On the 15th day of July in the twelfth year of Chongzhen. Pen % Fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info (VIII

From this day on, the land of the East Road suddenly surged, and from the morning, the shops in Yanqing Prefecture began to close, and all trading stopped. The people in the city were frightened and panicked, and the price of rice had soared to 4,000 wen a bucket by the afternoon when all the shops were closed.

Under the infection of panic, the prices of various goods such as Buyan tea materials in Yanqing City also soared, and finally there was no market.

Soon, the strike spread to Huailai City, Yongning City, and Baoan Acropolis everywhere, and panic buying became a trend in various places, only Baoan Zhou City, although the prices rose a lot, it was generally calm.

The cities were in a depression, and the people were panicked and didn't know what was going on. Not only that, but there were huge crowds of petitioners in the streets of the city. Stopped and invited the officials, and cried to the governors, garrisons, and military garrisons of the cities, demanding that the collection of commercial taxes by Wang Dou, the general of Dingguo, be stopped.

The streets and alleys everywhere were crowded with howling people, and all kinds of anonymous lists were posted everywhere. If an official passes through the streets, he is also attacked by the rubble thrown by the crowd.

On the same day, Guanshan Academy in Yanqing Prefecture announced a class strike, and hundreds of students marched to the front of the state to petition Wu Zhizhou in Yanqing Prefecture to oppose the expropriation and tyranny of General Dingguo and compete with the people for profit. Zhizhou Wu Zhi came out to speak to the students, claiming that he was very much dissatisfied with Wang Dou's proposal to levy taxes, and he would definitely make a proposal to the military constitution to persuade the general to give up such angry and resentful ideas.

Yanqing Prefecture garrison Chen Enzhong also accompanied Wu Zhi, claiming to the crowd that the Dingguo general's levy of commercial taxes was a pure rumor, even if his old man had this thought, he must have been deceived by the villain. As a subordinate, he will make a statement to the general as soon as possible, and return a peaceful place on the east road.

In the face of the boycotts and school strikes in various cities, Xu Zucheng, the security guard of the acropolis, condemned such a disrupting of the city and the lack of government officials.

Yongning City garrison Wang Yide tried to stop the crowd, but was also treated by everyone throwing rubbles, his mouth and nose were bleeding, he did not have Xu Zucheng's courage, and fled into the garrison mansion in a hurry to avoid trouble, and in embarrassment, even the official boots were discarded.

Merchants in the city of Baoan Chau also tried to close their shops and organize a procession, and then they were beaten by angry local military households, beating them from the streets to the end of the street, and their shops were also smashed. The soldiers shouted at these merchants: "If the profiteers get out of Baoan Prefecture and dare to be the enemy of the Dingguo general, they are the enemy of us." ”

"Your mother, if you want to do business in Baoan Prefecture in the future, Lao Tzu has your surname!"

Zheng Jinglun, the shopkeeper of Wansheng and rice shops in Baoan Zhoucheng, and Lai Mancheng, the proprietor of the Qingtianfu Commercial Bank, who has already done business in the state city and still named Qingtianfu Commercial Bank, said that he resolutely supports the general of Dingguo and will never do such a profiteer act that disrupts the market.

Their remarks were generally appreciated by the military households, and the turnover of their shops increased fivefold that day.

The merchants of Yongning City also went on strike, and the merchants and students organized a crowd parade, but they did not dare to gather in front of the generals, and they did not even dare to have people watching the excitement. Niu actually determined that the prestige of Wang Dou, the general of the country, was not trivial. In addition, the prestige of the Shunxiang army is far and wide, who dares to make trouble in front of the general's mansion?

And the caliber of the crowd of petitioners everywhere is very clear, and this move is not aimed at General Dingguo himself. It's the "villain" behind him. As long as the Dingguo generals retract their orders, they will resolutely support Wang Dou's governance on the East Road.

In the face of this sudden wave of strikes and school boycotts, the soldiers were dumbfounded. In the face of the crying of the Huailai merchants and scholars, he said that he would handle the matter carefully and ask General Dingguo to come to the discussion. However, considering that the strike will affect people's livelihood, all businesses are also invited to resume the market and students to resume classes.

After his speech was rejected, Concubine Ma suddenly "got sick" and stayed in the military mansion and no longer took the lead.

Only Guo Shitong, the judge of the East Road Grain Pipe, was secretly happy, and he said that it was because of Wang Dou's ignorance that he caused today's disaster. He suggested that Wang Dou read more of the sage's classics, perhaps he would not be so reckless in the future.

The boycott lasted until every two days, and the officers and soldiers who gathered in the forts were worried that they would not be able to buy grain, oil, and salt, and there was also a commotion, and this kind of thing suddenly happened in the cities, and the military households and people everywhere were panicked, and they all looked at the general's mansion, hoping that the general Dingguo would have a way to deal with it.

Unlike those businessmen and warriors, these ordinary people had deep expectations for Wang Dou. I hope that under the governance of Wang Dou, everyone will live the same good life as the people of Baoan Prefecture. Moreover, Wang Dou chopped the bandit Tuntian, and won the hearts of many people on the East Road in a short period of time.

What does the protest against the commercial tax have to do with the merchants? They didn't open shops, and they didn't smuggle them out. But they still hope that this wave will pass quickly, after all, the business boycott will have too much impact on them.

The soaring prices are unbearable for ordinary people, and everyone just wants to live in peace and stability, and there is no rice at home, so there is a place to buy it, and it is not so expensive. ,

Hearing about the boycott of classes and markets everywhere also made them panic, why did so many things suddenly happen?

At this time, the sub-guard general's mansion, which was in the center of the storm, was very calm.

"Students are going on strike, businessmen are going to go on strike, and the military is going to make trouble."

Wang Dou looked out the window for a long time, then turned around and said with a smile: "It's very lively, it's very interesting!" ”

The spacious hall of the General's Mansion was full of members of Wang Dou's shogunate, and General Dingguo still had the heart to talk and laugh, but they didn't have the calm mood of Wang Dou.

Zhang Gui, ambassador of the Department of Civil Affairs, said worriedly: "General, the sudden strike of businessmen and even the sudden strike of students must be a conspiracy. However, the top priority at the moment is to let the merchants open the market, otherwise prices will skyrocket, and the people will inevitably complain about the general, which will damage the general's reputation. ”

Wang Dou nodded, noncommittal, Gao Shiyin jumped like thunder: "Xiong, I said that these profiteers are not good goods that day." Please preach the general and give the order, those profiteers dare to strike the market again, and they will all be arrested and killed. ”

Wang Dou nodded again, and Wen Fangliang groaned: "Strange, why is the rumor outside that the general is going to levy commercial taxes?" It seems that our shogunate doesn't have such plans yet, right? ”

Wang Dou also groaned: "Indeed, although I have this meaning, I haven't implemented it yet, why is the banner outside protesting against Ran Ji's levy of commercial taxes?" ”

"It's weird."

Ye Xizhi and Qin Yi have performed well in the shogunate these times, and they have also been invited to take the seat, so they are naturally very excited, and this crisis is an opportunity for them.

Qin Yi groaned for half a book] and said to Wang Dou: "General, the student thinks that someone must be spreading rumors and confusing the public with evil words, and his heart is extremely unpredictable. ”

He analyzed: "The officials and merchants of the Ming Dynasty are integrated, especially the border towns and merchants are extremely prosperous. The general deliberately strictly inspected the border gates, which naturally cut off the livelihood of many unscrupulous merchants. They hate it to the core, but they have no excuse for it. The opposition to commercial taxation is justified, since the beginning of the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty has been anti-levying mining taxes like a tide, and many mining supervisors have been discredited, and even Emperor Xian had to cancel the commercial and mining taxes. ”

If the general's attitude is tough, his plan will be successful, and the general's reputation among the merchants will be greatly diminished in the future. If the general retreats, it will also damage his prestige, and it will be difficult to implement various policies on the East Road in the future! This rise is quite poisonous, but I don't know who spread it. ”

Ye Xizhi said: "The top priority is to make the merchants open the market, the people can't afford to lose, and the time is getting longer, and there will be a lot of resentment towards the general." The general's efforts to chop bandits and reassure the people were all in vain. ”

Wang Dou smiled slightly: "It's really a good strategy!" ”

At this time, Wen Daxing, the ambassador of the Intelligence Department, and Liu Benshen, the director of the Ran Affairs Section, hurriedly came in.

As the original Zhending Mansion Jinyi Wei Baihu, after Liu Benshen made a statement to Wang Dou in March, considering his ability, Wang Dou appointed him as the head of the Internal Affairs Department. He is specially responsible for the counter-espionage of the East Road, strictly guarding against all kinds of spies, and especially dealing with the spying of the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Benshen is an ambitious person who has lived in Jinyiwei for a long time, so he naturally has his means. However, the intelligence department was newly established, and the relevant manpower training could not be perfected in a short period of time. It still takes time to lay out the entire east road control and defense.

Two days ago, after the wave of school boycotts and market boycotts in the cities of Donglu Road, Liu Benshen was ordered by Wang Dou to monitor and probe.

For Liu Benshen, everyone in the shogunate actually doesn't like it very much, he is usually silent, and his eyes always flash with a gloomy light. When you are with people, you always have the habit of standing in the dark of the room. The uncomfortable feeling of being in front of others at a glance and secretly observing something behind the scenes, as if everyone had no secrets to speak of in front of him.

Standing in front of Wang Dou at this time, he was also expressionless, and slowly reported that the strike obtained by his spying was headed by Zhang Wanshan, and he contacted the merchants of various cities to discuss it, and his nephew was the former East Road general, and now the commander of the capital Zhang Guowei, whether Zhang Guowei is the mastermind behind the scenes, and the lower officials are still investigating it! ”

"There are many people who are plotting to strike the market, Guo Shitong is suspected of being in charge of grain on the East Road, Wu Zhi, the governor of Yanqing Prefecture, Huang Changyi is guarded by Huailai, Chen Enzhong is guarded by Yanqing, Song Jiaxuan is guarded by Jinghu Fort, Chen Qinluan is guarded by Goubao on Thursday, Ding Fangming is defended by Heihanling Fort, and Guo Cairong is defended by Liu Binbao All have staff officers.

Everyone in the hall was moved, and there were not so many people conspiring to participate.

The strike was headed by Zeng Youxian, the scholar of Guanshan Academy in Yanqing Prefecture, and Wu Luo, the son of the governor of Yanqing Prefecture. After the investigation of the lower officials, it is suspected that Wan Mei'er, the concubine of Wu Luo Xinna, is a fine work for Dongnu, and the relevant rumors are spread by the lower officials because they are his daughter! ”

Wan Mei'er, this daughter, used to guard Han Lu's old acquaintance Wang Dou's hand trembling, and Wen Fangliang muttered, "No." ”

The hall was silent, and only Liu Benshen's voice without the slightest emotion continued to echo: "In the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Han Shoubei married Wan Sheng and Zheng Niangzi of the rice shop, Wan Meier disappeared in Baoan Prefecture, and at the end of last year, now in Yanqing Prefecture, because of its beauty, it was accepted as a concubine by Wu Luo. It is suspected that he hated because of love, and was bought by Dongnu during the period. ”,

Everyone in the hall collectively breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Benshen continued: "The lower official also suspects that Zeng Youxian's son Zeng Fuyang is a Dongnu worker, and the lower official has already seen that Zeng Fuyang has close contacts with Wan Mei'er, and his behavior is suspicious. The Huailai of the East Road, Yanqing, Yongning cities, all officials and generals, businessmen, many suspects, Xia Guan is investigating Wen Fangliang took a breath and said: "No, there are so many spies on the East Road?" That Zeng Youxian seems to be the Xuezheng of Yanqingjing, although he is famous for being miserly, he can also be regarded as a highly respected son...... Could it be that Director Liu made a mistake? ”

Liu Benshen saluted Wang Dou and said: "Dongnu is cunning and abnormal, the best at meticulous work, when he was an old slave, he did not hesitate to raise spy workers with a lot of money, and specialized in cultivating a barbarian city, thinking that it was for the purpose of the spy room." At first, Li Yongfang was the leader, and later his son-in-law Wu Changchun was appointed. It is either a trader, or a monk, or a beggar, or a hundred workers, and it is fine and widespread, and it is pervasive. ”

"The first discharge of the Salhu division, and the fall of the cities of Guangning and Liaoyang were all internal responses. In the year of the Apocalypse, I Barbarian City bribed the Ming rebel generals Ji Yingcheng, Zeng Yougong, Liu Bao, and Liu Boqiang, so that General Zhang Pan and Ma Shilong of the military gate were defeated and killed, all because of their treacherous rebel generals. ”

"Later, Liu Bao and Wu Changchun were brought to justice by Dongchang Jina, and Ling Chi was executed, which can be regarded as revenge for General Zhang and others!"

Everyone in the hall was silent, Dongnu Xizuo was so rampant Wang Dou stood up, paced back and forth in the hall, he smiled and said: "Okay, it's another class boycott, another boycott, this momentum is earth-shattering, but it's just for their own selfish interests, so that they can make it easier for them to betray the enemy." ”

He smiled and said, "They thought I didn't dare to do it? ”

He said lightly: "It's okay for them to jump out, just kill them all at once!" "J Mortal Immortal Cultivator (VIII: Baidu Search)