eldest son of Ming dynasty

In August of the 11th year of Zhengde, Nanjing was as hot as the earth.

Originally, after the summer harvest, taxes and grain payments from various places would begin to be paid, and in a few months they would be escorted to the capital.

However, this year in dozens of counties in the south of the Yangtze River, more than half of the tax and grain payment work has been at a standstill. Of course, the tax amount paid by the court has come down, but the county magistrates either can't find a 'tax payer', or they have found a new 'tax payer' People' play no role at all.

Big households don't pay, rich households don't pay, and the county magistrate goes from house to house searching for the small amount of taxes and grain that ordinary people have.

However, for many people, this is not a big problem at the moment. The big problem is that the court wants to acquire land.

As for the assessment when the time comes, the officials gathered in Nanjing still have complaints.

"How can there be so many things accomplished with just a few people and such a short amount of time?!"

"Isn't it? In previous years, we could still do some distribution, and the big family would help us, and then we could complete the errands. I wonder how relaxed the master above us thinks we are!"

It's still a good situation to collect money every year, but some places have already started to run into debt.

If there is water dripping from the eaves, it means the succession of generations, and the new official will not be counted as the old official's account.

There is no absolutely good system in the world. Although the official transfer system strengthens the power of the central government, it also brings great harm.They don't care about the actual situation in the county. As long as they survive a few years of tenure, they will be promoted and leave, so why bother?

"This time, it's similar to Shandong. There's a high chance that they'll just meet us and say a few words to scare us, but they'll ask us to go back and smooth out all those obstacles!"

"It's easy for you all. The house I live in is a high-end house that has produced a fourth-grade official. I am a seventh-grade county magistrate. I usually have to be polite. How dare I look at him coldly?"

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There are probably quite a few such voices.

Anyway, a hundred or so people gathered outside and chatted.

But this place is actually different from Shandong.

At that time, Zhang Cong even invited those people to a meal. When he arrived at Jin Gui's place, he was very honest and had no money to treat so many people to dinner.

That is, officials from each government went in to report the current progress and talk to him.

The rest of the people were waiting in the courtyard in front of the main house.

There are a few counties in a prefecture, and there are more than a dozen counties in a large prefecture. Anyway, there are about ten people. The prefect is in front, and then they all go in quickly.

People outside can't see it, and they can't hear it clearly even if they stretch their heads.

But the state of the first group of people who came in suddenly changed completely. They were all whispering to each other, walking hastily, looking very anxious, and mumbling,

"Oh, what can I do? Why is this happening?"

"Stop talking, why don't you go back and take care of business?"

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The people waiting outside didn't take it seriously at first.

But when the second group of people came out, they behaved the same way. Some magistrates held on to the magistrate and refused to let go, "Master, it's not that I won't do it, I'm really in trouble. You have to help me."

"Who doesn't have difficulties? Why didn't you tell Master Zhongcheng about it just now?"

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After two consecutive groups, the appearance of entering and exiting was completely opposite, so the remaining people began to become anxious. Some people felt uneasy and stepped forward to stop one, "Kochi County, what is the situation like this? Inside, Mr. Zhongcheng said What?"

"Oh, Brother Liu, don't ask any more questions. This is going to be a big trouble." As the man spoke, his hands shook as if he had something wrong.

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Liu Jin didn't know that he was attracting a lot of attention when he entered Ning. The officials had great powers and found out his general itinerary and knew how to avoid it as much as possible.Some of them will work hard to smoothen the relationship.

This is a person who has suffered the hardships of officialdom. If it were those cynical young people, they would have already started scolding Liu Jin in the streets, and they had no taboo at all. They said that he was vicious-hearted and that he was comparable to an animal. In a word, he was dignified. How can a real man be afraid of a eunuch?
Liu Jin didn't hear many such sounds when he first arrived. He was accompanied by Zhang Yong all the way to the Imperial City of Nanjing. Of course, no matter how valuable a guard eunuch was, he couldn't live in the core area of ​​the Imperial City, so he had to choose a house on the periphery. , Liu Jin didn’t like her ex’s residence either.

He didn't need to worry about this, he had already prepared it before.

The two imperial cities are very similar, and Liu Jin felt as if he was revisiting his old place, and was actually a little moved by the scene.

He rubbed his eyelids with both fingers and wiped away the last tears, "He Ming, Wang Jun,"

These were the two people he brought out because they had offended him in the past, and now they were as scared to see him as to see the Lord of Hell. "Go to the 23rd Yamen in Nanjing and ask their chief eunuch to pass on the order to our family. Tell them that the emperor ordered the clearing of the fields, including the eunuchs, and asked them to hand over all the fields they have occupied. There must be no mistake. Only It’s half a day, go quickly.”

The Ming Dynasty actually had 24 yamen, but Nanjing was a bit special as the capital city because there was no emperor. In order to strengthen management and control, Nanjing garrison eunuchs were sent to take charge of the overall situation. In order to straighten out the legal relationship, this garrison usually also served as the chief of ceremonies in Nanjing. The position of eunuch.

In this way, it will be the same as Beijing, and it will be easier to understand.

Zhang Yongyong understood, "These people are not our old people. Will it be effective to give an order in such a non-trivial manner?"

Liu Jin was a little tired from traveling for a long time. He held his waist and sat down, "What I want is that it has no effect. Just wait and see."

King He Ming's army did not dare to delay for a moment, for fear that Liu Jin would kill them when he got angry, so they ran extremely hard and notified everyone carefully.

However, half a day passed, and only four people in the 23 Yamen obeyed his orders honestly, which was a fucking fraction at best!In modern political terms, that's less than 20 percent.

Of course, everyone has come, and the remaining people will just say that they have never occupied any land.

Liu Jin stood up with the help of He Ming, stepped across the threshold of the palace, and said to the group of people: "It's a good thing for our family. At least everyone is here. The inner official prison, the imperial prison... the Xixin Department, the Bell and Drum Department ...a familiar name.

No matter what you are murmuring in your heart, or how you have done things in the past, in our family, in one sentence, we, a bunch of rootless people, will recognize the palace and the emperor.The emperor said that the fields in Nanjing need to be measured, so our family will do it, and those who don't will be killed by our family.Including you. "

Liu Jin waved to Wang Jun, "Bring those four people over to our family."

"Yes."

Wang Jun stepped forward, "Eunuch Hu, Eunuch Fu... please come forward."

Liu Jin lowered his gaze and said, "This is all for the wise. Your Majesty is going to measure all the fields now. If you hold on to them, you will eventually be measured. You are a smart person. What about the rest..."

He turned around and said, "Drag them all out and kill them with sticks."

This sentence had no tone or volume at all. It simply shattered people's souls when spoken simply. Even Zhang Yong was shocked and his eyes widened!

The group of kneeling eunuchs were even more confused, "Eunuch Liu! What crime have we committed that warrants death with a rod?"

"As an eunuch, if you don't obey the imperial edict, you will die."

"Why don't we obey the imperial edict? We really haven't occupied any land. You know, among the 24 Yamen, our Yin Shou Supervisor is the Qingshui Yamen."

Liu Jin only felt the noise, and he sat on the chair moved to the door, "Is it the first day for our family to work in the palace? Nanjing 24 Yamen is responsible for paying tribute to the palace, you don't scrape any? Silk, tea, local products, etc. It’s all based on boats. Don’t you have many opportunities to get involved in the purchase? There are also the repairs of the palace and the filial piety of the officials. Why don’t you spend so much money on land? Humph! Beat! Beat to death!”

Zhang Yong brought people here. Now they are under the command of Liu Jin. After giving the order, dozens of people came forward immediately. It must be said that this group of people also had a tacit understanding. They divided themselves into groups, and then each went to 'acquire' one, and then clicked He fell to the ground and started beating him with the cane!
This scene was slightly terrifying, and the screams made people's hair stand on end even more. The four people who escaped had chills running down their backs.

After only five steps down, someone couldn't stand it anymore, "Eunuch Liu! Eunuch Liu! I know my mistake. I have two thousand acres of land and I am willing to dedicate it to Eunuch Liu!"

Liu Jin slapped his nose with the palm of his hand, not to blow away the smell, but to blow in the smell of blood, "What do we want from your broken things? Keep fighting!"

In the courtyard, several big men were scattered in groups of one person fighting each other. Because there were so many of them, the wooden sticks almost formed a curtain when they went up and down.

The painful cries of 'Ahhhhh' were a little funny at first, but after the skin was torn apart, the heart-wrenching tone became a little scary.

As a result, various requests for mercy and confessions began to come in one after another, but all of them were rejected by Liu Jin.

Even Zhang Yong couldn't stand it, "Brother Liu, you have just arrived...and there are so many people here, maybe there are some who have no land. Why is it necessary? It's already been thirty sticks. If you continue to beat them, they will all die." Here it is!”

Liu Jin squinted his eyes and said gloomily: "From today on, our family will not give anyone a second chance."

He Ming and Wang Jun were sent before, giving them a chance!
boom!
boom!
boom!
The wooden sticks began to turn red one by one, and the screams gradually subsided. Most of the people lying on the ground were covered in cold sweat and were in a coma.

This approach directly put the palace in hellish terror.

By the next day, people knew that none of the people who were beaten yesterday were alive. The bodies were taken out one by one and thrown into the mass graves outside. In the end, there was not even a coffin!

Where is Liu Jin?
Drinking tea, Yun Danfengqing was meeting the four people who survived yesterday, "He Ming and Wang Jun did this work yesterday. None of us are familiar with this place, at least not as familiar as the four of you. Now this work is very difficult." Here you go. Later, when the surveyor our family wants arrives, you will each take it back and go through the yamen one by one. First, measure the palace and our own land. Don't worry, you don't need to do heavy work. Just lead the way. If you encounter any difficulties, we will tell you later, but our words should be of great use today, what do you think?"

The four people were already timid and quickly agreed, "Yes, what Eunuch Liu said is effective."

It turns out that they still have some questions. For example, now that they have lost their heads, a lot of work is difficult to carry out, but now they are keeping it in their stomachs. It is better to have things difficult than to lose their heads, right?

After the matter was arranged, it didn't take long for He Ming to report, "Father-in-law, Mr. Jing, the governor of Yingtian, would like to ask my father-in-law to come to the house to talk about it. I sent someone to send a message."

The authority of the Nanjing garrison has been very high since the Renzong Dynasty, and the scope is not limited to Nanjing City. He even has soldiers on hand.

Liu Jin originally wanted to vent his anger on him, after all, things were not done well, but he thought that Zhang Yong said he was one of his own, so he let it go. Just in time, he heard that the chief officials from various prefectures and counties had come before, and he could also ask who it was. Which counties are doing poorly.