Domineering Daming

It's not the first time I've seen such an old fried dough stick official Zhu Xu. Judging from his speech and behavior, I'm afraid he has read a lot of books, and he might be famous.

Too lazy to talk nonsense, Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Break his legs and bring the account book here."

"Yes!" Cao Bianjiao took the order and made a gesture to the forbidden army around.

The imperial guards rushed over immediately, they were nimble, these guards were no match, they were knocked down in a blink of an eye, and the account book fell into Zhu Xu's hands.

The old guard struggled desperately, and shouted at the same time: "You forged these, I will not admit it, and the prefect will not admit it, even if you get it to the governor's office, you can't do anything to us!"

"That's not necessarily the case." Zhu Xu laughed, turned and got into the carriage.

Click!

"what……"

After Zhu Xu got into the carriage, the servant's screams sounded.

Zhu Xu sat down, turned over the account book, and said, "Go, let's go back."

Cao Huachun responded, turned his horse's head, and prepared to return to the city.

Zhu Xu turned to the first page, on which were written four big characters "Tianmu Detailed Policy", on the second page, the word "Chengbei" was written on the right brow, followed by names.

Zhu Xu flipped through several pages, but they were still full of people's names, and nothing else appeared until the eighth page.

"Li Shangchang owns 36 acres of land and is divided into [-] families, each of which is less than [-] acres, and belongs to the common people..."

"Zhou Guangyu owns 42 acres of land and is divided into [-] families, each of which is less than [-] acres. They are civilians. The disaster is serious and they are exempt from taxes..."

"Wang Yongde owns [-] acres of land and is divided into [-] families, each of which is less than [-] mu. They belong to civilians. Due to the serious disaster, they are exempted from taxation. Relief from the imperial court is given priority..."

Zhu Xu slowly flipped through the pages, and at the back were the signatures of the heads of each family, confirming that these fields belong to them. On the last page, there was a meaningful sentence: "The disaster is like a fire, and the refugees are like a flood. It is a last resort. Lift."

"It is said that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom..."

Zhu Xu chuckled and closed the account book.

Clapping the ledger in his hand, Zhu Xu squinted his eyes with a cold light.

These people eat the bottom and look at the top. It can be said that the world is suffering, but they are the only ones who can sit back and relax and feel full of fat.

Zhu Xu felt a little anxious in his heart, looked up and said, "Cao Huachun, how much was Shandong's tax payment last year?"

Cao Huachun recalled a little, and said: "Back to the emperor, it is less than 100 million stones."

Zhu Xu rested his head on his right index finger, tilted his body, and said to himself, "Last year, the national tax and grain was 700 million. The situation in Shandong should be in the upper reaches, less than 100 million, so they swallowed a lot..."

Cao Huachun could hear Zhu Xu talking to himself, he was silent for a while, then turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, in a few days it will be the birthday of Yang Fengzhong's mother, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture, and all Shandong officials should go back to celebrate her birthday."

"Well……"

Zhu Xu raised his head, blinked, and then laughed.

Speaking of this Yang Fengzhong, Zhu Xu still had a fresh memory.

He was a Jinshi in Wanli for 36 years, and he was also a powerful drummer in the "Battle of the Country". When he was in the Ministry of Officials, he wrote more than 100 memorials in a ten-day period, affirming righteousness and saying that he is powerful, "persuade Remonstrance "Emperor Shenzong, Li Banghua and others were inferior to him at that time.

This also angered Wanli. Together with his mentor, the chief assistant at the time, and the three court officials, he was demoted. Joining hands, they desperately hated Wanli, forcing Wanli to change three chief assistants and kill four hall officials within a year!

The result was that the civil servants joined forces to resist Wanli from all aspects, forcing Wanli to make concessions, and King Fu left Beijing to become a vassal, thus ending the "state-based dispute" that had been confrontational between the monarch and his subjects for more than ten years.

Although a lot of "singing and tearing" things happened here, this Yang Fengzhong couldn't get around it no matter what. At that time, the whole world of scholars was shocked by him and "cheered and encouraged" for him.

However, he is not from the Donglin Party, but from the Chu Party. Zhao Nanxing used the Jingcha as a means to treat Yang Fengzhong with the excuse of "following neither evil nor righteousness", refused to enter the capital, and sent him to Shanxi.

This man has a lot of backbone, whether it is Donglin or the Eunuch Party, they are desperate to hate him. He has written a lot of letters recently, and the one who impeached him is Bi Ziyan, saying that he "has no merit or fault, and he is really a talent."

Bi Ziyan once brought his playbook in front of Zhu Xu, and said with a smile, "Master Yang is soft-spoken and witty, and seems to have great wisdom and courage, but in fact he has a small belly and can't see the distant mountains."

"Okay, let's also go to Mrs. Yang's mother's birthday, back up a generous gift, and send it over in advance." Zhu Xu said loudly.

"Observe the order." Cao Huachun said, sighing in his heart, hoping that Lord Yang is a clean official.

Zhu Xu looked down at the memorial, silently calculating in his heart.

If the tax and grain in Shandong last year were less than 100 million shi, then at least three buckets per mu would be collected, plus the losses and deductions, it might actually be more.

"The taxes reduced and exempted by the imperial court eventually fell into other people's pockets..."

Zhu Xu's eyes flickered coldly. Perhaps Shandong could not be tossing around like Beizhili for the time being, but the government must be rectified in advance.

The common people may know that there are corrupt officials who are obstructing it, but in the final analysis they still think that the imperial court taxes are too heavy and the tyranny is fiercer than a tiger!

"The old mother who has no birth goes down to earth, and guides her children to heaven. Those who enter the sky will have no hunger, no cold, no worries, no worries..."

Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted Zhu Xu's train of thought, and the carriage stopped slowly.

Cao Bianjiao turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's the White Lotus Sect."

Zhu Xu opened the curtain and looked up.

I saw a group of men and women, divided into two teams, holding white sails with big words "No Life" and "Old Mother" on them, beating gongs, walking slowly across the road not far from Zhu Xu's carriage.

"Birthless old mother, hanging down the curtain of the world..."

"Pick up your children, you will be reborn in bliss..."

Behind them, there was a group of common people following, all chanting words, and their expressions were quite pious.

"Is the White Lotus Sect very powerful in Shandong?" Zhu Xu asked.

Cao Bianjiao got out of the carriage, called people to be on guard, stood by Zhu Xu's window, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the White Lotus Sect was really powerful before, and there were several rebellions, all of which were suppressed by Lu Xiangsheng, then the general soldier in Shandong, and then spread to Henan. Shanxi has been wiped out, according to Jin Yiwei's investigation, these are different from before, and they have repeatedly donated money and food to the court to help appease the local area, so the local government has not done anything."

Zhu Xu nodded knowingly, his eyes thoughtful.

Chapter 640 Fast Advance

After the White Lotus Sect passed by, Zhu Xu's carriage slowly moved forward and entered the city.

Jinan is fairly prosperous, with crowds everywhere and noisiness.

Zhu Xu came to an inn with the prefix "Hui" and walked straight to his room.

Cao Bianjiao followed Zhu Xu, and said: "Your Majesty, we have roughly investigated. There have been more than a hundred civil uprisings in Shandong in the past year, and the largest one exceeded 3000 people. Hundreds of soldiers in Jinan died in battle. It almost alarmed everyone." Wu Xiang."

Zhu Xu walked into the room, picked up a pen, and prepared to write today's "travel notes", nodded and said: "Yang Fengzhong's mother's birthday, Shandong civil and military officials, and above three ranks, must be there."

Cao Bianjiao raised his hand and said, "Observe the order."