The system takes me through the world

Chapter 542
Poor Chen Taigong, although he is very harsh on the tenants in the village, the land rent is set very high, and he is never lenient in urging rent and tax collection, but how can it be compared with more advanced means of levying?

Just for a short while, the superior in Bianjing City confiscated more than 100 guan from his Chenjiazhuang with two mouthfuls and one piece of mouth.
Seeing Chen Taigong fainted, Lin Wanrong just smiled coldly, and ordered someone to go forward and pinch him, and seeing him wake up, he said again: "Chen Taigong, don't get excited, I still have..."

Chen Taigong cried: "I am on a mission, I am on a mission, my Chenjiazhuang has little land and few things, and I am overwhelmed? Please have mercy on the mission!"

Lin Wanrong said: "You can go to the Yamen to appeal for grievances, or you can go to the Bianliang Palace in Tokyo to beat the Dengwengu. The emperor, Shengming, will definitely handle it fairly. But before that, you have to pay the land rent you owe. You see, according to It is written in your village documents that the area around Xikou on the east side of Chenjiazhuang has 490 acres of land, do you think it is correct?"

Grandpa Chen said blankly: "Yes."

Lin Wanrong sneered, and said: "This morning, the three stewards of the Xicheng Institute, with thirty guards and fifty laborers from your village, used the national standard to accurately measure the total land of 530 mu, which is actually 41 more acres. Mu, why is this?"

Chen Taigong was shocked, and said: "I'm on a mission, I'm wronged, my land was measured by the secretary of the yamen together, how could I make a mistake?"

"Hmph, the ruler promulgated by the imperial court is the most accurate. What's wrong with it? I didn't say anything. You have an extra 41 acres of land to the east. You will be detained as an official, and you will set up rent classes and pay rent at the current price. There must be no mistakes!"

Chen Taigong kowtowed again and again, and said: "The superior has pity, the superior has pity, Xiao Zhuang'er is just throwing pots and selling iron, and the whole family is scrapped, and he can't get so much tax!"

Lin Wanrong shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Chen, all the data in my verification documents are in compliance with the law, fair and strict.

Xicheng is a gossip for the officials to control the public land. You deceive the public and annex the public land, which is an unforgivable crime.

However, the emperor is kind enough to give you a chance to reform yourselves, yet you are still arguing.Do you think that my going to the law is a child's play? "

His voice became more and more severe, Grandpa Chen was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, lost his mind, he couldn't say anything else, he just kowtowed like pounding garlic, shouting "The superior has mercy."

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, Lin Wanrong frowned and said, "What's going on?"

One person entered and said: "Report to the envoy Lin, the subordinates found a young man in the yard with a dagger in his arms, intending to approach the living room. Obviously he was planning something wrong, so he took him down. This man struggled and injured several gentlemen. , making a noise in the office of the adults, the subordinates deserve to die."

"Oh? Someone has evil intentions, bring it here, let someone see, the sky is bright and the sky is clear, who is so bold?"

"Yes!" The gentleman turned around and went out after hearing this, and after a while he took a young man with him, struggling endlessly there.

When Grandpa Chen saw it, he was so frightened that he stopped sweating and stammered, and shouted: "The superior has mercy, this is the young Chen Jiatong, who has always been reckless and ignorant. It must be a misunderstanding. Forgive me, thank you very much. .”

Lin Wanrong ignored Chen Taigong and asked, "You are Chen Jiatong, why are you carrying a dagger in your arms? Could it be that you have some evil intentions?"

Chen Jiatong struggled desperately, and shouted in his mouth: "Wu Na dog official, levying and extorting violently, stealing and plundering, the world will not tolerate it!"

Lin Wanrong sneered and said: "First, all the documents I issued were made by the government, and nothing was changed; second, I expropriated public land for the government, and I have a public heart, and the world can learn from it; third, you threatened the government, but you are guilty. body, pulled down, reported to the county government, and sentenced according to the law!"

Several guards sang a big promise, and they wanted to take Chen Jiatong away.

Chen Taigong was in a hurry, he went up to grab his son, turned to Lin Wanrong and said: "My superiors have mercy, my superiors have mercy, my little old man must hand over the rent and tax of my Chenjiazhuang without any difference, and I must hand over without any difference. ah!"

Lin Wanrong stretched out his hand to stop the gentleman's tugging, and said with a smile: "I'm not an unreasonable person either. Since you have a good attitude and are willing to pay the rent owed, I won't make things difficult for you. It's just that your son is reckless and ignorant..."

Chen Taigong hurriedly said: "The job is hard, and the little old man still has a white jade Guanyin in his family. I would like to ask the job to appreciate it."

"White Jade Avalokitesvara?" Lin Wanrong was slightly taken aback, thinking that this White Jade Avalokitesvara is very valuable, and it's rare that it could fall into a rural household.Turning his head, he saw a rogue in the county whispering in his ear: "Uncle Lin, the Baiyu Guanyin he is talking about is his family's daughter, who is fifteen years old, the most graceful and charming, known as Baiyu Guanyin."

Lin Wanrong suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Even so, I'll go and appreciate it first."

Seeing him move, Mrs. Chen was heartbroken, but he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

As long as the son is fine, it is worth sacrificing a precious daughter.If you don't allow this officer to spy on other fields, your heart will bleed, and that's it.

Lin Wanrong walked to the door, turned around suddenly and said, "Brother Li, next you will be responsible for inspecting the fields in other places in Chenjiazhuang. It makes people farm and collect rent."

At that moment, the next person cupped his hands and saluted, and said: "Brother Lin, don't worry, the subordinates will definitely check carefully and never miss a single bit."

When Chen Taigong heard this, his legs gave way and he fell to the ground.

Not long after, a girl's painful cry and a man's laughter came from a boudoir in Chenjiazhuang.

On the second day, news came that the Xicheng Office judged that Chenjiazhuang had escaped 270 mu of public land and 840 mu of land that was hidden in the wilderness and dikes. And the white jade Guanyin of the Chen family was taken away by Lin Wanrong, and there has been no news since then.

In this way, all the gold, silver, silk, jade, and grain accumulated by the Chen family were confiscated. The well-known upper-class family in Yanggu County fell into abject poverty overnight. Chen Jiatong, a reckless young man, was interrupted. One hand became disabled.

Three days later, Hongtai Village was investigated. Because the private land was rooted and moved around, resulting in a total of 960 mu of unlicensed land. According to the measurement of Le Chi, 460 mu of public land was seized and confiscated by the government. Five thousand guan in arrears of rent, and 60 people died of disobedience to this rod.The next day, thirty women hanged themselves.

Five days later, 48 mu of embankment and silted land in Feihong Village were turned into public land, and the villagers were ordered to lease it, and demanded to pay back the 42 guan in rent owed to the public for several years. Those who dared to resist were rode to death 78 people. On that day, 300 women hanged themselves, [-] households became destitute, and more than [-] people were homeless and lived on the streets.

In just half a month, half of Yanggu County has been reduced to a hell on earth, homeless, children and daughters are sold, and people hang themselves everywhere.

This is the sixth year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty, a prosperous age in the history books, a country where the emperor and officials enjoy themselves, but there is a small county where the people are displaced and the poor and bankrupt abound.

In stark contrast, Yanggu County is full of music every night, and entertainment venues such as the Lion Tower, Zishifang, and Ruxianju are brightly lit and full of joy.

On the 15th day when Lin Wanrong entered Yanggu, a 500-man command infantry entered Yanggu County and was stationed in the east of the county.

All these news, fast horses spread to Zhujiazhuang every day.

(End of this chapter)