Chapter 2311: Simultaneous Action

Handu, who was in his thirties, looked helpless and confused like a child with a frown on his dark face.

He looked around, but there were soldiers standing on both sides, holding the hilt of the knife, staring at the group of farmers.

He was a little uneasy, but he felt a surge of heat in his chest, just like the feeling before he vomited blood yesterday.

He opened his mouth and breathed hard for a few times, but the heat in his chest could not go away.

"Uncle..."

He cried out, Fang Xing looked at him coldly, but refused to speak.

Do you want to save yourself? Then speak up.

"Little... I have no way out! I can only borrow money from the master..."

In the Ming Dynasty, the most vulnerable are farmers.

They don't have much family background, but the annual taxes are indispensable. An accident can ruin their family, and then they either flee or become slaves.

From top to bottom in the Ming Dynasty, there is no channel for them.

This means that their life and death are not in the eyes of the court and the emperor.

Whose sorrow is this?

Fang Xing recalled the words in the letter to Potato, which mostly told him about the relationship between men and women, very cautiously, and pretended to be indifferent.

He looked at the few people who came out timidly from the crowd. The oldest was twenty years old, wearing ragged clothes, revealing their shriveled chests and ribs.

He didn't marry!

Fang Xing's intuition told him that this man was older than Potato, much older.

But now he just wanted to fill his stomach, while Potato was in the troubles of a young man.

One was reality, and the other was the trouble of being full.

If Potato appeared in front of Fang Xing now, he could slap his eldest son to the ground with a slap.

After a moment of resentment, Fang Xing freed himself from this emotion and asked, "Why didn't you sell the land at the beginning?"

Selling part of the land and turning it around would be better than being a tenant farmer!

Han Du said hesitantly: "No one is buying it. The land deed is also with the master. I don't have it... I can only borrow money from the master."

Increase income, government intervention and assistance, cancel the road permit, gradually cancel the household registration...

After waking up from this incident, I thought of many things, but they all need to be changed one by one.

He stepped back, and Yuan Jie stepped forward and said righteously: "The Huang family is violating the law. Officials lend money, and at high interest rates. This is drinking blood, shamelessly drinking blood!"

"This is County Master Yuan."

Someone in the crowd introduced Yuan Jie's identity, and the eyes of these farmers were shining.

What the county master said must be correct!

"Master, the county magistrate, I want to report it."

"Master, the master also fucked my wife..."

"....."

A group of farmers were reporting at the same time. Fang Xing was a little dissatisfied. Yang Tiantian came over and whispered: "Master, for them, the emperor is not as good as the county magistrate..."

"The county magistrate is not as good as the current one?"

Yang Tiantian thought about it and said with sincere admiration: "Yes, that's what I mean. If it goes on like this, the county magistrate will not be as useful as the grain chief."

The men in blue shirts on the side were writing nervously. The accusations of the people were ammunition that would be fired at the heads of the gentry in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"All lies!"

A scream broke the harmonious atmosphere of accusation. Fang Xing turned around and saw Huang Huan kneeling on the ground screaming.

"This is your own sin!"

The guard on the side slapped him, but Huang Huan was still cursing. The guard looked for something and finally took out a piece of cloth from his crotch to block Huang Huan's mouth.

Huang Huan rolled his eyes and vomited frantically, but because his mouth was blocked, he couldn't vomit. His body was surging and shaking.

Huang Huan's experience made these honest farmers crazy. Everyone rushed to report the evil deeds of the Huang family. Those honest and numb people gradually turned into ferocious.

Fang Xing looked at this scene expressionlessly, and finally explained: "Usury is against the law. The court will not admit it, and your majesty will not admit it!"

"Long live your majesty!"

Han Du shouted with tears in his eyes.

It can be seen that his gratitude is sincere, but when Yuan Jie announced that the usury originally lent by the Huang family would be reviewed, Fang Xing saw greed.

Countless greed!

The farmers looked at Han Du greedily, and then someone shouted: "Sir, my grandfather also borrowed money from the Huang family."

"I borrowed the Huang family's oxen..."

For a time, the crowd was excited. Seeing that the situation was good, Fang Xing ordered: "Be reasonable."

Be reasonable?

Yuan Jie was startled. In his opinion, we should take advantage of the farmers' enthusiasm to strike while the iron is hot, create a good atmosphere, and then spread the word.

But what does Fang Xing mean by this?

Reason?

Who is reasonable when doing big things?

Fang Xing waved his hand, and Xin Laoqi led the horse over.

He moved the saddle and got on the horse, and after sitting firmly, he said: "Observe the law!"

He led the cavalry away. Yuan Jie thought about it and felt that it was a bit boring, but the scene had to be maintained, so he shouted: "Look at the account book. There is a lot of extra interest in the account book. When the time comes, all will be settled to you."

In Jinling City, Fang Xing led people to swagger through the city. Seeing that the market was a little depressed, he became more determined in his idea.

When they returned to their residence, Fei Shi was already waiting.

The two went in together, and Fei Shi said: "My Lord, those gentry are scared, and most of them are shrinking at home. Those who used to be passionate and pointed out the country wanted to leave the city this morning, but were intercepted and sent back. Now they are in a state of panic at home..."

"When the news spread in the morning, the city was in chaos for a while. I led people to watch and did not intervene. As a result, no one dared to incite, and it calmed down in the end."

"The Jinling government office and the six ministries and other government offices were a little panicked. Later, the heads of the various departments came out and scolded them for a while, saying that they were allowed to make meritorious contributions while serving their sentences. Those officials worked like crazy, and no one dared to slack off."

This was what Fang Xing expected, so he was not surprised or relieved. After entering, Liu Pu was also there.

"What did Yang Wuhou say?"

The temperature rose, and the front hall was very hot.

Fang Xing was fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, but the more he fanned, the hotter he became.

Liu Pu said: "Yang Wuhou said that all departments are on standby and agreed to take action today. It depends on whether the messenger can suppress the local government."

Fang Xing said coldly: "The messenger has official documents. Anyone who dares to stop him will be severely punished!"

...

In Ji'an Prefecture, a team of cavalry rushed into the prefecture city.

"Get out of the way!"

No one dared to stop the urgent messenger. They rushed to the gate of the government office with small flags on their backs.

"Where is Wei Chang?"

The leading messenger was a small flag officer. His face was tanned and his lips were chapped. It was obvious that he had been traveling a long distance.

The small flag officer staggered when he got off the horse. The gatekeeper did not dare to stop him, but just shouted: "There is an urgent messenger!"

It was afternoon. After lunch, there was only the sound of cicadas in the government office. Most people were sleeping.

The shouting startled the officials, and a burst of shouting and cursing came. Some people continued to sleep, and some came out to take a look.

The small flag officer rushed in with his men. Seeing that they were soldiers, the officials were a little nervous.

"Where is Wei Chang?"

The small flag officer went all the way to the lobby, and Wei Chang had already arrived.

While tidying up his clothes, Wei Chang asked angrily, "What's the matter? From which government office?"

The flag officer asked, "Is it Wei Chang?"

Wei Chang was so anxious that he broke his belt. He was so angry that he didn't know who to vent his anger on, so he said unhappily, "Haven't you seen my official uniform?"

The flag officer shouted, "Ask if you are Wei Chang!"

Wei Chang was startled, "Yes, yes, I am Wei Chang."

Many officials came to the hall. The flag officer took out the official document and said loudly, "The court has ordered that the south will start to clean up the surrender today!"

Wei Chang was startled, "What? Clean up the surrender?"

The flag officer held the hilt of the knife and shouted, "From now on, I will stay in Ji'an Prefecture. If anyone pretends to obey but secretly disobeys, report to the governor for punishment. If the governor does not punish, report to Nanjing and punish them with the same crime!"

At the same time, the local garrison also got the news, so they dispersed the army and went to various places in Ji'an Prefecture to monitor the entire cleaning process.

…

“Where is Bi Yun?”

Almost at the same time, a group of soldiers arrived at the government office of Shaoxing Prefecture.

The old Bi Yun came out to ask questions, and after receiving the official documents, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

“Great! Your good days are over!”