Among the six private rooms on the third floor of Yuxian Tower in Xi'an, Hong Chengchou ordered a table of delicious dishes in the private room named Ren, but he was the only one eating.

But at this time, he did not eat the food on the table. Instead, he drank a glass of the cheapest wine from Yuxianlou and ate a plate of pickles presented by Yuxianlou. The table full of delicious, delicious and delicious dishes could not attract him.

attention.

With a glass of wine and a mouth full of spicy food, I think back to my past studies and the hardships along the way.

A mouthful of pickles left a mouth full of coldness, but I was devoted to serving my country but unable to save my life.

The princes in the court were only interested in petty profits, and the civil and military officials in the court only knew that the world's surname was Zhu, and they only cared about a small family, not a big country.

On the dragon throne, he was young and ignorant. Although he had eliminated traitors and traitors, he was blindly confident and abolished commercial taxes. He was so happy that he believed Yuan Chonghuan's lie about pacifying Liaodong in five years and spent all the power of the country to attack Liaodong.

I, Mr. Hong, wholeheartedly serve the country and the people, but in the end I was forced by a eunuch. Hum, Your Majesty, please open your eyes. If I do this to you, if Liaodong is not in chaos, the world will be in chaos first.

Hong Chengchou lowered his head as he spoke, poured himself another glass of wine, looked at the delicious food on the table, and shook his head. In fact, the Hong family is also the current vested interest. The Hong family also has its own caravan, and also

He was sucking the blood of the Ming Dynasty, but he, Hong Chengchou, understood that by giving up a little business tax, he could exchange for longer-term benefits.

Only when the Ming Dynasty lasts forever can the scholar-bureaucrats find such comfort, but other people don't understand. They just want to suck blood more greedily, never ending. In this way, no matter how great the Ming Dynasty is, it will fall apart.

The emperor didn't understand this, the scholar-bureaucrats didn't want to understand, and the people didn't deserve to understand. But the one who really understood it was the eunuch Wei Zhongxian. How ironic.

Hong Chengchou sighed, poured another glass of wine, and drank it all in one gulp. However, Hong understood this. Now that Hong understands it, he cannot watch Ming slide down the bottomless abyss, so Zhang Jinshui, this

Once, you must die. Only by dying can the emperor and the court officials wake up.

"Hehehe... don't blame Hong for being poisonous, you brought it all on yourself."

Hong Chengchou drank wine, with a hint of coldness on his face.

At the same time, at the Xi'an Imperial Envoy's Mansion, Zhang Jinshui roared angrily: "Hold it, hold it, don't let these mobs rush in, hold it back, and notify Zhang Jinru and Xi'an General Mansion immediately,

Let them send troops to suppress it."

Zhang Jinshui roared loudly at this time, and someone outside roared loudly: "Beat the gelded dog Zhang Jinshui to death."

"Beat the gelded dog Zhang Jinshui to death."

"Folks rushed in. The man surnamed Zhang has given us the people no way to survive. We can't make it easy for him. Beat him, beat him!"

"Come on!"

Boom, boom, boom!

Incited by the "enthusiastic" fellow villagers, the angry people completely lost their minds. Talking about long-term planning and thinking before acting are all bullshit by her mother. She charges four taels of silver per acre of land. How can she give up her mother's sanity?

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Four taels of silver can only yield so much from an acre of top-grade fields. Neither medium-grade fields nor low-grade fields can yield even four taels of silver. This means we are being asked to borrow money to pay taxes.

This really leaves no way for the common people to survive. Okay, since you don’t give the common people a way to survive, I will not survive, so I will let you know how powerful we are.

A group of people frantically attacked the Imperial Envoy's Yamen.

Zhang Jinshui was frightened. At this time, a close confidant said: "Sir, the people are crazy, we can't stop them."

Zhang Jinshui then sat down on the ground and muttered: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall that half a month ago, he went to Hong Chengchou to collect Xia Fu. He didn't want to ask for more. The court wanted one or two taels of silver per mu of land, so he chipped in and asked for two taels of silver, leaving four.

Money, keep two cents for yourself and give the first two cents to the top. This is great, everyone will benefit.

Moreover, as long as this summer Fu is handed in, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely be pleased, and promotion and wealth will be just around the corner.

But when I went to see Hong Chengchou that day, Hong Chengchou went out of his way and deliberately said that there was enough rain this year and the harvest was very good. He could earn at least six taels of silver from one acre of land. He had been castrated since he was a child and entered the palace. He didn't know what the sufferings of the people were.

I’ve never farmed before, so of course I can do whatever the official says.

Hong Chengchou encouraged himself to collect four taels of silver per mu of land. If he collected this and His Majesty the Emperor solved the problem of Liao Xiang, then it would not be a great achievement for him. He might even be able to replace Wang Chengen and become His Majesty's confidant in the future.

That right is not yet supreme.

When the time comes, Hong Chengchou still needs to give more advice.

People are always greedy, especially eunuchs. Who doesn't want to be Wei Zhongxian?

So Zhang Jinshui was tempted and issued a ridiculous order of four taels of silver per mu of land. However, all the officials in Shaanxi were either stupid or bad. Not one official reminded Zhang Jinshui, and the officials strictly followed Zhang Jinshui's instructions.

According to my father-in-law's instructions, I went down to collect taxes.

Then the angry people went completely crazy, not wanting anyone to live. Then under the guidance of some thoughtful people, the people surrounded the Imperial Envoy's Yamen, and this is the scene now.

The Imperial Envoy's Yamen was surrounded, and the news spread quickly. Zhang Jinru of Xi'an Prefecture was admiring the erotic pictures Li Chaosheng gave him in his room. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. Look at how fair and tall this girl is.

, and this little leather whip, this cold temperament, these breasts...

Dong dong dong...

There was a knock on the door. Zhang Jinru quickly rolled up the painting, then opened the door and said, "What's the matter?"

At this time, the Yamen servant said: "Sir, the imperial envoy's Yamen has been surrounded by the people. Are we?"

Zhang Jinru frowned, glanced at the Yamen servant and said, "Did the Imperial Envoy ask for help?"

"No, but sir, the courtyard is so surrounded by water, who can run out and ask for help?"

Zhang Jinru frowned and said: "Not asking for help means that everything is under the control of the imperial envoy. What's wrong with you? Go back to work and stop causing trouble."

"yes."

The yamen servant was scolded severely, and then left with a look of helplessness. Zhang Jinru saw the yamen servant leaving and sneered: "It's just a castrated dog, and he still wants to be arrogant. He thinks this is the Tianqi Dynasty?"

Zhang Jinru turned around and went back into the room, opening this realistic picture called World Wave. It seems that starting today, Ms. World Wave has once again gained a young fan.

Xi'an General Mansion, someone told the story at this time, but the General Mansion was indifferent to this. This is obviously a big shit basin. If troops are rashly sent to suppress it, and when the government forces the people to rebel, then the lives of military attachés like myself will be over.

Well, who dares to meddle in this business? As for whether the imperial envoy should die or not, it is none of their business. Forget it, let’s give it a headache. The thieves in northern Shaanxi are doing big things. It’s really a headache.

The mob besieged the Imperial Envoy's Mansion for an hour. Finally, the mob broke into the Imperial Envoy's Mansion, captured Zhang Jinshui, the Imperial Envoy, who was hiding under the bed, and beat him to death.

As soon as this incident came out, the whole country was in an uproar, the court was furious, and the imperial envoy was beaten to death, which was not bad.

The one on the throne felt that his face was swollen, and he threw several expensive vases in anger. The princes in the court were also in an uproar, but in the end they almost all said the same thing. The eunuch Zhang Jinshui was arrogant and proud.

Being considerate of the people, I actually want to collect four taels of silver from one acre of land.

It is Zhang Jinshui's fault that he has forced the people to live in dire straits and suffer unspeakably. His Majesty wants to extinguish the wrath of Thunder, and cannot pursue this matter. He even wants to reduce the Shaanxi tax burden a little this year, otherwise he is afraid of triggering a civil uprising.

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It has to be said that this is definitely an old-fashioned way to seek the country. Anger at this time is of no use. It can only show the incompetence of the court. Moreover, if the court insists on punishing the people, it will definitely provoke a civil uprising, which will intensify the situation in Shaanxi.

The anti-thief forces.

Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to agree and ordered the tax burden to be reduced or reduced in Shaanxi. As a result, the tax burden in Shaanxi this year was less than last year.

But the emperor was unhappy and his face was swollen. Can this matter be solved so easily?

Can the emperor bear this tone?

The answer is that I can't bear it. I can't touch you, the people. Why can't I still touch you officials?

So Emperor Chongzhen ordered to severely punish all officials in Shaanxi officialdom. There were many crimes. The simplest one was that they failed to control the people. This one could punish these officials.

However, Chongzhen did not dare to play too big. After all, Shaanxi was a pot of porridge and sending other officials was not as good as these officials, so he raised it high and put it down gently.

The court ministers also knew that the emperor had to breathe a sigh of relief, so they ordered the Shaanxi officialdom to find some non-performing and dispensable officials, dismiss a group of them, imprison a group of them, and give the court a good-looking report.

As a result, the officialdom in Shaanxi was shaken. Some officials who performed poorly were insecure and began to look for opportunities. However, some officials with deep roots and ability were not afraid at all.

For example, Hong Chengchou was the driving force behind this turmoil. As a result, not only was he not punished after the incident, but he was appreciated by Yang He. Of course, the main reason was that Yang He had too few military attachés available and needed to promote a group of capable military officers.

capable.

There is no doubt about Hong Chengchou's ability, so on this occasion, the chief minister Zhang was dismissed. With Yang He's recommendation and the operation of Hong Chengchou's relationship with the capital, Hong Chengchou finally rose to the next level and became the chief minister of Shaanxi.

And help Yang He stabilize the area in southern Shaanxi.

After all, rebels are everywhere in northern Shaanxi, and bandits are also a disaster in southern Shaanxi.

Therefore, the most important thing for Shaanxi now is to maintain stability, and in order to maintain stability, the imperial court will give Shaanxi officials a lot of autonomy.

, the Shaanxi problem will be solved soon.

When Hong Chengchou was promoted, Li Chaosheng asked the old man to give him a thousand taels of silver on his behalf. After all, Hong Chengchou's promotion was a good thing for him.

Hong Chengchou also readily accepted it, and said that a great fortune would be given to Li Chaosheng soon.

Li Chaosheng didn't know what it was and didn't care because Li Chaosheng was delayed by other things.

That is, something happened to the crops. Although the imperial court reduced taxes on summer grain, the people could only make ends meet. They had to wait for autumn grain to be planted quickly to solve the problem of food and clothing.

But since mid-July, it has stopped raining in Shaanxi. The seedlings in the fields have just been planted, but how can they do it without water?

The people were all stunned. They looked at the poisonous sun in the sky and felt extremely sad. Did God want them to die?

The lush green field seedlings are being roasted little by little by the sun, and they are roasted to death. This troubled era of the Ming Dynasty is coming.

Suddenly the whole of Shaanxi was in despair, and all the rice shops and grain shops in Shaanxi were closed. Who has extra grain these days?

The granary in Xi'an Prefecture began to run out of food, and the whole of Shaanxi was worried about food.

Every day you can see people kneeling in the ground, touching the withered seedlings with their rough hands, crying like a child, God, why don't you open your eyes.
To be continued...