On the one hand, he dealt with the officials who organized and planned, and on the other hand, Li Zhi also organized forces to strive to end the strike of the merchants as soon as possible. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, the first step was to send the merchants of Fanjiazhuang to the counties and towns to sell goods. Fanjiazhuang was Li Zhi's base camp, and the people were very loyal to Li Zhi, so naturally they did not participate in the strike. The vendors in Fanjiazhuang are all forces that Li Zhi can use. Li Zhi asked the traders of Fanjiazhuang to sell Fanjiazhuang's rice to various prefectures and counties to stabilize the market.

As long as the people can buy rice and have food to eat, the strike will not cause chaos.

Not only rice, but also the traders in Fanjiazhuang took the initiative to sell salt, cloth, vegetable and oil to nearby states and counties, and peddled goods on the road outside the commercial tax collection point. At this time, merchants from all over the country collectively went on strike, and the market became a monopoly of Fanjiazhuang vendors. They sell their goods at a slightly higher price than the market price, making a good profit.

Fanjiazhuang's merchants sell goods fairly, and there is no deception in the price of catties and taels, although the price is a little higher than the average price on weekdays, but it is also quite popular. In front of each vendor, there are several layers of customers buying goods, and business is frighteningly good, and the goods sold are often sold out as soon as they are listed, and the vendors are desperately hiring people to transport the goods.

The traders in Fanjiazhuang wish that the merchants in various states and counties would strike for a few more days, so that they could earn a few more days of cheap silver.

No one dared to expel these Fanjiazhuang vendors, not even the officials who organized the strike. After all, there are 200 Fanjiazhuang soldiers stationed at each tax collection point, and they are protected by force. It's no joke to anger the heavily armed GIs, and those who dare to storm these tax outlets are already dead.

On the other hand, Li Zhi also summoned the chief officials of various prefectures and counties to Tianjin to explain the current situation to them, and told them not to continue to resist the boycott of the city.

On 19 September, the chief officials of the prefectures and counties in Tianjin gathered in the lobby of the Tianjin General Military Mansion to wait for the Taibao to come out and speak.

After making the prefects and counties wait for a while, Li Zhicai walked out in his official robes.

At this time, the governor Cha Dengbei, Zhizhou Liang Yishou and Bingbei Yu Tao, who were at the forefront, were no longer there, and all the civil officials lost their backbones and cringed a little when they looked at Li Zhi.

Seeing Li Zhi coming in, all the civil officials stood up in unison and saluted.

"I've seen the Grand Duke!"

"I've seen Lord Taibao!"

Li Zhi sat down, glanced at the civil officials in the hall, and said slowly: "After my intelligence investigation, although everyone here participated in this strike, the culprits are Governor Cha Dengbei, Zhizhou Liang Yishou and Bingbei Dao Yu Tao. Local governors, just cooperating. ”

When all the officials heard this, their eyes were filled with joy. Li Zhi put the blame on Cha Dengbei and Liang Yishou, which is undoubtedly the best ending for them.

Li Zhi looked at the civil officials and said, "However, it is a matter of time to pursue responsibility." The most important thing today is to stop the strikes in the states and counties. All of you quickly sent officials to the store to inform you that the boycott was prohibited. ”

After a pause, Li Zhi said: "For the local magistrates who continue to obey Cha Dengbei and resist stubbornly, my attitude Li Zhi is to severely punish them!" ”

Li Zhi sat on the main seat, glanced at the trembling civil officials, and suddenly said: "In this strike, the most active is He Pingnan, the county magistrate of Renqiu County. Come! Take He Pingnan first! ”

He Pingnan has a wide range of industries in Renqiu County and has monopolized the trading of many industries. Coupled with the monopoly of other gentry and the receipt of bribes from the gentry, He Pingnan can be said to be the spokesperson for the interests of businessmen in Renqiu County. Li Zhi's levy of commercial taxes is simply cutting meat from He Pingnan. He was the first to refuse.

These days, He Pingnan resisted Li Zhi's pressure to engage in confrontation, and strictly sent officials to supervise the strike, beating up the traders who opened the door to do business, and wanted to continue the strike. If you don't take down this activist who took the lead in the strike, the other prefects, prefectures, and counties don't know how powerful Li Zhi is.

Then He Pingnan heard that Li Zhi had convened the local chief officials to discuss the matter, so he didn't dare to come, for fear that Li Zhi would take him down on the spot. But who is Lee Sik? Even if you hide in the county yali, you will still be taken down, so He Pingnan finally came.

When He Pingnan entered the door, he was optimistic about the escape route, and sat in the position closest to the door at this time. Hearing Li Zhi's words, he bounced up from his chair and was about to flee the door. But where would Li Zhi let him run away, and when He Pingnan ran to the door of the lobby, the two family members at the door punched He Pingnan's stomach, knocking his stomach upside down, and his body immediately softened.

Under the dumbfounded gaze of the civil officials, the three family members pressed He Pingnan and escorted him into the class room.

Li Zhi picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip slowly.

The civil servants were so frightened by Li Zhi's actions that their faces turned pale. This Li Zhi is a killing god, what is it to catch a magistrate He Pingnan? He could come out at any time and arrest the others into the squad room.

Li Zhi said slowly: "Within three days, if there is still a large-scale strike of shops in any prefecture, prefecture, or county, the chief official of that place will be like Pingnan!" ”

It took a long time for the governor of Hejian Prefecture, the largest official, to react, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said loudly: "Taibao rest assured!" Within three days, we will have all the stores in the city open! ”

The prefect of Hejian Prefecture took the lead, where did the other petty officials dare to be tough? One by one, they knelt down in a hula and knelt in a large area in the lobby of the General Soldier's Mansion

"Don't worry, we will definitely send someone to notify the merchant."

"If a merchant doesn't open the door, we will close the store and he will never be able to open the door!"

Li Zhi slowly put down the teacup and said, "Then it's up to you to command..."

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Seeing off the frightened civil officials, Li Xing walked out from behind.

Li Xing smiled: "Big brother, you can scare these magistrates miserably!" ”

Li Zhi said: "I don't let them know that I am powerful, and I think that I, Li Zhi, am easy to deal with." ”

Zheng Kaicheng looked at Li Zhi and said, "My lord, this is another civil official, it's not easy to explain in front of the Son of Heaven!" ”

Li Zhi chirped: "What's not to explain? He turned his head to look at Zheng Hui and asked, "Zheng Hui, how much silver can you collect this time for business tax?" ”

Zheng Hui arched his hand and said: "My lord, Tianjin is a rich place, and there are many wealthy businessmen. It is estimated that more than 400,000 taels of business tax can be levied every year. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Leave 300,000 taels as a salary for recruiting new soldiers." After a pause, Li Zhi said: "The remaining 100,000 taels will be handed over to the Son of Heaven." ”

Li Xing smiled and said, "Big brother, plus the stolen silver of Zha Dengbei, Liang Yishou, Yu Tao and He Pingnan this time, the Son of Heaven will earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said: "Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are enough to support 10,000 border troops, and the Son of Heaven should be happy to get so much silver!" (To be continued.) )