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The Tianjin garrison had long heard about the defeat of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Cha Dengbei, and thought that Li Zhi had rebelled. Where can the old, weak, sick and disabled under his command stop Li Zhi's tiger and wolf soldiers? He simply took all the 600 soldiers back to the camp, closed his door, and surrendered the city defense of Tianjin to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi took over the Tianjin Acropolis and put the whole city under his control.

Among the officials that Li Zhi wanted to arrest, the first to bear the brunt was the Tianjin Governor Cha Dengbei, who exhausted all his means in order to obstruct Li Zhi this time: he had already asked the Tianjin civil officials to jointly force the Son of Heaven to stand in line, and let the Son of Heaven issue an edict prohibiting Li Zhi from collecting taxes. At the critical moment, he even did not hesitate to call in the army, forcing Li Zhi to fire at the soldiers and horses in Tianjin.

If it weren't for Cha Dengbei's various arrangements, Li Zhi would have been able to collect commercial taxes as a loyal minister. Originally, Li Zhi levied a little commercial tax and then handed over some to the Son of Heaven, which was a happy situation. But Chadenbei forced Li Zhi to the brink of rebellion, so that Li Zhi had to be a powerful minister who challenged the bottom line of the imperial court.

What Cha Dengbei did made Li Zhi very annoyed. Since Cha Dengbei wanted to show the officials of the world his righteous deeds against commercial taxes, Li Zhi asked him to seek mercy - Li Zhi decided not to let Cha Dengbei go and wanted his life.

Li Zhi wants the civil officials of the world to see what will happen if he goes against him.

Five hundred armed soldiers surrounded the governor's yamen and began to attack the yamen of Tianjin's highest officials.

The gate of the governor's yamen was a gatehouse, three rooms wide, with a door open in the middle. The door was very sturdy, and it was already closed at this point, and there was probably something blocking it behind it. Li Zhi asked the soldiers to bring a strong wood from outside the city to be used as a battering ram to ram the gate of the governor's yamen.

However, the wood was not suitable, and the people behind the door were blocking the door with things, so the effect of hitting the wood was very average. Dozens of people bumped into each other for half an hour, but they still didn't knock the gate open.

Li Zhi thought about it, returned to Fanjiazhuang and mobilized two hundred grenades used by naval sailors, lit twenty and threw them into the yamen compound.

Twenty grenades exploded one after another, and Li Zhi felt the ground tremble for a while. A huge explosion rumbled, and with the roar, a black mist rose from the governor's yamen. When the black smoke gradually cleared, all I could hear was the groans of the wounded in the courtyard.

Li Zhi asked people to hit the door with wood again, and the door was slammed open in one fell swoop.

After slamming the door open, I saw that the door was blown up by a grenade, and there were more than 20 killed Cha family members lying on the ground, and more than a dozen wounded people were convulsing and struggling in a pool of blood. The uninjured family had retreated to the second courtyard, blocking the passage to the second courtyard with furniture, and defending it there with bows and arrows.

A captain of the family hid behind the furniture and shouted: "Li Zhi, you led the people to attack the yamen of the imperial governor, this is a rebellion." I advise you to stop in time! Otherwise, the court will condemn you as a thief, and as soon as the strong army of the nine sides arrives, the jade will be burned! ”

Li Zhileng snorted, and asked people to throw ten grenades behind the furniture, and they blew up those family members to cry wolf. The shouting voice was not heard again, probably killed by the explosion.

The soldiers of the Tiger Division kicked away the furniture that stood in the way and rushed into the second courtyard.

The housekeeper in the courtyard knew that Li Zhi had sharp weapons and knew that he couldn't resist today, so he escorted Cha Dengbei to escape to the back door. But the back door of the governor's yamen has long been blocked by Li Zhi's people, where can Cha Dengbei escape? Forced by the soldiers of the Bandit Regiment, Cha Dengbei hid back in the governor's yamen.

As if they knew that any further resistance would only increase casualties, Cha Dengbei's family members were in despair. One by one, they laid down their weapons, allowing Li Zhi's soldiers to enter the three halls smoothly.

In the third hall, Cha Dengbei had already taken off his official uniform and knelt on the ground wearing only one coat, with old tears in his eyes. By Cha Dengbei's side, Cha Yunke also knelt on the ground, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Seeing Li Zhi coming over, Cha Dengbei no longer had a trace of his former majesty, and cried and said:

"The Grand Duke! No, Taibao! Taibao don't kill me, I'm old and useless! It's just a cheap life! If the Taibao doesn't kill me, you can show the world benevolence! ”

Li Zhi sneered and said, "Do you know that you are afraid now?" I thought you were going to show your iron bones to the heavenly officials and win a clear name! ”

Cha Dengbei cried profusely and said: "Cha Mou don't want to clear his name, just ask the Metropolitan Governor to spare his life." In this tax resistance, I did not intend to murder the Metropolitan Governor from beginning to end, and all kinds of means just hoped that the Metropolitan Governor would not levy commercial taxes. Now that the Taibao has won a complete victory, why should it take Cha's life? ”

Li Zhi looked at Cha Dengbei coldly and said, "You only have private righteousness in your eyes, but there is a trace of public morality?" Now that the imperial court is short of soldiers and salaries, you civil officials are fighting taxes for your own interests. If everyone in the world is like you, the world of this Han people will be doomed. ”

"You don't want my life, but you want the life of the people of the world. I don't kill you for the sake of the world, and I have a loss with heaven. ”

When Chadenbei heard this, his face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground and coughed violently.

Chayunke, who was kneeling on the side, looked up and said, "Lord Governor, at that time you said you owed me a favor. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Cha Yunke said: "Then I will use this favor to beg you to spare my second uncle Cha Dengbei and leave him alive." ”

Li Zhi smiled and said: "Originally, your sea-running business depended on Cha Dengbei's position as governor, and once Cha Dengbei was beheaded by the official position, your sea-running business would not be able to continue." Although you have four boats, you will not be able to go to sea without the protection of Cha Dengbei, and your business income will be cut off. According to this line of thinking, I should now return to you the silver you invested in my merchant ship, and not give you dividends. But for your sake, I allow you to continue to participate in the dividends of my merchant ship! ”

"As for Cha Dengbei's life, it's not up to you to save it."

Chayunke's face turned pale when he heard this, and he kowtowed to the ground, not daring to get up. Li Zhi is right, once Cha Deng Bei loses power, he Cha Yunke should lose business income. But now Li Zhi still gives him tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, which is a big face. A favor is exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, Li Zhi is already very generous, and Cha Yunke can no longer ask for more.

It was useless for Cha Deng to hear Cha Yunke's plea, so he put his head on the ground and cried profusely.

Soon, the soldiers who captured Yu Tao and Liang Yishou, the governor of Jingzhou, also succeeded. The two civil officials were the vanguard of the rebellion against Li Zhi's merchant tax, and they all went to Fanjiazhuang with Cha Dengbei's army these days. After Cha Dengbei's soldiers and horses were defeated, both of them hid in the military preparation mansion on the middle road of Tianjin. But Han Jinxin's informant revealed the whereabouts of the two, and Li Zhi's soldiers still caught the two civilian officials.

Two civil officials were also escorted to Li Zhi. (To be continued.) )