Chapter 507 What, does my family have to pay taxes too
"You said forget it?" Mrs. Chen didn't have a good look on her face. She was very angry and rude to the household secretary who said that her son was gone. That's all, he dared to curse that his pig was gone.
"Hey, what do you, a village woman, want?" Hu Shu sneered and took out the shelf he usually used at the county government office.
Mr. Zhu is sweating on his forehead. Why are you so ignorant? Just now you managed to get everyone to ignore them. What kind of temper are you showing now? This is not the case. In my own family, I have offended the household secretary, and we are the ones who suffer. Why don’t we understand this?
"You can call me a village woman?" Ms. Chen glared hard at the bookkeeper.
"There are things in Huaining County that I can't call you." The household secretary glanced at Mr. Chen contemptuously, sneered, and assumed a strong posture.
"Master Feng, Master Feng, please calm down." Uncle Zhu Shouren stepped forward over the crowd, bowed his hands to Hu Shu, bowed to the end, made eye contact with Hu Shu, then turned around and straightened up to face Mr. Chen He preached with a serious look on his face, "Brothers and sisters, this is Mr. Feng, the magistrate of our Huaining County government office. He is in charge of the fish scale album, money, grain, and land clearing of our Huaining County." He is in charge of collecting money and food from all over the county. Mr. Feng came to measure the land with us on business, so my brothers and sisters should be careful. We can't afford to be punished if we interfere with the business."
"Humph. "Feng Hushu snorted hard as soon as his uncle Zhu Shouren finished speaking. He flicked his sleeves and turned his face upward, leaving everyone with a high chin.
"You can't scream at me!" Feng Hushu's attitude made Chen even more angry.
"You" Feng Hushu's face was filled with clouds, as if he were a tiger provoked by a rabbit, and seemed about to show its fangs impatiently.
"Lord Feng, please calm down." Uncle Zhu Shouren once again stepped forward and saluted Feng Hushu, "My brothers and sisters, country people are ignorant, don't blame me."
"Oh, it's Mr. Zhu, why aren't you studying at home to prepare for the exam? I heard Liu Your Excellency has high hopes for Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, please don't betray Mr. Liu's trust." Feng Hushu lowered his chin as if he had just seen his uncle Zhu Shouren, and looked at his uncle Zhu Shouren with special eyes.
"I would like to borrow your kind words." Uncle Zhu Shouren held his hand again, made a small movement with his fingers, and made a subtle look.
"Yes." Feng Hushu nodded tacitly.
The two of them had a perfect understanding of each other, and everything was kept in silence, as if they had been discussed in advance.
"Forget it, for Mr. Zhu's sake, forget it this time. I won't argue with you, a village woman, and I won't do it next time." Feng Hushu cleared his throat and glanced at Mrs. Chen, as if he was showing kindness.
"Thank you, Mr. Feng." Uncle Zhu Shouren thanked him repeatedly, then turned his eyes to Mr. Zhu and Mr. Chen, and reminded him with gestures, "Second brother, younger brother and sister, please thank Mr. Feng quickly."
< br>Feng Hushu put on airs at the right time, waiting for Zhu's father and Chen to bow and apologize. He felt that he was almost showing off his power, and it was time to get to the point of the play at this point.
"Master Feng?" Mrs. Chen sneered, and then asked, "What rank is Master Feng?"
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Chen's question made Feng Hushu, who was putting on airs, cough, and his face was a little red with an official accent. Although he said that he had some real power in the county government, he was a typical person. Officials, there is no establishment in the imperial court, so how can they have any rank?
"Is there anyone who knows the county magistrate?" Chen asked again.
Feng Hushu's face turned even redder. The county magistrate was a seventh-grade official, so he was qualified to be compared with the county magistrate.
"I am a member of the sixth rank of An'an personally named by the emperor. When you, the county magistrate, greet me, you all greet me, but you talk like a village woman." Mrs. Chen sneered.
The expression on Feng Hushu's face flickered after hearing this. In fact, he had always known that Chen was from Liupin'an. He also knew when the magistrate sent someone to express his gratitude, but he just ignored Chen on purpose. The identity was intentional, because his purpose just now was to give Chen and Zhu's father a showdown, so he deliberately ignored Chen's identity as a sixth-grade Anren.
Thinking about what knowledge a village woman, Chen, could have, she first showed off her power and put on airs, which probably frightened the village woman. She herself couldn’t even remember that she was a sixth-grade Anren. of the title.
First show off your power and suppress them, and then measure the land and talk about money, food, taxes and taxes to scare them.
As for whether Zhu Shouren's plan can succeed or not, it doesn't matter to him, but not a single penny of the twenty taels of silver promised before.
However, I never expected that there was some discrepancy between what Zhu Shouren said, and this Mrs. Chen was not an ordinary village woman.
Now listening to Mr. Chen mentioning his identity as a sixth-grade Anren, Feng Hushu's expression changed a few times, and then a stiff smile appeared on his face, and he arched his hand towards Mr. Chen without a smile. He saluted calmly, "Oh, it turns out to be Mrs. Zhu. I wonder which village woman she is. I have seen Mrs. Zhu before."
Although Feng Hushu said he was saluting, he didn't. How much respect is meant. So what can a Liupinan person do? He just has a name for etiquette, and he has no real power. It is just a false name. If Zhu Pingan was still alive, it would be a different matter. But now, Zhu Ping'an is gone, you have no backing, and there are no other officials in your family, not even anyone with a good reputation in the county, so what do you have to worry about, so you dare to accept this matter? .
"Huh." Mrs. Chen snorted coldly.
"Mrs. Zhu, don't be surprised. Xiaguan also came here on an errand to measure the land. In the past, Mrs. Zhu's family naturally had no worries about taxes when Mr. Zhu was here. But now, Xiaguan has measured the land. It will be easy to calculate Mrs. Zhu’s taxes in the future," Feng Hu Shupi said with a smile.
“You must know that our government attaches great importance to taxes. The so-called ‘those who dare not to self-tax, and who do not pay in real terms will be disqualified from the tax system, and will serve as county magistrates for one year.’ If you fail to pay after the due date, you will receive less Anyone who fails to pay will be severely punished. Not only will the land be confiscated, but they will also be punished with hard labor." Feng Hushu continued, and the expression on his face gradually became serious.
"Paying grain and paying taxes is a matter of course. Now that Mr. Zhu is gone, unless there is another scholar or scholar in your family who is qualified for tax exemption," Feng Hu wrote with a sneer.
After listening to Feng Hushu's words, Mr. Zhu couldn't help but turn his eyes to Zhu's father. He also thought of the suggestion made by his eldest son Zhu Shouren that day.
"Who said that my son is gone? My son will definitely come back." Mrs. Chen was angry and wanted to go up and scratch him, but Father Zhu held her back.
"Mrs. Zhu, it's better to express your condolences and accept the change. The lower official is busy first, and the measurement is done. When it's time to pay the tax, I will send someone to notify Mrs. Zhu. Okay, let's continue the measurement." Feng Hushu said impatiently He said something, then raised his hand and ordered the yamen servant to continue measuring.
“Pay taxes?”
"Why, does my family have to pay taxes too?"
At this moment, a young man's voice sounded in Feng Hushu's ears.
"Of course, it is natural to pay food and taxes," Feng Hushu replied impatiently. His eyes inadvertently glanced at the speaker, and his eyes widened. He could no longer say the next words, his throat was so tight. Li Huhe felt as if someone had strangled his neck, and his body began to tremble. (End of this chapter)