Chapter 4: Spreading acres to earn acres (three)

Go north along the official road, pass Yanchuan, Qingjian, arrive at Suide, and then to Wubao. Leaving Wubao, you will be in Yongning, Shanxi.

Although Shanxi and Shaanxi have the word "Xi" in their names, it is completely different for Dorgon. Shaanxi people are generous and enthusiastic, and they don't care too much about everything. Although Shaanxi people are also enthusiastic, they are much more delicate. They calculate very smartly, which can be seen from the fact that they pay the bills every time they stay for a meal.

Shanxi people are famous for being meticulous in calculations, otherwise how could they have the reputation of "Shanxi Laoshou"?

Different regional cultures, different local people, and different folk customs have opened up Dorgon, a nouveau riche who came out of the white mountains and black waters, and broadened his knowledge.

In Shaanxi, Dorgon and the other three heard the praises and words of praise and joy about the "New Land Law" and "spreading acres into a mu, gentry as one serves as one, and paying food". As they entered Shanxi, they heard more and more about the "New Land Law" being a random tune, and the more they went forward, the more and more such voices were heard.

With Dorgon's keen political sense, he could have predicted that the target the Jin Dynasty was conquering, a great civil strife was about to set off in the Ming Dynasty. He could not see the result of this civil strife, because he only saw the signs of civil strife. As for the complex political situation inside, he could not see through it at will, just outsiders.

Walking all the way to outside Xiaoyi County, Dorgon drove a mule cart and saw a large circle of people blocking the official road in front of him. The mule cart could not pass for the time being, so Dorgon got out of the car and slowly drove the mule cart to the side of the crowd. He said a few words to the Zhuge Qing and his wife in the cart, then jumped out of the car and leaned towards the crowd.

"Friends, the court has implemented the "New Land Law" and the gentry has invested acres. The gentry is working together. Paying grain is a way out. Three days ago, the Liu family dismissed more than 30 tenants at once. The court wants to impose taxes on Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu is a gentry. No one on this land has ever received the favor of his elders. Now the court has to impose heavy taxes on Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu has no choice but to dismiss the tenants. Only by dismissing the tenants can we cope with the court's urge to impose levies. Now these thirty tenants have no land to cultivate and have no food to eat. Isn't this the court wants to cut off the living of our people?"

"But didn't the court encourage the reclaiming of wasteland? As long as it takes three years to reclaim, the land will belong to it?" someone asked in confusion?

"Encourage the land to open up. Can the court have such kind intentions? When you turn the wasteland into fertile land, if the court does not give it to you, confiscate your land, or asks you to buy land with money, as long as the official says, the land can become someone else's. Do you believe it?" The man standing on the stage sneered and sneered at the question just now.

"Yes, officials have always been protecting each other. Not to mention this illusory thing, we were not all with land in the past, but now we are not farming for others, and now we have been fired by our boss. How can we live in the future?" One person from the audience responded loudly, which immediately resonated with everyone.

"I heard that there are a few treacherous villains around the emperor, the leader's name is Huang Zunsu, Zhou Shunchang, Liu Zongzhou, and these three people encouraged the emperor to promulgate these two chaotic laws. These three people are now extremely powerful and we ordinary people can't fight."

"Damn it, I can't even survive anymore. At worst, I'll take people up the mountain!" The reckless man in the crowd complained.

"Who said he wanted to take his people up the mountain? Do you troublemakers want to rebel?" I saw dust flying not far away, and a pair of fully armed soap-clothed constables quickly surrounded such a group of people. The head of the inspection team leader shouted at the crowd.

"Friends, run away, they are here to catch us!" I don't know who was shouting in the crowd, and the people surrounded were immediately panicked and fled everywhere.

The inspection bureau received a secret report that someone was inciting the people to rebel, so he sent a patrol captain with fifty fully armed inspectors to come over. But when he came over, he heard someone going up the mountain to get into the grass, and he was about to run away as soon as he saw them. Isn’t this just inciting rebellion?

The inspector immediately made an immediate decision and issued an order to arrest these rebels.

In an instant, the conflict broke out, and in a short while, more than a dozen unarmed people were injured under the inspector holding sticks.

But the fierce conflict was just the beginning. I don’t know which citizen hid a dagger on his body, or he was too excited and stabbed a patrol to death in an instant, and the conflicts escalated.

Originally, I just wanted to capture these rioters, but I didn't expect that since these rioters had powerful weapons in them, they also killed a patrol inspector. This is not a simple thing to refuse arrest, it is already a rebellion.

Since it was a rebellion of the rioters, the inspector captain who was red-eyed immediately ordered a forceful suppression. This time they replaced the stick in their hands and pulled out the sharp weapon from their waists.

If it is a stick, the people can still resist the hoes with the shoulder poles in their hands, but if they are replaced with weapons made of steel, most of the unarmed people have almost no resistance. In a short while, the number of people who are several times larger than that of the inspectors falls down.

Zhuge Qing and his wife, Dorgon and other people who were standing aside to watch the fun, suffered unrestrained disasters. Although they did not resist like the besieged people and surrendered, Dorgon's sword hidden under the mule cart was found by the inspection, and then became the number one thief and arrested him, which implicated the old Zhuge Qing and his wife and were also sent to the prison in the city.

It would be fine if there was an identity document, but Dorgon did not. Zhuge Qing and his wife had an identity document. It was just more than 20 years ago. The investigation along the way was not very strict. Therefore, Dorgon was confused, but he didn't expect that there would be a miss here. This should be Dorgon's unlucky. So many people gathered on the official road, and they had another mule cart. The only way was blocked. He just hoped that the crowd would disperse and he could continue to rush on the road, but he didn't want such a thing to happen and was still in prison.

Although he repeatedly explained that the knife was for self-defense, they returned to the Central Plains thousands of miles away from the pass. The journey was long and afraid of being unsafe, so they bought a knife and placed it under the mule cart. They did not want to rebel, but the interrogation official held the idea of ​​missing out and not letting go. Moreover, although Dorgon had a rough cloth linen, he had an unconcealed nobleness, which was not like the nephew of the old Zhuge Qing and his wife. The presiding judge, who was quite good at being a subject, believed that Dorgon might be the main leader hiding in the crowd to incite the rebellion of the riots. Moreover, Dorgon's long-term hand holding the knife also confirmed that he was once a soldier, and his age in the army was at least five years. Such a mysterious young man with unknown identity and perhaps more than five years in the army, as the presiding judge, could not let such a person go no matter what.

Dorgon was worried that it was not the safety of Zhuge Qing and his wife. If it was not possible, they could give him up. They did not know their true identity, so the government should not make things difficult for them too much. What he was worried about now was that his seal was hidden in the mule cart. As long as he found the seal he hid in the hollowed-out shaft, his identity would be exposed immediately. In this way, it would be impossible for him to return to Dajin through the Ming Dynasty without knowing it.

Although the officials who were inciting the rebellion this time had great suspicion of Dorgon and even imposed a heavy punishment on Dorgon, they were unable to pry Dorgon's mouth in the end. Thanks to Dorgon's eagerness before being arrested, they asked Zhuge Qing and his wife to say that they were the coachman they hired. In this way, they would clear their relationship with Zhuge Qing and his wife. Zhuge Qing and his wife would be released for a few days at most. They were both old and stayed in the carriage and had their identity document. Although they were a little old, they at least proved their identity, so the government would not make things difficult for them.

Zhuge Qing and his wife did what Dorgon said. Sure enough, they were locked up for a few days. Seeing that they had no abnormal behavior, they released the old couple and returned the mule cart so that the old couple could have a car home.

Zhuge Qing and his wife were thinking about Dorgon who was arrested, but they were unfamiliar with the place. They didn't know how to rescue Dorgon, and they didn't dare to visit the prison in the name of their uncle. After more than ten days, the money on the two of them was almost spent.

The old couple discussed it, sold the mule cart, and then set up a thatched hut outside Xiaoyi County and lived in it.

After the rebellion of the people, only one company of the military regiment was stationed in Xiaoyi County, and the troops were mobilized from nearby prefectures and counties at once. Now there is a battalion of troops stationed in Xiaoyi County.

The people who incited the rebellion were already dead and injured, and they were all imprisoned. I heard that all the rioters who were arrested for rebellion this time were beheaded. The county magistrate of Xiaoyi County was also dismissed from office and investigated by the governor. Now Xiaoyi County is the position of acting as the county magistrate Mr. Liu, who was originally disagreed with the county magistrate, who was disagreed with the county magistrate. Coincidentally, this county magistrate Mr. Liu is the youngest son of the old gentry Liu, the people mentioned.

The rebellion of the people in Xiaoyi County, Shanxi is not the first or the last. Such things happen all over the country. Almost every day, the rebellion of the people in chaos is presented to Zhu Yinglong's Dragon Case. If it is not included, there may be more.

Although the memorials are ever-changing and different, there are many articles in it.

These days, the emperor Zhu Yinglong was extremely happy. He rarely reviewed memorials every day, and lingered among all the beautiful and charming concubines. He drank and played, indulged in love with his voice and joy.

Ministers all said that the emperor used to be in heavy state affairs and had to deliberately suppress his needs. If today it is basically peaceful, there is naturally no need to deliberately suppress his ideas. After all, the emperor is also a romantic and passionate seed!

Just look at the dozen stunning concubines in the emperor's harem, you can tell how much the young emperor admires beauty!

But, is it actually true?

Zhu Yinglong is definitely an emperor who knows how to control himself. He does not want to be described by later generations as an emperor who died on a woman's belly. Although he doesn't care, his color is a bone-scraping steel knife. Although he practiced the health preservation method by Song Xiance, he never thought of singing every night. Basically, half of his behavior these days were for others to see. He knew that many officials in the court, especially local officials, followed the lip service of the court's reforms and policies, and only in the past few years, Zhu Yinglong's relatives were treated.

Only by self-teaching and training decentralized officials will implement the various reform policies formulated by the court without fail. A small number of these officials became traitors and were inseparable from local bureaucrats. Most of these officials were at the lower level of the county government. They were not only excluded by their colleagues, but also worn by their superiors. If they were not worried that they were all personally delegated by the emperor, with the halo of the emperor's disciples, I don't know how many people would be suppressed and difficult to raise their heads. Most of these memorials that incite the rebellion of the rioters came from the land of these officials.

It is clear that these people have begun to act. They are coming from the two new laws of "New Land Law" and "Gentlemen work together and pay grain", but in fact, they are coming from the emperor himself.
Chapter completed!