That night in the Zhang Mansion, one of the ten merchants was dead and one was disabled.
But Chu Qing's plan has just begun. It has just begun.
Looking at Ba Haocun, whose hands were as useless as a dead dog, Chu Qing smiled and said: "You have more than two hands that should be disabled, but you are not in a hurry."
With these words behind him, Chu Qing led a group of people and left Fulai Building in a grand manner.
Entering the carriage, Chu Qing looked at Chang Xian and smiled bitterly: "When you return to the palace tonight, the emperor will definitely blame you, and that bastard Tong Gui will definitely report it again."
Changxian rubbed the big blood bag on his head and said stupidly, "In the worst case, I'll be beaten severely. It won't be a problem."
Chu Qing couldn't laugh or cry.
He was beaten again and again, and even "hardly" beaten. This parent-child relationship is quite tough.
"Master Chu, don't worry. You have taught us that if you do the right thing, the student will do the right thing. If you do the right thing, the student will be open-minded. If the father wants to beat the student, the student should have a good relationship with him."
Just talk about it."
Chu Qing gave a thumbs up, very pleased.
This child is becoming more and more crooked as he grows older.
Pushing open the car door, Chu Qing said: "Lao Jiang, go find Mr. Ma and seal the carriage."
Jiang Yuesheng stuck his head in: "Du Feng?"
"All sealed."
"this…"
"Don't worry, those who can use carriages and horses are all high-level merchants or other merchants. Ordinary people will not hire carriages and horses."
"I am just worried that if you act like this, you will be the target of public criticism. If those merchants notice something, they will close down all their businesses, wouldn't it be..."
Chu Qing shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, it won't happen. As long as Zhang Songling and I are still in the honeymoon period, this kind of thing won't happen. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. Please tell Mr. Ma to collect those merchants."
For taxes, send them to the Ministry of Accounts."
"good."
After Jiang Yuesheng retracted his head, Chu Qing looked at Changxian with some hesitation.
"Second brother, I have something I want to ask of you."
Changxian sat up straight: "It's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire. Just ask."
Now Chang Lao Er is talking less and less like a prince. Who knows who he looks like?
"The merchants' tax money has almost been paid. These tax money should be handed over to the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue can use it as appropriate without consulting any government agencies. Logically speaking, the emperor has no right to dispose of these tax money.
, So I want to use it, Mr. Wei, let me go and tell him, it should be possible, I want to use it, borrow it, but after all, it is for my personal use, at least for now, it is for my personal use, I have to let the emperor know, I know
My request is a bit whimsical, but I have to do something big as a teacher. In order to do this big thing, I am willing to take any risks. So when you return to the palace, persuade the emperor to let the Ministry of Households handle this money.
, if possible, mention that I may use this money, but I promise, it will be spent on the back of the knife, not on the blade, and it will be spent on the people. Can you help me convince your father?"
"Master Chu, didn't you tell me that this money should have been allocated by the Ministry of Revenue, so why bother telling my father about it."
"He doesn't care. He doesn't care, but you have to let him know."
Changxian was so smart, he knew everything right, and patted his chest: "Master Chu is relieved, isn't it just to convince the father? This matter will be taken care of by my brother."
Chu Qing: "..."
…………
Xiao County, county government.
Tao Weiran sat behind the desk. It was his first day in office.
In fact, he arrived in Xiao County two days ago, but he spent two days "incognito and privately visiting", measuring the land in Xiao County, investigating the people's livelihood and conditions, etc.
The mess in Xiao County cannot be cleaned up overnight, but Chu Qing asked him to continue to dig mountains and quarry with the people!
Serious diseases require strong medical treatment. Tao Weiran felt that gaining the trust of the people was not a matter of money at all, but a whole lot of hard work.
On the desk, there is a stack of slave books, all belonging to the people of Xiao County.
The great devil Li Mu of Xiao County was quite rampant during his term of office. Many people in Xiao County became slaves, but they were not slaves under the name of the Li family, but under the name of a family that had good relations with the Li family. So
The main reason for doing this is to be able to order people to work for him at any time, digging mountains, quarrying rocks, or farming.
Many people have gathered outside the county government office. An hour ago, Tao Weiran asked the government officials to post a notice asking "elderly people" over fifty in their families to go outside the county government office.
As a result, after half an hour, not even a single person was seen.
Tao Weiran also came from a wealthy family and had no shortage of money. He asked the government officials to buy a lot of eggs, and then posted a notice again. Those over fifty who gathered outside the county government office could receive one egg per person.
After the notice was posted, in just one stick of incense time, all the old men and women who couldn't take two steps were here, and there were also many people in their thirties and older and in their fifties who also came to show off.
Seeing that no less than a hundred people had gathered outside the county government office, Tao Weiran put a pile of slave registration papers into a bag, carried three large bags, and came to the door of the government office.
When they saw the newly appointed county magistrate, the people cheered excitedly.
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
Tao Weiran, who was standing on the steps, was chirping. He suddenly understood Li Mu a little. This group of unscrupulous people were so damn hateful.
"Everyone, please don't make any noise, listen to me." Tao Weiran cleared his hands and pressed down.
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
Tao Weiran: “…”
An elderly government official poured water and fire sticks on the ground, and the people became honest.
Tao Weiran took a deep look at the old government servant and prepared to find an excuse in a few days to tell him to pack up and get out.
"Everyone, I, Tao Weiran, is the newly appointed county magistrate here. I don't want to talk about that. I just want to tell you that I love the people as my own son. If anyone bullies you again, I and him will be incompatible, no matter what.
who is it!"
An old man with a cane looked at the old woman next to him: "Isn't the county magistrate only the eighth grade?"
Everyone nodded, and then took what Tao Weiran said just as bullshit.
Tao Weiran almost cursed her.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Tao Weiran said loudly: "Although I am only from the eighth rank..."
Old man: "Oh~~I'm still a follower."
Tao Weiran: “…”
Suppressing the anger in his heart again, Tao Weiran continued: "If anyone bullies you, I will definitely be at odds with him. Although my rank is not high, I am the parent of this place. These words are what I, Tao Weiran, said. Everyone,
understood."
Old man: "I understand, you won't be able to do anything outside of Xiao County."
The old woman said: "That's still fart. We, our own people in Xiao County, can still bully our own people."
Tao Weiran was filled with emotions and suddenly suspected something.
Could it be that Li Mu was also a good official at the beginning, but was forced to do so by these unruly people?
Not bothering to say anything grand, Tao Weiran tore the bundle apart and the slave books fell to the ground.
Without saying a word, Tao Weiran snatched the torch from the government servant beside him and threw it on the ground. The slave books turned into ashes.
The people were dumbfounded, and even the government officials had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Tao Weiran puffed out his chest and said with great energy: "Everyone, I will burn this slave status. From now on, you are neither slaves nor servants!"
The old man cried, his eyes falling one after another: "Okay, okay, I'm no longer a slave, I've become a fucking refugee, I don't even have an identity, and here comes a fucking dog official, no
It’s alive, it’s not alive anymore!”
The crowd was excited and the old men and women were shouting curses.
"Guan Gu, if we lose our slave status, we will become refugees. This Guan Gu is bullying people too much!"
"You go too far, you fucking bitch!"
"Folks, I can't bear it anymore and have become refugees. Let's beat him!"
"Beat him, beat him to death, unless he gives us eggs."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
"Eggs, eggs, eggs..."
Tao Weiran stood there blankly, his mind going blank.
Now that the slave status is gone, he becomes a refugee?
Why didn't anyone tell him about this?
Seeing the common people's eyes turning red, Tao Weiran finally realized the seriousness of the matter. Either hand over his life or hand over the eggs. Choose one of the two.
In fact, this is not really Tao Weiran's fault. Guan Zhenglang was just serving tea and water. No one would teach him about local governance and other issues. Moreover, he came from a family with a surname of Donghai, so he had never been exposed to this kind of "basic common sense" since he was a child.
Guan Zhenglang like him was assisted by subordinate officials wherever he went. The problem was that Xiao County officialdom had been arrested from top to bottom, leaving only a few government officials and a local dog.
The yamen servants knew this "basic common sense". Without household registration and slave registration, one is a refugee. The problem was that they never expected that Tao Weiran would play such a trick.
Tao Weiran directly took out the banknotes from his arms: "Folks, folks, don't be impulsive. Ten thousand guan. Here are 10,000 guan for all the people of Xiao County. I will take you to work and you will be paid."
The old man shouted: "It's too much to bully others. You also fooled us with a few scraps of paper. We want eggs."
The old woman said softly to the old man: "Paper is good, but it's expensive. If we don't have eggs, let's just use paper."
"That's right, Dog Officer, give us the paper, we don't want the eggs."
Tao Weiran raised his head and looked at the dark night sky.