Twenty-six days after Liu Haojia left Tianjin, suddenly a large number of tax collectors appeared on the streets again! They were dressed exactly the same as the tax collectors who collected money last time, but this time they collected four or five times more than before!
Those small traders were knocked to the ground just as they were about to argue a few words, and then their money was robbed from their arms! Those small traders and hawkers are ordinary people, how can they stand up to this group of tax collectors who are like wolves and tigers?
I had no choice but to scrape together money here and there!
They were not polite to the merchants of some stores. They rushed directly to the store and asked for money. If the store owner complained a little, they smashed the store, forcing the merchant to pay a lot of money!
During the whole process, some people questioned their identities and were beaten and dispersed. The county government officials were also nowhere to be seen, allowing them to run rampant on the streets!
Someone complained to the inspection station left by Liu Haojia, but they were beaten back as soon as they approached the inspection station. After a few times, no one dared to file a complaint. Although one person accidentally entered the inspection station and said
The news was reported, but when he went out for inspection, he was inexplicably involved in the fight between the He Gang and the Cangzhou Gang. In the end, he had no choice but to let it go!
And another rumor spread that night. Some people said that they met a group of Cangzhou Gang people who were drinking in a restaurant at noon. Some of them said that it was thanks to Wu Ning that they had the opportunity to occupy this section of the river! The reason was Wu Ning
When I saw that the He Gang was not pleasing to my eyes, and the money I gave him was too little, I planned to let the Cangzhou Gang in, and work together to destroy the He Gang!
There is even news that the reason why the inspection office ignored those who collected taxes for the second time was because the two groups of people were in the same group! The first tax collection was for the emperor and the court to see, and the second tax collection was for the eyes of the emperor and the court.
I’m afraid all the taxes collected will go into Wu Ninghou’s pocket! At the same time, there are a lot of other news flying all over the sky!
In short, the core idea is that Wu Ninghou is the culprit of the current chaos in Tianjin! There is also news that the pillars in Wu Ninghou's mansion are all covered with gold! There is countless money and hundreds of beauties!
There is also news that Wu Ninghou's unmarried fiancée is a figure like Daji. Wu Ninghou was so confused that he did not know what to say, so he did such an evil thing!
The streets became even more chaotic the next day! Since the He Gang retreated to the residential area near Zongtan, the Cangzhou Gang could not attack and could only patrol the outside, so the streets calmed down! But the streets calmed down.
The news is getting more and more!
In addition to yesterday's news, many strange remarks have been added, but the overall idea has not changed at all. Wu Ninghou is the culprit who caused the chaos in Tianjin! However, some people have discovered that these news spread
Extremely fast, so fast that it is completely inconsistent with the speed of previous message transmission!
Some people also found that in many places where many people are ignorant, some people are actively spreading these messages. The more details are told, the more real they become!
But even if someone noticed it, they didn't dare to say anything under such a general trend! They just felt that this matter seemed different from usual! But with the spread of rumors, ordinary people became panicked.
By the afternoon, more prestigious figures from all walks of life stood up to denounce Wu Ninghou! They said that he should not have allowed the Cangzhou gang to enter Tianjin for his own selfish purposes and bring disaster to the market!
Some scholars also stood up and loudly criticized Wu Ninghou for imposing excessive taxes and exploiting the common people! They also said that the imperial court did not collect taxes before, but after he came, he had to collect several times heavy taxes. He regarded the imperial court's laws as correct and should be severely punished!
Many gentry stood up and shouted loudly that although there is a fiefdom of Liu Haojia in Tianjin, not all of Tianjin is his fiefdom! Moreover, there is no precedent for real fiefdom since I came to Taizu, so his fiefdom should be taken back by the court.
Directly under the jurisdiction, they pay taxes every year! At the same time, they also called on the court to send someone to take over the work as soon as possible to prevent the chaos in Tianjin from continuing!
Some highly respected scholars directly accused Zhang Peijia of controlling many commercial activities and being a nuisance to the ministers, which was a recipe for disaster! Wu Ninghou should follow the laws of nature and send the girl to a nunnery and let her
Repent before the Buddha!
These rumors fermented day and night, and by the next day many people gradually believed the news. Because those who stood up to speak were either industry leaders, scholars, and local gentry! There were even scholars from the scholarly community!
I guess these people don't talk nonsense and make false accusations about others! So Wu Ninghou must be at fault! But I guess he, a prince, would not deliberately do this. There must be someone on the side to deceive him! Then he must have been deceived by him
My unmarried wife Zhang Peijia was deceived!
Therefore, under the instigation of thoughtful people, the resentment inside and outside Tianjin is accumulating and increasing! Especially in the afternoon, a group of gentry pushed the whole thing to the climax!
In the afternoon, a group of gentry came to the location of the He Gang. They scolded the Cangzhou Gang's children who were guarding the outside, and ordered their leaders to pay homage to these local gentry.
After the leaders arrived, the gentry reprimanded the leaders. The faces of the leaders turned red and they clenched their fists! If it weren't for the identities of the gentry, they would have been beaten up long ago.
!
However, these gentry were still not afraid in the face of danger. After reprimanding them, they showed great kindness to them. The last few leaders shed tears and bowed their heads to admit their mistakes one by one! Some leaders said bluntly that they were all invited by Wu Ninghou. Now,
Knowing that I was wrong, I decided to return to my hometown to change my mind, start a new life, and no longer participate in the affairs of the world!
After the news spread, the people of Tianjin rejoiced and felt that Tianjin was saved! And these gentry even went to the streets to intercept the tax collectors who were collecting money! They also questioned them on the street!
Those tax collectors who were no match for the gentry's sword-like words made it clear one by one that they themselves were servants of the Wuning Houfu, and they just wore the clothes of tax collectors to collect money! After collecting the money, they were sent directly to the Wuning Houfu in Beijing.
Go, and the person presiding over this matter is Zhang Peijia, Wu Ninghou’s fiancée!
When the news spread to the people who were watching, Tianjin once again caused an uproar! Everyone was scolding Wu Ninghou for being so cruel! They even regretted that Wu Ninghou mistakenly believed in a witch, which ruined the life he had earned in the first half of his life.
reputation! So when night fell, everyone was discussing how to get Tianjin City back on track! There was only one conclusion in the end, which was to let Wu Ninghou return to the capital and let the imperial court take over his fiefdom!