The Princess Kicks Down the Protagonists

When the emperor led a group of people to the yamen, Duan Kui was still happily drinking tea, calculating how much silver he could embezzle from this tax collection.

A group of people suddenly rushed in, and he was so scared that he almost dropped his teacup.

Who is so blind as to break into his county government office?

"Where did these troublemakers come from? They're making such a fuss, and they even dared to trespass into my county office. Come on, arrest these troublemakers!"

Unfortunately, no one responded.

Yongqi stepped forward and asked, "Are you Duan Kui, the county magistrate?"

Duan Kui narrowed his eyes and looked at the people at the door. Seeing that they were dressed richly, he must be not ordinary people, and he became more cautious.

"Who are you? Don't you know that I'm the county magistrate here? How dare you be so rude to me?"

Xiaoyanzi's rage flared up when she heard this. "You bastard official! My Emperor is here, and you don't even come and kowtow! How dare you be so arrogant! Yongqi, give him two slaps!"

The emperor frowned slightly when he heard this. Although there was nothing wrong with what he said, he felt that Xiaoyanzi was treating the prince like a servant, which was really becoming more and more disrespectful.

Jingyan looked at Qing'er in shock. This Xiaoyanzi really thought of herself as the queen.

However, Yongqi was obviously enjoying it. He happily received the order and slapped Duan Kui twice, then dragged him before the emperor.

"Your Majesty!"

Before Duan Kui could react, he was awarded two big bags. He saw stars and started talking nonsense.

"You! How dare you hit me? I'm a successful scholar! Even the current emperor would have to give me some respect, and you dared to hit me!"

Fu Heng was overwhelmed. Why did these people brag about "the emperor had to give him some face" every time they met corrupt officials and bullies? The emperor was so busy among the people.

Seeing Duan Kui being so arrogant, Fu Heng could no longer hold back and flashed his token: "The emperor is here, no disrespect is allowed."

As soon as Duan Kui saw the words "Military Minister" on the token, he immediately realized that the emperor had really come. Thinking of his dangerous remarks just now, his legs went weak and he knelt down immediately.

"I am guilty and deserve death. I, Duan Kui, respectfully wish Your Majesty good health. I was unaware of Your Majesty's visit. I was rude and ask Your Majesty to forgive me!"

The emperor snorted coldly. Are you afraid now? Where has your arrogance gone?

"You arrogant and rude official, if I give you a little more face, you will rebel!"

At this time, the yamen runners who had been beaten in the street were also sent back. The emperor asked, "Are these the yamen runners you tortured and forced to go to the market to collect taxes?"

Duan Kui buried his head in the ground, his voice trembling and filled with a hint of grievance: "Yes, Your Majesty, but I am also following the court's regulations to collect the landing tax from those vendors. They have been in arrears for too long, so I have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure. Please understand, Your Majesty!"

The subtext is that it's their fault for dragging their feet on paying taxes, not me.

When the people in the courtyard heard this, they began to cry out, "Your Majesty, please help us. We run small businesses and earn only a few cents a day. Our crops and land depend entirely on fate."

Upon hearing this, several people thought of Meihua Town, which had no harvest for three consecutive years. It was not easy for the people there.

"Now taxes are collected everywhere. After paying taxes at the East Market, we have to pay again at the West Market. This layer of extortion is really unreasonable. The people can't make ends meet anymore. How can they afford to pay taxes?"

These words resonated with many people. If this continued, they really would not be able to survive.

The emperor, upon hearing this, knew that this tax system was irrational and nodded, "Duplicate taxation is indeed irrational. It completely defeats my original intention of supporting and benefiting the people."

"All of you, rise! I will immediately issue an edict abolishing the land tax below the village level. Local officials are also prohibited from imposing additional taxes under false pretenses. This edict extends to all prefectures and counties."

Fuheng took the order and went down to deal with the matter. Such a good policy that benefits the people should be implemented as soon as possible.

When the people heard the good news, they all knelt and shouted, "Write a letter to the wise emperor, thank you for your grace! Long live the emperor!"

Jingyan felt very satisfied when he saw the people in the courtyard who were genuinely happy. The significance of the emperor's southern tour was fully reflected at this moment.

At this time, the local prefect hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, I, Shi Ming, pay my respects to you. I beg your forgiveness for being late in receiving you."

The emperor gently waved his folding fan and called the man to his feet. "Shi Futai, you've arrived just in time. Take off this official's hat. What I hate most is officials who torture and coerce confessions. I wonder how many unjust cases Duan Kui has committed? Investigate and punish them all."

The emperor snorted coldly, "Especially cruelly torturing his own subordinates, this is an even greater crime!"

"Yes, I obey your order."

Duan Kui was still struggling: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please spare my life."

The corrupt officials I met along the way were always like this: they were extremely arrogant at first, and then cried and begged for mercy after being slapped in the face.

Now that Duan Kui has been stripped of his official position, he is unlikely to escape death.

It's a very satisfying thing.

Xiaoyanzi felt a little ashamed when she saw the person in the yard whose butt she had kicked, so she helped the person up.

"If I had known you were all being tortured, I would never have hit you. I, Xiaoyanzi, apologize to everyone."

After apologizing, Xiaoyanzi ordered Benjamin to take out Doctor Chang's plum blossom tongue-dampening pills for the yamen runners.

Benjamin was a little shocked. "Plum Blossom Tongue-Stirring Pills, do you know how valuable they are? I had to cheat and deceive Doctor Chang to get this."

As he said this, he looked at the yamen runners in the courtyard. He thought that so many people might not be enough.

Xiaoyanzi was dissatisfied and frowned as she was about to lecture someone, but this time Yongqi spoke faster.

"Benjamin, no matter how valuable they are, we must give them a few. Give each person a few more. Does that mean our butts are butts, but their butts are not butts?"

Yongqi's words really touched Xiaoyanzi's heart.

She smiled and patted Yongqi's shoulder, praising him, "Master, I didn't expect that we would finally agree this time."

Yongqi smiled contentedly, as long as he could make Xiaoyanzi happy.

Looking at the pink bubbles rising between the two, Benjamin sighed. The Fifth Prince was really trapped. It was not easy for him, a young master, to say these words just to make Xiaoyanzi happy.

Forget it. Anyway, he had asked for this medicine on Xiaoyanzi's behalf. Now that he gave it to her, he didn't care how she used it.

Even if Xiaoyanzi gets injured again next time and there is no such precious medicine, ordinary wound medicine will still be effective.

So Benjamin simply gave the entire medicine box to Xiaoyanzi.

Xiaoyanzi happily distributed medicine to everyone, not only the Plum Blossom Tongue Pills, but also some other medicines.

Those yamen runners had never seen so many good medicines before, and they thanked the emperor happily after receiving the medicine.