Governor's Palace!
After receiving the governor's order, officials arrived soon.
"The imperial court is short of money recently. It's going to be the middle of the 24th year of Qianlong's reign, so go collect grain!"
"Master Zhongtang, Guangdong and Guangxi can't accept it. We have already received it from the 50th year of Qianlong. If we continue to accept those muds, there will be problems."
Li Shiyao's face was full of dissatisfaction: "You don't even listen to the court's orders?"
"You don't dare to take a humble position! But Guangdong and Guangxi levied too much last year because of the expedition, and they fought with those barbarians last year. We increased taxes for two more years. If we collect more, they will not be able to survive.
ah!"
Li Shiyao paced back and forth: "This is not possible. Our Qing Dynasty is short of money, so we must collect this grain."
The tax officer looked miserable.
He is from Guangdong and Guangxi and knows how the people in this place live.
What can I say, I have been through dire straits!
Ironically, only those Nanman families who recruited hundreds of thousands of people for business were doing well.
You must know that the population of Guangdong and Guangxi is as high as 20 million.
How many people can a road construction company recruit?
What's even more ironic is that even though we are enemies, we provide them with employment opportunities.
Li Shiyao paced back and forth, thought for a long time, and then said: "I remember that there are many businessmen cooperating with Nanmanzi, right? You can collect taxes from here."
The southern barbarians are Chen Mu and the others. Li Shiyao dared not speak out against Chen Mu to his face, but behind his back, everyone despised these barbarians who came from the south and did not understand etiquette.
"Ah~ Master Zhongtang, is this inappropriate? They cooperate very well with the Nanmanzi. I'm afraid they will find them as their backers!"
Li Shiyao blew his beard and stared: "Why, in my Qing land, we don't even have the right to collect grain and commercial taxes? I'll go tell them, and they should know my difficulties."
After hearing what Li Shiyao said, he breathed a sigh of relief: "If the Nanmanzi ignores it, I will definitely be able to collect taxes from my humble position!"
"Okay, you go gather people, and I'll go to the office!" Li Shiyao nodded.
Afterwards, Li Shiyao got on the sedan and rushed to the office to find Chen Mu.
"I am the dignified Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but in the end I have to look at other people's faces." After sitting on the sedan, Li Shiyao thought bitterly.
Feeling aggrieved, he asked the bearer to speed up.
He needs to talk to Chen Mu about taxes as soon as possible.
But when they came to the office, they didn't find Chen Mu or the high school team who were friends with him.
"I'm so sorry. They left urgently a few minutes ago. They should be at the dock now." The doorman said to Li Shiyao sheepishly.
Li Shiyao frowned, wondering why there was such a coincidence: "Then when will the two gentlemen come back?"
"At least a month."
Li Shiyao was unwilling to give in and was ready to find someone else to contact him.
"Sir, my office does not allow others to break in, otherwise we will be at war with each other." The doorman scolded him directly and forcefully.
Li Shiyao gritted his teeth angrily inside, but remained calm on the outside.
He was a dignified official in the border areas of the Qing Dynasty and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but he couldn't even understand the office doorman.
"snort!"
Li Shiyao was so angry that he didn't dare to lose his temper.
After saying a few words, Li Shiyao left directly, and asked someone to ask if Chen Mu and the high school team had left.
"Confirm that everyone has left. As soon as they left Guangzhou on their fast horses, you came out."
Only then did Li Shiyao feel relieved.
Fortunately, these people didn't avoid me on purpose.
After returning to the Governor's Mansion, he gritted his teeth and decided to collect taxes.
First, let his subordinates find businessmen who cooperate with Chen Mu to conduct business tax negotiations, and then organize manpower to prepare to go to the countryside to collect taxes.
…
When Li Shiyao was dispatched to collect taxes, Chen Mu, the high school team and others had already hid in a hidden place and sneered.
"It's done!"
"Li Shiyao has stepped into a trap. Do you think he will be scared to death when he sees the surprise we gave him?"
"It's possible!"
Today, after eavesdropping that Li Shiyao saw the news that Qianlong was in urgent need of money and tried to raise taxes in Guangdong and Guangxi, they felt that the opportunity had come.
They were going to stage a surprise for each other.
They are already qualified to surprise them!
After more than eight months of contact, the people of the Qing Dynasty in Guangdong and Guangxi have gained enough trust in them.
It's time to give people a push.
Should you keep your head down and live a life worse than death, or should you stand up and live like a human being?
In short, as long as they do well this time, the people of the Qing Dynasty will fall to them.
The irreparable kind!
As expected, when the news of the increase in grain and commercial taxes came out, the officials of the Qing Dynasty went into revelry.
A businessman who was contracted to provide meals at a construction site was the first to suffer.
This businessman mainly works as a caterer. In the past six months, he has made a small fortune by contracting food for construction companies.
The tax officials of the Qing Dynasty did not dare to collect taxes because they were afraid of Chen Mu's hard power and lacked orders from superiors.
It's also my fault that this businessman doesn't know what's interesting and doesn't know how to make connections.
The Qing Taxation Office was the first to cause trouble for this businessman.
After a lot of crying and bloody tax collection activities, the businessman lost 50% of his property.
Later, other Qing Dynasty officers came over.
This businessman was forced to go bankrupt!
Here I want to focus on what Chen Mu did after coming here!
In line with the principle of focusing on the big and letting go of the small, sharing benefits, winning people's hearts, and establishing an image.
After Chen Mu arrived in the Qing Dynasty, he used force to subdue the Qing Governor-General.
Most of the time, transactions are conducted in a fair and equitable manner.
The reason why they are loved and hated by gentry and businessmen is because they pay attention to rules and do not pay attention to human feelings.
As long as you comply with their rules, you can make money under the rules they set.
Catering contractor, cleaning contractor. Various supplies contractor, coal and firewood contractor.
There are also some daily necessities, such as clothing production and paper printing, in which businessmen are involved.
They have also established a good cooperative relationship with Chen Mu.
This time the Qing Dynasty suddenly imposed taxes, which directly harmed the interests of a large number of merchants. Behind these merchants, there were many gentry.
Although the gentry was dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty because they received food from one body.
But the gentry class has always been the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty.
Because of Li Shiyao's flattery and tax collection, the goodwill of the gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi was destroyed.
Many of the gentry who originally longed for the arrival of the Heavenly Army hoped that the Qing Dynasty would die.
Of course, they are just talking in their hearts.
It is very simple for merchants to collect business taxes.
But when officials go to the countryside to collect taxes, there can be a lot of trouble.
Some villages where construction companies did not work still suffered huge damage as usual!
The food rations at home are gone, and life and death in the second half of the year are uncertain! The people of the Qing Dynasty can only hope for a bumper harvest next season.
But in some places, tax collectors are in trouble!
Because someone is resisting the tax.
For example, Xiao Jian directly prevented the government officials from collecting taxes.
Xiao Jian had a big feud with Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
After he received training and arrived in Guangdong and Guangxi, he mainly worked at the grassroots level, guiding people to plant, learn medicine, cultivate, and fertilize.
It is now June of the Qing Dynasty, which is the time to harvest rice.
Xiao Jian happened to be here to teach people how to use new agricultural tools to collect rice.
When he heard that the police were collecting taxes, he stood up immediately.
"Lord, this is wrong! Lijiagou has already handed over the grain for the 24th year of the Qing Dynasty. The amount of grain to be handed over is written in the law of the Qing Dynasty! You can't apportion it randomly."
"Asshole, we, the Qing Dynasty, will collect as much grain as we want. You idiots dare to resist taxes. Do you want to rebel?" the tax collector scolded.
"Master, this is wrong. We have the voucher here and have already paid the grain for twenty-four years, so we don't need to pay the post-exchange tax."
"You are so bold and unruly that you dare to refuse to pay the grain. You are rebellious!"
"You evil servants, we have already handed over the food, and you still dare to collect it. I think you servants are distorting the imperial will."
The leader of the tax collector, Yan Shuai, was so angry that his nose became crooked: "You are so bold and cunning. You dare to rebel. Kill me!"
"snort!"
Xiao Jian snorted coldly, then rushed into the crowd with a dung stick in his hand.
A round of blows with sticks!
Dozens of tax collectors were beaten until they were so scared that they ran away!
Yan Shuai said with a bruised nose and face: "Asshole, who are you and why do you dare to stop us from collecting grain!"
They, the policemen, make a living by collecting grain from the common people. This bastard refuses to hand over grain. This is a life-or-death feud.
"Xiao Jian!"
"Hmph, just wait for me and let's go!"
More than fifty Qing court officials followed Yan Shuai and left in embarrassment.
Yan Shuai wiped the blood from his nose and said, "Let's go to the nearby village to collect grain. I don't believe it anymore. These villages dare to resist taxes."
Then, Yan Shuai and fifty government officials were kicked out again.
Yan Shuai and a group of policemen went to the next village again and found that the same experience still happened.
They discovered a big problem!
"Sir, this is not right."
"Damn it, these unscrupulous people are very likely to unite to rebel. We must report to the Governor."
These officers did not dare to collect grain and returned to the county seat with the bad news.
Soon, the county magistrate reported the news to the prefect!
The prefect reported the news to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
When Li Shiyao, who was happily counting money in the Governor's Mansion, learned that a large number of officers had been beaten back, he was immediately shocked.
"Why, can't we harvest grain from our land in the Qing Dynasty? How dare those Nikan refuse to collect grain?"
The prefect looked aggrieved: "Sir, those mud-legged people said that the grain tax for twenty-four years has been paid. They have already paid the grain tax for fifty years, so don't let them pay for the next twenty-five years."
"Crooked ways, when did the Qing Dynasty..., forget it, who supported them?" Li Shiyao knew the urinal nature of his group of people.
His subordinates suppressed the people of Guangdong and Guangxi in this way, and he had nothing to do with it.
The prefect said aggrievedly: "Those idiots asked people from the neighborhood mutual aid association for help."
Li Shiyao's veins suddenly popped out: "Asshole, these mud-legged people are like this. Aren't you afraid that our Qing Heavenly Army will dispatch to destroy them?"
Several prefects and the county magistrate lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
"Are there mutual aid associations behind these villages? Everyone shouldn't refuse to collect grain taxes at the same time. There must be something fishy about this!"
"Everyone is helped by the mutual aid association!" a county magistrate said.
Li Shiyao suddenly had a headache!
The county magistrate said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty Governor, there are workers working in construction companies in these villages. They... they said that if we still dare to ask for taxes, we will find Nanmanzi to support them!"
Li Shiyao said angrily: "Using those Nanmanzi as a shield? This is taking our Qing Dynasty seriously!"
Some county magistrates lowered their heads, thinking since when did the Nanbarbarians take the Qing Dynasty seriously?
You, the governor, have been bullied many times, haven't you experienced it yourself?
Li Shiyao shouted angrily: "No, this flame must be extinguished. Someone must be sent to quell the rebellion."
Looking at the submissive official, Li Shiyao was very angry: "What's wrong? What are you doing? Why don't you move?"
"Sir, the people in those villages asked whoever dared to be armed to collect taxes and use weapons. They directly invited the dragon... Nanmanzi to come out."
Li Shiyao, who was originally arrogant, suddenly did not dare to speak.
What should I do?
People in these villages said that Nanmanzi would definitely help them.
It seems they must be colluding.
Chen Mu got involved with the high school team, and this is a big deal!
Damn it, why do they care about us?
Didn’t we agree before?
In our Qing Dynasty, we must abide by the laws of our Qing Dynasty.
Forget it, these people already declared war when they attacked the Qing Dynasty. I...I can't bear it!
This end must not be opened.
This chapter has been completed!