The soldiers hugged Pang Gang and walked to the inner courtyard, and along the way, they saw groups of servants and subordinates being escorted by the sergeants to the front yard, of course, including many people who were disheveled, but all of them looked like young masters and young ladies in silk and satin.

At this time, Da Zhuang escorted an old man who was about sixty years old, dressed in messy clothes but extremely strong, and when he saw Pang Ganghou, Da Zhuang excitedly shouted: "My lord has been caught, and the head of the Zheng family has been caught." ”

Pang Gang's heart was relieved when he heard this, and he walked over and said with a smile: "Oh? Don't lie to me, you must know that lying about military exploits is a big crime! ”

"My lord, I really didn't lie to you, there were a few sons and brothers who called him grandpa just now, I don't believe that adults can ask this old man in person!" Da Zhuang didn't know that Pang Gang was teasing him, so he called Qu on the side.

Pang Gang shook his head and smiled, "Okay, this official will ask him." After speaking, Pang Gang turned to the old man and asked, "Are you the head of the Zheng family?" ”

The old man said proudly: "Listen to you, a dog official, the old man will not change his name or change his surname, it is Zheng Hongda, the head of the Zheng family, the old man can tell you clearly that you have done such a big rebellious thing, you are doomed, but if you are willing to repent, the old man can be the master and spare your family's death." ”

There was silence all around, and it was a long time before a burst of laughter suddenly broke out, and all the soldiers next to him laughed and leaned back, this old man is now unable to protect himself and even dares to threaten their former Hu Lord, isn't this the birthday boy hanging himself - is he impatient to live? The loudest laughter in the crowd was especially strong, and this honest man covered his stomach and laughed straight down.

While laughing, he said breathlessly: "You old man Tete is interesting, it's the first time I've seen such an interesting thing when I'm so old, you dare to talk to my family like this as a rice seller, do you know who my family is?" ”

Zheng Hongda ignored Da Zhuang, but just glanced at Pang Gang contemptuously: "Look at you, at most, you are only a five-grade sesame mung bean-sized petty official, and you are also a vulgar martial artist, besides, the old man doesn't need to know who you are, no matter what position you are in, as long as the old man sends a letter to the capital, what awaits you is to be dismissed, investigated, and even beheaded." ”

After listening to Zheng Hongda's words, the sergeants laughed even harder, this old man was dying and still pretending to be a big-tailed wolf, and he didn't know where he got his confidence.

Among the crowd, only Pang Gang did not smile, he looked at the old man who was looking at him with his head held high and the young people around him who were staring at him with disdain with slanted eyes, and once again felt the arrogance of the businessmen of this era in his heart.

They claim to be the elite of the country, desperately attached to the body of the Ming Dynasty and sucked the flesh and blood of the Ming court and the people to strengthen themselves, but they will only ask for it and will not pay, they hold the civil official group desperately to seize power from the emperor, in their hearts they actually regard the emperor as a puppet, but they are secretly desperately looting the wealth of the people.

They are under the banner of "not competing with the people for profit, hiding wealth from the people", but behind the scenes, they are doing a dirty business, and this banner has almost become their invincible theoretical magic weapon, "agriculture and business" in their meaning is only that your country wants to raise taxes, you can only play the idea of agriculture, you want to increase agricultural taxes, you can discuss, if you want to increase industrial and commercial taxes, then don't think!

The phrase "Zhumen's wine and meat stinks and there are frozen bones on the road" is talking about these rich gentry, who lived a erosive life of spending all day and wine, and their population was less than 2 percent, but they accounted for 80 percent of the wealth of the entire Ming Dynasty. The industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty were actually the most developed in Chinese history, but the Ming Dynasty was also one of the poorest dynasties in Chinese history, because these people who controlled more than 80% of the wealth of the society held on to this wealth, but they were unwilling to give back even a little bit to the society and the people, which was the most important factor in the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

These seemingly lowly businessmen actually have huge wealth and power, which is why Zheng Hongda dared to despise and despise Pang Gang after seeing him.

Pang Gang slowly walked to Zheng Hongda's side and said softly, "Do you know why this official came to trouble you today?" ”

Zheng Hongda raised his head and snorted softly: "Does the old man need to know this?" ”

Pang Gang was not angry, but smiled and sighed: "Yes, you don't need to know this, but the official feels that you need to know, because you didn't give the official face yesterday, so the official is angry." And the official usually doesn't have a good temper when he gets angry, so the official is going to give you a lesson today, a lesson that you will never forget for the rest of your life. ”

"Huh, really? The old man wants to see what you can teach the old man."

Before Zheng Hongda's words were finished, he felt a chill pass through his neck, and suddenly he was surprised to find that he could actually see his back, this discovery surprised Zheng Hongda, who had lived for more than sixty years. And it also found that his field of vision was unprecedentedly high, and he could look down on the ground from above, which made him a little stunned, until he saw a headless body writhing on the ground in a strange position. When he looked at the familiar figure and clothes, he seemed to realize that the headless body seemed to be his own.

With a "snap", Zheng Hongda's six-and-a-half-pound head slammed into the air with a dull sound, and it rolled on the ground a few times before stopping, with a pair of wide-eyed eyes as if he couldn't believe what had just happened.

"Grandpa, you killed grandpa!" Several young people around him, although disheveled but extremely gorgeous, pointed at Pang Gang in disbelief, his body kept shaking like a swing, and a young man was even frightened and a foul smell came out of him, it turned out that this pampered boy was too frightened and incontinent, and yellow-brown feces and urine flowed from his trouser tube to the ground.

Pang Gang looked at these young ladies who were swinging slightly, and felt a burst of contempt in his heart, these young people who are full of benevolence and morality are either in business or as officials, but in their eyes, they have never put this society and the people in their hearts, nor have they ever had the concept of the country, they are just moths in this society that are full of fat intestines, maybe killing them all is the best choice.

But as soon as he thought of this, Pang Gang shook his head again, if Zheng Hongda's family was killed, I am afraid that the merchants and gentry in Qingzhou would fight desperately with him, and there would be no possibility of reconciliation at all. Now I don't have the strength to fight with the rich gentry class in Qingzhou, and I only came to Qingzhou to collect wealth and gather displaced people to strengthen myself, but I can't put myself on it.

Thinking of this, Pang Gan stretched out his hand and summoned Da Zhuang and solemnly ordered: "Da Zhuang, the matter here is almost over, in order to prevent those rich gentry from making a moth, you immediately lead four hundred soldiers to maintain law and order in the city, if anyone instigates or leads people to make rebellion, they will be killed!" ”

"Yes, sir, just look at it!" Da Zhuang, who was so excited that his face was flushed, quickly took the order.

After thinking about it, Pang Gang shouted again: "Huayan! ”

"Obey your lordship's orders!" Hua Yan, who was also wearing a military uniform today, hurriedly walked over and performed a nondescript military salute.

Pang Gang's expressionless face ordered: "Hua Zandian, you immediately send someone to send these sons and ladies of the Zheng Mansion to Lingshanwei to open up the wasteland, and Lao Tzu also wants to let them taste the taste of labor reform!" ”

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