Chapter 015 unruly people

This time, Lin Zimo is working in the office. A public messenger who ran in informed the county magistrate to see him. When he put down his Chinese, he immediately felt that it was not a good thing. Since he received 2,000 taels of silver sent by Zhang Chi, it was expected that it was impossible for him to open one eye and close one eye to pull himself into the partnership.

After sending a letter and leaving, Lin Zimo immediately got up and went to Zhang Chi's office. When I stepped into the door, I saw that Li Renjie was already there. He and the two met the ceremony separately, and then stood next to him without saying a word.

"There are unruly people in Donghe Village who not only resisted the payment of taxes, but also beat the officials sent by the county government to collect taxes." Zhang Chi's face was pale, and his hands were behind his back and said, "These crimes must not be tolerated. I will send you two businessmen with the county government to seize the trouble-succes and collect the taxes they should pay.

"Your Excellency, please relax. I will definitely let such ungood and evil people know that it is powerful. Li Renjie vowed.

"Very good, then you can do it quickly." Zhang Chi nodded slightly and said with a smile.

Lin Zimo followed Li Renjie and came out. The two came to the courtyard of the county government and saw that five or sixty public figures were fully armed and waiting there. Seeing this fierce momentum, Lin Zimo knew that it was not the first time they had dealt with a similar emergency. After the two of them got on the official sedan chair parked next to them, the brigade surrounded two sedan chairs back and forth and left Pingnan County and went straight to Donghe Village.

Lin Zimo, sitting in the sedan chair, was uneasy. He understood that the two of them had to get something on their hands this time, otherwise they would not trust themselves. The sedan chair was shaken by four sedan chair men, which really made him want to sleep. However, when I thought of the violence that was about to happen, I suddenly felt a little pity and helplessness in my heart.

The group rushed to Donghe Village as quickly as possible, and these five or 60 public figures were divided into four teams to knock on the door, and gathered the villagers of Donghe Village under the old locust tree at the west end of the village. Lin Zimo and Li Renjie, who had already got off the sedan chair, sat on the stool found by the public, and the two stood on their left and right with a catcher and a tax collector.

The old and young women and children in Donghe Village were gathered in one piece, and the men in the village were concentrated in another. They are surrounded by officials holding water and fire sticks or steel knives. The public's eyes are like wolves staring at sheep. Most of the villagers' eyes showed fear, and the young children were scared to cry.

"No more crying, do you hear me?" A leading businessman scolded viciously, "If you can't stop, don't blame me for being cruel."

The mothers of children coaxed their children one after another, and some mothers even covered their children's mouths with their hands.

Li Renjie saw that the people had arrived, so he stood up and shouted, "You unruly people are really lawless and bold. Are those of you the officials sent by the county government to collect taxes? Why don't you stand up quickly?"

Two groups of people are looking at me, and I see you silently.

"Since you shield them, you are all like them." Li Renjie didn't see anyone willing to stand up and admit it. He was very unhappy and said fiercely for a moment, "Kill all these people who dared to resist the court."

The tolerances holding the handle of the knife pulled out the knives one after another, and each of them was eager to try. Lin Zimo, who saw something wrong, quickly got up and stopped him and said, "Slow..."

Li Renjie's face has been distorted, and he said strangely, "Master Lin, do you have any advice?"

Lin Zimo walked to his side and said in a low voice, "The county lord ordered us to take away the trouble-doing people and levy due taxes. If we kill hundreds of people, it will be bad for us in the future. If the officials in the imperial court know what happened here, I'm afraid it won't be a matter of a few taels of silver.

Li Renjie snorted coldly and brushed his sleeves, "Then I'll sit next to you and see how Lord Lin handles it?"

After saying that, he turned back and sat back, and Lin Zimo stepped forward and said, "We are all villagers. To be honest, I don't want to see such a result happen. Since some of you have done that, stand up quickly. You can't implict so many people because of you.

Lin Zimo was very anxious when he didn't see anyone standing up. After all, he knew that this group of people were white money in the eyes of officials. He knew that the court had a rule to kill the head of an enemy soldier and reward him with two taels of silver. He knows that Li Renjie should define the good people of the whole village as a rebel against the court or a party that colluded with the rebels, so it would be wrong for him to order the killing. The whole village is going to die, and there is no proof of death.

Time passed second by second, and sweat had oozed out of Lin Zimo's palm. He can't speak too bluntly, otherwise he may be killed by Li Renjie here. He had expected that Li Renjie would say that he had been killed by the people. In that case, Li Renjie will carry out the massacre more unscrupulously. If I die like this again, it will be more unjust than Dou E.

The unarmed villagers looked at the fierce officials around them, muttering in their hearts and involuntarily turned their eyes to several directions. Lin Zimo noticed their strange eyes, but his anxiety was not relaxed at all. After all, he didn't expect what would happen in a second.

The five dark-skinned men suddenly stood up one after another and said with one voice, "I hit the people in the government."

Li Renjie got up again, took a step in front of Lin Zimo, and sneered, "Come on, take it all."

The five officials holding water and fire sticks went to their respective goals one after another. Without saying anything, they put a stick on the back of the five villagers, and then took out the shackles hanging around their waists and put them on the five men. The five good men were quickly brought out by the messenger, and they gathered aside to avoid being greeted by sticks for a while.

Li Renjie's face was still gloomy and said, "You'd better pay the tax quickly, otherwise it will end up the same as those five people. Sir, I'm very busy and don't have time to talk to your group of unruly people.

He called the tax officials to collect taxes and asked him to collect taxes by their respective names from door to door. Lin Zimo, who stood still, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it has not evolved into a bloody slaughterhouse. In my own era, agricultural tax would have been exempted, let alone the tax of "guarante the environment and the people". The future government is going to subsidize farmers, but now it has become like this. He, a person who has just traveled, doesn't know what to do?

The tax collector called the name of the owner and told him the taxes to be collected, and these taxes are calculated according to the head. Although this is very unreasonable, it is convenient for them to collect it. During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, when traffic and information were not smooth, every county magistrate was like a local emperor.

"Sir, my two daughters have starved to death. Why do you still collect taxes according to so many people?" An old man with yellow face and thin skin knelt on the ground and asked timidly.

"This is how it is recorded in my book." The tax collector said with an unhappy face, "How do I know if there is no one dead in your family?" How is it recorded on the book, then how to collect it? What else are you lingling about? Hurry up and pay the tax."

"My family really has no money." The little old man pleaded bitterly, "You can't get this money even if you sell me."

The official collecting taxes called the servants next to him and asked him to take the old man to his house to find valuable things to offset taxes. Lin Zimo doesn't need to see it. It must be a picture of robbers entering the house and robbing. He was greatly shocked and staggered back on the stool, but the corner of his eyes saw Li Renjie showing a few strange smiles.

Li Renjie turned around and smiled, "Don't be too kind to such unruly people. The more kind you are, the more they will feel that you are easier to bully. I believe that Lin Master Book will gradually get used to it in the future.

"I've been taught." Lin Zimo, who was quite touched, forced a three-point smile and said, "I will remember what Li Xiancheng said. In the future, I will definitely gradually familiarize myself with the business of the government.

Li Renjie called a trusted person around him and said, "Master Lin and I have been sitting for a while and feel some hunger and thirst in our stomach. Go and find something to quench your thirst and satisfy your hunger."

A catcher led his two subordinates into the village to look for things. At the time of two notes of incense, the three found some fruits from the tree. Lin Zimo, who touched his forehead with some heat, felt a burst of dizziness in his mind and hoped that the matter would end earlier.

Li Renjie complained, "Bunless thing, haven't you found something like it?"

"This village is so poor that we can find these fruits." The catcher smiled flatteringly and said, "The second master and the third master barely dealt with a few mouths. When the little one came back, he saw that two women were still good-looking, otherwise..."

"Ask the girl of that family. If his family can't afford to pay taxes, then he has to take his daughter away to pay." Li Renjie, who did not make a direct statement, scolded and scolded. He reached out to select a good-looking fruit and took a big bite and said, "Master Lin, you and I are one. After all, it is not easy for us to do this job."

After Lin Zimo thanked him feebly, his mind was blank, but he felt the crisis.