Li Zhi saw that this soldier called him by his name, frowned and said: "This official has a table character, and this official has a table character, and you can call this official a table character." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

That Yu Tao snorted coldly and did not speak.

Li Zhi said: "In March, the official said that he would not levy commercial taxes, because at that time, the Qing army went out of the customs and the world was pacified, and the official really had no intention of levying commercial taxes. But now that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have rebelled, and Li Zicheng has raised troops to echo, the country is in flames, and the finances are insufficient, and the situation is different. Therefore, it makes sense to say no levy at that time, and to say levy at this time. ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little speechless. That Yu Tao seemed to be out of the way, and shouted loudly: "Li Zhi, you are lying, you said that you would not be taxed before you took office at that time. Now that you are familiar with the situation in Tianjin, you say that you will be taxed. ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Now I'm really familiar with the situation in Tianjin!" ”

He looked at Han Jinxin, and Han Jinxin walked over and whispered in Li Zhi's ear for a while.

Li Zhi smiled and said: "Yu Tao, in order to monopolize the cotton cloth business in Cangzhou, you merged and squeezed out 23 small cloth merchants, made more than 20 families bankrupt, and sold your daughters, you have no heavenly reason in the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to punish you?" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, all the officials in the hall had a cold look on their faces. Since Li Zhi checked Yu Tao's details, he naturally checked other people's. The buttocks of all the officials here are not clean, Li Zhi has quite a means, I am afraid that he has already investigated the details of the officials in the past few months.

That Yu Tao didn't expect that Li Zhi had already investigated his own details, and when he heard this, his heart trembled, and he cringed a little. But at this time, he had already come out, but he didn't want to retreat like this, so he stiffened his neck and shouted again: "You are a general soldier, and you can only control a battalion of regular soldiers, at most you can control other soldiers and horses in Tianjin, you dare to punish me?" Do you still have a royal law in your eyes? ”

Li Zhi was a little annoyed, and said coldly: "When you persecute the little cloth merchant and harm people to go bankrupt, how can there be a royal law in your eyes?" However, this official will not overstep his authority and will not deal with you without authorization. This official has impeached you, and I believe that the Son of Heaven will definitely send someone to investigate you! ”

As soon as this sentence came out, all the civil officials in the lobby were a little nervous. Everyone knows that Li Zhi has repeatedly made military exploits, and his importance in the eyes of the Son of Heaven may be better than that of ordinary pavilion elders. If Li Zhiyan played the Son of Heaven to attack the civil officials, the Son of Heaven would probably not ignore it, and he would investigate it to the end.

In these years, nine out of ten officials in the Ming Dynasty were bastards. Either you don't check it, and nothing happens when you check it. What's more, Li Zhi had already investigated the details of the officials in Tianjin in advance, and when the time came, the officials under investigation would definitely not be able to escape.

Yu Tao was really scared now, didn't dare to say any more, and sat back on the chair stupidly.

Seeing that he had suppressed Yu Tao, Li Zhi sneered and looked at the officials in the hall to see which one else dared to come forward.

For a long time, no one spoke, Li Zhi thought that these civil officials were cowardly, and was about to speak, but he heard Liang Yishou, the governor of Jingzhou, stand up and say: "Lord General Soldier, are you going to be the enemy of the world?" ”

Han Jinxin looked at Liang Yishou, and then leaned into Li Zhi's ear and said the bad things Liang Yishou had done. Li Zhi listened to it and said loudly to Liang Yishou: "Liang Yishou, what should you be guilty of accepting 20,000 taels of silver from the thirteen gentry in Jingzhou, helping them annex 30,000 acres of land, and turning thousands of landed people into tenant farmers?" ”

That Liang Yishou didn't know if he felt that he had a deep background, or if his personality was so prickly, but he was not afraid of Li Zhi at all. He snorted coldly and said, "Lord Commander, what you said is not right with what I said, and now I am talking about commercial and tax matters related to the people of the world." If you insist on collecting tariffs and competing with the people, no one in the world will let you go! ”

Li Zhi said coldly: "Do the people of the world obey your command? ”

Liang Yishou waved his sleeves and said loudly: "If you collect business tax, you are the enemy of the world." The world will not let you go! ”

Li Zhi saw that Liang Yishou finally made the people of the world specific to the world Shilin, smiled and said, "Is the world Shilin amazing?" How can you not let me go? ”

Liang Yishou was stunned, but he didn't expect that Li Zhi was not even afraid of offending the world, and he was a little speechless. After thinking about it for a long time, he said fiercely: "It's really ignorant and fearless! Even the Son of Heaven would not dare to offend the world, and you would dare to provoke a general soldier? ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "If the wolf smoke is everywhere today, my Ming Dynasty is full of holes. The people were displaced by the military disaster, they had no food and clothing, and those who heard it were sad and those who saw it wept. The country has the intention to pacify thieves and kill slaves, but suffers from financial shortcomings, and it is the time for merchants to serve the country with money and efforts. Most of the people in Shilin are innocent, so they naturally know the importance and necessity of commercial taxes, and they will approve of my collection of commercial taxes. ”

Li Zhi paused, and then said coldly: "If there is a few small people who incite the scholar and the official to make things difficult and obstruct the official's tax collection, the official will never let him go." This official plays the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven will definitely investigate to the end! ”

When Liang Yishou saw Li Zhi's cruel words, he was a little scared, so he didn't say anything more and sat down. No one in the lobby dared to stand up, and there was silence for a while.

Seeing that the scene was controlled by Li Zhi, Tianjin Governor Cha Deng snorted coldly and said, "This is a major business tax matter, and the Son of Heaven will not help you!" It's not that you can wear a python suit to fight against the gentry of the world! ”

Li Zhi was stunned and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Cha Deng Bei flicked his sleeves and said to the civil officials in the room: "It doesn't make sense! Let's go! ”

All the civil officials said goodbye, got up one after another, and followed Cha Dengbei out of the lobby of the General Military Mansion.

The officers went out of the gate of the General Soldier's Palace, but did not disperse, but stood together to discuss countermeasures.

"Lord Governor, this Li Zhi is now favored by the Son of Heaven, and he scares us with the Son of Heaven everywhere, what should we do?"

A timid civil official has already retreated, and said: "This Li Zhi has the right to fight, we can't fight him, or don't fight him?" He collects business taxes because he is the enemy of the world, and when the time comes, he will be hostile to the people of the world, so he will naturally have his retribution! ”

Chadenbei touched the two petals of beard on his lips and said, "Fight!" If we let Li Zhi collect taxes silently, I am afraid that people in the world will say that my civil officials in Tianjin are tigers! ”

"Lord Governor, this Li Zhi has strong soldiers outside and the support of the Son of Heaven inside, and you are the crown prince and Taibao, how can we fight him?"

Cha Dengbei thought for a while and said, "Let's play the Son of Heaven and say that Li Zhi wants to collect business taxes and compete with the people for profit. made it clear to the Son of Heaven that the civil officials in Tianjin were impeached by Li Zhi because they obstructed Li Zhi's collection of commercial taxes. The world's soldiers are staring at the Son of Heaven, and everyone is watching, do I think the Son of Heaven dares to shield Li Zhi and make it difficult for us and other civil officials who come forward? (To be continued.) )