Li Xing looked at the emperor's imperial edict, shook his head, and spat: "Brother, this emperor is really cunning. We want law enforcement power, but he will take away the money. In this way, don't we have to pay for Tianjin and Shandong out of our own pockets?"
people to maintain law and order.”
Han Jinxin raised his hand and said: "My lord, our emperor has trained 80,000 new soldiers in the capital camp and various towns, spent a lot of money to buy artillery from the Portuguese, and gathered craftsmen to build Lumi guns. The cost is very huge. We want law enforcement rights.
The emperor directly asked for money, which shows that the imperial court is in dire need of money."
Li Zhi nodded and asked Cui Changwu: "How many police officers are needed to maintain public security in Tianjin and Shandong? How much money does it cost per year?"
Cui Changwu replied: "To maintain order in the two places, we must hire at least 13,000 policemen. If we give them the same treatment as the workers in Fanjiazhuang, it will cost 550,000 taels of silver a year. The emperor only left us 200,000 taels of silver.
We have to spend 350,000 taels of silver a year."
Li Zhi pondered and said: "Three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver is not unbearable."
Li Xing spat: "Brother, I heard people say that being an official is about making money. As an official like you, you only spend your own money. It's really boring."
Cui Changwu smiled and said: "Second General, these three hundred and fifty thousand are not expensive. You must know that there are so many official positions in Tianjin and Shandong. In the past, those civil servants spent money to become magistrates in order to become officials. They didn't even know the official positions of magistrates.
How much money will it cost? We can take over all the law enforcement powers in the two places at once, and it only costs 350,000 a year."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Forget it, we will use the price of 350,000 taels of silver per year to buy the law enforcement rights of Tianjin and Shandong. In this way, Shandong and Tianjin will completely listen to us. In the future, the court will
Appointed local officials have no power to interfere with civil order."
Li Xing said: "They can also run schools and promote Confucianism."
Li Zhi said: "Li Xing, you will take on the position of chief of the police station. From now on, it will be up to you to maintain the social order in Shandong and Tianjin."
"With the power of law enforcement, the administrative power of the government is actually in our hands. You have to carefully select officials and take charge of urban planning, road planning, and all kinds of construction work."
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On May 30th, the Caishikou in the north of Jinan Prefecture was crowded with people. The people learned from the newspaper that the traitors who assassinated the Duke of Jin would be executed today, and they all came to the Caishikou to watch the excitement.
You Yipeng and Zhan Kejian were kneeling on the execution platform with beheading sticks on their backs. Behind them were five assassins who were all going to be shot together today.
The common people were very angry when they knew that the stage was full of traitors who were against the Duke of Jin. They picked up the gravel and rotten fruits and vegetables beside the market entrance and threw them at the seven people kneeling on the stage.
The Duke of Jin single-handedly saved more than 10 million hungry people in Shandong, and now his prestige in Shandong is at its peak. How dare these traitors assassinate the Duke of Jin, who dedicated himself to serving the people? If these people succeeded, the people of Shandong would really cry.
I can't even cry.
Since Duke Li of Jin was implanted in Shandong, the lives of the people in Shandong have been getting better and better day by day. If this continues, the lives of the people in Shandong will be on par with those in Tianjin.
People in Tianjin have really lived a good life these years. As the Duke of Tianjin continues to build water conservancy facilities, Tianjin's per capita cultivated area continues to expand. Farmers' income first increased by several percent due to the average land tax, and then increased with the increase in cultivated area. Commerce and trade continued
With the prosperity, the average monthly income in the town has risen to one to two or eight yuan, while prices have remained stable for a long time.
The life of people in Tianjin now even exceeds that in Jiangnan.
If the Duke of Jin is assassinated by these traitors, those corrupt civil servants in Shandong will come back again. To put it bluntly, if all the dirty things done by those civil servants were made public, nine out of ten would deserve to be killed. If they were to do it again
If these corrupt officials are allowed to rule, Shandong will definitely be like Henan, Shaanxi and Huguang, with famine and bandits running rampant.
In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog. If Jin Guogong hadn't been in charge of Shandong, I don't know how many people would have died in famine and war.
These people deserved to be killed for assassinating the Duke of Jin. They deserved to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.
Zhan Kejian, the prefect of Jinan, looked embarrassed on the stage and kept dodging things thrown by the people.
You Yipeng, the leader of the Wen Society, burst into tears. He didn't even try to escape the stones thrown by the people and hit him on the head. He looked like he was extremely regretful for what he had done.
Li Zhi walked to the execution platform and looked at the seven death row inmates.
Originally, the German King Zhu Youshu should have knelt here, but the emperor managed to save the prince's life. Li Zhi blasted Zhu Youshu out of the palace, and Zhu Youshu did not dare to stay in Jinan for long, and fled to the capital overnight. Now he has been
He was demoted to a commoner, lost his salary, and had no idea how he would make a living in the future.
But that was not what Li Zhi considered.
Li Zhi walked onto the execution ground and shouted to the people watching: "These seven people conspired to assassinate me!"
"kill!"
"Kill them!"
"Search the house! Search the house!"
The common people were ignited by Li Zhi's words and shouted loudly to kill him. Many people even asked to search the death row prisoner's home, obviously hating the traitor who dared to assassinate Li Zhi.
Li Zhi nodded, feeling that he didn't need to say anything anymore. Nowadays, more and more people come to the teahouse to listen to the news. People can easily get all kinds of information and understand their various administrative actions.
"Execution!"
Zhan Kejian looked at Li Zhi, his face pale.
Li Zhi saw his eyes turning and went up to ask.
"Zhan Kejian, you conspired to assassinate me and deserve death. Now that you are about to die, what else do you have to say?"
Zhan Kejian was trembling and could no longer utter a complete sentence. He said in a few words: "Sir, will Confucianism be abandoned in the future?"
Li Zhi smiled and waved his hand, and a rifleman came up and pressed against Zhan Kejian's head. A shot was fired, and the back of Zhan Kejian's head bloomed. The fourth-grade civil servant rolled his eyes and fell forward, dead in the middle of summer.
On the execution platform.
Li Zhi looked at the five assassins. Boss Huang was glanced at by Li Zhi. When he opened his eyes, he was so frightened that he fainted. The execution soldier was stunned. He lifted him up and slapped him several times, but he still couldn't bring him down.
Wake up.
Liu Laoer stared at Li Zhi blankly, speechless. He originally thought that if he confessed to King De, Li Zhi would spare his life, but he never expected that he would be shot in the end.
The five soldiers put their rifles against the backs of the five assassins' heads and clicked the triggers. The five assassins screamed and twitched, and were killed instantly.
Finally, there is You Yipeng, the leader of the news club.
You Yipeng shed more and more tears, almost sobbing. When he saw Li Zhi standing in the distance, he kowtowed to the executioning soldiers of the Huben Division behind him and begged for mercy: "Don't kill me, I am willing to hand over all my family property."
, I just want to avoid death."
Before You Yipeng died, he was completely panicked and actually begged for mercy from the executing soldiers. How could the executing soldiers have the right to exempt him from the death penalty? The soldier snorted coldly, put his gun against his chest and shot him.
A huge blood flower appeared on You Yipeng's chest. He screamed and fell on the execution platform, twitching continuously in a pool of blood. As more and more blood was lost, he gradually stopped twitching and died.
