[2] In the 17th century, the textile industry was flourishing in Zhoucun, while the local government was corrupted to a point that it set up a department called "二公衙门" for extorting money.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice of the Qing Government, Huahsi Lee, came back to Zhoucun to see his family.

This kind of stingy "mercy" was really some gigantic excrement drained upon Huahsi's head, but he thought of a way around it.

Hushsi made orders to build a monument with "今日无税" ("No Tax Today") carvings ambiguously under the command of the emperor, so merchants are able to do business tax-free all the time.

The economically preposterous and doubtful monument is still at the center of the relics called "周村大街", but it was long invalid.