Zhu Qi wanted Gao Jin to pretend to be a vendor and go out to set up a stall on the street, but he didn't just buy some goods and cook cakes and carry a shoulder pole to parade and sell it on the street.

In the early Ming Dynasty, because the world was not determined, the management of towns was still extremely strict. The Ming Hui Dian recorded that in the towns, "everyone who occupied roads, built houses, and made gardens would be 60 sticks and ordered them to be restored to the old age"; "Those who penetrated the walls and made dirty things in the streets and alleys would be whipped forty. Those who came out of water would not be slaughtered."

In other words, you don’t just warn you to demolish it, but you want to eat boards, litter and dirty water, and whip forty.

In addition to these regulations, all acts of destroying public facilities, not driving as required, setting up stalls in restricted areas, taking soil for billets, and urinating and defecating anywhere are also "indicted". The person involved must be forcibly put on torture instruments and displayed on the street for one month, which is the so-called "shackles fall in one month".

However, places where stalls are prohibited are usually around the government office, and there are not many things to pay attention to in other places.

It was November Mei City. The streets of Dingyuan County were very lively. Among the shops, people were in and out to buy goods. The two rows of the street were filled with various stalls, including those selling gold and silver jewelry, those selling snacks and desserts, cloth and brocades, and some craftsmen were pulling candy people there. One by one, the strange candy people attracted a group of children to stop and watch.

On the one hand, it is fun, on the other hand, it is greedy.

In the box behind this bustling street, a tall man wearing ordinary people's clothes was a little restrained at this time.

This man was no other person, but Zhu Qi's guard Gao Jin. He was carrying all the cooked cakes and covered with thick cloth. The shoulder pole, along with the cooked cakes and thick cloth, were bought from the cake seller.

I was so happy to the pancake seller. I took the silver and patted my face, thinking I was dreaming.

Gao Jin asked tentatively, "Your county elder..." Before he finished speaking, the cake seller ran away. So, it seems that the people of Dingyuan County really won't mention their own county magistrate.

Seeing the people's attitude, Zhu Qi became more convinced of his judgment, so he took Gao Jin to find a place to hide. Seeing that there was an official nearby, he signaled to Gao Jin.

"Young Master, then I'll go."

Gao Jin carried a shoulder pole and said to Zhu Qi in the alley. Zhu Qi nodded and watched Gao Jin walk out of the alley.

Then I saw Gao Jin carrying a shoulder pole and shouting along the street:

"Cooking cakes! Selling cooked cakes!"

Don’t say this sentence, Gao Jin’s voice is loud, and it’s really that true to shout it out.

However, the people around saw Gao Jin, a foreigner carrying a pole, selling cooked cakes. Their expressions were a little strange. One of them, the one selling eggs, called Gao Jin and said:

"You are not a local, are you? Why are we here to sell pancakes?"

Gao Jin hurriedly said:

"Isn't Dingyuan County also my territory in the Ming Dynasty? I am from Luzhou, why can't I sell it? Brother, are there any particulars?"

The egg seller was about to speak, but seeing three people wearing official clothes coming from a distance, he quickly closed his mouth. Gao Jin wanted to ask, but when he saw the official who came from a distance, he didn't say much and carried a shoulder pole to continue selling cooked cakes.

Which official officer came naturally to buy the cakes of Gao Jin. One of them raised the sword in his hand and stopped Gao Jin and asked:

"Look at you, you are not from our Dingyuan County. How much does it cost to sell this cooked cake?"

Gao Jin was stunned and bowed and said:

"Go to the three officials, we can make a penny of this cake."

One of the officials took the sword and picked up the thick cloth and took a look, then said:

"Say there are a hundred fewer?"

"Official, there aren't so many."

"What are you talking about?" The official stared at him and shouted loudly:

"You are an official, am I an official? I said that only one hundred copies are 100 copies, one penny per bill, and you will be charged ten cents of tax. Pay the money quickly!"

The official officer spread his hands, and this time it was Gao Jin's turn to be stunned. Ten cents were naturally nothing to him for the guards who followed His Highness the King of Liao like this, but for ordinary people, a person would probably only earn twenty or thirty cents a day, and half of the money he earned was gone with this tax.

Gao Jin hurriedly said with a smile:

"Official, don't joke with the villain. The villain's cooked cakes are made by his own home. What taxes should be paid for small transactions?"

The official stared at him and scolded:

"Who told you not to pay taxes! You are such a troublemaker, want to resist taxes?"

Gao Jin hurriedly said:

"Even if my small business has to be paid taxes, the emperor said that the tax under the world is thirty tax one. How do you collect me thirty tax three? And I don't have a hundred cakes, and I haven't sold a single one."

The officials smiled, and one of them continued:

"Yes, the taxes in the world are indeed thirty-one, but you don't know that the emperor is in Fengyang Cultivation Palace? Before the extra tax is collected, it is for support to the emperor's palace. If you, a troublemaker, have the opportunity to contribute to the emperor, it is your honor. Pay the money quickly. If you don't pay the money, go back to the shift room with me!"

Gao Jin showed a look of embarrassment. The official raised his hand to beat him. Gao Jin hurriedly took out ten cents from his pocket and handed them respectfully.

The three officials looked a little better. After receiving the money, they held the hilt of the knife and continued to patrol the streets. However, they were not protecting the country and inspecting criminals, but they seemed to be looking around to see which stall was not paying taxes.

The people around him also avoided it, and they did not dare to look at them. There was even an official who picked up a pear, wiped it on his body and started eating it. The pear seller could only smile and nod and bow with a smile but didn't dare to say a word.

Zhu Qi looked at the scene in front of him and his face became more and more serious. The small officials below dared to oppress the people so boldly. If he said there was no problem with the above, he would not believe it.

It is naturally not difficult to deal with these three small officials, but it is not very useful to deal with them. Flies need to be beaten, but tigers need to be beaten even more!

But just that, it cannot be said that the magistrate of Dingyuan County is committing a crime, and there must be more real evidence.

Xu Miaoyun next to him smiled slightly and said:

"Young Master, don't we have the evidence?"

Zhu Qi was stunned. He was about to say that only three officials were committing the crime, but Xu Miaoyun continued:

"Young Master, local governments need special notices and documents to collect taxes. These documents are unified government orders issued by the Secretariat and placed in the six ministries to implement them. They are not allowed to change taxes at will by local governments.

Moreover, this notice is an official document and must be posted at the door of the government office. If there is no notice of tax change, even if the government office wants to collect taxes, there is no basis. The people will definitely resist it. However, the people of Dingyuan County only dare not speak out. I thought, why don’t you go to the signboard of the government office to check it out?"

Zhu Qi nodded after hearing this, but he didn't talk nonsense. When Gao Jin changed his clothes, he led a crowd to the government office. Sure enough, he saw various notices posted at the door of the government office, and there were officials guarding him. One of the notices clearly stated that the taxes of Dingyuan County were thirty taxes and three!

Zhu Qi smiled and said, "Didn't this evidence be obtained?"

Zhu Qigang wanted to go up and tear off the notice, but someone took the lead and tore off the notice.

Zhu Qi was stunned and looked back and was about to speak, but everything was blocked in his throat.

The person behind him is nothing but Zhu Yuanzhang!

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