People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 306
The golden yellow rice flowed all over the ground in a thick layer.

A cursory glance reveals that it weighs tens of catties.

Li Xuan stood aside, her face already extremely gloomy.

Chen Xiang, who kicked back and forth before, had already knelt aside, lowered his head, and trembled all over his body.

Standing behind him was Huang Bai with an apologetic smile on his face, and his wife Zhou was standing beside her holding her son Huang Xi.

Even with her head down, Li Xuan could see that her face was very embarrassed.

"Did you practice those feet for a long time?" Li Xuan's voice faintly rang in Chen Xiang's ears.

Chen Xiang was about to nod subconsciously, but immediately, as if thinking of something, his whole body trembled, and he bowed to the ground full of fear.

"Kick the Dendrobium!" Li Xuan sneered and directly exposed the two most disgusting methods of the world's grain officials.

Li Xuan raised her head, and at the square where the tax was collected, more and more people began to gather at some point.

These people from Huangjia Town heard the news from nowhere, and immediately rushed to watch the excitement.

At the beginning, all the people whispered in low voices, looking at Chen Xiang with a hint of gloating and a hint of worry at the same time.

It was not that he was worried that Chen Xiang would be severely punished, but that he would escape punishment, and that his revenge would be even crueler in the future.

But soon, without knowing who said what, many people subconsciously looked at Li Xuan in amazement, with respect in their eyes, but also with a hint of hope.

Li Xuan scanned the audience, and then his eyes fell on Chen Xiang, and said with hatred in his eyes: "You know, how much food will be scraped on the ground when you scrape the mouth of the dendrobium with a copper ruler?" , you kick like this, how much food will be kicked into the dust, every time you do this, how much will the court lose, and how much will the people lose?"

Li Xuan's eyes quickly turned to one side, and fell on the county magistrate Gu Tan and soldier Cao Canjun Xi Ying. His eyes were like sharp swords, making everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.

"15 catties, [-] catties each time, if you only get kicked once in a while, it's rare for me to pay attention to it, but today you kicked twice in a row in front of me, let alone this deliberate scrape." What was lost, these taxes that should have belonged to the imperial court fell into the arms of you evil officials.

Twenty percent, a whole twenty percent of the tax and food was stolen by you from the hands of the common people, from the official warehouse of the imperial court, into your own home.

Do you still remember what this king said in court today, since I said it, you should know the consequences of it, and if so, you will be executed for the crime of treason..."

As soon as the words "rebellion" came out, Chen Xiang's eyes were already full of panic.

A beheaded word made him fall to the ground directly.

"My lord, although this official has committed a lot of crimes, it is not enough to be treasonous. I hope the lord will be tolerant." Gu Tan hurriedly stepped forward to intercede for the tax collector Chen Xiang.

It's not because of any shady affair between him and the tax collector Chen Xiang, but because at this moment, the Dongyang County Government really can't have any more troubles.

Once people's hearts are in turmoil, among other things, this year's summer harvest will definitely be affected
Li Xuan frowned slightly, looking at Chen Xiang who was lying there, trembling with fear from Li Xuan's words of treason, a sneer of disdain appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, and said: "Indeed, a sentence of treason will indeed make people question the The king's punishment is too heavy, if this is the case, then let's punish him eighty times!"

"Come on!" As soon as Li Xuan's voice fell, two Qianniu guards had already flashed out from the side, and they were going to help Chen Xiang, ready to pull him aside to punish him.

At this moment, an old man in black clothes with white hair, half black and half white hurriedly stood up: "Please forgive him this time, my lord, Chen Xiang knows his mistake, and he will definitely not dare to do so in the future, lord, he is still a child." ah!"

Li Xuan subconsciously lowered her head to look at Chen Xiang, this is obviously a strong man in his 20s, why would anyone dare to call him a child.

Li Xuan's eyes swept over the other tax collectors present, seeing the uneasiness and fear in their eyes, Li Xuan sneered inwardly.

"Well, since there are so many people begging for you, then eighty sticks is fine, and ten sticks is fine." Li Xuan's light words made Chen Xiang, who was lying on the ground, feel extremely happy, and relaxed for a long time. At the same time, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

Li Xuan's gaze flicked over the common people in the distance, and finally landed on Chen Xiang again, waving at Qian Niu Weiyi at the side.

The two Qianniu guards immediately pulled Chen Xiang aside, and then under the watchful eyes of everyone, they lashed hard with their sticks, very heavy.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on the tax collectors of Dongyang County all around, seeing their relieved expressions, Li Xuan's sneer became even worse.

"Mr. Chen." Li Xuan's eyes fell on the black-clothed old man. This person was Chen Mu, the head of tax collectors in Dongyang County, and also the uncle of tax collector Chen Xiang.

"I don't dare to be called a prince like that, the prince calls the villain old Chen!" Chen Mu bowed his hands to Li Xuan earnestly, his expression full of uneasiness.

Li Xuan's time in Dongyang was not short, but what he did made everyone feel uneasy and afraid.

"It's okay, you are several times older than this king, it's not too much for this king to call you Old Chen."

After saying a word, Li Xuan's face turned completely cold: "When I was in the county government, I have said more than once that at this special moment, I will not pursue your past affairs. Sin doesn't care about your future affairs, but this year, this year, everyone who acts in Dongyang must be controlled by this king, and your little tricks, this year, you can bear it if you can, and you can't bear it!"

In the end, Li Xuan almost gritted her teeth and said these words, her cold eyes were like steel knives, scraping on everyone's face.

Many tax collectors in Dongyang County immediately handed over their hands and said in fear: "What the lord said, the humble position is already familiar to me, but this Chen Xiang is too young, some things are used to it, and it is difficult to change it."

"I'm used to it, and it's hard to change it?" Li Xuan sneered, and then said coldly: "It seems that you have done these things really well, since you are used to it, then this king will give the order now.

From today onwards, whenever grain is harvested, if the grain is deliberately caused to fall to the ground, if one catty falls, one stick will drop ten catties, ten sticks will fall, and one hundred catties will fall, then one hundred sticks will be used.

You understand, as long as this king is in Wuzhou for one day, this decree must be fully implemented by the whole Dongyang, so that you can change your bad habits. "

Li Xuan's voice rang in everyone's ears like a thunderstorm, and the people of Huangjia Town in the distance couldn't help whispering while looking surprised.

The faces of many Dongyang tax collectors standing on one side had already turned pale.

If this is the case, it will fundamentally cut off their way of relying on these old methods to make money from taxes.

Everyone's eyes were full of anger, they didn't dare to face Li Xuan or Gu Tan with this anger, so they could only face Chen Mu who was standing on the side.

On the other side, there was Chen Xiang, who was being punished with a staff and kept wailing.

With a sound of "pa", the ten stick duties against Chen Xiang have been executed, and the two Qianniu guards have already helped Chen Xiang with bloody buttocks back to Li Xuan.

Throwing Chen Xiang directly on the ground, the two Qianniuwei retreated into the crowd at the same time.

Li Xuan walked to Chen Xiang's side, stood still, looked at the field of rice in front of him with a serious expression, and asked coldly: "Chen Xiang, are you guilty."

"Chen Xiang is guilty!" The ten-stick stick caused the tax collector Chen Xiang's buttocks to hurt. Facing Li Xuan's questioning, he dared not neglect, lying on the ground, and hurriedly answered.

"It's good to know the crime. In this way, I don't have to punish you as a soldier on the front line of Shangxi, and I don't have to directly dismiss you as a tax collector." Li Xuan's two light words made Chen Xiang, Chen Xiang Mu, and everyone present couldn't help but change their expressions.

The only place in Dongyang where war might happen is the Shangxi Gold Mine.

Sending it to the front line of Shangxi, if you are not careful, you will die.

Being dismissed from the position of tax collector also made Chen Xiang palpitate.

For so many years, because of his position as a tax collector, Chen Xiang has offended many people both publicly and secretly.

If people knew that he was deposed by the King of Nanchang himself because he maliciously collected taxes in front of the King of Nanchang, then I don't know how many people would have revenge.

In that case, Chen Xiangli would not be able to find out if he was dead.

Now it's just a stick and ten sticks, which can be said to be a great grace!
"Hurry up and thank the lord for your forgiveness!" Chen Mu immediately stood up and shouted at his nephew.

Chen Xiang immediately lay down on the ground and cupped his hands: "Thank you..."

"Not busy!" Li Xuan waved his hand directly, looked at the many tax collectors present, and then said coldly: "Today, the king has issued an order. From today onwards, whenever the grain is harvested, the grain will fall into the ground on purpose." If a person drops one catty, one stick, ten catties, ten sticks, one hundred catties, one hundred sticks, this order must be executed."

"Chen Xiang, this king ordered you to supervise this matter in the future. From then on, no matter whether it is an official or a squire, who violates this order, this responsibility will be carried out by himself." As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, Chen Xiang's eyes were full. Already full of surprises, she bowed deeply to Li Xuan: "Thank you, my lord!"

"My lord!" Chen Mugang on the other side wanted to stop him, but Chen Xiang responded directly.

Chen Mu's hand was stretched out in the air, his eyes were already filled with horror.

Li Xuan glanced at Chen Mu lightly, then looked at Chen Xiang expressionlessly and said, "Work hard, in the future not only Dongyang, but the whole Wuzhou will have your potential."

"Thank you, my lord!" Chen Xiang bowed deeply again.

Li Xuan waved her hand and said to Gu Tan: "That's it, let's continue paying taxes!"

Here! "As soon as Gu Tan waved his hand, the tax collectors in the county government immediately began to get busy, but their eyes were already full of jealousy and resentment when they looked at Chen Xiang.

Li Xuan turned around and waved to Huang Bai's family.

Huang Bai immediately walked over with some excitement, and then bowed deeply to Li Xuan: "Thank you, my lord, for your kind protection!"

"This is what this king should do." Li Xuan stretched out his hand to hold the little boy Huang Xi, patted his forehead lightly and said, "Since you love to study, you will be admitted to the county school as soon as possible in the future. Jijiu will teach you to read!"

"Okay!" Huang Xi didn't understand, just nodded, but couldn't understand the meaning of Li Xuan's words.

On the other hand, Huang Bai, who was at the side, immediately cupped his hands to Li Xuan, and said excitedly, "Thank you, my lord!"

"Yeah!" Li Xuan raised her head, looked at Huang Ren on one side, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "Huang Weng, a harmonious family is the luck of the family and the world. I hope you can remember. In addition, Three months later, I will come here to check on your family's autumn grain, so don't let me down."

Huang Bai's cheeks couldn't help twitching slightly, but he still said respectfully: "This old man takes orders."

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded, then turned around and continued to look at the tax payment in front of her.

From beginning to end, he came here for this.

(End of this chapter)