To tell the truth, the old man was punished with a cane in public, which shocked the onlookers, whether they were ordinary people or people with meritorious reputation. The miserable screams struck their fragile hearts one after another.

They all thought about it, it seems that Lord Zhongcheng is serious this time, with such an example, others dare not pay taxes, right? This old man is really unlucky, he was caught a typical example, and he killed the chicken and the monkey! Pitiful, being scolded in public like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to raise my head when I go out in the future, right?

However, they only guessed most of their ideas. As for the one who guessed wrong, I quickly figured it out for myself.

I saw that the screams of the old man were lowered, and then there was no sound. After the seventy rods were beaten, the soldiers checked it and said loudly, saying that Liao Juren could not survive the seventy rods punishment and was beaten to death!

Those who watched saw all this, heard the sound of the proclamation, and were once again shocked! They really didn't expect that they really "killed" chickens and monkeys, and a dignified old man was beaten to death in public because of illegal entrainment of private goods!

At this moment, many people who were originally still in the mentality of watching a drama were all pale, and they were a little afraid to look at the man who was lying on the ground and bleeding all over the place.

However, after Sun Chuanting listened to the report, his expression did not change, and he still ordered with an expressionless face: "Notify his family to come and collect the corpse, and the private belongings he brought will be confiscated from the official!" ”

It's a bit loud, or maybe it's too quiet, but most people hear it anyway. These people looked at Lord Zhongcheng in a big red robe, and many of them were trembling their legs.

After the soldiers began to drive people away and resumed their original verification work, all the onlookers dispersed, and at the same time, the news of Liao Juren's death spread in all directions around the dock.

As soon as the news reached the upstream inspection gates, the speed of release was significantly accelerated. The owners of the ships were shocked one by one, and many quietly changed their minds.

With the spread of the news, Sun Chuanting finally had a nickname, called "The King of Cold-faced Hades".

After hearing about the dock incident, many officials did not dare to confront Sun Chuanting on the surface, otherwise the cold-faced Hades would not be polite to them, and if it fell into his hands, even if they could save their lives, the pain of flesh and skin would be inevitable. They began to connect one by one, and then they looked for relationships one after another, looking for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, looking for the patrol press, looking for the imperial historian, and impeaching Sun Chuanting.

Even Governor He Qiaoyuan was alarmed, looked for Sun Chuanting, and rebuked him with hatred: "You are a feudal official of the imperial court, responsible for the national policy of opening the sea, how can you be so reckless?" That's lifting people, it's famous, you can hit it a few times at most, why do you still beat people? ”

"The lower official just acts according to the law, but his own life is thin, and he can't stand the number of seventy!" Sun Chuanting replied with a cold face and seriously.

He Qiaoyuan was not old and confused, so he naturally knew that if Sun Chuanting hadn't specifically ordered it, those soldiers would never dare to beat people to death. He stared at Sun Chuanting's cold face for a long time before he said slowly: "Aren't you afraid that your colleagues will impeach you?" Do you know how many people will come to impeach you? ”

"The lower officials just act according to the law, and they are not afraid of crooked shadows, whoever wants to be impeached will be impeached!" Sun Chuanting still had a cold face and replied seriously.

When He Qiaoyuan heard this, he couldn't help but point his finger at him, and said impulsively: "You...... If you don't get oil and salt, you ......"

You really didn't come out, and finally He Qiaoyuan waved his hand and said, "That's it, you can do whatever you want!" ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't even bother to serve tea to the guests, so he turned around and left.

Sun Chuanting's face was expressionless, and as soon as He Qiaoyuan left, he also strode away, as if nothing had happened.

Although Sun Chuanting was the governor of Fujian, his actual errand was in charge of the opening of the sea between Fujian and Guangdong. Therefore, his actions have greatly affected the people in these two places.

If it had been a different story, there would have been a more drastic counterattack, not just impeachment. But not long ago, there was a change in Nanxun Town, and I don't know how many people raided their homes and exterminated their clans. With this precedent, no one dares to take the lead in using the popular uprising to make trouble. What's more, Sun Chuanting, as a feudal official at the level of governor, holds military and political power, and Liu Guoneng, the army brought from the north, no one dares to guarantee that if there is trouble, there is no need for the court to decree, Sun Chuanting himself can use Liu Guoneng's knife to kill people directly!

Therefore, businessmen in Fujian and Guangdong did not dare to evade taxes anymore, and obediently paid taxes at the rate of 30 taxes and 1 tax. But in private, he scolded this cold-faced king of Hades from the north. It can be said that in Fujian and Guangdong, among the four strata of scholars, farmers, and businessmen, the interests of scholars and businessmen were seriously damaged, and they hated the cold-faced king of Yama very much in their hearts. However, the two strata of peasants and workers are mostly just watching the excitement and gloating. Only those soldiers like Liu Daneng's army, who were almost starved to death and were born as thieves, strongly supported Lord Zhongcheng. Seeing too much of the wealth of the South, especially the wealth and greed of these merchants and officials, they are eager to peel off a layer of their skin.

In the Jingshi Cabinet, the recitals of impeachment of Sun Chuanting were piled up like a hill, and even the people of the General Political Department continued to carry similar recitals to the cabinet. Wen Tiren and others knew that the matter of collecting taxes was actually what the emperor meant. Therefore, it was delayed for a few days and did not deal with it, and when I saw that there were so many, I had to go to the emperor with the concerto.

Not long after, a decree was issued to Fujian and spread to all parts of the Ming Dynasty through the Di newspaper. The reply to these impeachment chapters was only a few reprimands for Sun Chuanting and a month's fine, and nothing else was left. In addition, he also clearly informed the world that Sun Chuanting acted in accordance with the law, and he was not at fault, and he should not be entangled in this matter anymore.

This time, the whole country was in an uproar. Is this a joke? It's a joke!

However, from this, officials all over the country also saw the meaning of the cabinet and the emperor, and couldn't help but sigh that Sun Chuanting's backstage was so big. With the support of both the emperor and the cabinet, he could not be impeached. But there are still people who are unwilling and want to impeach Sun Chuanting from other aspects, anyway, they can't let Sun Chuanting act wantonly!

What they didn't expect, however, was that it was more than that. One of the imperial historians who had the most impeachment chapters, and the one who danced the most happily, was impeached by another imperial historian who was said to be the first assistant party, and he had illegal things. For such a thing, the cabinet reacted quickly, and the emperor even sent a factory guard to assist, and within a few days, the imperial historian was demoted and sent to teach in Hetao.

This matter, a discerning person can know at a glance that this is caused by the impeachment of Sun Chuanting. This is true, locally, Sun Chuanting did a chicken killing and monkey killing, but I didn't expect that in the court, there was a chicken and a monkey to echo!