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Chapter 422
Although it is said that they already have a plan in their hearts, they still have no bottom in their hearts after all.

After all, the imperial court sent inspectors to monitor the reform, so it shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to this matter.

What's more, this matter is still led by Li Huan, the commander of the Jinyi Guard with a bad reputation. If these inspectors are really so easy to dismiss or deal with, even they themselves don't believe it.

But after feeling nervous, I thought that no matter what they say, they are the top figures in the locality. The huge Yutian County is completely under their control. unlikely.

After a little relief, a group of people had already arrived at the city gate.

As the county magistrate, Zhang Ke's eyes fell on an official who looked about forty or fifty years old among the visitors, because in Zhang Ke's view, this person was surrounded by a crowd, needless to say Naturally, he is the person in charge of the inspection officials.

Taking a step forward, Zhang Ke bowed respectfully and said, "Xiaguan Yutian County Magistrate Zhang Ke pays his respects to your lord. Your lord has come from a long way, and you have worked hard all the way."

The person Zhang Ke regarded as the chief inspector was indeed the chief inspector of this team of inspectors. This person was Wang Yangming's capable assistant, his name was Wang Yuan, and he was deeply trusted by Wang Yangming.

Wang Yuan was originally just an official of the eighth rank, but because his own ability was not weak, he fell into Wang Yangming's eyes and was promoted all the way by Wang Yangming. Now he has become an official of the sixth rank with real power.

It can be said that this person is not bad in ability or loyalty. This person Li Huan came down to investigate secretly, and Wang Yangming recommended Wang Yuan to Li Huan to deceive local officials.

At this time, Wang Yuan stood up unsteadily, and said to Zhang Ke and other officials with a look of being full of wine and food: "Everyone, the yellow book is here for the time being, and after my review, I will definitely send it to you The Son of Heaven also has Wang Gelao and the champion Hou asking for credit."

At this moment, Lin Pingzhi led a person into the living room quietly.

It is precisely because he knows the details of Yutian County that Wang Yuan was so nervous when he saw the statistics of Yutian County officials on the yellow book.

Since he was valued by Wang Yangming, Wang Yuan naturally has some ability. Looking at the data recorded in the yellow book in his hand, he immediately recalled in his mind what he had read about Yutian County over the years. to the record.

Li Huan tapped lightly on the table with one hand, glanced at everyone present, and sighed slightly: "I promised Your Majesty that I will try my best not to use weapons in the future, but why do some people always want to die by themselves?"

Respectfully took the yellow book from Li Huan's hand, Wang Yuan started to look through it carefully.

Wang Yuan glanced at Zhang Ke, nodded slightly with a bit of aloofness and said, "Master Zhang is being polite, and this official is only following the emperor's orders."

In this case, what would happen to these people if they fell into Li Huan's hands, Wang Yuan could guess even if he didn't think about it.

Although I was somewhat worried about the other people who followed Wang Yuan, but as the official in charge, Wang Yuan's attitude could almost represent the attitude of all the officials.

Lin Pingzhi immediately looked excited, pressed the handle of the embroidered spring knife on his waist with one hand, and strode towards the outside with great strides.

With a light cough, Zhang Ke bowed his hands to Wang Yuan and said, "Returning to my lord, since Yutian County received one of the imperial courts, all the officials in the county government have paid great attention to it. According to the requirements, Yutian County has completed the work." For the statistics of Dingkou and the number of acres."

Not to mention anything else, there is obviously a huge gap between Tianmu and Dingkou in Yutian County recorded by the imperial court.

Shrinking his eyes, Wang Yuan resisted the turmoil in his heart.

Wang Yuan laughed loudly and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say, everyone is doing things for the imperial court."

Needless to say, the figure that attracted Zhang Ke to take a second look was none other than Li Huan.

If it wasn't for Wang Yangming in the civil official group who suddenly sided with Li Huan, I'm afraid that Li Huan didn't even have the officials to carry out tax reform for him.

In fact, looking at Wang Yuan's behavior, he didn't look like a serious official who came down to inspect, but looked like he took the opportunity to blackmail.

At this time, Wang Yuan looked towards Li Huan with some respect and said, "What do you think, my lord?"

While speaking, Zhang Ke said to the master book sitting next to him: "Bring the yellow book that records the newly counted acres and population."

It can be said that everyone knows about this, so when they saw the Jin Yiwei beside Wang Yuan, Zhang Ke and others reacted very calmly. If not, that would be weird.

Li Huan's expression was peaceful, making it impossible to guess Li Huan's thoughts.

Li Huan glanced at the other party, nodded slightly and said: "Chief Qiu, let me ask you, since the imperial court issued a law to reform taxes and ordered local officials to check the number of Dingkou and farmland in the local prefecture and county. According to the will of the imperial court?"

"My lord, these officials from Yutian County..."

It's only been four or five years since the early years of Zhengde. As a result, the population has dropped by nearly 20, and the number of acres has decreased by nearly [-].

After drinking a lot, Zhang Ke, Liu De, Huang Wei and other Yutian County officials looked at Wang Yuan's approachable appearance, and the worry in their hearts disappeared.

Zhang Ke waved his hand slightly to signal the musicians around to retreat, and the whole restaurant fell silent.

Seeing that person step forward, he bowed very respectfully to Li Huan and said, "Your Majesty, Qiu Dagang, the Chief Banner Officer of the Jinyi Guard stationed in Yutian County, pays his respects to Your Excellency."

Looking at the few officials sitting there with Wang Yuan, at a glance, the officials were younger than the other, and their auras were completely different. It was obvious that they were from Jinyiwei.

Li Huan looked at the cold sweat oozing from Wang Yuan's forehead and couldn't help but smiled slightly: "Master Wang, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Wang."

From Wang Yuan's point of view, the data on the yellow book is a joke. Normally speaking, the population and the number of acres in the huge Yutian County should have increased significantly after checking the number of acres and population.

Even so, there are very few officials who can really do things, so Li Huan had to send some Jinyiwei officials to assist in supervising this matter.

Qingyang Tower

Lin Pingzhi on the side squinted his eyes and said, "My lord, I'm going to go and lock up all the officials right now."

If Zhang Ke, Liu De, Huang Wei and others had met, they might not have left so peacefully.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Wang Yuan looked at Yutian County magistrate Zhang Ke with a drunken appearance, and said, "Master Zhang, I am here this time to inspect the tax reform by the emperor's order. As for the progress, I don’t know how Yutian County is implementing the law of distributing Ding Ding to mu, but have you ever counted the number of Yutian County’s field mu and Dingkou?”

If not, given Li Huan's vicious name, if the local officials were told that Li Huan had come to inspect in person, I don't know what tricks these officials would come up with.

Zhang Ke was taken aback for a moment, inexplicably joyful in his heart, listening to Wang Yuan's intentions, it seemed like he was coming here for a cutscene.

Wang Yuan stroked his beard, smiled modestly and said, "Master Zhang is too serious."

More than a dozen officials, big and small, talked and laughed with relaxed faces.

Everyone knew that Li Huan was definitely the kind of murderous person. Now it was obvious that Zhang Ke and other officials had problems, and now he even handed over the matter to Li Huan.

The specific situation of Yutian County over the years is obviously a secret to ordinary people, and ordinary people can't find out at all, but for the imperial court, the imperial court still knows a thing or two about the situation of Yutian County.

On the contrary, a look of surprise flashed in Wang Yuan's eyes, and he said: "They...they are so courageous. The court issued an imperial edict, and these people actually concealed such an edict. What are they trying to do? What the hell is Yutian County doing?" Is it the Yutian County of Daming, or the Yutian County of these local officials?"

They had known for a long time that it was Li Huan who presided over the tax reform. In the court and even in the local area, it can be said that there are very few officials who really support Li Huan.

Resisting the joy in his heart, Zhang Ke said with a serious face and respect: "Your Excellency is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, he is indeed a role model for us, and I admire you the most."

Looking at the smile on Wang Yuan's face, Zhang Ke turned slightly to give way to the way in and out of the city: "My lord, please, the officials have already prepared a banquet in the city to clean up the dust for your lord."

Seeing Wang Yuan's posture, Zhang Ke and others breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Zhang Ke, Huang Wei, Liu De and others were gathering in a wing room in the Qingyang Tower, full of alcohol.

Li Huan was not at all surprised or surprised by Qiu Dagang's answer. It is normal for these local officials to obey his orders.

In just a hundred years, the number of acres recorded in the Yellow Book has inexplicably disappeared by almost [-] to [-]%.

Zhang Ke's eyes paused for a moment on one of the figures. He only felt that this person's temperament was quite ordinary, and he didn't look like a member of Jinyiwei at first glance.

Seeing Wang Yuan's surprised and angry look, Li Huan said calmly: "Perhaps in the eyes of these people, Yutian County is really their Yutian County."

But Zhang Ke didn't think too much, just glanced briefly, and his attention naturally fell on Wang Yuan.

Li Huan handed the yellow book to Wang Yuan casually and said, "Lord Wang, just take a look."

The master book should even take out a yellow book, which has a thick volume, and obviously records a lot of data.

Qiu Dagang shook his head almost instinctively when he heard the words: "My lord, I am in Yutian County, and I have never heard of any tax reform laws, nor have I seen a county official go to check Dingkou And the number of acres."

Li Huan didn't come here with great fanfare, but hid his identity. Naturally, he wanted to see with his own eyes how well these local officials implemented the imperial court's orders.

Huang Wei, Liu De, and Zhang Ke looked at each other, with a faint smile in their eyes.

Wang Yuan only took one look and then turned his gaze away. The person who came made it clear that it was Jin Yiwei who was stationed in Yutian County by Jin Yiwei.

This is the information about Yutian County recorded by the imperial court, and the yellow book presented by the magistrate of Lantian County clearly states that there are more than 35 people in Yutian County today. , more than 65 acres of land.

While he was slightly relieved, Wang Yuan also broke into a cold sweat for Zhang Ke and others.

According to the records of the imperial court, in the early years of Zhengde, there were 43 households in Yutian County, including more than 83 people in Dingkou, and the field area was about [-] mu. Of course, this is the record in the early years of Zhengde, but it was recorded in the court According to the data, during the Hongwu period, there were more than [-] million mu of land in Yutian County.

With such a loose attitude, anyone who sees her will feel at ease.

Zhang Ke and the others were not surprised that there were people from Jin Yiwei around Wang Yuan.

Zhang Ke and the others hurriedly said: "Thank you, my lord!"

A sound of silk and bamboo orchestra sounded, and everyone pushed and changed glasses for the delicious food and wine in front of them.

The result is not so bad, after the investigation, whether it is Dingkou or Tianmu, it did not rise but fell. If there is no ghost in it, that would be a strange thing.

After Zhang Ke, Liu De and the others left, the drunkenness on Wang Yuan's face, which was originally in a state of intoxication, obviously disappeared. A person is average.

In the largest restaurant in Yutian County, Zhang Ke and other officials welcomed Wang Yuan and others into the restaurant.

While speaking, Li Huan slightly waved his hand at Lin Pingzhi and said, "Go, bring the man to me."

Wang Yuan just glanced at it, took it casually, and then handed it to Li Huan who was sitting next to him with a look of indifference: "You guys check it out."

After joking again, Zhang Ke and others arranged Wang Yuan and others in a mansion.

Then Huang Wei said: "Everyone, it seems that we can rest assured this time, as long as we send someone to give Wang Yuan some benefits, even if the other party sees some problems from the yellow book, I am afraid that the other party will pretend Zuku didn't see it."

"Hahaha, then Li Huan never imagined that the inspectors he sent were actually bought by us. He alone wanted to learn from others and reform. I really don't know how powerful the sky is. If the reform is so easy, then everyone in the past dynasties When it comes to change, there will not be only a few people who can change successfully."

Liu De squinted his eyes with some certainty and said mockingly: "Even if someone succeeds in the reform, he himself will be backlashed by the reform, and finally he will end up dying. In my opinion, Li Huan, the yellow Kou Xiaoer is just too rampant, relying on the favor of the emperor, without knowing the heights of the heavens and the earth, a mere martial artist wants to learn from others to change, and his death is not far away!"

[New Year's Day, I wish you all a Happy New Year!Happy New Year to everyone! 】

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