The peasants, some of whom were dressed in patches and holes, and had thin yellow faces, were probably the most oppressed yeoman farmers by the servants. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSome people wore slightly more modest short browns, presumably tenant farmers who were dedicated to the gentry. But whoever they were, they were poor peasants oppressed by the tax evaders.

Li Zhi stood on the execution platform and pressed his hands against the peasants who were shouting for killing.

The peasants were very cooperative with Jin Guogong, and when they saw Li Zhi's movements, they all quieted down and looked at the torture table quietly.

The people who watched the execution were so united that Li Zhi didn't need to explain the significance of this execution to the people. Li Zhi turned around and looked at the dozens of gentry kneeling on the execution table.

At the front of the execution table is the culprit of this counter-tide, Governor Shi Hanzhang of Denglai.

Shi Hanzhang, the governor of Denglai on the stage, turned pale, and he was greatly shocked when he saw Li Zhi's leadership of the people. Thinking about when he used to go out on patrol, the people looked at their flags and honor guards, and there was only numbness and cringe in those eyes. And when these people looked at Li Zhi, their eyes were shining, as if they saw hope and dependence.

It seems that as long as you follow Li Zhi, you can get fairness and justice.

Li Zhi did not humanely destroy the gentry, nor did he forcibly seize the gentry's property. Li Zhi only did the most just thing - to prohibit the gentry from evading taxes. But this incident confronted one of the most critical diseases of the Ming Dynasty, and won the hearts of the people at once. Li Zhi wielded a knife to cut off the cancer of tax evasion, and the lives of the peasants in Shandong became several points better all of a sudden.

With fairness and justice, there is hope for the lives of farmers. The peasants in the audience watching the execution had some confidence on their faces that they had never had before, that is, confidence in a better future.

Shi Hanzhang looked at the faces of the peasants in the audience, and felt more and more that going against Li Zhi was the most wrong decision in his life.

The public of Tianjin has been providing disaster relief for a year, so that the people of Shandong will not starve to death. The Gongjun of Jinguo is flat and endowed, so that the people can be fed and clothed. Now in the hearts of the people, as long as the Duke of Jin Guo is in Shandong, the future will be different.

Shi Hanzhang felt that if Li Zhi threw himself into the peasant crowd in the audience now, he would definitely be beaten to death by these people.

Shi Hanzhang crawled a few steps on the ground, wanting to climb to Li Zhi's feet and beg for mercy, but was kicked back by the soldiers guarding him. The soldiers went up and pulled Shi Hanzhang back violently, pressed him to the ground, and made him kneel.

Li Zhi walked up to Shi Hanzhang curiously, wanting to hear what Shi Hanzhang wanted to say.

Shi Hanzhang saw Li Zhi coming over, and desperately kowtowed to Li Zhi three times, and said loudly: "Jin Guogong! You are the lord of Shandong, and after experiencing this incident, I have deeply realized this. Although I once initiated the shameless act of overthrowing the Duke of Jinguo, now I am deeply aware of the support of the people of Shandong for the Duke of Jinguo. I know better than anyone else the weight of the authority of the Duke of Jinguo! The power is strong! ”

"If the Duke of Jin Guo kills me, the new governor will not know what to do, and maybe he will have to confront the Duke of Jin Guo again. If the Duke of Jin Guo leaves me a cheap life, I will naturally cooperate with the Duke of Jin Guo in everything and be the most deferential governor! ”

"Jin Guogong thinks twice, leaving a small cheap life, which is greatly beneficial!"

Hearing Shi Hanzhang's humble plea for mercy, Li Zhi sneered and said, "Shi Hanzhang, what you said has a certain truth. ”

After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "But on the other hand, if I don't kill you, the people of the world don't know that I, Li Zhi, am ruthless, and I think that my father is weak and can be bullied." If you're honest, everyone else will be ready to move. ”

"So you must die today!"

When Shi Hanzhang heard Li Zhi's words, he rushed to Li Zhi and hugged Li Zhi's calf, and said loudly: "Jin Guogong, I will play the Son of Heaven, and I will play the Son of Heaven to praise your benevolence in Shandong and bridge the suspicion between you and the Son of Heaven!" ”

Li Zhi looked at Shi Hanzhang and did not speak.

The executing soldiers came up and grabbed the governor of Denlai, dragged him back to his place, and pointed the muzzle of his rifle at his head.

Shi Hanzhang was discouraged for a while, and two lines of turbid tears flowed on his face.

With a "snap", a blood flower bloomed on the back of Shi Hanzhang's head. His eyes were wide open, and he fell forward, and fell on the execution table with a thud.

The onlookers all came to see the execution after listening to the newspaper, and they all knew that Shi Hanzhang was the culprit this time. Seeing that the culprit was shot, the people were very excited and shouted: "Good! ”

"Good! Well done! ”

"Kill these dog officers who oppress the peasants!"

Li Zhi turned his head and looked at another leader of the Shandong scholars, Chen Wanxin, the retired governor of Guizhou.

Chen Wanxin's face was no longer bloody, and his old body was crumbling in the autumn wind. But his eyes were still a little stubborn, and he stared at Li Zhi with wide eyes, as if he was looking at an enemy.

The executing soldier walked up behind Chen Wanxin and raised his rifle.

Chen Wanxin suddenly opened his mouth and scolded Li Zhi:

"Li thief, don't think that if you kill us, you will be able to sit back and relax in Shandong! Let me tell you Li Zhi, the Son of Heaven grew up reading Confucian classics, and was taught by the sages of Donglin! Don't think that the Son of Heaven is not curing you now because the Son of Heaven appreciates you, but it is not yet time to cure you. You slaughter scholars like this, the Son of Heaven will never tolerate you. ”

Hearing Chen Wanxin's words, Li Zhi sneered.

The executing soldier pointed his rifle at Chen's back and pressed the trigger. only heard a crisp snap, Chen Wanxin's heart was shattered by a rifle bullet, his mouth spat blood, and he fell to the ground with a pop.

Li Zhi looked at the other death row prisoners, and was about to let the soldiers be executed, when a death row prisoner with the words "Lifting People and Zhou Xuemu" written on the "Cutting Standard" suddenly jumped up, stood and scolded Li Zhi:

"Li thief! Don't think that you can be unscrupulous if you control Shandong Province. If you slaughter Shilin like this, the princes in the court will not let you go. The gentry of Nanzhili will not let you go, and the gentry of Zhejiang will not let you go! The gentry of Jiangxi will not let you go! You are the public enemy of the corporal of the world! ”

"This world belongs to the gentry, the more majestic you are, the more gentry will jump out against you! Sooner or later, you will be knocked to the ground by the world's scholars. All those who follow you will wake up and step on you! ”

These gentry were dying, and they still did not believe that Li Zhi could be the enemy of the scholars of the world.

The people saw that this week's school was so arrogant, and shouted loudly to kill. Someone picked up the stones and rotten vegetables on the ground and threw them in the direction of Zhou Xuemu, and Zhou Xuemu smashed all kinds of foreign objects on his head like rain for a while.

The soldier kicked Zhou Xuemu to the ground, aimed his rifle at his heart, and opened fire with a snap.

Zhou Xuemu screamed, and his body twitched for a long time before he collapsed in a pool of blood and stopped moving.

Li Zhi waved his hand expressionlessly, and the soldiers raised their rifles and corrected all the other thirty-seven on the spot. The "popping" gunshots rang out, and all the "Shandong celebrities" who participated in the reversal of Li against the tide fell on the execution platform, and blood flowed like a stream.