On the sixth day of September, Shunqing Mansion City.

"Eh, have you heard, what Zhao Zhixian in the twentieth year of Wanli can make us miserable."

In the Deyun Teahouse in the city, an old man in a gray robe was whispering to a group of old men drinking tea at the same table.

One of the old men with an ulcer on the left side of his mouth gave him a blank look, "Old Li, you can fucking blow it, you haven't grown your hair in the twenty years of Wanli, you know what." ”

The old man, who was called Lao Li Tou, suddenly turned red with anger, "Wang Erzui, you don't fucking speak, no one treats you as a dumb person." ”

"Okay, okay, why don't you quarrel as soon as you meet, if you don't have any, go home and hug your grandson."

An old man dressed in azure shirts sitting at the same table seemed to be more prestigious, and he roared at both of them at once.

The old man who was called Wang Erzui muttered a few words and said no more.

Lao Li Tou glanced at him triumphantly, and then continued: "Do you still remember the twenty years of wood service in Wanli? ”

"Shhhhh ”

Lao Li Tou shrunk his neck, "It's not about this, it's about canceling the wooden servant to convert silver, I've heard that the bastard surnamed Zhao said that the silver discount was canceled on the surface, but in fact, it was replaced by a silk tax and spread it on our heads, but because there was less exploitation of the palace eunuchs, it was just a little less......"

"What?"

"Damn it, why did I say that these days are getting worse and worse."

All the old men scolded angrily, including the Wang Erzui.

"You can't talk nonsense, where did you hear that?" The old man in the azure shirt asked with some seriousness.

"There are some scholars in the house who have formed several societies, and there is a Datong Society, saying that the association is to seek peace for the people of the world, and this is what they discovered."

"By the way, you should have heard of the president of the Datong Society."

Lao Li's expression suddenly became mysterious, "It's the talented man who is known as the Liu family in Liu Ban County." ”

"What? It's him, so maybe it's true. ”

The old man in the azure shirt was shocked.

The same story is constantly spreading in Nanchong County, with members of the Datong Society and the Military Intelligence Bureau led by He Tianlei to launch it together, and it didn't take long for the kung fu to become known to everyone.

Since tasting the sweetness of the intelligence organization in the First Battle of Pengzhou, many officers in the Longxiang battalion have been interested in the Military Intelligence Bureau.

On the one hand, Liu Ximing took this opportunity to once again dispatch more than 50 scouts in the army to join it, and on the other hand, he also sent Sun He and others from the Black Tiger Gang who returned to Shun to He Tianlei for command.

At the same time, the account office has also allocated a financial project for the Military Intelligence Agency for various expenditures of the Military Intelligence Agency.

Liu Ximing gave them a fund of 30,000 taels a year, in order to form an effective intelligence network as soon as possible.

Since Liu Ximing's space has expanded again, after two months of production and capacity expansion in the workshop, the output of fine weaving has skyrocketed to 70,000 horses per month.

However, because of the positioning too high-end, the sales of fine weaving have not been greatly improved, and 45,000 horses were sold in a month, with an output value of about 22,000 taels.

Fortunately, after several struggles, the large and small firms cooperated by the Han Yuan firm have expanded from the original seven to twenty-five.

The types of goods in Liujia Village have also begun to be enriched, and the current income of the Liu family can be maintained at about 45,000 taels a month.

More importantly, with the production of Xiangong rice, potatoes, and corn, nearly 50,000 people in Liujia Village have reached self-sufficiency and surplus in grain consumption, which has saved a lot of silver.

Rao is like this, 30,000 taels is still a lot of money for Liujia Village.

He Tianlei learned this information only after attending the management meeting of Liujia Village, and the construction work of the Military Intelligence Bureau was also raised to a higher level.

Not only is it inciting rumors in Nanchong County, but it is also in the seven counties of the other two states of Shunqing Province, and the Military Intelligence Bureau is also doing its best to spread rumors.

It's just that the version of the story has been changed to Nanchong County, which intends to appeal to the matter, even if the silk tax cannot be abolished, it will have to be borne by the ten states and counties of the whole province.

All of a sudden, some people in the entire Shunqing Mansion were panicked.

The passage of thieves will affect one or two places at most, but the miscellaneous taxes of the imperial court will come at once, and the common people will not want to feed the corrupt officials without spending a lot of money.

Soon, this restless wind spread to the prefect's yamen.

"When"

In the mansion, Zhang Licheng directly smashed a vase in front of Lu Zhenghao, Zhang Gaoxuan and others.

"Wild, wild!"

"Zhang Zhi County, this is the good student you discipline in the county."

Zhang Licheng's clear face became a little distorted, and his mouth kept scolding.

"A little student, why dare you talk nonsense, come here."

"In", Lu Hong's official hurriedly bowed forward.

"Fuzun is angry", seeing that Lu Zhenghao only cared about gloating and did not have the intention of stepping forward to dissuade him, Zhao Minglun, the official of the promotion, had no choice but to step forward.

"It is said that more than one scholar was involved, and if he sent someone, he would only provoke the wrath of the people."

"This official is a dignified four-grade hall official, do you still have to be afraid of their gang of green clothes?"

Zhao Minglun's words made Zhang Licheng even more angry.

Your old man didn't say that when the thieves came, Liu Ximing was still the genius in your mouth at that time.

Zhao Minglun muttered a few words in his heart, so he had no choice but to continue to persuade: "Fuzun summoned a few of them to come to interrogate, which is naturally justified, but why send a few servants to let a few servants go." ”

Zhang Licheng scolded for a while and his anger disappeared a lot, and when he saw Zhao Minglun's repeated admonitions, he finally reacted.

"Hmph, then ......"

"Master, it's not good, big ......", a panicked voice came from the yamen and interrupted Zhang Licheng's words, and a man dressed in a clerk's collar ran in in a panic.

Seeing a few officials standing in the main hall, he hurriedly saluted.

Zhang Licheng's face was full of impatience, "What's the alarm, report it quickly, if you can't say why, be careful of your ass." ”

The scribe replied tremblingly: "Back to Fuzun, dozens of scholars carrying a few banners are coming towards the yamen, and they are almost at the intersection of Erfu Street. ”

"What?"

"Shaft son dare?"

Not only Zhang Licheng, but even Lu Zhenghao and others were furious.

Is this an attempt to challenge the authority of the government?

Before they could give the order, a commotion came from outside the door.

"I implore the government to be the master and save my father and elder in Nanchong County from fire and water."

Zhang Licheng's face turned pale with anger, and he finally held back his anger and said: "Let them come in, the official wants to see what a group of crazy people want to do." ”

The door of the government squeaked open, and it was indeed Liu Ximing and dozens of students from the Datong Society who came in.

Zhang Licheng took a closer look, and several students behind Liu Ximing held up several white cloth banners with bamboo poles, on which were written in black words such as "return justice to our county" and "cancel harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes".

As soon as Liu Ximing walked into the main hall of the mansion, he saw the faces of Zhang Licheng, Lu Zhenghao and others, and he smiled slightly in his heart, and he had long expected such a movement.

In these years, the officials and generals are all more than one thing is better than one less, everyone is looking forward to their tenure of office can be spent peacefully, anyway, they will leave their posts in three years, and what problems are left to future generations.

Zhang Licheng started from Chongzhen for six years, and he will work for three years next year, and now at such a juncture, Liu Ximing and others give him such a play, it is strange that he can have a good face.

Student Liu Ximing (Dou Yuquan, Du Liangji...... Meet Fu Zun, Lu Tongzhi, and Zhang Xianzun. ”

The 23 scholars who have newly applied to join the Datong Society are still in the inspection period, and only 35 people including Liu Ximing have come this time.

However, more than 30 students wore fluttering shirts, and their aura was quite impressive when they saluted.

Zhang Licheng frowned and looked at the people of the Datong Society, and then glanced at the hundreds of people who poured in with them, and his cheeks twitched slightly.

"You and other students don't want to study hard behind closed doors at home to prepare for next year's township exam, but you only care about causing trouble outside, what is the so-called thing? If you can't give a reason, be careful that the government goes to the school and government to take away your fame. ”

Zhang Licheng is worthy of being an old jinshi, knowing the weakness of these scholars, he is the most lethal means to deter everyone in Datong.

However, to the surprise of Lu Zhenghao and others, who were watching the excitement on the side, Liu Ximing and the others were not afraid at all, but all looked at Zhang Licheng with a resolute face.