Chapter three hundred and eighty seventh old hatred
On June 7, Li Zhi sat in the Second Hall of the General Army, looking at the reports sent from various places.
The magistrate of Xiangyang is particularly valuable. The governor of Shandong Wang Gongbi, Fushe Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, Chen Zilong and other big thieves have all been captured. The organizers of this anti-tax movement sweeping the country have all been killed. No matter what, the soda ash mines in Xiangyang and Shandong
No one dares to stop the supply of cotton raw materials.
Various industries in Fanjiazhuang can resume production.
The evil gentry in Xiangyang, Jinan and Suzhou who smashed Fanjiazhuang's goods have all been shot.
The only pity is that Qian Qianyi of the Donglin Party is not in Suzhou Prefecture, but is hiding in his hometown in Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture. Qian Qianyi asked his family to hide Zhang Pu and the others, and he has already been on Li Zhi's blacklist. If Li Zhi had
If we catch this leader of the Donglin Party who has reduced his membership and returned home, we will definitely not spare his life.
The next step is to deal with Tianjin's mole.
Li Zhi led two hundred soldiers and attacked the Tianjin Governor's Yamen. The soldiers quickly surrounded the Governor's Yamen and blocked the front, back and side entrances of the Yamen. Li Zhi took Zheng Kaicheng and rode slowly to the main entrance of the Governor's Yamen and faced the soldiers.
A wave of his hand.
"Shout!"
A soldier with a loud voice walked up to the gate and shouted: "People in the governor's office, listen, you are surrounded! Uncle Xing Guo only targets criminals and does not hurt innocent people. Open the gate quickly. Don't let us take action and hurt anyone."
innocent!"
The soldier shouted a few words, but no one in the yamen answered.
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Open the door!"
The soldiers shouted "Here", and dozens of them lifted up the bumping wood together and began to hit the gate of the governor's office. I don't know if the gate of the governor's office had been reinforced. It was quite strong. Li Zhi's soldiers bumped against it for a while, but it was not.
Bump away.
Zheng Kaicheng looked a little ugly and said: "Uncle, we attacked Zhou Fu Dacheng this time and killed so many court officials. How will the court treat us?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Kaicheng, you have studied for several years. You know how to be loyal and righteous, and you are always worried that the court will be unhappy."
Zheng Kaicheng knew that Li Zhi was mocking him, so he jumped off his horse in fright, bowed and said: "Uncle, no matter what my uncle does, Zheng Kaicheng will follow it all the way to the end without hesitation!"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "Kaicheng, I believe you!"
While the two were talking, the soldiers had already opened the gate of the governor's office and rushed in.
Some of the servants of Governor Li Jizhen stood behind the door, holding swords in their hands, and looked in panic at the door that was knocked open. Li Zhi's soldiers rushed in and shot at those holding swords, killing more than a dozen people.
"Uncle Xing Guo led his troops to capture the enemy! Everyone kneels down!"
"Anyone who dares to resist with a sword will be killed without mercy!"
The servants of the governor's yamen did not dare to resist anymore and put down their swords and knelt down to beg for mercy. Two hundred soldiers rushed in and quickly took control of the entire governor's yamen. Li Zhi rode into the governor's yamen on horseback and rode until he reached the second hall, where he saw
The pale-faced Tianjin Governor Li Jizhen, and beside Li Jizhen were Lu Hualin, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, and Lu Huarong, Lu Hualin's younger brother.
There was a foot of white silk hanging on the beam next to Li Jizhen. It seemed that Li Jizhen was desperate and was ready to hang herself from the beam.
Li Zhi jumped off the horse and said to Li Jizhen: "I haven't seen the governor for many days. Is the governor not ready to live?"
Li Jizhen turned pale and said to Li Zhi: "Li Zhi, you killed the governor of Shandong, the prefect of Suzhou, the prefect of Xiangyang, and the world-famous Fushe leaders Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai, and Chen Zilong. Is there anyone in the world who dare not
Killed someone?"
Li Zhi said calmly: "For the sake of the people of Tianjin, I have to kill these bad officials and evil gentry. The taxes on the people of Tianjin are so high that they have been forced to live on the line. If there is a slight natural disaster, their families will be destroyed. If we do not treat the gentry
If taxes are collected, the people of Tianjin will rebel sooner or later, and the reputation of Tianjin as a paradise town cannot be preserved. Killing a few hundred people can save millions of people, so how can I not kill them?"
Li Jizhen's face turned pale and she was speechless.
Li Zhi stopped paying attention to Li Jizhen, looked at Lu Hualin and Lu Huarong who were shivering on the side, and said with a smile: "There are two acquaintances here!"
Lu Hualin knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted: "Uncle Xing Guo, the official has left with his seal and has not hindered Uncle Xing Guo's tax plan. Please forgive the official's life, Uncle Xing!"
Lu Huarong also knelt on the ground, stretched out his left hand and slapped himself on the face, saying: "Kill you bitch!" Seeing that Li Zhi's expression remained unchanged, he stretched out his right hand and slapped himself on the face.
On the right side of his face, he said: "I'll beat you to death, you blind bitch, even Uncle Xing Guo dares to offend you!"
Li Zhi pulled out a chair and sat down, and said calmly: "It's useless to slap yourself in the face. It's too late to commit suicide! Our accounts are not calculated like this."
"In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, Lu Huarong tried to plot my property and hired green-skinned scoundrels to come and destroy my textile workshop. After being repulsed by my servants, Lu Hualin protected Lu Huarong, and the policemen in the Yamen even wanted to arrest me and send me to the prison."
"Just this one thing, I can destroy you two and three clans!"
Lu Huarong had seen Li Zhi's rapid rise over the years and had long known that sooner or later he would be liquidated by Li Zhi. At this time, when he heard Li Zhi's words, he did not dare to say anything and knelt on the ground trembling.
He couldn't restrain his fear and suddenly peed on his pants.
Lu Hualin knelt on the ground, the cold sweat on his body soaked his official robe, and begged: "Master Xing Guobo, why bother to mention this thing that has passed? It has been seven years, and it has long been indifferent."
Li Zhi replied coldly: "It's over? Who said it's over? If I hadn't bribed He Shishou with a lot of money at that time, I would have been tortured to death by you."
Lu Hualin kowtowed desperately on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Xingguo spared his humble life as an official. His merits are immeasurable!"
Li Zhi's face changed and he said fiercely: "Lu Hualin, I haven't settled the old debts with you yet, and I have a new grudge. This time I am collecting taxes in Tianjin, and you are so bold as to organize scholars to seduce the farmers. What?"
Now that the gentry have all been taxed, the rumors about the powerless common people will soon be taxed too, were you, Lu Hualin, the one who started it, right?"
Lu Hualin knelt on the ground, trembling all over and speechless.
"If I don't kill your family, you don't know how high the sky is and how determined you are to oppose me."
Li Zhi said to Zheng Kaicheng: "Take down Lu Hualin and Lu Huarong, both of them will kill the three tribes, don't let any of them escape!"
Zheng Kaicheng agreed, waved his hand, and asked the soldiers to drag down the ashen-faced Lu Hualin and the trembling Lu Huarong.
Li Zhi turned around, looked at the pale Li Jizhen, and said, "The governor wants to commit suicide?"
