When Hong Chengchou heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked, "What does General Cao mean by this?" ”

Cao Wenzhao didn't dare to hide it, so he said: "Do you know about the tax transfer in Jiangnan in the first year of Chongzhen?" ”

Of course, Hong Chengchou also knew about this matter, at that time he was just a small Shaanxi Governor Senator, and he also knew about the transfer of taxes in Jiangnan from the imperial court.

Originally, the imperial court could collect 600,000 taels of silver tea tax from the Jiangnan area every year, but Chongzhen suddenly stopped collecting it in the first year.

At that time, Hong Chengchou saw the news, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, he was an official in Shaanxi, he naturally knew the situation in Shaanxi, and he knew at that time that Shaanxi was going to be in chaos!

Now listening to Cao Wenzhao's words, how can he not understand that with this paper document, how many Shaanxi people are ruined!

If 600,000 taels of silver are fairly apportioned throughout the land of Shaanxi, this is not a big deal, but the question is when there is fairness in this world!

There is no tax on the land of the emperor's relatives, no tax on the land of officials and gentlemen, no tax on the land entrusted to the name of the famous scholar, and in the end, the silver can only be paid by the poorest people who have no way out!

This is not counting, it is said that it is 600,000 taels of silver to be paid on behalf of the court, but this court, as well as how many officials up and down Shaanxi, how many miscellaneous servants, they all have to handle this matter, and once they handle it, they will make money!

In this way, layer by layer, maybe an acre of land originally only needed to pay a few more dollars, but in the end it came to the people, that is, they had to pay dozens of dollars more, more than a few hundred dollars!

For an ordinary person, this is the current year, and it is a death!

There is no need for Cao Wenzhao to say more, Hong Chengchou also knows why there is no one in Yanchuan, and the common people can't bear it, so they all run away, either to be a homeless person, or to join all walks of life to oppose the king, anyway, he will not stay at home and wait for death!

couldn't help but be silent, Hong Chengchou was silent, and he was also sad for what happened to the people!

At this time, Cao Wenzhao said again: "My lord, there is still news that I don't know if to say?" ”

"Hey!"

Hong Chengchou sighed weakly, and said: "If there is anything else that should not be said, the general just said it!" ”

Cao Wenzhao then said: "Not long after the last general came to Yanchuan, he caught a person in the night, according to him, many people in Yanchuan fled to Qingjian, or went to Mizhi, and defected to the traitors there!" ”

Hong Chengchou's light flashed, and he couldn't help but say, "Where is that person now?" Ben Governor wants to see him! ”

Hong Chengchou can't be careful, he doesn't dare to be careless about all the news of Wanhua!

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly replied: "I am still in prison, and after the last general asked, I felt that it was nothing, and I planned to let it go, but I thought that he was from the side of the rice fat traitor, and I was afraid that the adults would want to ask at that time, so I didn't let it go!" ”

I asked, and I thought it was nothing!

Now that this army is in chaos, where will ordinary people run around! How could it be nothing!

However, Hong Chengchou also didn't bother with Cao Wenzhao, as long as that person was still there!

So Hong Chengchou hurriedly took a horse to the Yanchuan County Ya, and after coming to the lobby, he immediately asked Cao Wenzhao to bring that person up.

The man's name is Niu Lagen, a cropper in his thirties, honest, and dutiful, and he looks loyal.

When he was brought to the lobby, he saw a big man sitting high in the hall, and there were two rows of generals standing below, all of them majestic and imposing.

Niu Lagen was far away, but he felt the murderous aura on Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong, which frightened him so much that his body trembled, and he almost couldn't stand steadily!

"Little ,,, little ,,, little cow roots, meet the adults!"

That Niu Lagen knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Hong Chengchou, looking panicked, as if Hong Chengchou would kill him!

"You look up!"

Niu Lagen didn't dare to disobey, swallowed his mouth, and raised his head, but as soon as he saw Hong Chengchou's eagle-like sharp eyes, Niu Lagen was so frightened that he was so frightened that he hurriedly looked away!

Hong Chengchou looked over with one eye, that was also to look at Niu Lagen, and then Hong Chengchou asked Niu Lagen: "This governor asks you, where do you live?" Why did you flee to Qingjian and then come back? What did you do when you came back? You have to answer honestly! If there is deception, you will not be spared! ”

Niu Lagen hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, the little one will never dare to hide it from the adult!" ”

"Alright, let's talk!"

"The small one is the villagers of Niujia Village, Baishi Town, Yanchuan, because they really can't afford to pay the imperial grain, so they fled with their wives and children, and then came to Qingjian and then to Mizhi, where ,,, lived well.

Later, I heard that the tiger master divided the fields and land in Qingjian, and the little one followed him to Qingjian, and after dividing the fields, the little one felt that his life was stable, so he thought about going home and taking his uncles and brothers over, and they lived well.

Who knew that when I got home, I couldn't find anyone, I heard that they were dead, running away, the small one had no choice, I was going to go back, but I was arrested by a few military masters, and the small one definitely didn't do anything to mess with the law, and please be gracious! ”

As soon as Niu Lagen finished saying this, Hong Chengchou, He Renlong, You Shijin and others who listened to it were all stunned.

What's going on? Listening to you, you have escaped from wealth as a refugee? I still want to come back to help my relatives, you can't live this life!

At this time, Hong Chengchou just said: "The tiger master in your mouth, but the person named Wanhua?" ”

Niu Lagen listened, hesitated and thought for a while, then replied: "Don't dare to deceive the adult, what is the name of the tiger master, the small one doesn't know, the small one is also called by others, the other person is called the tiger master, the small one is called, the little one really doesn't know what his name is!" ”

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he didn't care, and asked again: "You said that you first went to Mizhi, and then you heard that Qingjian was dividing the fields and land, so you went to Qingjian again, what's going on?" Can't stay any longer? ”

"You can stay and stay, the rice fat is very good, as long as you work for the tiger master, there is food every day, but the small one went a little late, and I didn't catch up with the rice fat to divide the fields,

Later, the tiger master occupied Qingjian, so he arranged many people to go to Qingjian, saying that when they got there, they could have fields, and the little one thought that there would be no roots if there was no land, so he took his wife and children to Qingjian again. ”