In early April, Guangxi's climate has brought a depressing and stuffy climate. Perhaps it was because of the unacceptable environment and the environment, he fell ill all of a sudden. Liu Chengfeng and his group had to find a small town to stay in temporarily and invite a doctor to come.
Treat him to the doctor and take a break. There are no pop-up windows in Qi Shuyuan
This is already Siming's territory. From the capital to here, it travels thousands of miles by water and land. Fortunately, the group is not large, but there are only about eighty people. In addition, Liu Chengfeng has an official position after all,
There are post stations along the way, and when you encounter land, you can board a boat when you encounter water, you can't wait for a fast speed. In just over half a month, Lianzhou is already far away.
There is a small town under Siming Mansion. Liu Chengfeng rested in a simple inn and took two masters to walk around casually. After returning to his residence, he went to visit Wang Tao on his sickbed. Wang Tao's complexion has recovered a little.
Liu Chengfeng had already taken his pulse and knew that it was just a slight cold and heat caused by the discomfort in the water and the land, so he directly asked a doctor to prescribe medicine. It was nothing serious. The text of this article was provided only by friends.
Stayed in this town for one night and set off early the next morning. After passing the town for more than ten miles, there was a turbulent river. I found the ferry and boarded the boat and left. However, when I was crossing the ferry, Liu Cheng took the ferry and walked.
Feng encountered a problem.
He had many escorts, and there was only one small boat at the ferry. It was originally transported three or four times to pass, but unfortunately, there was a man dressed in a rich man who wanted to add it. The rich man wore an exaggerated silk round-necked shirt and carried a few.
A follower insisted on going over first, looking anxious. He took out the broken silver and stuffed it into the boatman's hand, and had to go over first.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help frowning. If this guy was asked to add the thrust, he would have to wait for another boat. I don't know how much time it would take, and his face became gloomy unconsciously.
The two big "masters" didn't say anything when they saw Liu Chengfeng's appearance. Chen Hongyu was angry. Usually they only had the only one who could add the money. Now there are still people who dare to add it to their heads. This local wealth is simply blind.
He dared to put his eyes on the head of the Wanhu Hou.
Without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and lifted up the Tucai's clothes, opened his bows left and right, slapped him hard, and said in a bad voice: "Are you blind? What are you robbing? Wait slowly.
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The few followers behind Tucai saw him and were about to take action, the captain next to him immediately rushed over, looking like he was about to take action.
Seeing that Chen Hongyu has many people, he was anxious to negotiate with the boatman just now, but he didn't notice that so many people in Chen Hongyu were in the same group. At first, he looked furious, but then he became ruthless again.
Xixi took out the silver again and said, "Good uncle, let the villain go first, this is a reward..." He stuffed the broken silver into Chen Hongyu's hand, and a smile appeared on his face.
Chen Hongyu opened his silver and shouted angrily: "Who wants your stinky money?"
"Old Chen..." Liu Chengfeng spoke at this time, slowly walked over to stop Chen Hongyu's next move. The actions of this rich man were all in his eyes. Seeing this guy being so anxious, Liu Chengfeng actually gave birth to a
After a little sympathy, Chen Hongyu pulled apart, and then said to the Tucai gently: "I'm so anxious, is it because something happened to my family? You give me a reason. If it makes sense, I'll let you cross the river first.
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Tucai looked at Liu Chengfeng in fear, hesitated for a moment before saying, "The villain is from Lianzhou, so...so..."
Hearing the word Lianzhou, Liu Chengfeng became more interested and said, "What's wrong with Lianzhou?"
The rich man looked at Liu Chengfeng in shock and said, "Young Master doesn't know? Such a big thing... Oh, yes, the young master is a foreigner, probably I don't know. Let me tell you the truth.
Lianzhou has now been used by the court to give a fief of Wanhuhou. From then on, the taxes of Lianzhou Prefecture will be handed over to Wanhuhouhou, not the court."
Liu Chengfeng smiled faintly and said, "So what?"
"Oh..." Tucai sighed, as if he could not have thought that Liu Chengfeng knew nothing about Lianzhou. However, when he saw the fierce and evil Chen Hongyu around him, he still patiently explained: "Young master, the villain is here
Lianzhou has a little thin field, just a thousand acres. It turns out that these taxes are only given to the court. If these fields can be placed under the name of a scholar with fame, it is impossible for a grain of millet to be paid.
This time, I was in trouble. Think about it, the government doesn’t care about land taxes, but it was collected for the court. But now Lianzhou has become the land of Wanhuhou, so is it still willing to turn a blind eye?
Maybe it is not certain that it will be necessary to increase the tax at that time, so everyone has received the news and is now rushing back to put the fields under other names so that they can deal with the ten thousand households in the future."
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but say, "Cause? How to deal with it?"
Tucai said: "This is simple, do you know that King Jingjiang has already heard the news from King Jingjiang. As long as someone is willing to hang the fields in their name, he only needs to pay some money every year to ensure that we are worry-free.
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King Jingjiang...
Liu Chengfeng knew a little. The King of Jingjiang was a vassal king in Guangxi. Speaking of this vassal king lineage, we have to start from when Hongwu founded. Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Shouqian was appointed as the King of Jingjiang and was vassalized as Guilin. Now he is in
Guangxi took root and sprouted for four generations, but the King of Jingjiang was already a member of the royal family and was not close to the palace. Therefore, it was not well-known in Beijing and had been forgotten for a long time, but in Guangxi,
The Jingjiang King's Clan is lush and leaves. In Guangxi, there are many princes, princes, dukes, and marquises.
The Ming Dynasty implemented a system of inheriting titles by the crown prince and decreasing titles by the second son. This means that a Jingjiang king system is enough to create a group of nobles who are idle.
It is actually easy to understand that King Jingjiang did this. After all, the more land it has, the more beneficial it is to them. Guangxi and Guangdong Province are not rich places after all. Compared with other vassal kings, King Jingjiang is indeed a bit dissatisfied.
Too eye-catching, but not too eye-catching, does not mean that they are easy to provoke. Therefore, the usual practice of many nobles is to ban the land of the rich in their own names and let these rich indulge in their own name as if they were paying their own food. Of course, this little money is more than that of the court.
The taxes are lower to evade taxes.
A few years ago, the emperor specially appointed an imperial envoy to various provinces for this matter. After all, the vassal kings had too much land to annex. The court originally gave them vassal land, but they were not satisfied, but they still wanted to invade the court.
The court could collect taxes from ordinary farmers that should have, but it could not collect taxes like the vassal kings. After cleaning up a few times, the vassal kings did restrain themselves a lot and would not do this easily.
But Lianzhou is different. In Lianzhou, the court no longer cares about it. It was Liu Chengfeng who came. Liu Chengfeng was neither the prince nor the royal family. After luckily getting such a fiefdom, he would not take advantage of it.
.So before Liu Chengfeng arrived in Lianzhou, there were already rumors in Lianzhou. It is said that Liu Chengfeng is a ruthless horn that blows the ground, but I am afraid that it will be a vassal, so I will have to blow a few layers of them hard.
When the oil and water were gone, the local rich men in Lianzhou were frightened when they heard this. Then, the Jingjiang Palace also made a noise and began to contain these rich men. The method was very simple, let the land of these people be placed under the name of the palace.
In this way, no matter how brave Liu Chengfeng is, would he dare to reach out to the Jingjiang Palace? The landlords only need to give the royal palace a small amount of money to escape Liu Chengfeng's taxes. After doing so, they still kill two birds with one stone.
Beautiful things.
The local wealth in front of me was originally walking in Guangzhou. When I heard the news from my home, I was shocked and ran to Lianzhou in a hurry, just to transfer my land to the Jingjiang Palace as soon as possible to escape.
tax.
This kind of thing can save a lot of money for landlords in Lianzhou, and can also get a lot of benefits for the Jingjiang Palace, but Liu Chengfeng is the one who loses the money.
Liu Chengfeng was stunned. Before I arrived in Lianzhou, a bastard actually made a fool of himself. What's going on?
In fact, Liu Chengfeng looked down on the income from Lianzhou's land tax at all. He had Jubao Building in his hand and still cared about such a small amount of money, but it was one thing that he didn't care. He was regarded as a fool by the Jingjiang Palace and was once again
Things, Liu Chengfeng is not a fool, he is angry.
Seeing that Liu Chengfeng's face was gloomy, the monk Zhang Er couldn't touch his mind. He thought about his words just now, and felt that nothing was stimulating this young master. Why was he angry?
Liu Chengfeng said to the Tucai indifferently: "You don't have to go back in such a hurry. It's useless to go back. Tax evasion is a violation of the Ming Dynasty's laws. Do you know that the court has clear regulations?"
If someone else said this, this local fortune would probably have laughed, and it was clearly stated that this matter would not be new anymore. This young master was too pedantic, but this local fortune dared not laugh, so he had to say with a bitter face:
"This...this..."
Liu Chengfeng said to him lightly: "Remember, my name is Liu Chengfeng. If you go back to Lianzhou and meet relatives and friends, it is best to convey my words and tell them that I have collected their taxes.
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At the beginning, Liu Chengfeng was wondering if he should be exempted from tax. At least he had money in his hands and really didn't care about the money. But now, his mind is different. It is called a gift to exempt them from taxes, but they evade taxes.
It's just another thing, want to escape? It's so easy. If Wanhuhou is indifferent to this kind of indifferent, how can he survive in Lianzhou?
After hearing Liu Chengfeng's words, this Tucai was stunned. Liu Chengfeng... Wanhuhou... It turned out that the new Wanhuhou standing in front of him was the new Wanhuhou.