At the gate of the county government office in Daming County, more and more people gathered.
The road in front of the county government office is paved with bluestone floor tiles and is a small square. On one side of the small square is the county government gate, with a plaque inscribed by the Daming County Office on it. On the other side is a thick wall of blue bricks, with the words "Love the People" hanging on the wall.
For example, there are two words engraved on it: "子" and "righteous and bright".
There is a large flagpole erected in the middle of the small square, which is where the county government flag is hung.
Most of the people gathered in the small square were ordinary citizens, and their faces were full of angry expressions. That kind of anger was not a momentary indignation, but like an outbreak of depression that had accumulated for many years.
At the beginning, there were only a dozen or so hawkers standing outside the square, glaring at the government servants at the government office door from dozens of meters away. But as the news spread that the market was closed, more and more people soon rushed there.
Come on, squeeze towards the door of the Yamen little by little.
The yamen servants at the yamen gate were a little panicked.
The government servants standing at the door were called Zaopu, and the leader of these Zaopu was a middle-aged squad leader. Seeing more and more people gathering together, the middle-aged squad leader's face changed color. He stood at the door for a while,
He began to shout and curse at the gathered people: "What are you doing standing here? This is the center of the Yamen! Do you know?" "Go back! Go back! Don't stand in front of the Yamen."
The common people and the vendors looked at each other for a while when they saw the leader's violent shouting.
This squad leader’s surname is Liu, and his name is Liu Qiyi. He is the leader of more than twenty government officials. He can stand up and speak well in front of the county magistrate on weekdays. He is a figure in Daming County. Usually, he always takes two of them with him wherever he goes.
There is a follower, Zaopu, who is called Father Liu.
Some businessmen asked the county magistrate to do things, and even asked Liu Lao's connections to send money to the county magistrate through Liu Lao.
If anyone offends Father Liu, he will really be sued.
Father Liu suddenly took a step forward and shouted loudly: "I'll see if anyone dares to stand in the square after a stick of incense. I'll drag him into the Yamen to fight!"
The crowd gathered at the gate of the county government fell silent when they heard this sentence.
Liu Qiyi sneered and walked into the county government gate with a wave of his hand.
But after taking a few steps inside, Liu Qiyi's face turned pale and he showed a panicked expression. He walked faster and faster and ran towards the third hall of the county government.
"Master! Master!"
County magistrate Wei Zubing had also heard about the situation outside and stared at Liu Qiyi who rushed in. "How many people have gathered?"
Liu Qiyi said in a panic: "There are hundreds of people here, and they are still gathering. More and more people are gathering."
The county magistrate panicked and said, "What's going on? Isn't it just that an illegal vegetable market has been closed down?"
Liu Qiyi rolled his eyes and said: "Master, things are not that simple. Our Daming County is adjacent to Henan and Shandong Provinces, and there are huge problems here."
County Magistrate Wei Zubing took a breath and was speechless.
Of course Wei Zubing knew about the problems in Daming County. Daming County is bounded by Shandong Province to the east and Henan Province to the south, and is sandwiched by two provinces with one town and nine provinces. It turns out that in the early years of Chongzhen, everyone was equally poor and there was no problem. But Li
After several years of plant management in Shandong, Guan County, Shandong, across a small river from Daming County, became increasingly wealthy.
In the past, the handyman in Guanxian County earned more than one or two months' salary a month, but now he can earn five or two months' salary.
The situation in Nanle County, Henan Province in the south is slightly worse, but it is similar. The monthly income of a boy in Nanle County is about four or two or five yuan, and the income of farmers in the countryside is about the same.
Daming County in Beizhili, which was not ruled by Li Zhi, still remains on the poverty line year after year. So far, handymen and vendors in the county can only earn one or two yuan a month, and farmers in the countryside are even poorer.
Without comparison, there is no gap. Compared with Shandong and Henan, which are just around the corner, the dissatisfaction of the people in Daming County is getting stronger day by day. They are the same people in the Central Plains, why are the people in Daming County so poor?
Who doesn’t want to raise more children? Who doesn’t want to eat more pieces of meat?
In recent years, in teahouses and inns in Daming County, porters and traders have always said that it would be great if Daming County was under the control of Qi Wang Li Zhi.
Things were very different back then.
Liu Qiyi cupped his hands and said, "Master! I'm afraid these unruly people are going to cause trouble!"
Wei Zubing's hands trembled and he said, "What's the fuss about?"
Liu Qiyi said: "Daming County has been too poor these years, and many people starve to death every year. And the neighboring Shandong and Henan are so rich, these unruly people are full of resentment. I see that the unruly people gathered outside are not organized, I'm afraid
This time it was because the vegetable market built by the common people was closed down by you, sir, and they spontaneously wanted to cause trouble!"
Wei Zubing's face turned pale and he was speechless for a long time.
After a while, he said: "Go out and shout that the vegetable market will not be closed!"
Liu Qiyi was stunned and said, "What about the money sent by the related households in the old vegetable market?"
The vegetable sellers in the old vegetable market knew Liu Quyi and collected money for Liu Quyi to give to the county magistrate, asking the county magistrate to close the new vegetable market formed by people's spontaneous gathering outside the city. There is no new vegetable market, and there is no new vegetable market in the old vegetable market.
The related households can sell vegetables at very high prices and earn monopoly profits.
In the past, this was not a problem. But this time, public dissatisfaction has accumulated too deep, and it has triggered a problem.
Wei Zubing slammed the chair and shouted: "Thousands of taels of silver are nothing! Let's talk about it later!"
Liu Qiyi's face was startled, and he secretly thought that the county magistrate seemed not to be prepared to return all the money! Once the money was in Wei Zubing's pocket, there was no reason to spit it out.
Liu Qiyi nodded and ran outside the county government office.
However, the scene outside the county government office made him stare.
Just one stick of incense passed, and more people gathered outside the county government office. The ragged common people of Daming County glared fiercely at the government officials at the gate of the county government office. At a glance, they only saw an angry crowd, and they couldn't tell at all.
How many people were standing there.
From time to time someone in the crowd yelled.
"Why did the dog officer seal our wet market?" "The dog officer comes out!"
Liu Qiyi walked up quickly and was about to shout when he saw a thin and patchy man in the crowd shouting: "Come in and beat the dog officer Wei Zubing to death!" "We, the people of Daming County, have given up. We ourselves
Occupied the county government and defected to the King of Qi! "
When the angry-eyed people heard these words, they immediately boiled.
"Our people in Daming County have defected to the King of Qi! Beat the dog official to death!" "Beat the dog official to death!" "We have defected to the King of Qi! Have enough to eat!" "Daming County has returned to one town and nine provinces!"
Thousands of people suddenly let out a huge roar and boiled up.
The street vendors in the front row were vegetable vendors in vegetable markets outside the city, and they were the main victims of the ban. They seemed to have gone crazy and pounced on the government officials at the gate of the county government office.
How could those government officials dare to confront so many people? They screamed, threw away the water and fire sticks, and ran away.
The angry people rushed into the county government office and went straight to the three halls. Wherever the people went, the government officials fled.
Liu Qiyi's head shrank and he quickly ran out of the back door of a lottery room and fled outside the county government office without daring to look back. 19
