Wanli Youming

Chapter 188

Chapter 188

"Shut up for me!"

Snapped!

Hai Rui suddenly slapped the gavel and let out a stern growl.

Jia Cunren and Qian Youyu, who came here to complain at the same time, were taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down together.

Hai Rui still looked at the two senior officials with a cold face.

He has been a local official for many years, and he knows that he should not show fear to these high officials and gentry. He must first raise his prestige before showing courtesy, otherwise it will be easy for these high officials and gentry to push their noses in the face.

After all, educated hooligans are more arrogant than hooligans.

What's more, he himself is only from a family background, so he has to gain more momentum first.

Then, Hai Rui looked at Jia Cunren: "If you hand over the land tax Dingyin in time, why would these arrogant soldiers you mentioned come to your house?"

"Furthermore, the arrogant soldiers you mentioned were also ordered by the hall first. They represent the hall and the emperor's order. If they say you are rebelling, you are rebelling!"

"If you have been wronged, show evidence to prove that you are wronged!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he stared at Jia Cunren like the eyes of a tiger on the mountain.

"evidence?"

Jia Cunren began to tremble a little, and his mouth trembled.

"Yes, evidence."

Hai Rui said.

Jia Cunren seemed to be crying but said: "How can I get the evidence?"

"Without evidence, it's treason!"

Hai Rui said in a low voice, and then he gave Wu Xiumin instructions: "Temporarily convict the Jia family and the whole family into the government prison, and report to the government. The specific sentence will be judged by His Majesty!"

Wu Xiumin said yes, and put the Jia family in prison.

Jia Cunren was also dragged down.

Therefore, Jia Cunren had no choice but to shout excitedly: "Haibutang, you have learned a lesson! How can I be willing to rebel against Jia's rich family!"

"It's all because the dog grandson is a bit stubborn and doesn't know the power of the king's law, so he ordered the heavenly soldiers to be beaten out, and the heavenly soldiers mistakenly thought that we were going to rebel."

"Since I said that, the suspicion of rebellion is even more confirmed!"

"Heavenly Soldiers are also the ones you dare to fight?"

Hai Rui caught the loophole in what Jia Cunren said in a hurry, and spoke up.

Jia Cunren cried even more aggrieved for a while: "Master Hai, you are kind, everyone is a scholar-bureaucrat, why should you be so serious, the dog grandson is really just stubborn and doesn't understand the law!"

"If the children from a poor family who don't study don't understand the law of the king, this church will still believe it; but Jia's family is a scholarly family for generations, and the children taught will be stubborn and don't understand the law of the king. Even if this hall is willing to believe it, will the emperor believe it? ! "

After Hai Rui spoke, he questioned loudly, and then let Jia Cunren be dragged down.

At that time, Hai Rui looked at Qian Xingyu, "Who is in the hall and why is he kneeling?"

Qian Xingyu said: "Qian Xingyu, the former Governor of Henan, kowtowed to Master Hai."

Seeing this, Hai Rui hurriedly got up and left the big case, walked to the front of the hall, and began to help Qian Xingyu up: "Why is Mr. Qian doing this, hurry up!"

Qian Xingyu couldn't stand up on both legs for a while, and smiled awkwardly at Hai Rui for a while.

"Give Qian Gong a chair, and help Qian Gong to sit down!"

Therefore, Lu Kun gave up his chair to Qian Xingyu, and came over to help Qian Xingyu onto the chair himself.

At this moment, Hai Rui smiled and asked, "What is Mr. Qian doing here?"

Qian Xingyu was so frightened by the scene of Hai Rui's stern and selfless face that he had long since wanted to sue Tianbing for trespassing on his house and confiscating a lot of money and food, and put it out of the blue. He only smiled and said:

"I came here to report the tax payment. My Qian family has always been loyal and law-abiding. It's just that after I became an official, I didn't care about the housework. I only handed over the family affairs to the slaves who were in charge. In the end, these evil slaves kept it from me. , do not pay taxes to the imperial court, but fortunately after the Heavenly Soldiers came, I found out that my Qian family owed the land tax to Dingyin for so long that the Heavenly Soldiers wanted to come to the door in person!"

"That's why I'm here to let the hall know that it's not the Qian family's deliberate default, it's the bad things of the evil slaves."

"That's how it is! If Mr. Qian hadn't explained it, I'm afraid this hall would have misunderstood that your government deliberately didn't support the new policy."

Hai Rui nodded, chose to believe Qian Xingyu's words, and asked again: "After the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department go to your mansion, will they still abide by the rules and be polite? I will forgive you!"

"No unruly."

"Worthy of being the teacher of the king!"

"It's just like a spring breeze, asking questions in a gentle manner, and helping the old man deal with the evil slave who disobeyed the master."

Qian Xingyu said with a smile.

Hai Rui nodded: "That's very good, I should reward the officers and soldiers who went to Qian Gong's mansion."

Qian Xingyu also echoed with a smile: "Yes, the old man has already planned to give them a pennant."

At this time, Ye Cheng, the grandson of Ye Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and a group of adult males from the Ye family were brought in.

Seeing this, Hai Rui asked, "What happened?"

Chen Ziluan said: "Reporting to the Ministry Hall, the Ye family is impoverished and has nothing to copy, so they have to be ordered to bring their masters here."

Ye Cheng also raised his head and asked Hai Rui: "Haibutang, I heard that it was your order. We really can't afford to pay the tax. You have to interrogate yourself. So, how do you want to interrogate?"

"Ye Gong wears this cloth full of patches to prove to the hall on purpose, to let the hall and the court know that your house is very poor?"

Hai Rui didn't answer Ye Cheng's words, but asked Ye Cheng directly.

Ye Cheng smiled coldly and was about to speak.

"Gong Ye thinks about it before answering."

Hai Rui suddenly stretched out his palm, facing Ye Cheng with his palm, and then pointed to the flag boards on both sides of the lobby:

"This hall is the imperial minister, which is equivalent to asking you on behalf of the emperor at this time. If Ye Gong lied to this hall at this time, he would be deceiving the emperor! How to deal with the deceiving emperor, I must understand! So, Ye Gong, please think about it. Answer again."

Ye Cheng couldn't help but change his expression after hearing this.

"Mr. Ye's situation has already been taken into consideration by this church. There are also situations where the rich officials and gentry spend so much that their families live beyond their means;"

Hai Rui continued to talk at this time, and looked at Ye Cheng and said, "But you can't owe the imperial court's land tax and Ding Yin!"

Hai Rui spoke and said: "For this reason, the church has also drawn up a memorial, and asked the emperor for permission. If you really can't pay the tax, you don't have to beheaded and confiscated the property to show the emperor's benevolence. After all, it is not a malicious debt. Taxes, but we have to punish him for his crime of dishonesty and wronging the country!"

"Therefore, this hall invites the imperial court to set up a credit investigation system. In the future, anyone who owes more than 500 taels of tax in silver and fails to pay within the time limit shall be included in the list of dishonesty. Those who are included in the list of dishonesty will not be allowed to start a business within three generations. Join the army; those who have in-service relatives should also be dismissed; in addition, the head of the family who owes taxes should be imprisoned by the court to work in order to compensate for the taxes owed, and they will not be released until the payment is completed."

"Haigang Peak!"

Ye Cheng immediately yelled, looked at Hai Rui with a purple face, gritted his teeth and said, "You are so ruthless!"

"Now, Mr. Ye, please answer my question just now. Why are you wearing this patched cloth? Is it really poor or is it a show?"

Hai Rui ignored Ye Cheng's roar and only asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, it was deliberately worn to show the National Taxation Department! Don't dare to deceive the king!"

As he said that, Ye Cheng knelt down, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "My Ye family has silver to pay taxes, and I just remembered that Qiankong Temple saved me [-] silver. Please forgive me and don't count our Ye family In the list of dishonest households! My Ye family is willing to pay off all taxes owed immediately!"

Qian Xingyu also knelt down: "The Qian family didn't dare to owe taxes. This time, they were just deceived by the evil slaves. Please forgive me and don't count my Qian family as a family of dishonesty."

Hai Rui said: "The imperial approval hasn't come down yet, you still have a chance."

So, next, Ye Cheng and other high-ranking officials and gentry who deliberately pretended to be poor and owed the tax money paid the tax money honestly.

Hai Rui then left Yangzhou and came to Zhenjiang and Nanjing by boat.

On this day, it was a rainy and humid day in the south of the Yangtze River. Both sides of the bank were covered with lush dark green in the misty rain, and in the misty rain, the outlines of buildings, towers, temples and other buildings were blurred and looming.

"That's the official ship of the National Taxation Department! Hai Rui is inside! The ship has already approached, set it on fire! If you hit it, there will be 20 taels of silver!"

In the dense green forest on the bank, several cannons at the temple near the river suddenly burst into flames.

boom!

boom!

boom!

Immediately, due to the short distance and several cannons, although most of the shells fell into the river, only a lot of water splashed, but the cabin of the official ship with the lantern of the National Taxation Department was still blown into a mess by one shell. Heap of wood chips.

"Hai Rui was hit!"

The life member guarding here laughed happily, but then his expression changed.

(End of this chapter)