As soon as He Chengbiao walked into the prefect's yamen, the gentry in Suzhou knew that He Chengbiao was going to report Zhang Pu, and hurriedly told Zhang Pu the news. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Zhang Pu and the three of them got the news and knew that Qian Qianyi's family had been targeted, and they couldn't stay in Suzhou City, so they tried every means to get out of the city. Zhang Pu and the other three took a desperate risk, dressed up as women, and wanted to escape from the city while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos.

But the soldiers at the city gate have been investigating very strictly in the past few days, and they have arrested three men dressed as women.

The world-famous leader of the Restoration Society, dressed in women's clothes, fell into the hands of the Tiger Master in embarrassment.

Li Laosi laughed and said, "Now I can finally complete the owner's entrustment and shoot the three culprits!" ”

Cui Changwu said with a smile: "Commander Li might as well bring the three of them up, and we can also see the appearance of the leader of the Restoration Society." ”

Li Laosi slapped the coffee table and said, "Bring someone up!" ”

The three leaders of the Restoration Society, who were wearing rouge lipstick, were brought up, their hands tied behind their backhands, and they stood in the main hall of the yamen with their heads down. This Suzhou prefect's yamen, the three leaders of the Restoration Society also used to come often. But they didn't expect that they would be here today as prisoners.

That Zhang Pu was a middle-aged man of about forty years old, with a pair of slender eyes. At this time, in order to disguise herself as a woman, her beard has been shaved clean. Two lumps of rouge were applied to the yellowed man's face, which looked a little funny.

Li Laosi drank and asked: "The three of you instigated the gentry of the world to resist taxes, are you guilty now?" ”

Zhang Pu snorted coldly and said: "Li Zhi corrupted morality and imposed taxes on the gentry of our dynasty, who have become the enemy of the world. ”

Cui Changwu slapped the table vigorously and shouted: "Zhang Pu, you and other inferior gentry are proud of tax evasion regardless of the situation in the world. Now the imperial court is short of money, and even the military salaries of the border army cannot be paid. In the great world, tens of thousands of people, they can't afford to gather 200,000 border troops to suppress thieves. ”

"If you don't rejuvenate the country and lead the elite of the Tiger Ben Division to pacify the thieves, I don't know how many people in this world will suffer from military disasters. How many people are broken, how many people die. The culprits of those people in the Central Plains who have been displaced and have nowhere to survive in the troubled times are you tax-resistant gentry. ”

Zhang Pu glanced at Cui Changwu coldly and said, "You look like a scholar." ”

Cui Changwu said: "Yes, I am a student. ”

Zhang Pu laughed and said: "You are a student, and you are actually mixed with these Qiu Ba who poison the gentry, you are really a scum of the scholars, a lackey of the martial arts!" ”

Cui Changwu said coldly: "Rejuvenating the country and saving the people is the hope of the people in the world. I threw myself into Xingguo Bomen, and it was under Xingguo Bo that I worked for the people of the world. Kong said that Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, and following Xingguobo is the way of practicing the sage! You are so well-dressed beasts, only selfish and have no public interests, how can you understand the righteousness of Xingguobo, although tens of millions of people have the courage to go alone. ”

Zhang Pu closed his eyes and said, "This world, if it is no longer the world of the gentry, why bother to save it?" ”

When Li Laosi heard this, he slapped the table angrily and scolded loudly: "Clothed beasts! Do you know the suffering of thousands of people? This world is the world of the people. For the sake of the people, it is necessary to kill all you inferior gentry, and Xingguo Bo will not be soft! ”

Zhang Pu was scolded by Li Laosi, and his face turned red, and he said loudly: "Zhou Yanru was supported by me, he is going to be the first assistant now, you dare to kill me?" ”

Li Laosi shouted: "Don't talk about a Zhou Yanru, even if the Son of Heaven does his best to protect you, I will also kill you for the owner!" ”

Li Laosi was enraged by these selfish leaders of the Restoration Society, and waved his hand to his battalion commander and said: "Build a high platform at the entrance of the vegetable market in the east of the city, so that the people of Suzhou can see clearly how these three people died." Set up the stage today, and ask tomorrow at noon. ”

When Zhang Pu and the others heard this, their faces turned white and they almost collapsed on the ground.

"Zhou Yanru won't let you Li Zhi's lackeys go..."

Li Laosi snorted coldly and ignored Zhang Pu.

The next day, Zhang Pu and the three of them were escorted to the high platform at the entrance of the vegetable market, inserted the chopping mark, and knelt on the stage.

The people in Suzhou City were surprised when they saw that Zhang Pu and Zhang Tianru were caught by the Tiger Master, and they also inserted the cutting mark. Under word of mouth, tens of thousands of people flocked to the entrance of the vegetable market in the east of the city to see the excitement, and the inside and outside of the vegetable market were flooded.

Some of the gentry's children shouted and cursed loudly in the crowd, and if it weren't for the hundreds of soldiers of the armed bandit regiment to maintain order, I am afraid that these gentry children would rush to the rescue.

At noon, Li Laosi wore a red second-grade military attache robe and rode a high-headed horse to the entrance of the vegetable market.

Li Laosi separated the crowd and walked up to the high platform, made a gesture to the people of Suzhou under the stage, and said: "The people of Suzhou, today, Zhang Pu and the three of them are going to be beheaded!" ”

After Li Laosi finished speaking, the Suzhou gentry below scolded and were filled with righteous indignation. The people are not very literate, and they obey the gentry on weekdays, but when they heard the gentry shouting and scolding, many people also glared at Li Laosi on the stage, their eyes full of hostility.

Zhang Pu is the head of the Jiangnan and the pride of the people of Suzhou, where are the people willing to see Zhang Pu beheaded?

Li Laosi said: "The people of Suzhou, Zhang Tianru is a person from Suzhou, and it is understandable that you defend him!" ”

"You Suzhou did not suffer from the military disaster, you don't know the tragic situation of Gyeonggi and the Central Plains, you resist taxes, it is understandable!"

"But do you know that if the gentry evade taxes like they do now, and put the taxes on the small people, the world will be in danger!"

李老四正色 says:

"Zhang Xianzhong rebelled in Gucheng with thousands of people, and 50,000 people developed in Huguang and Sichuan within a year! Li Zicheng rode into Henan with 500 people, and in four months, 30,000 hungry people followed the thieves! What is the reason for this? This is because the small farmers in Huguang, Sichuan and Henan have been crushed by the fields, so as long as someone climbs the heights and shouts, they will be crowded. ”

"The standard of Tianfu in my Ming Dynasty is so low. But why did the thieves say, 'Meet the king, and don't take the grain,' and the people were afraid that the thieves would not come? If the land endowment is very low, how can the people yearn so much for a life without food under the rule of thieves? It is because the gentry do not pay taxes, and the taxes are all on the small people, and the small people's land is already ridiculously high! ”

"Taxes everywhere are in arrears every year. The imperial court crushed the small people, and they could not collect taxes, and they had no money to raise soldiers. The year before last, the Qing troops entered the customs and broke through 27 counties in five states, and Gyeonggi was in ruins! ”

"You are in the south of the Yangtze River, rich and fed, do you know that the people of the Central Plains have no food and clothing, and they are suffering from selling their daughters? Do you know the sorrow of the common people who were whipped and driven away by the Qing army, and who were tied up and walked thousands of miles out of the customs as slaves? Do you know that being a thief is death, and not being a thief is also a miserable death? ”

"Why am I so embarrassed?"