Chapter 127
When Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng heard this, they were frightened on the spot.
Zhu Yanzhi was also shocked. He never expected that Yinzhen would use the lives of these two people to establish his authority. In this way, he offended the two major governors at the same time. There are only eight major governors in the country. Besides, this violent and bloodthirsty reputation spread, how can he fight for the crown prince? As soon as he came to his senses, he knelt down with a "bang", kowtowed several times, and his forehead suddenly turned blue, "Prince, please think twice. Although the two are guilty... I hope the prince will be kind." [Search for the latest updates are all here.]
"I deserve the sin." Yinzhen threw down a sentence, turned around and left.
Zhu Yanzhi was stunned for a while, but he didn't understand where the nameless fire came from today at the Fourteenth Master. In desperation, he had to get up and follow him.
Several personal guards, who were like wolves and tigers, immediately stuffed Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng into the station cage.
All the merchants were silent. It was useless for Lord Guan Xian to kowtow and beg for mercy in person. Who dared to stand up and make a horse? They were even more frightened and uneasy. Even Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng, two tough figures in the backstage, did not care about the Fourteenth Prince, who was so tough in the background, did not show any mercy and did not show any mercy. They killed them as soon as they took action. These little fish and shrimps were not worth mentioning at all. God knows how the Fourteenth Prince will punish them next?
One by one, I was so regretful that I even had my heart bruised. I was cursing the dirty officials in the customs. You want to fight with the 14th prince. That's your business. Why bother to threaten our 13th business? Now that we have ended up, you can't tell anyone about it.
At the gate of Guangde Garden, Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng were punished by Yinzhen to stand cages, and the news that he was not allowed to put bricks spread quickly throughout the Guangzhou officialdom as quickly as the wind.
After hearing this, the officials of all sizes and big and small who had been paying attention to this matter were stunned. Even if the Fourteenth Master wanted to establish his authority, the movement was too big, right? Could it be that he didn't know the background of the two, and it was impossible. Even if he didn't know, Zhu Yanzhi would not know? It seems that the Fourteenth Master was deliberately trying to sweep the Guangdong officialdom.
When Guangdong Governor Man Pi heard the news, he was also stunned. When he came to his senses, he urged him to prepare sedan chairs. The Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Fan Shichong was kind to him to recommend him. If his in-laws die in Guangzhou, how could he have the face to meet others in the future?
The officials were all well-informed. The Governor Man Pi's Luye Seal left the Fuyuan and received the news that they had a close relationship with Thirteen ranks and immediately followed.
However, at the intersection entering Guangde Park, all the officials were stopped by Yinzhen's personal guards. After the governor Man Pi got off the sedan chair, he looked at the imperial envoy's flag behind the personal guards, and his face turned pale. Yinzhen was determined to kill someone and establish his authority, and he didn't even give a chance to plead. Thinking of Yinzhen's identity, he had to turn around in disappointment and indulge in the sedan chair, and instructed in a muffled voice: "Go back to the yamen."
The sun sets westward, and the last ray of sunshine shines on the station cage at the gate of Guangde Park. Yuan Lu, Wang Kunpeng and others are old and weak. They are only half an hour in the station cage and are already dying.
Seeing that the two of them had reached the point where the lights were dry, Hong Wanshan was anxious and brave enough to get up. Under the surprised gaze of the merchants, he ran to the nearby shop and found two shoulder poles, and hurried back. Hearing the movement, Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng opened their eyes and looked at Hong Wanshan in confusion, wondering what he intended?
Hong Wanshan roared at the merchants, "A few people come here to help us. The thirteen ranks are in the same spirit, and we all prosper and all destruction are destroyed. We cannot watch Yuan Hongguan and Wang Deguan die, and even treat themselves as people from the thirteen ranks, so we come and help me." As he said that, he put a shoulder pole into the station cage and whispered: "Please step on it and take a breath."
Yuan Lu's life was hanging on a thread at this time, so he was not polite. He immediately stepped on his shoulder pole and took a breath before saying, "Thank you, Official Hong Jia, for his righteous actions. I am not willing to die. Don't implicate all my colleagues."
Upon hearing this, Hong Wanshan said loudly: "Yuan Hongguan's words are beyond his reach. Today is the juncture of the Thirteen Countries' life and death. If everyone still doesn't know that the whole heart is together, the Thirteen Countries will surely be in name only from today. Today we will have to live together, and we will die together."
Hong Wanshan said this passionately and loudly. Immediately, a man climbed up, staggered forward, and carried the shoulder pole on his shoulder, "Official Yuan Hong, sit up, Hong Jia Guan said it well, everyone is together for life and death today, even if they die, they cannot lose their reputation as our thirteen ranks."
The power of role models is infinite. Seeing that the guards at the gate did not stop them, the two of them ran out and picked up the shoulder pole and carried Wang Kunpeng up.
The actions of the four Hong Wanshan people were like rebellion. Some of the merchants were afraid of being implicated, and some were excited to get up and come to the side of the station cage and take turns carrying the shoulder pole. The gate immediately became chaotic. In less than a cup of tea, only nine people were still kneeling on the ground. The others surrounded the side of the station cage. Everyone realized that they could not be good today. They stretched their heads and shrunk them, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
At this moment, the garden gate opened wide, Yinzhen walked out with a solemn look on his face, glanced at the situation at the door, and then pointed to the few Xingshangs who were still kneeling and said, "You don't have to kneel down, go back first."
When the nine people heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and then staggered away.
Yinzhen then turned around, glanced at the people who were still surrounded by the standing cage, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I didn't disappoint me completely. Let them out and come in."
What does it mean to not let him down? The crowd helped Yuan Lu up, Wang Kunpeng and others followed the garden in a daze. As soon as they entered the house, everyone lost their aura outside the door. When Yinzhen sat down in the middle, everyone knelt down obediently to pay their respects. Without Yinzhen's instructions, no one dared to get up, and they knelt down in a regular manner.
Yinzhen looked at everyone and said, "Yuan Lu, Wang Kunpeng, you two have their own identities and are supreme. If you punish them a little today, are you dissatisfied?"
Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng had just walked around the gates of hell, but there was no slight arrogance. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I dare not."
"Hmph. I don't dare to do it." Yinzhen snorted coldly and said quietly, "As the chief supervisor of the General Administration of Customs, I will tell you clearly today that the customs does not allow any local forces to interfere. If you want to do it in the Thirteenth Company, everything must be followed by the customs leader. You will remember these words clearly for me."
After saying that, he looked at Zhu Yanzhi again, "Zhu Guanxian, the nine merchants that I drove away will be removed from Guangdong Customs tomorrow. He will control the merchants and recruit people separately. The thirteen merchants in Guangdong Customs do not need unifying merchants."
Sorry, my friend’s birthday yesterday, I thought it was just a drink, but I didn’t expect that I met a bad guest. I drank more than a pound and was drunk. I owed a chapter that I owed will be made up for tomorrow and the next day.
Chapter completed!