Wang Mujiu was speechless at the moment, and was flabbergasted on the spot, so he could only glance at Zhu Youjian with his eyes.
The officer who came with Wang Mujiu also dismounted, and whispered to Wang Mujiu: "Wang Junzuo, this is the second master of the Ma family, Ma Youwei. It is said that he also has considerable power in the court. "
It’s okay if you don’t listen to this. As soon as I heard that there were people in the DPRK, Wang Mujiu's fire came up. It must be him who is fighting against the people and sabotaging the New Deal. If he is not taken down, how can the New Deal be implemented? "come here!"
Ma Youwei moved a little bit, "Why come here? Are you afraid that you won't?" Daming has always ruled martial arts with culture, a military commander, he still doesn't take it seriously.
The officer who accompanied Wang Mujiu was He Dailin, a division commander of the 33rd Army, and he secretly gave Wang Mujiu a wink.
Wang Mujiu pretended not to see, he did not look at Ma Youwei, but faced the crowd, "Who else is leading the way?"
"I!"
"I!"
"I!"
…
Seven or eight people in long gowns walked out of the crowd. They didn't look at Wang Mujiu, and directly moved closer to Ma Youwei.
"Take it away!" Wang Mujiu yelled loudly, sounding like a bell, frightening these gowners.
But these people quickly reacted.
"Why are you taking us away?"
"Don't weigh what you are!"
"We have some people in the middle of the court!"
…
He Dailin gently pulled Wang Mujiu, "Wang Junzuo..."
Wang Mujiu whispered: "It's okay, I will stand up when the sky is falling down, and it has nothing to do with Master He!" He turned to Ma Youwei and the others and shouted: "Besiege tax officials, obstruct the court's New Deal, and dare to intimidate the officers. You are really lawless!"
Ma Youwei didn't panic, "This army master, we are responsible for speaking. We are only opposed to tax officials' taxation. This world is still Da Ming? Da Ming has always exempted businessmen from tax. Why do we need to pay taxes now? This is clearly a dog. The official preached the imperial decree and murdered me to wait for money." After speaking, he gave the poor tax official a sideways glance.
The tax officer wiped off the sweat on his head and said to Wang Mujiu: "This is the court's law, so you don't have to increase it when you are in office!"
Wang Mujiu nodded. He was too lazy to argue with Wu Youwei. He turned around and said to the soldiers: "What are you still doing in a daze? Take it away!"
Several soldiers stepped forward and surrounded Ma Youwei and others, but the people rushed forward. They were more crowded and threatened the soldiers seriously. He Dailin's face turned pale with fright, and he didn't know how to end.
The remaining more than ten soldiers pointed their guns at the people who came up, but the number of people was too large, and the soldiers did not dare to shoot because they were afraid that there would be thousands of them.
"boom!"
Wang Mujiu snatched a flintlock from a soldier and fired a shot in the sky, "Dare to go to the former, and kill him!"
The people were frightened for a while, and they dared not rush forward, but they refused to retreat.
Ma Youwei waved to the people, "Everyone is gone, I don't believe it, who would dare to arrest all the businessmen in Suzhou."
The people left the field one after another, and Wang Mujiu commanded his soldiers to take Ma Youwei and other leading merchants out of the city and temporarily knocked on the barracks.
Zhu Youjian also had no intention of visiting Suzhou City. The purpose of his trip was to investigate the New Deal. Now that something related to the New Deal had happened, he was ready to take a look at the sacredness of this horse Youwei.
He trailed behind Wang Mujiu and entered the barracks as a staff officer of the Royal First Army.
Since He Dailin didn't dare to offend Ma Youwei, Wang Mujiu had to go to battle in person and prepare to interrogate these businessmen. However, Wang Mujiu just registered the names of several people and Lin Chengcheng, president of the Suzhou Court, came to the barracks.
"Several military masters, excuse me!" Lin Cheng clasped his fists in his hands and saluted everyone.
"Master Lin is here so fast!" He Dailin returned the gift while introducing Lin Cheng's identity to Wang Mujiu, and in turn introduced Wang Mujiu's identity as the commander of the Royal First Army.
"It turned out to be the dean," Wang Mujiu also gave a gift. "I don't know if the dean is here..."
"It turned out to be the king's seat!" Lin Cheng slapped haha, "Several military princes, the subordinate officials heard that several merchants rushed into the military prince and were taken by the military prince. The next official came to beg people. I'm sorry. This is a matter of the subordinates, and it is also the responsibility of the subordinates." He smiled and shook his head. "The rule of the subordinates is not strict, so I made a few laughs! Just laughed!"
Lin Cheng is a civil official. According to the current administrative design of Daming, the president of the court is not subject to administrative jurisdiction, and even the prefect cannot interfere. He is so low-key that people can’t find faults, but Zhu Youzhen thought that the businessman was besieging the tax official just now. At that time, Lin Cheng didn't know where they were. Now that Wang Mujiu had arrested them, Lin Cheng came over so quickly to ask someone, which made people really suspicious.
Fortunately, the names of several people have been registered. They are all businessmen with families and families. They are not gangsters running around, and they are not afraid of them running away. When Wang Mujiu motioned with his eyes, Zhu Youjian nodded slowly.
Then Wang Mujiu said to Lin Cheng: "Since Master Lin came in person, the general will not... It's just that this horse is so bold and bold. Master Lin must be severely punished!"
Lin Cheng clasped his fists in his hands and smiled, "The general rest assured, this officer will enforce the law impartially!"
Wang Mujiu pondered for a moment, "Master Lin, this matter was encountered by the final general, and it can be considered to have something to do with the final general. When the trial begins, there shouldn’t be any problem for the final general to go to the audition?”
Lin Cheng's face was dazzling, after a while, he still agreed, "The officer in this case must be heard publicly. The royal army is interested, and he will go there when the time comes." He turned around and shouted at the servants behind him: "Take away. !"
Seeing that Lin Cheng was far away, Zhu Youjian bowed his hand to He Dailin, "He Shizuo, who is this Ma Youwei? He actually prevented the tax official from collecting taxes?"
He Dailin immediately grimaced, "Counsellor Wang, he will come to Suzhou soon, and he doesn’t know much about the Ma’s promising achievements. I just heard that the Ma’s family is in contact with the DPRK. Besides, he did not hurt the tax officer..."
"No harm?" Zhu Youjian was angry. "He Shizuo, I heard that your majesty sent a new army to Jiangnan to maintain the stability of Jiangnan. Now Ma Youwei is obstructing the tax officer in public. He Shizuo thinks there is no harm?" He wiped the corners of his mouth, "Master Yiga, what is hurt?"
"This..." He Dailin looked at Wang Mujiu, but Wang Mujiu made the commander of the Royal First Army not only have a higher status than him, but also the emperor's army. If they were sent by the emperor, he would be in trouble.
Zhu Youzhen was depressed, and the tax officer was blocked in public. How should he carry out his work in the future? The current incident is basically clear. In order to prevent any accidents, he hinted that Wang Mujiu would go to the prefectural office to investigate and investigate the origin of the matter. He had no acquaintances in Suzhou. Later, after thinking about it, there was one, and it happened to be a merchant.
"Army Throne, Master He, I still have something to do, let's retire first!"
"Counsellor Wang, please!" Although He Dailin was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Youjian's aggressiveness, he was a military staff officer and came from the Royal First Army. He did not dare to offend him.
Zhu Youjian bid farewell to Wang Mujiu and He Dailin, took Fu Xiaojian and other guards, left the barracks, and entered Suzhou City again.
"Master, it's past noon, do you want to eat first?" Fu Xiaojian asked in a low voice.
"Well, it just so happens that the master is hungry, let's go!" Zhu Youzhen happened to see a medium-sized restaurant in Shilin Lane, and he was about to deal with some food.
When Xiao Er delivered meals, Zhu Youjian asked Fu Xiaojian to tip him a tael of silver, "Xiao Er, inquire about something!"
"Guest, please tell me, the villain should know everything!" Xiao Er put the silver into the underwear, smiled, and stood in front of Zhu Youjian, bending down.
Zhu Youjian asked leisurely: "Did you know that there is a big textile company in Suzhou whose surname is Liu?"
Xiao Er shook his head, "Guguan, there are too many textile producers in Suzhou. Does the guest know his name?"
"Liu Bingzhong, do you know Xiao Er?"
"Dongzhu Liu?" Xiao Er took a breath, and straightened up a little bit. "The villain knows that the guest officer is looking for Dongzhu Liu..."
Zhu Youzhen smiled in his heart, this Liu Bingzhong is really a wealthy business man. He scared Xiao Er, "Does Xiao Er know where Dongzhu Liu's house is?"
Xiao Er had already slowed down at this time, "The guest officer is looking for Dongzhu Liu?"
Zhu Youjian chuckled lightly: "Little Er, don't worry, we are friends of Dongzhu Liu. We have a business to talk to Dongzhu Liu."
"Ao!" Xiao Er answered, and carefully observed Zhu Youjian for a while. "The guest officer came from the capital?"
"Well," Zhu Youjian nodded slowly, "Liu Dongzhu went to Jingshi last time, and he also had business dealings with us, so this time he came to Suzhou to visit him and talk about business matters by the way."
Xiao Er pointed out, "Liu Dongzhu lives on Zhengsi Street, and he turns right when he goes out, not far away."
"Thank you Xiaoer!"
"No thanks, who doesn't know the host Liu Dadong? The guest officer is slow, if you have any needs, greet the villain." Xiao Er bowed and walked backwards.
Zhu Youzhen hurriedly used the food, and brought Fu Xiaojian and other guards to Zhengsi Street.
Zhengsi Street is not wide, Zhu Youjian estimates, it is only ten feet and five feet, but Liu Bingzhong's mansion is very open.
There are three-foot-high steps in front of the door. On the steps on both sides of the door, there is a bluestone lion. The lion itself is higher than the steps. Although there is no teeth and claws, the momentum is terrifying. , Is the two big characters "Liu's House", which may be due to lack of fame. These two characters are very simple, but they are ironed with red copper, and look very majestic like the gate with vermilion lacquer.
As Liu's house shrank back for a while, there was an open space close to two feet in front, which complemented the tall Liu's house.
Zhu Youjian was worried that the guards' knives would scare Liu's servants, and signaled to Fu Xiaojian. Fu Xiaojian told the guards to retreat to the place where Liu's gate could not be seen, and then went up the steps to break the door.
After half a bag of cigarettes, Liu’s Zhuzi door squeaked, half of the door opened, and a servant poked his head out, “Who is that?”
Fu Xiaojian folded his hands with his hands behind his back, standing stiffly, "Let's find Liu Bingzhong Liu Dongzhu!"
The servant Ding glanced at Fu Xiaojian, and when he saw that he was a stranger, he did not take it seriously, "Do you have an appointment with Dongzhu Liu?"
"No," Fu Xiaojian didn't expect to meet a businessman, and he had to make an agreement in advance, "Is Dongzhu Liu at home?"
"Since there is no agreement, the proprietor..."
The servant Ding hadn't finished speaking, Fu Xiaojian stared, and put his right hand on the hilt, as if he was about to draw the sword.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the servant Ding hurriedly closed the door, and shouted at Fu Xiaojian: "You wait!"