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Chapter 15 The People Are Suffering

At the banquet that night, Lord Liao did not stare at Su Nancheng any more.

After all, Su Nancheng is just a petty official, so it's boring to keep staring at him.

On the second day, everyone saw Mr. Liao's behavior style.

Just one word: use power to suppress people.

His official position is enough, but he doesn't know many things in the state.

He strictly ordered Yao Taishou to send all the ledgers of Xianzhou for five years.Mr. Liao brought a team of people himself, and he was about to start a thorough investigation.

And, starting from Prefect Yao, they will be questioned one by one from today.

This interrogation posture really offended people.

Mrs. Ma and the others are going to die of worry, are they here to help or to do something bad?

He urgently sent someone to deliver a message to the prince, and after more than two hours, the person who went out to deliver the message was arrested by Master Liao's subordinates.

He was very rude and threw him beside Mr. Ma: "My lord said that if he found out for the first time, he would not be punished. During the strict investigation, no one is allowed to leave Xianzhou."

Master Ma was furious: "I was ordered to come to Xianzhou to do business, why can't I leave? What does this mean?"

"Following orders?" The man sneered: "What life is more important than the emperor's order? Doesn't Mr. Ma want to resist the order?"

Ma Da's heartbeat: "I dare not."

After the man left, the messenger got up and said, "These grandsons, who are watching us, can't leave the city now."

Mr. Ma shook his head: "Go and change first, you are covered in dirt, are you not injured?"

The guard shook his head.

Everyone sighed and returned to the inner hall.

Mr. Liao has been living elsewhere since yesterday, and there is only Mr. Ma and his party in this other courtyard.

At this time Master Ma frowned: "It seems that Master Liao will not ask us to touch this matter."

Everyone is very disturbed by what you say and what I say.

"This number, I don't understand..." Su Nancheng pondered: "It's just that Mr. Liao acts like this, I'm afraid he will startle the snake. I see, Yao Taishou and his party, it is impossible for him to find out so easily."

"Yeah, what should we do? Is this because we are afraid that we will take the credit?" Chen An, the accompanying Master Chen, sighed.

"I still have to send a message to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Su Nancheng frowned: "Don't adults feel strange? Why did an imperial envoy come here suddenly? Now, Mr. Ma, if you can't touch this matter anymore, then no matter what happens after the investigation, We don't know at all. Let's not talk about whether to take credit or not, what if it is finally found out that Xianzhou is fine?"

Everyone is silent.

Chen An smiled awkwardly: "I said Brother Su, you are holding grudges."

Su Nancheng smiled: "There are some grudges, but the officials are telling the truth. We can't participate in anything. Afterwards, it will be up to others to decide whether it will be good or bad. Don't forget why we are here. Why are we here?"

"No matter who Lord Liao is leaning towards, he came here under the imperial decree. We came here under the order of the prince."

Needless to say the gap here?
Everyone discussed for a while, but there was no correct way for a while.

Master Ma asked everyone to go back first, leaving Su Nancheng alone.

"Nancheng, what can you do? Don't worry, as long as you have an idea, just say it. When I return to Beijing, I will personally ask His Highness to give you credit."

Su Nancheng said hurriedly: "I dare not say I have any ideas, but the matter has come to this point, I'm afraid we can't help it. If this is the case, it's better to just make a big mess."

If you can't hold it down, don't hold it down.

If things don't go your way now, then mess it up.

Master Ma tapped on the table lightly: "In this case, Yao Shibin will also be in a hurry."

"Yes." Su Nancheng nodded.

It's better to worry about others than worry about yourself.It's better to come here and do nothing.

Mr. Ma is also a good hand in handling affairs. If he can stand up in front of the prince, he is not an incompetent person.

In just a few days, while he was pretending to fight for power with Mr. Liao, he had secretly arranged everything.

Soon, various rumors spread in Xianzhou.

Master Liao did not allow Master Ma and his party to leave now, but he did not dare to trap the entire Xianzhou people.

So soon, His Majesty sent an imperial envoy to spread the word about controlling Xianzhou's tax inspection and Xianzhou's taxation.

For example, the annual grain production in Xianzhou has been reported for several consecutive years and the results are inconsistent with the facts.

There is also the outrageous price of Xianzhou.

The point is that Mr. Liao is an upright official, the master of Qingtian, who is most unjust for the common people.

After this, many people cried and begged the imperial envoy to call the shots.

It is good to be able to afford rice, but many people who farm in the countryside are miserable.

They worked endlessly for a year, but they couldn't get enough to eat.

Exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are increasing year by year, and there is a lot of water in it.

No, now there is a mouth tax and a household tax.To put it simply, a child has to pay taxes from the age of three to 14, and an account has to pay taxes every year.

This is the double tax.

And there is also a calculation, and every person between the ages of 15 and 56 has to pay taxes every year.

The exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes don't stop there, and the people who farm the land still have land rent.

It's no wonder that when they heard that there was an imperial envoy, they rushed to look for it.

This matter is obviously dangerous, but if you don't come, you won't be able to survive this day.

Even Mr. Ma didn't expect this matter to explode all of a sudden.

The point is that this is not counted, Mr. Liao made a wrong decision.

When he sent people to suppress it, his hands were heavy and he beat a commoner to death. In addition, a woman who was pregnant with Liujia fell down when she was driven away, and she saw red at that time.

As a result, the common people were even more excited, and at that time they started to smash up outside the government office.

If everyone can't survive, why do you care about the government?

Mr. Ma and his entourage rushed to the outside of the government office in plain clothes, and saw the common people fighting the officers and soldiers with pickaxes and hoes.

Many civilians were bleeding, and there were many injured people lying on the ground, not only civilians, but also officers and soldiers.

Someone has already dispatched soldiers outside the city urgently.

There were at least a few hundred people making trouble, Mr. Liao and others were all in the government office and could not hold out.

Su Nancheng approached Mr. Ma: "Mr. Ma, this is the opportunity. You and I are the subjects of the East Palace. Here, there must be a chance."

Master Ma is also decisive, and he doesn't hesitate at this point.The opportunity is fleeting.

Immediately, he shouted loudly: "Fellow folks, all of you! I am a subject of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, and I am here to investigate the tax matters. Listen to me, everyone."

At first no one paid any attention to him, some even wanted to beat him.But after hearing the East Palace clearly, some people hesitated.

Seeing this, everyone shouted: "This Xianzhou prefect is the father-in-law of the third prince, and we are not his relatives. We came here specially knowing that you have suffered."

After a quarter of an hour, it really stopped the smashing of this group of people for the time being.

A group of people looked over in unison, it was quite scary.

(End of this chapter)