Li Zhi did not expect that the interior of the General Military Mansion would also be invaded by the gentry, and there was an angry look on his face.
"How did someone get in?"
Seeing Li Zhi's anger, the guard stammered: "The vendor who delivered the food to the kitchen took advantage of the kitchen chef and accidentally threw it into the well!"
Li Zhi asked: "Has this vendor been caught? Who instigated it?"
The guard replied: "The merchant was caught. It was the Wang family, the big landowner in Jinghai County, who ordered him."
Li Zhi muttered: "Wang family?"
The guard said: "The head of the Wang family is a wealthy man with 6,000 acres of fertile land. He is one of the richest men in Jinghai County. He was afraid that my uncle would take away his land tax, so he took the lead and attacked my uncle."
Li Zhi said coldly: "Let the capital commander Zhong Feng lead the troops to Jinghai County to arrest the head of the Wang family and kill the three heads of the Wang family!"
The personal guard agreed and went to deliver the message.
Li Zhi rode on the horse and said fiercely: "I want to see whether it is these little killers who are more ruthless, or my Tiger Master."
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In the city of Hejian Prefecture, in a luxuriously decorated four-entry courtyard, a middle-aged man wearing a t-shirt and a Confucian scarf sat on a rosewood chair with exquisite carvings and was tapping the coffee table with his hands.
After a long time, the middle-aged man raised his hand and helped the two maids waiting in the room out. The two maids closed the door when they left, leaving only two people in the room.
The middle-aged man who took away the maids was the richest landowner in Hejian Prefecture, who raised people in Xuanjin. Opposite him, sitting an old man with white hair and beard, he was the second richest man in Hejian Prefecture, Henan Bingbei, who became an official.
Dao Du Zeren.
The prefecture, two prefectures and sixteen counties of Tianjin Town are all in Hejian Prefecture, and only four counties are not in Hejian Prefecture. The richest man in Hejian Prefecture is basically the richest man in Tianjin Town. Now Li Zhiqiang levies taxes on the gentry, and the richest man in Tianjin Town
The civil servants did not dare to fight against Xing Guobo and left one by one. The gentry in Tianjin Town had to take action against Li Zhi themselves.
The Yu family has two thousand hectares of fertile land, almost all of which were donated by farmers to avoid taxes and labor. If Li Zhi collects the Yu family's land tax, the Yu family's industry will collapse in an instant. Yu Xuanjin was forced to a dead end by Li Zhi.
No matter what, I have to fight to the death with Li Zhi.
Yu Xuanjin lowered his voice and said to Du Zeren: "Du Bingbei, I have tried it, and the fire dragon bullet I bought works!"
Du Zeren stroked his long beard and remained silent.
After a long time, Du Zeren whispered: "Master Yu, the Wang family in Jinghai County and the He family in Qing County were both arrested by Li Zhi, saying they wanted to kill the three clans!"
Yu Xuanjin smiled and said: "Du Bingbei was worried that the news would be leaked and asked Li Zhi to take precautions?"
Du Zeren nodded and whispered: "After the Wang family and the He family took action, Li Thief was very wary. It is said that in the General Military Mansion, there are five posts per post. The food and tea are given to the dogs first, and then there are dedicated people to eat them. There will be no problem."
It was only used by the Li family. Li thief always wears steel armor when he goes out, and he never leads less than a hundred soldiers."
"I'm worried that our batch of fire dragon bombs won't be able to kill Li Zhi."
Yu Xuanjin smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, Du Bingbei. I asked someone to transport this fire dragon bomb from Beijing. Once it is ignited, there will be no one alive within two steps. This time we are between the General Military Mansion and Ximen.
Twenty people were ambushed in the yard next to the only road, each holding two fire dragon bombs. As soon as Li Zhi went to Fanjiazhuang, we would throw forty fire dragon bombs out. No matter how fast Li Zhi ran, he could have this fire dragon.
Does the bullet travel fast?"
Du Zeren took a breath and said nothing.
Yu Xuanjin smiled and said: "Du Bingbei, follow me to the woodshed, and I will blow up a fire dragon bomb on the spot for you to see."
Du Zeren nodded and followed Yu Xuanjin to the woodshed of Yu's family. Yu Xuanjin took away the family servants and lit a fire dragon bomb with his own hands. There was only a bang, and the fire was shining, and the fire dragon bomb was
The explosion shook the Yu family's woodshed, and a piece of the roof was blown off.
Seeing the effect of the fire dragon bullet, Du Zeren looked happy and nodded.
Yu Xuanjin said: "Du Bingbei, no matter how good Li Zhi's armor is and how many soldiers he has, how can he still survive after being bombarded by these forty fire dragon bombs? Once Li Zhi dies and the Li family is wiped out, who will come to track us down?"
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Du Zeren laughed, patted Yu Xuanjin on the shoulder and said, "Okay! Let's do it and kill this ignorant Li Zhi!"
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On April 27th, the elites of Fushe gathered together in Huqiu, Suzhou.
Fushe is a large literary society in Jiangnan, organized by Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai from Taicang, Suzhou. Although Fushe is called a literary society, it is actually an "opposition party" in Jiangnan. There are tens of thousands of scholars in the society and financial resources.
The manpower was astonishing. Fushe could even control the imperial examinations and directly determine whether scholars passed the imperial examinations.
At every restoration meeting, they attacked "ugliest people" and praised "purity and integrity", even trying to influence government affairs. The leaders of the restoration society, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, wrote letters to expel Wei Zhongxian's remnant party Zhou Bingqian, and also ordered their disciples to write letters to expel the local manager Zhou Zhi.
Kui's power was even greater than that of ordinary local officials, and he could be said to be the most powerful person in Jiangnan.
At the end of last year, Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, raised 200,000 taels of silver, bribed important figures in the DPRK, and helped Zhou Yanru, who returned home due to illness, to become the first assistant. It was already the end of April in the 14th year of Chongzhen. Under Zhang Pu's activities
The imperial court has issued an order to appoint Zhou Yanru, but Zhou Yanru has not yet arrived in the capital to take office.
Zhang Pu, a leader of the opposition party, relied on bribes to support the chief minister of the cabinet, which shows his influence and skill. Zhou Yanru's reinstatement as the chief minister was a great victory for Fushe, and it also made Fushe's influence in Jiangnan even stronger.
On this day, the leaders of Fushe gathered in Huqiu, Suzhou, not to take charge of the government remotely, but to take care of Tianjin affairs.
Beside the Sword Pond in Huqiu, more than 30 leaders of Fushe sat on the ground and made impassioned speeches on the affairs of Tianjin.
Zhang Cai, one of the leaders of the Restoration Society, stood up and said: "Li Thief took out land and gave it to the gentry. This is something that has not happened in the fifty years of the country. If the gentry wants to pay land tax, then what kind of gentry are they? Those small people who donated their money.
, wouldn’t they all be dispersed in one day? The country used scholars to rule the world, but Li Thief did the opposite and inflicted the poison of land tax on the gentry. This is to destroy the families of the gentry in the world!"
Zhang Cai's words aroused applause from the leaders of the restoration society.
Chen Zilong stood up and said: "If the people don't know how to respect the gentry and respect order, what's the difference between them and animals? Such a situation is more terrifying than the destruction of the country! We, the scholars, will never allow such a change in the world.
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Chen Zilong's words again aroused applause from many scholars.
Zhang Pu stood up and said: "Li Thief thought that he had 20,000 elite soldiers, so he could impose land taxes on the gentry. But he didn't know that if he went against the scholars of the world, he would get a bloody head!"
"Li Thief made his fortune through industry. Today, in the name of restoring society, I, Zhang Pu, call on merchants all over the world to stop all business related to Li Thief. If you don't sell a single product to Li Thief, you will never buy another product from Li Thief!"
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