Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 114 Violent Tax Collection
Li Tai didn't understand Zhang Ming's way at all.

He thought Zhang Ming was here for revenge.

"That's right, the Li family pays taxes every year. The prefect didn't care about the previous matters. Starting this year, the taxes will be handed over to me."

"Good good."

Li Tai saw that Zhang Ming's request for money was not fatal.

"Hurry up and get fifty thousand copper coins for Zhang Taishou."

Zhang Ming's face remained unchanged, but he sneered endlessly in his heart.

The money was quickly brought out, and Zhang Ming said, "I'm here to collect taxes, not to beg for food."

Li Tai's expression changed, and he said, "Master Taishou, the villain doesn't understand."

"I don't understand. You have to pay taxes on all your fields, and you can't even try to evade taxes on an acre of land," Zhang Ming said.

Li Tai was unwilling immediately. Their Li family's land was not hundreds or thousands of acres, but tens of thousands or even more.

"Prefect Zhang, our Li family respects you as the prefect, but you are not easy to bully. Our Li family pays taxes normally every year."

"Okay, then I will check all the properties of your Li family now, and if you don't pay taxes, all the grain and land will be confiscated."

Li Tai sneered, even he didn't know where their field was.

There are too many, and many of them have never been, so many of them have never been.

Zhang Ming stretched out his hand, and a soldier next to him took out a stack of papers.

"These are the land of your Li family. I don't know how many acres, but it is estimated to be [-] acres. If there is more, you will not be refunded, and if there is less, you will make up."

Li Tai was trembling all over at this moment, too angry to speak.

The people next to him hurriedly hammered his back, fearing that he would die of anger on the spot.

After a long time, Li Tai pointed to Zhang Ming and said, "It's nonsense, our family doesn't have that much land."

"Since there is no one, I have confiscated all the grain in the field."

Zhang Ming chose to come at this time to prevent them from cheating.

Winter wheat, planted the previous year, just harvested in June of the following year.

Zhang Ming chooses this time, it doesn't matter if he doesn't admit it, he will confiscate it.

"you"

Li Tai didn't know what to say, he knew why Zhang Ming took them under the knife, he already knew that they were the ones who wanted to burn him to death.

However, why didn't Zhang Ming play his cards according to the routine, didn't talk about the events of the day, and why did he have to collect taxes as soon as he came.

"Patriarch Li, let's calculate the tax, and I have to pay His Majesty." Zhang Ming sat on the horseback and said with a sneer.

"Don't think about it."

If Zhang Ming was really asked to do that, the Li family might go bankrupt.

After all, they raised a lot of people and needed the land to sustain them.

"The Li family violently resisted taxes, refused to pay taxes, gathered people to rebel, and killed me."

Zhang Ming suddenly shouted.

"No"

Before Patriarch Li protested, Zhang Ming gave an order, and the soldiers had already rushed out.

"Pfft~"

"Ah~"

"die."

Immediately, outside the gate of Li's house, there was a bloody scene. The soldiers rushed up and beheaded more than 20 people.

"The Li family rebelled and refused to pay taxes. The chief culprit has been killed. Now the Li family's house is being ransacked. Those who resist will be killed without mercy."

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a group of people rushed into Li's house.

Many people at the door saw the bloody scene just now, who dared to resist, Zhang Ming really knew how to kill.

A group of people rushed in and started ransacking the house.

"Find the title deed, control the people inside, and interrogate them one by one."

The Li family must have a lot of other properties. The owner of the Li family is dead, so he can only find other people.

Zhang Ming sealed off the area and began to check the property.

The investigation continued until the next day before Zhang Ming released the blockade.

At this time, dozens of carts were ready, and they were all here to pull property.

"As the order goes on, half of the grain in the field will belong to me, and the other half will belong to the tenant farmers."

People are killed, homes are stolen, and taxes still have to be collected.

Under normal circumstances, it would be good for the tenant farmers to get [-]% of the grain, but Zhang Ming asked them to harvest [-]% of the grain, and the remaining [-]% did not need to be handed over to the Li family.

Zhang Ming searched Li's house, and the news spread quickly.

The other four families had already received the news that their patriarchs had long been frightened and hid in the city.

However, Zhang Ming had already checked a lot of their things. It was not difficult to check where their land was.

After Zhang Ming searched Li's house, he went directly to the other four houses, surrounded their houses, and began to collect taxes.

However, when collecting taxes, these people deliberately disappeared, and if they couldn't resist, they just disappeared.

All key personnel have been evacuated.

"Since you are not here, then go directly to the fields to collect taxes. The whole army will go directly to the fields of each family to collect taxes. After collecting all the taxes, let the tenant farmers go directly to Liaodong for investigation. When they arrive in Liaodong, they can first allocate their land and then distribute the harvest. Half of the food that came up."

Zhang Ming's operation not only demanded their food, but even their tenant farmers.

Zhang Ming snatched away all the tenant farmers, and these aristocratic families kept the land, so they planted it themselves?

Zhang Ming is digging their roots.

However, Zhang Ming was tyrannical, and five thousand troops were stationed there, and the others had nothing to do.

If things go on like this, these aristocratic families are finished.

It was these five families that Zhang Ming took action, and the five aristocratic families were not small, but they were dealt with by Zhang Ming arbitrarily.

The remaining four families knew that their homes had been raided and all the grain in the fields had been robbed by Zhang Ming, and even the tenants had to go to Liaodong.

It's nice to say, what is assisting in the investigation, it's not directly robbing people.

However, Zhang Ming did just that, without any reason.

Indeed, Zhang Ming has no direct evidence to prove that they murdered him.

However, Zhang Ming doesn't need evidence, he has other methods, direct revenge.

The heads of the four families were very frightened, and they went to see Guo Yong, the prefect of Liaoxi.

"Master Taishou, this Zhang Ming is a bandit."

"Master Taishou, what do you want to call the shots?"

The patriarchs of the four aristocratic families went to cry, and at the same time they had good connections, mobilizing many people to put pressure on the prefect Guo Yong.

This Guo Yong has just been in office for about half a year. The former prefect, because of his meritorious service in eradicating the Yellow Turbans, has been transferred to other wealthy states to serve as prefect.

Guo Yong had a headache, and he didn't expect Zhang Ming to be so bold, not only killing people directly, but also robbing them openly.

"This eunuch is not Zhang Ming's opponent, but I will immediately write a letter to the other eunuchs for their support, and immediately report to the imperial court to punish Zhang Ming for his serious crimes."

Guo Yong was scared, Zhang Ming didn't make sense at all.

But Zhang Ming was still plundering in Liaoxi County, the other aristocratic families were naturally dissatisfied, and asked the prefect to negotiate immediately.

The prefect had no choice but to take people out of the city to find Zhang Ming.

At this time, Zhang Ming was stationed in the Li family's compound, and the Li family's compound at this time had become Zhang Ming's property.

The land deed has been confiscated, and the members of the Li family have also been dismissed.

"General, outside the door claiming to be the prefect of Liaoxi, please see me." Zhang Ming's guard came in to report.

At this moment, Zhang Ming was drinking tea in the Li Family Courtyard.

"Please come in."

The prefect of Liaoxi will come, Zhang Ming is not surprised at all, he is about to overthrow Liaoxi, if the prefect does not come, it will be too strange.

(End of this chapter)