"It's too much!"

Wu Zhiqi stood up and said to Man Chao, who had resigned and returned to his hometown, "Mr. Man, Wu Sheng is right. We can't wait any longer now. It's time to confiscate the Xu family!"

The court nodded, then looked at all the civil servants and gentry present: "Everyone! We set up the Yingshe to fulfill the ambition of Donglin and uphold Ye Gong's will. The emperor urged the court to lighten the taxes and reduce taxes and keep the people rich. The subordinates were righteous and fair for the scholars and debauchery of Jiangnan and eliminate shameless and powerful people! Now, the court is controlled by treacherous ministers, and we are trying to stop us from operating textiles. We are not allowed to buy cotton yarn and raw silk, and we are doing the truth of rigorous hoarding. Do you think we can agree?"

"Can't agree!"

Zhang Caixian replied loudly.

"Yes, I can't agree to this matter. Raw cotton yarn is the foundation of my Jiangnan. How can I control it by such an inhumane court at will!"

Cha Jizuo also agreed.

Other members of the Yingshe Society also responded and directly scolded the court for being unjust.

Qian Chaojian smiled, "Okay, now I'll ask you to go to Songjiang to arrange people to take action separately and mobilize villagers to confiscate the Xu family! But we should not come forward in person, so as not to expose ourselves. Let the people we arranged to tell the villagers that the Xu family colluded with the treacherous ministers in the court to seize the benefits of spinning and weaving in Jiangnan. If anyone is willing to obey the arrangements and confiscate the Xu family, each household will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver! Divide the Xu family's wealth equally!"

"clear!"

All of these members stood up and replied.

These gentry in Jiangnan have particularly strong control over grassroots common people below the county in the Jiangnan area.

They used the clan as a link and had strong mobilization ability for the scholars and people in Jiangnan, and they were almost local emperors.

It is easy for common people who do not have much thinking ability to believe these words are both the clan rulers and the noble gentry in the society.

This kind of incident of inciting the public to cause trouble with weapons and smashing governments and wealthy families often happens.

During the Wanli period, the tax supervisor was temporarily stationed in an official office in Jiangnan. Many scholars gathered together, holding the same stick, and surrounded the official office with high training. They followed the leader's orders. After smashing the official office, they did not rob other merchants along the street, and did not smash other gentry's residences, and dispersed in an orderly manner. Naturally, the gentry in Jiangnan commanded them to achieve such an effect.

Therefore, it is not new or difficult for the gentry in Jiangnan to organize the scholars and people to deal with the Xu family.

Moreover, many gentry in Jiangnan, especially Songjiang, who had no relatives and friends with the Xu family, had long been dissatisfied with the Xu family and had long been prepared to deal with the Xu family.

For a long time, these Jiangnan gentry in Songjiang Prefecture have been mobilizing merchants and civilians from all over the country. Now they are spreading rumors that the Xu family is trying to seize their property and leave them with no food to eat. They are also really rewarded for participating in the confiscation of the Xu family as the court said. Therefore, for a time, the Jiangnan gentry that had been prepared had really mobilized many people in Songjiang Prefecture to come to Shanghai County.

Su Song Governor Sun Chengzong didn't know about this at this time.

Now he is inspecting social schools and medical clinics in various places. According to Zhu Youjiao's will, he used the money and grain left to the local area to win over the hearts of the people at the bottom of the Jiangnan area, and added social schools, medical clinics and even nursing homes, and hired migrant workers to repair seawalls and canals.

On this day, Sun Chengzong had just returned to Suzhou by boat from Changzhou, when a large amount of water suddenly emerged from his hull.

Seeing this, Sun Chengzong's guards were shocked: "Zhongcheng, this ship seems to be sinking, someone has done something!"

Sun Chengzong also became a little nervous.

But not long after, Sun Chuanting and his escort staff all fell into the water because the ship sank.

"Zhongcheng!"

As soon as Sun Chengzong's guards fell into the water, they swam towards Sun Chuanting first, and shouted, "Zhongcheng has fallen into the water! Save Zhongcheng!"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

But at this time, many muskets suddenly appeared in the houses near the water, and a gurgling of white smoke came out.

Sun Chengzong's guards and staff were all beaten to death.

The river water in this area has been dyed much red as a result.

Sun Chengzong himself also heard the gunshots, but he soon became unconscious.

When Sun Chengzong woke up, he was already lying in a dark room where he could not see his fingers, and there was no one.

Sun Chengzong naturally realized that something might have happened, so he shouted excitedly: "Who are you? Who gave you the courage to hold me hostage! Do you know what crime this is? This is a serious crime of accomplice! This official is Governor Su Song, who is a patrol for the emperor. Don't think that the secret you have done can be done. You'd better not let the people from the East Factory find out!"

"Why are you so angry at the Chief Secretary? We just want you to stay here for a few more days, and there is no question of rebellion."

At this time, a black shadow suddenly appeared outside the prison that Sun Chengzong didn't see very clearly.

Then, the black shadow continued to ask: "Zhongcheng, how does it feel to fall into the water?"

Sun Chengzong couldn't hear who was coming from the black shadow's voice, so he had to ask: "Who are you?"

“Who are we?”

The dark shadow smiled and said, "We are Nagasaki merchants, pirates."

Sun Chengzong said in a very trustworthy manner: "Do you want to attack the Xu family?"

"Zhongcheng is indeed wise. Everything cannot escape your eyes. Yes, we are going to attack the Xu family. We know that your Xu family's backer, so we naturally have to make you feel wronged here for a few days. After the Xu family is confiscated, we will naturally let you go out. You can report to the court truthfully, and it is said that pirates hijack you."

The black shadow started to speak.

"You are shameless! Despicable!"

Sun Chengzong cursed directly and said, "You must not be pirates, are you the Jiangnan clans in Songjiang? Or are there several Jiangnan clans in Suzhou?!"

"Why is Zhongcheng so ignorant of the politeness? He still wants to fall into the water again?"

The black shadow started to speak.

"You, you, don't be too proud too early!"

Sun Chengzong shouted loudly.

"Okay! We know that Zhongcheng, you and the Xu family have a different relationship. It is normal for you to get angry like this, instead of really caring about the gains and losses of the tyrant. You should take a few days off first, and then after a few days, you will find that it is not only Zhu Youxiao who can confiscate the house and destroy the clan, but also Zhu Youxiao who cares about can confiscate the house and destroy the clan."

The black shadow burst into laughter as he said.

...

Time went back a month ago, in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August of the second year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao, who was celebrating the festival with Zhang Yan, saw Wei Zhongxian appear outside the hall, and said to Wang Chengen: "Let him come in."

So, Wei Zhongxian hurried to Zhu Youxiao and replied: "Go back to the emperor, Dongchang's suspicion in Jiangnan came to report that some people were motivating scholars and people to cause trouble, saying that they would deal with the Xu family that would not let them live!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao realized that something was wrong and immediately stood up: "Dare to deal with the Xu family, that is, to fight against the court. The East Factory immediately investigated it. In addition, I passed my order, and immediately went to Songjiang at the 3000th headquarters of the Guard Infantry in Qufu, and asked Yang Huan of the East Factory to speed up the journey to Songjiang, and secretly ordered Zhang Tongchang and Yang Huan to tell them that if a riot occurred in Jiangnan, he would directly suppress it on the grounds of rebellion! Suppress it first and then investigate the behind-the-scenes commander! Let Zhang Tongchang replace Feng Quan as the governor of the Southeast and control the Southeast. Feng Quan was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue and told Zhang Tongchang that although ordinary people should be Huairen in normal times, they would have to beat him when they wanted to riots without brainstorms! They should not only know that they were afraid of gentry, clan, and court, and not afraid of the royal law! They should have a good memory and know that the court can treat them well, and their families can also be destroyed!"

There must be a leader in everything. Zhu Youxiao has directly characterized the possible riots in Jiangnan as a matter of rebellion, so he naturally did not expect Feng Quan, a speculator, to solve the problem. He directly used Zhang Tongchang, a reliable confidant who dared to kill the governor, to serve as the governor.

As for Sun Chengzong, Zhu Youxiao vaguely felt that Sun Chengzong might have been plotted into the gentry in Jiangnan.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao directly appointed Zhang Tongchang, an official from Yulin Guard who had not noticed, to go to Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!