Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 595
The city of Nanjing was in chaos, and the whole city seemed to be doomsday. Cries and shouts mingled together, resounding in the bustling streets.

One by one, fat-headed and big-eared merchants dressed in silk and satin were pulled out of the shop, put on wooden shackles, and lost face amidst the sound of gongs and drums.

This scene made those merchants who paid the business tax early secretly rejoice.They wiped the cold sweat off their brows, and looked at those wailing people, only feeling terrified for a while.

fortunately……

They didn't gamble.

When he was a seventh-rank Zhima official, he dared to bombard the squire with artillery, and hanged a master Juren directly because he resisted taxes, hid his fields, and tortured and killed concubines.

Although murder was the main reason why he was hanged, but think about it, a guy so famous in the local area can be dragged out by Zuo Fu to parade in the street, what else in this world Zuo Fu dare not do?
It is true that their merchants have backgrounds, but these people failed to stop Zuo Fu in the court, so it is better to be wise and pay the money early to avoid the pain of flesh and blood.

Looking at these people now, I feel lucky.

It's okay, it's okay!

Fortunately, I am smart enough!

Otherwise, being dragged out to parade in the streets like this, he might as well die!A group of poor ghosts yelled and taunted them, and even smashed them with rotten vegetable leaves. To be humiliated by a group of poor ghosts like this is really a life worse than death!

Zuo Fu led a group of people through the main street of the capital.

This kind of thing, or don't do it, if you want to do it, you have to make it bigger!If you don't hurt yourself, how do you know that the laws of the country are ruthless and inviolable? !

My grandfather didn't pay tax before, but after Zuo Fu became an official, after hearing about her behavior in Changzhou, he took the initiative to pay tax without Zuo Fu saying a word, even if the officials didn't accept it, he would force it past.

The commercial tax in Ming Dynasty existed in name only, and many officials even used not collecting commercial tax as a tool for their reputation. Under such circumstances, it was normal for the grandfather not to pay it.

But what is comforting is that after seeing that he strictly enforced the national laws in Changzhou, my grandfather took the initiative to pay taxes.Although he may not know how much harm the non-payment of commercial taxes will do to the country, but for his own sake, he is willing to eliminate all future troubles. Zuo Fu was very moved when he learned about this in his mother's letter.

Grandpa may have done this because he loves himself, but he has set an example for others, and he has not given others the opportunity to gossip about himself, so that the world can understand that even Zuo Fu's pro-grandfather still has to abide by the laws of the country!

A group of people were put on wooden shackles, crying loudly.However, in front of Li Xiang and others who are "hard-hearted" people, this is useless, and it will even attract a few sticks.

They know that once their lord makes a move, he will be right to the end.This matter is going to make a big fuss, and everyone in the world will know about it. Wouldn't it be a pity if only the monkeys in Nanjing saw the killing of so many chickens? !
How will the next tax reform be carried out?

Yingtian Mansion and Town God's Temple echoed each other, and dog cages were lined up between the two buildings. A group of people were pulled here, and locked in one by one. The scene was truly spectacular!The Temple of the Town God's Temple looked forward to this scene and couldn't help but shook his head.

Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it's not that there is no reward, the time has not yet come.

He had anticipated this scene as early as the day the notice was posted in the yamen.The person in charge of the yamen across from him is not an ordinary person, that is Zuo Yunshu who is famous all over the world!Compared with her anti-Qing deeds, the bombardment of the squire's house and the hanging of Juren are even more shocking.

After all, although fighting is terrible, it is only a moment when swords and soldiers meet on the battlefield.But muster the courage to cut carrion from oneself, that is not something everyone can do.

Merchants refused to pay taxes, and the gentry’s hiding of their fields was harmful to Daming. Everyone knew the harm, even the emperors of the Ming dynasty.

But Zuo Fu dared to do this when he was a seventh-rank magistrate, now that she is the Duke of Zhen, what should she have to be afraid of as the governor of Yingtian Mansion?Moreover, doing things in the capital must have the acquiescence of the emperor and the cabinet. Otherwise, why didn't anyone come out to stop this big movement?
Both Wang Yougen and Zhuang were dumbfounded.

They, what monsters did they provoke? !
Listening to the cries of these people, there is actually a master Juren inside? !
Even scholars are arrested?

Give them back the label? !
God!

How bold is this woman?

Fear spread in their hearts like weeds after a spring rain.They couldn't help but wonder: Will they make it home alive?
Son-in-law Zhao was also dumbfounded.

He knew about beating the head of the country, but it was not earth-shattering for Daming's imperial relatives to be humiliated by civil officials.Not to mention the head of state, even the descendants of the Zhu family have been spit on by upright ministers.But those people, after all, are not the foundation of Ming Dynasty's rule, and among those people arrested by Zuo Fu now...

Many of them have backgrounds, most of the children in the family are officials, and some even have fame themselves. This Zuo Fu actually arrested people like this, not only arrested, but also paraded through the streets to humiliate Is this woman crazy? !Aren't you afraid that the world's scholars will rise up and attack? !

This Juren master will not gossip when he buys some property. Although they talk about the smell of copper coins, they are never afraid of getting their hands dirty when counting money. It is a joy to count!
It's good now, because he didn't care about his reputation, he didn't transfer the property to the clansmen, now something happened, he was naturally caught by Zuo Fu and put in a dog cage.

Such things would have been unimaginable in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.After all, for the sake of the future, few Juren would put their property under their own names. After all, Juren is already a reserve officer. According to Mr. Zhu's regulations, one cannot do business when one is an official.

But now, the laws of the country are lax, and they are blatantly holding the property under their own name. It just so happens that a few merchants are not enough to look at, but now a few people are here to sacrifice the flag.

Several Juren grabbed the cage and yelled at them, whatever they said was unpleasant.At first, because of their identities, the common people didn't dare to smash the vegetable leaves and skins like they did to Wang Yougen, but gradually, because these people scolded more and more, and Mu Er and others "kindly" explained, their emotions became worse. It came up slowly.

As the unbearable curses became more and more smooth, someone suddenly shouted, "Kill these dogs!!"

Stones, rotten vegetables and leaves were all thrown at these juren!
These bastards, who don't do production on weekdays, are just hiding their fields and occupying the fields of the common people.They common people eat bran and swallow vegetables, and they are not enough big fish and meat, but they still want to drink human blood!

Now that they have broken the law and been arrested by Master Qingtian, and are still so arrogant, this group of people are extremely arrogant and daring! !

Zuo Fu shook his fan and said with a smile: "Folks, you must be a law-abiding person. Although they are criminals, they should not be easily hurt. Let them scold you. If you scold me a few more times, you will be able to be honest. Paying taxes, filling the national treasury, and improving people's livelihood, I am happy to scold them."

After finishing speaking, he closed the fan, knocked on the dog cage, and said: "Come on, show some scholarly character, don't bow your head to me, a powerful man, scold, scold, just scold! I have a disease, don't Being scolded by you people makes me feel uncomfortable... Tsk tsk, your eyeballs are about to fall off, huh huh..."

She opened the folding fan again, half covered her lips, and laughed very meanly, "Seeing you so angry but helpless against me, I feel really happy!"

The people were very angry at first, but after what Zuofu said, they couldn't help laughing.

Unexpectedly, this famous Qingtian master has such a mischievous side. He really can't help but laugh, it's so cute.

Thinking about it this way, they suddenly realized that their old parents were only 26 years old this year.

For a woman, this age is not too young, but in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, how many people are sitting in Yingtian Mansion at the age of 26?

"Zuo Fu, you humiliate us scholars like this, you are making an enemy of the world, you will not end well!"

A man grabbed the cage and roared heart-piercingly, "I have always been a scholar..."

Zuo Fu moved his fan away, and interrupted him with a smile, "People under heaven? What kind of people do you mean by people under heaven? Is it these ordinary people? Or just you masters of Juren, masters of Jinshi? Heh..."

She sneered, "This world belongs to the people of the world! What are the people of the world?! Scholars, farmers, businessmen! You enjoy the preferential treatment of scholars from the imperial court. If you don't think about making progress, you are actually damaging the foundation of the country! Ten acres, ten Juren is one hundred acres!

How many juren are there in this world? !How much land is there for you to hide? !People keep their mouths shut and don't want to live? !I always thought that after experiencing the hardships of Jiashen, the scholars in this world would catch up like those scholar-bureaucrats in Song Dynasty!Although they didn't realize anything, they still shouted out the principle of keeping the sky and destroying people!
But what about you? !Don’t do anything, just enjoy yourself, hehe... I have a record here..."

Zuo Fu spread his hands, and Lin Li immediately handed over a notebook. Zuo Fu opened it, "Zhang Mao, styled Sheng Rong, was elected in the second year of Longwu. His name is one hundred acres of land, a silk shop, and a tavern. But According to my official visit and investigation, the field under your name is more than one hundred acres?! It is three thousand acres! The hidden report is 2900 acres! Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?!"

Zuo Fu smashed the notebook over, "One mu of land now produces 800 catties, and you alone! Just you! You pay 19333 shi less grain for one season! At the current grain price in the capital, it would be 9666 taels of silver! Let alone your shop! From January to now, in less than four months, there are 3 taels of silver in the book! According to the national law, you should pay 1000 taels of tax! Ha, how many people do you escape from taxes every year?! I have never heard of it What good did you do, but..."

She bent down, picked up the book again, and flipped through a few pages, "On the sixth day of January this year, I went to the Red Society building, found two prostitutes and had fun until dawn, and settled the silver 30 taels afterward; In Xianglou, I found two prostitutes to have fun until dawn, because the two prostitutes were satisfied with the service, I rewarded the two prostitutes with 20 taels of silver each... On January [-]th, I will go to the Honghui Building..."

Zuo Fu read one by one, the arrogant face began to turn red, and then turned blue, a group of people couldn't help but bruise, wishing to beat these people to death.

They worked so hard to get food, but they couldn't earn 20 taels a year, and this person just tipped 20 taels, and spent thousands of taels in the brothel in one month!The extravagance of life is beyond their imagination!

Everyone remained silent, bit their lips tightly and clenched their fists.

They know that they are born lowly and cannot be compared with these masters.But they never imagined that the gap between their lives and the Juren masters is so big!They are even worse off than a dog in Master Juren's house!

Zuo Fu raised his lips, looked at Zhang Juren whose face was darkened, and chuckled, "Not only does Zhang Juren have a good appetite, but his kidneys are also pretty good."

One sentence made Zhang Mao feel so ashamed that he wished he could get under the ground.Such things are hard to see. How can I not feel ashamed when my privacy is exposed in public and I am still a scholar?Obviously, he cared more about men and women than hiding fields and not paying taxes.

After all, you can't let people see what's under your ass!And the matter of paying taxes... everyone is like this, so what is there to be ashamed of?
"Tsk tsk, although the lying stele next to the Minglun Hall did not say that scholars cannot enter the brothel, but the Taizu said it clearly at the beginning that officials are not allowed to enter the brothel. Although you have not entered an official career, you are preparing for it in my Ming Dynasty Officer, how can you go to a place that even serious officials and lords can’t go? And you go so often? Heh, why didn’t you talk? Wasn’t it amazing just now?”

"you you you……"

Zhang Mao pursed his lips, stared at Zuo Fu, gradually there were tears in his eyes, and suddenly there was a "poof", a mouthful of blood spewed out, and then he passed out.

He was so humiliated that he fainted and vomited blood.

A group of onlookers swallowed their saliva, feeling an inexplicable fear towards Zuo Fu.

This man is a real murderous man with a real sword and a gun, and this knife is also very terrifying!A majestic master, full of knowledge, was actually fainted by what she said, vomiting blood, this skill is really terrifying!
"Useless things!"

Zuo Fu snorted coldly, and said: "Are all the family members here? I heard clearly, the official notice is clearly written, those who fail to pay the commercial tax after the deadline will not only be locked up for three days, but the tax will also be increased by ten times Punishment! Listen up, go back and think carefully about how much tax you should pay! Well, my office is busy, and it’s not good to have so many people blocking the street. What I said before was because I didn’t think carefully, so I take it back now..."

She looked at the crowd, "Well, it's about when to pay and when to let people go... Oh, I really don't know that there are so many people resisting the law! This blocked road will hinder people's livelihood! So, three days later... "

Her tone became gloomy, and her face became cold, "If you don't pay the tax and silver, the shop will be closed and the house will be ransacked!!!"

One sentence made everyone tremble with fear!
Everyone can hear the determination and subtext in this sentence: No matter how stubborn you are, I'm sorry, I'm going to kill someone!

(End of this chapter)