Chapter 574： Cuijia

Cui Zhong is a side branch of the Cui family, and serves as the county magistrate in the county government. Half of the Cui family's taking in hidden households is in his hands. Although he has no contact with the core of the family, he only relies on the booklet in his hand, plus Qi Haoran. What they said before can also be judged that they are going to rebel.

Cui Zhi began to suspect that someone had bribed the clan to frame the Cui family when he saw him, so he immediately turned his head to Qi Haoran and said, "General Qi, can you take a step to speak?"

Qi Haoran asked curiously, "Are you not confronting?"

"I think General Qi has misunderstood us. Cui wants to clarify one or two things before that."

Qi Haoran pouted, and waved his hand at will, letting people clear the nearby people, and the three of them were taken away. When they were all empty, Qi Haoran said: "If you have something to say, you don't need to. Take a step."

Cui Zhi took a deep breath and knelt down to apologize.

Compared with rebellion, he is more willing to admit to taking in hidden households. Anyway, everyone has done this kind of thing. Although the Cui family's power is not as good as before, it is not Qi Haoran who kills him.

Qi Haoran snorted coldly after hearing him tell his crime, pointed at the closed gate of the manor and said, "How do you convince me that you are only taking in hidden households and not rebelling?"

Cui Zhili immediately called someone to open the door.

The gate opened and the drawbridge was lowered, allowing Qi Haoran's army to enter.

Qi Haoran went in and glanced at the facilities inside, but there was no expression on his face.

Cui Zhi soon handed in the roster of hidden households, which was only collected in the last two years, and he did not take it out before.

Qi Haoran just turned it over and threw it aside, and asked people to call all the people in the manor, and asked Jin Xin to read out Qi Xiuyuan's will in public, and then stood up and said: "The court has re-determined the identity certificate this time. No penalty will be imposed on the hidden households who stand up voluntarily, and the amount of Yongye Tian they should have will not be reduced after being recorded in the roster. From next year, there will be no tax payment for three years. As far as this will know, if you stay here, the land rent will also be reduced. Not a lot, right?"

There was a commotion underneath, and then it quickly became quiet again.

Qi Haoran knocked on the palm of his hand with a booklet and continued: "Due to the war and chaos in Da Zhou, a lot of extortionate taxes and miscellaneous taxes were paid in the past few years, which made the people's livelihood difficult. I dare to promise, but I dare to guarantee that the tax will not exceed half of last year's tax in three years."

There was a commotion from below, and it lasted for a long time. Qi Haoran's mouth was slightly raised, but he did not stop it.

The aristocratic family will not protect those hidden households in vain. Those hidden households need to put their fields in the name of the aristocratic family and act as slaves of the aristocratic family.

Land rent also increases with the increase in state taxation.

The hidden households who live in the Cui family also know that the Cui family is not a good family, but in order to avoid heavier taxes, they can only do this, and now they have better conditions. Willing to be a slave.

Seeing that the commotion below was getting bigger and bigger, Qi Haoran waved his hand to suppress the discussion below, and indifferently handed the booklet in his hand to Feibai, who had several copies in his hand, and said inadvertently, "These booklets are all handed over to Cui Family Master. Mine, there is a roster on it. However, the treatment of the hidden households who stand up is different from the hidden households who are passively handed over. I am willing to give you a chance and see if you can grasp it. I will stay here for three days, three days If the hidden households have not come forward, they should be treated as fugitives."

Qi Haoran turned his head and glanced at Cui Zhi and Jin Xin, and said: "You don't have to worry about the Cui family's retaliation, let alone the conscience of the Cui family head, just because you were found by the master, the master will not leave it behind. You don't care."

Cui Zhi's eyes were full of evil. He handed over to Qi Haoran only two booklets, but Feibai took six. People are confused, and then take the initiative to stand up.

Cui Zhi's face was ugly, but he was wrong before, and now everything is wrong.

Jin Xin even shrank his neck and stood aside, just hoping that Qi Haoran would forget about him.

Qi Haoran did not give Cui Zhi a chance to contact the people under him, and directly locked them in the manor, and people who were directly related to Cui Zhi were also locked up. The reason is that you should avoid suspicion before the truth is revealed.

On the other hand, he let his subordinates speak loudly and quietly to deceive the people in the manor, and let them all report that they are hidden households and report all the fields they brought before.

This made many servants who yearn for freedom also eager to move, and they wanted to pretend to be hidden to sign up.

Feibai and a few school officials looked at each other and smiled, then whispered bewitched: "It's not impossible, anyway, the manor can't produce exact evidence."

"This, every hidden household has a contract with the steward..."

In order to reassure the hidden households, the manor usually asks the stewards in the village to sign another contract with the other party, which states that they have come to the manor and how much land they have brought with them. Although it is obscure, it is actually the proof that they are hidden households.

A real slave does not have that.

Fei Bai said, "It's better to forge things, but this kind of document is easier. If you want, I can get it, but this..." Fei Bai rubbed his fingers and said hurriedly, "I don't want more, just brothers. In the past few years, I have been fighting in the South and the North, and I haven't even eaten a hot meal..."

So a family of servants exchanged a good meal of wine and meat for a forged contract.

Servants also have information channels for servants. Although there are soldiers patrolling the manor, the news is still spread among the servants who want to leave, and many people have quietly obtained forged documents.

The servants are still like this, and those hidden households are even more worried. In addition, Qi Haoran still has a roster in his hand. Because they don't know if there is their own name on it, they all made up their minds to surrender.

So, within three days, someone quietly found Jin Xin and other county officials who were not detained and surrendered that night.

Qi Haoran's adjutant was right next to Jin Xin. Even if Jin Xin got the forged document and saw the difference, he didn't dare to expose it, so he just filled in his name.

Now he just wants to not bring trouble to his family, so he is very obedient.

Qi Haoran was a little stunned when he saw that things went so smoothly, and an older sergeant advised him: "General should also be more restrained, we are just in time for the good time, if it is a time of peace..." He shook his head, in his opinion, Qi Haoran's ability to be so smooth is completely coincidental at the right time and place.

It is a troubled time now. Qi Haoran only needs to say that the Cui family rebelled and directly wiped out the Cui family. The Cui family can indeed find physical evidence here. Even if there are people who question it, there will be no major incident. If it is peaceful, the Cui family must be judged. To rebel, just relying on this weapon and having private soldiers is far from enough.

So he hoped that Qi Haoran would be more restrained, not to make the scene too much, and finally couldn't hold it, Qi Haoran really listened to it, and asked Feibai and the others not to go too far.

can hurt the Cui family, but don't force people to death.