20demayo Chapter 255: Rich Man Wang
Chapter 255: Rich Man Wang
Fang Jian looked at the three people and said, "Don't worry, I came to Nanchuan to solve the problem. Since you said you want to exempt the grain tax, you will definitely exempt it."
"Besides, this road was built by the government, so naturally we won't charge you any money. I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation."
When the old man heard Fang Jian's statement, he expressed his gratitude repeatedly. Although the remaining two strong men hesitated, they thanked him reluctantly.
Su Lin, deputy chief of the Intelligence Department, arrived at the door of Mr. Wang's house with several intelligence agents and a dozen soldiers.
Seeing a large group of people gathered at the door, Su Lin coughed lightly and said, "Fellow villagers, please make way for us. Our leader will go to Mr. Wang to find out the situation."
"If Mr. Wang collects money privately and raises the rent, we will give you an explanation."
Su Lin had just been guarding beside Fang Jian, so he naturally heard what those villagers said.
Su Lin was very angry about this. Nanchuan had just stabilized, and although there were good policies from above, the people below pretended to obey them but secretly disobeyed them, which was really abominable.
"Are these soldiers? Can you believe what he says?"
"Well, believe it or not, let's see what they will do first. Even if they are in cahoots with Wang Youcai, what can we do?"
"..."
Seeing Su Lin coming, the crowd split into two groups and talked about Su Lin and others. Most people were skeptical about what Su Lin said, not knowing whether it was true or not.
But they are just ordinary people, and even if these soldiers are unfair, they can't do anything.
When they arrived at the gate, an intelligence agent came forward and knocked on the door: "Open the door, we are from the Nanshan Security Department, our director wants to see your boss to understand the situation."
I knocked on the door for a long time and shouted several times, but there was no response from inside the door.
The gatekeeper took a peek outside through the crack in the door and was frightened when he saw the soldiers. He immediately returned to the inner courtyard to inform the rich man Wang.
"Master, master, master..." he shouted urgently when he arrived at the gatehouse in the inner courtyard.
Mr. Wang walked out of the inner courtyard and said with an unhappy look, "Speak slowly, it's not proper to be so flustered."
"How is it? Have those people outside the door left?" asked the rich man Wang when he saw the doorman recover.
The doorman then remembered his intention to look for Mr. Wang, and hurriedly said, "Sir, there are soldiers outside the door. Please go out. Their commander wants to see you."
"A soldier?" Mr. Wang asked in confusion.
He has some connections in the county, so the town officials will give him face. Because it is located in a remote area, if the first phase of the road was not built passing through here, this place would be even poorer.
Mr. Wang thought that since the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, it would not be easy for these people to enter the city even if a road was built, so he came up with the idea of increasing the land rent and collecting money for road construction.
Even in Nanshan Province, where the highway was built three years ago, only the military and government agencies actually use it.
As for individuals, it is difficult to get much convenience, after all, they do not have cars. Except for big cities, there are no passenger buses in towns and villages.
Although he was doubtful, Mr. Wang still brought a few guards to the gate, and sure enough, he heard shouting outside the door.
Mr. Wang stood inside the door and asked, "I am Wang Youcai. I wonder where the general outside the door came from and what do you want from me?"
Su Lin finally put away his impatience when he heard the response from inside the door. He almost gave the order to the soldiers to blow up the door with grenades.
"I am the deputy section chief of the Nanshan Security Department. Our director wants to see you. Please come with us immediately." Su Lin did not have a good attitude towards Wang Youcai.
Anyone who has been left out for a long time will not have a good attitude unless they can't afford to offend the other person.
Wang Youcai still didn't open the door, but smiled and said, "Sir, I don't know who your director is? What do you want to see me for?"
"You are just a small country gentleman, why do you ask so many questions? Our director is not as patient as we are." Su Lin said coldly.
Indeed, Su Lin was the only one with a good temper in the Intelligence Department. If it were someone else, facing this kind of conversation without opening the door and still being long-winded, he would have blown the door open long ago.
Seeing that Su Lin was unhappy, Wang Caizhu smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I will come out right away."
After saying this, Mr. Wang immediately asked the doorman to open the door. Just kidding, how could he have the courage not to go out when facing the soldiers? If they were unreasonable, he would be the one who would suffer.
"Mr. Wang, the county has a regulation that agricultural taxes will be exempted this year and next year, and no one will collect money for road repairs. You should return the money to us as soon as possible."
"Yes, if the county knows about your taking money privately, you will definitely suffer the consequences."
Seeing the rich man Wang coming out, the villagers outside the door immediately became excited.
Facing these people, Rich Man Wang snorted coldly and ignored them. Su Lin also did not say anything. He took Rich Man Wang to where Fang Jian'an was.
When he came to the road and saw the long convoy and the soldiers on the road, Wang Caizhu couldn't help but bend down and lower his posture.
Seeing Wang Youcai coming, the two younger ones among the three villagers glared at the rich man Wang.
Fang Jian asked directly: "Are you the wealthy Mr. Wang they are talking about? I heard that you collected money from the villagers for road repairs and raised the land rent?"
"It's unfair, sir. We are also thinking about the government..." Mr. Wang was about to argue, but was interrupted by Fang Jian'an.
Fang Jian looked at Tao Yunong and ordered: "Find out the whole story and impose heavy penalties on those who illegally collected money and grain."
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong immediately took the rich man Wang away.
When he was being dragged away, Mr. Wang cried out that he was innocent, then begged for mercy and requested that he be let go.
Fang Jian ignored the rich man Wang. He knew that such people who ran rampant in the countryside and oppressed the good people still existed even in modern times on Blue Star.
The darkness in people's hearts cannot be eliminated by systems, education, or culture. His visit to Nanchuan this time is precisely to solve this problem.
It is not necessary to eliminate the problem from the root. This kind of people cannot be completely eliminated. The government can only rely on discovering them and solving the problem once they are discovered. That's all.
Problems that cannot be eliminated in modern times cannot be eliminated in backward times.
Then Fang Jian brought three villagers and guards to the front of the crowd and said, "Fellow villagers, I have asked someone to investigate this matter. If it is true, the relevant personnel will be severely punished."
"Don't worry, the government's promise to exempt grain tax and miscellaneous taxes will be implemented according to regulations."
"Anyone who dares to undermine government decisions will be severely punished. If you encounter such problems again in the future, please report them to the county or city."
"If the county and city don't care, then go to the provincial government. If the provincial government doesn't care either, then come to Nanshan Province to file a complaint."
"I am Fang Ji'an, the governor of Nanshan Province. Now Nanchuan Province is also under my jurisdiction. Don't worry, no matter what the matter is, as long as the officials are wrong, I can make the decision for you."
When the crowd heard that it was Francis Xavier who was speaking, they were immediately in an uproar.
"What, he is the Overseer?"
"The current policies are all the Governor's ideas. The Governor is a really good man."
"The commander is so young..."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Fang Jian smiled and comforted everyone before returning to the car.