capital girl

Chapter 173 Taxation
Li Yulou glared at Meng Shiyu, "You're tricking them..."

"Of course I have to cheat them, otherwise who am I to cheat?" Meng Shiyu smiled and said, "It's almost time, I'm a little hungry, let's go, I'll go back and cook for you."

Li Yulou nodded, followed Meng Shiyu out of the Yamen and returned to the courtyard where they lived.

"Master, we have prepared meals with Chuntao." Xiao Qi shouted from the yard next door.

"Whose cooking skills?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"Chuntao's..." Xiaoqi replied with a smile.

There used to be a cook at home and they didn't realize that Chuntao's cooking skills were so good.

"I'll eat what Chuntao made. If you two made it, I'd rather make it myself." Meng Shiyu said.

Xiao Qi pouted, "Xiao Wu and I are also very good at cooking..."

Li Yulou didn't expect Chuntao to be so good at cooking, and he always thought that this girl only knew how to eat.

Chuntao made fish, seafood soup, and chicken meatballs...

"It's very rich." Li Yulou smiled and said, "Chuntao, you are getting more and more promising."

"Then you don't want me to be the young master's concubine, don't even think about it." Chuntao looked at Li Yulou warily.

"No... I'll find you a good man." Li Yulou said with a smile.

Xiao Qi looked at Chun Tao nervously.

"You kid is watching me do something. Madam said no, so of course I won't..." Meng Shiyu said with a speechless expression.

He actually fell to the point where the guards worried that his woman would be robbed by him.

Meng Shiyu, Li Yulou and the others sat down to eat, and just after eating half full, a few yamen servants came back with bruises all over their bodies.

Two of the worst teeth were knocked out, and one rib was broken...

"My lord, they don't listen to what we say at all. When they hear that taxes will be levied, the slaves will beat people when they come up..." Zhou Wang cried.

"That's right, my lord, it's impossible for them to pay taxes. There are so many of them..." Zhang Dazhu said.

"Well, I see. Hurry up and find a doctor to bandage it up. You'll still be useful later..." Meng Shiyu was unmoved, and was still eating slowly, because everything was within his expectations.

"My lord, do you still want to go?" A yamen servant felt timid and wanted to run away.

"Naturally, you can't suffer this beating in vain. I have to make decisions for you. Those who beat you are slapping me in the face." Meng Shiyu said.

"Go, I'll look for you after dinner." Meng Shiyu said.

Several yamen servants supported each other and left the courtyard where Xiaoqi and the others lived.

But they didn't know what to do. After all, they were injured, and Meng Shiyu was only surrounded by Xiao Qi and Xiao Wu, how could he fight against those fierce guards.

"Eat quickly, strike while the iron is hot." Meng Shiyu said.

Li Yulou and others hastened to eat quickly.

After eating, Meng Shiyu took Li Yulou out of the Yamen to find Wang Dabiao.

Wang Dabiao was sitting in the yard drinking tea, when he heard that Meng Shiyu was coming, he jumped up and greeted him with a smile.

"My lord, you are here. I thought you forgot about me, and I was thinking about whether to go back and continue to be a water bandit." Wang Dabiao smiled and moved a chair for Meng Shiyu.

"How could I forget? My officer said that you will be my right-hand man from now on." Meng Shiyu said seriously.

"I just said that the adults will definitely use me again, but those brats down there are so stupid..." Wang Dabiao said with a smile on the back of his head.

"Well, it's best for you to think like this. There are important things you need to do now. Take your people, take the guy, and be as fierce as you can. Follow me..." Meng Shiyu Said.

Wang Dabiao was stunned for a moment, then agreed excitedly.

Then Wang Dabiao yelled loudly, "Go, go out with me, there is work to do."

After a while, there were dozens of men standing in the yard, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands.

Standing in the yard together with weapons, the man looked very fierce.

"Skinny Monkey, count the number of people." Wang Dabiao shouted.

"No need, these are enough, let's go." Meng Shiyu waved his hand, and stepped forward on official steps.

Wang Dabiao carried his own mace and followed behind Meng Shiyu with a group of his brothers.

They had just walked on the street, when they saw a chubby person running towards him.

"Master Meng, what are you going to do?" It was Master Zhu who came.

He took Meng Shiyu's hand and asked in a low voice.

"Our yamen servants were beaten. As their superior, I have to make decisions for them." Meng Shiyu said.

"Do you know who beat them?" Master Zhu asked.

"I heard that his surname is Gao, and he is in the porcelain business..." Meng Shiyu said.

Wang Dabiao, who heard them talking, was short, and the mace on his shoulder almost fell to the ground.

Wang Dabiao looked back at Shouhou.

Thin Monkey also looked dazed and worried, that was Gao's family, even they dare not mess with it.

"Master Meng, do you know what this Gao family does? What is the background behind it? I heard that there are people in the capital." Master Zhu looked worried.

"Even if there is someone in the sky, he must abide by the rules and laws. I sent a yamen servant to tell him that I would collect taxes from him, but he actually beat our yamen servant.

If you hit our yamen servant, you hit us in the face as an official. If you get hit in the face, if you don't hit back, what's the point? "Meng Shiyu said.

Master Zhu's face was bitter, and he thought to himself, the officials in Linshui County have been beaten in the face for several years, when did they come back?
"Master Meng, I know you are young and energetic, and you cannot bear this grievance.

But there is no one who is not wronged.Endure it and endure the calm, and it will pass.

You are still young, and there is still a long way to go in the future. You have been in Linshui County for two years, and I will write you a letter of recommendation with a good description of your performance. After two years, you will be able to return to the capital to continue working Your number one scholar will be your high official.

Don't mess with things here.

It's not worth it..." Master Zhu said in earnest. Perhaps he was too anxious, and his face was covered with sweat and greasy.

Meng Shiyu looked at Master Zhou seriously, "Master Zhu, you secretly communicated with them, so you speak for them."

Master Zhu said, "Of course I have taken some benefits, otherwise how could I have survived till now.

But I can't speak for them either.I feel sorry for you, worry about you, do you understand? "

Meng Shiyu knew that Mr. Zhu was telling the truth, and if he could say frankly that he had taken advantage of it, he knew that Mr. Zhu was still an upright person in his heart, but he was forced by criminals.

"I thank Master Zhu. I sincerely thank Master Zhu for saying this for me, which shows that he really cares about me.

But this is how I act. If I want to do it, I have to do my best, to be a good official, and to have a good performance, I have to do it in real terms, not fake it. "

"I am the No. [-] Scholar appointed by His Majesty personally, and I am a nine-rank official appointed by the Ministry of Officials.

I am responsible for my actions and for His Majesty's trust. "

"A small merchant dared to beat the yamen servant. What has happened? Is this a rebellion?"

Meng Shiyu's words made Wang Dabiao and others' blood boil.

The people passing by raised their hands and shouted when they heard Meng Shiyu's words.

In the past few days, they got to know Meng Shiyu better and felt that he was a good official who made decisions for the people.

Meng Shiyu is now going to collect taxes from the merchants, and they are also worried about Meng Shiyu's safety, but they still want Meng Shiyu to be a really good official, dare to act boldly, manage Linshui County well, and let the common people live a better life. Peaceful days.

Master Zhu saw that Meng Shiyu couldn't listen to his words at all, so he had no choice but to say, "Master Meng, you must pay attention to your safety and protect yourself. Nothing is more important than your life... These people may sing praises for you, but that is only for a while. You're dead, and they'll soon forget you."

Master Zhu's words are very realistic and true.

"Master Zhu, don't worry, our strength is to crush the opponent, and there will be no safety. Sun Tzu said that the greatest chance of winning a battle lies in strength. Don't worry, our current strength is very strong." Meng Shiyu said .

Master Zhu got out of the way, and Meng Shiyu led Wang Dabiao to continue walking towards Gao's house.

"Are you scared?" Meng Shiyu asked Wang Dabiao.

"How come...I'm a gangster..." Wang Dabiao said.

"I'm still scared, and I started calling myself Lao Tzu." Meng Shiyu laughed.

Wang Dabiao: What a shame.

Meng Shiyu brought people to the gate of Gao's house, and Xiaoqi and the others also arrived with Zhou Wang and others.

"Break the door open!" Meng Shiyu ordered.

Wang Dabiao was stunned for a moment, "My lord, shouldn't we be courteous before fighting?"

"I'm just here to save face, what a fake way to break open the door." Meng Shiyu sternly said.

Wang Dabiao agreed loudly and ordered the people below to knock on the door.

After a while, the door of Gao's house was knocked open.

Meng Shiyu stepped in through the smoke and dust.

"Who are you, you dare to barge into the gate of my Gao family? It's your life." A man in his 40s came up and said angrily.

"This official is the ninth-rank official of Linshui County. You beat the yamen servants just now. Are you my subordinates?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"He ordered the beating..." Zhou Wang pointed out, covering half of his face.

"Grab it and beat it!" Meng Shiyu looked at the man and said.

"How dare you, don't say you are a ninth-rank pusher..."

Before this person finished speaking, Xiao Qi's slap had already slapped him hard on the face.

The man fell to the ground in response, a mouthful of blood sprayed on the ground with a few teeth, and his cheeks swelled instantly.

The servants of the Gao family had never seen such a fierce provocateur, and all of them showed timid expressions.

"Is he your master?" Meng Shiyu asked a servant.

"No, he's the housekeeper..." said a servant.

"A lowly butler, even if a slave dares to beat the servants of the yamen, the world is really chaotic." Meng Shiyu said, "This butler's arms and legs are also crippled..."

Xiao Qi took a step forward and came to the housekeeper.

The housekeeper held back the pain and turned to run, but was caught by Xiaoqi.

In the blink of an eye, the crisp sound of bones breaking spread around.

The people around felt their hearts trembling violently.

This is too harsh.

Wang Dabiao felt that he was simply a child, and the real gangster was the pusher.

"You are presumptuous, who gave you the courage to act presumptuously in my Gaofu." A well-dressed man in his thirties came over.

The Gao family's servants moved closer to this person in an instant.

"Master..."

The person who came was Gao Yu, the young master of the Gao family.

"You are the young master of the Gao family..." Meng Shiyu asked.

"Who are you?" Gao Yu looked at Meng Shiyu arrogantly, completely ignoring him.

"Can't you see my official uniform?" Meng Shiyu asked.

Gao Yu looked at Meng Shiyu very seriously, and then laughed arrogantly, "I only know official uniforms above rank four. I really don't know what rank you are."

"Then today, this official is to let you recognize clearly. This is the ninth-rank official uniform. This official is the ninth-rank official in Linshui County." Meng Shiyu said.

Gao Yu pretended to be shocked, and then laughed loudly, "The seventh rank is already a sesame official, so what is the ninth rank?"

"No matter how young you are, you are still an official. Do you have any fame?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"Such a small official is nothing to my young master, and fame is nothing to my young master. You can buy it for a few taels of silver." Gao Yu said arrogantly.

"Did you hear that? He said that an official is a fart in front of him, and fame is a fart in front of him.

What's more, he also sells officials and ranks, insulting the imperial court's official selection system, that is insulting the imperial court, insulting the imperial court, that is insulting His Majesty, come, arrest this arrogant man who has no monarch in his eyes. "Meng Shiyu raised his voice and ordered.

"How dare you... Even the magistrate of Xiuzhou has to nod and bow when he sees this young master..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Qi had already appeared in front of him, and a rope had already been wrapped around his body.

In the blink of an eye, Gao Yu was tied up like a zongzi and lay down in front of Meng Shiyu.

Wang Dabiao was shocked to see how good Xiao Qi's skills are.

At this moment, he felt that they were here to make soy sauce, and there was no need for him to act. As long as Mr. Meng brought his two personal guards, everything would be settled.

"You dare to touch me, you little sesame official, I can't spare you..."

"Which one of you has the smelliest feet? Take off the sock and stuff it into his mouth." Meng Shiyu asked.

A fat man behind Wang Dabiao immediately stood up and said that his feet were sweaty, and then took off his shoes and socks.

"That's right, I'll give you a credit." Meng Shiyu nodded in satisfaction when he smelled the strong smell.

The stinky sock was stuffed into Gao Yu's mouth.

"Is there anyone in the Gao family with a higher status than him in the mansion?" Meng Shiyu looked at the frightened servants of the Gao family and asked.

"Go back, go back to my lord, no, no, the master is not in the mansion, he has gone out." A domestic servant replied with a trembling voice.

"Take Mr. Gao back to the yamen and lock him in a cell. Then move all the valuables of the Gao family to the yamen yard. Be careful not to break them. They are all good things." Meng Shiyu said .

This time Wang Dabiao did not hesitate, and acted immediately.In his heart, he admired Meng Shiyu all over.

To say that he is a gangster, Meng Shiyu is really not even a small shrimp. The real big gangster is the Tuiguan.

All the female family members of the Gao family were controlled in one courtyard, and then the screens, porcelain, jade, calligraphy and paintings of the family were all moved to the courtyard of the yamen.

(End of this chapter)