"My Emperor Daming, so embarrassed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info A big reason is because the gentry don't pay taxes! ”

"If the gentry pay taxes and the servants are evenly shared, the small people will no longer suffer from the pressure of the land that cannot make ends meet, and there will not be so many people who are angry and follow the thieves! If the gentry pay grain, the acres of land that the world pays taxes can be more than doubled, and the imperial court will not be unable to collect the land endowment, and there will be money to raise soldiers, and the Tartars will not dare to enter the customs to loot and destroy the townships! ”

Hearing Li Laosi's words, the people below who were watching the excitement were a little moved. Who doesn't have a pure heart? Who wants to see this big tomorrow collapse? Who wants to be ruled by the Manchu Tartars and be a clothed minion? Under the nest, how can there be eggs? If the Ming Dynasty is finished, then the well-fed Jiangnan will also be finished.

What Li Laosi said was reasonable, and the people couldn't help but re-examine the behavior of the tiger master. In the eyes of most people, the hostility gradually eased.

Even the gentry, who had been there to stir up the emotions of the people, did not dare to make any more noise for a while. The high platform, surrounded by tens of thousands of people, gradually quieted down from the inside out.

Li Laosi flicked his sleeves and said loudly: "However, Zhang Pu and the three of them ordered the gentry of the world to deal with Xingguobo and resist taxes. I'd rather die than let the court take out a copper plate from the gentry's pocket! ”

"Such a person should be beheaded!"

"I, Li Laosi, am a rough man. When you hear my name, you know where I come from. But today, in Suzhou, I want to do something big. I am willing to bear the infamy of the world, and kill the three leaders of the Xingguo Bo Restoration Society, Zhang Pu, in order to set the record straight! ”

The citizens of Suzhou, when they heard this, all had complicated expressions. Although Zhang Pu is the pride of Suzhou, what Li Laosi said makes sense. The Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, and if the gentry did not pay taxes, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to hold on.

Some of the gentry were anxious when they saw that the common people no longer hated the tiger master. On the right side of the wooden platform of the execution ground, a group of gentry of twenty or thirty people suddenly shouted loudly: "Li thief bewitches the world, kill me in Suzhou!" ”

"The people of Jiangnan have enough food and clothing, how can Daming ever be in danger of subversion? Don't be fooled by them! ”

"Now that the thieves have been extinguished, the Tartars are injured and dare not enter the customs, the world is peaceful, what is the use of paying so many fields? Will it be squandered by the Son of Heaven? How much did the Emperor of the Apocalypse spend on the people of the world to repair the three major halls? Do you want more money for them to squander? The gentry did not pay for it, and the people under the gentry also benefited! ”

These gentry began to use their interests to incite the onlookers.

Indeed, the gentry did not pay taxes, and the common people who donated their land to the gentry benefited. How much land can the gentry themselves have for their fame? A considerable part of the land they own was donated by the Diao people who hoped not to pay the land endowment. The gentry charged a rent lower than the tax from the people, and both the people and the gentry were win-win.

In the end, the unlucky ones were just the most honest people. The land is all pressed on the most honest and reluctant to dedicate their fields to the gentry.

In the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, the population of the wasteland was constantly reclaimed, and the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was at least several times that of the beginning of the dynasty, and only half of the original land was left for paying taxes. It can be seen that at least half of the people do not pay taxes. Some citizens of Suzhou, their rural relatives at home are pinned on the gentry and do not pay taxes.

Although these people were not gentry, they had the same position as the gentry. Although they were shocked by Li Laosi's conclusive truth, Li Laosi was talking about a long-term future. The long-term future is too slim, and the immediate interests are here, and it is difficult for them to change their position all at once.

Among the noisy gentry children, the first scholar in his thirties shouted loudly: "Everyone rush, tens of thousands of people rush up to save Zhang Tianru!" ”

Hearing the agitation of this scholar, the crowd next to the execution ground suddenly divided into several groups: some of the citizens had relatives who were poor and small, and they were all on Li Laosi's side and did not move at all. Other citizens, whose relatives were under the gentry and did not pay taxes, were encouraged by the scholar.

Some people have both relatives, or they have no two relatives, and they are silent, and they do not advance or retreat.

Li Laosi looked at several people on the field, and said coldly: "That's all I say, if you dare to resist taxes and make trouble, kill!" ”

The scholar was out of the way, and when he saw that some of the citizens around him were ready to move, he immediately took the lead and rushed forward, crashing into the soldier who was maintaining order on the side of the platform.

The scholars behind him were encouraged, and all the hula rushed forward, charging the soldiers who were maintaining order.

Behind the gentry's children, some citizens were eager to try, ready to follow the gentry to the execution ground and save Zhang Tianru. The scene suddenly became very chaotic.

If it weren't for the iron-blooded Tiger Benshi who was famous for killing, those people would not dare to go up, otherwise the situation would have gotten out of control a long time ago.

Li Laosi looked at the more than twenty gentry who were pushing the soldiers, waved his hand and shouted, "Let them in!" ”

The soldiers who had been hit were given the order to make way of the space, allowing dozens of gentry to rush onto the platform. The gentry's children suddenly broke free of the restraints, and with ecstasy on their faces, they ran to the platform, intending to rob the execution ground. But the smile on their faces only lasted for a moment, and then it all disappeared.

As soon as Li Laosi waved his hand, a hundred Tiger Warrior rifles were aimed at them, and he opened fire without hesitation.

Only the crackling sound of gunshots like popping beans was heard, and a hundred bullets were fired at the more than 20 people who rushed to the execution ground, and these people were beaten into a sieve at once. Pillars of blood burst out from the gentry's children who had stormed the execution ground, splashing several meters, staining the otherwise clean execution platform with large swaths of blood red.

The more than 20 people who rushed onto the platform were all killed before they could even scream.

The smoke from a hundred rifle shots dispersed, amplifying the pungent smell of gunpowder to the audience. The smell of gunpowder mixed with the smell of blood from more than twenty corpses on the ground was disgusting.

Some Diao Min, who were still eager to try just now, saw the corpses on the platform at this time, their faces turned pale, and they hid behind one by one, not daring to move forward.

A rich man dressed in Hangzhou satin looked at the corpse on the stage, threw himself on his knees, and cried.

"My son!"

Li Laosi didn't look at the corpse on the ground, but said coldly: "The time has come, I will behead Zhang Pu and the three of them for the people of the world!" ”

"Prepare for execution!"

The executing soldier put the muzzle of the gun on the heads of Zhang Pu and the three people, and looked coldly at the three leaders of the Restoration Society who moved the world.

Zhang Pu laughed and roared: "Zhou Yanru will not let you go, I have already seen the death date of the Li thief!" ”

Li Laosi waved his hand.

"Shoot!"

"Bang", "Bang", "Bang" three gunshots.

Some of the onlookers in the audience screamed when they heard the gunshots that killed Zhang Pu, as if the bullet was fired at them.

A blood flower burst out on the back of Zhang Pu's head, splashing a few meters away. His eyes widened, his body shook, and he fell forward on the platform with a pop, and there was no more movement.

Zhang Cai and Chen Zilong were also shot in the head and fell in a pool of blood.

Next, the gentry who smashed the goods of Fanjiazhuang and the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture who connived at the gentry were also shot, and the guns of the execution rang out.

At the end of the execution, more than 100 corpses were dumped on the execution ground, and the scene was very bloody.

Li Laosi stood on the platform and said coldly: "There are such thieves in the world who dare to make trouble and resist taxes!" ”