Chapter 233: Pleasy and imprisonment

As soon as Cai Zhaoxu said this, his face suddenly changed, because he knew that he had fallen into the other party's trap. If this person had said this from the beginning, he might not have been fooled, but with his argument that seemed to be the fact, and with Tang Feng beside him, Cai Zhaoxu finally showed his frustration and showed his flaws.

Just as Cai Zhaoxu's heart sank, Tang Feng was already speaking: "So there is really this matter, Magistrate Cai? I didn't expect that you are not a good official who is the ruler for the people, but also deceived the superiors and subordinates, changing the court's intentions without authorization. This really surprised me! What else do you have to say?"

"Sir, you can't believe the madman's words. You have also gone to the countryside to see it and asked the people there. They said that the tax officials did not receive it last year. And the Chen Shuban just made a mistake, so the official put him in jail. I think he was not convinced..." Cai Zhaoxu hurriedly made the final argument.

But Tang Feng did not allow him to finish his words, but shook his hand and said, "I want to tell you something. This person is not a lunatic in your county, but one of my guards. Do you think I will make a lunatic person who is crazy about gaining and losing his heart as a guard? You even didn't even know his identity and said that he was a lunatic in the county. It seems that you really have no way to argue. Also, what he said is the result of my secret investigation in the past few days. Do you think I am crazy in your career? "

"What? He was arranged by the adults?" After hearing Tang Feng's words, Cai Zhaoxu suddenly stood up and pointed at Tang Feng and said, "You... are you slandering me?"

"What is slander? I sent someone to test you after I had real evidence. Now everything is clear. On the one hand, you reported the disaster to the court and asked for tax exemption, but on the other hand, you still collected taxes from the people of the county. There was a person in the yamen who couldn't stand it and refused to be accused of the tiger. You were afraid that they would leak the matter and detain them. I already knew all these things clearly, and you could no longer argue!" Tang Feng looked up at Cai Zhaoxu above, and said loudly, hoping that he could suppress him with his official power, which would naturally save a lot of trouble.

Cai Zhaoxu was indeed caught off guard by Tang Feng at the beginning, and his face turned gray, but after a while, he became firm again: "Who can prove this? You seem to be blinded by villains. You saw that day. Those people in the fields said that if the county did not collect taxes, they would have lost the grain they planted this year. You also saw that the fields are now full of rice, which is evidence that the officials have no lies! As for the officials who say that these people are arranged by the officials, they are naturally indisputable, but you should not forget that you also secretly sent people to visit the countryside. They listened to those people. I can't know where these people will go like a god, so I arranged for the officials to come? If the officials cannot explain this, the officials will not be convinced!"

Tang Feng looked at him and laughed: "This is the clever place in Cai County. Yes, the people I went to see yesterday were arranged by you, so they could say that the court had reduced taxes, and they could talk freely when they saw me, without any fear. But the other people were different. What they said about the officials was different from these people. What they said was that they had indeed been plagued by locusts and had more commands and help from Cai County, but they did not mention that taxes were exempted. The people sent by the officials did not ask about this matter at all, so they took advantage of such a loophole for you.

"If I'm not mistaken, the method you used in Cai Zhixian should be like this. You first pretended to be a good official who was dedicated and responsible to go to the fields to fight pests and harvest rice with the people. Then you put the court in the form of tax exemption. However, after the court agreed to the matter, you lied to the people that the court did not agree to the matter. In this way, you could put all the tax silver for the whole county into your own pockets after being deceived by others. Of course, you would not be able to complete this plan alone.

So you first think of other people in the county government office and want them to help you do things. However, these people are much more conscientious than you, the county magistrate who comes from two lists, so not only refuses to spread rumors, but also threatens you to return the tax bank to the people, otherwise you will expose the matter. In desperation, you have to lock up all these people, and then in order to prevent these people from causing trouble, you also use the power of those who are willing to help you do evil to put them under house arrest.

"As for the rice in the fields you mentioned before, I think this is related to the second batch of helpers you found. These second batch of helpers are the masters of the people I saw yesterday, that is, some local rich families. The reason you can reach an alliance with them is that you not only really reduce their taxes, but also tell them that if the people lose their grain planting this year, they will borrow money from them, and then they will make a lot of money. In order to make more money, and you are the county magistrate, they are willing to cooperate with you. This is how the current situation is formed."

"Sir, what you said is all speculation, and there is no substantial evidence, so the lower officials will not be convinced." Cai Zhaoxu said without giving in.

"I know what you are thinking. You know that once this matter is really revealed, the people of Jingxian will inevitably attack, and the court will blame me at that time. Do you think my official dare not touch you in order to protect himself? Yes, because I have a heavy responsibility, I really dare not arouse the civil unrest here and make people participate.

"You should have already transported away the taxes you received here? This is the most powerful move in your plan. In this way, even if you find out this, the people will inevitably feel dissatisfied if you cannot get the money back. At that time, civil unrest will inevitably be inevitable. In this way, no matter whether the person who comes finds out the matter or not, they dare not do anything to you. So the first half of this plan is a conspiracy, which makes people fall into the fog of five miles, but the second half is a conspiracy, and you can only choose to let you go no matter what."

Seeing that Tang Feng had already said this thoroughly, Cai Zhaoxu no longer planned to pretend to be innocent. He smiled and said, "Master Tang, you can see through it thoroughly. Indeed, this plan took a lot of effort to come up with the idea, but this is also a helpless thing. I have also seen before. What kind of life is the life that the magistrate of the seventh-rank county is pitifully small. This Jing County is not a wealthy county, and it is not too much oil and water. In addition, it was a disaster again last year. How do you let me live? Being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth, and I really have no choice but to think of taking this risk. Master, I advise you to let go of the magistrate. This will not harm you, and the magistrate will give you some thoughts. I wonder if you are willing to give up?"

Tang Feng looked at Cai Zhaoxu carefully and felt that he looked very elegant and now he was ugly. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "If you want to make some extra money, I can turn a blind eye, but you are sucking bones and marrow to the people who have been affected. That official can't tolerate you anymore. Although locusts are terrible, people like you are more hateful than locusts. I have never left you here to continue to harm the people!"

"What the lord mean is that he will not let go of the lord? What crime does the lord want to take the lord down?" Cai Zhaoxu still had a fearless expression: "You dare not tell the truth of the facts. The lord asked himself that he was diligent and there was no guilt other than this."

"Is that so? Do you think I can't do anything to you? You're wrong!" At this point, his face suddenly turned solemn and he shouted: "Now, the magistrate of Jingxian County, Daoningguo Prefecture, Nanzhili, Cai Zhaoxu, who is unjust, is here to take him down and send him to the capital!"

"Master Tang, do you actually dare to frame me? Do you have any evidence that I have the intention of being disobedient?" When Lu An and the others walked up to take him, Cai Zhaoxu immediately shouted loudly: "Falsifying the court officials is a serious crime. Lord Tang, you have to think clearly." As he spoke, he winked at the yamen runners on both sides, wanting them to save themselves.

Unexpectedly, Tang Feng saw his actions. He suddenly took out a jade sign from his arms and held it in the air and said, "Cai Zhaoxu, who is willing to be rebellious, will be his accomplices if anyone dares to stop him!" As soon as he saw the waist sign of the Jinyiwei in Tang Feng's hand, the yamen runners who were still thinking about going forward immediately stopped. Even if they were in a small county town, they knew the horror of the Jinyiwei. If they were targeted by them, they would be afraid that they would die.

When Cai Zhaoxu saw the waist-plate held in Tang Feng's hand, he suddenly lost his words like a deflated ball. If he was just an ordinary courtier, Cai Zhaoxu, no matter what kind of official he was, he had no choice but to deal with it. However, he had no choice. They could even convict the innocent people, let alone to mention that they were guilty.

Tang Feng stepped forward and looked at him and said, "If you are willing to cooperate with the people who are with you and admit the whereabouts of the huge silver, I will only hand you over to the superior's yamen for processing. Otherwise, you should know the methods of the Jinyiwei, and I will not show mercy at that time!"

"I'll call... I'll call everything, please beg you!" Looking at Tang Feng's threatening smile, Cai Zhaoxu immediately lost the courage to deny and said immediately.
Chapter completed!