Li Zhi shook his head and said: "The governor doesn't know that Song Jinyu leaked a lot of military secrets to Yu Wan, and even let Dong Nu spy on the military arrangement of Fanjiazhuang. If this person is let go, the whole city will be full of spies! This matter
I will report this to the Emperor, who will decide life and death."
Since Li Zhi was unwilling to let go of Song Jinyu, he would definitely not let go of Song Daoming. At this time, Song Jinyu's concubine had obtained the stolen goods through the enemy, and it was a certainty that the Song family would be unlucky. Chaden was prepared to see that Li Zhi had no face and was unwilling to give up.
To myself, I felt a sense of powerlessness in my heart and sighed.
The emperor always valued Li Zhi, and Li Zhi caught a spy in the Military Preparation Mansion. It was inevitable for Song Daoming to seize his official position and be dismissed.
Will the world of the Great Shu be led by warriors from now on?
Cha Denbei sighed and then said, "General Longhu arrested more than 20 students in three counties in order to collect commercial taxes. Now that commercial taxes have been levied, can the general release these students?"
Li Zhi glanced at Cha Denbei impatiently and secretly wondered why the governor was so verbose. He said coldly: "After interrogation of more than 20 suspects, twelve of them are innocent and will be released soon. The other eleven will be released soon.
The person is definitely guilty of the crime, and the evidence is conclusive. I will choose a day to execute him, behead three of them, slap a plank on eight of them, and clear the name of Xilu."
Chadenbei almost couldn't swallow his breath, rolled his eyes and said: "The general wants to execute these students? These students have merit and honor!"
Li Zhi took a sip of tea and asked lightly: "So what if you have fame?"
Zha Denbei glanced at Li Zhi and said: "It is against the laws of the Ming Dynasty to torture students with meritorious honors. If you really want to use torture, you must first ask academic officials to expel these students from their meritorious honors!"
Li Zhi said lightly: "Then I'll trouble the governor!"
Cha Dengbei felt helpless in his heart. This Li Zhi opened his mouth to kill people and kept his mouth shut to execute people. He was full of murderous intent. If there was any trouble, he would throw it to himself. But if he didn't go to Ti Xueguan, let Li Zhi directly execute the outstanding scholars.
, by then everyone in the world will be talking about the chaos in Tianjin's officialdom. Li Zhi is not afraid of material criticism when he has a strong army, but Cha Dengbei is afraid. It is a small matter to expel a few guilty students from their membership honors, but it is a big deal to slap a student with honors for violating the law.
, Chadenbei cannot bear this responsibility.
Sighing, Zhadenbei said helplessly: "Since the general is determined to execute people, I can only ask Shandong to bring academic officials to expunge the names of these guilty students!" After thinking about it, Zhadenbei asked again: "Those three
Where is the county magistrate’s family?”
"They are all capital crimes!" Li Zhi said categorically. "These three prisoners have several murder cases on their hands. If they are not killed, the people will not be angry!"
Cha Dengbei panicked and said: "The general is too murderous, I'm afraid it won't be a blessing to the West!"
Li Zhi smiled, took a sip of tea, and didn't answer.
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On February 3, at the entrance of the vegetable market in Jinghai County, Li Zhi rode a horse and led a hundred soldiers of the Huben Division to set up an execution ground on the road. The soldiers escorted fourteen criminals to the execution ground and began execution.
When they saw General Longhu from Fanjiazhuang leading his troops to Jinghai County for execution, the people of Jinghai County saw such a great bustle and surrounded the execution ground three floors inside and three floors outside.
Li Zhi asked several soldiers with loud voices to shout loudly and make the criminals' crimes known to the public.
The common people had never seen a military attache in charge of civil affairs, and they all talked about it.
"General Longhu is attacking the scholar!"
"Why does General Longhu care about the affairs of prefectures and counties?"
"General Longhu is in charge of the three counties on the West Road, so of course he can control these talented people!"
There were originally seven scholars among the criminals, but by this time they had all been stripped of their honors and pinned to the ground.
Among the eleven scholars, eight of them were punished with beatings. The charges of these eight people ranged from prostitution to illegal profit-making. Of course, there was also a charge of inciting the people to resist the government and organize strikes against classes and markets. These people were beaten twice.
They were beaten with ten to sixty large boards until their skin and flesh were torn, and they screamed in agony.
After the boarding was done, the students' family members came up to carry the students down and take them home to recuperate.
There are three other people who have committed more serious crimes and will be shot at noon. The family members of the three county magistrates will also be shot together. These six people have committed crimes such as annexing other people's property, robbing other people's fields, and defrauding others of their money to death. Their crimes are unpardonable.
"General Longhu is going to kill someone!"
"Who is General Longhu? He is not merciless in killing Tatars. What does killing a few pests mean?"
"These local bullies are all bullies in the three counties. They have killed many people! This time they fell into the hands of General Longhu, and I realized that there is still a word of justice in the world!"
Seeing that the people were talking a lot, but most of them supported his execution, Li Zhi on horseback was very pleased.
At noon, in full view of the public, Li Zhi's soldiers pressed the trigger on the executioner's head. Only a few gunshots were heard, and blood splattered. The onlookers were so frightened that they stepped back a few steps.
When the people looked at the execution ground again, they saw only blood on the ground. The six criminals had been shot to the ground and were no longer alive.
Seeing the tyrannical evil gentry being killed, the people shouted in unison:
"Well done!"
"Well done, General Longhu!"
"People from harm!"
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On February 6, on the throne of Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty looked at the memorial sent by Li Zhi with interest and thought deeply.
In order to collect business taxes, Li Zhi went on a massacre on Tianjin West Road, expelling seven students from their official titles, executing three sons of the gentry, and killing three relatives of county magistrates.
Coincidentally, Li Zhi also uncovered Dongnu Xizuo who was hiding in Song Daoming's home on Bingbei Road, Tianjin Middle Road, and arrested Dongnu Xizuo in Tianjin City. Now Li Zhi went to the emperor to ask for instructions on how to deal with Song Daoming and his son.
Zhu Youjian thought about it and laughed. He put the memorial on the imperial case, stood up and walked leisurely a few steps in front of the imperial case, with a smile on his face.
Wang Cheng'en looked at the delighted emperor and was confused. He took out several thick memorials from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has reported that Yang Qianhe admonished Fanjiazhuang General Li Zhi to collect commercial taxes privately and compete with the people for profit!"
Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen's memorial and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, there is more! Wang Ruoguang, the right-hand censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, admonished Li Zhiyue to handle civil affairs on his behalf, without regard to the laws of the country!"
Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen and smiled.
Wang Chengen spread a large number of memorials on the imperial court and said with a grimace: "Your Majesty, these large number of memorials are all for impeaching Li Zhi. This Li Zhi is a good general, but this time he went against the scholars of the world and got into trouble.
Big trouble! Why is the emperor still so happy?"
Zhu Youjian laughed loudly and said: "What I want is for this Li Zhi to fight against the scholars of the world!"
Wang Chengen rolled his eyes, not thinking clearly.
Zhu Youjian said: "This Li Zhi has trained his troops well, fought bravely, and his power is getting stronger day by day. I have been worried: What will I do if I can't control this Li Zhi over time?"
"But now that he has offended the scholars of the world, I am no longer afraid. Today he has offended the scholars of the world. From now on, he will have no other support but to rely on me. He can only carry out my orders with all his strength!"
