A bunch of coins rolled down to the ground, and then they were clearly divided into two colors. A small amount looked like the kind the nobleman held in his hand, while the more coins were blue and gray, bad money.

The people watching suddenly burst into laughter.

That's it, although everyone is rotten, as long as you see someone being exposed as rotten and you haven't been exposed yet, then you are qualified to laugh at that rotten person.

The tax official said in a deep voice: "That's it, do you understand? We only charge Western coins, gold, silver, and copper coins will do. Don't fool Yu with bad money anymore!"

"Hmph!" Some of the Jizhou nobles snorted and led others out. The rest, some of whom were smart, reacted immediately and followed suit. Jizhou is so big, naturally there can't be only one place.

Naturally, there are tax officials in other places, and the tax officials in Yecheng, who have just taken office, are originally based in Yuzhou, so there is no need to give face to these people from Jizhou, but what about the tax officials in other places...

Therefore, even if they were defeated in Yecheng, many gentry children immediately turned around and went to other places, either with inducements or threats. Anyway, since the bad money has been minted, they must not fall into their own hands.

!

So, naturally, a few days later, when the taxes collected from various places were brought to Yecheng, the "upright" tax collector of Yecheng found that the bad money he had rejected had returned to his hands.

…

Cao Cao stood in the warehouse with a dark face, looking at the "five baht coin" in his hand that broke into three pieces when he pinched it in his palm. His beard was shaking, and he stopped after a while and threw away the pieces.

On the ground, "Come here, immediately seize Julu, Qinghe, Zhao, Zhongshan, Hejian and other local tax officials, as well as tax payment records, and bring them to Ye!"

However, as Cao Cao's order was issued, something more interesting happened.

A Julu tax collector drank too much and fell into the river at night and drowned...

A Qinghe tax collector was hit by an enemy in a busy city and stabbed three times. He bled to death...

The tax collector of the Zhao family has fled and does not know where he is going...

A tax collector in Zhongshan hanged himself at home...

The tax collector from Hejian was able to catch the soldiers because they moved quickly, but on the way to Ye, he committed suicide by taking poison...

Cao Cao was furious and immediately arrested all the county magistrates.

A few days later, Cao Cao, dressed in imperial robes, was sitting in a high hall, and at the foot of the hall were a row of county and township officials kneeling.

Even Cao Cao couldn't expect things to reach this point.

But if you want Cao Cao to swallow this breath, firstly, Cao Cao cannot bear it, and secondly, this kind of precedent cannot be set. Therefore, Cao Cao must give an explanation and have a result.

Before today's public trial, Cao Cao sent people to secretly explain to these county and township officials that as long as they confessed, they would not be held accountable...

Cao Cao did not want to clean up the Jizhou gentry in one fell swoop. After all, bad money is now mixed together. Who can say which family must have minted these bad money? Isn't there a surname written on the coins? So?

We can only rely on witnesses, then arrest one or two as examples, kill them directly, and then order the rest of the nobles to correct themselves.

After all, there was a fire in the granary... Well, tax evasion is also wrong. Minting bad money is not a capital crime. Isn't it still okay to educate...

However, when the script is in progress, it may not always be as the director wishes...

"Subordinate... I have something to say..." the Qinghe County magistrate kowtowed.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, then glanced around at the representatives of the major Jizhou gentry who were listening outside, and said in a deep voice: "Speak!"

Qinghe County Magistrate, surnamed Fan.

Magistrate Fan slowly raised his head and said: "My subordinates are guilty... I failed to detect the bad people and used the bad to pass off the good, and paid the taxes cunningly, resulting in a lot of bad money in the taxes paid..."

Cao Cao slowly exhaled, nodded and said: "No one is a sage. He can never make mistakes. If he has made mistakes, he can correct them. There is no way to do good. Although you are not aware of it, you are not the mastermind. If you report and expose the bad things, you can atone for your sins...

…』

The Jizhou nobles outside could not help but feel a little restless. Chirping sounds came out, and the soldiers suddenly shouted: "Silence! Silence!"

The scene fell silent again.

Cao Cao looked at Qinghe County Magistrate Fan, showed a slight smile, nodded and encouraged: "If what I remember is correct, you are from an imperial family, and you were appointed as an official in Hejian because of your filial piety and integrity. In the past, your Majesty returned eastward, and you have sent

For the contribution of grain and grass, I ordered you to pay homage to Yilang, and later transferred to the Qinghe Order... Now you should know that the court is not easy, the country is the most important, it is necessary to be loyal and filial, and the honor will last forever... But if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly..."

Magistrate Fan County of Qinghe slowly raised his head and said: "Those who are filial should not betray their relatives in order to benefit themselves; those who are benevolent should not forget the emperor for selfish reasons; those who are ambitious should not take advantage of the chaos and steal famous weapons..." Sikong Shou

To be clear-minded, to have the world in mind, to be virtuous and righteous, to advocate benevolence, to respect the emperor, to protect the country... As the saying goes, one cannot express filial piety if one's father is not merciful, and one cannot express loyalty if one forgets where one's ancestors live..."

At the beginning, Cao Cao listened and nodded slightly, but later he frowned slightly, his slender eyes stared at the Qinghe County Magistrate closely, and his beard trembled slightly.

"...It is not a pity to be evil to cherish evil fortune but betray a close friend, to be far away from wealth and danger but to be close to danger, to abandon a clear righteousness and accept great shame!" The voice of the Qinghe County magistrate became louder and louder, "During the Yan Ping period, the Yuan family conquered several times.

The total amount of grain and grass turned in by Qinghe was 1,011,000 and more than 100,000 hu. In the first year of Taixing, another 300,000 hu were levied. In the second year, another 4300,000 hu were levied! When Cao Gong arrived at Yecheng, the taxes raised by the Yuan family were:

None of them were taken into account, and taxes were levied again, and military supplies were allocated. First, they levied hundreds of thousands of dendrobium, which was less than ten months old, and then they collected another hundred and fifty thousand hu of dendrobium! The cold winter was over, and there was no consideration for the people and no sympathy for the local land. Excessive levies were imposed, and farming was not carried out.

Another three hundred and seventy thousand hu of dendrobium was transferred! If there is no grain to transfer, it is just money! In a hurry, where can I find the money to pay? Therefore, this crime of mishandling money is undetected by me, but Mr. Cao

Isn't it guiltless? As the sky can tell, Qinghe, old and young, all have vegetables on their faces and die of hunger in the wild! Today there are no seeds for cultivation, the fields have no power to work, and the people have no green and yellow food. This is where Cao Gong lived.

Governance, the world is bright, and the Han Dynasty is in the court! If someone is guilty, he will take his own life to pay for it, and he does not know the crime of Cao Gong, so what should he do?! 』

After saying that, the Qinghe County Magistrate hit his head on a stone, and his head split instantly and he died...

There was an uproar at the scene!
Chapter completed!