Lord Moyu was forced to open

To the east is the county government office.

After receiving the news that Guan Ning was bringing someone here, Huang Dinglun, the magistrate of Donglin County, waited at the gate of the county.

Other counties have to burn fish scale albums like the county, but Donglin County does not.

There was indeed so much land in their county, but it was not certain who would pay the taxes, so he was not panicked at all.

Anyway, the people sent by the imperial court were just checking to see if anyone was hiding their land and not paying taxes. They paid taxes on all the land in Donglin County, so they couldn't be blamed on him.

With this idea in mind, he was happy to see the arrival of Guan Ning and his party.

Maybe when Guan Ning and the others go back, the Holy One can take a look!

Hey!

There is actually no hidden land in this county. This county magistrate has done a good job. Sheng! Big rise!

However, when Guan Ning arrived, Huang Dinglun discovered that things did not seem to happen as he thought.

Snapped!

As soon as the alarm sounded, Guan Ning sat in the seat that originally belonged to Huang Dinglun and asked Wang Dagen below:

"Who are you here, and why are you here today? Tell them all quickly!"

Huang Dinglun was sitting on the companion seat with a gloomy look on his face.

After receiving Guan Ning at the city gate this morning, the words he spoke made him understand that his hope of promotion was probably in vain.

What's more, it is not impossible to punish the crime.

"Huang County Magistrate, how come I just entered your county and someone came to complain, saying that you passed on other people's land taxes and let other people pay it on their behalf, forcing their families to die, and even their fields were forcibly taken away by your county government. ?”

Next, Guan Ning borrowed his county government office to start hearing the case.

Down below, Wang Dagen had already been handed over, so he did not panic at this time and immediately said: "Master Qingtian, you are an official sent by the emperor. You have to make decisions for the common people!"

His words made Huang Dinglun's face darken even more.

The official sent by the emperor makes the decision for you. You don't know what you mean by saying that I can't make the decision for you. I need the emperor to make the decision for you. Does that mean that I am incompetent?

If this were the case in the past, with just this sentence, he would immediately ask the yamen servant to give this old man twenty pieces of advice to teach him how to speak.

It's a pity that today is not my home court, so I can only listen here with a dark face.

Then I heard the old man continue: "The second brother is from Xiaowangzhuang'er in Donglin County. His family originally has two acres of thin farmland, and his wife and son have three people. Since ten years ago..."

Next, Wang Dagen explained how he had been overcharged in field taxes over the years, and even five times more this year. He couldn't afford to pay so much field taxes, and his only two acres of land were robbed of him. Everything was told in detail.

After the sufferer finished describing his experience, Guan Ning immediately turned to look at the dark-faced Huang Dinglun and asked:

"Magistrate Huang, what do you think is going on?

Why do you still ask innocent people to pay taxes for others in Donglin County? "

Huang Dinglun had a dark face, and first glared at Wang Dagen fiercely. Wang Dagen shrank in fear, but when he thought of what the general said when he came, they represented the emperor. The emperor was older than the county magistrate, so he After thinking for a while, he straightened his back and stared back.

This made Huang Dinglun's face darker.

presumptuous! A mere pariah dares to glare at this county. When these people leave, let's see how I deal with you!

After gathering his thoughts, Huang Dinglun immediately cupped his hands and said:

"General, this is just a one-sided statement by this villager, but it cannot be taken as true. If everyone says so and we all take it as true, then the court's laws will be messed up."

Guan Ning nodded: "Well, what you said, County Magistrate Huang, makes sense."

Immediately, Guan Min was stunned again and asked Wang Dagen:

"That person in the hall, do you have evidence to prove that what you said is true? If you don't have evidence, you will be punished if you make a false accusation immediately!"

Huang Dinglun looked at Wang Dagen with a sneer, concluding that he would never have any evidence. He had already told himself about his career, everything was sorted from beginning to end, and the tax records submitted every year were reasonable and compliant.

What evidence can this untouchable come up with?

However, what he didn't expect was that when Wang Dagen heard this, he immediately said loudly:

"Master Qingtian, yes! Yes! Yes! I have the collection documents from the Yamen!

It clearly states how many acres of land I have and how much tax I pay!

Whether you have paid too much or not, Mr. Qingtian will tell you at a glance! "

"Oh? Yes? Then submit it!"

Guan Ning glanced at Huang Dinglun next to him with a meaningful look on his face. At this time, Huang Dinglun's face had darkened.

Collect documents?

What is this?

Will the Yamen still distribute these things to the villagers?

He doesn't know!

Huang Dinglun, who usually didn't care much about the affairs of Donglin County and left it to his master to handle it, didn't even know that it didn't mean that nothing would be given to the people after they paid taxes. Otherwise, if you have clearly collected taxes from others, but then turn around and ask them to pay taxes again, what will they do?

Every time a tax is collected, the yamen must issue a tax collection document to the people as proof, so that the people will pay the tax.

Common people are just ignorant, not stupid.

It's just that this matter is usually handled by Master Zhang Ying. He doesn't know at all, and that's why he behaves like he is now.

His face was obviously a little panicked, and he kept secretly praying that there were no flaws in the document.

It's a pity that things backfired.

When the documents that Wang Dagen took out below were presented to Guan Ning, he pretended to look through a few of them. Guan Ning slapped the table hard and shouted at the restless Huang Dinglun:

"Magistrate Huang! Is what is written in this document true?

Your yamen collects thirty buckets of grain from two acres of land?

I will remember that the land tax of the imperial dynasty was only three measures of grain per acre per year, right?

Where did these thirty buckets come from?

Could it be that you overcharged the common people's land taxes because you were greedy? "

As soon as he heard that the blame was on him, Huang Dinglun quickly defended loudly:

"General, Huang is absolutely not greedy for ink, absolutely not greedy for ink!"

“Then where did the extra harvest go?!

I had someone check before I came to Donglin County. The taxes you paid in Donglin County over the years have not been more than a penny, or even a little less.

Where have all the extra taxes and grain you collected gone?

Say!

Is it you, Huang Dinglun, who is greedy, or is it that the extra grain tax has been diverted by your county government to tax other people's taxes, allowing innocent people to pay taxes for others in vain! "

At this point, Guan Ning stood up suddenly and took out the knife from his waist with a clang.

The snow-white sword light reflected on Huang Dinglun's face, turning his face completely pale in an instant!

The soldiers brought by Guan Ning around the court also drew half of their swords.

The cold light from the blade flashed throughout the county government office, making people tremble with fear!

Huang Dinglun was frightened, trembling all over, and hurriedly said:

"General... calm down your anger. The official did not collect more food, let alone be greedy for food!"

"Then why do people harvest thirty buckets of grain from two acres of land? This is written in black and white on a piece of paper, and it is stamped with the official seal of your yamen. How can you deny it?

Believe it or not, I will chop off your dog's head right now! "

Guan Ning shouted loudly, and Huang Dinglun was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly, but he didn't notice that the chair behind him suddenly fell over in a panic, and he fell to the ground, his face distorted.

But at this time, he didn't care so much anymore. Even though he was still on the ground, he hurriedly explained: "General, I really don't know. I usually ask my master to handle these things, right!" It was all done by the master. This must be all the good deeds of that master!

General, the master must have done this without telling the subordinate! "

Finally finding something to shirk, Huang Dinglun quickly blamed everything on his master.

His master was originally a close friend of his from the same hometown, but he had no family background and had always failed in the exams. Later, in order to make a living, he followed him to Donglin County after he passed the exam. He would definitely help him take on all the responsibilities. of.

Otherwise, his family would not let his family go.

Moreover, it was originally because he failed to clean up the mess and actually gave these untouchables the documents to collect, which led to this incident. It was only natural that he resisted!

Thinking of this, Huang Dinglun became more determined.

Guan Ning didn't care what he was thinking, and sneered: "Okay, since you said it was your master who did it, then tell your master to come and confront me!

come! "

"exist!"

"It is said that Master Yuan Zhi from Donglin County has come to the court for a confrontation!"

"promise!"

The soldiers left quickly and captured a government official and asked him to lead the way to the master Yuan Zhi in Donglin County.

In the hall, Guan Ning sneered at Huang Dinglun, who was still breathing heavily, and said coldly:

"Magistrate Huang, you'd better pray that nothing happens to you, otherwise, His Majesty has given me the right to act expediently.

By then, it won't be something that can be solved by just killing you! "

Huang Dinglun was so frightened that he shrank his neck again, looking exactly like Wang Dagen who was frightened by him before!

...(End of chapter)