On 17 April, Li Zhi was working on official documents in the study of the General Military Mansion, when he heard news that surprised him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The prefects, prefectures, and twenty counties of Tianjin's one prefecture, two prefectures, and twenty prefectures were all left with their seals.

Although a group of civil officials besieged the Son of Heaven at the court meeting, the Son of Heaven did not express his position for a long time, and finally the court meeting lasted for a few days, and the court never gave a policy to deal with Li Zhi, so it was over. Seeing that the imperial court did not deal with Li Zhi, the civil officials in Tianjin were unable to resist Li Zhi's "tyranny", so they simply hung the big seal on the beam of the yamen and took off their official robes to strike.

Since they can't fight Li Zhi, and they can't help Li Zhi to "fight for the tiger", hanging the seal and leaving is the only way for these civil officials to save their lives and future.

Li Zhi sneered when he heard the news.

"Since the governors and counties of Tianjin have gone on strike, it is even more natural for Benbo to take over the levy of Tianjin."

During this time, the civil officials in Tianjin were reluctant to hand over the Yellow Book of Enlistment, the Atlas of Fish Scales, and the tax records to Li Zhi, who was pondering whether to use the strong and whether to lead troops to forcibly levy, but as a result, such news came. Now that the chief officials of Tianjin's prefectures, prefectures, and counties are gone, it is easier for Li Zhi to forcibly extract tax documents.

Li Zhiyi stretched out his hand and said, "Someone!" Prepare the horses! Cui Changwu, let's first go to the Jinghai County Ya to get the fish scale book, the yellow book and the tax documents. ”

Jinghai County is the closest county to the Tianjin Acropolis, and Li Zhi wanted to forcibly extract tax documents, so naturally he started from Jinghai County.

When Li Zhi's "secret guard ambassador" Han Jinxin heard this, he half-knelt on the ground and said, "Uncle, now there is a lot of noise outside, and there is everything to say. Uncle still don't go out of the general military mansion, so as not to make a mistake. ”

Li Zhi was stunned and asked, "Someone wants to assassinate me?" ”

Han Jinxin said very directly: "Uncle wants to take the gentry's tax, not only do some people want to kill the uncle, but even want to destroy the uncle's family. These days, my eyeliner has been inquiring everywhere, and some gentry have even openly declared that the death of the uncle is not far off. Our men took these gentry back and interrogated them, but they couldn't find a clue. We have come to the conclusion that it is not just one or two gentry who want to assassinate the uncle, but no one has done it all of a sudden. ”

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "These gentry are going to play with their lives? ”

Cui Changwu said: "The uncle will draw the gentry's field endowment, and the people under the gentry's name will leave those gentry with the land property, and many gentry may have nothing at once." Tax exemption is the life of the gentry, and the uncle wants their life, and they can only fight hard. ”

Li Zhi stood in the study and pondered for a moment, and said coldly: "These crumbs are small, Ben Bo is really not afraid of them!" ”

"With the 20,000 tigers under my command, I compare with these crumbs who kills people more efficiently."

Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid of them!" Bring more people out, let's bring a hundred soldiers with us, and let's go to the Jinghai County Office to get the documents! ”

Han Jinxin looked at Li Zhi worriedly, but he didn't dare to say more.

Li Zhi did not delay any longer, took Cui Changwu and the soldiers out of the General Soldier's Mansion, and went to Jinghai County under the pretense of relying on it.

Walking in Tianjin City, Li Zhi saw passers-by on both sides of the road and shopkeepers standing together one by one, watching Li Zhi's dependence and discussing.

Li Zhi asked, "Cui Changwu, what are these people talking about?" ”

Cui Changwu immediately arched his hand and said: "Uncle, they are talking about the war between you and the gentry, who wins and who loses!" ”

Li Zhi took a breath and asked, "Who do they think wins and who loses?" ”

Cui Changwu said: "These small people don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and they all say that the gentry are powerful and rich in the world, and you can't fight them, uncle." ”

Li Zhileng snorted and was about to speak, but suddenly heard the sound of a sharp object breaking through the air slamming from the left. He only felt a flower in front of him, and a heavy arrow slashed in front of Li Zhi's cheek and shot into the wall of a nearby shop. The arrow was so powerful that it shot into the bricks of the wall, and the tail trembled slightly.

A figure dressed in black jumped from the roof on the left side of the street and disappeared behind the house.

Li Zhi's personal guard captain shouted: "Catch the assassin!" ”

The people who were watching the excitement saw that something was wrong here, and they were afraid that they would hurt the fish in the pond, so they fled with their heads in their hands.

Twenty guards kicked open the gate of the courtyard on the left and rushed into the courtyard to capture the Assassin. After a quarter of an hour, an archer dressed in black and holding a foot bow was caught in front of Li Zhi by the guards, and he was pinned to the ground with a pop and knelt down.

The Assassin was tall and strong, dressed in a strong suit. Looking at his skills, it is estimated that he has been a soldier for several years.

Fearing more Assassins, Li Zhi began to wear protective armor. Li Zhi's set of armor is a full-body steel armor, equipped with a steel helmet, which wraps all the front and back of the body without even revealing his legs. Wearing this set of armor, you are not afraid of bows and arrows, but they are heavier.

Li Zhi confronted the assassin while putting on his armor; "Who sent you?"

The Assassin refused to answer.

Seeing this, the captain of Li Zhi's personal guard went up and punched and kicked the assassin. The captain of the guard scolded while kicking and beating: "If you say it, you will be given a good death, if you don't say it, you will be killed!" ”

The assassin had been beaten for a long time, and was beaten to the point that he was spitting blood, and finally spoke: "Stop fighting! I say! ”

The captain of the guard shouted, "Who sent you?" ”

"It was He Wenteng from Hejiatun who asked me to assassinate my uncle."

Li Zhi asked, "I haven't heard of this He Wenteng, what is he doing?" ”

The assassin coughed again, coughed up a mouthful of blood, lay on the ground and said, "He Wenteng is a showman, his family has 700 acres of fertile land, and he gave me 100 taels of silver for me to shoot my uncle." ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he snorted coldly.

A small landlord with 700 acres of land is not worth mentioning at all in Li Zhi's eyes, and he dares to kill himself? It seems that he has really stepped on the lifeblood of the gentry. However, the power of this small landlord was limited, and he could not hire a powerful killer, but exposed himself.

Such a small landlord just happened to be used by Li Zhi to kill chickens and monkeys.

Li Zhi said lightly: "Arrest He Wenteng and confront him, if there is no problem, punish He Wenteng's three clans!" ”

When the assassin heard these murderous words, he knew that his life would definitely be gone, and his body trembled, and his blood-red face turned white with fright.

Li Zhi put on his armor and was about to climb on the horse, but he saw a fast horse rushing behind him. The person who came was one of Li Zhi's personal guards, and he rode up to Li Zhi and said:

"Uncle, there's an accident in the General Army's Mansion!"

Li Zhi frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Someone poisoned the well and poisoned the dog that tested for poison!"