The cabinet's official documents were sent to the Governor's Office of Huguang, ordering Du Yinxi to deal with the civil unrest in Changsha. At the same time, it was announced that Nanjing General Xu Yiyang was the special envoy of the imperial envoy to assist in the implementation of the new tax system in Huguang.

This is the first time that the imperial court has sent an imperial envoy to a military post.

Within one day, Xu Yiyang carefully selected five hundred sword and gunmen from the Dongying, and each of them had to be seen by himself. The so-called sword and gunmen are soldiers equipped with bird guns and Qi swords at the same time, and are the most elite infantrymen in the Ming Dynasty at present.

After explaining all matters to Nanjing Admiral Jin Xiaoding, he led 500 people out of Nanjing City.

The drizzle is sometimes not there, and the official road is muddy.

Five hundred soldiers did not take the Yangtze River waterway, but went to Taiping Prefecture, and went to Changsha via Chizhou, Jiujiang and Yuezhou.

No one knows why. Maybe it was because the imperial envoy was to examine the promotion of the tax system along the way, or maybe it was just to enjoy the scenery by the river.

Only Xu Yiyang himself knows his purpose.

The passenger ship was upstream, and he sat at the bow of the boat and looked at the foggy on both sides and could not see clearly.

A strong man in coarse cloth clothes came over and said, "The opposite shore of the young master is Wuhu. You will reach Jiujiang for two days."

"The waterway is really fast." Xu Yiyang was quite surprised and asked again, "Erwu, how many days can we arrive in Changsha before them?" He had not left the south of the Yangtze River for 19 years, and he really wanted to take the opportunity to see the mountains and rivers along the way, but unfortunately the weather was not good. Unfortunately, the fog made him feel like he had eye disease during the past few days of sailing, and it was still white.

"About ten days, the young master told them not to go too fast."

Xu Yiyang leaned on the rattan chair, was idle for a long time, and said, "Although I am leisurely on the boat, I am too bored."

The personal soldier was named Zhang Erwu. The three of his brothers were from Yiwu, namely Zhang Dawu, Zhang Erwu and Zhang Sanwu, and were both Xu Yiyang's confidants. The five hundred soldiers who were on land were led by Zhang Dawu. Zhang Erwu and Zhang Sanwu brought more than a dozen thin-looking and talented soldiers, as well as several secretaries in charge of accounts in the army pretended to be merchants and followed Xu Yiyang on the water westward. In order not to leak the details, Xu Yiyang specially borrowed a shopkeeper from Liu Quan who had been to Changsha.

Zhang Erwu sat opposite Xu Yiyang and replied with a smile: "Yes, this is just a river. I heard that the big ships going to sea from Ning Shao are even more boring. Sometimes merchants can't go home for half a year, so they can only add some supplies to the water village set up on the wild island. Some people joked that when they came back from the sea for half a year, they wanted to sleep with their arms around the sow when they saw it."

Xu Yiyang narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhang Erwu, and asked, "Is that true? Have you ever had a relative in your family go into the sea?"

"Yes, after the sea ban was lifted this year, Taizhou and Wenzhou were in trouble. People who don't have much land at home are willing to go to the sea to gamble. Although there are risks, they can make money."

Xu Yiyang stretched and asked, "I mean, you want to go into the sea too? Can't I make money here?"

Zhang Erwu quickly shook his head and said with a smile: "Young Master is too careless."

The boat was bored and I didn’t make a joke, so time really couldn’t play.

"Don't worry, when you get to Changsha to finish the work, you don't have to hold the sow to sleep." After Xu Yiyang finished speaking, he leaned on the rattan chair and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Changsha.

The war in Jiangbei has not yet ended, and Du Yinxi has been staying in Jingzhou City, where Yuan Changda, the prefect of Changsha, has the final say.

He was originally a disciple of He Tengjiao. After He Tengjiao was destroyed, he saw the opportunity and immediately surrendered to Du Yinxi's sect. Therefore, he, the prefect, was a ruling for three years.

The weather around Dongting Lake is particularly good, and the sun shines brightly on seven days on ten days.

In the backyard of the prefect, three squire wearing silk and satin were gathering a man in an official uniform and was tasting tea and talking.

Yuan was in his fifties, with a white face and no beard. He had a light layer of fluff on his lips, and his face looked similar to that of a eunuch.

He complained: "You are too hasty about this matter. After the imperial envoy arrived in Changsha, there was inevitably another bloody storm. Now it is not as good as before. The King of Jin was in the court. Aren't you causing trouble for me?"

Two of these three people are gentry in Ningxiang County, and the other is Zhang Xinzheng, the patriarch of the Zhang family, a prominent family member in Changsha County. This farce of resisting the new tax system took place in the mines in Ningxiang County.

The Zhang family is very famous in Huguang. Two Jinshis and five Juren were born in three generations. Zhang Xinzheng stroked his beard and said, "There are no dead people, what kind of chaos can happen? The court pursued the matter and found a few miners to go out to take the blame and give the imperial envoy a face. This matter was over."

Yuan Changda shook his head and said, "After that being said, I'm afraid the imperial envoy is not that easy to fool."

Zhang Ding, a gentry in Ningxiang County, is a distant relative of Zhang Xinzheng. He can only invite Zhang Xinzheng out because of his face. He clapped his hands and said, "Don't miss me. I heard that the imperial envoy is just a 19-year-old martial artist. What's there to be afraid of? Until now, the Governor Du said nothing, which means that the imperial court's collection of two taxes was unpopular."

The ambiguous attitude of Huguang Governor Du Yinxi on this matter is the greatest confidence of these gentry.

The Donglin Party hated the imperial court's tax increase, and it was rare that Du Yinxi did not submit a memorial to the imperial court to oppose the two taxes.

From the perspective of Donglin, any tax increase must be to plunder the people. This view is indeed true in essence. Even if the mining tax is imposed, it will eventually be reflected in the people's tools.

But the imperial court has no money, which has a greater impact.

Du Yinxi was on the battlefield and knew that the military could not cut off his salary, so he could experience some difficulties in Zhai Zhe. But if he had to fully promote the two taxes, he would not want to do such a thankless thing. Because the tax collector came from the Ministry of Revenue, just like the eunuch who supervised the mining tax back then, the money collected had nothing to do with Huguang.

Zhang Xinzheng nodded in agreement and said, "Mr. Tu did not speak, the Changsha Shilin people were in a state of great enthusiasm. Even Wang Chuanshan wrote an article saying that the imperial court imposed two taxes and harmed the country and the people. What are we going to be afraid of?"

The Wang Chuanshan he mentioned refers to Wang Fuzhi, named Chuanshan. Wang Fuzhi was originally a scholar in Quzhou. Because the Qing army went south, he fled to Changsha to avoid disaster and was very famous among the scholars in Hunan.

Yuan Changda was always uneasy and said, "The imperial envoy is a warrior, I'm afraid he won't listen to Shilin's tricks."

Zhang Ding checked the details of Nanjing City, looked disdainful and said, "The imperial envoy is the son of Xu Du, the former rebel in Zhejiang. He climbed so fast because he recognized Xiao Zhiyan as his father."

Yuan Changda frowned and said, "That's terrible, which means he is the confidant of King Jin. If the court sent a scholar from the forest, everything would be fine. If he didn't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, please ask Mr. Zhang to come forward and ask Wang Chuanshan to write a few articles, and this matter would be erased. But King Jin sent his confidant to Changsha, and he was also a warrior, so I'm afraid it would be bad." He used to follow He Tengjiao and kept paying attention to He Tengjiao being arrested by Zhai Zhe. He was finally killed in Nanjing City, and his courage became extremely small.

Yuan Changda was the prefect of Changsha, and his attitude was extremely critical. He was timid and made the others look despised and worried.

Zhang Xinzheng looked unhappy and said, "What are you afraid of when a young man arrives in Changsha, he only needs to trap him with wine, sex, money and other things. After a long time, the matter is no longer visible. Let's find a few more people to deal with him. He can only follow the arrangements of Lord Yuan."

"He is a martial artist." Zhang Ding jumped up and said, "Liu Tiebang may not be able to tolerate him."

The Liu Tiebang he mentioned was Liu Chengyin, the general of Changsha, who was originally the general of Wugang.

When He Tengjiao went to Jingzhou, more than 30,000 troops were stationed in Changsha. Du Yinxi favored Zhongzhen Camp. These people were originally because their grandmother did not love them and their uncles did not love them.

He Tengjiao's confidant was eaten by Zhai Zhe at the city of Jingzhou. The soldiers and horses in Changsha had no leader. Du Yinxi submitted a report to the court and transferred Liu Chengyin to Changsha, allowing his general Chen Youlong to be the general of Wugang.

Liu Chengyin was fierce and domineering, and even Yuan Changda dared not offend him in Changsha.

At present, the generals of the Ming Dynasty were controlled by the generals of the King of Jin, but Hunan was still in a semi-independent state. At this time, the King of Jin suddenly sent an imperial envoy to come. The matter may not be just for taxation.

Everyone understood what Zhang Ding meant and thought about it for a while.

Zhang Xinzheng disagreed and said, "It's just a teenager, you're thinking too much."

Yuan Changda didn't believe that Xu Yiyang's trip was targeting Liu Chengyin. That person was very difficult to mess with. No one could control the powerful generals except Du Yinxi.

Zhang Ding thought about it and felt that he was too sensitive. He shook his head and said, "No matter how much, I will hand over a few miners to pay the job this time. Next time the tax collector dares to come, he has to break one of their legs, and there is no silver. This is Hunan, not Jiangnan. I don't believe that the court dares to send troops to suppress it."

Several people discussed countermeasures after the imperial envoy arrived in Changsha and dispersed.

Ningxiang County is 50 or 60 miles away from Changsha. After Ningxiang's increase in mining taxes caused a civil unrest, officials and tax collectors in various places in Huguang did not dare to move, waiting for the court's reaction. If the Ningxiang matters cannot be solved well, the mining tax collection in Huguang would be in vain.

The passenger ship passed through the vast Dongting Lake and docked in Changsha.

After passing Chizhou, the weather was clear all the way, and Xu Yiyang feasted his eyes. When he got off the boat, he was full of energy, and all the dozen people who were walking with him were like this.

In recent years, the chamber of commerce in Jiangnan has developed rapidly, and many merchants have traveled between Huguang and Jiangnan.

It was half an hour from the wharf to Changsha City. When everyone entered Changsha City, the shopkeeper chose a remote inn. Xu Yiyang asked his followers to rest, and found the inn's clerk and asked, "Which brothel is the most famous in Changsha City?"

Zhang Erwu could hear clearly next to him, but he didn't expect that the adults would hold on the boat for eight days, and then he would find a woman to get off the boat.

"If you want to talk about brothels, there is no one in Changsha City that can surpass Qiuyue Tower." The guy was obviously proud.

Is there anything worth praising about a brothel in the Ming Dynasty that is more charming than Qinhuaihefang? Xu Yiyang was secretly amused. But he had nothing to worry about with a friend. He asked the road clearly, went back to the house and washed his face and rested.

The group pretended to be a merchant, and in order to cover up their eyes, they wanted to make a real act. The shopkeeper rested and started to talk to his colleagues about business.
Chapter completed!