Daming talker

Chapter 215 No one wants to take responsibility
In the Jiangnan area, the end of September to the beginning of October is the busiest autumn harvest time.

And after the autumn harvest is over, it's time to pay the grain and tax, which is commonly known as autumn grain.

It can be said that [-]% of the local government's tax revenue comes from autumn grain, and other taxes, such as summer tax and commercial tax, are not worth mentioning compared with the importance of autumn grain.

But when it was received this fall, the slogan "Support Lin Jieyuan and stop the delivery of Nanjing grain" had become popular in all states and counties in Suzhou Prefecture within ten days.

With the communication efficiency of today's media, this speed of communication can be called a miracle, and it also reflects the direction of "people's hearts" from the side.

Although in prefectures and counties outside the capital city such as Kunshan, Jiading, Changshu and other places, many people don't know who Lin Jieyuan is, and they are even less familiar with Lin Tailai.

But they didn't mind shouting slogans together, and regarded Lin Jieyuan, who had never met before, as a hero.

If Lin Jieyuan is not a hero, then how can everyone have an excuse to resist taxes?So Lin Jieyuan must be a hero.

The total taxation of a single prefecture in Suzhou accounted for one-tenth of the world's total, and it supplied one-sixth of the capital's grain.

This time, Wuxian Wanminshu took the lead. If other places dare not follow suit, they will be in vain as Suzhou natives.

Therefore, although the autumn grain collection has not yet officially started, under the storm of public opinion, officials in various states and counties in Suzhou Prefecture have fallen into a collective panic.

It wasn't until this time that the brothers of the Zhang family understood what the sentence "My goal has never been to defeat the Xi family, but to use this to make myself stronger" in the sitting hall meant.

Pingshu novels describe a certain person as powerful, and often say "stomp one foot, and the whole city will shake three times".

Now it seems that sitting in Suzhou City will also have this trend, if everything goes well this time.

Dengzhi County of Wu County is probably the most stressed person at present, if not one of the most.

He hadn't slept well for several days in a row, and his whole face was pale.

Yuanzhi County in Changzhou County, next door to the same city, sent Li Jixuan, an aide, to visit Dengzhi County in the Wuxian County Government.

Li Jixuan said bluntly: "Nowadays, the public opinion is raging everywhere, and the source of it is in Wu County.

Deng Xianzun can't just sit here, he should solve the problem quickly, otherwise our other counties will be dragged down! "

But Li Jixuan kept talking until his mouth was dry, and Deng Zhixian still didn't say a word.

Li Jixuan said dissatisfiedly: "The words have come to this point, how can Deng Xianzun remain indifferent?"

Deng Zhixian suddenly lost control of his emotions. He raised his hand and threw a stack of documents at Li Jixuan's feet.

"You are late! All the prefectures and counties have sent messages to scold this county!" Deng Zhixian yelled with a hideous face.

Li Jixuan: "."

It turns out that Dengzhi County has become the target of anger for all the county officials in Suzhou Prefecture.

Although the responsibility is not entirely on Deng Zhixian, Deng Zhixian is also a victim.

But the other magistrates, counties, and prefectures did not dare to scold the prefect and the governor, so they could only vent their anger on Dengzhi County together.

It can only be said that there are people like Lin Tailai under the rule, it is really evil for three lifetimes.

Looking at Deng Zhixian, who was so stressed that he was almost mentally broken, Li Jixuan couldn't say anything more, shook his head and left.

All the yamen servants and small officials dare not approach Dengzhi County at this time. In this state, it is unreasonable to be beaten to death.

Only Mr. Zheng, who was in charge of criminal names, stepped forward and said softly, "I have an idea. Although it can't solve the problem, it can relieve the pressure on the proprietor."

At a loss, Deng Zhixian, who felt that he had nowhere to go, quickly asked, "Say it quickly!"

Master Zheng said cryptically: "You can muddy the water, and if the sky falls, let the tall man carry it!"

Deng Zhixian frowned, "Please elaborate."

Mr. Zheng said: "As we all know, the Dongting Business Gang has a very good relationship with Governor Wei. When Governor Wei took office, he was surrounded by Xi Siwei from the Xi family.

And I also heard that on the day Lin Tailai was captured, the governor also sent a thousand standard battalion soldiers to participate in the siege, and they were watching near the scene at that time. "

Hearing this, Deng Zhixian took pictures of the case.All said and done!

Indeed, as Master Zheng said, although it can't solve the problem, it can relieve your pressure!
The trouble was not caused by himself, so why should he bear the greatest pressure?
If you can't protect yourself, you don't care about your superiority or inferiority!If you are going to die, then die together!

As a result, more details of Lin Jieyuan's arrest began to ferment from Wu County.

Detail [-]: On the day Lin Jieyuan returned to the city, the merchant bandits in Dongting organized manpower to surround him. The governor, government office, and county government all knew about it, but they all did nothing and let the merchant bandits do whatever they wanted.

Detail [-]: The governor even sent a thousand pacesetters to assist the merchant thieves and participate in the siege of Lin Jieyuan, and then the thousand pacesetters sat back and watched Lin Jieyuan be captured by the Nanjing people.

Detail [-]: The Dongting Merchant Gang cooperates with the Nanjing Wu family in order to develop the huge consumer market in Nanjing City, and sells Lin Jieyuan for profit.

When these details were widely circulated, the most stressed person became Governor Wei.

As a 59-year-old governor who has no room for advancement and just wants to make a fortune, he is not afraid of scandal.

But he is afraid that things will go completely out of control, and he will have to take the blame, which will lead to him being traced and returned.

The governor of Jiangnan is the first person in charge of Jiangnan's money and grain. If there is a big problem with money and grain, who can share the responsibility for him?

But the biggest problem right now is that there is no solution to the problem, not even the person who created the problem.

In these days, Lin Jieyuan, who has been passed down by word of mouth, seems to have evaporated in the world, never showing himself in front of people.

In fact, at this moment, Lin Jieyuan could already see the walls of Stone City.

That's right, after more than half a month's absence, he returned to Nanjing City.

This time the road was very slow, and it took a few days at Hushuguan before leaving.

After all, it takes time for things to ferment, and it also takes time for the storm of public opinion to feed back to Nanjing City.

As for why Mr. Lin wanted to return to Nanjing City, it was because he, as the center of the public opinion storm, was not suitable to stay in Suzhou Mansion.

There are about a dozen sergeants beside Mr. Lin, after all, they were arrested by the Jingwei officers in name.

These dozen or so sergeants are actually members of Wei Guogong, but they will never admit their identities to the outside world, and they can only be said to be the Jingwei official army.

When Mr. Wei Guogong's Ke Sheng came to the door, he and Lin Tailai worked out a detailed cooperation plan based on what they needed.

Then there was the incident of Lin Tailai pretending to be captured by the "Jingwei" officers outside Fengqiao.

The ship arrived at Longjiang Pass outside Nanjing City, and after landing again, these soldiers escorted Lin Tailai to Mr. Zhang at Longjiang Pass.

Then these sergeants dispersed in a rush, and they have never been seen since.

Only Zhang Bazong was left with a bewildered expression, not understanding what was going on.

As the military officer guarding the checkpoint, he is still very well-informed in terms of news. He has heard of the public opinion storm in Suzhou Prefecture.

But unexpectedly, the central figure of the public opinion storm suddenly appeared in front of him today.

Lin Tailai explained: "I am now a prisoner. I was arrested by the Jingwei officers and handed over to you, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Bazong was still in a daze, subconsciously said: "Then how should I deal with it?"

Lin Tailai said as a matter of course: "Of course I will be escorted into the city and handed over to Yousi for interrogation."

Zhang Bazong asked again: "Let's be clear, which yamen is Yousi?"

Lin Tailai responded, "How would I know this? I just knew, hey, I was caught here by your Jingwei people!

But I don't know who arrested me, and I don't know who wants to punish me! "

Mr. Zhang: "."

What the hell is this gourd thing?Why don't you understand anything?
He didn't want to get involved, but he didn't dare to release people directly, because releasing people without authorization might also be responsible.

Lin Tailai was very active in helping out with ideas and said: "The yamen who want to arrest me are nothing more than Lord Li Hou of the Garrison Mansion, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment.

You escorted me to those three places, you can't go wrong! "

After Mr. Zhang thought twice, he felt very reasonable.So he personally escorted Lin Tailai into the city and went to the nearest garrison.

Not long after reporting at the gate, Li Yangong, Marquis of Linhuai, sent someone to reply:

"After Lin Tailai was killed from the Luming Banquet, it was Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of War who ordered to search for Lin Tailai.

What's more, martial arts is under the control of the Ministry of War, so it is enough to send Lin Tailai to the Ministry of War. "

Zhang Ba always had no choice but to ask Lin Tailai: "What should I do?"

Lin Tai said confidently: "Then it's up to me!"

Then he shouted into the gate: "Master Li! Your son Li Zongcheng has been against me, smashed my boat, injured my people, and tried to arrest me!
Now that I have been sent to your door, why are you as cowardly as a mouse and dare not accept me? "

But no matter how much Lin Tailai yelled, there was no response from the defense mansion.

Lin Tailai could only helplessly say to Mr. Zhang: "I tried my best."

Zhang Bazong had nothing to say, so he could only escort Lin Tailai to the military department in the east of the city.

The same report went in, and soon got instructions from Wang Shangshu:

"At the beginning when the headquarters sent a message to look for Lin Tailai, it was just looking for it, and there was no intention of arresting him.

But a few days ago someone went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to sue Lin Tailai, so if Lin Tailai is the defendant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, just send him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. "

Zhang Ba's general status is too low, and he has no ability to oppose the instructions of the masters.

Therefore, they could only continue to run around, escorting Lin Tailai to the Ministry of Punishment in the north of the city.

When I arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, I reported it again, and got a quick response.

The Ministry of Punishment believes that it should be based on the principle of whoever arrests who is responsible.

It was the Jingwei army who took Lin Tailai back to Nanjing, so it should be received by the garrison in charge of the Jingwei army dispatch.

Lin Tailai couldn't help but blocked the gate of the Ministry of Punishment again, and shouted: "Mr. Wang Yanzhou! I heard that you have officially taken up the post in the Ministry of Punishment?
Now that the case against me has been accepted, why don't you dare to take me into custody? "

The response to Lin Tailai was still silent, without any reply.

Lin Tailai murmured, "What's wrong with the world, even the leader Wang can bear it so much."

Regarding the result of running three government offices, Zhang Bazong was going crazy.

He also guessed that the old men might be unreliable, but he didn't expect to be so unreliable!

Could it be that the majestic capital of Nanjing City still needs him, a young general, to come forward and take care of everything?

In fact, Mr. Zhang knew very well in his heart that the hero who set off the anti-tax storm in the whole Suzhou government in front of him was a hot potato, and he couldn't keep it in his hands.

He is just a general manager at a small checkpoint, and he has nothing to do with deep-rooted political affairs.

You know, after the news of the anti-tax turmoil in Suzhou Prefecture reached Nanjing, the price of food has tripled!

At present, Nanjing city officials need to import 100 million shi tax grains every year, of which about 40 come from Suzhou Prefecture.

Once the 40 is missing, there is no place to make up for it.

Although the Weicang and the Taicang of the Ministry of Households still have grain to support them, what happens when the grain is used up?
We all know that among the whereabouts of the money and grain in the Suzhou government, the first guarantee is the white grain and golden flower silver used by the royal family;

The second guarantees the grain used by the imperial court; the third guarantees the expenses of the local government and guards.

The fourth place is Nanjing City, because the team in Nanjing City has no real power and cannot affect the interests of Suzhou government officials, so the priority is relatively low.

Therefore, once the Suzhou government does not collect enough money and food, there is a high probability that it will suspend the transfer to Nanjing City, and give priority to ensuring the capital and local expenditures.

Therefore, the slogan "Stop paying Nanjing Grain" seems to be inoperable because there is no separate "Nanjing Grain" tax.

But it can be realized from another angle through the "self-regulation" of the power operation mechanism.

The food market in Nanjing City also responded honestly, and the price of food rose threefold.

People depend on food, and food prices have always been the information that rulers need to pay attention to most. Once food prices skyrocket, it is often accompanied by famine.

Therefore, the entire Nanjing officialdom was shaken by the anti-tax incident in the Suzhou government and the skyrocketing food prices in Nanjing.

Things have developed to this point, how dare Zhang Bazong, who knows how much he has, dare to get involved?
His only thought now is to quickly send Lin Tailai away from him!

For a moment, Zhang Ba always wanted to tell Lin Tai, if you can turn around and run away immediately, he can pretend not to see it.

Little did they know that at this very moment, several government offices that had received the news were yelling at him. Which bastard with a heartless heart brought Lin Tailai back to Nanjing?

Whoever accepts the "human criminal" Lin Tailai is equivalent to accepting a heavy responsibility.

And taking over this responsibility means that they must either calm down the situation, or take the blame with the officials of Suzhou City.

Zhang Bazong asked Lin Tailai in despair: "What should we do now?"

After careful consideration, Lin Tailai replied, "There are so many yamen in Nanjing, why don't we go one by one? I think there will always be someone to accept me?"

Mr. Zhang: "."

What is the difference between this kind of performance art and neurosis?Don't you, Lin Tailai, regard this as a tour?
The three related yamen are not willing to accept people, and the other unrelated yamen are even less likely to accept people.

Lin Tailai said again: "Then why don't you go to Wei Guogong again?"

Wei Guogong is the descendant of Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the first family of Nanjing City, and often serves as the official post of Nanjing Defense Minister.

The Lord of Different Surnames in Ming Dynasty is headed by Wei Guogong, who is a special and detached existence in Nanjing City.

If there is one person in Nanjing who dares to accept Lin Tailai, it is only Wei Guogong.

　I'm stuck in my thinking, I can only write it hard, so let's do it today.If you still have a monthly ticket, vote for it, and try to write more tomorrow.

　　
　
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