On the dilapidated boat spinning in the middle of the river, the Zhang brothers were still wondering whether they were the "enemy of ten thousand people" who was captured as they were called.
Although they, as Lin Tailai's close friends, could completely guess that this play was staged, what was the point of doing it?
Zhang Wu asked his eldest brother: "We've all left the restaurant, what should you and I do now?"
Zhang Wen thought for a while and said: "The broken ship should be left here for others to see. Can it increase the topicality of what we are talking about in the museum?"
As for you and I, two useless people, just dive into the water and swim away!"
No one on the shore paid attention to the Zhang brothers. Hundreds of people looked at Maple Bridge in unison. Their commander-in-chief was on the bridge.
Xi Siquan, the Great Chaofeng, was a little confused. How come this plot direction did not follow his own script at all?
Obviously the most detailed settings have been made, but in the end it was all in vain, and today's deployment was all wasted.
The feeling of Xi Siquan being in court is like changing from a director who should be in control of the whole scene to an insignificant spectator. The psychological gap is really huge.
Also, Lin Tailai is so skillful at imitating various roles. He transformed three times in just a few words. You can tell he's acting at first sight!
You can fool ordinary people, but you can't fool smart people like him!
And what Xi Siquan couldn't understand was what was Lin Tailai's purpose in doing this?
Even if you discredit the business gang, what happens next? What can you do?
After much deliberation, I can only temporarily believe that Lin Tailai's purpose is to escape and break the besieged situation.
But if Lin Tailai can run away, the monk cannot run away from the temple, so it is impossible for him to never return to Suzhou City.
In fact, everyone from the county government office to the government office and the governor's procuratorate knew about Lin Tai's return to Suzhou.
And they are also very concerned about it. After all, this is the number one thorn in the side of local people in Suzhou City, and the natural enemy of most foreign officials.
Even the chief minister's son looked gentle, courteous and thrifty when compared with Lin Tailai.
Not to mention that this time Governor Wei secretly dispatched officers and soldiers to help the Dongting merchant gang to clean up Lin Tailai.
Therefore, when Xinkewu Jieyuan Lin Tailai was blocked by fellow villagers in Fengqiao, and then arrested by Nanjing people, all government agencies received the news immediately, and then no one knew why.
Some people also noticed that the development of things was obviously aimed at provoking regional conflicts, but is this useful?
In reality, no matter how loud the verbal quarrel is, how many people are willing to come to terms with it over regional conflicts?
Because they couldn't understand it, the bureaucrats in various government agencies chose to wait and see what happened.
Magistrate Deng of Wuxian County did not wait long. The next morning, after all the officials had finished lining up to attend the office, suddenly the drums were beaten outside the gate.
If there is no major incident or urgent case such as human life or robbery, no one will usually beat this drum.
Then I saw an old man in his late seventies or eighty, walking tremblingly into the courtroom with a large stack of documents in his arms.
When local officials encounter such elderly people who have only been alive for a few years, they usually refuse to kneel down to show their respect for the elderly.
Then the old man reported: "The people of Xujiang and all the towns along Taihu Lake were very angry when they heard that Lin Jieyuan was betrayed by Dongting merchants and captured by the Nanjing Wu family!
There are now nine capitals, including the first, fifth, sixth, and thirteenth, and all the people have jointly signed a letter to the county!"
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If he remembered correctly, these nine capitals located on both sides of the Xujiang River and along the Taihu Lake were all under the jurisdiction of Lin Tailai's various factions.
Lin Tailai was arrested just yesterday, but today the book of all peoples can be compiled. It's weird if he didn't have a premeditated plan!
The old man handed over the large pile of documents in his arms and placed them on the public case.
Deng Zhixian flipped through it and found that all the names and red fingerprints were on the back. This was the joint signature of all the people!
Whether there are ten thousand or not, Magistrate Deng is too lazy to count, it doesn't matter.
He only needs to read the text on the first page carefully to see what the public opinion is.
Then I saw a key sentence in the text: "The grain delivery to Nanjing will be stopped this year."
For local officials in Jiangnan, money and grain are the most important tasks, especially when the time for collecting autumn grain is coming soon.
Therefore, at this time, Deng Zhixian paid the most attention to the problem of lack of money and food, which was directly related to his official title.
He immediately angrily took pictures of the case and yelled at the old man: "What do you mean people want to do!"
County Magistrate Deng finally understood why the unruly people sent this waning old man to deliver Wanmin's letter. It was because he, the county magistrate, couldn't beat him casually.
The old man trembled, as if he would fall over at the slightest touch, and replied: "Although we, the common people, are humble, we still know the word loyalty.
Nanjing is dishonest, the merchant gangs are shameless, Lin Jieyuan is innocent, and the people of Jiudu are filled with indignation, so we can only use this to express the anger of the people!"
Magistrate Deng was not a mediocre person who was easily fooled. He immediately said to the point: "In my opinion, you bunch of unscrupulous people just want to find a reason to evade taxes!"
Money and grain are all collected and shipped in a unified manner. How does anyone know which grain to send to the capital and which grain to Nanjing?
Therefore, the meaning of "stop paying Nanjing grain" actually refers to stopping paying the amount!
In Jiangnan, especially in Susong, the taxes are too high compared to other places, and it is actually difficult to collect the quota of money and grain.
Otherwise, the officialdom would not acquiesce, and as long as it can collect 70%, it will be considered qualified.
In this context where the amount can fluctuate, the local people will always compete with the government in order to pay less money and food.
The final amount collected depends on the outcome of the game. If the government is strong, it can collect more, and if the government is weak, it can collect less. This is simply the eternal theme of the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty.
In Deng Zhixian's opinion, the public opinion in the Book of People is pure nonsense. It is just that the unscrupulous people united to force the government to find excuses to pay less money and food.
During the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was a consumer city. Every year, Nanjing’s military households needed to import about one million dan of food, most of which relied on nearby Jiangnan.
Take Wuxian County as an example. Without taking into account the details, the general tax and grain quota is generally around 300,000 shi, and the amount shipped to Nanjing is about 50,000 shi, which is one-sixth of the total!
Therefore, the real public opinion of this group of unscrupulous people to "stop paying Nanjing grain" is that on the basis of 70% qualified, then discount by one-sixth, and in the end only pay more than 50% of the fixed amount!
The more Deng Zhixian thought about it, the angrier he became. What you unscrupulous people said about "being filled with righteous indignation over Lin Tailai's arrest" were just words of loyalty and money in your heart!
But I have to admit that this matter is very difficult, because it is not just a few unscrupulous people who are just talking nonsense.
There are community halls that provide the organizational power to form bonds, spiritual leaders like Lin Tailai who provide the reasons, and tax evasion that provides real public support!
The scale is still very large. The people of Jiudu account for almost one-third of the county's population. Suppression is not easy.
The news that people from the nine capitals of Wuxian County had tens of thousands of people registered spread throughout Suzhou City in one day, and the whole city was shocked!
Moreover, this news quickly spread to other counties in Suzhou Prefecture. Many people, especially those with local talents, felt their eyes brightened and were ready to take action.
Who doesn't know how to be loyal?
Although Wu Jieyuan, the first Wu Jieyuan in the history of Suzhou, was from Wuxian County, he belonged to the entire Suzhou Prefecture!
We are all Suzhou people tonight! We must support our own people, and we cannot watch Nanjing people bullying our fellow villagers like this!
Are there any monthly tickets left? Have you run out of ammunition and food?