I want to be a grandson

Chapter 344 Cancellation of Levels and Conflicts

The next day, Tie Xuan put on an official uniform and headed for the canal wharf with a few entourages.

As Bao Zhao walked into the dock step by step, he gradually attracted the attention of the people around him. Wherever he went, the people looked sideways.

In the eyes of the common people, Bao Zhao's eyes were firm and his steps were steady.

His behavior also attracted the attention of Kong's family, and those who collected taxes at the pier also looked at him, a little confused for a moment, not knowing what happened.

Bao Zhao didn't say anything, he stood on the shore of the pier, and the entourage behind him brought a table and put it in front of Bao Zhao,

He also thoughtfully arranged pens, inks, papers and inkstones, moved a chair and placed it behind him.

Bao Zhao lifted up his official robe, sat on the chair very steadily, stared at the boats passing by in the canal, and then picked up a pen and ink to write.

The common people were a little different. They didn't understand what was going on, and they all commented: "What's the matter? Which official is this? What are you writing there?"

"This pier belongs to the Kong family, what are the officials doing here?"

"Isn't it suitable for Kong Yanwang's family not to deal with it, and come to find fault?"

"Hush, don't dare to say that, if they hear it, it's okay!"

"It's a good show now, the official is obviously at odds with them!"

Not only the common people don't know what's going on, but even the Kong family who collect taxes there feel confused!
"What is he doing there? He writes and draws..."

"It's so obvious that it doesn't give us face! How can you not say hello when you come here!"

"Brother, you see that he always looks into the river to see the boats, isn't he counting the numbers?"

The leading strong man grinned ferociously, "I've never seen anyone so bold! This is going to smash our brother's jobs!"

"Brother, what do you say? Do you want the brothers to drive him away!"

"Yeah brother, look at the official uniform on his body, it's only the sixth rank, and he dares to act wild here, I'll drive him away!" As he said, he was about to go.

But the strong man stopped him, and said indifferently: "Don't worry, if you want to get food out of our brother's mouth, he has to be able to do it! Go and talk about it first!"

As he spoke, he shook his head and walked over, clasped his fists and said, "This is the Kong family, surnamed Kong Mingliang, I don't know what to call this master?"

Bao Zhao looked him up and down, and saw that he was full of banditry, he didn't look like he came from a scholarly family,

He didn't even get up, he still looked at the canal and said: "I am the sixth-rank official of the imperial court, you can call me master!"

Seeing that he didn't take himself seriously, Kong Liang felt displeased immediately, and put away the smile on his face.

He asked coldly: "This is the pier of our Kong family, what are you doing here?"

Bao Zhao said calmly: "The imperial court is going to set up a waterway tax office in Jining Prefecture. I have been ordered to come to survey the site and count the number of ships passing by."

"Why, the imperial court decree must be approved by your Kong family!"

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Kong Liang squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "We have no control over the government's decree, but this is the dock built by our Kong family, and it belongs to our Kong family. Master, you are here to investigate, isn't it appropriate?"

Bao Zhao said: "The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is dredged by the government and maintained all the year round. What's the matter with your Kong family?"

"And there used to be a waterway wharf here, how come you said it was built by you?! It's just unreasonable!"

Kong Liang took out a paper fan from his waist, and flicked it away with a "crash", fanning the cool wind, as if pretending to be arty,
"Master, what you said is wrong. When did the pier come here? Why don't we know? Besides, even if there were boats docking here, it is still in dilapidated condition, and the pier is not usable at all..."

"It's our family's master who showed great kindness, emptied his family, and spent a lot of money to build a pier, just for the convenience of merchants and the surrounding people."

"For such a kind deed, the imperial court should reward it. Otherwise, the master will ask for your order. How about fighting for a reward for my master?"

Bao Zhao didn't argue with him, the other party deliberately messed up, how can you reason with him?

If you talk to him about how much the Kong family spent on building the pier, it's hard to tell!
Because this in itself is a bad debt!Unreasonable bad debt!
Bao Zhao stared at him and said, "I remember that the imperial court didn't set up a customs here to collect taxes. Why, you Kong family dare to set up a checkpoint to collect the shipping tax from the people!"

The other party didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Master, you are wrong to say that! Our family is building a pier, what's the matter with collecting some money here?"

"After paying so much money, there must be something in return. It is only natural for anyone who passes by the pier we built to pay some money. There is nothing wrong with that!"

Hearing this, the onlookers and businessmen all understood that the imperial court wanted to set up tax officials here to stop the Kong family from collecting money.

Such news brought smiles to the faces of the common people, "If you want me to say it's better for the imperial court to collect taxes!"

"That's not true. If the court collects taxes, at least it won't be so onerous! The Kong family is too ruthless!"

"Passing by here, all the profits from the whole boat will be handed over to them, so what's the point of doing it! Why don't the wives and children stay on the bed!"

"The imperial court only collects taxes from merchants, not like ordinary people! Tnd, I have to walk around every time I go home..."

"Even if this money is handed over to the imperial court, I don't want to hand it over to the Kong family!..."

Bao Zhao turned his head and looked at the crowd on the pier,

Asked: "Everyone knows what it was like here. I advise you to stop here and stop collecting money!"

"I remind you that you have received enough money in the past seven or eight years, people, you should be content!"

Kong Liang shook his head and said, "My lord, we spent a lot of money at the beginning. Although we have collected some money over the years, it may not be as good as what we spent..."

"How about this, I will talk to our master later, when we receive half of the investment, we will not accept it! Our master is a saint, and he will be merciful, and he will definitely agree. What do you think, master?"

This is another messy account, and no one knows when they will end!
It's not that I'm just an excuse!
Bao Zhao didn't bother to talk to him, so he waved his hand like chasing flies away.
"Since you are stubborn, don't say too much, and then the imperial court will set up tax customs here, and you don't dare to agree with it or not, you can't do anything wrong here!"

Kong Liang's face darkened, and he said with a fierce look: "My lord, this place is the private property of our Kong family. It's only natural for us to collect money again! No one can control it!"

"My lord, you are also a scholar. All the scholars in the world read the most holy masters, the books of our ancestors of the Confucius family...

My lord, you are only looking at the things of my ancestors, so you can be an official. If your lord insists on embarrassing... If it gets out, it will not be good for your reputation, so please think twice, my lord! "

In these words, it can be said to be soft and hard!

While playing the emotional card, let the other party recognize this incense, don't make things difficult for the Kong family.

On the one hand, there is also a threat, after all, no one can withstand the threat of being ruined!
Bao Zhao glanced at him and immediately felt very disgusted!

Frowning, he said impatiently: "Don't make noise here! The officer wants to check the statistics, so you leave quickly!"

"Bullshit! Who do you think you are! A sixth-rank official dares to act presumptuously here! Have you taken the Kong family seriously! Brothers, drive them away!"

Seeing that Bao Zhao was still so tough, a bastard-looking man was instantly enraged and called his partner to do the same.

"Kill this dog officer to death! Regardless of etiquette and shame!"

"That's right! He actually competed with the people for profit, deceived his master and destroyed his ancestors, and beat him to death!"

Generally, the lackeys of the Kong family will charge up if they shout.

Li Cheng, Bao Zhao's entourage, drew out his knife with a "stab" sound,

He shouted loudly: "Who dares to do it?! We are officials ordered by the court, and you will not succeed in rebelling! Whoever dares to step forward will be killed!"

Several guards also drew out their knives one after another, guarding around Bao Zhao, staring straight at him.

Because Bao Zhao is the confidant of His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun, the guards and entourages arranged by the household department are also extremely capable, ruthless people who dare to kill and fight.
It's not those rookies who don't even dare to see blood in order to dawdle and get salary.

So although there were not many of them, their fierce eyes and the knives in their hands made those gangsters dare not be presumptuous.

"Stop! No big or small! There are no rules! Back off!"

Kong Liang could also see that his own people were scared, and the muscles on his face couldn't help twitching. He secretly scolded this group of guys for being so embarrassing. When the other party threatened them, they lost their momentum!

"Brother, they are making such a mess here, can we still take our money? We can't just leave it like this! Drive them away!"

Kong Liang raised his hand and said, "After we are saints, don't mess around! Who says we won't accept it? Go back and continue to collect money."

"Yo ho! Brother is right, let's continue collecting money!"

"Who cares! The money will still be collected!"

Kong Liang cupped his hands again and said to Bao Zhao: "This lord is really courageous! I admire you! We have to continue to collect money, so we won't bother you to scribble and draw on paper. Let's say goodbye!"

And the merchants and common people around thought that they didn't need to pay the Kong family any more. After all, it was a huge sum!

But I didn't expect them to continue to collect. The eyes that were full of hope when looking at Bao Zhao and others suddenly dimmed...

Everyone frowned slightly, shaking their heads flatly, with indescribable disappointment and loneliness on their faces...

Seeing everyone's expressions, Bao Zhao felt extremely depressed,
If you are an official, if you don't make the decision for the common people, what kind of official are you?

If I didn't come today, I'm still here, but I've come in official uniform, if I let them collect money, what's the dignity of being an official?

Where is the majesty of Ming Dynasty?

So Bao Zhao clasped his hands and said firmly: "Everyone, on behalf of the Ming court, I hereby declare that before the court formally establishes a tax customs here, no one will be required to pay any money!"

(End of this chapter)