In less than three days, countless heads were hung on city towers and flagpoles in the capital.
They didn't understand all the military's action arrangements at all. They were completely passive and were blocked by Li Zhicai, watching the show from the sidelines.
Although this matter of recovering taxes, money and food has little direct and inevitable relationship with them, the officials who are in office.
But this feeling of being completely ignored really made them feel so angry that they had nowhere to vent.
Several officials they had sent to inquire about the situation were still being tortured and tortured in the prison of Nanzhen Fusi.
They will never allow these vulgar warriors to sit on their heads and shit on them, let alone tolerate the fact that their status is about to be overturned.
So they joined forces with each other, and officials from various yamen formed a group. Just like Li Zhicai's arrangement, they also divided their forces into two groups.
Some officials went to military camps and military gathering points in the city to cause trouble, hindering the normal process of recovery work.
Relying on their status as officials, they dressed up in special attire in front of ordinary soldiers, and spoke some Mandarin and ancient idioms that they did not understand.
Coupled with their exaggerated acting skills and vivid performances, it was really effective in scaring these soldiers who had never seen the world.
Li Zhicai was not bold enough to arrest and deal with these officials, so he had to send his own soldiers everywhere to fight with them and use weapons to scare them so that they would not dare to interfere again.
Those officials who were more powerful and had a certain status and influence visited the houses of various nobles, hoping to attract this powerful force to their side and increase the chips for victory.
The purpose of civil servants looking for nobles is naturally for military power. After all, in this kind of life-and-death struggle, the military is particularly important.
Liu Yilong, Minister of the Ministry of War, has been completely placed under house arrest. They have no way to contact him, otherwise they would not be so passive.
In their view, Li Zhicai's arrogant behavior not only offended them, but these nobles would certainly not ignore it.
This is also the reason why they are so confident to visit various noble houses to win over them. As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend.
No matter how fiercely they fight or make trouble with Xungui, both sides will still exist, and the cake must still be divided together.
But now there is a guy like Li Zhicai who intervenes halfway and wants to knock down the stove. This must have caused public outrage.
But they never expected that on the day they received the imperial edict, Li Zhicai and Zhang Shize had already settled down with Wei Guogong and Huaiyuan Hou.
Wei Guogong is the head of Nanjing's nobles. In the circle of nobles, he has a transcendent status and great voice. He is the key center point for the nobles to get close to.
As for Huaiyuan Hou, he is the current Nanjing garrison minister and holds military and political power, so his position is also extremely special.
As long as the two of them are settled, the rest of the nobles, even if they are not convinced or dissatisfied, will not dare to blatantly come out to cause trouble and go against Li Zhicai and others.
Moreover, Li Zhicai directly took back all the military power controlled by the two men, just to prevent them from secretly betraying him and stabbing him in the back.
Without the army, it would be impossible to cause trouble. He could also put down his guard and concentrate on dealing with those wealthy noble families.
When these officials went to knock on doors with smiles on their faces and determined to win, they were rejected.
Xu Hongji and Chang Yinxu had already said hello. Together, they made their positions and thoughts clear to them, and they would definitely not get involved in this incident.
Now that the big boss has spoken, it is natural that their subordinate brothers must also stand on the same front.
In order to avoid suspicion and prevent their families from falling into the muddy waters of corruption, the nobles consciously closed their doors and made their stance clear.
This made all the officials completely unbelievable. What happened to these money-hungry things today?
In fact, the officials' conjecture was correct. Some among the nobles could not stand it.
Because they are also indirect beneficiaries, it is true that the wealthy noble families do not want to pay taxes, money and food to the court, but only if they dare to disobey.
They first had to use money to open the way and unite some major forces to jointly fight against the emperor and the court and share the pressure.
The importance and status of Xungui in Nanjing is obvious, so he is naturally their primary target and one of the most important protective umbrellas.
Once this recovery operation is successful, those who cut off their contacts with the nobles in order to avoid paying taxes will have a huge impact on the nobles.
Seeing that their source of economic income was about to be cut off, how could the nobles remain indifferent? They must be extremely resentful of the court and the emperor, but they just didn't dare to show up.
The officials felt incredible when they were rejected, so everyone gathered together to discuss the matter.
In the end, it was decided to go directly to the house of Huaiyuan Marquis Chang Yinxu. As long as he could be persuaded by him, a noble with military power, it was not so important whether other nobles participated or not.
In the past few days, the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion was full of bustling houses, with people knocking on the door or waiting all the time.
These people are naturally some officials and wealthy nobles. Their purpose of coming here is to trick Chang Yinxu into becoming the leader and help them suppress Li Zhicai, a common man.
But Chang Yinxu was not such a fool. He blocked the gate with huge rocks and wood, and then asked the guards to patrol the house with sticks for twelve hours.
This will make those anxious people outside stamp their feet. If this continues, their homes will either be emptied by those mud-legged people, or the whole family will be imprisoned to face charges.
Just when they were worried, the savior they were looking forward to finally arrived. A group of officials, mainly the ministers of the Six Ministers of Nanjing, came to the Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion in person.
As soon as they arrived, they were all in disarray. The sighing nobles and low-level officials were all smiling, as if things had turned around and they had overcome the difficulties.
"Mr. Gongyuan, Mr. Gongyuan, you have to bring justice to us. That thief Li is doing whatever he wants in the city, and he has sent troops to guard every city gate. We have no way to communicate with the outside of the city!"
"If this continues, it won't take long for the whole of Nanjing to become a hell on earth. Please ask Mr. Gongyuan to eliminate thieves for the country and bring peace to the people!"
"Thief Li forged the edict and worked with Zhang Shize to deceive the people and deceive the saints. His crime should be punished by the nine tribes. I hope Mr. Gongyuan can have a righteous heart and not be afraid of this thief!"
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