Chapter 157: A tedious battle
Wang Fulin just stood up, not Da Lala occupied the main position. In this way, even the villagers who were very dissatisfied with his position last time in the government office felt much more comfortable now.
"The students were really frightened and happy to be able to invite Duan Fuzun, all the old men and uncles and elders to come. I think you don't want to listen to the cumbersome greetings, so I'll get straight to the point. Several villagers in Nanxinan, She County suffered price cuts due to selling grain, and ended up smashing the Wu rice shop in Xiuning, Fucheng. I think this news has already spread throughout the four townships and eight miles of She County." With such a straight-forward approach, Wang Fulin saw the representative of the Wu family in Nanxinan, Wu Zhongming, a clan who had been a county magistrate, frowned, and he nodded apologetically at the other party.
"The reason why I invited you here so urgently is that the students were afraid that the dispute between She County and the five counties had recurred. Seeing that the final start time of the summer tax was not left for a few days, if there was another one, the consequences would be unimaginable. The two river south of She County were not as good as Shangshan in Xiuning. The right and wrong of this was not the case. However, all rice shops in Fucheng County were added together, and there were about ten of them. Among them, there were only two of She County, and the rest were the foundation of the other five counties. Now the summer tax directly collects silver. The farmers worked hard for a year, but the food they collected was sold at a low price for the silver to pay the tax. Who was not angry?"
"But now, the villagers in Nanxi Nan Village made a big mistake in impulse and smashed the Wu rice shop in Xiuning. So in the Fucheng County, except for the two rice shops in She County, the other five rice shops in the other five counties jointly resisted and would not accept the people of She to sell grain. Now it is the last moment for summer tax payment, and everyone should know what this means!"
Duan Chaozong was deeply impressed by Wang Xiaoxiu. At this time, he heard that he did not have a single word about Xiashi Silk. He felt relieved. But he glanced at the four gentry gentry in She County. Seeing that the old Wang Shangning was there, the rest were whispering, he couldn't help but worry again. He was the prefect of Huizhou and had been trying his best to balance the six counties. This difficult balance could no longer be maintained after Shuai Jiamo pierced the window paper of Xiashi Silk at the beginning of the year. His only hope at the moment was to be able to survive safely until he left office!
"What does this mean? You are naturally very clear! Xia Shishi Silk and I was sent to She County alone. The other five counties have been enjoying peace for many years. Now when I see that the people of She noticed this, they just cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. It's really cruel!"
At this moment, someone suddenly sneered and interrupted Wang Fulin's words. Duan Chaozong immediately felt nervous. But before he could stand up and suppress the situation, three or four voices brought up the old news again. Thinking of Ye Junyao's previous news that he had sent white grains to him in Nanjing's Ministry of Revenue, he was still a little skeptical. In the end, the official document came, calming the chaos. Now he suddenly turned up the old accounts again. He finally realized that some people were not afraid to make trouble at the critical moment of the final tax payment, and he was sure that the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue was just bluffing!
Thinking that Wang Daokun is no longer there, he saw that Wang Fulin's face was subtle, as if he was not expected to be enough, and he could not suppress the situation clearly. He sighed secretly.
Just when he was not hopeful for Wang Fulin, the young scholar suddenly raised his voice and said, "Everyone, what is being said is that the villagers are unable to exchange grain for silver when selling grain, so they cannot pay the tax. At this time, what do you mean by Xia Tax Silk? Are you missing the foundation and going out of the question? If you really think about me, then the old gentlemen who have just been indignant might as well write this Xia Tax Silk to the Censor himself, and even the Nanjing Censorate and the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, asking them to come forward to investigate and decide in detail. Wouldn't that be the best?"
As soon as these words were said, the lower part of the head suddenly became a little quieter. Most of the villagers' work were to suppress others with their power, or let others rush forward and create public opinion offensives behind them. They yelled, and they used joint pressure from the beginning to attack and attack in the front. That was definitely not their style. Taking advantage of the temporary suppression of this attack, Wang Fulin spoke again.
"I invite all the elders and seniors here today just to make a suggestion. My Huizhou Prefecture has few land and many people. In spring, the price of buying grain is expensive, but in autumn, the price of selling grain is low. So when the tax is paid, farmers often feel anxious when they sell grain for money. In this case, can we appreciate the sufferings of the village, each collects a share, and we will open another grain store?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Shangning finally spoke: "Young people are so terrifying! But your idea seems to be feasible, but it is actually too nonsense. The villagers can't sell food, so I will open another grain store. If other things are in short supply, would I have to wait and get some money to solve the problem?"
Wang Fulin ignored Wang Shangning's sarcasm and continued: "This is not my first idea. In the past, there were often social warehouses and charity warehouses in various places. Even the reserve warehouses set by Grandpa Taizu, which were all set up as systems, were all of this purpose. Grain harvesting in a good year to prevent low grain from hurting farmers and preparing for disasters and stagnation. But now it is only left with its name, and it is impossible to stabilize grain prices or prevent low grain from hurting farmers. The grain store I mean that when the summer and autumn grain taxes are paid every year, it is opened for a slightly higher price than the ordinary rice store. Purchasing farmers is equivalent to silver taxes, and you can even refer to the tax and service booklets in each township, so you can kill two birds with one stone. As for the recovery of capital, when the price of grain rises in spring or when the grain price rises, you can sell it at a lower price than the market price. In the name of grain store, the reality of charity warehouses, so I plan to name it Yidian."
The moment he heard the meaning of his words, the entire third floor was quiet. Duan Chaozong smiled in his heart, but the word "pedantic" had no words. These rich gentry just wanted to seek benefits for the countryside, and expect them to really come forward to do such a thing. It would be a trick to get a tiger!
I don’t know how long it took, but someone finally let out a dry laugh: “Talking about war on paper! Fulin, if Nan Ming was here, he would definitely say that to you!”
Wang Fulin looked in the direction of his speech, and he knew that Wang Shangning would definitely jump out to object. Sure enough, because the meaning he proposed was very unexpected, Wang Shangning had to take action himself at this moment.
"You just said that others are sacrificing the roots and ends, but aren't you treating the headache and the foot pain? The burden of She County is the biggest lies in the thousands of taels of summer tax silk every year!"
Seeing that Old Master Wang suddenly stood up, he finally attacked in public. While accusing Wang Fulin, he mentioned the old things again, Cheng Naixuan couldn't help but jumped twice in his temple. He was about to attack, but suddenly he met his father's blocking gaze. Although this was the first time he had faced with his father since he ran away from home, he had never said a word before. Now he lost the rats of the past and saw the cat. Thinking about it, he decided not to act rashly according to Wang Fulin's instructions.
Sure enough, at this moment, he heard Wang Fulin take it back without any hesitation: "Old Master Wang is wrong. The burden on She County is that no one is willing to stand up and use the most practical method to slightly reduce the burden on farmers! Instead of fighting repeatedly in the old paper piles of old papers to search for regulations, what momentum is created? Why don't you put this matter in your shoes and do something for the people? In the final analysis, the imperial court nodded. But the Yidian took effect immediately, so why not do it?"
Wang Shangning was furious by Wang Fulin. If he had been on the position of the governor of Yunnan or the governor of Nangan, when he met such an arrogant student, he would definitely shout and beat the person out. However, the moment he pinched the handrail, he thought that he was no longer the time to be a chief official. But even so, Mr. Wang, who had a reputation in She County after returning home, could not swallow this. He glanced at Wang Youmin, who was standing beside him, and the latter immediately understood and took a step forward.
"Is it because Mr. Wang said that in the past, the She people sacrificed their lives and shed their blood just to seek fairness of the summer tax, but it was just useless?"
"Of course, it is not useless to sacrifice his life and shed blood for the predecessors, but when is it now? The final period of summer tax is about to start. It is the important moment for farmers to wait for the sale of grain for money after harvesting!"
What Wang Fulin thought of at this moment was what Wang Daokun said to him at the beginning, "Donated taxes are like a cow, but in the final analysis, summer tax silk is not as good as temporary military expenditures, and those increasingly famous ones. However, if he still has a little rationality, it is impossible to spread this to the table. It is equivalent to claiming in public that the heaviest burden on the head of She people is the emperor and fighting, which is no different from publicly typing anti-poems.
Therefore, he could only argue with Wang Youmin righteously. Everyone present had only heard of the glorious deeds of refuting Wang Qiu in front of the Grandmaster, pulling Zhao Sicheng down in She County's court, and joining forces with Ye County Zun to curse Shu Tuiguan, etc., but few people have really seen the scene. Even Cheng Naixuan had only seen the only time in the battle to defend fame and fortune. Therefore, the two young generations of Wang's family in She County, Wang Fulin and Wang Youmin, were verbal and verbal, and most of them listened as if they were watching the fun, and gradually felt that they were not worthy of their reputation.
Only Duan Chaozong, the prefect of Huizhou, was thoughtful and thoughtful. Thinking of the four words "Shu Tui" commenting on Wang Fulin's "nothing" in his words, Wang Xiaoxiu immediately fought back a big killer weapon in the town courtyard. Now the couplet with the sound of wind and rain is still hanging high outside the door of Ziyang Academy of the Xuegong Palace in She County. From this, he gradually thought of the inexplicable disease of She County Magistrate Ye Junyao. Because of this disease, after acting as an excuse, County Magistrate Fang used the excuse to thoroughly investigate the smashing and smashing incident. The case has not been tried until now, so that those rice shops have made noises and will not collect food from She people without giving justice.
Wang Fulin is fighting with people at this moment. Could it be that there is a trick?
Wang Youmin became more and more brave as he fought, and he felt that the rumors about Wang Fulin were exaggerated, and the admiring look of his uncle Wang Shangning made him even more gloomy. Therefore, he suddenly said loudly: "To calm the refusal of the rice and grain shops to collect the people of She's food, there is no need to be so troublesome. Just the She County government office is ruthless and judged the case fairly according to the law! Mr. Wang gave up this simplest method, but called on everyone to open a yi store in the Yicang Society Cang. This is the real waste of money! As far as I know, the Wang family in Songmingshan is a rich man. Can't even take out this little money?"
When Wang Shangning heard his nephew's last words, he almost immediately applauded. Since Wang Daokun asked you to represent the Wang family in Songmingshan, do you really have the ability to mobilize that huge amount of money?
At this moment, just now, the head guest and guest went upstairs, Hong Renwu, the head of the Zhuangyuan Tower, quietly retreated to the lower end, hurried upstairs. Before he could stand firm, he said anxiously: "Master, old men, something is wrong! The front of the Zhuangyuan Tower was blocked by a large group of villagers, and it seems that there are hundreds of people!"
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Chapter completed!