The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

On the dilapidated boat spinning in the middle of the river, the Zhang brothers were still wondering whether they were the "enemy of ten thousand people" who was captured as they were called.

Although they, as Lin Tailai's close friends, could completely guess that this play was staged, what was the point of doing this?

Zhang Wu asked his eldest brother: "We've all left the restaurant, what should you and I do now?"

Zhang Wen thought for a while and said: "The broken ship should be left here for others to see. Can it increase the topicality of what we are talking about in the museum?

As for you and me, two useless people, just dive into the water and swim away! "

No one on the shore paid attention to the Zhang brothers. Hundreds of people looked at Fengqiao in unison. Their commander-in-chief was on the bridge.

Xi Siquan, the Great Chaofeng, was a little confused. How come this plot direction did not follow his own script at all?

Obviously the most detailed settings have been made, but all the work turned out to be in vain, and today's deployment was all wasted.

The feeling of Xi Siquan's great courtship was like changing from the director who should be in control of the whole scene to an insignificant spectator. The psychological gap is really huge.

Also, Lin Tailai is so skillful at imitating various roles. He transformed three times in just a few words. You can tell he is acting!

You can deceive ordinary people, but you can't deceive smart people like him!

And what Xi Siquan couldn't understand was, what was Lin Tailai's purpose in doing this?

Even if the business gang is discredited, what happens next? What can you do?

After much deliberation, I can only temporarily believe that Lin Tailai's purpose is to escape and break the besieged situation.

But Lin Tailai can run away, but the monk cannot run away from the temple. It is impossible for him to never return to Suzhou City.

In fact, everyone from the county government office to the government office and the governor's office knew about Lin Tai's return to Suzhou.

And they are also very concerned about it. After all, this is the number one thorn in the side of local people in Suzhou City, and the natural enemy of most foreign officials.

Even the chief minister's son looked gentle and courteous when compared with Lin Tailai.

Not to mention that this time Governor Wei secretly dispatched officers and soldiers to help the Dongting merchant gang clean up Lin Tailai.

Therefore, when Xinkewu Jieyuan Lin Tailai was blocked by fellow villagers in Fengqiao, and then arrested by Nanjing people, all government agencies received the news immediately, and then none of them knew the reason.

Some people also noticed that the development of the matter was obviously aimed at provoking regional conflicts, but is this useful?

In reality, no matter how loud the argument is, how many people are willing to come to terms with it over regional conflicts?

Because they couldn't understand it, the bureaucrats in various government agencies chose to wait and see.

Magistrate Deng of Wuxian County did not wait long. The next morning, after all the officials had finished lining up to attend the office, suddenly drums were beaten outside the gate.

Unless something big happens or there is no urgent case such as human life or robbery, no one will usually beat this drum.

Immediately, he saw an old man in his late seventies and eighty years walking into the court tremblingly with a large stack of documents in his arms.

When local officials meet such elderly people who have only been alive for a few years, they usually won't let them kneel down to show their respect for the elderly.

Then the old man reported: "The people in the cities along Xujiang and Taihu Lake were all outraged when they heard that Lin Jieyuan was betrayed by Dongting merchants and captured by the Nanjing Wu family!

There are now nine capitals including the first, fifth, sixth, thirteenth and so on. All the people have jointly signed a letter to the county! "

Deng Zhi County: "."

If he remembered correctly, these nine capitals located on both sides of the Xujiang River and along the Taihu Lake were all under the jurisdiction of the Tangkou of Lin Tailai's influence.

Lin Tailai was just arrested yesterday, and today the book of all peoples can be compiled. It's no wonder that it was planned in advance!

The old man handed over the large stack of documents in his arms and placed them on the public case.

Deng Zhixian flipped through it casually, and found that all the names and red fingerprints were on the back. This was the joint signature of all the people!

Magistrate Deng didn't bother to count whether there were ten thousand or not. It didn't matter.

He only needs to read the text on the first page carefully to see what the public opinion is.

Then I saw a key sentence in the text: "The grain delivery to Nanjing will be stopped this year."

For local officials in Jiangnan, money and grain are the most important tasks, especially when the time for collecting autumn grain is coming soon.

Therefore, at this time, Deng Zhixian paid the most attention to the problem of lack of money and food, which was directly related to his official title.

Immediately he angrily took pictures of the case and shouted at the old man: "What do you unscrupulous people want to do!"

County magistrate Deng finally understood why the unruly people sent this waning old man to deliver Wanmin's letter. It was because he, the county magistrate, couldn't beat him casually.

The old man was trembling, as if he would fall over at the slightest touch, and replied: "Although we commoners are humble, we still know the word loyalty.

Nanjing is dishonest, the merchant gangs are shameless, Lin Jieyuan is innocent, and we the people of Jiudu are filled with indignation. We can only use this to express the anger of the people! "

Magistrate Deng was not a mediocre person who was easily fooled. He immediately said to the point: "In my opinion, you bunch of unscrupulous people just want to find a reason to evade taxes!"

Money and grain are collected and dispatched in a unified manner. How does anyone know which grain to send to the capital and which grain to Nanjing?

Therefore, the meaning of "stop paying Nanjing grain" actually refers to stopping paying the amount!

In Jiangnan, especially in Susong, taxes are too high compared to other places, and it is actually difficult to collect the quota of money and grain.

Otherwise, the officialdom would not acquiesce. As long as it can collect 70%, it will be considered qualified.

In this context where the amount can fluctuate, the local people will always compete with the government in order to pay less money and food.

The final amount collected depends on the outcome of the game. If the government is strong, it can collect more, and if the government is weak, it can collect less. This is simply the eternal theme of the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty.

In Deng Zhixian's view, the public opinion in the Wanmin Book was pure nonsense. It was just that the unscrupulous people united to force the government in order to find excuses to pay less money and food.

Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty was a consumer city. Every year, the military households of the Nanjing Guards Station needed to import about one million dan of food, most of which depended on nearby Jiangnan.

Take Wuxian County as an example. Without taking into account the details, the general tax and grain quota is generally around 300,000 shi, and the amount shipped to Nanjing is about 50,000 shi, which is one-sixth of the total!

Therefore, the real public opinion of this group of unscrupulous people to "stop paying Nanjing grain" is that on the basis of 70% qualified, then discount by one-sixth, and in the end only pay more than 50% of the fixed amount!

The more Deng Zhixian thought about it, the angrier he became. What you unscrupulous people said about "being filled with righteous indignation over Lin Tailai's arrest" were just words of loyalty and money in your heart!

But I have to admit that this matter is very difficult, because it is not just a few unscrupulous people talking nonsense.

There is the organizational power of the association to form bonds, there are spiritual leaders like Lin Tailai who provide the reasons, and there is the real public support of tax evasion!

The scale is still very large. The people of Jiudu account for almost one-third of the county's population. It is not easy to suppress it.

The news that tens of thousands of people were registered in Jiudu in Wu County spread throughout Suzhou City in one day, and the whole city was shocked!

Moreover, this news quickly spread to other counties in Suzhou Prefecture, and many people, especially those local capable people, felt their eyes brightened and were ready to take action.

Who doesn't know how to be loyal?

Although Wu Jieyuan, the first Wu Jieyuan in Suzhou history, was from Wuxian County, he belonged to the entire Suzhou Prefecture!

We are all Suzhou people tonight! Our own people must support our own people, and we cannot watch Nanjing people bullying our fellow villagers like this!

Are there any monthly passes? Are they all out of ammunition?