"Hmm?" Chu Yu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the sound, "Half?"

"It's half. After a walk around Sui County, the farmer said that half of the harvest was handed over."

Chu Yu's face looked ugly and said coldly, "The law of Jin State stipulates that farmers will have 30% taxes, and if the land is barren, it will be reduced by 10%."

This is a matter that is determined by the plain law, but is an iron law that cannot be changed.

Now, Jing Wei said that Sui County will collect half of the taxes, and Chu Yu did not know the reason for the bandits' chaos, and knew that there was something wrong with the matter.

"Tell me clearly, what's going on?"

Jing Wei told Chu Yu everything, that this matter was not just a bandit problem.

"There may be something wrong with the government."

Jing Wei was originally determined to suppress the bandits, but things suddenly changed, and she couldn't help feeling a little calm.

Chu Yu remained silent and thought for a while before speaking, "Go and tent to the tent, send someone to Sui County Government Office."

"night?"

"daytime."

*

Sui County Government Office.

Jing Wei took a group of Jing's army to go there, and immediately revealed his identity and asked to meet the county magistrate.

The yamen guarding the gate had never seen this scene before, and immediately rushed to the inner hall and shouted that the county magistrate was the master.

When the Sui County County officials brought their people out in panic, Jing Wei and his friends had already arrived at the government office, stood in the main hall, and faced the county magistrate Zhang Zhengtang who came in.

Zhang Zhengtang looked at the girl in Zhongwei and did not come back to his senses for a moment, and was stunned and stunned.

He thought it was a big shot in the capital, a great man, but he didn't know that he was actually a yellow-haired girl!

A delicate lady from nowhere came from, brought a family member and broke into the government office as an imperial envoy. It was a joke!

Zhang Zhengtang immediately straightened his waist and looked at Jing Wei with a smile, "I don't know which lady came to Sui County for a trip. Since she came here, she was a distinguished guest. The county was not well received, so I hope the lady would forgive her."

Jing Wei curled her lips and chuckled, saw Zhang Zhengtang's change in her expression, and looked at him in reverse.

This Sui County official is Zhou Zheng, with a national face, straight eyebrows and bright eyes, and a clear look, giving people a very favorable impression.

Jing Wei has never seen a person who feels full of righteousness at first sight.

"Are you the county magistrate Zhang Zhengtang?"

Zhang Zhengtang was stunned and suddenly became angry. This little girl dared to call him by her name directly, but what was her identity?

However, he really didn't know where she came from, so he could only hold back his smile and said, "It's this county."

"Oh," Jing Wei replied faintly, took out a roll of bright yellow from the cuffs, and threw it directly over.

"Look at this thing."

This is the imperial edict that the emperor asked her to come to the south to suppress bandits. Apart from that, she really had nothing else to prove her identity.

It was this imperial edict, but it was enough.

Zhang Zhengtang felt a flash in front of him, and a scroll fell like a man. He looked down and was so scared that he immediately knelt on the ground.

"This, this..."

"Look at it quickly, I have something to ask you after reading it." Jing Wei said impatiently.

Zhang Zhengtang immediately opened the imperial edict with a trembling trembling. The more he looked, the more frightened he became. After reading it, he felt as if he was depressed and had no strength.

He is so unlucky, why did he really meet the imperial envoy?

Why didn't the emperor send someone to suppress the bandits even send any news?

"Are you finished reading?"

Zhang Zhengtang nodded blankly, then got up and respectfully returned the imperial edict to Jing Li, and dared not act rashly again.

The joke is that the girl in front of him is General Jing’s daughter, the lady of the general’s mansion, and she can’t be offended by him, a small county magistrate.

He didn't want to lose his official position and returned to his hometown to farm.

"Miss Jing, you have a large number of masters. The lower officials don't know that you are the imperial envoy sent by the emperor. I hope the lady will forgive me."

Zhang Zhengtang asked Jing Wei to sit down, and quickly ordered someone to serve tea and snacks, and laughed and talked with her, for fear of making her unhappy again.

Seeing this, Jing Wei started drinking tea slowly and then talked about the serious things.

After a while, an hour passed.

Zhang Zhengtang had cramps with smiles, and his mouth was spitting dry. He was a little dazed and was in a depressed mood.

What's wrong with this young lady? I'm really drinking and eating like this. Don't you have something to ask?

Zhang Zhengtang kept remembering this, worried that he would have done something wrong and was caught with a braid.

Jing Wei had enough food and drink, waved his hand, and then said, "I came here to suppress bandits. I heard that the bandits were in chaos and the people stopped farming, and the food prices remained high."

Zhang Zhengtang nodded, looked bitter, and beat his chest and stamped his feet, "No, the harvest has been taken away by the bandits for most of the time. The people are not full, and the officials are heartbroken!"

Jing Wei suddenly changed her face when she saw the person in front of her, like a performer, and her style changed very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, there are tears in the corners of your eyes?

Jing Wei couldn't help but twitch her mouth, and she was so scared to meet her candy.

"Well, you're heartbroken, what measures are you going to take?"

Zhang Zhengtang expressed his embarrassment, and he talked a few times about the officers and soldiers of the county government, and then said that it was necessary to protect the county town of Sui County, and finally he was sad.

"There are only dozens of people who can be sent out to suppress the bandits. Often, before they even arrived at their gangster's nest, they were ambushed halfway, with heavy casualties."

Zhang Zhengtang said suddenly, his face became joyful again, and he looked at her excitedly, as if he had seen hope.

"Now that Miss Jing is here by order, she has brought so many experts. I believe she can help me solve the dangers and avoid the suffering of hunger and fear."

...

Jing Wei left with a smile, and as soon as she left the government office, she swears.

"Damn it, the roundabout tactics are very good. After a while, I'm still holding the blame on me. I'm so thick-skinned!"

Jing Yu couldn't help but look at Jing Wei and sighed, "Miss is also a master. The county magistrate Zhang Zhengtang was so angry with you."

"I need to anger him? I'm a senior official and I'm the biggest here now. I can just get him up with just one finger."

Jing Yu shook his head and just looked at Jing Wei and cursed back.

After returning to the courtyard, Jing Wei took Jing Yu to the backyard and discussed with Chu Yu.

"This Zhang Zhengtang is a slippery head. He doesn't reveal important information in a word. He only knows that the so-called 50% tax, in addition to the 30% tax stipulated by the state, also includes 20% protection tax."

Jing Wei couldn't help laughing, "I've heard of gangsters collecting protection fees. This county magistrate collects protection taxes for the people, which is really an eye-opener."

This book is from Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint it!
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