The assistant officer obviously also thought about this aspect and said: "But it has something to do with the spring tax?"
"Sir..." The man's eyes turned red, "Sir, it is related to the spring tax. Sir, help me!"
The boss is funny. He and his assistants are both people who rely on others to live their lives. They are also trembling with fear. There is no way to save other people's lives.
However, when thinking about the spring tax, the small farmers in Mingtai County are indeed having a hard time.
Princess Yangping's incident last year aroused the dissatisfaction of all farmers and merchants in Xizhou. Many wealthy families in Mingtai County quietly transferred their money to Jiangnan.
The imperial court was afraid that the remaining noble families would also escape, so they sent strict personnel to monitor the situation.
Those who had no time to escape and who were deeply attached to their homeland and did not want to escape either chose to join the powerful, or stopped working in production and quit working as handymen. Some even took back the rented fields, ignoring the pleas of the tenants, and would rather die there.
Abandoned.
The imperial court was happy to see this group of people who took refuge with the powerful. In a sense, this was considered a different kind of affiliation.
However, this group of people, using the power of the powerful, evaded taxes at the top and harshly punished farmers at the bottom. In the taxes last autumn and winter, Xucheng, which usually has the most money, had half less money than other places. Therefore, the pressure has been on this spring.
However, the powerful people that the big households relied on were either government ministers or military camps stationed in various places. It was difficult for the local government to extract money from them. Therefore, the heavy tax fell on the small farmers and small merchants again.
Now these farmers come to Beijing just to complain to the officials.
Do you want to ask, which official is it?
The director of the capital city felt that it was not a good idea. He knew too much, which made him unlucky.
However, he couldn't help but wonder if he was a senior official closely related to their Ministry of Industry.
Although all of them in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce are working hard with their tails between their legs, what if there are people who are driven crazy by poverty and deliberately go to remote areas to show off their power and prestige?
The head of the capital looked at the assistant and wanted to discuss it with him.
The lieutenant misunderstood what he meant and thought he wanted to ask the question himself, so he opened his mouth and said: "Are the officials you want to sue all the same? Who do you want to sue?"
The boss held his forehead and felt a headache.
The man thought he could make the decision for himself, and immediately said: "Sir, I am not suing them the same way. I want to sue Yin Diao Renhui of Jingzhao Prefecture! I also want to sue Mr. Zhi from the northwest!"
"Master Zhi? From the northwest? Who is this?" asked the chief.
"He is a great traitor, a profit-seeking person, and a complete bad guy! He colludes with officials and businessmen everywhere in Mingtai County and Xizhou Prefecture to win over people's hearts! He has been involved in many chambers of commerce in Mingtai County, and he is a member of all of them.
Being treated as a distinguished guest! How many officials and businessmen colluded, and he was the introducer!"
"So it sounds like he is very rich, very powerful, and even more powerful?"
"It is also!!"
"It's weird," the chief officer looked at the assistant, "Can someone from the northwest enjoy such a good life in Xizhou Mansion?"
After all, several chambers of commerce in Xizhou Prefecture are notoriously xenophobic.
"Sir," the man cried, "please make the decision for me!!"
Call the shots?
The boss sighed in his heart, he still wanted to find someone to make the decision for him!
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The closed door suddenly "squeaked" and someone pushed it open from the outside.
Guo Guan, who was lying down in front of the case, jumped up in shock and looked towards the door.
Xiao Zhu closed the door and stared at Guo Guan with her eyes wide open.
"...What's the matter?" Guo Guan asked with a frown.
Xiao Zhu has been following him for so many years, and this is the first time Guo Guan sees him so frightened.
But when I think about it, Xiao Chu has been having a hard time these past few days. He has become as startled as a frightened bird.
After a while, Xiao Zhu ran forward and said, "Sir, something happened, sir! Those people in the Fang family are going to be beheaded tomorrow!"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow?" Guo Guan said.
"The government has posted notices! It's them, all the people named Fang, nearly fifty of them, all must die!!"
Although he had guessed that it would end like this, Guo Guan's face was still as white as paper. After a while, he murmured: "Oh my God."
Xiao Zhu staggered over: "Although Fang Zhenwan is annoying, if we really want to kill all these people, sir, the Fang family, then the Fang family will be almost the same as the Jin family! No, it will be worse than the Jin family! The Jin family
Although everyone in the Fang family is almost dead, Jin Wu is still alive, and Jin Liu and Jin Qi are very skilled, and they are all by his side to protect him. But as soon as these capable young men of the Fang family die, the two old guys Fang Xiyu and Fang Ziqian will directly
It’s useless!”
After being silent for a while, Guo Guandao said: "What's the use of telling me this? We are powerless to do anything, and we will be dragged away like them in the near future, and then..."
"Sir, how about we run away?" Xiao Zhu said with bright eyes.
Guo Guan frowned and looked at him. He was a young man after all, and his emotions and tempers were changeable.
Before, he was not afraid of the sky or the earth. If he was asked to die, he could be full of courage, fight for his own life, and die as soon as he said so.
As a result, Zheng Bei's arrival as the heir apparent over the past few days has made him feel depressed.
"Then Zhao Gong," Guo Guanhu asked, "is there any way to kill him?"
"Ah? Us?"
"Poison, or while he is sleeping..."
"Sir, don't even think about it, it's impossible." Xiao Zhu interrupted him.
"Why is such a troublemaker here at this time!" Guo Guan was angry.
"Yeah, he obviously doesn't get along with that Ah Li. We should be in the same boat as him. But, this guy looks down on us Hengxiang people!"
"Wait a minute!" Guo Guan shouted, "You're on to the point!"
"What? Sir?"
"He actually doesn't hate us," Guo Guan frowned, "he just looks down on us as country bumpkins."
After thinking for a while, Guo Guan continued: "If so, what if we find a way to make him change his view of us?"
"Sir, are you trying to flatter him?"
The word flattery made Guo Guan feel harsh, and he said: "That's all we have to do. If we can share the same enemy with him, if nothing else, at least we can use him to leave Dongping Academy."
After saying this, Guo Guan felt full of loss and despair.
At the beginning, he insisted on not leaving, and was unwilling to leave. As a result, everything in the world was as it was, and everything was not going in the direction he wanted.
A punch on cotton would be uncomfortable enough.
But Ah Li was more than just cotton. She didn't appear in front of him at all, and she didn't throw any punches, which made his target useless.
And this Dongping Academy is no longer the Dongping Academy when Guo Guan came.
The college that was once full of vigor and prosperity is now covered in dust day by day, and all the limelight is on the Lianfeng Academy. Not to mention the young and energetic students, even the teacher seems to have lost his fighting spirit.
Everything is wrong.
Seeing Guo Guan's appearance, Xiao Zhu knew that he had made up his mind. After thinking about it, he said: "Sir, we can only give in to what he likes first. So what Prince Zhao likes the most seems to be... calligraphy and painting by famous artists?"
Guo Guan frowned: "Okay, I will go to Bade Pavilion to read the books and take a look at the calligraphy and paintings of famous people."
