Chapter 850： undercover

Chapter 850 Undercover

"I said shopkeeper Mu, if you are a merchant, you should do your business well. You are a distinguished guest of the prefect. I don't want to embarrass you, but I still want to advise you. When you arrive in Yangcheng, you should ask. Don't ask what you should ask."

Mu Liulang has a tyrannical temperament, but he got Sun Li's warning in advance, so it's not good to be disrespectful to Chu Nanzhi at this time, so he just reminded him casually.

Ma Laifu was very angry at these words, and was about to step forward to argue, but Chu Nanzhi immediately stopped him, and said with a light smile: "Since your Excellency knows that I am a distinguished guest of the prefect, you should know the principles of hospitality."

After finishing speaking, he turned his gaze back to the injured man, and asked, "Why did the old man escape? But the family suffered a disaster?"

The brawny man secretly glanced at the vicious Mu Liulang, and then at the frightened family members, and suddenly dared not speak.

After a long time, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrow feathers on his legs in silence. Enduring the severe pain in his legs, he limped towards his family, bent down and hugged the little girl who fell on the ground tightly. , replied in a calm tone: "Thank you benefactor for saving me, it's all a disaster caused by the villain himself, benefactor is not easy to ask."

As he spoke, facing the aggressive Mu Liulang, he begged for mercy in a very unreasonable way: "The villain is guilty, so I'm going back to Zhoukang County, and I ask you to show your respect."

"It's easy to say."

Mu Liulang stared and smiled evilly, and signaled his subordinates to **** the family back to Zhoukang County.

Looking at Chu Nanzhi with a lonely expression, before he left, he suddenly turned his horse's head and yelled at her with a sly smile: "Hey, since the prefect has spoken, I will not know how to do business with you in the six counties west of the city." Embarrassing, but remember to bring enough money, otherwise let alone a land deed, even an acre of land will never be seen."

Then he yelled at the horse and walked away.

Chu Nanzhi stared blankly at the bloodstains on the ground, recalling the panicked eyes of the refugees, it took a long time before she came to her senses.

"Where does this person come from?"

Chu Nanzhi hesitated and looked at the uneasy Sun Huai.

"Oh, he is Liulang from the Mu family in Dangyang. In the land of Qinghe, apart from the clan relatives and the three great families of Tang, Ji, and Yin, this Mu family is also the number one noble family."

Sun Huai explained with lingering fear: "In the early years of the founding of our dynasty, almost all the Mu family died in battle to guard the three prefectures of Qinghe, only the youngest son and the old wife of the Mu family remained. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the old general of the Mu family and his five sons fought against the invasion of the Rong and Di people, and died in Xiazhou with Duke An. In these years, the imperial court granted the death-free iron coupons to the honorable families of Qinghe Sanzhou. All the coupons have been taken back, only the Mu family still has the iron coupons bestowed by the great ancestor, it can be said to be a great honor, even the governor has to respect the Mu family."

"I see."

Chu Nanzhi nodded deeply.

It is true that the martyrs of the empire have made great efforts to fight for the country. To protect the country, from Ji Huaili of the Ji family to the Mu family, these sons and daughters, who are not epic and heroic figures, never thought that such a scum would appear in the family.

"No wonder this Mu Jialiulang is so confident."

Chu Nanzhi said with a helpless smile: "It is actually protected by an iron bond to avoid death."

But in the hands of the old lady, even if she has the indestructible body of King Kong, as long as she violates the law, the old lady will never be soft.

Secretly squeezed her fists, she returned to the carriage and told the driver to move on.

"Even if the Mu family is brave, this Mu Liulang shouldn't have harmed the people like this. Wouldn't this make those martyrs feel chilled?"

Looking at Sun Huai who was full of melancholy, Chu Nanzhi blamed dissatisfiedly.

"Brother Yu, brother Yu appreciates your personality, so I would like to say a few more words with you from the bottom of my heart."

Sun Huaiyu said earnestly: "Qinghe Sanzhou is no different than other places. If you meet a big family casually, it may be related to the imperial court, or it may be a military family with outstanding military achievements. We can't afford to provoke them. Not to mention you, even Lord Inspector would have to give a little bit of slack, let’s just talk about my clan brother, the elder sister of the Sun family has served Lord Inspector for many years, our Sun family can be regarded as a leader in Tanzhou, but if you really want to I dare not fart in front of those honorable families, the water in Tanzhou is deep."

"But since I choose to do business in Tanzhou, I should know more about the local situation, especially the field business."

Chu Nanzhi saw that the greasy uncle was now somewhat sincere to him, so he took the opportunity to test out: "If you can't know yourself and the enemy, I'm afraid not only the money was spent in vain, but even my life has to be accounted for here."

"You are right to have such concerns."

Sun Huai sighed with relief: "You must have heard something along the way when you came to Tanzhou. It is reasonable to say that our Tanzhou has been in good weather these years, but this year's festival is extremely difficult. The reason is nothing more than the common people With no land in his hands, he can only be ordered by others. Back then, King Qinghe failed to ascend to the throne. After arriving in Mengzhou, he has been working on the matter of taking over Jingling City, but the Empress Dowager and the First Emperor were not unaware of it. Yes, the party in Beijing is fighting fiercely, and what they are fighting for is nothing more than money and food for the army. For this reason, there is a trend of land annexation by the Tang, Ji, and Yin families.

You didn't know how powerful you were if you weren't in Tanzhou a few years ago, especially in the past ten years, almost every household in Tanzhou has to choose a camp in order to protect themselves. The Tang family relied on Qinghe Wang's dominance to exploit the people The Yin Ji family and many honorable families also took the opportunity to win over people from all over the country. Firstly, it was to fight against the Tang family, and secondly, hundreds of thousands of families could be merged into one family to save a lot of taxes every year. "

"Hundreds of thousands of families merged into one?"

Chu Nanzhi was astonished when he heard that: "The common people are also willing?"

"What they don't want is the fish on the chopping board."

Sun Huai couldn't help being happy: "Think about it, they will hand over the land to the honorable family to take care of it. They don't need to pay taxes to the court, and they can also avoid exploitation by the Tang family. Why not do it."

"Since this is the case, why are so many people trying to escape?"

Chu Nanzhi asked in confusion.

"It's not the trouble caused by the New Deal."

Sun Huai explained with a bitter face: "The New Deal abolished the tradition of the nobles not paying taxes, and had to re-accumulate the land in the hands of the nobles. The nobles didn't want to return the acquired land to the tenant farmers, so they had to find a way. Stabilize them and let them continue to work for you willingly, so we re-drafted the law, and every household has to pay a certain amount of tax on the original basis, so everyone can continue to maintain it.”

"I'm afraid many people don't want it?"

Chu Nanzhi sneered and shook his head: "Under the new policy, everyone pays only 10 to 20% of the total tax each year according to the land they share, but if you continue to follow the noble family to avoid taxes, the hard-earned land that you have worked hard for a year All the food has to be taxed according to the highest level, half of it goes to the national treasury, and the rest goes to the honorable families, no one wants to let it go.”

Hearing this, Chu Nanzhi vaguely understood the reason why there are so many episodes in the land of Qinghe.

According to the previous ancestral system, the clan and honorable clans did not have to pay the imperial rations. In addition to the persecution of the Tang family, many people were willing to merge their land into the hands of these wealthy families.

The agricultural tax of the Dahe Empire is divided into land tax and person tax.

The common people have benefited from the opportunistic opportunism of the noble family, so they are naturally willing to work hard for them.

At this moment, Chu Nanzhi probably understands why Sun You and those noble families are eager to sell the land at a low price. They are eager to raise money to make up for this hole and stabilize people's hearts.

"Hey, my undercover work is finally worth it."

(end of this chapter)