Chu Yi glanced at Zhao Hongze, turned his body slightly to avoid Zhao Hongze's knife, and patted him on the shoulder. He immediately saw Zhao Hongze knocked to the ground by his slap, and several soldiers immediately stepped forward and tied him up.
Got up.
Looking at Zhao Hongze, who was vomiting blood and struggling with dissatisfaction, Chu Yi sighed: "Yes, this is Jiangnan, but this world is still the world of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhao Hongze's hair was disheveled and he laughed loudly: "Chu Yi, you broke the rules of Jiangnan, just wait until you die without a burial place!"
Shi Kui stepped forward and punched Zhao Hongze in the mouth. Blood immediately flowed from Zhao Hongze's mouth, and his mouth was gagged, and he finally survived.
Chu Yi waved his hand to push Zhao Hongze down, and his eyes fell on the servants who were stubbornly resisting. These servants were obviously the elites carefully selected from the guard. Although there were only dozens of them, they were inflicted by Shi Kui's soldiers.
The damage done far exceeded those of the dead soldiers raised by the Hu clan.
But soon, dozens of servants, including those close to Zhao Hongze, were all killed on the spot, and the huge uncle's mansion was filled with blood.
After glancing at the magnificent Earl's Mansion, Chu Yi turned around and left, leaving Chu Fang responsible for confiscating Wu Jingbo's property.
When the extremely embarrassed Zhao Hongze was being escorted into the prison car, countless eyes fell on Zhao Hongze. When they saw Chu Yi following closely, many people couldn't help but shrink their eyes.
Previously, Chu Yi massacred the mob and destroyed the Hu clan. Now, even the dignified Uncle Ming was easily captured by him. For a moment, many people felt uneasy and truly felt the terror of Dongchang.
Although Dongchang's evil reputation has spread all over the world, Dongchang rarely leaves the capital, let alone the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, these dignitaries and gentry in Nanjing City have never personally experienced the situation faced by the dignitaries of the capital against Dongchang.
The fear that comes from the bottom of my heart.
Today, Chu Yi's unscrupulous and no-taboo behavior suddenly made them feel how terrifying Dongchang was.
Shi Kui, who was covered in blood, suddenly fell down in front of Chu Yi and said solemnly: "Report to the governor, a total of 78 servants of Wu Jingbo's house resisted with weapons, and they have all been killed. All 63 family members of the house have been brought to justice!
"
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw dozens of people from Wu Jingbo's house being escorted out one by one. The most eye-catching sight was the corpses of the servants being carried out one by one by the soldiers.
Seeing this scene, many people couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts. Looking at Chu Yi again, their eyes were full of fear and fear.
Chu Yi glanced around with a calm expression, got on his horse, and a group of soldiers followed Chu Yi closely.
Seeing Chu Yi leave this neighborhood, some people who were originally worried breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhulin Bookstore
The place south of the Yangtze River is the most famous place among the literati. Since the literati in the south of the Yangtze River organized a book club on their own initiative several decades ago, after decades of development, the Zhulin Bookstore has become the place where the literati in the south of the Yangtze River are.
The most influential loose publishing house among people.
From senior officials to court officials, from civilian literati to imperial bachelors, anyone who can be recognized by this book club can almost become a famous person in Jiangnan.
On this day, dozens of literati and even famous people gathered in the elegant and unique Zhulin Bookstore.
One of the figures is the most eye-catching, it is Mr. Zheng, a famous scholar who once had a relationship with Hu Ding, the head of the Hu family.
Mr. Zheng was wearing a plain robe, sitting cross-legged, elegant and elegant, stroking his beard and looking at the literati around him.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were on him, and they heard Mr. Zheng solemnly say: "Everyone, just now, the eunuch Chu Yi led his army to break through Wu Jingbo's mansion, killing dozens of servants, and dozens of people in Wu Jingbo's mansion.
His mouth was taken away..."
"What……"
"Oh my God, that's Wu Jingbo, how dare Chu Yi..."
With a bang, a young scholar suddenly slapped the coffee table and said: "Is there any more Wangfa? That is a dignified uncle. He was taken down by a eunuch at the request of him. The emperor is so comatose...
…”
"Yes, if the emperor continues to favor Chu Yi, Liu Jin and their like, our Ming Dynasty will fall into a place of eternal disaster..."
Suddenly, in the book club, dozens of literati were filled with indignation, complaining that the emperor was immoral, cursing Chu Yi, and that Liu Jin was the eunuch.
It can be said that among these literati present, there are only a few who come from poor families. Almost eight of them come from wealthy businessmen and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are literati from poor families, it is a pity that very few people can enter their circle.
You don’t need to look at it, but almost everyone who curses Chu Yi and Liu Jin is the one who has suffered damage to the interests of Jiangnan due to Liu Jin’s governance.
Liu Jin sent his servants to collect mining taxes and commercial taxes. Isn't this cutting their flesh and bleeding them?
A scholar, dressed in fine clothes, gritted his teeth and said: "Just this month, nearly a hundred taels of tax money have been levied on dozens of our family's shops. You know, my father only paid 500 copper coins a month in the past!"
"Our family has suffered even greater losses. Our three iron ore mines used to tax us at most dozens of taels of silver every year. Damn it, Liu Jin actually sent a tax supervisor to ask for thousands of taels of tax money. This is to force the government to force the people."
On the contrary!"
A scholar who came from a family of military generals said: "The most you can do is pay some money, but my father is an official of thousands of households in the guard station, and the old thief Liu Jin wants to inspect the land of the guard station and take away the ten thousand acres that our ancestors have worked hard to save for generations."
Fertile land, unless it’s Liu Jin who slaughters all of us!”
Just when these intellectuals were indignant and telling how much their families had suffered, a few figures stood not far away.
The bamboo forest surrounding Zhulin Bookstore is lush and green, exquisite and pleasant. Chu Yi, Shi Kui and several Dongchang stall stalls walked into this bamboo forest. Even from a distance, they could clearly hear the talk of these people.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Chu Yi's mouth. Ming Dynasty really treated these people very well. In the huge Jiangnan, the commercial tax was only tens of thousands of taels. Even so, these people still resisted the tax at every turn.
Shi Kui glanced at the literati in the distance and whispered: "Supervisor, do you want to arrest people?"
Although there are only dozens of people here, there are at least dozens of families involved, Shi Kui is really worried. Does Chu Yi dare to make up his mind to arrest these people?
Chu Yi smiled and said: "Let's take a look again!"
Just now, the scholar in gorgeous uniforms focused his attention on one of them and said, "Brother Liu, how is your grandfather, Mr. Dongshan, doing now?"
There was a bit of anger in Liu An's eyes and he said: "My ancestors were together with Wang Shu and Ma Wensheng during the late emperor's reign. They were collectively called the Three Gentlemen. They made great contributions to the country, but they were persecuted by Liu Jin's eunuchs and demoted to Suzhou. It's pitiful for our ancestors."
He is over seventy years old!"
Liu An's grandfather was one of the three famous gentlemen of the Hongzhi Dynasty. Liu Daxia was the Minister of the Ministry of War. It is conceivable that with such a high-ranking official as Liu Daxia, the Liu family naturally prospered.
Mr. Zheng turned to Liu An and said, "Mr. Liu, does Mr. Dongshan have any way to deal with this?"
Liu An whispered: "My Liu family has more than a dozen ships traveling overseas. Because of Liu Jin, the eunuch, my Liu family has lost tens of thousands of taels of silver in just a few months. Our ancestors have contacted old friends and made friends.
I will not sit back and watch Liu Jin continue to harm the country and the people like this."
Many people couldn't help but look happy after hearing Liu An's words, while Mr. Zheng stroked his beard and said: "Mr. Dongshan was an important minister during the late emperor's period, and his friendships were spread all over the court, whether in the court or among the scholars in the world.
With Mr. Dongshan taking the lead, we will definitely be able to capture the eunuchs Liu Jin, Chu Yi and others, and order the emperor to recall the tax supervisors, so as to put an end to the delusional idea of collecting taxes!"
Listening from a distance, especially when he learned Liu An's identity, Chu Yi couldn't help but a bright light flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect to meet the descendants of Liu Daxia here.
