A great cause began with small things. At the beginning of the eighth year of Wanli, no one would notice what the establishment of the General Taxation Department would bring to the Ming Dynasty. For the world, this was just a yamen. Although in the next month, there were always news that tax collectors were killed by sticks in this yamen from time to time, with every house search, people were always shocked by the greed of the "corrupt officials" and also surprised how fat the Cash and Customs Tax Department was.

However, this is probably the case. If it were in the past, perhaps the noble and noble Beijing officials would have tried every means to get this fat man, but now they don’t have the opportunity. After all, their surname is not Zhu.

Of course, the corresponding one is that these noble and noble Beijing officials criticized the use of royal family as officials in the palace in private or public places, which was not in line with the ancestral system. Of course, all this is just the beginning.

At the same time, the "Morning News" in the capital always publishes some news, such as Jiujiang Chaoguan, a certain place, and ordered him to pay taxes, Yangzhou Chaoguan, a certain ship of a first-class family member, and paid hundreds of taels of silver. As for the official slaves who passed through the pass and were beaten by the tax department, it is even more common.

For those tax departments, even one party governor, there is no way to make anyone "a nobleman" or a relative of the royal family. In this way, ordinary people know why these people are used as cash and tariff practitioners in the palace. This is the reason why the evil people still need to be beaten by evil people.

In March, it is the time when spring is warm and flowers bloom and the ice and snow melt. At this time, as the ice and snow on the Grand Canal melted, the logistics of north and south that had been stopped for several months became smooth again. The merchants from north and south who had been silent for several months suddenly found that things had changed. The banknotes along the river were no longer as easy to pass as in the past, but directly imposed a 3% tariff on the value of the goods. If you do not pay, you will not be given a tax payment certificate, and naturally you will not be able to pass the clearance. Even if you pass the threshold privately, you will be fined for tax evasion in the next level. Not only will you confiscate the goods, but you will also have to pay a few times the fine.

Customs clearance is the only pass after entering the canal through the Yellow River. After the river surface is thawed, hundreds of merchant ships will pass by here and head north and south. However, this year seems different from usual. Hundreds of merchant ships are moored along the river, and it seems like the canal is frozen again.

It’s not that the canal is blocked, but that the merchants are watching there. They are watching how they can not pay a tariff. Even the merchants on the boat have been waiting for a few days, all the merchants on the boat sighed, and occasionally a few people discussing what the bow and stern of the boat are discussing.

"Can we find out what the tax department like? Tell him that we can pay 50%. If we can pay 10% in previous years, it would be a great deal of face. Is it not okay for us to recognize 50% now?..."

"Bad, pay 50%, how can I pass the next level? The ticket check below is checked, and the ship has all nailed the signs. If there is no ticket to close the next level, the fine will be ten times based on tax evasion... Grandma, what a profiteer? I think these officials are more crazy than the other. As soon as our ship was parked, we nailed the signs on the ship. Even if we want to pretend to be a Shandong ship, we can't pretend to be..."

"It's not all of them, but they're really more damaging than each other."

While complaining, the man couldn't help but look at his boat. As soon as the ship stopped, it successfully set up the bronze medal on their boat to indicate the identity of the boat. Perhaps the brand could be picked. But there was already a horse who sent the identity of the boat and other information to the next level. In this way, even if it was removed, it would be useless and would even be punished.

Just as they were complaining there, there was a sudden sensation there.

"Here is the official ship!"

"Official ship? That's where? That's where?"

"Where, look."

When you heard the news, everyone naturally became excited. As we all know, it is a mature rule for the official ship to carry private goods. Now that the official ship comes, they want to see what will happen to those tax collectors who bully the weak and fear the strong?

"This official ship should be quite large."

"No, look at the ship's pressure, I guess the loading of goods is not less than ours..."

"Hey, just look at it. If the official ship passes the checkpoint, we will follow the checkpoint. Everyone will coax together, and I will not believe it anymore. They dare to kill people!"

"Yes, the law does not punish the masses!"

"No, once we start a fuss, we will ask fellow villagers in the capital to hand in the morning, and we will have to fight to the death!"

"The fish is dead? Humph, I don't know who will die then?"

As the merchants were expecting, the official ship was about to sway through the checkpoint, and saw a sampan quickly approaching the official ship and blocking it straight down.

"Master, the tax collector from Chaoguan stopped our ship!"

Fang Wanshan, who was reading the book in the cabin, frowned and said as soon as he heard this.

"Don't they know we're an official ship?"

Someone actually dared to check the official ship. This matter sounds rare.

"I know, yes, but the tax department said that the official ship must also be checked! It also said that this time it was the court's law."

"It's outrageous!"

Fang Wanshan said angrily.

"Do you really think you are a royal family and do whatever you want?"

As a sixth-rank official, Fang Wanshan naturally knew who the Taxation Department is now, but in his opinion, it was just a group of "nameless people". Now those people bullied him and even took out some court laws to suppress him.

These people really regard themselves as characters!

When Fang Wanshan, who had a gray face, came to the bow of the boat and saw the tax department standing there, he said coldly.

"Zhu Taxation Department is so powerful. Don't you know that this official ship can be cleared directly?"

"What Censor Fang said is right. The official ship can indeed pass the clearance directly, but if the official ship carries commercial goods, it is a serious crime according to the law!"

While speaking, Zhu Peng looked at the side of the boat and asked back.

"I wonder what Jingshi Fang is carrying on the ship? The water is so deep?"

"What are you pretending to do with you!"

"Of course it has something to do with me. Since our company is ordered by the emperor to do this, we cannot sit idly by and watch others carry commercial goods and evade taxes," he said.

Fang Wanshan's face changed suddenly and he asked sternly.

"You dare to check the official ship?"

"The Ming Dynasty's law says that the official ship cannot be investigated?"

"There are my family members on this ship. Aren't you afraid that my official will impeach you by submitting a memorial?"

"Hmph, if Censor Fang could explain clearly, what was installed on the ship, our company would naturally not disturb Censor Fang's family. But, can you explain clearly?"

With a sneer, Zhu Peng held a whip in his hand. He had long wanted to taste the taste of whipping the censor. Usually, these people's noses were leaning to the sky. In the past, they wanted to deal with them but had no chance. Now, it's time to seize this opportunity, and revenge and revenge.

"you……"

Suppressing inner dissatisfaction, Fang Wanshan said in a deep voice.

"Why do you have to be so scammered?"

"It's too much to deceive others?"

Zhu Peng looked at the ship that stretched for miles away, raised his horse whip and pointed.

"If we let you pass the test, these hundreds of ships will pass the test. At that time, where is the face of the court?"

"you……"

Before Fang Wanshan could threaten, Zhu Peng said.

"Come in, check it in the cabin!"

"The surname of Zhu, how dare you...ah!"

Before Fang Wanshan could speak, a scream came from his throat. The cowhide whip in Zhu Peng's hand started to suck his head like raindrops.

"The surname Zhu... you dare to insult the royal family. I beat you to death today, and I didn't dare to speak for you..."

The evil people still need to be beaten by the evil people. No, these arrogance naturally have to deal with those who are more arrogance than them. For a moment, the whip fell on his body like rain, which made Fang Wanshan scream, and immediately woke up and prayed quickly.

"Oh, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, it's a little mistake, you're just a little..."

put!

That was so easy. Long before the customs clearance came, the General Taxation Department had given the right to face. "Kill a few tax collectors and beat a few officials, the rules of the money will be almost established."

It’s just killing the chicken for the monkey to show!

Since you guys are stretched out your head to be this chicken, don't blame grandpa for being ruthless.

Zhu Peng, who had never been given a name for various reasons, was furious to these officials. He would find an opportunity and take the opportunity to take revenge. Anyway, the whip would not kill anyone. The whip was so good that he had reported it to the tax collectors there.

"Justice Jiu, this cabin is full of silk cloth, the small one is probably worth at least 25,000 taels!"

"Twenty-five thousand taels! Good thing, you, Fang, actually sells private goods on official ships, compete with the people for profit, seal off the ship's cargo, and 800 miles in a hurry, and report this matter to the General Taxation Department..."

Fang Wanshan, who was originally in pain, was stunned when he heard this. What Ming Dynasty had such a charge? But what he was worried about was not the charge that this person brought out casually, but whether he would lose his official position because of this!

As for those merchants who were originally watching the fun, they were also stunned and finally sighed.

"Oh, he is, even the officials are willing to fight for the tax break. Let's pay it too..."

The merchants who originally wanted to pass the barrier will naturally no longer have any hope for passing the barrier, especially when they watched the ship being seized, you were mostly thinking about it. If you evade taxes yourself, you might have no people or goods at that time, and may even drag down the main house.

It's just a few taels of silver.
Chapter completed!