Wang Dou's words surprised everyone, is this move a big deal, the shogunate has just arrived on the East Road, if the means are too drastic, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to future governance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Feng Dachang, the head of the shogunate's copywriting, said: "General, according to the students' opinion, if only a few people are punished, and the rest are lenient, in this way, it will not offend the East Road scholars and merchants, and there will be room for turning around in the future." This can also show the general's benevolent heart, after all, the boycott of the city is no better than the military chaos in the state city that day, and it is difficult to investigate it strictly. ”

Zhang Gui, ambassador of the Department of Civil Affairs, also groaned: "According to the roster of the Intelligence Department, most of the officials and generals of the East Road, businessmen, are involved in the conspiracy. There are many conspirators, many of whom are influential figures on the East Road, do you choose a few people to kill chickens and monkeys? That Zhang Wanshan is the uncle of the deputy chief soldier Zhang Guowei, according to the lower officials, this person is temporarily ......"

Wang Dou said lightly: "Ambassador Zhang and Director Feng are too worried, I am not even afraid of Mrs. Hong, and I am afraid of a few clowns who jump off the beam?" ”

He slowly looked around at everyone: "If you don't use thunderbolt means, how can you show the heart of a bodhisattva?" The East Road has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and only the momentum of thunder can break through the clouds and return the East Road. ”

He raised his voice: "If you want to kill, pick the most powerful businessman to kill!" If you want to kill, choose the most famous among the literati to kill! If you want to kill, pick the most martial artist to kill! I just want all the soldiers and civilians on the East Road to see what kind of fate it will be if they dare to go against our general's mansion! ”

Wang Dou's words made everyone's blood boil, and too, he still looked forward and backward. Not comparable to the general's courage.

My Shunxiang army has been killed all the way since I became a division, who have I been afraid of? Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and it was happy to follow the general.

Ye Xizhi said loudly: "The thunderous actions of my Shunxiang Army need to be famous. ”

Wang Dou wrote lightly: "A group of people who strike classes and boycott the market, are traitors to the country!" ”

He shouted, "I command! ”

Immediately, everyone in the hall stood straight.

Wang Dou said: "Wen Daxing, the ambassador of the Intelligence Department, immediately arrested Dongnu and recorded the interrogation, thinking that all traitors were complicit evidence!" ”

"Zhang Gui, ambassador of the Department of Civil Affairs, the following is a notice that all those who strike the city will insult the officials, and the crime is extremely heinous, and within three days, they will vote to the general's mansion, otherwise the punishment will be doubled. In order to make up for the losses of the people who came to the boycott, the prices of all strikes merchants need to be reduced by seventy percent within half a month. Don't wait for obscurity, punish you severely! ”

"The Financial Secretary Ambassador Zhong Rong transferred grain and rice from Shunbao and sold it in various cities three days later to solve the shortage of the market. Zhou City businessmen Jia Zheng Jinglun and Lai Mancheng are well aware of the righteousness, and do not collude with the traitors, so they will help from the side. The General Staff Department dispatched troops to protect the grain stores, and those who dared to attack the grain stores were killed on the spot! ”

Wang Dou's orders were passed down one by one, and the orders were clear, which showed that he had already thought about it carefully, and everyone in the hall was also listening attentively, and those who received the orders were all loudly ordered.

"The General Staff Department made preparations for counter-insurgency, and three days later, he marched into the city, cleared the streets, and arrested the following people: Zhang Wanshan, a merchant on the East Road, Zeng Youxian, a scholar of Guanshan Academy in Yanqing Prefecture, and his son Zeng Fuyang. Wu Luo, the son of the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, and his concubine Wan Meier. Yanqing garrison Chen Enzhong, Huailai garrison Huang Changyi, Jinghu Fort garrison Song Jiaxuan, Thursday Goubao ethics Chen Qinluan, Heihanling Fort defense Ding Fangming, Liu Bin Fort defense Guo Cairong! ”

"All the fields and shops under his name have been confiscated. All the merchants who are still on strike are all arrested, and their shops are sealed. ”

"Those who dare to resist arrest, those who raise troops to resist, do not hesitate to kill!"

Everyone in the hall shouted in unison: "Follow the general's order!" ”

A high-spirited murderous aura spread, and after Wang Dou's order was issued, everyone in the shogunate poured out, Gao Shiyin laughed, and said: "Happy, happy!" ”

Wen Fangliang also sneered: "A group of people who don't know whether they are dead or alive! ”

Two days after the strike, the much-anticipated Yongning City Guard's Office began to act, and as soon as it moved, people were stunned, not only did they compromise, but also issued a notice, all over the city... Not a consultation, but an order. The notice requires all strikers to resume the market immediately, otherwise they will be severely punished.

The notice also uses the phrase "don't say it in advance", which makes people feel chilled. Thinking of the bandits who were not long in coming, it was under this order that the bandits on the East Road that had been entrenched for a hundred years were wiped out. What kind of actions will General Dingguo have? All those who participated in the school strike were beating the drums in their hearts.

Thinking of Wang Dou's previous behavior, it seems that this person is a person who eats soft rather than hard, and acts ruthlessly, everyone does this......

Seeing that as soon as the order came out, the various strikes and alliances had a tendency to collapse, Zhang Wanshan, Wu Luo and others were busy recruiting various businessmen and students to discuss matters, and the staff officers behind them also went out one after another. ,

Moreover, there is also a paragraph in Wang Dou's edict that makes the merchants extremely angry. Not only must they immediately resume their work and invest in the general's mansion, but within half a month after the market opens, all businesses will also reduce their prices by 70 percent...... How can this be endured by the people?

So after some conspiracy, the city boycott continued, and a large number of their guys were in the house. The exodus of domestic slaves and tenants, as well as the student march, made the crowds of petitioners in the cities even more immense. They listened quietly all over the streets, or gathered in front of various officials to cry and complain, and even all kinds of ruffians took advantage of the opportunity to rise, and the scene was chaotic.

Faced with this situation, the officials of the cities were either at a loss or secretly happy, and only watched from the sidelines of the local people.

They are two different worlds from the local scholars and merchants, and they are deeply dissatisfied with the hoarding and price hikes of the merchants in their clan, but they can only endure it silently. When General Dingguo arrived, hope rose in everyone's hearts.

It is even more welcome for the general's government to order all merchants to open the market immediately, and the price of special goods will be reduced by 70% within half a month. These profiteers have boycotted the market, causing a lot of losses to everyone these days, and if the price of goods can be reduced by a few percent, they will make up for some of it. They all hope that Wang Dou will take ruthless measures in the future.

The two sides are still in a stalemate, and it seems that the two sides are not at odds with each other.

On the afternoon of the 17th, a man with a big tie, a black cloth on his eyes, and a rag on his mouth was carried down from the carriage and escorted into a house in Yongning City that did not look amazing.

When he came to his senses, he found himself in a dark house, and there were several people standing silently in the room, and he faced the light, but he couldn't see the faces of the people in the room.

But the eerie atmosphere in the room, as well as the dazzling array of torture instruments hanging on the walls, made him creepy. If there was no smell of blood coming from inside, his body trembled more and more, and if it weren't for someone else's coercion, he would have collapsed to the ground.

A gloomy laugh sounded: "In front of my strong master's methods, no one dares not to recruit."

The person who spoke couldn't see clearly, but he felt that he was tall and thin, and a pair of eyes like poisonous snakes stared at him in the dark, which made the man dizzy for a while.

The voice on the yin side continued: "There may be people who have heard the name of Jinyiwei and he fiddles with the artifacts in his hands one by one: "This is Jinyiwei's torture instrument, this is the nail finger, this is the brain hoop, this is the brush spider... If you don't move, you will be stripped naked and pressed on the iron bed, poured hot water on you, and then while it is hot, the iron brush full of iron nails will be vigorously brushed in the place where you have been burned, and slowly brush out the white bone man's body trembled more and more, "snap", a book was thrown in front of him, and a stern voice said: "As a scribe of Song Jiaxuan who guarded Jinghu Fort, you should be loyal to the country, but you helped the enemy to abuse and assist him in capturing the enemy. Remember clearly every stroke on the book, if you... If you dare to resist, hum whether you want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, or stubbornly resist and lose your life, give you a quarter of an hour to consider. ，.

As soon as the voice fell, the man fell to the ground and kowtowed desperately: "The villain is willing to move, the villain is willing to move." ”

Soon after, Liu Benshen, who had been standing quietly in the dark, got a detailed transcript, he looked at it expressionlessly, and ordered the man to be escorted to the Zhenfu Division. Unlike Jinyiwei, Wang Dou's Intelligence Department only has the power to investigate and interrogate, and the conviction is handed over to the officials of the Suppression Department to deal with each other, so as not to have too much power and a big tail.

After the man escorted away, Qiang Ye said, "Next." ”

Soon after, another obese man, trembling all over, was escorted into the house. A dozen adulterers have been interrogated by each of them in the house today, and they may be busy until late at night in the next few days.

In Huailai City that day, Huailai garrison Huang Changyi walked back and forth in his house, like ants on a hot pot. The account of his henchmen disappeared, and some important books and accounts also disappeared, which made Huang Changyi feel that something was wrong.

He conspired with everyone to participate in the strike, and the General's Mansion has been very calm, but the calmer Wang Dou is, the more worried Huang Changyi is. Before the storm comes, it is always calm, but then there is a storm, Huang Changyi has lived in officialdom for a long time, relying on observing words and feelings, he faintly feels that the power behind the calm of the general's mansion is huge.

General Dingguo is not moving now, but once he moves... Even if everyone in the meeting was loud, were they Wang Dou's opponents? The disappearance of the tent indicates that the general of Dingguo has begun to move. The future must be thunderous, and Huang Changyi, who has studied the experience of Wang Doujia, can conclude.

He suddenly regretted it very much, why did he wade into this troubled water? With Wang Dou's heart, he is ruthless and unscrupulous, and he doesn't want his family to be ruined in the future. ,

He walked around the house for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth, and a hideous look appeared on his face: "Dead Dao friends don't die in the poor Dao, Chen Enzhong, Song Jiaxuan, don't blame me in the future." ”

He drank a servant: "Prepare a horse for me quickly." ”

In the evening of the same day, Huang Changyi secretly went to General Yongning's mansion and saw Wang Dou, he knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "General, the villain is blinded by lard, the little one should die, the little one should die... The villain wants to atone for his sins, I want to report, I want to report! ”

On the morning of July 20, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yanqing Prefecture.

The General's Mansion ordered that the deadline had passed, but none of the shops in the city had opened the market, and no merchants had invested in the General's Mansion...... In fact, some small shops were afraid of the notice of the General's Mansion and secretly opened their doors, but then they seemed to be robbed and smashed by some hooligans and ruffians, and the shopkeepers were beaten.

After such a few incidents, the façade of the city was still depressed, and every household was closed.

Of course, the streets of the city are still full of people, and those with a discerning eye can see that most of them are officials and generals, merchants, family slaves, etc., as well as a large number of local ruffians. They gathered in groups of three or five, either shouting loudly or holding a large number of anonymous posters, and continued to post posts all over the city.

In front of the state administration and garrison mansion, at this time, there was a sea of people, and a large number of businessmen petitioned. Xuezheng Zeng Youxian and others from Guanshan Academy went out again, and led hundreds of students with Wu Luo and others to fiercely discuss the scourge of business taxes.

After a few days of operation, the boycott petitioners were formalized, a large number of banners were arranged in the venue in front of the two offices, and there were many tables, chairs, and hot tea for students and businessmen to enjoy and sit in. There is also a theater troupe next to the venue, which is convenient for everyone to relieve their stress and drowsiness when they are sleepy.

As before, there were no soldiers in the streets, and no officials came out to convene the city to persuade the people. When the petitioners poured in front of the state administration and garrison mansion, Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, and Chen Enzhong, the garrison, once again stated their opinions a few days ago and returned to the government to rest.

It has been five days since the strike, and the soldiers of Huailai City are "seriously ill", and the general's mansion in Yongning City is still not moving. Everyone in the strike secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Wang Dou is just talking, and he doesn't dare to do anything to everyone.

Also, this is the joint action of all the merchants and Shishen on the East Road, representing the popularity of the people on the East Road, no matter how unscrupulous Wang Dou is, how dare he go against the entire Shiren merchant class on the East Road?

Zhang Wanshan, Wu Luo and the others were proud, as long as everyone held on for a few more days, then Wang Dou would definitely give in.

At this time, it was Wu Luo who was giving a speech, and his generous speech aroused the cheers and applause of everyone in the meeting.

Wu Luo spoke for half an hour in one breath, drank tea with a dry mouth to moisten his throat, he coughed lightly, and was about to continue his speech.

At this moment, suddenly there was a tsunami-like voice from the east side of the city: "Wan Sheng! ”

The sound reverberated through the city, and the whole city was immediately quiet.

Then the ground seemed to tremble faintly, like the sound of a large group of people marching in unison.