The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 813 tit for tat
Hearing that the magistrate was coming, Wang Po's expression changed drastically.

"What happened, what happened, I'm afraid they will come to urge the food again!" Wang Po was very anxious.

Only to hear "Da Lang" quickly explain: "No, the county lord said that he is here to make decisions for our people!"

"Dalang, you are still young, and those officials who are here will definitely not do anything good!"

"Oh!" Da Lang nodded, he was only twelve or thirteen years old, he really didn't understand anything at an age.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yanxun felt complicated.

I don't know how many people in this world regard the government as thieves.

"Da Lang, how about taking us to see the county magistrate?" Zhao Yanxun looked warm.

"Magistrate?"

Seeing Dalang's puzzled face, Zhao Yanxun explained: "It's your county lord!"

"Da Lang, these masters are good people, you take them there!"

"Oh!"

Under the leadership of the young man, Zhao Yanxun and the others walked slowly towards the village.

After walking two miles, the village appeared before their eyes.

The so-called village is actually a settlement with many houses, among which the Wang's house occupies the largest area.

In addition to the original three-entry yard, the Wang family also has a barn, a woodshed and a thatched cottage where the long-term workers live.

At this moment, more than a hundred people gathered outside the gate of the Wang family, most of them were from the village.

I saw that the gate of Wang's house was closed tightly, and the county magistrate, who was dressed in official uniform outside the door, was shut down here.

The county magistrate's name was Hu Lizhen, and he was about thirty years old. The deepest impression Zhao Yanxun gave to Zhao Yanxun was his resolute gaze.

Beside Hu Lizhen, a head catcher said in a low voice: "My lord, why don't we go back, why bother to suffer this crime!"

"Suffering? If you feel suffering, you can go back now!"

"My lord, if you don't leave, how can you be humble..."

Before the man finished speaking, Hu Lizhen said: "If you don't go, then follow my orders!"

Sighing, the catcher showed a helpless expression, which also made the more than a dozen guards behind him look disappointed.

Looking at the shadow of a tree next to him, Hu Lizhen said in a deep voice, "The time is coming, prepare to knock on the door!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun, who stood outside the crowd watching the excitement, couldn't help asking why.

After this questioning, I found out that the magistrate of Hu came here to make decisions for the people, but the master of the Wang family ignored him at all, and the latter gave him half an hour to think about it.

When the time came, if the surname Wang didn't come out, he sent people to climb over the wall to get him.

Seeing that this person came to ask for food for the common people, Zhang Meng was filled with admiration, and his view of scholars changed.

"Emperor... Young Master, do you want to help him!"

Looking ahead, Zhao Yanxun calmly said: "Look first!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Hu Lizhen shouted: "Come in and get him out!"

"My lord, do you really want to take him?" The head catcher hesitated.

"This person's plundering of people's wealth, why can't he be taken!" Hu Lizhen scolded.

"But……"

"If you don't take him, you will be guilty of the same crime, and I will punish you severely together!"

"Then... how about resigning from this humble position?"

Although the master of the Wang family is not a first-class gentry, he has connections in the county and the mansion, and he is unwilling to provoke him as a headhunter.

What's more, Hu Lizhen has offended many people in the county and the government since he took office as county magistrate, so a fool would be willing to be fooled with him.

But Hu Lizhen said: "Then you are not only guilty of the same crime as Wang, but you also have to add the crime of fleeing before the battle. This official will never forgive you lightly!"

Standing in the distance, Zhao Yanxun couldn't help being surprised when he heard Hu Lizhen's "words of tiger and wolf".

This Huzhi county opened his eyes.

"I know what you're worried about, don't worry...I'll take care of it alone if something goes wrong, and I won't implicate you all!"

"But if you don't obey orders today, I will never forgive you lightly!"

With a lot of vigor, Hu Lizhen can be regarded as suppressing the head catcher, who can only stop working.

Just as they found a ladder and wanted to break into Wang's house to arrest people, the gate of Wang's house opened.

Master Wang came out generously with four servants, with a smile on his face.

"Huzhi County, I just took a nap in the afternoon. The servants at home are stupid. I didn't report when my lord came. I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for so long!"

After giving a reasonable explanation, Wang Qingan asked with a smile: "I don't know why the county lord is here?"

The so-called reach out and don't hit smiling people, but Hu Lizhen is not an ordinary person, just listen to his order on the spot: "Take it!"

The head catcher next to him hesitated for a moment, but still obeyed his orders and took Wang Qing'an down.

Wang Qing'an was very annoyed that the other party was so ruthless, and immediately said angrily, "Hu, you are crazy...why do you take me?"

"Why? Just rely on you to plunder people's wealth!" Hu Lizhen scolded.

"You spit out blood!"

"Bloody spitting? Let me ask you, who asked you to collect taxes for the more than 100 households near Anxi Village?"

Wang Qing'an immediately said: "I collected taxes for the imperial court. It has always been collected by sages from the village, and then sent to the government in a unified way!"

"The additional tax levied by the edict this time will only be paid if the land is more than [-] mu. Who told you to collect the tax from the people?"

Wang Qing'an was dumbfounded for a moment. Although he did something wrong, everyone did it this way, so what was wrong became right.

But the problem is that this kind of thing can't be said on the table, but Hu Lizhen doesn't abide by this rule.

But at this moment, after hearing Hu Lizhen's words, the people watching the scene were in an uproar.

"Everyone, the emperor only asks people with [-] mu of land to pay taxes. You all have [-] mu of land in your family?"

Everyone was talking about it, which put more pressure on Wang Qing'an, and his eyes glanced towards the entrance of the village from time to time.

"Wang Qing'an, you have collected taxes from the people privately, which is against the edict..."

Wang Qing'an was terrified when he heard the word "resisting the decree". Whoever is accused of this crime will have his family ruined and his family killed.

Wang Qing'an has heard about how many honorable and noble families the current emperor has copied in the capital, and how many great families have been wiped out in the south.

So much so that at this moment, Wang Qing'an lost the truth of his resistance just now.

"Your Majesty, don't wrong a good person. It's the government's intention to collect taxes. I'm just following orders!"

Hu Lizhen couldn't help sneering, and then asked: "Government, did I ask you to collect taxes from the people?"

Regarding the matter of tax collection, it was originally supposed to be arranged by the county government, but because of Hu Lizhen's reasons, the county gentry directly bypassed him to connect with the government government.

Therefore, after Hu Lizhen made an unannounced visit, he learned that the people below were quietly collecting taxes, and only later did he learn that the imperial court had allowed them to collect taxes.

"Is there?" Hu Lizhen asked.

"No...no!"

"Then the government you mentioned, is that government again?"

"Yes……"

Wang Qing'an wanted to say it, but he held back in the end.

This thing is really nonsense, if you offend the prefect, it will be really troublesome, and no one will come to get you.

Ever since, Wang Qing'an simply stopped talking, anyway, he talked a lot now.

"Tie this person up and bring him back to the county government for interrogation!"

The head catcher complained in his heart, but he could only answer: "Yes!"

Next, Hu Lizhen ordered servants to enter Wang's house to move out the grain collected by Wang Qing'an.

Wang Qing'an was arrested, and the Wang family lost their backbone, so they could only watch the government servants come in and carry things.

Outside the crowd, Zhao Yanxun looked at Hu Lizhen with eyes full of approval, and praised: "This person has some tricks!"

But what really makes him feel rare is that Hu Lizhen really puts the people in his heart, so he is willing to sacrifice everything for the people.

When bags of food were moved out of Wang's house, Zhao Yanxun's super perception ability noticed that someone was coming from afar.

"Master Futai is here..."

(End of this chapter)