"Get up first, you are a student, you don't have to kneel down!"
"This court is aware of this matter and will not tolerate it once it is verified."
Hai Rui said something at this time.
So Ge Yongjun stood up.
At this time, Huo Weida, a student who was passing by, smiled coldly, and then blended into the group of people complaining. He secretly observed Hai Rui in the hall, but he didn't know that a peddler carrying a load was staring at him in the dark.
"Do you know what the offending officers and soldiers look like?"
Hai Rui asked Ge Yongjun at this time.
Ge Yongjun replied: "I don't know. When the students found out, only my great-uncle collapsed on the ground crying, and my great-uncle was already blind, which meant that he couldn't see who broke into his house. He only knew that there was a close soldier of Qi Jin. A guard officer came to his house."
"Bring Qi Jin here!"
Hai Rui shouted sternly with a sullen face.
Hu Shouren raised his hand and said yes.
Not long after, Qi Jin was taken into custody by soldiers from two towns.
As soon as Qi Jin was brought in, some of the people who had been robbed and beaten by the fake pro-military guards suddenly became restless and wanted to rush over and beat Qi Jin.
"Kill these bastards!"
"Give my son his life!"
"You beasts that are worse than beasts, I'm going to fight you."
For a moment, the crowd was so excited that Hai Rui had to snap the alarm.
Snapped!
"quiet!"
"This hall will give you justice, but you are not allowed to complain, otherwise we will not be able to make decisions for you!"
After Hai Rui shouted loudly, the people gradually became quiet.
Qi Jin already knew about this from the Zhenfu soldiers, and after seeing Hai Rui, he shouted:
"Budang, I'm unjustly accused. I met Ge Daniu and went to his house, but I didn't do anything to Ge Erya, nor did I kill Ge Daniu!"
Hai Rui ignored Qi Jin and only asked Ge Yongjun: "But there is other evidence to prove that Qi Jin did this. It can't be just human witnesses and no physical evidence."
Ge Yongjun said: "No physical evidence was found. Only a few people from our Ge family said they saw officers and soldiers coming out of the uncle's house with their armor crooked and loose."
"How can justice be served without physical evidence?"
"I can't accuse the emperor's personal guards innocently and unjustly because of you!"
Hai Rui said in a deep voice at this time.
"But we all saw it, people wearing the same armor as them, running rampant and misbehaving in the village!"
At this time, some people shouted unconvinced.
Seeing this, Hai Rui knew that he needed to give an explanation to the people, so he ordered Lu Kun: "Go and ask if any of them have seen the appearance of the criminal soldiers who have violated the law, and bring them forward!"
Lu Kun said yes and went.
Not long after, Lu Kun came back alone and reported, "Botang, they have never seen the true appearance of these people. They all saw them from a distance or discovered them after the fact."
"Then stop imposing taxes!"
"Recall all the officers and soldiers from the National Taxation Department and gather them together. I will question them personally and give the people justice!"
"Quit!"
Hai Rui shouted.
"Thank you, Mr. Hai!"
Many people knelt down because of this.
Huo Weida and others who were hiding in the crowd and observing the situation for the reactionary officials and gentry behind them all knelt down with pride.
….
Not long after, Huo Weida came to Gu Bingren and said to Gu Bingren: "Hai Gangfeng has issued an order to recall all the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department, and the tax collection has been suspended."
"Very good! As expected, Haigangfeng still cares about the common people."
Gu Bingren said, "Let the people pretending to be military guards stop first, and hide the privately made armors and the like, so that the people can feel that once the officers and soldiers of the National Taxation Department withdraw, nothing will happen to Yingtian Mansion. Burning, killing, looting, etc. are all gone!"
"But Hai Ruizhen would ask for this
Will the imperial court withdraw its pro-military guards and stop promoting officials and gentry to pay grain and serve as errands? "
Hovida asked.
"If he doesn't want to, he will wait for a bigger uprising!"
"At that time, farmers will abandon farming, merchants will go on strike, and thieves will run rampant. Courtiers, officials and gentry who want stability, especially those from Wu, will not be able to bear it anymore, and will force the court to withdraw Hai Rui and his pro-military guards to grudge the common people."
At this time, Lu Hao came out and said to Gu Bingren and Huo Weida with a smile, and said:
"Most of the officials in the DPRK are also opposed to Hai Rui coming to Nanzhi, and they are even opposed to the cancellation of preferential exemptions. Now they just dare not openly oppose it because they are afraid of Jiangling's power!"
"But in the name of not allowing chaos in the Southeast, saying that Hai Rui is too broad-minded and extreme to make the New Deal a bad one can still prevent the New Deal from happening. I believe Jiang Ling will know this, even if he lets Hai Rui be so unafraid of death. People who come to implement the New Policy of paying taxes to officials and gentry together will not be able to implement it and will eventually give up."
[In view of the general environment,
Lu Huo flicked his nails as he spoke: "In short, the officials in the DPRK are waiting for a civil commotion to occur, and then they can be dismissed and impeached. Haigangfeng's implementation of the New Deal has led to a large-scale civil commotion!"
…
"Has the imperial decree authorizing the expansion of the church's population arrived?"
Hai Rui asked about Lu Kun as soon as he left the room.
Lu Kun hurriedly handed over an unopened express delivery: "It just arrived!"
Hai Rui hurriedly opened it and after reading the contents, he laughed: "Your Majesty and Yuan Fu are still very determined!"
A few days after Hai Rui received Zhu Yijun's order, Hu Shouren reported to Hai Rui that he had inquired about the situation of all the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard, and reported that "I asked the subordinates, and no one in the entire Jinwu Guard admitted to committing the violation. Military regulations, sorry for the common people!"
Hai Rui nodded and said, "I believe them! Most of them are Qi Shuai's old subordinates, and they are all close ministers of the emperor. They will not be so stupid as to abandon honor and status, neglect their lower body and hands, and do all kinds of immoral deceptions." A matter of the people!"
"But I, Jinwuwei, cannot bear this injustice in vain, and we ask the Ministry to make the decision for us!"
Hu Shouren took a step back and spoke to Hai Rui.
Hai Rui responded with a salute: "Don't worry! The Jinwu Guards are the emperor's personal bodyguards. It is a matter of your morality. How dare we ignore this?!"
Then, Hai Rui said: "Although we have no direct evidence yet, we can be sure that the so-called evil-doing officers and soldiers are some local gangsters or powerful slave thugs raised by powerful right-wingers, who are deliberately giving money to the pro-combatants of the National Taxation Department." Wei is throwing dirty water, but what they are doing is actually not against you, but against the New Deal. It is Xiang Zhuang dancing his sword with the intention of Pei Gong!"
….
"Publish a notice outside the governor's office to let the people know our final decision."
Hai Rui gave instructions to Lu Kun and said, "Because there is no evidence, it is feared that it was done by thieves and opponents of the New Deal, pretending to be pro-military guards, so we decided to continue sending people from the National Taxation Department to supervise taxes."
"In addition, please rest assured that the people will be assured that for the evil murderers, our council, together with Fu, will order the government officials to arrest and return them as soon as possible to give the people justice."
"Of course, if it really involves pro-military guards, I won't tolerate it!"
Then, Hai Rui said to Hu Shouren, "I also have something to tell them about the Jinwu Guards. Let Tishuai convey it to them."
Hu Shouren hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Please give me your orders!"
Hai Rui then said: "Just say that their justice cannot be relied on by one person in the court, nor by the officials in the court. They must rely on the people and know how to organize the people. Don't feel that the people are stupid and easy to be incited and hate the people." Push the people to the other side!"
"They themselves have to take action and let the people preside over them. After all, officials only see pros and cons, and only the people see right and wrong. You know, because the people only know what is right and wrong, they are the people. As long as the people are still willing to believe them, and with the emperor's support, those who want to wrongfully accuse them will be in the minority, and they won't be able to make any big waves."
"When they are asked to supervise taxes, they should still contact the people in the same way as before.
Those who do evil only dare to secretly smear the pro-military guards. Therefore, it is impossible for most people to hate the pro-military guards in a short time, so they don't have to worry that the people have really started to be hostile to them. "
Then, Hai Rui took out the red imperial seal that Zhu Yijun had urgently delivered, and said: "In addition, His Majesty has issued an order to allow this church to directly withhold part of the tax money as payment, and recruit strong people as patrol soldiers to maintain order! Therefore, let them follow the instructions I have ordered everyone to recruit the young and strong people they come into contact with and train them on the spot. Whoever recruits more will get a greater patrol officer position!"
Hu Shouren raised his hand and said yes.
"Wait!"
At this time, a voice came.
Fengdu Qingjiang
