The price of rice is so high these days, which ordinary people in the county will store a large amount of food? Their families only have ten days and a half of food, and when the rice stores close, the people in the three counties are extremely frightened, fearing that their food supply will be cut off.
The family starved to death.
Not only that, students from the three counties also gathered under the call of Song Jinyu. Not only the students in the county school went on strike, but even the students in the private ethnic school who had not entered the school also came together and went to the streets to post posters.
Leaflets were issued to oppose General Longhu's imposition of commercial taxes to compete with the people. Hundreds of students took to the streets in each county. They marched all the way to the county government offices and beat drums to advance their lives.
The magistrates of each county stood up and spoke out, stating that the levy of commercial taxes was the intention of General Longhu alone and had nothing to do with the magistrates. The magistrates also said one by one that they would report the situation to the military commander and restore peace to Tianjin West Road.
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The students marched to the station of General Longhu soldiers outside the city and threw stones at the soldiers in Fanjiazhuang. Zheng Kaicheng, who was stationed in Jinghai County, was relatively restrained and did not fight back against the students, but only sounded a warning. Li Laosi, who was stationed in Qingxian County, and Li Laosi, who was stationed in Xingji County
Zhong Fengdu, the county commander, directly asked the soldiers to open fire and fight with the rioting students, killing and wounding several students who attacked the military camp.
The students were even more indignant when they saw the soldiers killing people. They did not dare to go to the military camp outside the city anymore, so they gathered at the gates of the county government offices. They stopped the students who had been killed and injured by Fanjiazhuang officers and soldiers at the door, gathered in a row, and shouted slogans.
"Greedy for soldiers and exploiting people's power!"
"The disaster of tax inspectors is the disaster of tigers and wolves!"
"Compete with the people for profit and seize the people's wealth!"
Song Jinyu, the second son of Song Daoming, was the vanguard of the trouble. In the past few days, he spent time in three counties on the West Road, organizing students from each county to parade and chant slogans. He stood next to the wounded at the gate of the county government office and said loudly to the students:
"A businessman does a little business, makes a little living money, and runs around day and night without a moment's leisure! Is it easy?"
The students below shouted: "It's not easy!"
Song Jinyu shouted: "The Dragon and Tiger General Li Zhi wants to impose excessive taxes and steal food from the merchants' rice bowls. Can we agree to it?"
"cannot!"
"Absolutely not!"
When the students saw the sons of Bing Bei Dao, they all came to support the strike. They felt that General Longhu would have a hard time walking around this time, so they were full of confidence and shouted slogans loudly.
Where have the common people seen such a posture? Readers are all decent people in the eyes of the people. Seeing decent people fighting like this, the common people are at a loss. They wonder why the government and readers are in confrontation? The common people are surrounding the county.
Watching the excitement at the yamen gate. Seeing that the students were speaking for their own interests, some vendors joined the students in making trouble, making the anti-tax team grow bigger and bigger.
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News of the market and school strikes in three counties on Tianjin West Road soon reached Fanjiazhuang.
Cui He was very frightened when he heard the news. He hurriedly found Li Zhi and said, "Husband, how can you go against the people of the world?"
Li Zhi said: "Madam, I am not against the people of the world, I am working for the people of the world! Only the upper class is making trouble, while the poor lower classes are watching! If the wealthy businessmen do not pay taxes, the poor people will be taxed more and more.
The heavier the land tax, the more crushing it will be!"
Cui He lowered his head and said, "But they are making such a big fuss, how can my husband suppress them?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Then let them see my thunderous skills!"
Cui He grabbed his sleeve and squeezed it for a long time, finally raised his head and said: "Husband, you are right!"
Li Zhi smiled and touched Cui He's cheek.
The students were in trouble for two days, and Li Zhi took action.
Li Zhi's first target was the Bingbei Mansion of Song Daoming on the Bingbei Road. Five hundred soldiers from the Selected Front Regiment surrounded the Bingbei Mansion. Under the stunned gaze of the Tianjin people, Li Zhi's soldiers knocked the soldiers away with hammering wood.
At the gate of Beifu, Song Jinyu's concubine Yuwan was forcibly captured.
Li Zhi also captured Tianjin's Dongnu Xizuo and Yuwan's personal maid in the Wang Family Courtyard in the north of Tianjin. The two were delivering intelligence at the time, and even the letter writing the intelligence was seized, and both the person and the stolen goods were seized.
After a while of torture, Yuwan and her maid divulged everything and admitted the fact that they had done something meticulous.
Song Daoming was furious at first because Li Zhi broke into his residence and said he would kill Li Zhi. However, after hearing that Song Jinyu's newly married concubine Yuwan was a slave from Dongnu, Song Daoming was promoted from behind.
There was a chill.
There is something wrong with the family. From a small point of view, it is a stain that reduces the official rank; from a big point of view, it is a crime of confiscating the house and being executed! Unless he kills Yuwan with his own hands, he will not be able to get away with it! And now Yuwan has been killed by Li Zhi
Once you have control, it's too late to take action yourself.
How could there be a Dongnu spy in his family? How did Li Zhi know about it? Song Daoming thought about it, becoming more and more frightened.
This Li Zhi is too rich and has too much power at his disposal. Whether it is a military exploit on the surface, or a detective or frame-up in private, this Li Zhi can kill himself with a banknote.
I can't fight him myself!
Song Daoming suddenly remembered his second son Song Jinyu, and quickly asked his family to rush to Jinghai County and told Song Jinyu to stop making trouble and go home to avoid the limelight.
But it was already too late when the Song family went there. Song Jinyu was still sitting in front of the Jinghai County Yamen and making trouble. He didn't know that his family Yu Wan had fallen into trouble. Li Zhi sent troops to rush to the door of the county government and captured Song Jinyu in public. Zheng Kaicheng led the soldiers
, under the dumbfounded gaze of the students, he stood in front of the county government office and said:
"Song Jinyu's concubine has been found to be a slave of Dongnu. Song Jinyu was bewitched by her to instigate this tax resistance activity and has been taken down according to the law. Everyone returned home quickly. If they cause trouble again, they will be treated as slaves of Dongxia and will be dealt with!"
Li Zhi's soldiers sounded a warning, and then took away Song Jinyu with live ammunition. The onlookers were so angry that they dared not speak out.
Li Zhi's soldiers took action. They took to the streets of the three counties, tore down the flyers posted by the students one by one, and knocked on the shop doors to warn the merchants: "This strike was initiated by Dongnu Xizuo. If the doors are not opened within three days,
The store will be dealt with according to Dong Nu’s detailed crimes!”
At the beginning, the students were still unsatisfied and unwilling to leave. They were still shouting slogans at the gate of the county government office. However, only half a day later, Zheng Kaicheng led his troops to kill them again. This time, Zheng Kaicheng targeted several big gentry.
The children of the family. The children of these families have big businesses and are the backbone of troubles, and there are a lot of dirty things in the families behind them.
"The Chen family has seized farmers' farmland and forced them to work as tenant farmers. The matter is suspicious! This Qian family has been ordered by General Longhu to arrest Chen Luqian, a son of the Chen family, and put him in jail for interrogation!"
"The Lu family runs a ** operation, used conmen to defraud people out of money, extorted money from civilians, and caused the bankruptcy and death of more than ten people. The crime is serious. Lu Keqi, a descendant of the Lu family, is now arrested for interrogation and investigation!"
