Chapter 88
Next to the dock of Hanyin Town is the Jianzhen Hall. However, now the Jianzhen has already escaped without a trace and has left a house. Lin Zhan and Ma Qingyuan were ordered to come here, so they cleaned up the Jianzhen Hall and lived inside.
According to Ruzhou's experience, the management of rural towns was simplified as much as possible. In less than ten days, the two of them published dozens of lists, abolished most of the previous tyrants and miscellaneous taxes, leaving only a few items. It was nothing more than farmers who farmed only paid grain service. The merchants in the town paid fixed taxes and street management fees every month. When merchants who were passing by, they only paid the usage fee and tolls at the dock, and no longer paid the physical tax based on the goods.
As for the previous products, the number of people, the number of people, etc., all of them were abolished. The various money attached to salt, wine, vinegar, etc. were also found out one by one and then scrapped, and the price of these goods sold dropped a lot.
Early in the morning that day, when Lin Zhan opened the door, he stretched out and saw a young woman in her twenties coming over with a small bamboo basket on her arm. When he saw Lin Zhan, he bowed.
Lin Zhan said: "Sister-in-law comes early. I don't know what's going on?"
The young woman whispered: "You two men are here, and there is no one around you, so it's hard to eat anything. I cooked porridge here and brought it to you. I have used it early and done it."
Lin Zhan hurriedly said, "How dare you bother your sister-in-law? We are all used to it, so it's okay."
The young woman walked forward without saying a word, stuffed the basket into Lin Zhan's hand. She stretched her head and looked into the hall, and smiled at Lin Zhan. Without waiting for Lin Zhan to say anything, she walked quickly.
Lin Zhan shook his head helplessly. He lifted the basket and saw that there was a large bowl of porridge, a few pickles, and two steamed buns.
Ma Qingyuan came out of the house and saw the basket Lin Zhan took. He asked, "What is in this basket? Where did it come from?"
Lin Zhan said: "It was Li Ersan who came just now. He said that we two men could not cook and brought some food."
After hearing this, Ma Qingyuan laughed: "I have heard people say these days, and that Mrs. Li is a little bit of awesome to you. They heard that they were nearly thirty years old and were not married, so someone had an idea. I also heard that Mrs. Li's family supports her."
Lin Zhan smiled bitterly and ignored Ma Qingyuan. He came to Hanyin Town to implement the government policy, and after all, he was just a public official. However, in this year, except for the public officials in the prefecture and the central court, few officials left their hometowns. Seeing that the two had such great power, they all regarded them as officials. Li Ersao was a widow at a young age and fell in love with him, but she didn't know what to do.
As the sun rose, more and more pedestrians on the streets began to gradually begin. Someone went to the prison town hall and asked Lin Zhan and Ma Qingyuan to handle official duties. Hanyin Town is the Hanjiang Wharf. With the revival of commercial activities, daily official duties have also become busy.
After seeing off the businessman who came to pay the tax, Lin Zhan stood up and poured himself a bowl of tea. He took the tea and looked at the scenery of the street outside.
At this moment, a man suddenly broke in with a steel knife in his hand. Behind him, two or three men followed him with a Park knife. Behind him, there were seven or eight covered faces, each holding wooden sticks in his hand, and they entered the prison hall together.
Lin Zhan was startled and whispered: "Who are you? How dare you break into the official place with a sharp weapon?!"
A dozen people turned around and looked at Lin Zhan without saying a word.
A man with a masked face walked out from behind and looked up and down Lin Zhan. He said in a deep voice: "You two pick up birds, took chicken feathers as command arrows, and acted as a blessing in Hanyin Town! The people in the town dared to be angry but dared not speak out, and they have been tolerating you for a long time! Today, I will act on behalf of the heavens and take your dog's life!"
After saying that, he waved his hand behind. Two men with swords came up and stabbed Lin Zhan in the abdomen with one knife.
Lin Zhan was unexpectedly unable to dodge, but was stabbed by a knife and slowly fell down.
The man in the lead snorted coldly and said sternly: "That Ma Qingyuan also killed him together! The town hall has collected a lot of money these days. I searched carefully and didn't go for nothing! These are all people's fat, so how can they let them plunder it!"
Several people sang together. They rushed forward and chopped Ma Qingyuan to the ground without saying anything.
The businessmen who paid taxes in the town hall were frightened and hugged in the corner of the wall together, looking at these people in horror. Several servants who Lin Zhan and Ma Qingyuan called in the past few days threw their knives and stood by the wall and dared not speak.
The man in charge looked at everyone and laughed. He took his subordinates to the town hall to rummage through boxes and cabinets, took out all the money, and packed a few bags, leaving.
After a few people left the town, the people started shouting, and Hanyin Town was in chaos for a moment.
When he arrived at a place where no one was around, Du Chaozong took off the scarf on his face and said to the rest: "I didn't expect it to be so smooth! There were no one guarding the town, so he dared to send two foreigners to manage the affairs. I really don't know how to write the word "death"!"
Li Qian smiled and said, "We are looking back and thinking too much! If we had known it was so easy, we should have killed them with one knife! This king observed that he had occupied many tricks from Xiangyang Prefecture, and this tax was exempted and that tax was eliminated. I don't know what he had to eat in his army!"
Yu Jiang said: "The most hateful thing is that all guilds have been cancelled, and we gangsters have nothing to do. I don't know how to do business under his rule! He cut these two birds with one knife to see who dares to come here to manage the business! When the government can't handle it, isn't it still up to us?"
The few laughed together and were extremely happy.
The killing of officials and rebellion is extremely important in anyone's mind. Especially in Hanyin Town, it has a huge momentum. Suddenly, the policy changes suddenly, and everyone was a little confused. Unexpectedly, it was so easy to gather a few people.
After joking for a while, Du Chaozong said, "The money I robbed today is actually not much. In my opinion, there is no need to share it. Send someone to buy a cow and kill it, buy some vegetables, buy a few jars of wine, and let's drink it. How about it?"
Everyone has a wealthy family and does not take the money seriously and agrees.
In the government office, Wang Xiaoliu was discussing official duties with Chen Huaiyi. After the official affairs were spoken, Chen Yuyi said: "By the way, a few days ago, there was an imperial decree to grant Luoyang Zhaixing the imperial court as Henan, and to appease the Northwest Road of Jingxi and recruit envoys to control prefectures and counties."
Wang Xiaolie heard this and nodded without saying anything. It was obvious that he and Zhai Xing fought against Yang Jin and made more contributions. However, the court only granted Zhai Xing and did not reward him, which inevitably made his subordinates suspicious.
The Northwest Road in Jingxi was the front line of the Jin Dynasty's attack. Such a local court had a tendency to sign officials. As long as there were thousands of soldiers in their hands, the court would not mind being named as a local general. The Southwest Road in Jingxi was different. In the eyes of the court, there was still the idea of not coming Jin soldiers and sending officials normally. Moreover, Wang Xiaoli was originally a soldier, but in the eyes of the court, he was afraid that his status was not high.
When the Jin army surrounded Kaifeng Prefecture, it issued an edict to serve the king, and all regions sent soldiers to serve the king. However, the court quickly repented and ordered the soldiers to serve the king to be disbanded. The Jin army attacked fiercely and issued an edict to serve the king. After several times, people's hearts dispersed.
Many soldiers from the southern region were actually ordered to be disbanded halfway. Wang Xiaoliu, a group of soldiers who left Fengfu, quickly joined the battle and persevered. The soldiers from the southern region were different. After disbanding, many became thieves. For example, in the Dongting Lake area, Zhong Xiang, who was serving the king, returned, then raised a flag to rebel, which was quite powerful.
At this time, the court did not grant his own official position, and Wang Xiaoli understood what it means. I am afraid that in the eyes of the court officials, I have not yet thought about how to deal with him. After making such great contributions, I will definitely be rewarded according to the merits. But the prefectures and counties I occupied must also be given out. After giving up, I am afraid that there is no conclusion yet.
Give up the territory? Wang Xiaoli shook his head slightly. The place he had worked hard to occupy could not be given up no matter what.
At this moment, Zhou Yi, the official of the Confucius Temple in the mansion, came in quickly and bowed and said, "Report to observe, there are people in Hanyin Town openly entering the market with a stick today, killing the public officials there Lin Zhan and Ma Qingyuan. I still don't know what the matter is. Bei Zhi has sent someone to investigate!"
Chapter completed!