Chapter 536: Crazy Back

In fact, the cotton gentry is not only Lu Li, the tax supervisor who was sent to various prefectures and counties in the northern three provinces. Except for those who are in ports or commercial cities, the rest of the places rely solely on industrial and commercial taxes, which have no major meaning. At least at present, the largest, most profitable and most lucrative place is cotton fields, and there are also related matters.

Several prefectures and counties near Cangzhou Prefecture are staring at each other, and many people are waiting for Lu Li to go to Chujiazhuang to collect taxes, and then decide whether they should do it.

Lu Li's fate made many people gasp, thinking that the landlords in the country have indeed become arrogant in recent years, regardless of the decency of the government, and are just as tough as they are. But these cotton gentry have had a deep relationship with local prefectures and counties.

Some of them are originally local snakes, and local officials cannot afford to offend them. Moreover, the territory controlled by these people is becoming more and more tenant farmers. Local officials also need to rely on these cotton gentry to do many things. In addition, the cotton gentry spent a lot of money, so naturally the combination became closer and closer.

Foreign tax supervisors themselves have certain conflicts of interest with local government offices. It can be imagined that these tax supervisors came to the local area because the local tax collection was not fully collected, so the capital sent eunuchs to collect taxes. Even if it was a lump of wood, we could figure it out. Since tax supervisors were sent to investigate and supervise, the local officials' oil and water must be reduced by a part, and no one would be willing to make less money.

The cotton gentry has always paid according to the tax on growing grain. Even so, there are still a few arrears and shortages. Anyway, they feed local tax collectors, and it will be all done. Of course, they are also worried that the cotton fields have such a huge profit and increased profits year by year. Will the government target this money and withdraw heavy taxes, such as Nanjing and Yangzhou, and the taxes in handicraft workshops in Suzhou and Hangzhou are not light now.

Never be on your own turn. Every cotton gentry thinks this way. This time, the tax supervision policy is the chamber of commerce and factory owners in Jiangnan, and the cotton gentry in the northern three provinces is the ones, and they are really as if they are facing a great enemy.

It was fine at the beginning, no one was attacking the cotton sen. Some people did not expect it at all. They just knew that according to the rules of the court, they only collected industrial and commercial taxes and had no other idea. Of course, in places like Kaifeng, Luoyang, Tongzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, the industry and commerce were extremely prosperous. Even if they did not have the idea of ​​farm taxes and land taxes, as long as they made efforts to pick up taxes, they could achieve results. After all, there were only a few places like Lu Li, and the rest were like Lu Li, but more people were waiting there, hoping to see a pioneer appear to test the depth of the water. After all, although the cotton senators appeared for only a few years, their power was too large.

The attitude of the cotton gentry is somewhat essentially the same as that of the tax supervisors, but on the other hand, when civil officials were in charge, the authority of the court had long been completely destroyed. Although they were just landlords in the countryside, they knew it. Now Emperor Jiajing is in power and sent various places to supervise the tax supervisors, and they are also a little confused about the depth.

After the incident in Chujiazhuang this time, it seemed that everything had an answer, whether it was the local bureaucrats, the cotton gentry in the countryside, or the industrial and commercial masters in prefectures and counties.

After Lu Li returned to the prefecture, he hid in his house in shame. He hadn't come out for a few days and looked like he had no face to see people. At the beginning, officials at all levels in Cangzhou Prefecture were still extremely polite, and after this matter, he was too lazy to pay attention to it.

The tax arrears and tax increases for industry and commerce were implemented in the first few months, and then they returned to their former appearance. However, several cotton gentry in the countryside paid the taxes they arrears, of course, based on the share of planting only one season a year and growing grain.

After handing over this, the accounts in the yamen were also smoothed out. It can be said that they were not leaking. No one could see what else was wrong about the cotton sen.

Following Lu Li's master, on the day he just came back, Eunuch Lu got angry and drove the master out of the door. But after a while, he called in again. All the actions showed that the tax bureau had lost face in the countryside and was no longer so majestic.

Even the military officers of the Jinyiwei who were following the Tax Supervisor did not go to nearby restaurants to have banquets and have fun every day like before, and they stayed in the mansion in shame. The house in the Tax Supervisor Lu Li, who was the people who bought food, went in and out.

The people sent by Mianshen were staring outside the house. Rather than saying that they were the guards outside the door, they didn't care about any skills at all. They just watched outside the door like prisoners. Any strangers who came in and out were blatantly looking at them or following them.

At the beginning, I was quite dedicated. After watching for a few days, I found that the tax supervisor Lu Li did not have any big deal. I stayed in the house honestly, which showed that I was really shameful and became much more honest. The people who were nailed slowly became lazy. It was so difficult to go to the city once. Wouldn't it be better to have some fun?

When Lu Li returned to the city, the prefect of Cangzhou knew about the experience of the tax magistrate. He couldn't help but laugh, and was quite disdainful, so he did not regard the tax magistrate as a guest. During the next period, he regarded it as if Lu Li did not exist. He took the benefits of the industrial and commercial master with peace of mind, and then he calmly restored the taxes of these people to the previous level. For a moment, everyone praised Master Qingtian. For this action, he often said that he was going out of the capital with the order and could not let down the holy will.

Ten days passed. The Cangzhou magistrate finished his business in the yamen in the morning. According to usual habits, he returned to the study room behind. It was his own home. It was quite comfortable. He was served by his beautiful wife and concubines. It was very comfortable. The maid behind him gently knocked on his shoulders, and the prepared rice wine and dishes were all warmed up in advance. The Cangzhou magistrate half-closed his eyes and was enjoying it.

A yamen runs in outside, and this is the inner house of the prefect. The male servant outside is not allowed to enter easily. The yamen runner obviously has forgotten this rule, which scares the female family behind the prefect, quickly covers her face, and runs out in a hurry.

The prefect of Cangzhou was about to take an attack, and the yamen runner shouted in anger:

"Master, there are several officers from Tongzhou Guard outside who want to see you..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horse boots on the ground outside, and several military soldiers walked in with golden swords. The Tongzhou Guard was a little different from the guards in other places. Whether it was the Jingying Guard, the Daying in Baoding, or the border towns in Xuanhua in Jizhen, they were all dominated by infantry. However, the Tongzhou Guard was always dominated by cavalry, which was a bit unpleasant to say. Although the vanguard used by Chengzu Zhu Di in the Northern Expedition, the vanguard horse army used by Chengzu Zhu Di to continue to be maintained, its role has changed from the original vanguard battle to the guarding of the imperial family and important officials in the capital at critical moments.

Therefore, the military pay and treatment that this horse army has always received is much better than that of other garrisons. A few years ago, when civil servants were in charge, perhaps because of the idea of ​​being convenient when they escaped, they did not deduct the food and salary of the horse army. Therefore, the cavalry in the hinterland of Northern Zhili has always been domineering.

The military households in the garrison had no status, but these cavalry were like old men, and the local area tried their best to avoid any entanglement with them. However, these cavalrymen of Tongzhou Guard were indeed some of their real skills. They were extremely brave and defeated the enemy soldiers when dealing with the cavalry of the Mongolian Tartars and the sound horses that were in chaos in Shandong.

"Prince Fang, this is the document of our cavalry team. The Ministry of War of the Capital has allocated it to eliminate the Chu family, a tribe of the anti-tax and chaos. I would also ask the Prime Minister Fang to do it for convenience!"

Before the Cangzhou prefect had stood up, the other party had already extended the official documents directly to him. The military man's actions were quite arrogant and rude, but the prefect Fang did not care about the other party's attitude. He was already scared by the words of the military man. He stammered for a long time and said:

"The Chu family is a local family. How can we resist taxes and chaos? How many generals should not wrongly accuse the good people!"

Perhaps because he was shocked by the other party's momentum, he unconsciously used the word general. Junhan's face suddenly looked much better and he explained:

"I don't know what the hell is, but I know that the Ministry of War issued a document and was transferred after being approved by Master Long Sui."

The prefect Fang was stunned again. Seeing that the people in front of him were all wearing light armor and long swords, he quickly said:

"Since this is the case, I will go out and dispatch personnel to help you quell the rebellion."

The military man grinned and said:

"We were sent to protect the Lord. Lord Qianhu said that in chaos, the prefect should not leave the government office to avoid any damage. That would be a sin."

Looking at the silly smile on the other side, the prefect Fang of Cangzhou could only answer with a dry smile:

"Since that's the case, I'll thank you for your kindness. Sit down, I'll give you the order to have a meal!"

About seven or eight hundred cavalrymen stopped at the south gate of Cangzhou Prefecture City. The nearby inn and the food in the chariot shop were all requisitioned, which was barely enough to supplement.

These soldiers were either tidying up saddle weapons or eating and resting there, but they were silent. In the tea shed not far away, a cavalry Qianhu and Lu Li were talking there, and the cavalry Qianhu said coldly:

"Is Chujiazhuang really a chaotic citizen? It's actually an open and powerful existence in Zhili's main land!"

"Store private soldiers, resist national laws, and truly riots."
Chapter completed!