in.

hehe……

Qian Dewang couldn't help laughing as he watched the carriage slowly leave.

My disciples are all over the world, and now I have jointly submitted a memorial to attack Lin Yan, which will surely spread my reputation all over the country. When I return to Taiping Prefecture, I am a real local emperor.

This little magistrate really didn't open his eyes and didn't look at his reputation in Taiping Prefecture. This person even repeatedly pursued taxes from him, which was simply a humiliation.
Chapter completed!