After Lin Yanchao walked into the hall, the officials and gentry who were originally noisy and making trouble were silent all of a sudden.

Although everyone still doesn't know what the final outcome of the Zhao family's case will be, before the conclusion comes out, it is absolutely impossible to provoke the ruler of the mansion.

In ancient times, the county was called Baili Hou, Baili Hou was already a good thing, and the prefect was equivalent to the county guard in the past, and it was not enough to say that it was noble with a thousand miles of Hou, and the general honorific title was 'Five Horse Princes, Da Yin, Huangtang Taishou' and so on.

The prefect holds the decrees of a government, and for them, the gentry, they have the power of life and death.

Lin Yanchao sat on the main seat, pressed the case with his hand, and didn't necessarily know how fierce his words were, and said after his eyes swept over the officials and gentry: "I just saw that you seem to have quite an opinion on the payment of summer grain by the imperial court. ”

Gentlemen, look at me, I'll look at you.

Just now, they bullied Wu Tongju such a 'kind person', and they had nothing to say, but now when Lin Yanchao came, everyone was dumb.

Sometimes, we have to admit that there is a difference between officials and between people.

The officials and gentry continued to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and Wu Tongju scolded from the bottom of his heart, okay, this group of inferior gentry really knows how to watch the dishes and serve the dishes, in their hearts, their status as a general judge and the prefect is so much different.

I'm a dignified and upright judge, isn't it considered an official in their eyes? I don't take care of them on weekdays.

Lin Yanchao's gaze swept over everyone: "Why don't you speak?" Has Lu Yuan from Zhexian arrived? ”

An old man in his fifties who looked very rich, when he heard Lin Yanchao's name, he stood up and barely stood still, his body was still trembling.

Lin Yanchao said: "Lu Yuanwai, this government asks you, how much grain are you going to pay this year?" ”

Lu Yuanwai looked left and right, and just now he also spit on Wu Tongju's face in front of him, returning to the officials and gentry of the Defu Mansion, the errand servants, and the officials, Lu Yuanwai is a well-known master who wants money and does not want to die.

Seeing Lin Yanchao call his name for the first time now, he was full of apprehension.

He rolled his eyes, and said with a respectful face: "Master Mengfutai asked, servant...... How much grain does the servant pay this year? Of course, the master of Futai wants the servant to pay as much as he wants, and the servant will pay as much as he wants, and he dare not disobey it. ”

Yes?

The gentry began to pick up eyeballs all over the ground.

How do you know that Lin Yanchao's face sank and said: "Lu Yuanwai! This government is asking how much you can pay, not how much you can pay!"

Lu Yuanwai was startled, and sweat seeped on his forehead and said: "Na, of course the servant accepts, but we are poor, we are also eating grain, last year's flood passed, even the landlord's family had no surplus grain, and now the servant is also living a thin meal, imploring the government and Taiwan Mingjian." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "This government has seen the yellow book rebuilt in the ninth year of Wanli, although your hometown in Zhexian County has 500 acres of fertile land, but in Yucheng, Ningling, Shangqiu counties to buy land and set up a grange, recorded more than 6,000 acres. ”

"When officials in Yucheng and other places urged the department, you either thought that the person was not in the local area as an excuse, or you used your own nationality to be exempted, and repeated the abuse in the guest nationality, which can be called the abuse of clothes!"

Lu Yuanwai's means of tax evasion were called 'Jizhuang' in the Ming Dynasty.

Lu Yuanwai took advantage of his right to be granted preferential tax exemption by the gentry, not only enjoying preferential exemption in the local area, but also going to other places to buy a grange, and then using the local preferential and exempt rights, and then going to other places to fraudulently claim them.

Seeing that this matter was found out, Lu Yuanwai was so frightened that he trembled.

"Lu Yuanwai, this government will ask you again, how much grain will you receive this year?"

Lu Yuanwai trembled and immediately said: "Taizun, the servant is willing to pay, willing to pay!" Not only this year, but also pay off every year! ”

Seeing this, Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Sit down, Zhou Yuanwai of Yongcheng County?" ”

A middle-aged man got up and said with a difficult face: "Qiqi Futai, the villain's situation is different from Lu Yuanwai, a whip law is indeed a drawback, if the yellow book is not recreated......"

Lin Yanchao interrupted: "I'm not here to listen to you discuss a whip law, this government only asks you how much food you pay?" ”

The officials and gentry didn't expect Lin Yanchao to stop talking about the reason, and he was so rude and direct! Negotiation? What to talk about? How does Lin Yanchao tax as the prefect of a prefecture? Want to consult with you?

This Zhou member sweated like rain, and immediately said: "The villain is willing to pay in full!" ”

"Ye Yuanwai!" Lin Yanchao continued to roll call.

An official gentleman stood up tremblingly, but when he saw Lin Yanchao's gaze sweeping, the other party immediately said, "The villain is willing to pay in full!" ”

"Willing to pay!"

"Pay in full!"

Dozens of official gentry, Lin Yanchao passed by little by one, and the reason for Fang Cai suddenly disappeared.

One by one, they expressed their willingness to make up for it and pay it in full, and no one dared to give a reason to prevaricate.

Lin Yanchao saw that the officials and gentry all expressed their positions, so he said: "This summer grain, cao grain is a regular tax of the imperial court, and both the people and the gentry must pay the grain in one piece." You are all local figures, and the government has already given you preferential treatments, so don't be in the midst of blessings and not know blessings. ”

"After eating and drinking today, you will go home, and you will be limited to ten days. As soon as the ten days have passed, if there is a delay and no payment, the official will not say much, no matter whether he is an official in his family, or there are people who are promoted to the scholars, even if he is a relative of the emperor, even if he is the uncle or brother of today's son, the government will also use it to be a heavy flail and severely punished! ”

All the officials and gentry looked at each other, and a prefect like Lin Yanchao was too arbitrary, and the emperor's relatives didn't pay attention to him, so he wasn't afraid of offending people when he was an official?

Wait, Uncle of the Son of Heaven, that's not Wu Qingbo's two sons, his younger brother, that's not King Lu.

I waited until I understood, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads.

All the officials and gentry agreed, and after the banquet was over, they left the palace.

Everyone walked in pairs, but when they arrived at the gate of the government, they stopped together.

This time, the officials and gentry involved in the government test cheating case saw an unbelievable scene when they walked out of the door of the government office.

But I saw Mrs. Zhao, the eldest son of Zhao and more than ten members of the Zhao family kneeling in the lobby of the mansion, with a paper on it.

"The Zhao family is here to turn themselves in!"

As soon as the news came out, the officials and gentry were in an uproar.

The Zhao family is kneeling here, which means that the Zhao family admits defeat? The Zhao family just fell? The Zhao family has a five-grade member wailang, who is a dignified scholar and a protégé of Zhang Siwei, the former first assistant.

But the scene in front of them made them have to believe it.

The Zhao family in Guide Mansion was easily brought down by Lin Yanchao.

The officials and gentry couldn't help but be frightened at this moment, and everyone weighed it in their hearts, how did their weight compare with the Zhao family?

After weighing, everyone's scalp was numb.

"Everyone, go first, there is something important at home."

"Yes, I want to rush back to my hometown in Yongcheng immediately and arrange it so as not to miss the deadline."

"Brother Zhou, are you going to hurry away?"

"Yes, although it will cost a lot of money, at least life is still there."

"yes, yes, that's a blessing."

The officials and gentry gave each other hands, and then each got into the carriage and sedan chair, and left the Guide Mansion without a moment's pause.

At the entrance of the mansion, there were only a few officials and gentry involved in the government test and cheating case who watched the scene of the Zhao family surrendering, and the tears in their eyes were also left.