"Wu Ge Lao is really an old man who seeks the country!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said to Wu Yi who was standing aside.
Wu Di shook his head.
"By the way, Your Highness, regarding the issue of collection in Shandong..."
Wu Di hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Cihong in front of him and said.
"This year, many large households have begun to refuse to collect grain because they have officials at home. It is now the summer harvest season..."
"hehe!"
Zhu Cixi sneered.
"I said before that government and businessmen should pay for the food together. Why? Did you forget it so quickly?"
"It seems that I am too kind to them?"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Wu Yan in front of him calmly.
"Let Li Yan's ghost-faced army go! Bring Zhu Yi with you. Anyone who dares to refuse to collect the money will have their homes confiscated and destroyed! Just in time, I also dislike that there is no land that can be given to the refugees recently!"
Wu Yan's heart skipped a beat when he heard the murderous intent in Zhu Cixiang's tone.
He quickly said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him: "Behind this, I suspect it has something to do with the officials in Shandong... They may..."
"unimportant!"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Wu Yan in front of him expressionlessly.
"The external problems have been alleviated, and we have just freed up our hands. Naturally, we have to solve the internal problems first! Even the Manchu and Qing cavalry were defeated by us, and these officials still dare to gibberish at this stall! They are looking for death!"
Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words and looking at Zhu Cixiang's expressionless face in front of him, Wu Yan's heart skipped a beat. He knew Zhu Cixiong's thoughts very quickly.
Feeling Zhu Cixi's murderous intention, Wu Yan sighed slightly in his heart.
He has done enough to protect these wealthy families in Shandong. Although he has confiscated the homes of many people, they are basically the most heinous villains.
But just like this, these wealthy households in Shandong still don't feel comfortable. If His Highness the Crown Prince takes action himself now...
"Would Mr. Wu Ge be too sympathetic?"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Cixi asked Wu Yan standing aside.
With a wry smile on his face, Wu Zong said to Zhu Cihong in front of him: "Your Highness has said these words, what else can I say?"
Led by Li Yan's Ghost Faced Army and scouted by the Jin Yiwei, many officials and wealthy gentry who resisted taxation were quickly dug out and their homes were confiscated!
Officials imposed various punishments ranging from beheading to capital punishment according to the crime committed.
Throughout Shandong, wealthy households and officials were in mourning.
In this process, some low-level scholars discovered in the East Palace began to be discovered and became officials.
Zhu Cixiang used these low-level scholars to let them control the entire Shandong situation step by step from the education system!
"call!"
Xu Xing looked at the detained Wang family members in front of him with very dull eyes. He had seen a lot of this scene in front of him.
At the beginning, Xu Xing actually felt pity for these wealthy households and felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was a little too unkind.
Until later, after His Royal Highness the Prince published some articles about the problems of these wealthy households, Xu Xing no longer had the slightest sympathy for these wealthy households.
During the famine years, they purchased farmers' farmland on a large scale at low prices, then provided usurious loans to the farmers, asking them to sell their children and daughters, and finally worked as cattle and horses for them for the rest of their lives. This kind of behavior made Xu Xing really uncomfortable with these people.
I can't sympathize.
What His Royal Highness the Prince said is so good, all the people have been tortured by these rich people!
And these people don't even want to pay taxes, but want to transfer national taxes to ordinary people. Damn it! There's nothing to say!
Without national taxes, how to build roads? How to train an army? How to build water conservancy facilities?
These rich people are seeking death by doing this!
Xu Xing thought in his mind.
"Where's the front?"
Xu Xing asked an escorting soldier next to him.
"It seems to be a refugee settlement, called Datian Village!"
"Okay! Let's rest in Datian Village for a while first! This damn weather is too hot!"
Xu Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead and shouted to the escorting soldiers next to him.
"Hurry up! Go to the village ahead to rest for a while!"
As he said that, a group of people sped up a bit, and soon, these people escorted the wealthy family to the entrance of Datian Village.
This kind of team naturally attracted the attention of the villagers in Datian Village. Some villagers stopped working and looked at the escorting team in front of them with curiosity in their eyes.
The village chief of Datian Village hesitated for a moment and slowly walked to Xu Xing's side.
"Officer, what are you..."
Hearing the village chief's question, Xu Xing smiled slightly and said to the village chief in front of him: "These people are escorting criminals to Qingzhou. The weather is too hot. I want to take a break here for a while. This is my token!"
After making peace, Xu Xing took out a token from his body, and the village chief inspected it briefly.
"Okay officer, I will make a place for you right now."
The village chief said respectfully to Xu Xing in front of him.
"Let's go! Enter the village!"
Xu Xing nodded and spoke to the official behind him.
The villagers nearby looked at the scene in front of them with some curiosity.
Luo Xi, a teacher from the village, came over after hearing the news and saw the scene in front of her.
He was stunned for a moment. The prisoners in front of him were still wearing silk clothes. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, and he asked Xu Xing on the side: "Brother, I want to ask, how do these people look at their clothes?"
, it should be a rich household, right? Why is this..."
"You are?"
When Xu Xing heard Luo Xi's question, he looked at Xu Xing in front of him with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"Oh! I am a teacher in this village! My name is Luo Xi!"
"It's Teacher Luo!"
Xu Xing nodded suddenly, smiled, looked at Luo Xi in front of him and said: "These people are indeed rich, but they all refuse to pay for food, evade taxes, and after being investigated, they still refuse to pay.
His home was immediately confiscated and his whole family was exiled!"
"oh!"
There was a hint of surprise in Luo Xi's eyes.
He said to the children like Chen Yi who were running behind him: "Did you hear that? From now on, you people will be considered developed and you should pay taxes. Don't try to fight against the laws of the country!"
"I heard it, teacher!"
The children around them all said this.
Chen Yi looked at the wealthy people in silk clothes in front of him with some curiosity. When he was a child, he remembered clearly that each of these people were arrogant and showed off their power in front of him.
Especially the children of these rich families always look condescending when they see themselves, even if some officials from the county occasionally come down and meet these rich people.
They were all polite. At that time, my father always told himself to stay away from these rich people, because the imperial court and these rich people were all in the same group.
Even if these rich people break the law, they can always find someone to take the blame. No matter what the court does, they will not deal with these rich people because they have backgrounds, power, and money!
Why now…………
Chen Yi looked at the scene in front of him with some confusion, looking at these unkempt rich people.