Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 363

Among Wang Tong's men, Zhang Shiqiang was in charge of many secrets.He also knows a lot more than others, and he naturally knows about the fact that the various yamen and bureaus in the capital have joined forces and sent people over.

Naturally, Zhang Shiqiang also knew that this tax card was one of the reasons for causing trouble. Originally, Jin Yiwei was so powerful in the city that no one dared to provoke him, but today someone came to the door, so he must have something to rely on.

If he goes to the top, at this point, will he cause trouble for Wang Tong? Zhang Shiqiang always thinks about Wang Tong, is loyal, and wholeheartedly makes profits for Wang Tong, defends Wang Tong, thinks too much, and also has a soft temper. , and now he is timid, but panicked.

When the two sides confront each other, if one side is soft, the other side will naturally become tougher. When the people sent by the new Bing Bei Dao and the new Jian Liang over there saw Zhang Shiqiang like this, their momentum rose greatly.

Most of the people who collect taxes by the canal are the former natives of Jinyiwei.

But it's not a bad thing to be cautious when doing business on weekdays, and it's really not helpful when encountering such head-on situations.

There is also a strange mentality, don't look at following Wang Tong smoothly, but everyone is always uncertain, Wang Tong is just a thousand households, and even a vassal king may not dare to do things that can be done. For a while, the scenery is unlimited, but We are not sure how long we can do it, and we are always trembling.

Bing Bei Dao and grain supervising eunuchs still have accumulated prestige in the hearts of everyone in Tianjin Wei. Seeing how tough and arrogant these people are, they were immediately scared.

Zhang Shiqiang, who was partial to being in charge, also looked like he had no confidence, and everyone was even more flustered. No one dared to move forward, and they all moved towards the back.

When I came early in the morning, I saw that the other party pushed forward without knowing the reason for coming. Now everyone feels that the limelight is wrong, and everyone shrinks back. Instead, they push Zhang Shiqiang to the front.

"Thousands of your families are already in dire straits, are you guys still going to follow along!?"

"If you know the seriousness, you should disperse quickly. Don't wait until the time to question someone, that will kill the whole family..."

"Go away, go away, or I will send you to prison now!"

Shouting again and again, they kept walking towards the tax collection office by the river, but no one dared to stop them here. Zhang Shiqiang, who was stunned there, gritted his teeth, took a few steps quickly, and stopped in front of those people, staring at them and shouting loudly. :

"This is the place where Jinyiwei, a thousand households stationed in Tianjin, collect taxes and inspect. Others should not enter without permission, or you will bear the consequences!!"

The people over there didn't expect that Zhang Shiqiang, who had been softened for a long time, would suddenly harden. They were all taken aback, and stopped in their tracks. When they saw that Zhang Shiqiang was the only one standing up, everyone's courage grew again.

"What kind of thing are you, get out of the way quickly!!"

"A certain Zhang Shiqiang, who is stationed in Jinyiwei, a thousand households under Wang Tongwang, a hundred households, was ordered to guard the Tianjin Wei Water Transport Tax Customs here, who dares to mess around!!"

Zhang Shiqiang's face turned red, he stared and shouted loudly, but being alone was no deterrent, those people kept laughing and bullying him.

Seeing the other party approaching him nonchalantly, Zhang Shiqiang gritted his teeth and held it on the handle of the knife. The son made Zhang Shiqiang unable to move.

The group of people didn't expect Zhang Shiqiang to use the knife, and they were a little shocked. Seeing that Zhang Shiqiang was under control, they immediately became angry.

First they wrestled people to the ground, then punched and kicked them, and some even cursed while beating:

"What are you? You are just a son of the capital who died in Jiucheng. Your thousands of households are just courtiers who are juggling and laughing. Who is my master? My master is a student of Zhang Xiangye, a scholar who passed the imperial examination... ..."

The tax collectors who originally wanted to fight each other heard these words, but they didn't dare to step forward again.

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It took a long time to go from the Haihe River to the canal. When Wang Tong arrived on horseback, his horse was already sweating.

Before he got to the tax card, he saw a group of his own people walking over with the help of Zhang Shiqiang. Regardless of the exhaustion of the horse, Wang Tong put his legs on the horse's belly and hurried forward.

Zhang Shiqiang's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, his official uniform was all torn, and the corner of his mouth was also scratched. Judging by his sluggish expression and his need to be supported when walking, he must have other injuries on his body.

Seeing Wang Tong coming, Zhang Shiqiang called out in a low voice:

"grown ups……"

The words could no longer be continued, the man who was about to forty actually shed tears, Li Hutou behind Wang Tong was already cursing, when Wang Tong saw Zhang Shiqiang crying, his heart suddenly became angry, and he suddenly mentioned the horse. Zhang Shiqiang stepped forward, waved his whip and whipped it down.

Zhang Shiqiang didn't have time to dodge, he was caught straight, everyone stood there, Wang Tong cursed bitterly:
"Why are you crying? You have to bleed and let others bleed to pay back. Jin Yiwei's man only bleeds but not tears!"

When these words were said, everyone was shocked. Zhang Shiqiang touched his face vigorously with his hand, his face became blurred. Seeing that Wang Tong was about to move forward on horseback, he shouted without any hesitation:
"My lord, it doesn't matter if you feel wronged by your subordinates, just say it, don't let your lord get into trouble..."

With a sound of "嗖", the tip of the whip was drawn against the tip of his nose, making Zhang Shiqiang's words come to an abrupt end. Wang Tong said with a smile:

"There are enough troubles, the most important thing is that the officials can't be wronged!!"

After finishing speaking, he drove the horse and ran towards the tax card, followed by all the guards. Zhang Shiqiang stood behind him for a while, tears streaming down, and he couldn't stop his hands desperately covering him.

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Today the canal is full of excitement. Even though the boats from the south of Hejianfu and Shandong came here, they are still blocked. The merchants who brought their goods to the north are not willing to dock and unload their goods.

Why, because the first few ships were siphoned off [-]% of the tax money, and they were extorted and stolen. Some people who didn’t know what to do, thought that this side was still the old rules, and they could reason with the officials, arguing loudly there:
"Didn't you say [-]% of the charge!? We charge so much, we just sell it locally in Linqing Prefecture, even if we go to Jining Prefecture, we can make some money. Wouldn't the officials lose money if they charge so much..."

It is considered lucky to be able to get to this point, because the new gang of policemen have already made a move, not counting the move, and they cursed loudly:

"Ignorant and troublesome, that's the rules of the fan. Now that my master is in office, he uses the rules of my master. How dare you talk back to me. The origin of this ship is unknown, so it was detained..."

The canal was in a mess, and many merchants from the north and the south who had already come to Tianjin Wei, as well as people of all kinds, came out to watch the excitement.

There was the fast-talking, booing idler who saw the boatmen and sailors on the cargo ship being beaten and crying for their father and mother, and those who fell into the water laughed and whistled and screamed.

These idlers are also oppressed by Jin Yiwei, and they don't even have a chance to fish in troubled waters inside or outside the city. Now seeing Jin Yiwei slumped and looking like he's about to turn the world upside down, everyone is extremely excited.

The merchants from other places all frowned, thinking that if Tianjin Wei is like this, why are they talking about making a fortune? Wouldn’t it be meat to be delivered to other people’s mouths if everyone came here with money and goods.

Some people booed, some people talked, and there was a lot of noise behind the tax card. This kind of situation made the new tax collectors even more interested.

The cargo ships were unwilling to approach, and these people yelled at the bank, while rushing to the river to drive them away, but they didn't notice that the shore had calmed down.

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When Wang Tong and his party came to the shore, the spectators on the third floor and the third floor outside were unable to move forward with their horses. Wang Tong would be polite and whipped forward with his whip.

After a few lashes of the whip, I turned around and saw Wang Tong and the others, those who knew me panicked and dodged, those I didn’t know saw such a vicious group, who would dare to stand in front of them, those idlers who were watching the excitement just now ran out with their heads down. , it would not be fun to be caught as a coolie later.

After entering the inner circle, Wang Tong turned over and dismounted from his horse. A group of people jumped and shouted on the bank, and the excited ones didn't even look behind them. He strode forward.

A pile of bamboo poles had just been unloaded by the roadside. Wang Tong only had a waist knife on his body. He walked to the edge of the bamboo pole, leaned over and picked up a bamboo pole with a thick wrist, thought for a while, pulled out the waist knife, and directly cut the top of the bamboo pole diagonally. , there was a sharp point on it.

Li Tao, Sun Xin, Li Hutou and others saw behind him that they also took a bamboo pole in a similar manner. They came out today to wander around, and all they carried were short weapons.

Wang Tong shook the bamboo pole with both hands, got used to the weight, aimed at the front, and ran forward quickly.

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The crowd of onlookers was quiet, and the people on the river were looking at their backs in amazement, and hurried footsteps sounded behind them, and the officers sent by the new soldiers and supervisors finally knew they had to turn back.

The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, and I turned around quickly, but a young man in the official uniform of Jin Yiwei Qianhu stabbed viciously with a bamboo pole. By this time, it was too late to even scream.

With a sound of "Puchi", the bamboo pole directly penetrated the human body. At this time, the person who was stabbed began to scream loudly. Wang Tong kept walking, pushing the bamboo pole and rushing forward. The tip of the bamboo pole protruding from the chest and abdomen was pushed forward like this.

All the way to the river, his strength could no longer support him, his screams stopped, his hands were let go, and he fell into the canal with a plop. The blood stains quickly stained the river around his body red, and he twitched a few times in the water Never move again.

The footsteps varied from fast to slow. Some people were stabbed, and some jumped into the river in panic. Wang Tong spotted one and threw the pole directly, hitting his chest. Wang Tong shouted:
"Those who pretend to be officials, blackmail and rob merchants will be killed according to the law!!!"

(End of this chapter)