At the gate of the county office,
Under the scorching sun, Ye Qing fanned himself with his folding fan while looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who had followed him out. He felt his eyes hurt.
This old fellow's attitude immediately changed when he heard about the agricultural tax.
Just to follow him to see the collection of agricultural taxes!
"Alright then!"
"Really, if it wasn't for this official's duty, this official wouldn't accompany those unruly people to suffer in such a hot day.”
Ye Qing grumbled impatiently and got into his exclusive carriage with Ruyan Liu.
An extremely luxurious four-horse carriage!
In the capital, only a Duke of the First Rank could have a four-horse carriage!
Looking at the four-horse carriage that had left, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he gritted his teeth and the corners of his mouth trembled.
"A mere seventh-grade county magistrate dares to bid against a first-grade duke?”
"This unclear housekeeper is still serving me?”
"I've never felt so comfortable when I went out!”
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang once again had endless fantasies.
In his opinion, Ye Qing had long been ambitious.
If such a person were to become a Rank One civil and military official, then the Zhu family would be finished.
"Old Master, what's wrong?"
"Father, let's go too!"
Looking at the smiling Empress Ma and Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang had a look of despair on his face as he directly got into the carriage.
After a while,
They finally arrived at a farm outside the city.
At this moment, on the farm,
The bailiffs who came first had already set up the sun-shielding tent.
Under the tent was a lounge chair and a small coffee table for drinks.
In front of the tent, there was a row of long tables. Seven or eight county officials sat behind them, each holding an abacus.
Looking at the smiling commoners who were queuing up to pay taxes, Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled sincerely.
"Look, the people here are so enthusiastic in paying taxes and even have smiles on their faces.”
"Look at the other places. When it comes to paying taxes, everyone has a bitter face. It's simply the same!”
"I'm happy to see you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not enter the tent and only watched the farmers line up, was sincerely happy again.
Empress Ma also smiled and said,"It's all thanks to Lord Ye's good governance!"”
Zhu Biao, who had just received the gift, smiled and nodded."Although he keeps calling me an unruly person, he's a real father and mother!”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
This mother and daughter were spoiling the mood!
Was there a need to emphasize?
Did he really think he was blind?
It had to be said that these two 'traitors' were right. There was nothing wrong with them.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang had to find fault with it.
If he didn't find fault with her, he wouldn't be able to sleep well!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the county officials who were quickly calculating their abacus, as well as Ye Qing who was already asleep on the recliner.
Looking at Ye Qing made him angry.
Was he here to collect taxes?
She was simply here to sleep and put on an act!
He didn't even look at the yellow register at the side!
The 'Fish Scale Atlas' of the land that had ascended to the throne was directly flipped open and covered his face to block out the sun!
Beside him, the beautiful butler who was dressed in the same style as the princess was fanning herself gently with a fan.
"This brat!"
"I insist!"
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang rolled up his sleeves and was about to educate others.
However, before he could take two steps, he was stopped by Empress Ma.
"Chongba, don't be so anxious." Empress Ma sighed.”
"Let's look at the results, not the process, okay?”
"You only saw his enjoyment, but you also have to know that such a prosperous harvest is definitely not something that can be achieved by sleeping.”
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy, after thinking about it, he felt that it made sense.
Thus, he began to look around carefully again.
Just by looking at it, other than sleeping, there was really nothing wrong with it.
The county official wiped his sweat and counted on his abacus.
The common people were also very active in paying taxes.
No matter how he looked at it, there was nothing wrong with it!
However, as he approached, he realized that something was wrong.
Why was there so little tax grain?
Every household had a bad harvest?
Did he really think that he was blind?
It was clearly a large area of yellow wheat fields. How could every household have a bad harvest?
Seeing this scene,
Zhu Yuanzhang was both angry and happy!
He was happy that he had finally caught Ye Qing.
Bullsh * t!
He was furious that he was even greedy for the country's grain and agricultural taxes. He was simply guilty of a heinous crime!
To let such a person have all the first rank civil and military officials?
To let such a person hold the national seal as the chief assistant?
He was afraid that once he activated the browsing function of the life of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty that he had not activated for a long time, he would be the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Kill!
He had to kill!
However, Ye Qing was an official of the imperial court after all. He still had to return to the capital to investigate and convict him!
"Humph!"
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang only snorted coldly and turned around decisively to leave.
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, even Empress Ma and Zhu Biao were disappointed.
No matter how much the two of them liked Ye Qing, the fact that he was greedy for agricultural taxes had indeed affected the foundation of the country.
He could only hope that it was a misunderstanding!
However, this obvious harvest and tax evasion did not seem like a misunderstanding.
The two of them only glanced at Ye Qing once more before silently following him.
On the carriage on the way back,
Feeling the pain of the bumpy ride again, Empress Ma said,""Chongba, why didn't you ask Ye Qing face to face and leave?”
"Yes, Dad, we can ask him face to face!" Zhu Biao said.”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two of them and became angry.
Still asking?
If he asked, it wouldn't be him, Ye Qing!
"Do you want him to give you a bottle of perfume and a piece of embroidery?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked angrily.”
Hearing such a sentence, how could the two of them dare to say anything more?
They knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was truly furious!
He could only hope that there was really some misunderstanding!
Half a month later.
Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the capital.
In the court, he directly asked the Ministry of Revenue to send over the tax revenue of Yanmen County for the past three years.
Looking at this scene,
Li Shan Chang, Hu Weiyong, and the others were also extremely surprised.
He was going to check the tax revenue of a small border county on a visit?
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the bottom of the tax documents. The more he looked at it, the angrier he became!
There was a bumper harvest in agriculture, and the business was also flourishing. The tax was actually similar to other counties.
It was slowly increasing every year, but compared to the richness of Yanmen County, it was not a small difference.
After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang directly threw the bottom file on the ground.
"Corrupted officials!"
"A mere county magistrate is already so greedy!”
"Men!"
"Mobilize the troops to put Ye Qing under house arrest. Then, investigate for us, especially his agricultural taxes.”
"From Yanmen County to Taiyuan's prefect, check everything!”
Zheng Shiyuan, the usually iron-faced censor, left the hall after receiving the order.
Looking at this scene,
After Hu Weiyong and the others praised His Majesty's wisdom, they secretly laughed.
Taiyuan Prefecture was a fertile land!
The land was fertile and the trade was prosperous. The key was that there was a tea-horse trade route to Northern Yuan.
Not only that, it was also at the border and had a large number of soldiers stationed there.
At first, Hu Weiyong also intended to recruit Taiyuan officials.
However, the Taiyuan officials all looked up to Liu Sheng, the prefect, and did not care about the Huaixi Group or the Zhedong Group.
Now, it was fine.
As long as he, Zhu Yuanzhang, was able to wipe them out, these two power groups would be able to send their own people over to fight for territory!
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