Splendid peasant girl busy farming

7304. Chapter [-]
Cheung Chau County.

Tai'an City.

The prefect Xu Santong sat in the study of the mansion.

On the desk, there was a document placed in a mess.

Xu Santong closed his eyes, his temples twitched, making the veins on his forehead uncontrollably emerge.

"Too deceiving!"

He slammed his fist on the desk fiercely, gritted his teeth and said.

"Sir, calm down."

Master Li who was standing at the bottom persuaded.

"I just can't swallow this breath. Aren't they people of Daqi? As long as they are people of Daqi, they are all responsible for paying taxes. Why do they deceive me like this?" Xu Santong shouted.

"My lord, they... these methods are not available to them. They conceal their income, claiming that they have suffered disasters, or have been robbed by bandits, so as to avoid taxes. This is a common thing, but these few families It's really too much." Master Li sighed with a wry smile.

The so-called bridal sedan chair people carry people, and wealthy families in other places will give the government some face, so that the government can complete the basic taxation tasks, so hello, hello, hello everyone!

But the wealthy families in Tai'an City are different. They are greedy and shameless to the extreme, and they don't give the court any face.

"It's shameless. This dignified Qian's family is a scholarly family of great Confucianists. Their properties are spread all over the city. Even in the capital, there are properties of Qian's family. They actually pay 500 taels of silver as a tax. Is this an insult to this official?" Xu said. Three vents do not play one place.

You know, he is also the chief official of the Great Qi and the chief official of the frontier.

The Daqi system is a system of prefectures and counties. The head of a county is called the prefect or sheriff. As a prefect, he is a fourth-rank official, and he is considered a high-ranking official in Daqi. How can he be manipulated by several aristocratic families?
"I want to punish them!" Xu Santong said coldly.

"My lord, you can't. The aristocratic families in these places are deeply intertwined, and they are also related to the imperial court. It will affect the whole body." Master Li dissuaded.

Xu Santong took a few deep breaths before slowly suppressing his anger.

Needless to say, Master Li, how could he not know that those aristocratic families can't move?
Now the power of the prefect is limited, and he cannot mobilize the army, but can only mobilize the yamen servants. Many of these hundreds of yamen servants come from those wealthy families.

Not to mention that it was difficult for him to be mobilized, even if he could, what crime would he use?
Without charges, he may not be able to bear the consequences of rash actions.

"As long as you find out the exact crimes, your lord can ask the court to deal with them." Master Li continued.

"How difficult!"

If he could find criminal evidence, why would Xu Santong be so angry?
It has been two years since he came to Changzhou County, and he has never opened up the situation. He feels guilty and ashamed of the great trust of the emperor.

As always, I could only sigh in the end and carried everything alone.

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"This is Tai'an City, Changzhou County?"

Luo Xingchen, who entered the city, wandered the streets and felt the customs and customs that were very different from those in the capital and the south.

"Delicious beef ramen, come and eat."

There was another noodle shop in front, Xiaoer stood at the door and yelled.

"How about we go in and eat noodles?" Luo Xingchen looked at Ziyan and Bisnake next to him.

"Okay, go and eat noodles." Zi Yan was also a little hungry.

It was Ziyan, Bi Snake and Luo Xingchen who entered the city together, and Bei Liyuan insisted that the Golden Snake Guards be stationed outside the city together, but did not follow.

"Look at the difference between the noodles in Tai'an City and the noodles in Qianji City." Bi Snake stayed in Qianji City for a long time, and at that time she often went to eat sliced ​​noodles, and she loved them very much.

After the three of them entered the store, they ordered the store's specialty beef noodles.

Luo Xingchen heard the people beside him discussing.

"The third son of the Wei family is really capable. He kidnapped his aunt and escaped. No wonder the head of the Wei family was furious."

"Can you blame the third son of the Wei family? You can only blame the Patriarch of the Wei family for not being ashamed and stealing his son's unmarried daughter-in-law. What is this called?"

"Oh, my brother is well-informed, hurry up and talk about it."

"Well, not many people know about it. I told you, don't spread the word."

"Don't worry, none of us are people with tight mouths, what we hear is what we hear, and what rots in our stomachs."

"That being said, the Wei family is powerful, so I dare not say more..."

"Didn't you just say something, what are you afraid of?"

"That's a mistake, but I dare not say more."

Hearing this, Luo Xingchen glanced sideways subconsciously.

The person who spoke was a frail scholar in his twenties, but his eyes were very clever.

"Brother, the Wei family you're talking about is the Wei family in Tai'an City who has been a great Confucian?" Luo Xingchen stepped forward and bowed his hands.

"Are you a foreigner?" The young scholar asked back.

"Yeah, my two sisters and I are from the capital, and we come to Tai'an City to play in our free time. I heard that there is a Wei family in Tai'an City who is very good. Why don't you explain it in detail?"

"Xiao Er, serve this brother a bowl of noodles and add more beef."

After finishing speaking, Luo Xingchen took out a small piece of broken silver from his cuff and put it on the table.

"This... this is no reward for no merit." The young scholar swallowed.

"It's a trivial matter, brother, don't be too polite, let's talk while eating, we siblings just want to have some fun." Luo Xingchen smiled slightly.

"That's right, you see that this young master is so polite, so you agreed to talk about it carefully."

"We are all ordinary people, just talking, there is nothing to be afraid of."

The diners next to him were clamoring.

"Well, that's good, I'll just talk about it." The young scholar was obviously a little unnatural and ashamed.

Luo Xingchen knew that he would definitely agree.

He noticed that the young scholar's blue shirt had been washed white, and several places including the cuffs had been patched. From this, it can be seen that the young scholar's family background was very poor.

That way, he could get him to talk simply by offering him something to eat.

A bowl of fresh and hot beef noodles was placed in front of the young scholar.

He picked up the chopsticks and took a bite into his mouth. The aroma of beef instantly filled his taste buds, and he felt the urge to burst into tears.

How long has it been since I ate beef?

Since being framed by the Wei family back then, these years, life has been getting worse day by day, and it has become more and more hopeless.

Thinking of this, he felt that he had nothing to fear.

Swallowing a thin piece of beef, he said loudly: "Wei Dewang, the Patriarch of the Wei family, everyone knows that he has a hobby, that is, he likes beautiful women. He has married wives and concubines since he was ten years old. Before and after, there have been at least a hundred concubines, who can be described as evil spirits!"

"Originally, Wei Dewang married off someone else's daughter with a bride price, which was considered a fair deal, but he has a quirk, that is, he likes married men, and many families have been harmed by this."

"This time, he actually harmed his own son. It can be said to be a real shame."

"His son, the third child of the Wei family, has a marriage with the daughter of a small family. It can be regarded as a perfect match. Unexpectedly, when Wei Dewang saw his daughter-in-law for the first time, he had evil thoughts..."

(End of this chapter)