Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 289 Angry

Xiang Qing hoped that Lin Cunde could live in his home. After hearing this, Lin Cunde asked where he lived!

"It's not appropriate for you to rent a house and I live in your home!" Lin Cunde shook his head and said, Zhejiang Chief Envoy will arrange his own place to live.

"There's nothing wrong with it. I just want to be blessed by you. Hehe, sir, I specially made a tea table and bought some books to put in the study. Sir, you can stay at my house and I've packed up everything. Yes, it’s true. It’s specially prepared for you. If you don’t go, the brothers will scold me if they find out!” Xiang Qing persuaded Lin Cunde.

Chen Zhao heard this and had to step forward and said: "Uncle Jincheng, this is against the rules. Our Chief Envoy has already arranged a place for the Marquis to live!"

"There is nothing inappropriate. If you live in my house, we can arrange our defense. Master Chen, my mansion is brand new, so you can live in my house!" Xiang Qing said to Chen Zhao unceremoniously that if he could be granted the title of earl, all Relying on Lin Cunde, I don’t even know how to thank Lin Cunde. If Lin Cunde comes to Zhejiang and doesn’t live in his house, he will have trouble with his conscience and no one can persuade him!
"Mr. Chen, it's okay. I am a military general and like to stay with military generals. As an imperial envoy this time, I am also very surprised. All investigations still have to rely on Dazai and others. I just want to take a look! Standing in Jincheng Come to your uncle's house!" Lin Cunde said to Chen Zhao with a smile!

Lin Cunde was also worried about those officials in Zhejiang who would take risks. When people are in crisis, they can do anything. If they are anxious, they will jump over the wall. Besides, if he comes here this time, he doesn’t know how many people will be escorted back to Beijing. How many people will be escorted back to Beijing? People want their families to be destroyed!

"Isn't this appropriate?" Chen Zhao looked at Lin Cunde very embarrassed and said. He also wanted to curry favor with Lin Cunde. He hoped that Lin Cunde would not be so ruthless when investigating the case. He had no problem, but the people he had just met My subordinates, I guess there are many people who have problems!
"That's it. You can just arrange the accommodation for Dazai and others!" Lin Cunde said with a smile and waved his hand.

"Well, since Lord Marquis has decided this, I have no choice but to do it!" Chen Zhao said helplessly!

Xiang Qing was very excited and quickly said to Lin Cunde: "My lord, I will serve you for this period of time!"

"Go away, you are an earl and you are still serving me. Go and do your thing!" Lin Cunde scolded with a smile. When Xiang Qing heard Lin Cunde scolding him like this, not only was he not angry, but he seemed very happy.

Then Lin Cunde and his party rushed to Hangzhou City. Lin Cunde still rode his carriage, but Xiang Qing, the commanders, Qianhu and others were all surrounding him on horseback.

Lin Cunzhen and Lin Cunzhi were shocked when they saw it, especially Lin Cunzhen. He had followed Lin Cunde to the Fifth Army Camp and found that the generals respected Lin Cunde very much. However, he did not expect that when they arrived in Hangzhou, Lin Cunde still had his old subordinates, and those old The subordinates protect Lin Cunde so much!
Soon, Xiang Qing led Lin Cunde to his residence. The residence was less than 300 steps away from the Chief Envoy's Yamen. The distance was very close, and there were no private houses on either side.

Lin Cunzhi didn't go in first. He wanted to go to the Chief Envoy's Yamen first, and asked Lin Cunzhi to wait for the carriages behind him. Lin Cunzhi estimated that he would need to stay here for about half a month to find out what happened in Hangzhou first and give it to those people. Wenchen, please give me a try!
Lin Cunde arrived at the Chief Envoy's Yamen and sat on the main seat. Wang Zhi sat below. He was not sitting next to Lin Cunde. However, the local officials from Zhejiang sat on one side and the officials from the capital sat on the other side.

"Master Marquis, the reception banquet will be ready soon. It's at the restaurant across the street. I've reserved the restaurant, and I'd like to invite the Marquis and all of you to enjoy it!" Chen Zhao stood up and said to Lin Cunde.

"I'm sure you'll appreciate it, but now you can report on Zhejiang's taxes, labor, corvee and consumption this year. You've been here for more than half a year. Do you have any data?" Lin Cunde sat on it and faced Chen Zhao said.

"Sir, yes, by the end of July this year, the business tax amount will be about 40 taels, and the land tax collected so far is about million dans, of which million dans are expected for the whole year! Ding labor, corvee labor On the other hand, the official also calculated that in the first half of the year, Zhejiang Province collected about million people-days of corvee service, and it is estimated that it will require million man-days throughout the year, which is a waste of money, a waste of money!" Chen Zhao said! So, it stopped!

"What's wrong with Xiuxian?" Lin Cunde asked.

"The consumption is about 800,000 dans so far, and there are another 200,000 taels of silver, and there are 100,000 bolts of silk! Throughout the year, it is estimated that the consumption for the whole year is about 2 million dans, and the silver is about 50,000 taels. One hundred thousand taels, about 250,000 pieces of silk!" Chen Zhao reported to Lin Cunde!
Lin Cunde, Wang Zhi and others all frowned, God, 250,000 pieces of silk are worth 2.5 million taels. This, this is far more than the money Zhejiang Province handed over to the court throughout the year, even if all the land taxes were paid Converted into silver, it is far more than that.

Wang Zhi and others were also a little angry at this moment. Is everyone doing this now? When I was an official below, the province's annual consumption would never exceed 30% of the land tax. Now, it's far more than the land tax!

No wonder Lin Cunde said that the government should be rectified. If it is not rectified, it will not work. If it is not rectified, rebellions in the Ming Dynasty will come one after another!

"Do you think this number is reasonable? Or, do you ministers think it is reasonable?" Lin Cunde sat below and said to them.

These officials in Zhejiang all bowed their heads and remained silent!

Lin Cunde ignored them and continued to ask: "Did all the money go to the Chief Envoy, or was it calculated from the statistics below?" "Back to the Marquis, it was the statistics from below, and each county below reported it to the government. The government will report to our chief envoy again!" Chen Zhao answered with his hands in hand.

"Well, how much did the Chief Envoy take?" Lin Cunde continued to ask.

"About 20%!" Chen Zhao replied. Lin Cunde nodded, then looked at Wang Zhi and asked, "Is there anything you want to ask?"

"Back to the Marquis, I just got off the boat, and I'm still dizzy now!" Wang Zhi stood up and answered Lin Cunde with his hands raised.

After hearing this, Lin Cunde smiled and said, "That's it. After lunch, everyone will rest for half a day! Let's start working again tomorrow!"

After finishing speaking, he said to Chen Zhao: "Bring over the data reported below. I want to check it. It's okay now anyway!" Lin Cunde said to Chen Zhao!

Chen Zhao looked at Lin Cunde in embarrassment. Lin Cunde was unmoved. Chen Zhao could only ask Zhaomo to take the materials and put them in front of Lin Cunde's desk. Lin Cunde took the materials and began to look through them without looking below. What are the expressions of those officials!
Looking at the statistics sent by the eleven governments in Zhejiang, Lin Cunde was also very angry. These taxes did not go into the court, but all went into private pockets. Of course, some officials are smart and will cleverly create names to let the money. From the hands of the government to private hands, some are directly concealed. In other words, these data are still the result of concealed reporting by those officials!
But even so, it’s still a surprising statistic!

It was almost noon, and Chen Zhao saw that Lin Cunde hadn't gotten up yet to say he wanted to eat, so he stood up, cupped his hands in front of Lin Cunde and said, "Master Hou, it's time for lunch!"

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot!" Lin Cunde stood up and said to Lin Cunzhen behind him: "Put these materials away, put them away!"

"Yes!" Lin Cunzhen immediately started to collect the information, and Lin Cuunde came down and said to Chen Zhao: "Then please lead the way!"

"Yes, Lord Marquis, please!" When Chen Zhao heard that Lin Cunde was so easy to talk to, he felt a little relieved. Wang Zhi and the others didn't know what Lin Cunde meant. Could it be that he was just waiting for food here!

Soon, Chen Zhao took Lin Cunde and others to the restaurant opposite. Among them, the Zhejiang Chief Envoy, the Punishing and Prosecution Envoy, and officials from the Hangzhou Prefecture, who had reached the seventh rank, all came to participate. Lin Cunde I counted them silently just now, and they are all here!

No one dares to be incomplete!

Lin Cunde sat on the main seat for a while, then got up and went to the latrine. Lin Cunzhen escorted Lin Cunde there!

On the way to the latrine, Lin Cunde said to Lin Cunzhen: "Go outside and tell the Jinyiwei family to prepare for arrests and contact the Jinyiwei in Hangzhou. We will take action after we finish eating!"

"Ah, yes!" Lin Cunzhen was surprised to hear what Lin Cunde said.

After Lin Cunde relieved himself, Lin Cunzhen escorted Lin Cunde to the dining table, and then retreated outside. After no one of the officials noticed him, he went to tell the hundreds of households outside what Lin Cunde had confessed.

After hearing this, the Baihu nodded and disappeared into the restaurant!
Then Lin Cunde, Chen Zhao and others began to eat. Lin Cunde also raised his wine glass several times and toasted to the officials. When the officials below wanted to toast, Lin Cunde waved his hand and said: "It's not okay to drink like this. I can't drink alone." There are so many of you, so you don’t need to keep an eye on me. Dazai is here. Your future is in Dazai’s hands. If you want to toast, just toast Dazai’s wine. I am a passing imperial envoy. This matter is done. I I’m going back to Beijing. You all know that I am a military commander, not a civil servant!”

When the officials heard this, they also laughed!

After drinking some wine, he slowly began to let go. Some officials drank too much and uttered arrogant words. Lin Cunde also smiled and did not reprimand!
Chen Zhao and others thought that Lin Cunde was easy to talk to, but they also thought that Lin Cunde was just a seventeen-year-old boy, how terrifying could he be?
It's just that they had no idea that Wang Zhi and others would look at Lin Cunde while drinking, and they were worried. None of them knew what kind of medicine Lin Cunde sold in the gourd, but they were very uneasy in their hearts. This was not in line with Lin Cunde's character. !
They also inquired about Lin Cunde's character. Lin Cunde has a calm personality and does not like to show off, let alone drinking!

The meal lasted for almost an hour, and Lin Cunde was not in a hurry to rush them. After all, this meal might be the last time those officials had such a good meal and drank such a pleasant drink in their lives!

(End of this chapter)