Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"you are wrong!"

As he spoke, Zhu Di smiled coldly and said in a cold voice: "The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty for everyone. It is not just the Ming Dynasty for you dog officials, but also the Ming Dynasty for millions of people, as well as countless dignitaries, gentry, and soldiers. , the great Ming of craftsmen and farmers!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An looked happy and flattered loudly.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Your Majesty Shengming..."

The people around him, whether they were merchants, craftsmen, or dirty laborers, all looked at Zhu Di with bright eyes and praised excitedly.

However, Huang Dun quickly raised his head, his face full of dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, those profiteers are only interested in profit, they are cunning and deceitful, they are harming the people and making shady money. How can your Majesty still treat them like this!

When Emperor Taigaozu was alive, he looked down upon those merchants. If Your Majesty..."

Suddenly, before Huang Dun could finish speaking, a roar of curses rang out from the crowd.

"You are such a bitch, you are still so shameless!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression condensed and he looked towards the crowd.

Guo An, Zhu Gaochi and others also subconsciously followed the sound and looked over.

I saw a thin middle-aged man glaring angrily at Huang Dun who was kneeling on the ground.

Beside the middle-aged man, there were several strong men with nervous expressions on their faces. When they saw Zhu Di looking at them, they couldn't help but shuddered and looked frightened.

Zhu Di glanced meaningfully at Guo An beside him, and then asked the middle-aged man with a strange expression: "Who are you and why do you scold this dog official?"

The middle-aged man hurriedly saluted, "The untouchable is Wei Qingtian, a merchant from Hanzhong Prefecture!"

Wei Qingtian just cursed subconsciously, but he didn't expect to be heard by Zhu Di, and even asked by Zhu Di himself. He couldn't help but tremble with excitement, and at the same time he was a little scared.

"A merchant from Hanzhong?"

Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked, "Then why did you scold him?"

At this moment, Wei Qingtian seemed to be risking his life, and he cupped his hands towards Zhu Di, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, you don't know, although these merchants like us are making a profit by selling goods and making a difference in price.

However, Huang Dun, a bad official, is even more cunning, shameless and evil-hearted than us merchants. "

On the side, Huang Dun looked indifferent to Wei Qingtian's scolding. It was just the words of a cheap businessman. What could he do to him?

When he is escorted back to the capital, many officials will definitely intercede for him. At that time, he will be dismissed from his post at most, and he will return to his hometown to be a local virtuous man. It is a blessing to be free and at ease!
Wei Qingtian continued: "Because the Jiangjunshan workshop is located, merchants like me often come here to purchase goods.

However, Huang Dun, a thief official, saw that there was a profit to be made, so he connived at Wang Dequan, as well as the gentry such as Huang Gongchu and Zhou Wenzhi beside him, and let these gentry's healthy servants stand in the way while we were on our way back. They blocked the road and asked me to wait for the gentry to pay for the security fee.

Each truck requires a lot of money... Your Majesty, we have come all the way here to transport these goods. How much money can we make per truck? These evil gentry are going to steal a lot of money. How can we, these merchants, swallow it? Take this tone?
However, the guards we brought were outnumbered and could not defeat the strong servants of these gentry...

Even if a fight breaks out, all the goods in my car will be damaged.

A few businessmen were so angry that they went to the Jiangning County Government to file a complaint. Unexpectedly, the dog official had already colluded with these gentry. The dog official was found guilty of false accusation and slapped dozens of boards.

The most hateful thing is that as soon as those businessmen left the capital and before they left Jiangning County, they were blocked by the gentry. Not only did their legs get broken, but all their goods were damaged..."

"Your Majesty, those goods are the entire wealth of those merchants. All the merchants' goods were destroyed. Even if they were lucky enough to return to their hometown, they would lose everything..."

After saying that, Wei Qingtian glared angrily at Huang Dun, Huang Gongchu, Zhou Wenzhi and others on the ground, wishing to cut these people into pieces with a thousand knives!

Huang Dun also glared at Wei Qingtian angrily, "Shut up, you cheap businessman. You dare to talk nonsense in front of His Majesty, fabricate things out of thin air, and frame me. Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will destroy the nine tribes?"

Wei Qingtian sneered and said: "Do you know that even though you are the magistrate of Jiangning County, you still win over all the gentry in Jiangning County!
But how many people do you have in total?And how many merchants are there among us?You have been exploiting and bullying our merchants for the past two years, and we have been secretly collecting evidence! "

"You bastard businessman are talking nonsense!"

Huang Dun said angrily, but if anyone observed carefully, they would find that there was some panic in Huang Dun's eyes.

He will never forget these things.

He even knew that several merchants died on the way back.

However, those merchants were making shady money, and the carriages they used also damaged the roads in Jiangning. It was normal to ask them for some money for road construction.

"You, a cheap businessman, came here to frame me just to attract His Majesty's attention. But do you know that His Majesty is aware of everything. Once the situation is found out, I will be fine, but by then, you will be in disaster." Coming..."

Wei Qingtian suddenly became even more angry. These officials were not only shameless and sinister, but they were also so eloquent.

However, now that they happened to meet this thief and criminal in front of His Majesty, they would never let go of such a good opportunity for revenge.

However, before Wei Qingtian could reply, some angry curses came from some of the warriors on the side.

"Your Majesty, I can testify to this matter. Half a year ago, when Mr. Wang, Mr. Huang and others sent people to intercept and kill those merchants, they intercepted and killed them at the edge of the villain's land.

In order to prevent us from telling this, they even beat us up and threatened us! "

"Your Majesty, Mr. Huang is definitely not a kind person. Their virtuous reputation is all pretense. They often bully us and other common people. Moreover, they do not pay land tax on their acres, and all their land tax is evenly distributed to us and other surrounding neighbors.

What's even more outrageous is that they still have to share losses, and the losses double every year. By the year before last, our family's more than ten acres of farmland were finally shared by them..."

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wang is even more of a villain. There was a man in my village who owed the rent to Mr. Wang, so Mr. Wang sent people to kidnap their daughter into the Wang family's house... And that poor girl , within a month, he was carried out, with scars all over his body, it was too horrible to look at!
And the family went to ask for an explanation, and the man was beaten to death by the evil slaves of the Wang family... The daughter-in-law was so angry that she went to the Yamen to file a complaint. She was found guilty of a false accusation, but was beaten out. After the daughter-in-law returned home, she hanged herself. Committed suicide..."

"Please stop these unscrupulous people. They need to talk nonsense in front of His Majesty!"

Huang Dun couldn't help but panic. He had some vague memories of these things.

Although in his mind, they are all trivial matters, but now that His Majesty hates him, if these unruly people continue to talk, it will become a big deal!
However, the more panicked Huang Dun became, the angrier the people around him became.

"Your Majesty, since this thief took office, the two years of corvee service has been reduced from one month to two months!

We were asked to dig ditches to divert water to irrigate the fields, but all the water ran into the fields of gentry families such as the Wang family, Huang family, and Zhou family! "

"Let us build the river. All adult men in every family must go there. We must work hard every day. Every time we build the river, many people will be exhausted to death..."

"His Majesty……"

The people around him became angrier as they talked, and Huang Dun became more panicked as he listened.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi both had gloomy faces and were filled with anger!

They knew that Huang Dun had done so many evil things within two years of taking office as the magistrate of Jiangning County!

After a while, Zhu Di took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and gave instructions to Jiang Hu standing aside.

"You go and call the people from the nearby Jiangning County. This dog official doesn't say that he works hard for the people and loves the people like a son. Let's show him how his people love and protect him!"

"Here!"

Jiang Hu responded and gave instructions to several internal guards on the side.

Outside the crowd, some local people had already run away.

They're going to call someone!

... (end of this chapter)