After Han Xiong disappeared from the door, everyone in the banquet felt a sense of desolation, a bit like breaking through the world. It was not for Mr. Han, but for himself.
Who is Mr. Han sent to prison? The Zen philosophy behind this seems to be endless. After seeing through this "public opinion", everyone's mood became indescribably gloomy and a little discouraged.
I was led by the nose from beginning to end, as if I had lost all my autonomy, and was used as a puppet on strings to perform the play I was supposed to perform. Looking back on this feeling, it was terrible.
Why didn't you bravely stand up and express your different opinions to the Imperial Envoy? The most disturbing or frightening thing is that if it happened again, the situation would probably be the same. If human weakness can be overcome so easily, it will not be a weakness.
Notwithstanding the mixed feelings of everyone in Wangjiang Tower, a large number of people with a strong sense of gossip gathered outside Wangjiang Tower. They did not know the specific situation inside Wangjiang Tower. They only knew that Commissioner Fang and a group of local celebrities
At a banquet.
Later, I saw Mr. Han who was dominating outside Pingmen being tied in, and then tied out again half an hour later. It was said that he was going to be sent to the government prison to be imprisoned.
Then, the imperial envoy's boat began to unload, and various suitcase cages were lifted out and transported to the city in vehicles.
Through this movement, the people of Suzhou can finally be sure of one thing, the imperial envoy will definitely not leave. This is good news worth celebrating!
As time went by, various inside stories gradually came out. The most mainstream theory is that it is said that Commissioner Fang Qin was very concerned about face. After being slandered by rumors, he was so angry that he really planned to leave.
However, after being persuaded by local celebrities such as Mr. Li Yingzhen, Fang Qinchen had some ideas. Later, in order to calm Fang Qinchao's anger, local celebrities took the initiative to accuse the Han family of crimes. They endorsed Fang Qinchen's innocence and sent Han Xiong to the government.
He is in jail pending trial.
As the inside story was gradually revealed, several families who had close ties with Han Xiong were imprisoned one after another, awaiting trial at the Yamen.
Fang Yingwu only left for one day and moved back to the mansion. Everything inside was almost intact, and his followers had no special emotions. They just regarded it as an exercise.
Only Mrs. Yuan, who stayed by the imperial envoy's side for revenge, was in a low mood. Fang Yingwu observed it a few times by candlelight and asked: "Why are you doing this? A great revenge is about to be avenged. Shouldn't you be happy?"
Yuan Fengxiao sighed: "The slave family really didn't expect that you didn't need the slave family's evidence at all and easily sent Mr. Han to prison, just like a white wolf with empty gloves. Your scheming is beyond the imagination of the slave family.
Toru, I feel a little scared."
Fang Yingwu didn't understand either and asked again: "What are you afraid of?"
Yuan Fengxiao looked gloomy, "I originally thought that if I couldn't find anyone to marry, I could just stay by your side. But now it seems that I have to forget it. You really can't reassure me and make me feel stable."
Fang Yingwu laughed dumbly, "You have too much control. You don't feel at ease if you can't control others. It's because of the lack of security caused by what you experienced since childhood! But it's up to you to choose. Anyway, without me, you can do enough in Jiangnan.
No worries about food and clothing."
"Although I am willful, can you leave a thought for me?" Yuan Fengxiao was moved again for some unknown reason, and asked Fang Yingwu while panting lightly.
Fang Yingwu was confused and didn't know what he meant: "What do you want to think about?"
"Don't pretend to be stupid!" Madam Yuan threw the imperial envoy down on the bed. "From today on, you are not allowed to pull it out at a critical moment."
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Now this government office is Fang Yingwu's puppet, and the key cases that Fang Yingwu is concerned about are naturally decided very quickly.
Han Xiong was sentenced to exile and confiscation because of crimes such as disobeying imperial envoys and illegally occupying fields. All hidden fields were cleared and confiscated, and the Han family was fined to pay taxes for ten years.
The remaining eight families were all accomplices, so they were treated leniently. In addition to being fined, they were only ordered to clear their land and pay back taxes.
A total of 5,000 acres of hidden land by various means were discovered for these nine families, and a total of 10,000 shi of back taxes were paid.
As Fang Yingwu had predicted, the deterrent effect of investigating and punishing these nine companies was still there. Some landowners whose backgrounds were not strong enough or whose methods of hiding their fields were not secretive enough were worried about being reported, so they took the initiative to report to the Yamen and made up the ten years as per the rules.
tax.
Adding up the bits and pieces, there are 40,000 to 50,000 acres, and more than 100,000 shi of tax and grain were collected, adding another piece of grain to this year's grain collection plan.
Fang Yingwu shook his head helplessly. According to his estimation, the hidden land in Suzhou Prefecture should be on the order of hundreds of thousands of acres, and the amount of land that was discovered was only one-tenth.
But he did not have the time or ability to clean them all out, so he could only achieve some results by catching typical deterrents. No matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat, and a hundred thousand shi of food can be regarded as adding to his political achievements.
Time passed day by day. Although Fang Yingwu was stationed in Suzhou Prefecture, he also sent the Imperial Envoy Order to other nearby prefectures. As for the specific effects, he could not care about it for the time being.
Suzhou Prefecture is the top priority. Half of the money and food in Jiangnan comes from Suzhou Prefecture, so it is enough to really focus on Suzhou Prefecture. In other places, for the time being, we can only hunt rabbits.
In the blink of an eye, October is here. According to the imperial decree, October is the time to start the autumn grain collection. In other words, the most critical time has come for the food inspectors and imperial envoys to respond.
How much food he can collect from October until the end of the year will determine the final performance of his mission.
The amount of taxes imposed by Suzhou Prefecture is the highest in the world. The rated tax imposed by Emperor Xuande is two million dan. Last year, the arrears due to floods were 700,000 dan. As for the long-standing arrears, they are countless.
For Fang Yingwu, two million dan is the minimum line. The more income he can increase based on the two million dan, the greater his political achievements will be, and of course the greater the difficulty.
If he could complete the grain collection in full this year and make up for last year's arrears of 700,000 yuan, then Imperial Envoy Fang would be a god.
At present, there are more than 100,000 shi of tax repayment from wealthy households, as well as 100,000 shi of tax repayment collected from clearing the fields. The total is more than 200,000. After completing about 2 million shi, Fang Yingwu can basically be regarded as a tax repayment.
Completed the task better.
The specific affairs of the autumn harvest grain collection naturally have to be taken care of by various yamen. Fang Yingwu cannot take care of such details and can only look at the latest account books to calculate his own tasks.
In early October, when Fang Yingwu was tossing and turning with nothing to do, he suddenly heard a report saying: "Wang Kui, Wang Yuanwai, has returned from Huguang!"
Imperial Envoy Fang Da immediately dropped his account book and walked out the door impatiently. He had high hopes for Wang Kui.
At first, Wang Yuanwai, on Fang Yingwu's order, took the 50,000 taels of silver that he had withheld from the purchasing eunuch and went to Huguang to sell rice and grain.
The intention is to set an example and guide Suzhou's wealthy businessmen to follow suit and forge a new path. The ultimate goal is to rely on the increase in income in Huguang to supplement the current situation of Suzhou's declining rice grain surplus due to population growth.
Nearly two months have passed, and I don't know what the situation is on Wang Kui's side. Fang Yingwu, who is confident because he is familiar with the general trend of history, thinks about it carefully, and he is a little worried about the gains and losses.
After all, the general trend is just the general trend, and the success or failure of a single case is determined by the details. Even if someone will eventually succeed, there is no guarantee that Wang Kui will succeed this time.