A teahouse in the capital

"Dude, do you know that our grandfather has started killing people again in Hangzhou?"

"Which grandfather?"

"Who else, of course, is the Duke of Xinguo!"

"Oh, it turns out that he is an old man, but Grandpa Guo was originally a military general, are these people killing fewer Tartars and thieves, what's so strange about killing a few people?"

"This time is different, this time the Guogong killed the gentry and businessmen in Hangzhou, and he even arrested the governor of Zhejiang."

"What? And what's going on? ”

"This can still be fake, and now it is spread all over the court."

The one who spoke was a well-known bag in the neighborhood, nicknamed Open Mouth.

This doesn't have any hobbies on weekdays, but he likes to inquire about some gossip, and then go to the teahouse to talk to the guests who drink tea, and then rely on the guests' tips to make a living.

And the teahouse also has a tolerant attitude towards such people, after all, there are such people, and the tea guests will like to run into the teahouse more, otherwise the people who can often go to the teahouse to drink tea who can't afford to buy dozens of bags of loose tea and melon seeds and peanuts, why do you have to run to the teahouse to drink, isn't it that atmosphere.

Seeing that everyone's curiosity was aroused, he opened his mouth and smiled slightly, picked up a peanut on the table, peeled it off, threw it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Seeing that the crowd who had been aroused by their curiosity was angry and funny, a man in his forties who was dressed quite well-dressed took out a piece of broken silver weighing two cents from his sleeve and still made a muffled sound on the table, and scolded with a smile.

"Okay, open your mouth wide, don't sell it, this bit of silver is for you, but if you don't say it well or make the master dissatisfied, be careful that the master will pump you together."

Seeing this, the sleeves of his coat were flicked on the table, and when the sleeves swept over the table, the silver disappeared in an instant, and he smiled with a shy face: "Sixth Master, you are polite, thank you for the reward." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up."

"Okay, I'll say I'll say it."

He opened his mouth wide and cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, didn't the Duke of Xinguo be ordered to suppress the Liukou a few months ago?" These thieves, but they are too capable of running, and Grandpa Guo led his Jiangning army to chase from Henan Mansion to Jiangnan.

Those thieves are also really ferocious, these days the Jiangnan is enough to choke, many state capitals have fallen, a few days ago almost took Hangzhou Mansion also, fortunately, the grandfather of the country and his old man took the Jiang Ning army all the way to chase and kill, and finally relieved the siege of Hangzhou Mansion, I never thought that after Hangzhou Mansion was saved, something happened. ”

With the mouth wide open, the guests at the other tables in the teahouse were also attracted to it, and soon a large number of people gathered around.

Due to the large number of people, the shopkeeper in the teahouse hurriedly instructed the men to lift the tables around them and build a long table.

The tea guests at the surrounding tables also knew the rules, and after sitting down, they also ordered a few plates of peanuts, melon seeds and tea, and some took out some copper plates and threw them in front of the wide mouth.

Seeing this, he opened his mouth so wide that he couldn't close his mouth, and he arched his hand towards everyone and said, "Thank you for the rewards of your neighbors, Xiao Zhang, I thank you." ”

Everyone waved their hands impatiently: "Hurry up, don't fucking grind." ”

"Okay."

Open your mouth and cheer up your spirits and hurriedly said: "Our ancestors have an old saying that is good, Shengmi endou Mi hate, it is said that the grandfather of the country and his old man have gone all the way to relieve the siege of Hangzhou, and the officials and gentry of Hangzhou should kill pigs and sheep to reward the three armies, but not only what's going on, the officials and masters of Hangzhou Mansion actually didn't let the Jiangning army enter the city, and wanted them to camp outside the city. ”

"This is too bullying, how can this be?" The tea guests frowned.

"These southerners don't do things authentically, and people come from afar, how can there be any reason to keep people out of the door?"

"And that's not all."

Zhang opened his mouth and continued: "In the end, Xin Guogong became angry on the spot, and broke in with a large army, and threatened that whoever dared to stop him would be an adulterer. ”

"Good...... It's a man! ”

"That's how those people should be treated!"

The crowd applauded.

"Who's to say it isn't."

He opened his mouth wide and sighed: "At that time, it was happy, but then trouble also came." After offending the gentry of Hangzhou Prefecture, these people actually did not provide food and salary for the army, and later the grandfather of the country and his old man became angry and said to the governor of Zhejiang that if he did not send him food and salary, don't blame him for leading troops to take it for himself. ”

"That's not true." The sixth master shook his head and said: "Our Ming rules, the army goes out, everywhere it goes, the required food and salary should be raised by the local government, how can there be a reason to cut off the food and salary of his own army, no wonder the grandfather of the country is angry." ”

"Who's to say it isn't."

Zhang Dazui's face showed a look of anger: "After those gentry saw that Grandpa Guo was angry, they first set up a banquet to invite Grandpa Guo to the banquet, and after the conversation collapsed, they actually set up an ambush on the way back to Grandpa Guo, and sent hundreds of dead soldiers to ambush Grandpa Guo, what is even more infuriating is that those dead soldiers actually have bed crossbows in their hands that only the defenders have, and they clearly want to put Grandpa Guo to death!" ”

"What, that's the case?"

Hearing this, everyone opened their mouths wide, a few gentry actually dared to assassinate the grandfather of the dynasty, this can no longer be described as bold, this kind of behavior is no different from rebellion.

"What about your grandfather, is he okay?" Someone hastened to ask.

"Of course it's okay, Grandpa Guo, his old man, is the Erlang God in the sky, how can he be assassinated by a few little thieves." He opened his mouth and said proudly: "In the end, after Grandpa Guo defeated all those assassins, he arrested all the gentry and raided their homes. ”

"Good, well done!"

The crowd applauded.

"That's it, happy!"

He opened his mouth wide and smiled, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "Do you know how many silver taels Grandpa Guo seized from those people's homes?" ”

"How much?"

He opened his mouth wide and said word by word: "A total of eighteen million six thousand taels of silver and eight hundred and sixty-one thousand taels of gold!" ”

"My good ......"

The tea guests in the teahouse let out an exclamation, and everyone's mouths were wide open, and it was estimated that there was no problem in stuffing a duck egg.

It took a long time for someone to sigh, "My mother, so much silver." ”

"Yes, our Ming Dynasty's tax revenue in previous years was more than five million taels, and in the past two years, Fujian has opened a better customs, and it looks like tens of millions of taels, but these gentry's homes can exceed nearly 20 million taels of silver, which is too exaggerated, no wonder they all say that the people in Jiangnan are all rich and rival the country!"

"Who's to say it isn't." opened his mouth and suddenly sighed lightly, "But Grandpa Guo made such a fuss, and those officials and masters didn't agree." ”

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