"Hou Ye speaks, will there be any reason that is not true?" With a voice full of energy, a sword-eyed star-eyed, twenty-seven or eight-year-old young man pressed the sword in. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Bai Jigui saw it, and hurriedly struggled to get up and saluted: "Commander Wang Li?"

Ryosuke nodded, then took out a bright yellow letter from his sleeve and handed it to Bai Jigui: "This is a secret decree, and my brother won't hide it from you, Bai Shangshu will know it at a glance!"

Bai Jigui browsed it, then handed the silver paper to Ryosuke with both hands, and said with a pale face: "Your Majesty, you must have listened to the slander of a villain, no, I want to write a letter to my father, and ask my father to explain to the emperor!"

Wang Zhizheng sneered and said: "I still advise Bai Shangshu, don't be busy, there are some things, the emperor knows very well in his heart, as the saying goes, the whole world is not the king's land, you still underestimate the emperor's ability to control hundreds of officials, right?"

Bai Jizhui's heart was in turmoil, he only felt some ominous premonition that a catastrophe was coming, he struggled to get up, got off the bed, and wanted to go home.

Wang Zhizheng stopped him and said: "I didn't come to scare Brother Bai today, you know, I'm very busy, I don't have so much spare time to talk nonsense, I'll just say it." The reason why I collect shares and set taxes in Jinling is not because I am greedy for money, but because I am greedy for money, but to increase taxes for the emperor and enrich the treasury, you also know that there is a Tartar Emperor Taiji in Liaodong who rebelled and called the king the emperor, and there are Diao people in the northwest, attacking the city and plundering the land, and there is a great drought in the north, there is no harvest of grains, and the hungry people have no livelihood, so they are thieves, so the thieves are invincible, the emperor is lenient, and the tax burden of natural disasters cannot be collected for many years, there is no money for disaster relief, and there is no money to fight, Jiangnan is rich, and the imperial court must be supported, otherwise the war will burn to Jiangnan, and there will be no good life from the officials to the people, so although I am a little cruel and tough, I have dug up everyone's financial road, but it is also for everyoneI'm just going to shake hands with Brother Bai today and make peace, let's stop fighting, okay?!"

Wang Zhizheng said so emotionally that his voice was a little choked, but Bai Jigui didn't buy it, he said dissatisfiedly: "Even if the imperial court is in trouble, can't we let the Jinling magistrates donate?

Wang Zhizheng then said patiently: "It's not that the people's grievances are boiling, but the official grievances are boiling, in fact, the businessmen and the people have not increased their burdens, and they have set fixed taxes, and their profits are actually more secure, and fifty percent of the shares have dropped, and the merchants of the entire Qinhuai River are applauding! Brother Bai, I also advise you, like you, I have been deeply immersed in the emperor's favor for generations, don't live up to the emperor's grace? Is it okay to sacrifice some personal interests for the sake of the overall situation?"

Bai Jigui was very surprised to see what Wang Zhizheng said so emotionally, he had never seen Wang Zhizheng, a strong and unreasonable villain, be so emotional, reasonable, and patient to reason with his enemy.

Bai Jigui still can't reverse his inherent outlook on life: "I still think that you can't make a mess of Jinling just because of the overall situation of the imperial court!"

Wang Zhizheng sighed and persuaded: "Brother Bai, you and I have no grievances in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future, although I have hurt your rights and interests, but your son has repeatedly assassinated me, I have not killed him, you know, my temper is not good, I am a person, except for the emperor, no one buys anyone's account, I kill people like hemp, my hands are covered with blood, if I didn't have the sincerity to cooperate with you, I would have cut Bai Furen a long time ago!" I don't want to fight with you, and I don't want to fight with Gu Wendian, Ling Zun, Wu Jue, Zhou Yanru, your Donglin Party and I are originally connected to Benevolence, and I am also the president of the Restoration Society, I don't like fighting!"

Bai Jigui stared at Wang Zhizheng, and said with some emotion: "Master Hou, think about it, I, the ancient texts, including the Xun brothers, and the big and small bureaucrats, have all handed over the shares to you, and we don't have to fight with you, but you just have gone too far! What kind of tax reform do you have to do, you also know that tax reform makes the country rich and the local ...... poor."

Chen Zilong took over the conversation: "Lord Bai, say something that shouldn't be said, compared to you, I have more reason to oppose Hou Ye's tax reform, my Chen family has more shares in my hands than your Bai family, the Gu family, and the Xun family, but I am also willing to sacrifice personal interests to support the imperial court as Hou Ye said, and no matter how much property the war affects the south of the Yangtze River, I can't keep it! If the imperial court is rich and the local area is poor, what defense can there be? Although the local government is poor, but the imperial court is rich, the local government can be rich again!"

Bai Shangshu stared at Chen Zilong and said: "Zilong, you follow Hou Ye to do things, I don't want to say anything, I just want to say, don't do things too much, Jiangnan is a gathering place for the world, the world can't survive, how can Jiangnan be stable? I also want to persuade Hou Ye, stop here, don't continue to change this and that, since ancient times, there have been a few good endings? Shang Ying was torn apart, Wu Qi was divided, Wang Anshi was dismissed from office, Hou Ye, the foolish brother advised you to take the previous car as a lesson!"

Wang Zhizheng saw that Bai Jigui couldn't persuade him, and suddenly felt annoyed in his heart, he stood up with a snort, stared at Bai Jigui and said coldly: "Brother Bai, don't forget, I, Wang Zhizheng, am not Wang Anshi or Shang Ying, I have the means and strategy, I advise you, now shake hands with me and make peace, everyone is happy, the emperor is waiting for you, the biggest official in Jiangnan!"

Bai Shangshu closed his eyes and said: "Master Hou, I support the emperor, Jiangnan should solve some financial problems for the imperial court, but I still have to say a word, if you want to continue to reform and continue to fight against local clans, I will be the first to disagree!"

Wang Zhizheng settled down and continued to persuade patiently: "Brother Bai, we are not children anymore, the reason is so simple, how much does it take for my brother to speak? Don't fight anymore, you can't fight my ......."

Wang Liangfu also persuaded: "Bai Shangshu, the emperor really hopes that you will cooperate with the Hou Ye, everyone is an official of the same dynasty, so don't fight and go back, as long as the emperor can tide over the difficulties, we can all end up well." ”

Bai Jigui arched his hand to everyone and said: "Everyone's advice, this official will go back and think about it, my son is seriously ill, and I still have to find a doctor for him, so I won't say anything, say goodbye!

With that, he turned around and strode away.

Staring at Bai Jigui's proud and indifferent back, Wang Zhizheng's gentle expression suddenly condensed into a dark cloud, and scolded hatefully: "Dog mongrel, don't cry when you don't see the coffin!"

Ryosuke asked coldly, "Uncle, nephew thinks, in extraordinary times, can you do something extraordinary?!"

Wang Zhizheng turned to stare at Ryosuke, he didn't understand what Ryosuke meant, so he asked, "What do you mean by extraordinary law?"

Ryosuke stretched out his hand and gestured to kill the chicken.

Wang Zhizheng pressed his hand and said: "Liangfu, don't think like this until you have to, Bai Jigui is not the chief representative of the Jinling bureaucracy, kill him, you can't solve the problem, things are very complicated, you still need to do one by one, Bai Jigui can't persuade him, then let him touch the wall a few more times, and he will know what to do if he touches his nose and swollen face!"