The sun rose normally the next day, and more than ten stores in front of Suzhou Government Office were closed the next day.

Below the strange calm is the constant surging undercurrent.

Now this matter is no longer just a matter of commercial tax, but has become a contest between the imperial power and private capital.

But this contest seemed ridiculous like a weapon made of countless gold, silver and jewelry, clamoring with a strong man covered in blood on his hands and planting you to kill me.

In fact, the same is true.

Since some people dare to die, some people dare to bury them.

There are a total of fourteen shops, and all of them are sealed without exception. Since they are not open, they don’t need to open them in the future.

It is not just as simple as sticking a seal, but also the figures of soldiers from the guard station appeared in front of each shop.

Each shop is guarded by six guards in turn, and no one can get closer. The reason is that military needs, who dares to spy on military secrets?

Luo Zhong and other owners of fourteen shops gathered together again. This time, the fourteen people directly booked a restaurant called Zui Dongpo.

This time, everyone's faces looked ugly.

Jin Lianghui asked with a gloomy expression: "Brother Luo, the soldiers from the garrison?"

Luo Zhong spat and said angrily: "Where is the return to the garrison, my brother-in-law can't count on it now."

Not only can't count on it, Luo Zhong's brother-in-law, Guo Bin, deputy commander of Suzhou Guard, has now been removed from his post and demoted to a thousand households.

And my sister is not easy to meet. In the past two days, I have been going to my house to scold me for implicating my brother-in-law.

However, it was too late to say anything.

Even if Luo Zhong passed the sorted account book, the government still ignored it. He just checked the original account bit by bit and ignored his actions of showing good deeds.

Even if I expressed my willingness to pay the tax, I would not see anyone who was really in charge.

Zhao Yihai, the only one who can play a role in passing a message, was so severely offended in the Eight Immortal Tower last time that even the door looked at himself with his nostrils: "My master said that he is not here!"

It's simply too much to deceive others.

If it weren't for the Qianhu family that had a certain deterrence, Luo Zhong now doubted whether these dozen people would unite to tear him down.

After all, I took the lead in making a market strike, and the matter has fallen to this point, so there is obviously no room for improvement.

Seeing that Luo Zhong said that there was no hope in the ward station, Jin Lianghui said, "What should I do according to Brother Luo's intention?"

Luo Zhong said: "If I knew, I wouldn't drink here. Today, I asked someone to hand over the account book, and the government ignored it."

In fact, it’s not just Luo Zhong, but everyone else is the same.

There was no business on Tianzhang on the first day, and the seal was posted that afternoon.

When these people move again the next day and find that there is no sew for them to move, it will become inevitable to surrender.

However, this is a suspicion, but no one pays attention to it.

That's why fourteen people sat together and drank with wine.

Jin Lianghui was about to speak, but the door of the restaurant was kicked open with a slam. Even the servant sitting behind the door was knocked to the ground.

Jin Lianghui's words were interrupted by this loud noise, and he was feeling unhappy. He looked up and looked downstairs, but saw torches constantly pouring in downstairs. It was the Jinyiwei who rushed in from a hundred households in Suzhou Institute and his men.

The fourteen people in the restaurant looked at each other, their hands and feet feeling a little numb.

The Ming Dynasty knew how bad the Jinyiwei’s reputation was.

Now this group of living Hell has broken open the door of the restaurant, people like me?

Just when Luo Zhong, Jin Lianghui and others were worried, Liu Bingjun, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, had already brought his subordinates to the second floor of the restaurant.

When he arrived at the table, Liu Bingjun looked at the wine and food that didn't move much on the table, and sighed loudly, "Look, it's a pity that such a good wine and food isn't it?"

After saying that, there would be no more than a dozen people standing next to him, so they just pulled over a stool and sat down.

Seeing that Liu Bingjun was sitting right next to him, Luo Zhong bowed and smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, why not drink a drink?"

The villain's brother-in-law is Qianhu, a Qianhu of Suzhou Guard. Speaking of which, he is also a member of the army with the Baihu Adult?"

Liu Bingjun casually picked up the wine glass and drank it, laughing and said, "Well, I have a robe, so of course I should take care of his brother-in-law. Look, I didn't even take anyone directly, I'm enough to give face?"

Luo Zhong smiled and said, "It's certainly enough."

After Liu Bingjun put down his wine glass, he asked back: "I gave face, but some people didn't give face to me, and even slapped me in the face. What should you do if you think this matter is done?"

Luo Zhong had a sudden blow in his heart and continued to laugh and said, "Sir, I'm joking, I'm joking."

Liu Bingjun drank another drink, then burped, and said, "Look, Your Majesty ordered Eunuch Liu to be a tax envoy to collect taxes, but some people were unwilling to pay the tax and wanted to cause trouble for Eunuch Liu. What isn't this slap my official in the face?"

Luo Zhong gently slapped his face and smiled apologized: "Sir, I'm talking, but the villain is confused for a moment. Isn't this just discussing with you to send the account book to the yamen? Look?"

Liu Bingjun smiled with his eyes slanted, "Take it serious?"

Luo Zhong continued to bow and compensate and said, "Of course it's true. You can send someone to the villain's house to check it out, and the account book is ready."

Liu Bingjun chuckled, but slapped Luo Zhong suddenly and asked with a smile: "My old man? I am only 30 years old this year. I am I? Are you hoping that I will die soon?"

Luo Zhong was furious, but he dared not speak out. Finally, he still bent and smiled: "Yes, yes, yes, the villain is stupid and makes the adult angry. He should be beaten, and he should be beaten."

Liu Bingjun's face looked a little better, and he didn't care where Luo Zhong and the fourteen other people were fighting, but just drank wine on his own.

It was not until he had enough food and drink that Liu Bingjun burped again and said, "Let's go, follow me to go."

Luo Zhong asked carefully: "Sir? Don't know where to go?"

Liu Bingjun smiled evilly and said, "Why, do you still want to go to the imperial prison? Don't pee and see what you are!"

Luo Zhong was secretly happy in his heart, but the next two words Liu Bingjun smashed his joy into pieces: "The Prison!"

After Liu Bingjun finished speaking, he stood up and went straight downstairs. Regardless of whether Luo Zhong and others followed or not, he waved directly to the Jinyiwei lieutenant he brought.

The Jinyiwei lieutenants who received the order rushed up and tried to beat him. After the fight, they tied up the people with ropes and headed towards the location of the Suzhou Prefecture Prison.

According to the Ming Dynasty, these fourteen people are actually dead.

Those who steal documents from various yamen all stick one hundred sticks and tattoo characters; those who avoid evasion will follow the discussion; those who do military affairs, money and food will be stolen.

If the officials abandon the official documents and documents, they will be 100 sticks; if they avoid them, they will follow the important discussions, and those who do things and do things, and those who do not take the same crime as the criminal, they will not sit; if those who fail to destroy mistakes will be reduced by three levels; if those who fail to sit because of water, fire, and thieves who show signs of their own, they will not sit.

Anyone who deceives the creation of books and increases or decreases shall be killed.

In other words, according to the statistical regulations on account books in the Ming Dynasty Law, Luo Zhong and others were all guilty of death.

As for the other people, such as Han Xufeng, who have done some money, it is enough to betray him or her punishment, and it is also a hundred shots if he or she is lighter.

As for whether these hundred sticks will die or die after being beaten, it can only depend on personal opportunities.

If the superiors don’t want these people to die, there is nothing wrong with them.

If the above people want to kill these people, they often fail to breathe after thirty or forty sticks.

This is also the reason why it is said that practice is good in the yamen.

If you don’t want to suffer or die, you often have to spend more money on your life. The key to practicing is the Dharma land of wealth and companionship. Wouldn’t it be easy to practice with money?

But Kou Shen didn't think he could practice, but instead felt extremely tormented.

Liu Jingzhou looked at Kou Shen's face and knew that Kou Shen was struggling. He smiled and said, "Mr. Kou is soft-hearted?"

Kou Shen, who was wandering around the sky, was awakened by Liu Jingzhou's words. After coming back to his senses, he said, "Fourteen people are not fourteen chickens. And if these fourteen are killed, will there be another one after another?"

Liu Jingzhou said indifferently: "It's just a killing chicken to warn the monkey. If you can't warn, even the monkey will be killed together.

As for whether there is any later, if there is one, kill it again until there is no more."

Kou Shen felt that he could not communicate with this dead eunuch. Although the two of them had been working together happily, the dead eunuch was too killing and only knew how to kill it simply and roughly, and he never thought of any other way.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman. Can you solve the problem by killing just by killing? I didn’t see that even His Majesty the Emperor is so gentle now, so you no longer just killing?

In order to be happy to cooperate, don’t quarrel, and don’t be quarrel, Kou Shen still explained: “If it is said that killing alone can solve the problem, Emperor Taizu Gao killed no fewer people back then, but it did not stop.”

Liu Jingzhou smiled and said, "Does Lord Kou think our family doesn't know this problem? In fact, the emperor had already explained it before our family left, so don't worry."

After saying that, Liu Jingzhou changed his tone and said with a serious expression: "The Emperor actually doesn't want to kill so many people, but since the Emperor Tianqi was here, the Ming Dynasty has never stopped.

Whether it is a natural disaster or a Jiannu, if you are not careful, you will suffer the national destruction. But what are the faces of the Donglin Party and the Fushe people? You, Lord Kou, have you in Suzhou Prefecture for so many years, know what you know?"

Kou Shen nodded and said, "I know a little, but I am not afraid of Mr. Liu's jokes. My official is so confused and meddled for so many years, but it is actually the result of being suppressed by the people who are in the Fushe Society.

There are many people in the entire Suzhou Prefecture who don’t know that they are here, but few people don’t know that Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai, from high-ranking officials to peddlers and barbarians.”

Liu Jingzhou clapped his hands and said, "So, these people act unscrupulously, and have no ruthlessness. If they still want to compromise with them at this time, it is no different to be a scam with a tiger. Only by cutting the mess with a quick knife and removing it with the general trend of the world is the right way.

Lord Kou thought about it, if Your Majesty did not remove the trash of the Donglin Party and Fushe, what would the Southeast look like now? Lord Kou was born in Shaanxi and had a severe drought last year, how many people starved to death in Shaanxi?

If His Majesty hadn't killed those people, how many would it starve in Shaanxi? It's right not to use tiger and wolf medicine for severe cases, but sometimes it's really not possible without using strong medicine."

Kou Shen nodded.

Kou Shen recognized Liu Jingzhou's words in some aspects, such as the situation during the severe drought in Shaanxi.

His hometown is Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi, and there are several relatives who have fled to join him. Therefore, Kou Shen felt more profound about the disaster in Shaanxi than other officials who saw the news from the residence.

If Emperor Chongzhen had not purchased a large amount of grain, if Emperor Chongzhen had not taken the ruthless action to deal with so many corrupt officials, the people who starved to death in Shaanxi would definitely not be as little as they could see from the newspaper.

At least there are only a few thousand people on the mansion. If they are not dealt with in time, the number of people may roll upwards.
To be continued...