The soldiers supported Pang Gang and walked towards the inner courtyard. Along the way, they saw groups of servants being escorted by the sergeants towards the front courtyard. Of course, there were also many of them who were disheveled but looked like they were all made of silk and silk.
Someone who looks like a young master or young lady.
At this time, Da Zhuang escorted an old man in his sixties, who was disheveled but very energetic, and walked over. As soon as he saw Pang Gang, Da Zhuang shouted excitedly: "My lord, I have caught you under my duty. This Zheng family man has been arrested."
The head of the family was caught by me."
Pang Gang felt relieved immediately after hearing this. He walked over and said with a smile: "Oh? Da Zhuang, please don't lie to me. You must know that lying about military merit is a serious crime!"
"Sir, I really didn't lie to you because of my humble position. Just now, there were a few young men calling him grandpa. If you don't believe me, you can ask this old man yourself!" Da Zhuang didn't know that Pang Gang was teasing him, so he yelled at the side.
Pang Gang shook his head and said with a smile, "Okay, I will ask him now." After saying that, Pang Gang turned to the old man and asked, "Are you the head of the Zheng family?"
The old man said proudly: "Listen up, you dog official. Whether I change my name or my surname, it is Zheng Hongda, the head of the Zheng family. I can tell you clearly that you are dead for doing such a heinous thing. However,
If you are willing to stop and repent, I can make the decision to spare your family's death."
There was silence all around. After a long time, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out. All the soldiers nearby laughed so hard. This old man dared to threaten their Lord Qianhu now that he was in danger. This was not the longevity of the Duke hanging himself - he would not survive.
Are you impatient? Among the crowd, Da Zhuang’s laughter was the loudest. This simple-minded man held his stomach and fell down laughing.
While laughing, he said out of breath: "You old man is so... so interesting. This is the first time I have seen such an interesting thing in my life. You, a rice seller, are actually...
You dare to talk to my lord like this, do you know who my lord is?"
Zheng Hongda ignored Da Zhuang and just glanced at Pang Gang with contempt: "Looking at you, you are at best a fifth-grade official with the size of sesame and mung beans, and you are also a vulgar martial artist. Besides, I don't need to know who you are.
No matter what position you hold, as long as a letter is sent to the capital, you will be dismissed from your post, investigated and even executed."
After listening to Zheng Hongda's words, the sergeants laughed even harder. This old man was about to die and was still pretending to be a big-tailed wolf. I don't know where he got the confidence from.
Among the crowd, only Pang Gang did not laugh. He looked at the old man who looked at him with his head held high and the young men around him who looked at him with disdain and looked at him with a trace of sadness.
Once again I felt the arrogance of merchants in this era.
They claim to be the elite of the country, desperately clinging to the Ming Dynasty and absorbing the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty court and people to strengthen themselves, but they only take but never give. They control the civil servant group and desperately seize power from the emperor.
In their hearts, they actually regarded the emperor as a puppet, but they secretly searched desperately for wealth.
They use the banner of "not competing with the people for profit, but hiding wealth from the people", but they are doing dirty things behind the scenes, and this banner has almost become their invincible theoretical magic weapon.
What they mean is that if your country wants to increase taxes, it can only focus on agriculture. If you want to increase agricultural taxes, you can discuss it. If you want to increase industrial and commercial taxes, don't even think about it!
The saying "The bones of the wealthy gentry are frozen to death on the stinking roads of wine and meat" refers to these wealthy gentry. They lived a decadent life of debauchery and wine. They only accounted for 80% of the entire Ming Dynasty despite having less than 2% of the population.
Wealth. The industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty was actually the most developed in Chinese history, but the Ming Dynasty was also one of the poorest dynasties in Chinese history, because these people who controlled more than 80% of the society’s wealth died.
Holding on to this wealth, but not willing to use even a tiny bit to give back to the society and the people, this was the main factor that caused the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
These seemingly humble businessmen actually possess huge wealth and power. This is why Zheng Hongda dared to despise and despise Pang Gang after seeing him.
Pang Gang slowly walked to Zheng Hongda's side and said softly: "Do you know why I came to trouble you today?"
Zheng Hongda raised his head and hummed softly: "Do I need to know this?"
Pang Gang was not angry, he just smiled and said with emotion: "Yes, you don't need to know this, but I think you need to know, because you didn't give me face yesterday, so I am angry. And I
People usually don't have a good temper when they are angry, so I am going to teach you a lesson today, a lesson you will never forget for the rest of your life."
"Humph, is that so? I would like to see what lessons you can give me..."
Before Zheng Hongda finished speaking, he felt a chill pass through his neck. Suddenly he was surprised to find that he could actually see his own back. This discovery surprised Zheng Hongda, who had lived for more than sixty years.
.And he also discovered that his field of vision was unprecedentedly high, and he could actually look down from the sky to the ground. This made him a little surprised, until he saw a headless body twisting on the ground in a strange posture.
When he looked at the familiar figure and clothes, he seemed to realize that the headless body seemed to be his own.
With a "pop" sound, Zheng Hongda's six-and-a-half kilogram head fell from the air with a dull sound. It rolled on the ground a few times before stopping. His eyes widened as if he still couldn't believe what had just happened.
everything of.
"Grandpa, you killed grandpa!" Several disheveled but gorgeous young men around him pointed at Pang Gang in disbelief, their bodies shaking like a swing. One young man even
After being frightened, a stench emanated from his body. It turned out that this spoiled young man was so frightened that he became incontinent, and yellow-brown feces and urine flowed from his trousers to the ground.
Pang Gang looked at these pretentious young ladies, and felt contempt in his heart. These young people who were full of benevolence, justice, and morality were either doing business or serving as officials, but in their eyes, they never took the society and the people into their hearts.
, and have never had the concept of a country. They are just worms in this society that are full of food. Maybe killing them all is the best choice.
But when he thought of this, Pang Gang shook his head again. If Zheng Hongda's family was killed, I am afraid that all the merchants and gentry in Qingzhou would fight against him, and there would be no possibility of reconciliation. Now he does not have the strength to fight with the entire Qingzhou
The wealthy gentry class is obsessed with it. They come to Qingzhou just to make money and recruit refugees to strengthen themselves, but they cannot bring themselves along with it.
Thinking of this, Pang Gan stretched out his hand to summon Da Zhuang and said solemnly: "Dazhuang, things here are almost done. In order to prevent those wealthy gentry from causing trouble, you immediately lead four hundred soldiers to maintain public order in the city. If
Anyone who incites or leads others to cause chaos will be shot without mercy!"
"Yes, sir, just take a look!" Da Zhuang, whose face was red with excitement, quickly accepted the order.
After thinking for a while, Pang Gang shouted again: "Huayan!"
"I am here to serve you, sir!" Hua Yan, who was also wearing a military uniform today, quickly came over and gave a nondescript military salute.
Pang Gang said expressionlessly: "Hua Zandian, you immediately send people to send these young ladies from the Zheng Mansion to Lingshan Guards to open up wasteland. I also want to let them taste the taste of reform through labor!"