In the middle of the month, a long queue appeared on the official road, and the person at the front was none other than Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi.
Geng Ruqi led his team to Yuci this time, and it was inevitable that he would win. The violent troubles caused by the Shanxi merchants were also within the scope of his consideration. In order to prevent unexpected situations from happening, Geng Ruqi specially asked Zhang Honggong, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, to mobilize two thousand soldiers and horses.
.In short, Geng Ruqi wants these Shanxi merchants to know what is the melting pot of royal law and what is the imperial code. These Shanxi merchants just need to be dealt with.
Zhang Honggong was still a little hesitant about Geng Ruchi's decision. As a civil servant, Geng Ruchi didn't know much about things on the grassland, but Zhang Honggong knew a little about it. If the matter got serious, Tie Mo would definitely not sit idly by and do nothing. Don't say anything about Yun then.
Xuanfu, Datongfu, Xuanfu and Datongfu are expected to make trouble. At that time, it will not end well.
According to Zhang Honggong's wishes, he first wrote a letter to the Yun Mansion to check the situation. If Tie Mo is bent on helping Shanxi merchants, then just pretend to be confused and stop forcing conquests. If the court is not satisfied, let the six cabinet departments send their own people.
Accept. Although it would dissatisfy the court and be detrimental to his official career, at least there would not be too much danger. But Geng Ruqi, on the other hand, would not listen to any of his opinions and seemed to want to take action on the Chang family.
Hey, these civil servants are so polite.
On the official road, he saw that the front was crowded with people, some of whom were holding weapons and glaring angrily. Geng Ruxi winked at the rear, and Gao Jie got out of the sedan, straightened his official uniform, and raised his hands in the distance.
"Where is the permanent member?"
"Chang is here, Lord Fu. I didn't expect you to come in person and bring so many soldiers and horses. It seems that the imperial court is determined to attack us, the descendants of the Three Jin Dynasties!" Chang Yin continued sarcastically.
sneered.
Being ridiculed by a businessman in front of so many people, Gao Jie felt a little embarrassed. His face changed, and his voice became much colder, "Bold, standing member, don't forget your identity, how can you speak arbitrarily about the imperial court?"
?You, on the other hand, lead so many people to block the pipeline, but insist on resisting the imperial court? Don't forget, this is a rebellion."
Chang Yinxu couldn't handle the label of rebellion. Fortunately, he had already received instructions from his daughter, and he didn't show any timidity. He said loudly: "Rebellion? Common people don't dare. Your Majesty, today Chang
I just want to ask you a question on behalf of everyone, why is it that Shanxi merchants are taxed twice as much, while Jiangnan still has a tax of thirty to one? Is it possible that in the eyes of the imperial court, I, Shanxi merchants, are not citizens of the Ming Dynasty? "
"This..." No matter how eloquent Gao Jie was, he was still speechless after being asked by Chang Yin in a short time. Everyone knew this kind of thing, but they couldn't say it openly, because
On the face of it, no matter how you say it, it makes no sense.
Gao Jie was too lazy to explain and responded: "The imperial court has its own reasons for doing this. If you are dissatisfied, you can write to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and wait for the imperial court's decision."
Chang Yinxu had a gloomy face and said no more. However, the sarcasm in his eyes was extremely obvious. He wrote to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but no one knew that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the cabinet wore the same trousers. At present, except for a few of His Majesty's close ministers, everyone in the imperial court
How many people in the Sixth Cabinet Department are not named Donglin Qingliu?
Chang Yinxu didn't say anything, and Gao Jie became even more angry and shouted sternly: "I want to ask you again, do you want to get out of the way?"
Chang Yinxu and others clenched the weapons in their hands and gave their final answer. At this time, Gao Jie also knew that it was useless to talk more, but he still looked at the man behind Chang Yinxu, with anger in his eyes.
"Master Xi, what do you mean, you want to fight against the imperial court together with these unruly people?"
Xi Jingchao looked extremely confused, smiled bitterly and cupped her hands, "Master Gao said something serious, I have no intention of doing so, but I just feel that this taxation is too abrupt and inappropriate. I sincerely ask the magistrate and the governor to
Let’s think it over again and don’t use weapons unless absolutely necessary.”
"Master Xi, it seems you have made a decision!"
Gao Jie's eyes turned cold and he snorted displeasedly. When the matter was over, Xi Jingchao was done with being an official.
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If the peace talks fail, then we have no choice but to take action. Geng Ruqi waved his hand and signaled Zhang Honggong to give the order. Zhang Honggong felt his head was a little heavy and hesitantly said: "Master Geng, do you really want to take action?"
"General Zhang, do you think I am joking? You have also seen that those people are holding weapons, blocking the pipeline, and refusing to cooperate. Do you want me to admit defeat and go back in despair?"
"This...Zhang knows what to do!" Zhang Honggong reluctantly cupped his hands and could only order the soldiers behind to move forward.
Zhang Honggong had no choice. Although as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, his title sounded very intimidating, but in fact, whether his position was stable or not depended on the attitude of Geng Ruqi and others. This was the case in the Ming Dynasty. There were many general soldiers, but the status
It's absolutely different. The nine-border general soldiers and the local general soldiers are the same in the sky and the earth.
Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, only listened to the emperor's military department, and the attitude of the local magistrate's yamen was unreasonable. Unlike Zhang Honggong, who had to ask Geng Ruqi to make the decision for all major matters.
Two thousand soldiers from the guard station divided into two groups and pressed towards the official road. Seeing this posture, Chang Yinxu's expression changed drastically. He also did not expect that Geng Ruqi, Gao Jie and others were so bold and actually wanted to use swords. At this time,
, no one can retreat, and whoever retreats will lose completely.
Similarly, Geng Ruqi was also a little nervous. He originally thought that by sending troops to suppress the attack, these merchants and common people gave in. Who would have thought that these people had no intention of retreating at all.
Geng Ruqi didn't want to use weapons. After all, it was not good for such violent incidents to occur. But at this time, he was riding a tiger. He couldn't swallow the order he had just given alive. Then he would still have to do it.
Faced?
In an instant, a series of roars broke out from the crowd.
"You're such a bitch, you really do it, oh, you still fight me?"
"Shut up, put down your weapons, and get out of the way!"
"Ah, that's too much bullying. I'll fight with you!" After the words fell, a rough man struggled with the soldiers in a corner. This was just the beginning, and it soon turned into a large-scale fight.
Less than half an hour later, outside Yuci City, there were shouts of killing. Although no one committed a fatal blow, bloodshed was unavoidable. This kind of fighting did not seem to be anything serious at first, but gradually, many people's
His anger grew, and he couldn't control the strength of his hands. A soldier was surrounded by two rough men and was beaten until he was dizzy. Soon, he roared angrily, pulled out the steel knife from his waist, and slashed hard.
The knife went down and hit a rough man in the head. The rough man fell softly into a pool of blood before he could even grunt.
Blood and death are the most likely to irritate people's eyeballs and nerves. Another rough man yelled with red eyes, "The officers and soldiers really killed people, brothers, fight with them..."
"Ah, you bastards actually killed people, beat them to death..."
Death did not scare these people, but it made them even more furious.
More and more people are lying in a pool of blood, and more and more people are participating.
Looking at the scene in front of them, Zhang Honggong and others felt their scalps numb, and they couldn't help but feel a little panicked. Things had developed to this point and were beyond their control.