Martial arts long journey

Chapter 400
Looking at the miserable expression on Hua Mingde's face that didn't seem to be fake, a strange light flashed in the depths of Zhou Yan's eyes.

He also didn't know what serious crime Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji had committed to make them so afraid, which made Zhou Yan a little curious.

After looking up and down Hua Mingde, Zhou Yan said in a calm voice, "Oh? What did you five people do that even this seat can't accept?!"

Hearing Zhou Yan's questioning voice, Hua Mingde seemed to be going all out. After gritting his teeth, he asked Zhou Yan, "Your Excellency also knows that our iron and blood guards are in the land of Zhongzhou. It has the right to levy taxes!"

However, before Zhou Yan could reply, Hua Mingde closed his eyes and explained all the things that he and Fan Liangji and the others secretly planned: "Because the Department of Punishment is in the land of Zhongzhou. All state capitals have established sub-helmsmen, so the responsibility of collecting taxes falls to the sub-helmsmen of the punishment department in each state capital.

These taxes are generally collected by the criminal officials in the sub-rudders, and then the punishment officers who sit in the sub-rudders are responsible for collecting them in the punishment departments of the major cities.

However, because of the catastrophe that happened last year in our Tai'an City Punishment Division, the major Punishment Divisions within the boundaries of Tai'an City lacked the Chief Criminal Officer who sits in charge.

Therefore, all these taxes are collected and collected by the criminal officials in the local sub-rudder government office, and the same is true for our Laizhou government office.

The taxes in the entire Laizhou Prefecture are all handled by the subordinates and others.

Our Laizhou prefecture is located between two countries and three regions, among which there is a steady stream of caravans passing through the land of Zhongzhou, the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so the tax of this Laizhou prefecture is naturally not a small sum.

Faced with such a large sum, the subordinates and others were blinded by the lard for a while, tampered with the original tax accounts, and withheld the taxes that should be handed over to the Tai'an Jucheng government... Thirty percent. "

After the words fell from his mouth, Hua Mingde couldn't help but lower his head, quietly waiting for Zhou Yan's words as if he had accepted his fate.

As for Fan Liangji and the others standing behind Hua Mingde, who were with him, they also closed their eyes and lowered their heads, not daring to look up at all.

According to the rules of the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guard, if someone dares to withhold taxes privately, it is a heinous death crime, so Hua Mingde, Fan Liangji and the others already know that they are doomed today.

At this moment, the few of them only hoped that Zhou Yan could keep his previous promise, and that his subordinates would be merciful and spare their lives.

After looking at the bodies of Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji one by one, Zhou Yan's eyes could not help turning to the captain who was born in the Weicheng Division, only to hear him ask aloud with great interest. : "Among us Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guards, how should we deal with withholding taxes without permission?!"

The time Zhou Yan joined the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guard was not that long after all, and most of the time he was still performing errands outside the influence of the Zhongzhou Land, so Zhou Yan was not serious about the many matters in the Zhongzhou Land. not sure.

It is precisely because of this that the Tai'an City Supervisory Office dispatched many elites to Zhou Yan's command, in order to assist Zhou Yan to control the state capital that was planned to be under his control as soon as possible.

After feeling Zhou Yan's gaze, the captain first bowed his hands to Zhou Yan, and then he explained: "Master Lawyer, if the judgment is made according to the rules and regulations of our Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guard, anyone who dares to privately Those who withhold taxes will be determined according to the amount of taxes withheld, at least they will be punished eighty times and their cultivation will be abolished and they will be expelled from the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guards."

Speaking of this, the captain of the Zhoutian Realm couldn't help but glanced at Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji who were standing quietly in front of the hall, and then he slowly spit out four words that did not contain The byte of emotion: "If you are serious, you will be killed!"

Right now, the captain of the Zhou Tian Realm is surnamed Tang. Although he is the captain who commands the elite blood cavalry of the Guard City Division, he was also in charge of guarding the tax collection gates of the Guard City Division before, so he is very concerned about this The consequences of taxation are of course quite clear.

Withholding corrupt ink and paying less than 3000 taels of silver is considered a relatively light crime. You only need to pay [-] points, and then expel the Zhongzhou Iron and Blood Guards.

Although the water and fire sticks used by Zhongzhou iron and blood guards to carry out the stick punishment are terrifying, but the eighty stick punishments were carried out before the abolition of martial arts cultivation, so the tortured are at best beaten to pieces, and they will not be directly tortured. killed the victim.

But if the tax withheld by the corrupt ink exceeds the amount of 3000 taels, the guilt is completely different, and it will be beaten to death under the water and fire stick.

Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji naturally knew the amount of taxes they withheld from corrupt ink.

The annual salaries of the few of them alone are far more than 3000 taels of silver.

If the taxes that have been intercepted from corrupt ink are not comparable to their respective salaries, why should they take such huge risks?

The mere 3000 taels of silver, compared to the tax they withheld for greedy ink, was just a drop in the ocean.

Therefore, when Tang Bugui's words fell, a look of horror appeared in the depths of their eyes.

At this moment, Tang Bugui continued to speak: "The Laizhou Prefecture that your lord is taking office now is the top three state capitals in Tai'an Jucheng, and the Laizhou Prefecture that is greedy for ink accounts for [-]% of the tax revenue for a whole year. It’s already on top of the list.”

Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji, who were already terrified, suddenly trembled when they heard Tang Bugui's emotionless voice again, almost collapsing to the ground. go up.

Fortunately, Zhou Yan's next voice gave them hope again, and Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "Captain Tang, I have already said it before, as long as they truthfully reveal what they are hiding, I will also It will definitely be forgotten.

Now that the few of them have not continued to hide it, then I will naturally not renege on my promise and lose weight! "

Speaking of this, Zhou Yan couldn't help turning his eyes slowly to the bodies of Hua Mingde and Fan Liangji, and he said in a calm voice: "Since I have said something first, then you will be able to steal the money and withhold taxes privately. It fell down completely.”

(End of this chapter)