The next day, people came and went in the government, and the excerpts sent were basically the Pingzhou Army riots.

Yesterday, the riots in the army only subsided temporarily, but this morning there were incidents again, and even soldiers disturbed the people.

Guo Dongtai and his subordinate officials were very busy, and it was not a trivial matter for the army to disturb the people, there were many soldiers, and they all had weapons in their hands.

There are only a few hundred servants in the government office, and they are no match for the army at all, and if they forcibly arrest and punish the people and soldiers, it will only further intensify the contradictions.

If things are allowed to develop any longer, the army will definitely mutiny, and when the time comes, it will be bad to besiege the palace.

Guo Dongtai could guess that behind the army riot, it must be the family who was making trouble, but he was helpless, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

He thought of Meng Jing, such a big thing happened, but he didn't see Meng Jing show up, could it be that he was hiding on purpose?

Even Guo Dongtai began to wonder if Meng Jing really had a countermeasure, after all, Meng Jing was just eighteen years old, how could he compare to the elite of the family in terms of experience and strategy?

Guo Dongtai came all the way to Meng Jing's dormitory with doubts, the situation was urgent, he was a little out of shape, and strode in directly.

But I saw that Meng Jing and the maid Xiaozhu were crowded around the table, holding the brush leisurely, Meng Jing was teaching Xiaozhu to write, and the two were talking and laughing.

"Lord, what are you writing here, dense, so many words, I am dizzy when I read it. ”

Xiaozhu stared at the big watery eyes, pointed to the table and muttered quietly.

Meng Jing was still writing intently, occasionally mentioning Xiaozhu.

"Don't interrupt, just watch me write, and then I'll write the words I taught myself. ”

"Oh, but the brush is too heavy to hold in my hand. ”

"If you practice a lot, you'll get used to it. ”

Seeing this, Guo Dongtai was displeased, he had worked hard all morning, but Meng Jing was here to have fun with the maid, and anyone would have grievances.

Out of affection, he restrained his dissatisfaction and said respectfully:

"Lord Wang, yesterday the camp mutinied, and the situation in the barracks today is even more serious. ”

"The king knows. ”

Meng Jing replied lightly, still writing with Xiaozhu.

Guo Dongtai was really anxious, but he didn't dare to get angry in front of Meng Jing again, so he had to stomp his feet on the ground twice.

He stepped forward to see what Meng Jing was writing, his eyebrows were burned, and he still had the leisure to write.

Alas, it is difficult to put the cart before the horse.

Guo Dongtai looked at the table and saw a large piece of vermilion paper on it, with the two big characters "notice" written on the top.

Guo Dongtai stroked his beard and looked at it with interest, his expression was shocked at first, and then his tightly knit brows gradually relaxed, and he couldn't help but nod.

After an hour of incense, Meng Jing finally finished writing, he opened the vermilion paper, roughly browsed it, and after confirming that it was correct, he handed it to Guo Dongtai.

"This is the king's countermeasure, what does Master Guo think?"

Guo Dongtai was so excited that he clapped his hands and praised:

"High, really high, the prince has a wonderful memory!"

At noon, the Longmen Bridge in the city was full of people, and everyone discussed it sentence by sentence.

It turned out that a red notice was posted on the empty wall next to the bridge, and the notice was full of words, setting a rule for local families to pay their tax arrears.

To the effect that the first family to write to the palace to pay taxes only needs to pay 1,000 taels, the second one needs to pay 2,000 taels, the third one pays 3,000 taels, and so on, adding 1,000 taels for each next one. Families who fail to pay their tax arrears within five days will be punished according to the crime.

Next to the notice, there are also two official errands, and there is a list behind them, from top to bottom, and the first column reads: one thousand taels, two thousand taels, three thousand taels......

This list is used to record the number of families that have paid their tax arrears, but it does not record the name of the family, and is anonymous.

The onlookers didn't understand the doorway, and they thought that the Wangfu was playing tricks.

"The prince has come up with such an incomprehensible notice and list in the past few days, and it seems that there is no reliable way to deal with it. ”

"Back then, the old prince couldn't make the family succumb to threats with the army, but the little prince wanted to use these few pieces of broken paper to make the family spit out the silver, which was really whimsical. ”

"Rather than wasting effort on this, we should not take care of the army's rebellion. ”

"An untrained little kid, playing tricks with those masters of the family, he is still far away. ”

......

That night, the heads of the major families and the shopkeeper Lu hurriedly met in the Zuixian Building, and they were a little worried about Meng Jing's move to set up a list in Longmen.

The table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and fine wines, but everyone at the banquet frowned and had no appetite.

They are all veterans who have been through the wind and rain for a long time, Meng Jing's simple divisive plan has long been seen through by them, as long as no one compromises to pay taxes, and all the families advance and retreat together, then Meng Jing will definitely not be able to fight against the entire Pingzhou family at the same time, not to mention that there is the rich Lu family behind them.

The heads of families understand these truths, but the human heart is the most unpredictable, and they cannot know what other people really think in their hearts.

In case a few people are scared and secretly pay taxes, then those who insist on resisting taxes will suffer a big loss, and the more taxes they have to pay in the future, as many as tens of thousands of taels, and the first one to pay taxes only needs to pay 1,000 taels, and after paying, there is no need to worry about the execution of the Xinwang Mansion in fear.

As long as you are soft, you can get temporary comfort, and this temptation is not small.

In order to break this oppressive atmosphere, Wei Yuanqing took the lead in saying:

"The matter of setting up the list is clearly a discordant plan of Meng Jing's yellow-mouthed child, intending to split the alliance between me and the princes, and he also underestimates the friendship between our Pingzhou family, which has always been in the same spirit.

I, Wei Yuanqing, swear by my personality that my Wei family will never betray the deep affection between the families for hundreds of years for the sake of this few thousand taels of silver, you can rest assured. ”

After the Ning family was absent, the Wei family naturally became the backbone of the Pingzhou family.

Now Wei Yuanqing's initiative to express his stance has given other family owners a reassurance.

Soon, several heads of the family rose up to respond.

"The Wei family master is so bold, I, the Lu family, will definitely advance and retreat with you. ”

"With the words of the head of the Wei family, my Song family will never compromise with the Xinwang Mansion. ”

"My Xu family must resist taxes to the end, so that Meng Jing'er can see the majesty of my Pingzhou family. ”

More and more people followed the statement, and the morale increased greatly.

Shopkeeper Lu looked at this scene, his expression became more and more proud, and when he remembered the embarrassment in front of Meng Jing that day, a wave of anger ignited in his heart.

It must be because of lack of preparation and chaos that he will appear foreign.

Definitely not really afraid of Meng Jing and that Zhonglang general with a little white face, yes, that's it.

Shopkeeper Lu found countless reasons for himself to explain the scandal of that day, and it took a lot of brains to reluctantly convince himself.

Now, he just wants to take a good breath and make Meng Jing cry and beg for mercy.

With the intervention of the Pingzhou family and the Lu family, it is not easy to deal with Meng Jing, a stunned young man.

As soon as the five-day appointment passes, Meng Jing will not pay the silver, and at that time, the initiative will be in the hands of the shopkeeper Lu.

What awaits Meng Jing is only the end of being ruined and losing power.

Shopkeeper Lu was relieved when he thought about it.

It's already the third day, and the list of Longmen is empty, and no one has taken the initiative to pay taxes.

Guo Dongtai couldn't sit still, he had already put the treasure on Meng Jing, although he was born in the market, he has always been eager to get ahead and be in the countryside.

He fell in love with Meng Jing's talent and thought that he would be able to do something with Meng Jing, so he took the initiative to become Meng Jing's confidant for him to drive.

He didn't want Meng Jing to fall just when he was about to make a big move.

Guo Dongtai rushed to Meng Jing's dormitory again, but saw that Meng Jing was still handing over Xiaozhu to write.

"Lord, your eyebrows are burned, you still have the leisure to write, half of the five-day period has passed, but there is no family to pay the tax arrears. ”

Meng Jing raised his head slightly, and saw Guo Dongtai's anxious face, he was still as calm as water, and the current situation was still in his expectations.

"Wait. ”

The reason why no one came to the palace to pay taxes was because there was still a shortage of fierce medicine.

The Maisons are now united by a common crisis, an alliance that is ostensibly unassailable but in fact can collapse at the touch of a button, and can be completely dismantled by just one or two rebellions.

Meng Jing had already secretly made up for this fierce medicine, and he was waiting.

Guo Dongtai didn't know Meng Jing's plan, he was really red-eyed, but he didn't dare to get angry at Meng Jing, so he could only hold back his old face and blush.

At this time, a guard hurriedly ran into the dormitory and brought Meng Jing two signs.

Ordinary people may not know the brand, but Guo Dongtai recognized it at a glance, this is the brand used to record the tax-paying family on the list, because the list is run by Guo Dongtai, so he can easily recognize the brand.

Guo Dongtai looked stunned, he understood what these two brands represented, there were two families who came to pay the tax arrears, although it was only a few thousand taels, but this would be a beginning.

Since they are anonymous, once these two brands are listed on the Longmen Bridge list, they will definitely make the remaining families suspicious of each other, and their alliance will suffer a fatal blow.

Guo Dongtai's face gradually showed joy, and he complimented Meng Jing:

"The prince is really a god, and he can persuade the two great families, so that the tax will be collected. ”

Meng Jing handed the sign to Guo Dongtai and said lightly:

"Put the sign on the list. ”

Guo Dongtai excitedly took the sign and held it in his arms like a treasure.

Before leaving, he was still a little puzzled, Meng Jing had not been in Pingzhou for a long time, he had no deep friendship with the Pingzhou family, how did he rebel against those scheming family heads?

Besides, he has been guarding the palace today, and he has not seen any living people enter the palace, when did they come to pay their taxes?

"Lord Wang, the lower officials dare to ask, which two families are here to pay taxes?"

Meng Jing smiled and shook his head.

"There's no one to pay the taxes. ”

These two signs were deliberately made by him, and they are anonymous anyway, and no one knows who they are.

As the saying goes, killing people kills people, and this trick is to divide the family.

If this simple divisive plan had been put in normal times, it would have been seen through by those old foxes, but at this critical juncture, the families are already wary of each other, and suspicion often makes people lose their minds, and they often choose to believe the worst-case scenario: someone has turned their backs on the alliance of the family.

Then, they will constantly guess who the traitor is, and then choose the most beneficial countermeasures for themselves regardless of their own situation, and the so-called covenant is not worth mentioning in the face of the interests of the family.

Guo Dongtai's face was shocked when he heard this, he leaned over slightly and left.