The tax collection organized by Pei County lasted until night.
Night fell, and it ended one after another.
After all, there were so many people in Pei County. No matter how fast it was, it would take time.
After paying the taxes.
Only then did the commoners move all their remaining food back to their homes one by one.
Meng Yin also wiped the sweat off his head tiredly.
A servant at the side served Meng Yin a bowl of cold water." Sir, please rest!”
Meng Yin took it and drank it.
The servant beside him looked at him sweating profusely and his heart ached.
Don't look at how Meng Yin usually didn't say anything good to the commoners. He was always a troublemaker.
However, in terms of tax collection, even in a bumper year, they did not collect much.
In Meng Yin's own words," He was greedy for the big and not the small. He completely looked down on the taxes of the commoners.
But at this moment.
Meng Yin and the others noticed that there seemed to be a lot of movement on the road.
Even the ground was shaking.
Many commoners did not react in time and shouted in fear," Not good! Could it be an earthquake?"
"This doesn't look like an earthquake.”
"Then what happened?"
"It seems like the commotion is coming from over there."
The commoners who were about to go home one after another also stopped and planned to watch a good show.
But he didn't expect it.
They saw a group of people riding horses on the road.
Everyone was wearing military uniforms and rushed towards the commoners.
"Soldiers! The soldiers are here!"
"What soldiers? Why did you suddenly come to Pei County?"
"What happened?"
"I don't know."
Many people were confused.
However…
The soldiers all rushed forward. The leader raised his weapon and roared.
"Surround everyone!"
For a moment.
About two to three hundred people rushed up behind him.
They rode their horses and surrounded all the farmers present.
At this moment, everyone started to feel afraid.
"General, what are you doing? Our Pei County people did not commit any crimes!”
The soldier on horseback stared at him with a pair of tiger eyes.
He raised the whip in his hand and slapped it on the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
"Who gave you permission to speak? All of you stand there obediently!"
At this moment.
Meng Yin saw that the situation was not right and stood up.
"Who ordered you to come to Pei County to cause trouble?”
The man on the horse sneered when he saw the man's imposing manner.
"You're Pei County Magistrate Meng Yin, right?"”
Meng Yin nodded.
Then…
The other party laughed loudly.
"Good! Men!"
"Arrest him!"
Meng Yin's expression changed. This wasn't right. Why did these people come up and arrest people?
It seemed that something big had really happened this time.
The other commoners were trembling in fear.
However, when they saw their county magistrate being arrested, they all cried out for injustice.
"General! What did our county magistrate do? Why did you capture him?"
"That's right. You can't arrest people without any reason.”
The constables beside Meng Yin all stood in front of him.
The tall constables glared at the soldiers who came with ill intentions.
His aura was actually not inferior to the people in the army!
Clang! Clang!
The constables drew their sabers.
"If you dare to hurt Milord, you have to get past us first!”
The guards were shocked by the other party's aura and their expressions froze.
He was actually provoked by a group of constables?!
Immediately.
The leader took out a handwritten order.
"The higher-ups have issued an order to arrest the county magistrate of Pei County!”
He said coldly,"Do you want to defy the decree and rebel?”
"This…"
This time, the constables were all dumbfounded.
The higher-ups had sent people to capture their lord. What should they do now?
No one dared to stop him.
The guards immediately gave the order.
"Take her away!"
Meng Yin was confused.
Just like that, he was taken away in silence.
He thought silently in his heart that something must have happened!
...
At the same time.
On the other side, after Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to surround Pei County, he did not return.
Instead, he asked someone to drive the carriage back to the capital.
"Aren't you going back?" Empress Ma asked.”
"Why are you going back?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.
"Lock Meng Yin up directly."
"Get someone to investigate Pei County carefully!”
"How's Pei County's harvest these few years? And what about the taxes they paid? I want to see the detailed results!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.
This decree was immediately issued.
Hence, he decided to do it.
The entire Pei County was quickly intervened by the people sent by the higher-ups.
The Ministry of Revenue received Zhu Yuanzhang's decree.
He immediately sent people to Pei County from the capital to investigate the local tax and financial situation.
Not only that.
Zhu Yuanzhang also sent a heavyweight figure--one of the 13 provinces, the Eight Prefectures Patrol.
He also rushed to Xuzhou.
The main responsibility of the eight constabularies was to examine and supervise the actions of local officials.
This time.
From top to bottom of Xu Prefecture, all the officials, big and small, were in charge of the eight constabularies.
Very quickly.
With a large number of officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the situation.
He made a clear record of the harvest of the people in Pei County over the past few years.
Who knew that Pei County wasn't the only one with tax problems.
Then…
If anyone related to Meng Yin were to investigate further, even the entire Xu Prefecture would be in trouble!
Xuzhou and Pei County had the same problem. There was a big difference in taxes.
This year, he was supposed to hand over 600,000 dan, but in reality, he only received 250,000 dan.
This was going to be troublesome.
After finding the evidence, the person in charge immediately reported the news.
When Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the capital, he was furious.
"Good!"
"Xu Prefecture's Magistrate Wang Yi is really something!!”
Zhu Yuanzhang held the results of the investigation in his hand and read it several times.
He was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
For a few years.
He had always been deceived.
If he hadn't gone to Pei County this year, he didn't know how many years it would have taken for him to find out.
"What a magistrate who loves his people like his own children, what a Pei County Magistrate who benefits the people!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned cold, and a murderous intent appeared in his eyes.
He immediately ordered.
"Pass on my decree! All the officials of Xu Prefecture were detained! Don't let any of them off!"
This time.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was going to kill again.
There were many officials in the entire Xu Prefecture. If they were to kill them, wouldn't they die?
Very quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang's order was carried out.
Moreover, the news spread very quickly.
Not only did they know that something had happened in Xuzhou.
Even Ying Tian was panicking.
Who didn't know that their Emperor hated corrupt officials the most? With such a big incident happening this time, who knew how many people would be implicated?
If things went wrong, even some of the big clans that were officials in Ying Tian would be affected.
Everyone was in danger.
Many people were secretly complaining about the Xu Prefecture Magistrate.
Don't do this kind of thing.
If you're done, cover your crotch well and don't let it leak out.
It was too late to say all this now.
Very quickly.
It's time for court again
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