Li Zhi was silent after hearing what the Yang brothers said.
It turns out that the two brothers destroyed the statue because their wife ran away with someone else.
But what does Li Zhi have to do with his wife running away? Why did he destroy the statue of Dasheng Temple in Jinghai County?
Li Zhi pondered the connection.
Seeing that Li Zhi did not get angry and execute the Yang brothers, a middle-aged man suddenly walked out from the crowd watching the excitement outside the main hall of Guandi Temple.
This middle-aged man was wearing an old blue cotton-padded jacket and a Dongpo scarf on his head. He was tall and tall, and he had an aura about him when he stepped out.
Seeing the middle-aged man coming out, the other Shanxi workers stopped talking and looked at the man with wide eyes. When He Ganyi, the magistrate of Jinghai County, saw the man, he couldn't help but snorted loudly.
The man came up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, these Yang brothers are so pitiful. I beg Your Majesty to show mercy!"
Li Xing frowned and shouted: "Who are you?"
The man raised his hands and said: "I am Qiu Kedu, the owner of Deyilou, the largest winery in Shanxi Street." After thinking about it, he added: "Although the common people are poor, there are some people on Shanxi Street. On weekdays in Shanxi The workers all come to Deyilou to hear a few words from the common people when they have any big or small problems."
Li Xing squinted at the man and said coldly: "You organized this fight?"
Qiu Kedu's face turned pale and he was silent for a few seconds. Finally, he raised his chest and said: "People in the Ming Dynasty do not do secret things. This time in Shanxi Street to protect the Yang brothers, Xiaomin really did his best and shouted. If The prince wants to hold the common people accountable, and the common people cannot run away!"
Li Xing's face became even more unhappy and he wanted to speak again.
Li Zhi waved his hand to stop Li Xing and said, "Qiu Kedu, how pitiful are these Yang brothers? Why are you fighting with the locals? Tell me clearly."
Qiu Kedu looked at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty is a virtuous man and will definitely understand the suffering of our Shanxi workers."
Shaking his sleeves, Qiu Kedu said loudly:
"The eldest son of the Yang family is twenty-one years old this year. He came to Jinghai County four years ago when he was 18 years old. The reason why he came to Tianjin is because he has a childhood sweetheart named Liu who lives in the same town as the eldest son of the Yang family. When I grew up, the old man of the Yang family was engaged to be married to the Liu family, but the family was too poor to afford a house to get married, so he had to leave his hometown and work as a handyman in Jinghai to make money."
"My lord, don't look at the wrinkles on the face of the eldest son of the Yang family. He is thin and dark-skinned. It was the result of moving porcelain clay and burning coal in the porcelain kiln in Jinghai County in the past two years. That's why he looks so old. This eldest son of the Yang family has just When he came to Shanxi Street, he was a handsome young man, a very outstanding young man."
"When the Yang family first came here, he worked as a handyman in a restaurant in Jinghai County. He worked for two years and saved money to buy two tiled houses on Shanxi Street. He went back to Shanxi and married Mrs. Liu.
The Dalang of the Yang family is a smart man. Although his family is poor, he attended the free school corner for three years when he was a child and learned how to read. The people on the streets of Shanxi all think highly of Dalang of the Yang family. On weekdays, if anyone wants to write letters or couplets, they all Give Dalang more than ten cents and let him polish his pen."
"I have also met his wife, Mrs. Liu. She is a beautiful woman, and she is a perfect match for the eldest son of the Yang family. When the two got married, the people on the streets of Shanxi were very happy, and they all said that they had a golden boy and a beautiful girl."
Qiu Kedu sighed and said: "But Mrs. Liu is not a responsible woman. In Shanxi, she only knew and guarded the talents of the Yang family's elders. But she gained experience when she arrived in Jinghai, so she I know that there are so many knowledgeable, talented, rich and wealthy men in one town and nine provinces. "" The tax collector Jian Zhanhe in the city was originally a middle-aged man, but because he went to middle school and was the head of the tax collectors section, he received twelve months of money a month. , traveled all over the country to learn about the past and learn about the present. Mrs. Liu was working as a handyman in a sewing shop in the city. When she saw Jian Zhanhe, she hooked up with Jian Zhanhe. "Mr. Liu never looked down on the elder man of the Yang family again. Did the elder man of the Yang family think that Mrs. Liu looked down on him? Qian, quit his job in a restaurant and went to work as a coolie in a porcelain kiln where the salary was only 30 Liang. He just wanted to earn more money for Liu to spend. But after two years, he failed to win back Liu's heart. Instead, Liu took advantage of Jian Zhan's marriage to go to Siam. When Luo was an official, he ran away with Jane."
Hearing this, the people outside the Guandi Temple all lowered their heads. This incident really made them despair and embarrassed. The Yang family was also a figure in the streets of Shanxi, and he ended up with such an end, which really made everyone feel guilty.
Dejected.
Qiu Kedu said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the people of Jinghai County have indeed followed you for a long time! They have all gone to school, they are all literate, they can read and read newspapers, and they have even learned about public ethics. We can't compare." "These years."
The people of Jinghai County treated us outsiders like cattle and horses, only giving us the most menial errands. We all tolerated it. The people of Jinghai County believed that they had followed the prince for a long time, and built a magnificent temple for worship in the county seat, and did not allow us.
When outsiders come in, they are nominally seeking blessings for the prince, but in fact they are showing that the locals followed the prince for the first time, and are distinguishing the status between outsiders and locals like us. "" Those who worship at the temple.
The more there are, the more united the local people in Jinghai County will be, and the more despicable we outsiders will be. Even if we outsiders come to the city to sell oil, no one will pay attention to the oil stall. ""The locals only have five taels a month.
Our monthly income is more than two taels. The local women don’t even look at us outsiders. No local woman has ever married us migrant workers, but local men marry beautiful outsiders like us from time to time. We also tolerate this.
"But the Yang family's father is working so hard to support his family, and the locals want to snatch his wife away..."
Qiu Kedu was so excited that his face was red and he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty! Let me ask you, Your Majesty, you conquered the South and the North to save the Han people and built such a prosperous town and nine provinces, but you treat us like this.
Foreigners, do you still have a conscience?"
Hearing Qiu Kedu's shouts and questions, the people outside the Guandi Temple suddenly lost control of their emotions, and tears filled their eyes.
Although the matter of Dalang Yang is an isolated case, the grievances suffered by these migrant workers are common. To put it bluntly, migrant workers in Jinghai are doing nothing but cattle and horses, and even the case where their wives were taken away is not an isolated case, but it is not an isolated case.
There are not many people like Yang Dalang who dare to fight to the death.
Hearing Qiu Kedu's words, countless people shed tears, wiped their tears with their sleeves and cried. Everyone lowered their heads, and only the sobbing of men and women was heard inside and outside the Guandi Temple.
Seeing this scene, the officials behind Li Zhi were speechless for a moment.
Seeing that the situation was not right, He Ganyi jumped out and said: "Qiu Kedu, you are deceiving the public with your evil words! The prince has promulgated a new marriage law last year, and now even the woman can file for divorce! Mrs. Liu is willing to be Jian Zhanhe's concubine, that is
Liu's freedom!"
After hearing what He Ganyi said, Qiu Kedu sneered a few times, and the more he laughed, the more mocking he became.
"He Ganyi, you are such a dog official! You were born in Jinghai and grew up in Jinghai, so you know how to protect the interests of the local people! Do you want to kill my Qiu Kedu family because of your status as the county magistrate?"
The migrant workers outside the Guandi Temple were not as stubborn as Qiu Kedu. Their eyes were full of despair for a moment, and they all knelt on the ground.
These men, women, and children all kowtowed to Li Zhi, as if the world-famous Qi King Li Zhi was their last hope. 8)
