At the same time, in the Kaifeng Palace in Tokyo, the Sitianjian trotted to the palace gate. Sitianjian had a waist card for the palace. If you have important matters, you could go directly to the palace and trot all the way to the outside of the emperor's bedroom.

A big eunuch stopped him and said, "Supervisor, why are you so panicked?"

"Eunuch Ma, Qi Sha, Pojun, and Gan Lang, gathered in Jingdong's generation. For some reason, he needed to report it to the emperor immediately." The supervisor said.

Eunuch Ma said, "You wait a moment, let's go and report it."

Eunuch Ma turned around and headed towards the bedroom. When he walked outside the bedroom, he heard the sound of the dragon bed and the sound that he shouldn't have heard. It was not for nothing for Eunuch Ma to be able to get to such a position. At this time, disturbing the emperor and shocking the emperor's carriage would be a death sentence. He immediately turned around and said, "Please come back, I will report to the court tomorrow, but I won't be able to do it today."

"This, okay." The surveillance officer went back, and gathering people with the fate of the wolf-like species may not be a bad thing. It may be that the court could not say that the general was mobilized by the general, so there was no need to be a surprise.

The next morning, the ministers came to court and reported to each of them. All military and national affairs were handled. Only then did the Sitian Supervisor report what happened last night.

The emperor said: "What will happen according to your opinion?"

The supervisor said: "It may be that the bandits with such destiny gathered together, and which prefecture has prepared troops and horses, and there are many powerful generals in the army."

"Gao Aiqing, this is your jurisdiction. Do you know what is going on with JD?"

Gao Qiu held up the ivory board and came out to proclaim: "The land of Jingdong is peaceful and there are no bandits with climate. Only a few hills in Qingzhou are gathering bandits. The governor Murong is training troops in large quantities. There are several powerful generals in the army with tens of thousands of enemies, General Qin Ming, Huang Xin, etc., and the fierce generals are like clouds. It seems that this has caused the changes in the astronomical phenomena."

"It's reasonable. Although the bandits are small, they should not be underestimated. The Ministry of War will write to Qingzhou's troops to quell the bandits as soon as possible." The emperor said.

The imperial edict was issued immediately, and the Ministry of War issued a document to arrange Qingzhou to train troops and fight bandits.

Other prefectures set up one chief magistrate, while Qingzhou set up three chief magistrates, one general, with a force of 9,000. The reason for this is to prevent the Liao Kingdom from attacking from the sea.

It costs money to suppress bandit suppression. Although Lord Murong’s pocket is very bulging, the treasury does not have much money. The additional silver for suppressing bandit suppression is called safety tax. What is peace? Can the bandit suppression be safe? This tax can cover the farmers’ agricultural tax for one year. The yamen runners cooperate with the tax officials to collect taxes and pay the money honestly. If they don’t pay the money well, they will be over.

Liu Dachui is a blacksmith and lives in Xiaoliuzhuangzi Village, not far from Taohua Mountain. He had just made a fire that morning and was about to make farm tools for farmers. Spring is the peak season for blacksmiths. People in the villages asked him to repair farm tools. The business is really good. Although it is a bit hard, food and clothing are not a problem.

Suddenly, a horse sounded, and Liu Dachui thought he was a horseshoe. He saw six or seven people from the yamen. He couldn't tell what specific positions he had. Anyway, they were people from the yamen runners and the government.

"Is Liu Daechui?" asked the person in charge.

"Ah, it's me, are you all right?" Liu Dachui said.

"What's the matter? Pay taxes and prepare a safe tax of ten taels of silver within three days." The tax official said.

"Didn't I just paid the agricultural tax in autumn? I didn't have a penny. Why did I need so much money? Where can I get it?" Liu Dachui was angry. This was to force people to death. He built a hoe and a shovel of three to five cents of copper coins. He could not make sixty or seventy cents a day until he was in trouble.

"You are so stupid, we have investigated it clearly. You, Liu Dachui, are the best blacksmith in this village. If you were not thinking that you were still active in paying taxes in the past, you would have to collect at least twenty taels of silver. Now you should be content with your ten taels of silver. You will not be in arrears for three days." After that, the tax officer left, leaving Liu Dachui in a mess.

Liu Daichui is 28 years old this year. His father died early and his mother was left behind. His mother was not in good health, so he didn't tell Liu Daichui about his wife early. Recently, the matchmaker has prepared Liu Daichui for the preparation. Miss Zhang from Shilipu nearby is only 20 years old, but he needs to ask Liu Daichui to buy a donkey. This is also a popular trend nearby. If there is a donkey that can be used to grind the noodles at home, it doesn't take manpower to travel. Miss Zhang's father asked Liu Daichui to buy a donkey, but if he doesn't have a donkey, he won't marry him.

Liu Daichui just spent eight taels of silver to buy a good donkey a few days ago. The black and shiny donkey was very good. In just a few days, when it comes to auspicious days, he would happily marry Miss Zhang back after taking ten taels of silver.

But now the trouble is coming. If you pay taxes, you can’t marry a wife. If you don’t pay taxes, you can’t marry a wife. This is a struggle.

On the third day, half of the people in the village who could not pay the tax ran out to take refuge in the woods and hills in advance. When Liu Dachu thought about why I couldn't run away, he hid the money and told me that he ran up the mountain by himself.

The scale of tax collection this time was quite large, with dozens of people coming, and the vast and vicious tax officials, like wolves and tigers, and the group of people entered the village in chaos.

"Liu Daechui, where is he dead? Come out and pay taxes quickly." The tax official in charge said.

"Liu Dachui, come out, come out." After shouting several times, no one responded.

Liu Dachui's mother was actually at home, but she was too old to hide in the mountains and hid in the haystack.

A sharp-eyed said, "Head, look at the black donkey, which is shiny and shiny. Even if it is not worth ten taels of silver, it will be similar. Just use it to pay taxes."

The tax officer smiled and said, "No, good, it's a good donkey, take it back."

After going up, a yamen runner went to pull the donkey. At this time, Liu Dachui's mother stopped hiding, so he ran out of the haystack and shouted: "Please, you guys, you can't pull the donkey. This is for children to marry a wife."

"Far, is it important to get married to your wife or to suppress bandits? The bandits are immortal and not only want to steal your donkey, but they can't even keep their wife."

"You village woman is a low-quality villager. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. He will not be sentenced to prison for tax resistance."

Liu Dahui's mother was angry at this time and said without saying anything, "Taohua Mountain has been around for several years, and she has never come to steal the people. How could she rob a wife? But you, the tax collectors are even more robbed than the bandits, and they are in chaos as soon as they enter the village."

"What kind of enlightenment is this? It doesn't help the government to suppress bandits, but instead speaks good things for the bandits. Get out of here, don't delay me from pulling the donkey." said the yamen runner.

The old lady held the yamen runners and kicked them over. At the center, the old lady felt heartbroken and could not withstand this kick after taking medicine for many years. She sat on the ground and whispered.

"The old coffin is so good at pretending, you act slowly, and we're leaving." A group of people went to collect taxes, and no one cared about it.

After the tax collector left, Liu Dachui burst into tears as soon as he entered the yard.
Chapter completed!