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"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

On the official road in Shaanzhou, with a rapid shout, five horsemen galloped from afar. It was Cui Geng and his entourage who set off from Chang'an.

Cui Geng can't be in a hurry, the reason is very simple, Yang Wulian is to repair the Caoyun plank road, so he will punish the people. He, the land and water transfer envoy, is not responsible, who is responsible? If you don't handle it well, you will be ruined.

What the? You say that's Yang Wulian's own assertion? Do you believe in Wu Sansi? Do the Zhang brothers believe it? and even ...... Do people in the world believe it?

What's more, if things get bigger, Cui Geng has no doubt that Yang Wulian will directly dump the blame on himself.

Therefore, after listening to Ma Tianfang's complaint, he didn't dare to slack off, and took Feng Changqing, Zhou Xing, Song Genhai and Huang Youwei all the way to Shaanzhou.

"Sir, slow down!"

Song Genhai is now in his forties, his physical strength is not good, and he can't run anymore, so he gasped and said, "We have all run for a day and a night, and we are tired of twelve horses." It's the imperial court's eight-hundred-mile rush, and it's not such a way to run, right? ”

Sigh~~

Cui Geng was really tired and couldn't stand it, so he grabbed the reins and said, "Okay, there is Shaanzhou City not far ahead, let's get off the horse first and talk about it." ”

There is a small chicken feather shop on the side of the road, which can be used by passing merchants to rest. Cui Geng and the others got off the horse, asked for a table of wine and food, and sat down to eat and drink.

I had just eaten a few bites, and suddenly, a few officials in official uniforms walked in.

There were not many people in the shop, and these people saw Cui Geng and the others at a glance, and they couldn't help but light up, gathered around, and looked arrogant: "What are you guys doing?" ”

Although Cui Geng and others are wearing casual clothes, they are also exquisite in materials and fine in workmanship, and they are not ordinary at first glance. It is said that such characters are either rich or expensive, and they are far from being able to be provoked by a few officials.

Cui Geng was suspicious in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "We are traders from Chang'an, passing by Guibao Land to rest. ”

"Doing business? What to buy and sell? ”

"Uh...... Selling salt. ”

Yanzhou is one of the great salt lands of the Great Friday, so the price of salt in Chang'an is much lower than that in Shaanzhou. The reason Cui Geng found is really very reasonable.

The official chuckled lightly and said, "Selling salt? It's a coincidence, we are from the Shaanzhou Mansion, and we were specially sent out by Lord Yang to collect taxes. Here...... You pay your taxes, it's thirty dollars in total, and not a penny less! ”

Cui Geng was deeply puzzled, and said in a deep voice: "What tax? I have to pay a total of two kinds of taxes for my business travelers, one is a tax, and each state takes twenty thousands. One is the city tax, which is one out of ten. In a small shop, you find a random merchant to collect taxes, I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules, right? ”

The leading official raised his eyebrows, and said in a weird manner: "Oh, I didn't expect that your kid knows quite completely!" However, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other...... In our Shaanzhou, merchants also have to pay a third tax! ”

"What tax?"

"Cao Tax! All traders, whether passing through Shaanzhou or selling in Shaanzhou, will take two out of ten directly. Our brother saw that you were kind and so-so, so he charged thirty yuan. How? Are you not convinced? Or...... Let's inspect the goods on the spot? ”

Cui Geng's eyes rolled and said: "Since the government has an order, the small people should obey it, I don't know if there is a voucher for collecting taxes?" ”

"That's nature."

As he spoke, the official took out a deed from his sleeve pocket, which was stamped with the big seal of the Shaanzhou Yamen, but there was no specific tax amount.

"This ......"

Cui Geng casually took out a golden bean from his sleeve pocket, which could weigh four or five yuan, handed it to the hand of the servant, and said: "When I first arrived, I don't know if your mansion still has this rule, and the money you bring is really not enough, can you give some leniency." ”

"Okay, it's good enough!" The official took the gold very happily and said, "Our brother is not an unreasonable person, so-so, take you ten times of money!" ”

"Thank you for the errand!"

As soon as Cui Geng made a look, Feng Changqing presented a money ticket with ten yuan of Jufenglong Yinhao.

After putting away the deed, Cui Geng greeted him very politely and said, "A few people have worked hard all the way, and I want to invite you to a light meal, a little bit of meaning, I don't know if I can appreciate my face?" ”

"Huh? Invite us to dinner? The official was stunned for a moment, and then nodded again and again: "It's worthy of being a big dealer, okay, it's bright enough." Since you are so generous, we buddies are not disrespectful. ”

Immediately, Cui Geng ordered another table of wine and food, and let those officials drink happily.

After eating other people's short mouths, taking other people's short hands, plus a little wine, these officials didn't have a door on their mouths, and they leaked the that Yang Wulian did in Shaanzhou.

It turns out that this Yang Tingshi is not only a technocrats, but also a technocratic embezzler.

Long before Cui Geng served as a water and land transfer envoy, he had the idea of Cao Yun.

At that time, the ships of the Cao Gang passed through Sanmenxia, and there was a section of waterway, which needed to be pulled by slender men. Originally, those slender men were all members of the Cao Gang, but he had to let the Cao Gang pay for it, and the Shaanzhou Mansion was looking for someone to do it.

The people I was looking for were naturally ordinary people who were in forced labor.

Yang Wulian not only didn't give money, but also deducted food, plus the steep mountain is very dangerous, who wants to do it? And so the people kept fleeing.

But this Yang Da Thorn has a way, every hundred people are tied into a string with ropes, so that they can't run if they want to.

In the end, there was a major accident, and all 100 people fell into the valley and died. In order to escape responsibility, Yang Wulian falsely accused these people of fleeing on their own, arrested their family members, and forced them to pay exemption money.

Since then, Yang Wulian seems to have opened his mind, as long as a migrant worker falls off the cliff, he will handle it accordingly.

Not only that, but he also thought of a way to get money. For example, this "Cao Tax" is one of his whole moths.

Yang Wulian announced that in order to raise the funds needed to build the plank road, a tax would be levied in Shaanzhou, which all passing merchants would have to pay.

In this way, the officials of Shaanzhou have a reason to extort merchants. In order to grab business, there are even officials who take the initiative to "collect taxes" outside the city. That's why today's events have happened.

After listening to this, Cui Geng was a little puzzled, and said: "Even if Yang Tingshi wants to collect taxes, wouldn't it be okay to set up a card on the traffic artery?" Why do you want to scatter all the officials? ”

The official smiled meaningfully and said, "No matter how much the tax does not conform to the rules of the imperial court, it is also a tax, not a small treasury of Yang Tingshi." When the time comes, as soon as someone checks the account, he will have to walk around without eating. However, let the officials collect taxes, it will be different, collect more and collect less, is not in our words? Don't look at us for accepting your gold, after we go back, we still have to honor Lord Yang! ”

Cui Geng had no doubts at the moment, nodded, and said with a smile: "Thank you for telling me directly, if that's the case, then ...... Let's draw it. ”

When the official heard this, he was suddenly shocked and said, "What...... What officer? What paintings? What nonsense are you talking about? ”

"Boy, blind your dog's eye!" Feng Changqing got up suddenly, grabbed his neck, and said in a deep voice: "Do you know who this person in front of you is?" ”

The official stammered, "No...... Not a salt merchant from Chang'an? ”

"Of course not, this is Jing Zhaoyin, the water and land transfer envoy Cui Gengcui is also!" Feng Changqing said in a clear voice: "You Shaanxi officialdom, the case of the common people has been released. If you don't give up the darkness and turn to the light, when will you wait? ”