Section 34 Arrest them all

Gong Suchang explained too many things, which made Li Wenguang feel a sense of sadness in his heart, and at the same time, he was also a little excited, anyway, the current problem of food and salary of the Independent Regiment should be able to be solved in a short period of time, if these things explained by Gong Suchang are true, then the grain and grass accumulated by these rich businessmen and officials alone will be enough for the soldiers of the Independent Regiment to eat for more than a year, and as for other things such as money, it is even more difficult to estimate, and the wealth of these people is not at all what he can imagine. The situation that the country is poor and the people are poor, and the people have no rice for cooking, does not apply to them at all.

After receiving the news, Shi personally rushed to the east of the city, Yifeng's whole situation has stabilized now, what he has to do now is to find a breakthrough and then open the situation, judging from the current situation, it is not that there is no grain and grass in the place, but they are all intercepted and hidden by these people. However, they can't loot without scruples like devils, how can they be willingly handed over? Stone thinks of taxes, in accordance with national laws and regulations reasonable tax collection, but in this, the need to invest too much energy, and the time is still very long, as for the effect, can only take a step to see a step, fortunately, the troops are extremely decisive in their actions, and the information in their hands is also detailed enough, as long as the time is enough to collect food according to the account books, he is not afraid of these people cheating, but he is worried that he can't find a chance to start.

In this case, Li Wenguang sent Gong Suchang information that he was willing to provide information, which made Shi couldn't help but be overjoyed, with the cooperation of local people, it would be much smoother to do things, although the news from the brothers of the reconnaissance company was also extremely accurate, but after all, they had been here for a short time, and compared with these local snakes, there was naturally still a gap.

After rushing to Gong's house, the stone had a general understanding of the situation, and he also greatly appreciated Li Wenguang's means of deceiving Gong Suchang and Hu Linglong to turn their faces, this guy, there has always been a lot of work on the crooked door, but I didn't expect it to come in handy under this situation, should I say that his blind cat ran into a dead mouse, or did he hit the big luck and stepped on the shit?

Gong Suchang looked up and down on the stone, and invited him to sit down and speak, his behavior and the kind of eyes that did not look down on people at all, so that Gong Suchang was greatly moved, yesterday he just glanced at the young regiment leader from afar, but did not have the opportunity to contact, now he can get along closely, he is a little uneasy. Speaking of which, Gong Suchang is not a figure who has never seen the world, although he has not interacted with Xiongcheng many times, but he has also dealt with these officials and wealthy businessmen for a long time, but like these inner uneasy situations now, he has never done it again. However, he could really feel that this young general was not as pretentious as Xiong Cheng and the others.

Shi pondered for a moment, looked at Gong Suchang, who was a little dodgy and obviously afraid, and said: "Mr. Gong, although I haven't been here for a long time, I still know about the fact that you almost control Yifeng's underworld business. ”

Gong Suchang was startled, and suddenly jumped up from the chair, this violent movement immediately made his bones hurt a little, obviously those Qiu Ba's hands and feet were not light before, and he hadn't recovered for a while, he couldn't help but tremble and said: "Master Jun, the little one is also begging for food, and the little one is ......."

Shi waved his hand, shook his head at him and said: "I came here not to investigate the things you committed before, otherwise, I am afraid that you will not be able to save that life even if you have ten heads, I just want to tell you, either I will kill you first, and then slowly settle accounts with them, or, you will make meritorious contributions and help me achieve my goal in the shortest possible time, I can let you leave here safely with your family, of course, before leaving, you also need to pay the rice and grain taxes owed over the years." ”

The stone said very calmly, and even the conditions were a little harsh, but for Gong Suchang, these words were more reassuring to him than the assurances of those officials patting their chests, some people did not easily open their mouths to promise, but as long as they said it, they would fulfill their promises, Gong Suchang believed that this young general belonged to the latter, because the calm momentum he sat there made people feel a convincing feeling from the bottom of his heart.

After Gong Suchang got the promise of the stone, he was also relieved at the moment, and he re-told what he knew, including how the county magistrate Xiongcheng cleverly set up a project to increase taxes, how officials derelict their duties and took bribes, and how wealthy businessmen skillfully seized and annexed fertile land......

Shi listened quietly, this is a world where big fish eat small fish, small fish eat small shrimp, small shrimp eat mud, power and money and power transactions are played by these people very skillfully, there is no doubt that those powerless and powerless people are the objects of their plunder, from the fields to wealth to labor, until everyone becomes their tenants, becomes their debt slaves, and allows them to exploit everything. Although these people are not slaves, they are not much better than slaves, and if they want to live, they must always cling to these people who drink their blood and eat their flesh until the end of their lives, and their next generation will continue to accept another round of exploitation.

Listening to it, the stone calmed down, maybe he had been numb after listening too much, maybe it was the same for the whole society, there were too many of them, or maybe the blood in his heart had been drained?

On the other hand, although Li Wenguang on the side had already heard it once, he still gritted his teeth and scolded at this time: "These bastards, are their hearts all made of stone?" Are those people not human beings, but a bunch of beasts driven by men? ”

Gong Suchang couldn't help but sigh bitterly when he heard Li Wenguang's roar, not knowing what to say. Shi Shi said lightly: "The whole society is like this, the system is like this, if they don't do this, there will always be people who do it, if they don't kill others, they will become other people's tenant long-term workers, in exchange for you, what will happen to you?" ”

Li Wenguang was stunned when he heard this, looked at the stone and lost his mind a little, and his mind kept echoing the words that the stone said, the whole society is like this, does he want to be those who have no conscience and rich businessmen, or do he want to be those people who are exploited? Or do you want to be kings of the mountains and become horse bandits like bearded men?

"Could it be that in this world, good people can't live?" Li Wenguang said unwillingly at the stone.

Shi shook his head and said: "The country is lawless, the officials are guarding and stealing, the Japanese invade, and the thieves are more important than the enemy, how can such a country rise again?" We are just a bunch of cannon fodder with guns and devils, these things are not in our hands, and we can't control them, so let's find a way to do our part first! After speaking, the stone shouted to Ma Hong outside the door: "Xiao Shandong, you go out of the city, let the second battalion commander immediately lead the troops into the city, I don't have enough manpower here!" ”

Li Wenguang was obviously hit a lot, at this time he had obviously lost his interest in doing things, the whole person was depressed, and he seemed to be a little desperate for the reality in front of him, in the past two days, the more local affairs he came into contact with, the stronger the sense of subversion, and many things that he had never dared to imagine before appeared in front of him at this moment, so that he couldn't hide. This made him completely confused, what was the purpose of the bloody battle in which the brothers sacrificed their lives to die? If it is for the sake of the common people, the life of these people at the moment is worse than death, if it is for the sake of these rich businessmen and officials, with Li Wenguang's thoughts, it is better to let them be killed by devils.

In the evening, the second battalion that received the order entered the city with a neat team under the command of the battalion commander Gao Da Hammer, at this time Yifeng County has been under martial law for a whole day, and the people have basically adapted, after all, the officers and soldiers outside have not committed any offense with them, which makes them feel at ease, and many people are looking forward to seeing a different Yifeng after dawn, and then they can also see the true face of this army.

Only those rich merchants and landlords have become more and more uneasy as time goes by, and such a thing happened as soon as the county magistrate left in the morning, and it is really not easy to hold out until the county magistrate comes back, and what is even more odious is that these Qiu Ba are actually under martial law in the whole city, so that they can't even find someone to discuss, let alone inquire about any news, this feeling is really bad, just like being in a prison, and can only passively wait to be slaughtered.

With Gong Suchang's detailed explanation, Hu Linglong, the chief of the field grain section of the Gong family, couldn't bear the pressure and confessed honestly. Local officials usually flaunt their might in front of the common people, but when they are really faced with a threat to their lives, they rarely have the courage to face death. The so-called desirelessness is rigid, and those who have desires, especially those who are rich in wealth and are used to enjoying themselves, when they think that everything in their lives will be lost after death, that kind of inner panic is extremely easy to destroy their inner defense line and make them vulnerable.

Just like Hu Linglong in front of him, he didn't even need any coerced confession, but he was coldly glanced at by the stone, and he was tremblingly reporting the amount of tax evasion by various wealthy businessmen and landlords. It's no wonder that you usually need to rely on these numbers to fill your pockets, and it's hard to remember clearly. On his side, Zheng Yongchang recorded that with Hu Linglong's confession and figures, plus the information provided by Gong Suchang, it can be regarded as being able to confirm the charges of these people, and no matter from which aspect, they can be explained.

After Hu Linglong finished speaking, Shi picked up the account book and looked at it, and then he snorted coldly, and said to Liu Wenfeng and Gao Da Hammer, who had been waiting for a long time: "The first battalion is on guard everywhere, and the second battalion follows Company Commander Zheng to arrest people, before dawn, all the people involved will be detained, and tomorrow during the day, those who should be killed will be killed, those who should be closed, and all the property that should be confiscated will be confiscated, and the morning after tomorrow, all the things in the county will be ended." ”