Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 368

Just when everyone was guessing in their hearts, Liu Erlen waved his hand and said, "I'm bored right now, let them come in."

Everyone heard a chill, and thought: "This Liu Er Leng really did not choose the wrong name, he is really stunned, these two people dare to neglect."

But what surprised them was still behind. When Zong Chao and Luo Yangxing arrived in front of the hall, after seeing Liu Erling, they even gave a deep salute at the same time, and said in unison: "The next official Luo Yangxing (Zong Chao) sees Mr. Liu."

What's even more outrageous is that Liu Er Leng didn't even move his body, he just waved his hands and said, "Excuse me, just now the soldiers said that you two have something to do with me, who told you to come?"

"The next official came here on the order of Mr. Ma, and also brought the commander's order." Zong Chao said.

"Who? Lord Ma? Which Lord Ma?" Liu Er asked suspiciously.

"It's Fifth Master Ma!" Zong Chao said hastily.

Liu Er was taken aback when he heard the words, and suddenly got up and said, "You said Fifth Brother asked you to come? Oh, I'm sorry, come on, hurry up and see the seat, fuck it, I said you can directly report Fifth Brother's name or not?" Is it over, why are you messing with Mr. Ma? It made me almost neglect Fifth Brother's brother."

"Hehe, how can we as subordinates directly mention the name of the chief?" Zong Chao laughed.

Liu Er was stunned to see that the chair moved by the soldiers was far away from him, so he couldn't help but frowned, then pointed to the politicians on both sides and said: "You two get up, give up a seat for my fifth brother's brother, fuck, a little courtesy I don't understand."

"Lord Liu, don't bully people too much!" The two political participants couldn't help being furious when they heard the words, they got up angrily, pointed at Liu Er and scolded angrily.

Liu Er Leng sneered, looked at the two politicians and said, "You say I'm bullying too much? I tell you that I'm already polite enough to you. If I were to be like you before, I'll see if I don't pick you up." skin!
Damn, you forgot how you got promoted?Those are you who were promoted by my elder brother, you ungrateful bastards, you actually didn't obey my elder brother's order, believe it or not, I will cut off your dog's head right now.

Get out, don't be so fucking shameless, if you do anything wrong to me in the future, I will cut you off and then go to plead guilty to my elder brother. "

"As the governor of a province, it's really disgraceful for you to be full of foul language. It's a disgrace to my generation to be a civil servant in the same court as a person like you." A member of the political department said angrily.

Liu Er Leng slammed the table when he heard the words, and shouted sharply: "Is it insulting? I don't know what it means to be insulting. I only know that my elder brother is for the millions of people in Ming Dynasty, and for the poor people all over the world.

Jiangxi has been made miserable by you, you gentlemen have a fart, for the sake of my elder brother, I don’t even need my head, are you afraid of insulting gentleness?Lao Ziming tells you that if you continue as usual in the future, I will kill your entire family. "

Liu Er was stupefied with a murderous look on his face, not thinking that the political participant would be unafraid, looked at Liu Er with a sneer and said: "Lord Liu is very murderous, but if you think this can scare the official, then you are wrong, don't say murder My whole family, even if you kill my three clans, what fear do I have?"

Liu Er was stunned not to think that the man who participated in politics would have such courage, so he couldn't help being stunned for a while, then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha! Brave enough! I really admire you. But let's wait and see, when the time comes, I will Let's see if your mouth is tough or Lao Tzu's knife is tough!"

Seeing Liu Er Leng arguing with Canzheng, Zong Chao suddenly smiled and said, "Master Liu, can you allow me to say something?"

Liu Er Leng looked at Zong Chao when he heard the words, and saw Zong Chao nodded lightly. Thinking that Zong Chao belonged to Ma Wu and would definitely stand by his side, Liu Er Leng smiled and said, "Don't hesitate to say anything, Mr. Zong." Straight up."

"I don't dare to take the word "Master", but the word "Xiaguan" is brave, so my lord can just call it "Xiaguan." Zong Chao laughed.

Liu Er Leng heard the words and said with a smile: "That's okay, Lao Liu will call you by your name next time, so that you will appear closer."

Zong Chao nodded and said with a smile: "The fifth master said that Mr. Liu acted boldly, and he was indeed not bad. No wonder the governor and the fifth master valued it."

Zong Chao turned his head to look at the political candidate and said, "Master Sun, Zong wants to ask you something. Do you know the new decree issued by the governor?"

Seeing Zong Chao knew his surname without introduction. He thought that Zong Chao had found out his details before he came to Jiangxi. Maybe he had investigated the details of all officials in Jiangxi officialdom.

Thinking about what Zong Chao had done, Sun Shenzheng couldn't help but feel a little nervous, but he still nodded: "I know the decree issued by Mr. Li."

Zong Chao continued to laugh and said, "Then the new law promulgated by the governor, you should understand it, right?"

Sun Shenzheng nodded again: "I understand clearly."

Zong Chao smiled: "I won't talk about the decree first, but the law. How do you think the new law formulated by the governor is compared with the previous Daming law?"

Sun Shenzheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Although the laws enacted by Lord Li are strict, they are much more lenient than the Great Ming Law enacted by the Taizu. The emperor is much more lenient."

Zong Chao nodded and said with a smile, "Hehe, you are a sensible person who knows the benefits of the new law."

After a pause, Zong Chao continued: "You know what I do if you want to come here, and I won't hide it from you. I have inquired about your personality long ago. You don't take bribes or take bribes, even if there are some inappropriate things. You have nothing to do with the law formulated by the Metropolitan Governor. I guess you have also asked about it. You know that Mr. Liu only obeys the orders of the Metropolitan Governor. He thinks that he will not violate the laws formulated by the Metropolitan Governor. Therefore You have the confidence to confront Master Liu, right?"

Shaking his head slightly, Zong Chao said with a smile: "But you obviously don't know what Mr. Liu is like, and you have even forgotten the purpose of the governor's sending Mr. Liu here. Let me tell you this, Mr. Liu is fearless. And he did what he said, if you don't obey his orders, he will never be ambiguous when he kills people."

Seeing that Sun Canzheng's face changed slightly, Zong Chao smiled and continued: "Master Sun, listen to my advice, don't take the lives of your whole family to compete with Master Liu, do you think there will be trouble if Master Liu kills your whole family?
Don't talk about the relationship between Mr. Liu and the governor, just talk about Mr. Liu's authority.

We all know that the governor of a province is divided into left and right, but Jiangxi has only one governor. What does this mean?That is to say, the governor wanted Mr. Liu to take charge of Jiangxi's government affairs, and he didn't want anyone to give him an elbow.

In addition, don't forget that Mr. Liu is not only the chief envoy of Jiangxi, but also the general of Jiangxi. What crime do you think he will arrange for you? "

Sun Shenzheng was silent when he heard about it. In fact, the reason why these officials did not dare to work with Liu Erleng was because Liu Erleng still had the status of a general.

The reason why Sun Shenzheng jumped out just now was because Liu Erleng didn't take him seriously at all, which made him feel extremely insulted.Now after hearing Zong Chao's analysis, he remembered that a person like Liu Erleng could do anything, because it was not worthwhile to risk his wealth and life after suffering a little humiliation.

Seeing that Sun Shenzheng was speechless, Zong Chao continued with a smile: "Master Sun, there is a saying that being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, but for money, you can't make things difficult for yourself and your family, don't you think so?"

Sun Shenzheng hurriedly said: "Is it because of those copper stinks that I study and become an official?"

Zong Chao laughed and said: "Master Sun, you can only fool those ignorant people by saying this, so don't talk such nonsense with me."

After laughing for a while, Zong Chao continued: "The law is finished, let me talk about the decree, we all know that the governor has abolished the privileges of officials and gentry, do you think that without these privileges, being an official is meaningless?

Obviously, you haven’t calculated it carefully, so let’s take you as an example. You are a political participant in Jiangxi Province. There are more taels of silver, but after the governor took office, the salaries of officials have been increased several times. From the third rank, the monthly salary is more than 26 taels, and all of them are paid in real silver.If you add other subsidies, your annual salary should exceed 30 taels of silver.

In the past, the masters and staff in your mansion were all paid by you yourself, but now as long as it involves public affairs, it is borne by the imperial court and local government.

That is to say, your salary only needs to cover your own household. I think, as long as you are not too extravagant, you can spend more than 2000 taels of silver.

Let me do another calculation for you. As far as I know, you have nearly [-] mu of land. According to the highest tax rate, you should pay [-]% of the tax per mu of land. Let's calculate according to the grain yield of two shi per mu. For [-] mu of land, you should pay about [-] shi for grain. We in Jiangxi can harvest two crops a year, which means you have to pay [-] shi for grain a year.Calculate your income yourself. Did you earn more when you were tax-free, or do you earn more now? "

After hearing this, Sun Shenzheng thought about it for a while, and then answered honestly: "Now I have a lot of income."

Zong Chao said with a smile: "It seems that you still have a good idea. Then let me ask you again, you said that so many officials need to pay salaries, where does the money come from? Can it be supplied by the little land of the common people?"

Sun Shenzheng hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "I can't supply it."

Zong Chao nodded, sighed, and said, "Yes! You can't support so many officials with the little land of ordinary people! If you want to support so many officials, you can only collect taxes from rich businessmen, landlords and gentry. We collect taxes in the hands of those who own a lot of land.

In fact, tax collection is fundamentally related to the vital interests of all officials. Without taxes, we cannot pay salaries. Why can’t you understand such a simple truth?I don't understand why you guys push and block. Isn't this against yourself? "

Sun Canzheng pondered for a long time when he heard the words, and suddenly he bowed deeply to Zongchao: "Master Chengzong, please give me advice."

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to Liu Erleng: "Master Liu, I hope that you will forgive me when I was negligent in the past. From now on, I will obey your orders and do the things that you entrust. of."

The so-called bridal sedan chair people carry people, since Sun Canzheng admits his mistake, Liu Er is not easy to hold on to it.

(End of this chapter)