Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

The forced collection of autumn taxes has entered a critical moment.

As the deadline gets closer and closer, officials at all levels are panicking and suffering.

Some officials had no choice but to avoid dragging down their wives, children, and children, so they chose to commit suicide to save their dignity.

Some officials were still desperate and simply left things to chance and allowed the situation to develop.

There are officials who still have hope for the landlords and squires. They beg their grandfather and grandma all day long, hoping for a turn of events.

Some officials did not stop doing anything, and directly led their people to forcibly collect taxes from the homes of landlords and squires. There were constant conflicts between the two sides.

In short, the autumn tax has become the main topic in Xiang County today, attracting everyone's attention.

An autumn tax, although it did not completely tear apart the relationship between the Xiangjun officialdom and the gentry and landlords, it planted a rift in the hearts of both parties.

No matter how the incident develops, things will change in Xiang County.

"Is this the one you're talking about?"

At the same time, Zhou Zheng had appeared in Yongcheng.

"Prince, the Xu family refused to pay taxes and even gathered strength to beat officials."

The man standing next to Zhou Zheng had a bruised nose and swollen face, and even some bruises on his body.

As a county magistrate, his status is considered noble. Unfortunately, this status was trampled to the ground by the Xu family.

The Xu family gathered a crowd and not only beat the county magistrate, but also three officials died in the fight.

The relationship between the two parties was obviously completely broken.

That’s why Zhou Zheng was invited.

At this time, countless people had already gathered around. No one spoke, but their eyes fell on Zhou Zheng.

They wanted to know how Zhou Zheng would handle this matter.

"Your Majesty, it turns out that the common people have been negligent. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

At this time, everyone in the Xu family was nervous.

They were not afraid of going against the county magistrate, but they did not expect that this incident not only alarmed Zhou Zheng, but also made him come to the scene in person.

Xu Hui, the head of the Xu family, quickly led the crowd to greet him and knelt in front of Zhou Zheng, respectfully.

"Do you know what crime you have committed?"

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, Zhou Zheng looked cold and indifferent, without any nonsense, and asked in a deep voice.

And this question made the onlookers' hearts beat faster.

Good guy, feelings directly condemned the Xu family.

"We are good citizens, but I wonder what the prince means by these words?"

Xu Hui raised his head suddenly. Although his face was pale, he still spoke harshly.

"It is a sin to refuse to pay taxes."

"Beating an official of the imperial court is the second crime!"

Standing with his hands behind his back, Xu Hui was still speaking harshly, and the sneer on Zhou Zheng's face began to have a murderous intent.

In recent years, the powerful local gentry seemed to have forgotten that in the land of Zhou Dynasty, everything was decided by the imperial court.

Today, they dare to ignore the court's instructions and dare to take action against the court officials. Another day, they dare to gather people to kill the imperial capital!

Zhou Zheng would not have any mercy for such people.

"Back to the Crown Prince, the common people never said they would not pay taxes!"

"It's just that there are difficulties now. After some time off, the common people will definitely complete the autumn tax as required."

"As for beating up court officials, ordinary people would not even dare to do so."

"All of this is because Mr. Zhao and others are framed by ordinary people. Please let the crown prince make the decision!"

Xu Hui, with runny nose and tears, knelt in front of Zhou Zheng and kept complaining.

In his words, he is a good citizen who obeys the court's arrangements and listens to the court's words!

As for why he was targeted by the county magistrate Mr. Zhao, it was just a way for Mr. Zhao to use public services for personal gain and eradicate dissidents.

As he spoke, Zhou Zheng was asked to ask more questions about the people of Yongcheng.

However, when Xu Hui let the people around him make the decision, Zhou Zheng was keenly aware that many people lowered their heads.

Obviously, the people in Yongcheng are afraid.

Afraid of the Xu family!

This fear came from the bottom of my heart and had already surpassed the imperial court.

Not to mention identifying the Xu family, even

These words made the county prime minister Zhao's face turn cold, and he was so angry that he kept trembling.

He didn't expect that Xu Hui would actually confuse right and wrong!

"Finished?!"

Zhou Zheng crossed his hands on his chest and asked coldly.

This emotionless question made Xu Hui vaguely aware that something was wrong.

But things have come to this, Xu Hui has no choice.

It is impossible to pay the autumn tax!

Once the autumn tax is paid, the Xu family will no longer have a foothold in Xiang County in the future.

Now, he can only give it a try, because Xu Hui never said not to pay taxes from beginning to end, he just said that money is tight now!

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Search for me!"

"I want to see how difficult the Xu family's so-called difficulties are?!"

Zhou Zheng gave a stern order, and Lei Tong, who was behind him, led the crowd to break through the door and start searching the house.

No one even gave the Xu family a chance to react.

Seeing this, Xu Hui's face turned pale. Some people from the Xu family who did not have eyes even tried to stop Lei Tong, but were knocked down by Lei Tong.

Hundreds of people directly surrounded the Xu family, and not even a fly could fly out.

At this time, Xu Hui finally felt a little scared!

He knelt on the ground, sweating profusely.

Lei Tong and others were very efficient, and they completed the inventory of their belongings in only half a stick of incense.

"Back to the Crown Prince, the Xu family has more than 300 taels of gold, more than 12,000 taels of silver, more than 2,000 acres of fertile land, and countless houses with title deeds."

As Lei Tong continued to report the Xu family's wealth, Xu Hui's face turned as pale as a dead person.

The people watching were in an uproar.

And the county magistrate clenched his fists even more!

"I didn't expect that the Xu family is so rich and yet they are still telling me that they have no money and difficulties!"

"This is obviously going to kill me!"

At this moment, the county magistrate Mr. Zhao's remaining guilt towards the Xu family completely dissipated.

"Is this what you call a difficulty!?"

Zhou Zheng looked at the Xu family with a cold face and asked sternly.

At this time, Xu Hui was already shivering and did not dare to take a breath.

He didn't expect that Zhou Zheng would not only appear suddenly, but also be so direct and crude.

The development of things has already exceeded Xu Hui's expectations, and exceeded the expectations of the entire Xu family.

"Master Gu, you ignored the government orders, beat the officials, and deceived the royal family. How should you deal with it?"

Any of this is a grave sin!

"When you return to the crown prince, your home may be ransacked, you may be exiled to the army, and you may be executed!"

How dare Gu Jiang be negligent at this time?

"Today, I will punish you in front of the people!"

"Searching the house, exterminating the family, implicating the three clans!"

Zhou Zheng's cold voice, like five thunders, exploded throughout Yongcheng.

Xu Hui kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

As for the family behind Xu Hui, some timid people fainted on the spot.

The onlookers looked shocked and incredulous.

The current prince, really dares? !

Does he know that once this happens, it will be equivalent to completely confronting the gentry and landlords in Xiang County? !

"kill!"

Not caring about anything else, Lei Tong took the lead in twisting the sword and chopped off Xu Hui's head like a watermelon.

Then, a sound of wailing came from Xu Mansion.

Blood flowed across the river, blood flowed into a river!