Xu Hao witnessed a riot with his own eyes, to be honest, it was quite exciting, hundreds of people were venting their anger, smashing and beating public things, immersive, there was a taste of fear and excitement.

When the personal interests of the vast majority of people have been affected and their dissatisfaction has reached a critical point, they spontaneously rush out and fight in a way that is not chaotic and has a debtor.

No one manipulated behind the scenes, no one took the opportunity to rob, no one bullied the weak, it was completely a simple large-scale protest, a real official coercion and civil rebellion.

Of course, the angry people did not lose their minds, nor did they need to lose their minds, they did not think of rebellion, but only wanted to force the prefect to admit his mistake and revoke the unreasonable exorbitant taxes.

The poor people who were caught on the road were only beaten violently, and that's it, no one thought about their lives.

Because it was daytime, Xu Hao temporarily put his mind at ease, this kind of thing was afraid of losing control, and people who lost their minds could do anything, and once someone died, the officers and soldiers who came to suppress it would not show mercy.

The people shouted along the way: "We have met corrupt officials, do you still want to do business and live a peaceful life?" Emperor Gaozu once said that when you encounter corrupt officials, you can catch him and send him to Beijing, but you still don't close the door? Whoever doesn't close the door will be angry with the corrupt officials, and we will go in and make him unable to do business! ”

In an instant, there was a real response, and the merchants all over the city went on strike, and everyone closed their doors, pouring out to join the team, and the number of people increased, and the matter seemed to be getting bigger and bigger.

When the big guy arrived at this pass, he simply didn't do anything and walked to the yamen together.

Unexpectedly, the thousands of households in the guard received the news early, and they were afraid that they would make trouble again, so they immediately gathered their men and horses and rushed to the city to protect them.

The last time I made a fuss. Inadvertently, the Yongshun government also became well-trained, and there was no chaos in case of trouble, and the county magistrate hurriedly found a few well-known squires and asked them to come out to mediate.

The squires all said angrily: "This matter, the Lord Fuzun did it recklessly, forcing the local government to donate money, causing the people's grievances to boil, and they didn't notify us in advance, since his old man arrived, we haven't disturbed him with a glass of wine." Whatever? ”

The county magistrate was busy begging his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and he was quite harmonious with the squires on weekdays, and he couldn't help but beg again and again, and the squires had to agree.

Xu Hao, who was mixed in the crowd, saw a thousand officers and soldiers eyeing each other, and the officials took the squires out to mediate, and the people who had no one to lead and no plan stopped.

After some haggling, the people threatened to revoke the donation and when they would be able to do business as usual, otherwise it would be consumed.

The squires were helpless. I had to agree. The people are very convinced of the truly respected local celebrities, and they themselves regard fame as their lives, and they basically will not regret what they say. And even if the rich are not benevolent, no matter how rich they are, they will not be respected by the people, and soon the people will gradually disperse.

Xu Hao and Wu Jing looked at each other speechlessly, it didn't matter if they dispersed. The problem is that the teahouse inn is closed, where to stay tonight?

Wu Jingti said: "Find a house to stay, or go to my friends' houses to disturb you." Or looking for a temple? ”

"You can go anywhere, let's just come here, let's walk around first."

When going out, Xu Hao has never paid attention to it, and the two of them are walking in one direction.

The squires here went into the mansion to meet together to discuss the solution to this matter, and when Governor Li saw them, he still put on his stinky shelf, complaining: "This official has been so evil for so many years, and he has never seen such a wicked person as your Yongshun people, who make trouble at every turn, and is there any royal law?" ”

These words were said in a moment of anger, and they were said unconsciously. Among them, there was a young Xiucai, who was already deeply dissatisfied with his arrest of Huang Kong and other friends, and immediately sneered: "Our people in Yongshun are not good, but over the years, there have been a total of four prefects, and each prefect wants to do something, and he has to discuss it with the local government before doing it, so he won't make trouble." I have never encountered such an adult, and as soon as I took office, I ordered to scrape the ground. ”

"You!" Governor Li's face turned red when he heard this, and he said angrily: "There are good and bad squires, like you-"

Xiucai didn't wait for him to finish, he stood up and said loudly, "How about being like me?" Do you want to call me a rebel too? ”

The others saw that he had turned his face with Fuzun, worried that something would happen again, so they hurriedly persuaded each other, and Xiucai said goodbye angrily.

Li Deng didn't send him away, sneered and let him go, and said in his heart, let's see, what's the big deal about a mere show?

The county commander arched his hand and said: "My lord, if everyone didn't come out, I'm afraid it would be even more fierce than the last time Lord Wang, that time it was just some children and ruffians who were not indiscriminate, and they were encouraged by Huang Hansheng, but this time the people all over the city came, and the momentum was really incomparable." Fortunately, all parties arrived in time and worked together, especially the squires were highly respected, and the people were also reasonable, otherwise the government would be in danger! Don't take it lightly! ”

Li Deng frowned, he could not ask the officers and soldiers to be stationed in the city all the time to protect himself, and he really couldn't do without the assistance of the squires, so he had to say a few perfunctory words to everyone.

The squires said: "If the donation bureau is not withdrawn, the people will refuse to open the market, and now the matter is in charge of the government, and it will be okay to withdraw the donation bureau." ”

Li Deng immediately shook his head like a rattle and said, "This official can't be the master. The donation bureau was set up by will, what can they do if they don't open the market? If you don't donate, you are violating the order of the political envoy, and the official can't afford it. ”

Seeing that he was so unreasonable, the big guy wanted to ignore it, let it be, and go back to tell the people, but to see who would be unlucky in the end.

However, the county magistrate and other officials are afraid that once they break up, it will be more difficult for the relationship to turn around in the future, it doesn't matter if the prefect is unlucky, they don't want to think about it, even a bad review can't stand it.

Therefore, a group of officials painstakingly and repeatedly enlightened and explained all the benefits and disadvantages of the situation, and debated with Li Deng for an hour before it was agreed that the establishment of the donation bureau should be postponed for the time being, and the matter should be made clear to the constitution before reasoning.

Seeing that the prefect took a step back, the squires also agreed to go out to comfort the people and tell them to open their doors as usual.

Taking advantage of the situation, Li Deng said to them: "If today's matter is not for the sake of everyone's face, my brother will definitely not agree, and he will definitely arrest people and make them resist the donation." See if they can afford it? Still can't afford it? Hum! ”

The big guy took it as a cruel word that he added to his face, and he didn't care, so he immediately resigned and went his separate ways. Sure enough, the people listened to the squire's words, and the business market soon resumed as usual, and no one asked for money from the donation bureau, and the people who came in and out were also satisfied.

Let's say that Xu Hao and Wu Jing walked around the city, and the two of them didn't even bring their luggage, and they came out extremely chic, and they walked around for an hour. Seeing that order had been restored in the city, he found a clean inn to live in.

In the room, Wu Jing said: "The place actually said that it was ordered by order, Gongzi, this is already a crime of defrauding the king." ”

Xu Hao said: "The place is confused, the above will not be confused, I am afraid that the imperial court has recently agreed to set up tax extractions in certain road sections to make up for the lack of tax revenue, and the following will expand the scale privately." This is true for most of Hunan, even in neighboring provinces, and the law does not hold the public accountable. ”

After speaking, he sighed softly, there is protectionism in the place. Why not in the court? It must be that some ministers agreed to the idea of making up for the lack of taxes by exploiting past business trips for the sake of their hometowns, which was well-intentioned, but it brought a disaster to the elders in their hometowns.

Wu Jing asked, "How does that son plan to deal with it?" ”

Originally, Xu Hao came with the mentality of killing. When I arrived in Hunan, what I saw and heard, the people were not in dire straits. On the contrary, the standard of living exceeded his psychological expectations, so the anger in his stomach dropped.

Even if such a decree were to be issued, it would be the first time in many years, and the time would have been short, and the adverse impact would not have been significant, and the matter would have been resolved in a timely manner.

In the final analysis, it would be good if killing people could completely solve the problem, killing this group of officials, and a new batch of them, would not help, could it really be that Comrade Zhu learned from him and killed and killed again and again all his life? What's more, Xu Hao is not Zhu Yuanzhang.

The things in the system should be solved through the system within the system, this is an obvious truth, even if you do Bao Qingtian, you have to ask back the sword of Shang Fang first, killing people at will is a policy in any era, and the stupid things that only the second teenager will do, can only be said to be honest in the name.

There is a saying that you can't live if you do your own evil, and Governor Li seems to be walking on this road of no return.

In the evening, several friends of Wu Jing rushed to visit when they heard the news, and they didn't wait to sit down to catch up, and begged him to help rescue Huang Kong and others.

Xu Hao was surprised, asked the reason, and sneered: "Tomorrow, I will personally meet this Li Governor to see what kind of virtue he has." With that, he turned and left.

A few friends were confused and hurriedly asked where this was sacred? Wu Jing smiled and said: "That's a big Buddha, don't worry, he can save people if he comes forward to keep it." ”

"Really?" Readers are overjoyed.

"Seriously!" Wu Jing swore a promise.

"That's good! Let's go and gather people immediately, and come over tomorrow to help with the prestige, this Governor Li is really too bastard. ”

Sure enough, when Li Deng saw that the situation had calmed down, his courage grew again. Early the next morning, the county magistrate and several officials were summoned, and yesterday's incident was mentioned, saying: "The way of government must be lenient and fierce, and the temper of the people here has been spoiled by the court and the predecessors. You don't know the truth of being an official, you only know that you blindly accommodate, and the people resist the government, and you have gained a good reputation, but now you don't even take the government seriously.

The official didn't sleep all night last night, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and now the donation bureau is temporarily suspended, which can be regarded as satisfying their hearts, but the face of our officials is not at all. Therefore, the official consulted with you, and the people who made trouble yesterday also asked their squires to hand over the two leading ones, and to make this breath, and to be the bare face of the officials for us, and to bother a few of you to go to the dignitaries, and after breakfast, the government will sit in the court for interrogation. ”

After finishing speaking, he directly served tea to the guests, and the county order and the history had no choice but to retreat, sighing along the way.

Dian Shi said: "My lord is not confused, yesterday's incident took a lot of effort, and it was finally mediated. Not only did he not see the emotion, but he also had a problem for us to do, which is really frustrating. ”

The county magistrate said: "No, it doesn't matter if he's confused, we can't carry the black pot for him, let's go back and discuss it carefully in advance, so we can come up with a plan." (To be continued......)