Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 528

Dongguan County, County Government.

Before dawn, old man Du came here, just like the 10,000+ people in the county.

As for why he came, it was entirely because old man Du's clan relatives were arrested by the county government last night.

The crime is: privately planting hibiscus flowers!
Old man Du was so scared that he lost his soul. He knew too well what kind of ending his relatives would face if this crime was proved.

Kill without mercy!

And those who came to the county government like old man Du did not mean that their family members were also arrested, but because they were worried.

Because planting hibiscus flowers is not done by one family, but tens of thousands of families in the whole county are involved.

If all the people arrested this time were killed, it meant that they could not escape the fate of being taken down and beheaded by the government.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad.

Only then did the scene of the people of the whole county besieging the Dongguan county government early this morning appear.

Be fair.

"Obviously, the planting of hibiscus flowers was ordered by your yamen. You said that you can make a lot of money by planting this kind of thing. Who knew that planting this kind of thing is illegal. Besides, didn't Li Yanzong promise at that time that even if something happened, it would be settled. "

"Yes, yes, now that the prince is here, you officials are afraid, and you want us ordinary people to be scapegoats. How can there be such a reason?"

The common people blocked the county government and shouted and shouted.

"Let Li Yanzong get out!"

"Let Li Yanzong get out!"

The yamen servants who usually stand guard in awe-inspiring manner have disappeared at this moment, and the cinnabar gate of the county yamen is closed tightly, even though the people outside the gate are turbulent, they still remain motionless.

"Officials are not things. If they don't open the door, let's rush in."

"Yes, rush in!"

The excited people picked up sickles, dung forks and other weapons, and were about to rush into the county government office when the gate of the county government office creaked and slowly opened.

A 40-year-old official came out.

Facing the black heads and countless angry faces in front of him, the official was also very nervous and frightened, but he held back and trembled.

"Fellow folks, folks, please listen to what Wu said, please listen to what Wu said."

Under the hoarse shout of the man surnamed Wu, the noisy people temporarily stopped their movements, but they still stared at the official angrily, and there was a tendency to strike if there was a disagreement.

"Wu knows that the villagers are very dissatisfied. It's not just you, I am also the same. Our family is the same as yours. If the court really uses the knife to plant this hibiscus, my Wu family will also die."

Officials do understand what empathy is, and his misfortune has made him stand on the same ground as the broad masses of the people.

"We were all deceived by that Li Yanzong, but that Li Yanzong is not in our county government now."

"Tell me, where did Li Yanzong go?"

"He was arrested and taken to Guangzhou by the chief envoy, Si Yamen."

Old Wu pointed in the direction of Guangzhou: "Folks, if Li Yanzong does not admit that he ordered it, then we will all be blamed for Li Yanzong. Therefore, we have to go to Guangzhou to petition and petition the court to execute Li Yanzong as soon as possible."

When the folks heard it, it was the truth.

As long as Li Yanzong died, they could blame Li Yanzong for all the crimes.

The law does not blame the public, and it is impossible for the imperial court to cut down all the 10,000+ people in Dongguan County.

"I promise, I promise to the folks, as long as Li Yanzong dies, all of us will be fine. If the court still blames it, you will put the blame on me, Wu Chengzhi. Even if I die, I will keep it. Folks."

After saying this, Wu Chengzhi waved his hand, and saw a team of government servants walking out with dozens of civilians who were arrested last night.

"Obviously Li Yanzong committed the crime, why should we arrest our fellow villagers and let them go."

The yamen servants obeyed the orders and released all these common people.

As soon as the shackles fell, dozens of people who had been worried all night rushed to join the crowd, and old man Du also waited for his brothers and nephews.

"Ouch, thank goodness, thank goodness."

Old man Du bowed up and bowed down, hugging and weeping with his family.

With the joy of this family reunion, all the people trust Wu Chengzhi even more.

"Folks, the current family reunion is only temporary. If the imperial court cannot execute Li Yanzong, then we will have to suffer along with it."

Wu Chengzhi waved his hand.

"So, let's go home now, prepare food and water, and join me tomorrow morning to go to Guangzhou to petition!"

"Yes, go to Guangzhou to petition."

There was a voice of agreement from the crowd, which led to a larger scale of agreement.

All the people were moved by Wu Chengzhi's words, and immediately went back to their respective homes, preparing to carry dry food and go to Guangzhou to petition the imperial court to execute Li Yanzong together with Wu Chengzhi.

Here, old man Du also returned home with his family of relatives, but old man Du stopped his relatives.

"Let's not go to Guangzhou."

"why?"

Old man Du's elder brother didn't understand, and immediately became anxious after hearing this: "If you don't go to Guangzhou to appeal, then Li Yanzong will not die, and we will still die."

Old man Du couldn't understand, so he just shook his head.

"Brother, my family Qitai sent a letter saying that this matter is not that simple. In short, he won't let us make a fuss. We must trust the court."

The relatives of the family looked at each other, and finally the eldest brother spoke.

"Second brother, elder brother knows that your family is very promising and is an official in a company in Guangdong, but second brother, this is a matter of losing your head at any time. I don't care if I die as soon as I am old, but your nephews Can't die.

I can't put all my hopes on the so-called trust in the imperial court. Now, only by killing Li Yanzong can we truly survive.

Even if the imperial court turns over the old account in the future, I will be chopped off by the imperial court if I am an old bone. "

Old man Du stomped his feet, but he also knew that he couldn't persuade his eldest brother.

After all, it's a matter of life and death, whose children don't feel pain?

Even if Confucius is alive now, don't expect to be able to persuade the eldest brother of the Du family not to go to Guangzhou.

No bullshit principle is worth an old father's care more than the life of his own children.

"Forget it, I'll go with you."

Since he couldn't persuade him, the old man Du simply said: "We don't understand what Qitai said, but since we are a family, Qitai was taken care of by the big guy when he was a child, and he is here today. This kindness will be repaid."

The situation of Old Man Du's family is also the situation of the entire Dongguan County today.

Every family, every household has made the same decision.

So early in the morning of the next day, 10,000+ ordinary people came out from Dongguan County in a mighty way, and rushed to Guangzhou with the old and the young.

If it weren't for the dry food in his hand instead of weapons, those who didn't know would think that there was an uprising in Dongguan.

Even so, when Jiang Zhengxun heard the news, his complexion became solemn for an instant.

This is, all kinds of troubles!

(End of this chapter)