People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 521: The Ming Dynasty was so stingy, why didn’t they exempt them all?
The thief said, "I once asked the same question to the Grand Commander of the Ming Dynasty."

When some people heard the words "Governor of the Ming Dynasty", they were stunned.

Then he stood up and asked, "Captain, what you mean is that you met the Grand Commander of the Ming Dynasty at that time and were persuaded by him, so you summoned us here?"

They were somewhat excited as they said this.

People in the martial arts world sometimes admire the strong. Although they don’t have a good impression of the Ming Dynasty navy, they have to admit that they are indeed quite powerful.

You have to learn from such a powerful person. We also heard that a very young general has come from the Ming Dynasty to lead the entire Sanfuqi. Everyone is very curious about who this young Dadudu is.

How can he achieve such success at the age of less than 30?

I even wanted to see his face and see what this young Dudu was capable of.

Why does he dare to come to this place? After all, it is thousands of miles away from here. Isn't he afraid of death?

In fact, he is also very interested in the thief Xia Yuanji.

You know, he is already over 30 years old, but he is just a little famous in the world.

However, Xia Yuanji was less than 30 years old and had already served as a third-rank official in a country as big as the Ming Dynasty.

Although he didn't know what a third-rank official actually represented, he understood it very well.

The size of the Ming Dynasty was ten or twenty times larger than that of Srivijaya. It was not easy to be an official in Srivijaya, and managing the people was a difficult problem.

But Xia Yuanji was so young, yet he was able to serve as a third-rank official in such a large area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, managing tens of millions of people.

His power is even greater than that of the king of Srivijaya.

Such a person can be so calm at such an age.

The thieves, who had seen countless big shots, were all impressed and couldn't help but sigh that people from a big country really had a different temperament.

Now seeing that the colleagues present all admire Xia Yuanji so much, it can be known that everyone admires the strong.

The thief shook his head and regained his consciousness.

Know what to do now.

He immediately said: "Don't worry about what the governor's plan is after he comes, but from the perspective of the two national policies they want to implement, it is actually just as he said.

They came here not just to plunder the local resources, nor did they come here just to act like vampires and lie on the backs of the people of Sanfuqi.

What they want is a prosperous and stable Srivijaya.

What they want is that the Ming Dynasty will be the first to annex our territory, and then we can live well according to the Ming Dynasty's ways.

They want a model.

We are very lucky, although our country has been destroyed. But think about it, even if our country had not been destroyed, could we have lived a good life?
Don't talk about national justice. This is just a banner. Even if we talk about it here, the people themselves may not agree with it.

The common people did not care whether they were ruled by the court of Srivijaya or the court of the Ming Dynasty.

As I said before, ordinary people just want to live a good life, have food to eat and clothes to wear when the weather is cold.

As for the rest, they are all imposed on the people by us secular people."

After the thief finished speaking, he looked at everyone present.

I saw that although there was no expression on their faces, their eyes conveyed their meaning.

They also agreed with what the thief had just said.

So the thief waved his hand and said, "Since no one objects, let's immediately have our minions spread the news of the upcoming reforms in the Ming Dynasty."

After these people were persuaded by the thief, they really didn't say anything. The dozens of people staying in the dilapidated temple, plus the more than a hundred people on the lawn outside, all felt that the thief's words made sense after listening to them.

However, some people also expressed their opinions, asking why the common people must pay the remaining 40% of taxes. The common people have suffered so much, and since the tax has been reduced by 60%, they should be good people to the end.

The thief felt a little angry when he heard this. After all, the amount had been reduced by 60%, but some people still felt it was not enough. This was the greed of human nature.

Among this group of about a hundred people, some would say that the reduction is too little, not to mention among a population of millions, there would definitely be more people who would say that the reduction is too little.

But has it really decreased?
No, it has been reduced by 60%, and only 40% of the taxes need to be paid.

This 40% tax is actually very light for the people. After all, paying for one year is equivalent to paying for two years of taxes.

Isn't this a great blessing for the people? Moreover, what Xia Yuanji had said to him made a lot of sense to him.

The thieves knew very well that if they wanted these people to willingly promote the national policies of the Ming Dynasty, they had to be convinced.

We must make them understand, as fully as we do, how good this national policy of the Ming Dynasty is so that they will no longer have doubts.

So the thief told him what Xia Yuanji had told him.

The thief said, "I know what you are thinking. I once thought of exempting the people from taxes and letting the rich pay the taxes.

But have you ever thought about one thing: how many rich people are there?

Even if the taxes they pay were increased by fifty or a hundred times, how much would that add to the national treasury?"

The thief's words made everyone present fall silent. Although these people didn't know how many rich people there were, they could guess that the number must be much less than that of the poor.

So I can agree with this one.

The thief continued, "Can you understand one thing? If we only ask the rich to pay taxes and not the common people, will the rich be satisfied?

If they are not convinced, do you know what they will do?
It is true that they have to pay a lot of taxes, but after paying the taxes, they will double the price of the things they sell, and in the end, we ordinary people will be the victims. Do you agree with this?"

When this was said, everyone present understood.

As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep, never from the dog.

They pay so much in taxes, they will definitely get it back in other ways.

By then, the money will be recovered in the price of goods, but in the end, it is the ordinary people who will be hurt.

It is with this in mind that a balance needs to be struck.

Then the thief said: "Another thing, if we only tax the rich, then no matter how much they pay, it is too little?
Without sufficient taxes, the national treasury will not be able to pay salaries to officials.

I know you will definitely hate those officials, but if there are no such officials to manage the world, I would like to ask everyone present here, who among you has the ability to manage an area?
By that time, there will be gangs of thieves and robbers everywhere. Who will search for the thieves and arrest the robbers? Do the people have to do it themselves?

And if we want these people to do these things, don’t we need to pay them a salary? Don’t we need to pay them wages?

Where does this money come from? Does it come out of thin air?
Don’t all these come from taxes?
What we hate is not the taxation imposed by the court, but the excessive taxation."

As soon as this statement was made, everyone agreed with it. In fact, the main objection was the excessively high taxes, which made it difficult for the people to bear, and was the real source of evil.

As for collecting taxes, they still agreed, because without taxes, there would be no way to support the imperial army.

There was no way to ask the imperial army to protect their own land.

Those officials are not necessarily all good-for-nothings; they can also do things within their capabilities.

Without them, there would be no one to deal with neighborhood disputes.

After answering the questions of everyone present, they also agreed with the Ming Dynasty's tax policy to a certain extent.

Only then would they be willing to help the Ming Dynasty with propaganda.

Just as the thief said, now we can calm down and observe the Ming Dynasty to see if they really want to make things better for the people of Sanfuqi.

Now everyone present was convinced, and they immediately clasped their hands to the thief and said, "Boss, as you said, if the Ming Dynasty really wants to help us, we are willing to promote it for them.

But please remember one thing, if the Ming Dynasty does not do as they say, we will definitely rise up.

No matter how weak our current strength is, as long as we are in Sanfuqi, we can find ways to cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty.

But if they can really do it, we will support them wholeheartedly.

As I said before, let's wait and see. We will not smear the Ming Dynasty, nor will we blindly believe them when there is no result. "

After that, an old man led everyone to leave the ruined temple first, and then waited for the thieves to give them brochures.

After the thieves had spread the news to the gangsters around the capital, they immediately went to the Governor's Mansion to look for Xia Yuanji.

At this time, Xia Yuanji was still wandering around the street and saw some new things.

It turned out that quite a few young people from Sanfuji, after hearing that the Queen Mother's family had been completely wiped out, actually started to come to the capital in a group.

Then they went to the Queen Mother's family's door to vent their anger.

At first, Xia Yuanji and his friends thought that these people wanted to speak up for the Empress Dowager's family, but they discovered it when they got closer.

These young people were actually celebrating with laughter.

This was something new to Xia Yuanji and the others. After all, the Queen Mother's family was from the country of Sanfuzi.

They had done so many things that angered God and man that these young people would run to the door to celebrate after hearing that they had been killed.

Upon asking, I found out that these young people were once well-educated people who originally wanted to come to the capital to seek an official position.

The Queen Mother's family did extend an olive branch, allowing these young people to think they could realize their ambitions.

But what they didn't expect was that they were actually being used. The purpose was to let them help the children of major families in the capital to pass the examination of the court.

In other words, they were used as gunmen and their places were taken by impersonators.

Originally, according to the strength of the Empress Dowager's family and other families, there was no need to do all these fancy things and they could just let their family members become officials.

But at that time the king had just ascended the throne, and he was full of enthusiasm and ready to carry out reforms, so he planned to implement the so-called selection of officials based on their talents in the capital.

The Queen Mother and other families allowed the king to carry out these reforms in order to test his power.

However, the Queen Mother and her people would not let the king succeed easily, so while they agreed to the king's reforms, they deliberately found some outstanding talents from the public to impersonate the king and use their places to disgust the king.

I heard that after the king learned about this incident, he realized that he had been tricked by the Queen Mother and her people. He was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

The Queen Mother also wanted to make an example of him and let the King know that even if he wanted to play, we could still play with him.

But we have plenty of ways to make your so-called reform a joke.

The king was indeed very wary of the Queen Mother and her ilk, and no longer dared to easily propose reforms.

But those young people who were used by the Queen Mother seemed very innocent.

What's wrong with them?

They just wanted a platform to display their talents and thought that the Queen Mother and others were extending them an olive branch.

But they didn't expect it to be such a disgusting thing. Many young people immediately prepared to file a complaint and appeal to the king.

But he encountered revenge from the Queen Mother and others.

At that time, these people gathered in a teahouse and were preparing to go to the palace together, but unexpectedly a group of thugs suddenly rushed in.

Without saying a word, he picked up a stick and attacked the group of young people.

There were a total of forty-five people gathered together that time, but only twelve survived.

And he was lucky enough to survive with the help of some people in the teahouse.

Because of this incident, these people could only hide in various places across the country and never dared to return to the capital.

This time they heard outside that the Ming Dynasty army had attacked, occupied Sanfuqi, and destroyed the Queen Mother's family.

Originally, they thought that the Ming Dynasty's occupation of Srivijaya was a hopeless event.

It was later discovered that the Ming Dynasty did not plunder the people as unscrupulously as the court of Sanfuqi did.

This won great appreciation from these young people.

These young people originally had great determination to serve the court, but they suffered such a blow.

Only then did they realize that the current imperial court was completely unable to provide them with anything and even only wanted to use them.

After dying once, these young people became completely desperate.

Now that they heard that the Queen Mother's family had been destroyed, they returned to the capital.

On the one hand, I want to see if it is true, and on the other hand, I want to tell my colleagues in the underground that now that the Ming Dynasty has avenged you, you can rest in peace.

Xia Yuanji and his companions saw these young people and were determined to recruit talents.

So Xia Yuanji and his companions squeezed through the crowd and moved forward, just in front of the young men.

Unexpectedly, one of the young men turned around and saw Xia Yuanji and the others. He immediately shouted, "I didn't expect that the Grand Commander of the Ming Dynasty would be peeking from behind. Don't they dare to confront us openly?"

Xia Yuanji was somewhat surprised when he heard people talking...

(End of this chapter)