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Chapter 560 Chapter 573: Pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger

In ancient times, the second generation of officials was very powerful. In the Water Margin, Gao Yanei, the godson of Gao Qi, was not Gao Qi's real son, because he fell in love with Lin Chong's wife, and then he was able to give Lin Chong, the head of the 80 imperial army, to Lin Chong. Lu became a prisoner and was forced to go to Liangshan. Although it was a novel, it was the Song Dynasty when civil officials were in power, but in the feudal society, this was a common phenomenon. It is in the south of the Yangtze River where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Think about the original Tingzhou, Cao Tian, ​​as a small Tingzhou, can cover the sky with one hand in Tingzhou, eat black and white, know foreign countries, and murder several Tingzhou governors, why is he so awesome? Forced, because the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Although Jiangnan is not as remote as Tingzhou, in this era, Jiangnan has not yet become a climate. The main commercial and political center of the Tang Dynasty is in the Central Plains. The probability of corrupt officials in Jianghuai and Lingnan is far higher than in the Central Plains. Big official, the governor of Hangzhou is really awesome in this one-acre-three-point land in Hangzhou.

Li Hao then asked: "Then...younger brother, tell us, how about Governor Liang and Captain Han as officials?"

The shop waiter smiled coyly when he heard the words, and dared not say any more. Li Hao knew that he didn’t dare to say that shop waiters were always well-informed, but they were also good people. What can be said, what can not be said.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Hao smiled lightly, and said, "Don't worry, little brother, I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who proclaimed King Qiongnan, and now I am the deposed envoy of both the Jianghuai and Huaihe provinces, and I am responsible for all the officials of the Jiangnan and Huainan provinces." Sha Daquan, the five thousand soldiers and horses on the canal outside the city of Hangzhou were dispatched by this king, and with my backing, you don’t have to be afraid of anyone.”

"You...you...you are King Qiongnan?" The shop waiter was so startled that his jaw almost dropped, his eyes opened like two balls, and he looked at Li Hao in disbelief.

Li Hao nodded, took out his token, showed it to him, and said, "This is my prince's token, it cannot be faked, impersonating the prince is a death penalty, who do you think would have the courage to do so?"

The waiter hurriedly bowed to Li Hao and saluted: "I have eyes but don't know Mount Tai, pay homage to King Qiongnan!"

Li Hao waved his hands and said, "There's no need to be too polite. You can answer whatever the king asks. You don't have to be afraid of anything. Tell me, how about Liang Wenyou and Han Jin being officials?"

The waiter still looked embarrassed. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, let me tell King Qiongnan the truth. This Han Jin was actually a local ruffian. He was very brave when he was young. He is a tyrant in Hangzhou. Later, he was protected by his brother-in-law Liang Shishi, and spent a lot of money to find connections in the court. Then he became the captain of Zhechong in our Hangzhou. Yes, he knows how to bully us ordinary people all day long. Now the local ruffians and bullies in Hangzhou City are all his people. He is actually a bully wearing imperial armor. The bullies in the city will collect protection fees from businesses every month, saying We are safe, in fact, they are exploiting us. If we don’t pay the protection fee, those hooligans will come to make trouble all day long, throwing tables and stools, disrupting our business. Many people are because they can’t pay the protection fee. In the end, We can only close the door."

"How unreasonable!" Li Guocheng said angrily when he heard the words, "The imperial court has already collected commercial taxes, and they dare to collect private taxes! How can this make the merchants live!"

"Isn't it!" the waiter sighed, "As for the commercial tax, I heard that it was proposed by King Qiongnan. In fact, we Jiangnan merchants don't like it very much, but fortunately there are not many, and everyone pays it. I got used to it, besides, King Qiongnan, you are a generation of virtuous ministers, you are the pillar of the country, and what you do must be for the good of the country, so we have no complaints, but the protection fees these bullies charge are really unreasonable , and the protection fee they charge is very high, which is twice the commercial tax, and now the life of our merchants in Hangzhou is very miserable."

Li Hao frowned upon hearing the words. He didn't expect that there would be such black sheep in the prosperous age. Needless to say, it was Han Jin's intention for those bullies to collect protection fees. Liang Wenyou nodded, and the protection fee they received would be shared among them.

Li Hao was silent for a moment, then asked again: "What about Liang Wenyou? How is he an official?"

The waiter in the shop said: "Liang Wenyou is not very ostentatious. He is a literati, arty, and likes calligraphy and painting. I have heard that he does things for others and never takes money. He only accepts calligraphy and paintings of ancient celebrities and some ancient ones. Rare objects, I heard that those things are very valuable, even more expensive than gold."

"Hey, he's still a corrupt official who eats more politely." Li Hao sneered. What he despises the most is these officials who claim to be elegant. The nasty things of the fly camp and the dog dog are sanctimonious.

The Ming Dynasty in history died at the hands of civil officials. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a group of civil officials who called themselves the Donglin Party. Most of the Donglin Party were such people. Secretly amassing money and doing things unsightly.

After Li Hao sneered, he asked again: "Nowadays, Japanese pirates are frequent in the coastal areas. Hangzhou is near the mouth of the river into the sea. Have Japanese pirates ever visited?"

"I've heard about it." The shop boy said, "The Japanese pirates have been here twice, but they didn't enter the city. They killed people and robbed the villages and towns around Hangzhou."

Li Hao hurriedly asked: "Then how did Liang Wenyou and Han Jin deal with it?"

The waiter said: "My lord, you may be laughing. Liang Wenyou and Han Jin are as cowardly as mice. When they heard that the Japanese pirates were coming, they didn't dare to send troops to resist them. Instead, they sent people to send money and food to the Japanese pirates, begging them to leave. When the Japanese pirates came for the second time, after receiving the money and food, they still slaughtered a town and ransacked it."

"How unreasonable!" Situ Feng slapped the table angrily when he heard the words, and shouted coldly, "Is this an official of our Tang Dynasty, who actually sends money and food to Japanese pirates!"

Li Hao sneered and said nothing. In his heart, Liang Wenyou and Han Jin had already been put on the death list, and of course, the second-generation official Liang Ping.

At this moment, only heard a loud noise from outside, the waiter listened carefully, his face changed drastically, and he said, "It's not good, Liang Ping has brought the officers and soldiers here!"

Li Guocheng was surprised when he heard the words: "Officers and soldiers? How can he command the officers and soldiers?"

The waiter in the shop said anxiously: "Han Jin is Liang Ping's uncle. Whenever Liang Ping encounters any unjust people or things, he will borrow officers and soldiers from his uncle, charge them with random charges, and arrest him. Who dares to resist? That would be even worse, and you would be charged directly with treason, treason!"

"So that's how it is." Li Hao nodded, handed his jade pendant to Ye Mengqiu, and said, "Go to the boat and send some people over. Whoever dares to stop him will be killed."

"Yes!" Ye Mengqiu took the jade pendant, jumped to the window, and disappeared instantly.

Li Hao turned his head to the waiter and said, "Okay, let's go, lest Liang Ping see you and involve you, this king is visiting privately on Weibo, so don't reveal your identity, you have to keep your mouth shut."

"Yes, yes, yes..." the waiter in the shop said in a repeated voice, "don't worry, my lord, the little one will not dare to talk nonsense."

"Well, let's go."

The waiter walked out of the private room repeatedly.

Outside the restaurant, hundreds of officers and soldiers were mobilizing frequently to surround the entire restaurant, and half of the officers and soldiers brought bows and arrows.

In the restaurant, all the diners ran out of the restaurant in fright. Liang Ping and a square-faced middle-aged man stood guard at the door. Every diner came out, and they checked them to prevent Situ Feng from escaping in the chaos.

In just a moment, the huge restaurant was empty, only Li Hao and the others were still eating and drinking in the restaurant.

"My lord, this Liang Ping actually transferred the soldiers. What are you going to do?" Li Guocheng had no intention of eating and drinking at the moment, and looked at Li Hao worriedly.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said with a light smile: "Just a few small shrimps, are you afraid that they won't be able to jump into the sky? People often say that strong dragons don't overpower snakes. I'm going to crush these snakes today. There is nothing better in the world than pretending to be a pig." Is the tiger still happy?"

However, Situ Feng was also worried: "There are a lot of them, Master, you have a noble status, so it's not appropriate to fight hard with them. If there are any problems, the gains will outweigh the losses."

Li Hao smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, all the big winds and waves have broken through for the sake of the teacher. In this kind of small ditch, the boat cannot be capsized."

While they were talking, Liang Ping and the square-faced man had already led more than 30 soldiers into the restaurant, heading straight for their private room.

The shopkeeper and the staff of the restaurant all hid in the back kitchen, not daring to speak.

With a bang, the door of the private room was kicked open, and a group of people rushed in with knives, immediately surrounded the three of them, Li Hao and the others also put down their chopsticks.

Liang Ping and the square-faced man swaggered over. Before he could speak, Liang Ping kicked Situ Feng's stool away. Fortunately, Situ Feng walked steadily, and even without the stool, he didn't fall, but stood up. .

Seeing this, Liang Ping was secretly annoyed, and slapped Situ Feng with his hands, but a big hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed Liang Ping's wrist. The person who made the strike was Li Hao.

"It hurts! It hurts! Let go!" Liang Ping suddenly cried out in pain. Li Hao's hand strength was no joke, being held by his hand was like being clamped by iron clamps, Liang Ping felt that his bones were about to crack.

"Let go!" The square-faced man shouted suddenly when he saw this, and stepped forward to stop him.

Li Hao had already let go of his hand, Liang Ping hastily shook his hands away, stepped back a few steps, and looked at Li Hao in horror.

Just as the square-faced man was about to ask a question, Li Hao had already stood up, looked at him, and asked, "Who is your honor?"

The square-faced man said coldly: "This general is Han Jin, Captain of Hangzhou Zhechong!"

"It turned out to be General Han, disrespectful and disrespectful." Li Hao chuckled, and then asked, "I don't know why General Han suddenly brought so many soldiers here, what's your business?"

Han Jin said loudly: "The general heard that there are Japanese pirates haunting here, so he specially led troops to arrest the Japanese pirates."

Li Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "General Han was joking, how can there be Japanese pirates here?"

"He is a Japanese pirate!" Liang Ping pointed at Situ Feng angrily.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and asked Liang Ping, "You said he was a Japanese pirate? What evidence do you have?"

Naturally, Liang Ping had nothing to say. How could he have any evidence? Anyway, he just poured a basin of dirty water casually. He did this all the time before. He never asked for evidence. It has become evidenced.

As soon as Han Jin heard that Li Hao asked for evidence, he knew that Li Hao was not easy to fool. He has been in black and white for many years, and he still has a good eye for seeing people. He can tell that Li Hao is not an ordinary person, so he continued: " Although there is no evidence, we still have to take him back for interrogation, and if he is innocent, he will naturally be released at that time."

Hearing this, Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said with a chuckle: "You want to arrest people without evidence? Have you always done things like this? Besides, you are soldiers of the government, not Dali Temple. You are abusing your power, you know?"

"False words!" Han Jin stared at them suddenly, pointing at them and shouted, "This general is investigating Japanese pirates. How dare you obstruct them, you must be Japanese pirates. You three are suspected, and I will arrest you all!"

(End of this chapter)