Twenty-six days after Liu Haojia left Tianjin, a large number of tax collectors suddenly appeared on the streets! They were dressed exactly the same as the tax collectors who collected money last time, but this time they collected four or five times more than before!
Those small vendors were knocked to the ground just as they were about to argue a few words, and then their money was robbed from their arms! Those small businessmen and hawkers were ordinary people. How could they compete with these wolf-like tax collectors? They had no choice but to scrape together money here and there!
They were not polite to the merchants of some stores. They rushed directly to the store and asked for money. If the store owner complained a little, they smashed the store, forcing the merchant to pay a lot of money!
Throughout the process, some people questioned their identities and were beaten to disperse them. And the county government officials were nowhere to be seen, allowing them to run rampant on the streets!
Someone complained to Liu Haojia's patrol station, but he was beaten back just as he approached the inspection station. After a few times, no one dared to complain. Although one person accidentally entered the inspection station and reported the news, he was inexplicably involved in the fight between the He Gang and the Cangzhou Gang when he was leaving for inspection. In the end, it could only be settled!
And another rumor spread that night. Some people said that they met a group of Cangzhou Gang people having drinks in a restaurant at noon. Some of them said that it was thanks to Wu Ninghou that they had the opportunity to occupy this section of the river! The reason is that Wu Ninghou dislikes the He Gang and gives him too little money. He plans to let the Cangzhou Gang in and work together to destroy the He Gang!
There is even news that the inspection station ignored those who collected taxes for the second time because the two groups of people were in the same group! The first tax collection was for the emperor and the court to see, but the second tax collection would probably go into Hou Wu Ning's pocket! At the same time, there are many other various news flying all over the sky!
In short, the core idea is that Wu Ninghou is the culprit of the current chaos in Tianjin! There is also news that even the pillars in Wu Ninghou's mansion are covered with gold! There is countless wealth and hundreds of beauties!
There is also news that Wu Ninghou's unmarried fiancée is a figure like Daji. Wu Ninghou was so confused that he did not know what to say, so he did such an evil thing!
The streets were even more chaotic the next day! Since the He Gang retreated to the residential area near Zongtan, the Cangzhou Gang had been unable to attack and could only patrol the outside, so the streets calmed down! But the streets are calm, and the news is getting more and more!
In addition to yesterday's news, many strange remarks have been added, but the overall idea has not changed at all. It is Wu Ninghou who is the culprit of the chaos in Tianjin! However, some people have discovered that these messages spread extremely quickly, so fast that they are completely inconsistent with the speed of previous message transfers!
Some people also found that in many places where many people are ignorant, some people are actively spreading these messages. Many details become more real the more I talk about them!
But even if someone sees it, they don't dare to say anything under this situation! I just feel like this thing seems different from usual! But as rumors spread, ordinary people became panicked.
By the afternoon, more prestigious figures from all walks of life came forward to denounce Wu Ninghou! He said that he should not have allowed the Cangzhou Gang to enter Tianjin for his own selfish purposes and bring disaster to the market!
Some scholars also stood up and loudly criticized Wu Ninghou for extorting excessive taxes and extorting money from the common people! He also said that the imperial court did not collect taxes in the past, but after he came, he had to collect several times heavy taxes. He regarded the imperial court's laws as correct and should be severely punished!
Many gentry stood up and shouted loudly that although there is a fiefdom of Liu Haojia in Tianjin, not all Tianjin is his fiefdom! Moreover, there is no precedent for actual enfeoffment since my dynasty, Taizu, so his fiefdom should be taken back and put under the direct jurisdiction of the court, and taxes should be paid every year! At the same time, they also called on the imperial court to send someone to take over the work as soon as possible to prevent the chaos in Tianjin from continuing!
Some well-respected scholars directly accused Zhang Peijia of controlling numerous business activities, which was the way to bring disaster! Wu Ninghou should follow the laws of nature and people and send the girl to a nunnery so that she can repent before the Buddha!
These rumors fermented day and night, and by the next day many people gradually believed the news. Because these people stand up and speak out
The people are either industry leaders or scholars and local gentry! There are even great scholars from Shilin!
I don't think these people would talk nonsense and make false accusations against others! So Wu Ninghou must be wrong! But I don't think a prince like him would deliberately do this. Someone must be trying to confuse him! Then he must have been deceived by his unmarried wife Zhang Peijia!
Therefore, under the instigation of thoughtful people, the grievances inside and outside Tianjin are accumulating and increasing! Especially in the afternoon, a group of gentlemen pushed the whole thing to a climax!
In the afternoon, a group of gentry came to the location of the He Gang. They scolded the Cangzhou Gang's children who were guarding the outside, and ordered their leaders to pay homage to these local gentry.
After the leaders arrived, these gentry reprimanded the leaders. The faces of the leaders turned red and their fists clenched tightly! If it weren't for the status of those gentry, I'm afraid they would have been beaten long ago!
However, these gentry were still not afraid in the face of danger. After reprimanding them, they showed great kindness to them. The last few leaders shed tears and bowed their heads to admit their mistakes one by one! The leader even said bluntly that they were all invited by Wu Ninghou. Now that they knew they were wrong, they decided to return to their hometown to change their minds, start a new life, and no longer participate in the affairs of the world!
After the news spread, the people of Tianjin rejoiced and felt that Tianjin was saved! And these gentry went all out to intercept the tax collectors who were collecting money on the street! And interrogated them on the street!
Those tax collectors who were no match for the gentry's sword-like words made it clear one by one that they themselves were servants of the Wuning Houfu, and they just wore the clothes of tax collectors to collect money! After collecting the money, he sent it directly to Wuninghou's Mansion in Beijing, and the person in charge of this matter was Zhang Peijia, Wuninghou's fiancée! .
When the news spread to the onlookers, Tianjin once again caused an uproar! Everyone was scolding Wu Ninghou for being so cruel! It is even more regrettable that Wu Ninghou mistakenly believed in a witch, which ruined the reputation he had earned in the first half of his life! So when night fell, everyone was discussing how to get Tianjin City back on track! There is only one final conclusion, which is to let Wu Ninghou return to the capital and let the imperial court take over his fiefdom!
