Of course, the Jingjiang Palace is not just an industry in Lianzhou. In addition to the farm in Qinghe, there is also a house in Lianzhou Prefecture City. This house occupies a considerable area and is located in the center of Dongcheng City. It was originally a separate property of Zhu Shan.
However, Zhu Shan did not come often. He was an ambitious person. He always wanted to be noticed by the royal palace and enter the core of the Jingjiang royal palace. Therefore, most of the time, he stayed in the farmland and was unwilling to enter the city to enjoy it.
A few days ago, a special guest was welcomed here. The guest's surname was Zhao, and everyone called him Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao was said to be the confidant of King Jingjiang. This time he brought a lot of Changsui.[]
Mr. Zhao’s mission is very simple, which is to collect grain.
Now the Jingjiang Palace is no longer able to make a fuss. I thought the treasury this year would improve. After all, more than 100,000 acres of land were placed under the name of the palace. This year's annual income has increased a lot. It costs money to hang a name, although these
Money is not as good as food and tax, but it is not much less.
But who knew that things would come to this point? Liu Chengfeng attacked the royal family in the name of tax collection. There was a lot of food and wealth in the warehouse of the farm. I had originally thought about this
After spring, I went to Guilin when the farming season was idling, but now I was in vain and suffered heavy losses.
In the past, I thought the treasury was abundant, so the money was a bit big. Now, after all, the royal palace has calculated the amount of money. I am afraid that this year's annual income will not last until September. After September, the royal palace will have to save money, not just
In this way, you may even have to file a loan.
Loan...
What a joke. Even if a dignified vassal king goes out to beg for alms, will other merchants dare to borrow it?
After thinking about it, there is only one way to solve this problem. Now Liu Chengfeng took his own initiative and collected all the money from the Jingjiang Palace farm in the name of taxation. The taxes collected are not the fields of the Jingjiang Palace, but just
It is just a name for the Jingjiang Palace, so the wool comes from the sheep. Of course, these nominal gentry have to be handed over to these nominal gentry. Anyway, the palace cannot suffer any loss.
Mr. Zhao had thought that doing this would make the gentry disgusted, but the royal palace had no choice. The vassal kings appeared to be glamorous, but sometimes, the more noble they were, the more they had to show off, otherwise they would inevitably be laughed at, and show off.
Those who need money, and the Jingjiang King's group has a large population, so many children from the direct and sideline departments all want to live in the treasury of the royal family. They can't let everyone lack clothes and wear.
This money must be returned.
After settling here, Mr. Zhao asked someone to get a list of the land that the gentry in various places had named it, and it was densely packed with more than a dozen books. After careful verification, Mr. Zhao notified the accountant to calculate the payment.
The money and food were gone, and on the other hand, Mr. Zhao sent someone to spread the news first.
The news came out, and all the gentry were stunned. It turned out that everyone had put the land in the name of the royal palace and wanted to avoid taxes, but now, not only has the name fee paid, but now the royal palace also requires them to pay the grain tax.
Is this still natural?
For a moment, everyone was talking about it, and there was no one who didn't scold me. After all, these gentry were all famous local people. Everyone was willing to do other things in your palace. At that time, they encouraged everyone to go to the name, and guaranteed that they only needed to pay a small name fee.
I can rest assured, but now I have broken my promise and asked everyone to continue paying the food tax.
This is too unkind. Your Jingjiang Palace has no ability and can't even fight a marquis. He was beaten and killed by the marquis of Wanhu and captured his children. He did not ask for it from the marquis of Wanhu. He reached out to the marquis of Wanhu.
Are we shameless?
Many gentry had already made a statement, and the grain tax was definitely not paid, and complaints from all over the country began to spread. Some people even asked to ask for their own fields and let the royal palace spit out the food they had eaten. It is naturally impossible.
Of course, Mr. Zhao did not dare to nod, otherwise the royal palace would lose money. As long as their property was still under the name of the royal palace, he would not be afraid of these people not submitting, so Mr. Zhao was not afraid at all.
The gentry regretted it so much that their hearts were all green, but what could they do at this time? They were vassal kings and they took their own field deeds. Now they just wanted to go back on their word, but they couldn't do it.
But soon, a news came out.
The Marquis of Wanhu issued an order that from now on, all grain taxes in Lianzhou will be reduced by half, from the 30-1 tax customized by the imperial court to the current sixty-one taxes, and will never be discounted, and will not be changed decisively.
This news was like a huge rock that jumped into a lake, and a thousand layers of waves were made, which made all the squire stunned.
I lost a lot, and my own land was transferred to the palace. Not only did I pay a lot of money for the title, but I also had to pay full grain tax. However, I had to pay thirty taxes on the palace.
If I had known this, why wouldn’t the land be in the hands of the royal palace now? It would be like letting the royal palace peel and knock on its head and let them slaughter it.
The gentry's last fear of the royal palace was finally blocked by the huge benefits they infringed upon.
Land is the foundation of their foothold. Now that the land is not returned, we have to offer sacrifices to the palace on time. God knows what else will this palace use to ask for money in the future. It cannot be so hung up forever. This palace is untrustworthy.
Who knows whether their land will be embezzled in the future?
At this time, a gentry stood up. The old gentry was quite famous in Lianzhou. It is said that a relative was an official in the capital. As for what official he was, everyone was not sure. He only knew that the local prefect had treated him.
I have a good attitude and I have to visit you every holiday.
The old gentry was also a cruel person. He directly showed up in Lianzhou Prefecture City with more than 30 people. He knelt down in front of the villa where Mr. Zhao lived, and then stopped getting up again.
The family members of the royal family in the other courtyard were shocked, and even Mr. Zhao was shocked and hurried out to negotiate. However, the old gentry bit him to death and wanted to get his own property back. As for the grain tax, it was just a piece of paper.
If you don't want to hand over, you will never get up.
Mr. Zhao's face was blue and white, but he didn't dare to agree. If he nodded, I don't know how many people would follow suit. How would he explain what the prince ordered?
After all, Mr. Zhao was just an aide, and the decision was not in his hands. However, he had already had a premonition of the seriousness of the problem and quickly ordered someone to go to Guilin to ask the King of Jingjiang to make a decision.
But it's too late.
With this old gentry leading the way, the landlords suddenly cheered up the gentry whose interests were damaged. For them, the land was the lifeblood of their lives. For this lifeblood, they must fight for it.
Immediately afterwards, the second, third, and the hundredth... squire appeared in this villa. They didn't dare to do anything wrong. They just found a place to kneel down and asked to ask for their own return.
land.
After the news spread, there were already people outside the villa. The squire was a local famous person at least, and the landlords also had some connections. Now they ignored the dignity and lost their moral character. They begged to be in the villa's villa.
Outside, this is a rare thing.
There are many gentry here, some even bring their families with their families. There are as many as thousands of people kneeling, and there are still a constant stream of people coming. In the future, there will be more and more, and the onlookers will watch the fun.
But there were thousands of people. For a moment, the palace courtyard suddenly became the target of public criticism.
Mr. Zhao was really panicked. It was not that he didn't want to agree. His staff had been there for many years. Of course, he knew what the consequences would be if such a thing happened. But he really didn't dare to promise anything. He couldn't make a decision and had to retreat.
In this villa, continue to wait and see.
Of course, Mr. Zhao must send someone to the yamen, so that the yamen will send someone to protect him no matter what. However, there was no movement in the yamen, and the people came, but these servants were far away
Watching from the side, there is no intention of protection.
By the afternoon of the next day, the crowd still had not dispersed, and many people kneeling on the ground were already dizzy. They had never suffered such hardships. They knelt for a day, although their families would deliver food on time, they were a little bit
Can't bear it.
The sky became sunken, and there was a sign of storm. Almost everyone began to get impatient. Their patience had been completely eliminated. The longer they knelt here, the more angry they would be for the Jingjiang Palace.
, the Jingjiang Palace does not want people to live anymore. These fields are all ancestral property, so how could they be defeated by themselves?
It was dark, and my eyes were blurred. At some point, someone shouted in the dark: "Mr. Wu fainted, hurry... call the doctor..."
Mr. Wu was the first old gentry to stand out. He was very famous and everyone admired him. After hearing this, there was a mess outside the villa. The deliberately suppressed anger and finally broke out.
In the middle, someone shouted: "Why didn't the royal palace give me an explanation? Even if it is a royal family, can we bully us like this? Mr. Wu has worked diligently all his life, and the court built river embankments and diverted water and irrigated fields.
Many of his efforts are now forced into such a field, rushing in and robbing our land deeds back."
"Yes, the land deed is in this villa, so we will naturally have to take back our own things!"
The anger that was forced to suppress the heart finally burst out, and with the darkness, everyone had time to take the last bit of patience. Everyone was crazy and went crazy to call the door. Countless people pushed in the dark, and the roars came one after another, resounded.