Ming Dynasty: These evil thieves stayed in Beiping County Magistrate Chapter 140 Latest website: until the afternoon.
The two scribes and guards sent to Tongzhou have all returned, but there is still no news from Zhu Di.
"Don't worry, Guo Changshi. It's just 500 acres of land, and the total price is only 5,000 taels of silver. It's up to us, Prince Yan's Mansion, to handle it. Those officials in Tongzhou will never be so bold."
A scribe noticed Guo An's worries and offered some attentive words of comfort.
"Moreover, the little people have carefully checked and found that the people who came to collect the money are indeed people near Zhangjiawan Pier.
After receiving the money, the common people praised His Highness for his kindness with gratitude on their faces..."
"Okay, you've worked hard, let's go down and rest first."
Guo An waved his hand, not believing what these two scribes said at all.
After the two scribes went down, they got up and went directly to Cunxin Hall.
The more relaxed and reasonable what the two scribes said was more unreasonable to Guo An, and the more uneasy he felt.
How can it be so easy to expropriate people’s farmland?
Zhu Di has not had much government affairs these days.
Therefore, we are also sitting in the Cunxin Hall, waiting for the report from the Jin Yiwei.
This time Jin Yiwei didn't reply to him for so long. Zhu Di had an inexplicable feeling that there seemed to be something really wrong with the land at Zhangjiawan Wharf.
"Your Highness!"
Entering the Cunxin Hall, Guo An bowed slightly to Zhu Di, then found a chair where the sun could shine and sat down.
Now in Peiping, although the iron stove is no longer needed, it is still a little cold.
Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked: "The two scribes are back?"
Guo An replied: "Back to Your Highness, the two scribes have returned, but they said that all the people who came to receive the money were full of joy, and some even praised Your Highness for his kindness."<
Guo An just smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, there is no reply from the Jin Yiwei yet?"
Zhu Di was a little surprised, "Guo Qing is still worried?"
Guo An nodded slightly: "Your Highness, I always feel that this time I did something bad out of good intentions and harmed a group of people."
Zhu Di chuckled and comforted: "Why do you have to do this, Guo Qing? Even if something really happened at Zhangjiawan Pier, it was because of those rogue officials who were corrupt and perverting the law. What does it have to do with you?"
After saying that, Zhu Di said with some reproach, "Jin Yiwei is really getting lazy. In the past, if we asked about something, they would report it to us in less than two hours.
This time, it's been almost a day, and they can't even see anyone..."
"Your Highness, don't worry, Tongzhou is still some distance from Peiping." Guo An comforted.
After saying that, Guo An felt something was wrong. Why did he start to comfort others when he should be worried?
"Your Highness!"
Suddenly, a chamberlain hurriedly walked in from outside the palace and reported to Zhu Di: "Pu Sanji, a member of Qianhu, Jin Yiwei, wants to see you."
Zhu Di cheered up and said, "Let him in."
"Yes!"
The waiter responded and walked out quickly.
Soon, a muscular man wearing a flying fish suit walked in quickly from outside the hall.
"The last general Pu Sanji met with His Highness King Yan."
Zhu Di asked quietly: "We asked you to wait for the investigation, but what has been found out?"
Pu Sanji replied: "Your Highness, the general has already found out everything."
"Oh?"
Zhu Di asked curiously: "Tell us, in the case of Zhangjiawan Pier, are there any evil officials who oppress and exploit the people?"
Pu Sanji replied in a deep voice: "Your Highness is wise."
"Very good...huh?"
Zhu Di looked solemn, stared at Pu Sanji closely, and asked angrily: "Are there really rogue officials who oppress and exploit the people?"
"Back to Your Highness, according to the general's investigation, there are a total of 20 farmers, 16 traders, and five larger merchants near Zhangjiawan Pier.
No matter how much farmland each of these farmers has, each household will only receive a subsidy of twenty taels of silver. As for the merchants' shops, no matter how large they are, each family will only receive a subsidy of twenty taels of silver.
As for the five larger merchants, each house costs one hundred taels of silver, and the remaining households' houses cost five taels of silver each...
Your Highness, these are the names investigated by the brothers under the general’s command..."
After saying that, Pu Sanji handed three pieces of paper filled with text to Zhu Di.
Below, Guo An had already stood up, with an unknown fire rising in his heart.
"Bang!"
On the throne, after reading the paper handed to him by Pu Sanji, Zhu Di became furious and slapped the table in front of him fiercely.
"How dare these thieves?"
Guo An asked with some confusion: "Today, the clerk sent by the government to Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou distributed corresponding silver taels to each farmer, ranging from thirty-four taels of silver to as many as one hundred taels.
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Why did Pu Qianhu say that each household only received twenty taels of silver?
There are also those shops, house owners, and scribes in the government who all distribute silver coins one by one. How can those rogue officials exploit the people from here?"
Pu Sanji glanced at Zhu Di above, and then replied: "Guo Changshi should not know that the people who picked up the land deeds and received money today are all servants of the local gentry."
"What?"
Zhu Di and Guo An were both shocked.
"Where did the original people go?"
Pu Sanji replied: "Your Majesty, the people whose fields and houses originally belonged to them have all been imprisoned by local officials and the gentry at that time.
As for those who were disobedient and tried to resist and escape, their legs were either broken or beaten to death..."
"These evil thieves!"
Zhu Di and Guo An both had frosty expressions on their faces and gritted their teeth.
Guo An, in particular, had the urge to cut Cui Shijian, the governor of Tongzhou, into pieces with a thousand knives.