Fang Zhenghua said: "Didn't they rebel, didn't they kill the tax supervisor in Suzhou back then?" ”

Liu Ligong said with a smile on his face: "Fang Zhangban also knows that they are the tax supervisors who were killed." ”

Fang Zhenghua was furious: "You don't know anything, we are here to help you, and now we are not here to supervise you, who are you showing this face." Senior brother, ignore him, and come to us when he has a problem. ”

Cao Huachun ignored him, and said to Liu Ligong: "When Governor Shen went out just now, he spat out disrespectful words to Director Liu, does Director Liu really want to carry this matter down alone?" ”

Liu Ligong doesn't like eunuchs, let alone eunuchs who monitor the tax bureau, but he also knows that taxes are directly managed, and if you want to use the power of the local government, you need to have a good relationship with the government, and the power of the local government is of course not as good as the power of the East Factory, nor is it as good as the power of the East Factory, so he had to say: "Gonggong Cao has orders, and meritorious service should be obeyed." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Dongchang Fanzi received some news that the prefect had said that he would reply to the petitioning businessmen tomorrow, but today he informed the businessmen, and the tax bureau said that the tax should be collected as it is.

In the market, some people said that the prefect went to the tax bureau to intercede, but was kicked out by the tax director, and then the tax director also threatened to collect heavy taxes in Suzhou, half of it in other places, and two percent in Suzhou.

The news quickly spread throughout the city of Suzhou, some people scoffed, some people were skeptical, of course, some people were convinced, and some people had threatened to go to the tax bureau to ask for clarification.

At night, Cao Huachun finally waited for the transferred Dongchang Fanzi, and he suddenly transferred the Fanzi from the nearby Huzhou, Jiaxing, Songjiang, and Changzhou four prefectures, with a total of more than 300 people.

He immediately began to arrange, and the troops were divided into two routes, one route led by himself to the tax bureau with 200 people, and the other route was Fang Zhenghua with more than 100 people to guard the Suzhou branch of Dongchang. Fang Zhenghua wanted to lead the team to the tax bureau, but he was pressed down, he was worried that Fang Zhenghua was too anxious and didn't know how to make a big deal about small things.

In the vicinity of the tax bureau, he had already chartered a large inn, and after he took people to live in it, he sent a dozen or so fans to inspect various intersections close to the tax bureau, and the others began to rest.

The next morning, a large number of businessmen began to gather and then came to the tax office. Cao Huachun asked Chen to guard the door of the tax bureau with ten fans, and the others were still waiting for news at the inn.

Soon there was news that it was not only the merchants who gathered, but also some fierce people in the middle of the line, looking at their shape, they should have blades.

Cao Huachun immediately led people to a small alley next to the tax bureau and sent Fanzi to constantly report the situation ahead.

The businessmen traveled all the way, and there were more and more people, Wang Limin looked at Shen Cuili in front of him, and secretly regretted it in his heart. Originally, he only promised Shen San to go to the yamen to petition, but in the end, he was asked to come to the tax bureau to petition.

Everyone finally arrived at the gate of the tax bureau, looking at the "tax land, please do not enter" on both sides of the gate, and there were more than a dozen big men standing at the gate, the leader wore a pointed hat and white leather boots, and at a glance they knew that it was a person from Dongchang, and some people began to feel that their legs were a little weak.

Chen stomped the white leather boots on his feet, stretched his hand forward and said: "Tax land, please don't enter, please think carefully, stop here." ”

These words frightened most people, but they couldn't scare everyone, and a big man stepped forward and shouted: "The first emperor abolished the mining tax, and now what kind of commercial tax is going to be collected, I am here to reason with the tax bureau." ”

Chen also took a step forward and said: "It is not the tax bureau that has the final say on whether to collect taxes or not, it is the court that has the final say, you go back, if you want not to collect taxes, it is better to beat the drum." ”

Dahan said: "What you say is so unreasonable, obviously the tax bureau is in charge of tax collection, and you don't ask the tax bureau to beat the drum, do you want to entertain Lao Tzu?" You quickly get out of the way of Lao Tzu, we have to find the tax bureau, we don't have to pay commercial tax. ”

Some people take the lead, and the others are naturally bold, and the weak legs feel that they are no longer soft, and everyone shouts together: "We don't pay business taxes!" We don't pay business tax!. ”

Dahan didn't pay attention to Chen's stall at all, turned around and shouted: "Rush in and ask the tax bureau why you want to collect commercial tax." ”

Chen was in a hurry, took a step back and pulled out the knife, holding the knife in both hands and said, "Grandpa, I want to see who dares to take a step forward." “

The big man smiled gloomily, and a small man next to him rushed straight up and pounced on the knife of Chen Stallhead, Chen Stallhead was shocked, and took a step back, but the knife was not withdrawn in time, and the little man's hand was cut into a big hole, and blood was gushing out.

The big man and the little man shouted together: "Dongchang has killed someone, and the tax bureau is going to kill someone." Someone in the crowd behind also shouted: "Rush in and kill the dog minions in Dongchang." “

The big man and the little man took the lead and rushed forward, and some people behind took out short knives and sticks and began to charge. Wang Limin was shocked, looking left and right, just looking for a place to get out. Suddenly saw a knife light, and Ding Qing saw that a one-eyed man with a short knife was aiming at him with malicious intentions.

At this time, the scene was already extremely chaotic, Chen Stalltou couldn't react for a while, and danced the two knives quickly, but injured another person, and everyone was even angrier and rushed more urgently. Wang Limin jumped to the side, but saw the one-eyed man following him, and his heart was very anxious, and then he saw the knife flashing, and when he was in a hurry, he dodged to the side, and his arm had been slashed.

In his heart, he scolded Shen San's ancestors for eight generations, but now he only thinks about how to get rid of this one-eyed man, but how to dodge it for a while, and he was slashed in the leg again. Saying something unconsciously in his mouth, try to lean towards a crowded place.

A Dongchang fan was thrown to the ground by the crowd, and was immediately rushed up, punched and kicked, and died so much that he couldn't die anymore. Killed people, but even more aroused people's ferocity, usually gentle people also became fierce, for a moment the crowd was angry, and soon broke through the door of the tax bureau.

At this time, Cao Huachun immediately rushed out of the alley with people after getting the news, he jumped to the door of the tax bureau, the knife flashed, and two people with short knives fell to the ground. He shouted: "Jinyi Wei is here, stop quickly." ”

Everyone is obviously a fan of Dongchang, but he called Jinyiwei here, but some people were confused, it was the kung fu of this lengshen, Cao Huachun had already blocked the gate with a few fans. He shouted: "Dongchang is here to handle the case, and the idlers are evading." As he spoke, he rubbed with a knife and splashed a spark.

At this time, everyone gradually calmed down, but some people stopped doing it, and one person in the crowd shouted: "Dongchang has killed people, everyone rush." ”

At this moment, a figure flew over the heads of the people, and several of them jumped up, throwing one person out of the crowd. Then, with a handful of his hand, he tore open his robe, revealing a brown shirt with a knife stuck in his belt.

Only then did Cao Huachun see that it was Fang Zhenghua, only to see him pointing to the man's short clothes and short knives, and asked, "Are you a businessman?" Are you here to petition or to kill? ”

A sentence suddenly appeared in the crowd: "My lord, they are here to kill." I saw a figure stumbling out of the crowd, it was Wang Limin, who had finally found his life. He knelt down in front of Fang Zhenghua's feet and said, "My lord, they are here to kill people, and Xiaomin can testify." ”