In the midsummer of the first year of Yongde, hundreds of soldiers came outside the door.
These sergeants guarded every door accessible to the household department.
But there are always things that cannot be taken into consideration.
The toilet in the household department was built against the wall, and a clerk was climbing the wall with difficulty...
He climbed and climbed, and finally climbed to the top of the wall. He felt happy and climbed down.
Plop!
"Ouch!"
The clerk rubbed his butt and just stood up when he suddenly felt something was wrong behind him.
He turned back slowly.
More than ten sergeants were watching him not far away.
"The posture is a bit ugly, different from what we practiced!"
"His waist and abdomen were weak, so he could only use his hands and feet, so he couldn't stand firmly when he landed!"
The clerk pointed to the wall, "I'm going to the toilet!"
"Yeah?"
"yes!"
"Take it!"
…
"The Household Department used to be Yang Songcheng's place. I cleaned it up after entering Chang'an, but I didn't expect there were still a lot of informants."
In just two days, more than ten people were arrested in Hubu.
"Have the results come out?" the emperor asked.
Cao Ying nodded, "Come out."
"How much debt do those noble people owe me?"
"A lot... Your Majesty, although we are only asking for twenty years of taxes, most people have been left with nothing. If we were to ask for tax, they would probably cry out in distress."
“It’s better to cry all the way than to cry as a family!”
The emperor said calmly: "The Ministry of Revenue is preparing manpower to follow the army."
"Your Majesty, the person leading the team this time is..." Cao Ying asked.
"Leave the dick alone!"
God!
Let that bastard Wang Laoer do it without hesitation, which means a butcher's knife.
Others may have some scruples when killing people, but Wang Laoer kills people, it is only natural!
No!
For Wang Laoer, killing is a business!
It's business!
Second brother’s business is about to open again!
…
In the morning, Wang Laoer got up and went to practice first.
Before leaving, he told Helian Yunshang, who was still sleeping, that breakfast must include pickles and biscuits.
"Why are you thinking about eating pickles?" Helian Yunshang said, "There are a lot of fresh vegetables in this season."
"The pickles make the pancakes! It's delicious."
Wang Laoer thought of his time begging, "That year I was hungry for two days and finally begged for two cooking cakes. The kind man also gave me some pickles. At that time, I felt that cooking cakes with pickles was the best in the world.
Food to eat.”
"What about the biscuits?"
"Hu cake...is even more delicious!"
At that time, he was squatting outside the market, waiting for kind-hearted people to give him money or food. Generally speaking, it was only a penny at most. As for the food, it was mostly simple.
That time, he ate Hu Pancake.
"Auntie said, you will follow whoever is generous to you." During breakfast, Wang Laoer took the biscuits and said seriously: "That is the first time someone has given me biscuits after I have been begging for a long time."
"Who is that person?"
Helian Yunshang asked.
"His Majesty!"
…
After eating, Wang Laoer took a bag of dried meat and said, "I will be away for about half a month this time. If you have something to do at home, you can go to the palace to find the queen."
"Can't you find someone else?" Helian Yunshang had a cheerful personality and soon found a group of like-minded girlfriends in Chang'an.
"I am General Qian Niu Guard! The old thief said that Qian Niu Guard is His Majesty's closest bodyguard except the Qiu Long Guard. Your relationship is good, but I am afraid that someone has bad intentions."
When Wang Laoer saw his wife's unkind look, he said: "People's hearts are separated from each other! When I was a beggar, there were always people fighting among themselves. If anyone tries to find out about Qian Niuwei from you... kill him! That's all, tell the queen."
That’s it.”
Wang Laoer went out mumbling, "You are a woman who cannot kill people! How can you be my wife?"
Helian Yunshang was furious.
Wang Laoer had just left, and someone came from the palace behind, "Your Majesty, please come into the palace to talk."
"I'll go right away."
The queen would often invite noble ladies to the palace to talk. Among them, Helian Yunshang was the one who visited the palace most often.
This is a weather vane, indicating that Wang Laoer is the most valued by the emperor.
"Why aren't you pregnant yet?"
When the queen saw her flat belly, she frowned deeply.
"Second brother..." Helian Yunshang said aggrievedly; "Second brother is not good at that."
…
To Wang Laoer, everyone in this world is the same and smelly.
The same goes for Helian Yunshang, but her taste is still within Wang Laoer's acceptance range.
But even so, Wang Laoer is still not very enthusiastic about that aspect.
…
Xianyang Majia.
Ma Xi was studying in Chang'an, and Ma Hongzhong was at home taking care of the family business.
"Alang, Mr. Dalang said, don't listen to those people's messing around. Our family will hire tenant farmers when it's time to hire tenant farmers and put aside the crops. This is just to try to run against His Majesty!"
Ma Hongzhong listened to the servant's confusing words and cursed: "What does that traitor know? It is like this everywhere in Guanzhong now. If the Ma family hires tenant farmers, will those people let it go? In the future, they will target our family if they find opportunities."
"Then..." The steward looked at Ma Hongzhong, waiting for his decision.
"You traitor!" Ma Hongzhong stamped his feet, "That's all, go and hire tenant farmers!"
The Ma family was the first to compromise.
Many people in the outside world are laughing at Ma Hongzhong, and some even viciously say that Ma Hongzhong's family fortune will be swallowed up by the emperor sooner or later.
Nowadays, rumors of the emperor's greed are spreading everywhere in Guanzhong.
——The emperor robbed the slaves of the powerful families in Guanzhong.
——The emperor robbed the rich and powerful people in Guanzhong of their money and food.
The emperor is a glutton and extremely greedy.
Ma Hongzhong was sulking at home, but his son Maxi wrote in a letter saying that the emperor was a man of great talent and strategy. When he was in northern Xinjiang, all the wealthy and powerful people who abided by the rules were still safe even if they whispered to him behind his back.
"Why!"
Ma Hongzhong was drinking at home.
On this day, I heard several officials coming from the county, and...
"A lot of cavalry are coming! They look murderous!"
The servant brought the news, and Ma Hongzhong was panicked, "Are you really going to attack us?"
He became timid and asked someone to set up a ladder. He climbed up the wall with difficulty and looked at the official road.
Following this official road, you will see the homes and fields of powerful families.
"The Liao family is in trouble." Ma Hongzhong saw the Liao family on the front left rushing in with more than a hundred cavalry. When they left, the Liao family was wailing outside the gate.
"Alang, the Liao family is crying like they are mourning their heirs!" the servant who went to inquire about the news said: "When the old man went there, the whole family had never cried so sadly."
"It seems that the emperor has really killed him. The Ma family... they are coming." Ma Hongzhong couldn't help but trembled in his heart when he saw the cavalry coming down the official road.
The cavalrymen reined in their horses on the official road and looked at the Ma family, pointing.
The two clerks accompanying him took out documents.
Ma Hongzhong's heartbeat seemed to have stopped.
Ma family, rest!
"The last time the Ma family took the initiative to donate the name list, they were a kind family. This time the Ma family even took the initiative to hire tenant farmers to take care of the crops. These people... let it go! Let bygones be bygones!"
"Walk!"
The cavalry went to the next house.
Calling to open the door, the clerk said coldly: "Zheng has been evading taxes for twenty years...the amount is huge. Your Majesty is kind and has said that there will be no late payment fees. However, the amount of tax levy cannot be less, not a penny less, and not a grain of grain can be exempted."
Twenty years of taxes add up to an astronomical figure.
"God!"
The head of the Zheng family knelt outside the gate and cried.
The family came out after hearing the news. After learning the news, they yelled and cried.
Those evaded taxes have long been regarded by them as their own income, and they keep what should be spent and what should be saved.
And now, the emperor wants them to spit them out.
Ma Hongzhong looked confused.
"Go and find out the news!"
The servant was more courageous this time. Taking advantage of the Zheng family's chaos, he sneaked in and asked a familiar servant.
"Alang, those are officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs. The emperor ordered the rich and powerful people from all over the country to pay back taxes for the past twenty years."
"By God, how much will it cost in twenty years?" Ma Hongzhong knew without calculation that it would make him vomit blood. "No wonder the Liao family and the Zheng family are mourning. I have to cry too..."
Ma Hongzhong cried several times, but then he did not come to Ma's house.
"What's going on?" Ma Hongzhong was puzzled. His family did not dare to go to the county to inquire about the news, so he ordered the steward to go to the county to find connections with the Ma family.
The manager went and asked to see a junior official whom he knew well, but the junior official was not there, saying he had gone to the countryside.
He waited in the city for two days. The clerk came back, tanned, and when he saw him he said, "I'm so tired."
The steward smiled and said, "Then let's find a place to drink and relieve ourselves."
The two went to the wine shop. The clerk drank a glass of wine and sighed: "The people who came to Chang'an this time are officials from the Ministry of Revenue. Do you know who the general who is commanding the army is?"
The steward shook his head.
"General Qianniuwei, Wang Laoer."
"That murderous devil!"
"Yes!" the clerk sighed: "Your Majesty ordered the wealthy families everywhere to pay taxes. Some people refused, and their homes were immediately confiscated. The whole family was taken to Chang'an, saying they were going to be exiled."
"Why bother?" The manager smiled bitterly, "My family, Alang, is ready. We just wait for someone to come to pay the tax. If not, we can just send it to the county ourselves."
"Your family..." The clerk looked at the steward with a strange look, "To be honest, does Ma Gong have connections in the court? For example, do you know someone...an important minister, or someone close to His Majesty?"
The steward was startled, and then said: "If there is, why should Alang be so panicked?"
He even exposed his family scandal, and the clerk nodded, "It seems that there is indeed no such thing. That's the virtue accumulated by our ancestors!"
"What does this mean?" The steward raised his glass in a toast.
The clerk made a roar, raised his head, put down his wine glass, and said, "Last time, I was going to attack the Ma family, but your Alang took the initiative to send the list of slaves to the county house, so he escaped.
This time, it was said that the Ma family was considered a good family and the tax payment was reduced by 30%.
To be honest, I wanted to tip off the information, but the sergeants were keeping a close eye on me! The higher-ups had let the news go, who dared to tip off the information, and the whole family was exiled. On the one hand, they were keeping a tight watch on me, and on the other hand, they were exiled. Do you think I dare?"
"Of course I don't dare."
"I was so anxious! Then I went down with the people from the Chang'an Household Department. I just heard the news the day before yesterday that all the powerful families in Xianyang had paid taxes, but one family didn't pay the taxes. There was no need to pay. I asked which family it was...
"
The clerk looked at the steward and said with a half-smile, "That person said it was the Ma family."
The manager felt relieved, and the clerk said: "The official who made the decision on this trip said that the Ma family took the initiative to hire tenant farmers to take care of the crops. This is understanding the overall situation. Do you know? From then on, the Ma family has been a model for my Xianyang family. Those
Taxes, as mentioned above, are exempted!"
The manager was excited and wanted to go home later. Ma Hongzhong was looking forward to it.
"Alang, it says that the Ma family doesn't have to pay taxes!"
The steward drank a lot of alcohol.
"Gods and Buddhas bless you, ancestors bless you!" Ma Hongzhong knelt down happily to thank him.
"It's Da Langjun!"
"What?" Ma Hongzhong turned around, "That traitor?"
"It said that the Ma family took the initiative to hire tenant farmers and understood the overall situation, so they exempted the Ma family from taxes. In Xianyang, our family is the only one exempted! A Lang!"