Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1074

"Wait a minute!"

After Zhu Zongshan greeted Wei Wu, he was about to pick up the gavel, but before he could put it down, Wei Wu spoke.

Hearing Wei Wu's obstruction, Zhu Zongshan looked over with some doubt, and then heard Wei Wu say:

"Master Zhu, there's no rush for the court session. Before that, we should parade these people through the streets."

"Parade?"

Wei Wu's words made Zhu Zongshan look stunned. Parading through the streets was nothing serious. According to the law, these people should be paraded for their crimes.

Although under normal circumstances the case should be tried first, the charges should be signed and sealed before the person is paraded through the streets.

But since Wei Wu has spoken, it doesn't matter if the order is changed. The evidence is conclusive anyway.

But Zhu Zongshan also had a difficulty, so he said:

"Sir, parading them through the streets is no problem, but there are too many prisoners, and the government office doesn't have enough prison vans!"

Hearing Zhu Zongshan's words, Wei Wu laughed and then shook his head and said:

"Prison van, do they deserve to ride in a prison van? Let these bastards walk around the entire city of Suzhou."

"Let the people take a good look at them, and let the people know what these traitors have done!"

Originally, Zhu Zongshan was dissatisfied with Wei Wu's previous tactics, but after last night, Zhu Zongshan had nothing to say.

He hated those who sold out their country for personal gain the most in his life, and what these wealthy businessmen and gentry did just played into his trap.

Not only did they secretly smuggle contraband goods and trade with the Yuan Mongols, but they also colluded with them and instructed the remnants of the Yuan Mongols to assassinate the duke of the current dynasty.

The key point is that those assassinating bastards actually used gunpowder in Suzhou city. It was simply lawless.

So much so that Zhu Zongshan now even feels that what Wei Wu had done before should be done to these people.

Therefore, after Wei Wu finished speaking, Zhu Zongshan had no objection and nodded on the spot and said:

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away!"

"Ok!"

Wei Wu nodded, but then spoke again to give some advice.

"Remember to send a few more people to follow and explain to the people clearly what they did, but don't focus on me."

"The main point is to let the people know that they are colluding with the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In addition, they assassinated me because they didn't want the land tax system to benefit the people."

"It would be better to talk more about Shandong and how happy the local people are and how good their lives are after the implementation of the land-based tax system."

"The reason these landlords, wealthy merchants, and gentry blocked the land tax system is that they don't want them to live a good life."

Zhu Zongshan didn't ask any more questions. As soon as Wei Wu finished speaking, he bowed and said:

"Yes, sir, I know what to do."

Afterwards, under Zhu Zongshan's arrangement, all those who were arrested last night were dragged out in shackles and chains.

At first, the people were a little surprised that the government suddenly paraded people through the streets today.

It was not until the person arranged by the government office told the story that the people became angry on the spot, just as Wei Wu had expected.

After all, if it was just a Duke being assassinated, the people would at most just treat it as a topic of conversation after dinner and would not react much.

But the land tax is related to their own interests, and these parasites don't want them to live a good life!

In fact, most of the people in Suzhou have never been to Shandong in person.

But Suzhou is, after all, a prosperous city with developed commerce, and there are too many merchants traveling back and forth from the south and the north.

From them, the people of Suzhou also had a general understanding of the situation in Shandong, but it was not comprehensive enough.

Nowadays, the government sends people to tell them about the situation in Shandong, such as renting or buying land from the local government at a low price.

Although the land was not their own, the rent and taxes they paid to the court were much lower than those of the gentry.

They both lived by renting land, but as tenants it was difficult to even support their families, while at least they could have enough food to eat at the court.