Luo Feiyu also found it very strange. How could Ding Xiu appear here?

Ding Xiu is Jin Yichuan's senior brother, and Chen Lian and Lu Jianxing know about this. It's just a more specific thing, Jin Yichuan is unwilling to talk about it.

Luo Feiyu knew more. When he was in the capital, he was busy with court affairs and didn't care about other things. He was actually looking for opportunities to subdue Ding Xiu, otherwise, it would be a waste of Ding Xiu's kung fu.

This time when I went to Shaanxi, Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan were also among them. The 300 Jinyiwei brought were carefully selected, with good martial arts and strong combat power. One hundred of them were also good at shooting. In addition to carrying embroidered spring swords, they also carried strong bows and feather arrows on their backs.

Maybe this time is a good time to conquer Ding Xiu! Luo Feiyu's eyes swept across Ding Xiu and thought to himself.

After resting in the city, Luo Feiyu quietly greeted Chen Lian and asked him to send someone to stare at Jin Yichuan.

Not long after he got off, Li Ren, the governor of Zhuozhou, came with Tongzhi, judge and other subordinates. Although he didn't know what the group of people were, such a large group of Jinyiwei was definitely not small in the background.

As soon as he came in, he saw Luo Feiyu's Jinyiwei commander armored clothes. He was lost in his mind, and then he bowed directly and said, "Li Ren, the governor of Zhuozhou, paid homage to the Grand Master! He didn't know that the Grand Master had arrived and had not met him far away. Please forgive me!"

"Get up!" Luo Feiyu said, "Although I am the Grand Tutor, there is no need to do this. Where is the state yamen? I happen to have something to ask about."

Li Ren and his subordinates were shocked. One reason was that they did not expect that the Grand Master of the dynasty was coming. The other was that they were scared by Luo Feiyu's words. As the commander of Luo Feiyu's Jinyiwei, they went to the state office to ask. This is really not a good thing!

But Luo Feiyu had already spoken, and the governor Li Ren could only bite the bullet and take Luo Feiyu and others to the prefecture office to sit down.

Luo Feiyu didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Just a few things, Zhuozhou's household registration, land tax, and other areas that do not require taxation, how much land is occupied? What merchants are there, etc."

In one sentence, the subordinates under the governor Li Ren made the subordinates tremble and busy for a long time, bringing in the accounts of the past years, allowing Luo Feiyu and Lu Xiangsheng to read them one by one.

During the whole process, the governor Li Ren and all the subordinates were waiting aside, trembling and worried.

Luo Feiyu read it very carefully, and after reading it one by one, he asked, "How do you read it?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and replied, "The situation is similar to that of Daming Mansion. The imperial village, royal family, nobles, scholars, officials and gentry account for nearly half of the land, but does not bear taxes. The tax collection can only be collected at 70%, delayed and abolished, and this is the case year after year."

Luo Feiyu is already asking the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Guo Yunhou to sort out this matter, and there have been some results, but he wants more detailed data. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue is still working hard.

Lu Xiangsheng was right, and it also confirmed Luo Feiyu's conclusion that the entire Ming Empire was not high. But now it has caused complaints from the public, and the treasury is empty and the army cannot afford to support it.

The main disadvantages are: the proportion of land that does not pay taxes is increasing year by year. Imperial villages, royal families, nobles, scholars, officials and gentry are all not taxed. Landlords and powerful people have many ways to evade taxes. In this way, the burden on the remaining tax payment fields will naturally increase year by year.

This time, the hungry riot in Shaanxi was caused by drought, which led to poor harvests in the fields, but the taxes were not reduced. Instead, there were additional taxes like Liao pay. It was like the last straw that broke the camels. Since it was a death, these hungry people rose up.

The second disadvantage is that the collection of commercial tax is a complete joke. Not only is the lack of commercial tax, but it is also very chaotic, which gives merchants an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The third disadvantage is the chaos in the taxation system.

Luo Feiyu wanted to let the Ming Empire embark on the road of sustainable development and solve the financial crisis, which was a more troublesome problem that threatened the Later Jin Dynasty. Once this problem was solved, the Later Jin Dynasty would not be a problem at all.

Luo Feiyu nodded and recognized what Lu Xiangsheng said.

He put down the booklet, asked the governor Li Ren about some of the situation, and said to him: "Okay, put these things away. Take me to see everywhere in the city."

The prefect Li Ren and his subordinates all quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He took Luo Feiyu to the top of the city to check out the facilities in the city. Before the meal was time, Luo Feiyu saw Chen Lian and his men rushing over.

When he came to the front, Chen Lian turned over and got off the horse, came to Luo Feiyu, and whispered: "Ding Xiu found Yichuan and met at Taoyuan Restaurant in the city."

Luo Feiyu nodded: "Take someone with me, I'll go there now!"

Taoyuan Restaurant was at a time when business was booming. As soon as the magistrate Li Ren and Luo Feiyu and others appeared, the restaurant owner immediately smiled and greeted him.

But before he could make a sound, the rumbling sound of horse hooves swept across the ground like thunder. On the other side of the street, a team of black-armored knights rushed towards him like a gust of wind.

Everyone who saw this scene was all disgusted and rushed to the street, frightened and looked lively.

Chen Lian turned over and dismounted, and the black-armored knight behind him was clean and neat and uniform.

"Bring the person out." Luo Feiyu said in a deep voice.

Chen Lian waved his hand and took a team of black armored Jinyiwei and strode into the restaurant. The restaurant owner who was greeted was pale, his hands were trembling, and he walked forward a few steps, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, this..."

The magistrate Li Ren did not look at him, but looked at Luo Feiyu in the middle. Luo Feiyu laughed and turned around and said, "Don't worry, it's just a catch of someone, it has nothing to do with you."

A stone fell into the ground in the restaurant owner's heart, but immediately, his heart got gripped again. Just caught someone, which... affected the business!

But he only dared to think so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He didn't even dare to show a slight dissatisfaction on his face.

Chen Lian led the way, and a team of Jinyiwei rushed Ding Xiu out. Ding Xiu was very brave. At this time, he was still carrying his long-handled sword, with a slightly indifferent expression on his face.

"Sir, what does this mean?" Ding Xiu asked looking at Luo Feiyu.

Luo Feiyu replied coldly: "What, do you need me to explain to you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Feiyu glanced left and right and ordered: "Get away and look at him. If he wants to escape, he will kill him!"

Ding Xiu's face changed, and he could no longer keep his indifferent look and shouted: "Sir, I'm not breaking the law!"

Chen Lian took the Jinyiwei back and surrounded Ding Xiu in the middle. Lu Jianxing pulled Jin Yichuan and stood outside. Lu Xiangsheng pulled the governor Li Ren and the restaurant owner, and also retreated outside the Jinyiwei and watched the venue nervously.
Chapter completed!