Chapter 2315 Civil Servants Who Died for Their Country

After Huang Jian left, the fat man kept joking with the green men until the sun went down, and then he patted his butt and said he was going to find his old friend.

Chen San scolded: "You're so fat that you don't even have a ounce of meat, so why are you still looking for a lover? You should be suppressed! Otherwise, you won't be able to do anything!"

The fat man wasn't angry either, he just said proudly: "My sweetheart has a thin waist, but is strong. I can feel comfortable lying down, so you can be jealous, hahahaha!"

Half an hour later, the fat man walked to the back door of a compound. He turned around and looked behind him furtively.

"no one."

A man came from behind. He must have followed the fat man all the way here.

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief, and the man immediately opened the back door and the two of them went inside.

After seeing Fang Xing, the fat man expressed his merit and said: "Uncle Xinghe, I have been very scared these days. I am afraid that I will be killed by those green skins when I wake up at night."

But just after he finished speaking, he remembered the man behind him just now, who was clearly sent by Fang Xing to protect him.

"What's the news?"

Fang Xing felt that Chen Mo was now a bit green-skinned, and couldn't help but feel that he had entered the wrong place, not the Ministry of Rites, but the Jinyi Guards, where he could be successful as a spy.

Only then did Chen Mo realize that he was exposing his chest. He pulled the hem of his clothes haphazardly, and then said: "The gentry have been a little flustered recently, and most of them have accepted their fate. There are more than ten people calling friends all day long, with strangers coming and going. Frequently…”

This was what Fang Xing had expected. There were so many gentry in the south and they were so united.

Zhu Zhanji insisted on letting him fight back when he came back, just to use his evil spirit and reputation to suppress the situation. Otherwise, if someone took the risk, Xue Lu would not be able to suppress it.

That's why he went to Huang Huan's house to personally explain and cheer up the farmers. He wanted to set an example to the farmers in the south and tell them not to worry about these things and not to cling to the gentry for those small interests.

Interests, everything must be done with interests in the end!

Fang Xing was distracted, wondering whether the agricultural tax could be reduced in the future.

Unless agricultural taxes are monetized, food will become less valuable in the future, and the government will need to pay to maintain its value.

Under such a situation, it is actually better to reduce agricultural taxes, then vigorously support industry and commerce, and use commercial taxes to strengthen the Ming Dynasty. Then use the market to mobilize farmers' planting direction, not only to grow food, but also to choose to grow other cash crops according to the market.

Once industry and commerce develop, and the restrictions on household registration and road guidance are lifted, farmers can choose to do other things.

However, this matter was of great importance. Fang Xing just thought about it. In the future, important ministers from the DPRK and China would need to discuss it together, and the development of industry and commerce must be linked to the domestic and international situation, which was unpredictable at the moment.

"...that Huang Jian looks a bit yin, and his teacher Wang Yuan is also a yin, known as the Yin Master and the Yin Disciple..."

Fang Xing was startled and asked, "How are they doing recently?"

Chen Mo was really suitable for inquiring about information. He said without hesitation: "They seem to have fallen out. Huang Jian often comes to inquire about information. He seems to be paying attention to the coming and going of the army. Wang Yuan doesn't know, but he has many servants and friends at home, so the subordinates didn't pay attention." "

Fang Xing hummed and waved his hands expressionlessly. Chen Mo didn't know how he would handle it, so he had to retreat in frustration.

After he left, Wang He came in. As soon as he came in, he smiled and said, "That Huang Jian was kicked out of the car. He was really embarrassed."

Fang Xing's sources of information were not just Chen Mo, but people from Black Thorn, Jinyiwei and Dongchang. They all inquired separately. He just asked people to analyze various sources of information here.

Fang Xing hummed again, and then said: "The North used weapons. I thought that the South was timid and would be less troublesome. Who knew that the interests were at hand, and those gentry actually dared to rebel. It was true that people died for wealth, and birds died for food. "

Wang He said dissatisfied: "Those are taxes from the imperial court. They are really shameless. They keep saying they are loyal to the emperor and patriotic. What nonsense!"

Fang Xing said calmly: "Don't think about this, human nature is selfish, it's just the general trend.

Don’t forget that when the Ming Dynasty was first established, those literati were unwilling to serve as officials and were crying while holding the memorial tablet of Meng Yuan! "

Wang He said bitterly: "You really are a shameless person!"

"If you have breasts, you're just a mother."

Fang Xing saw these things clearly and knew that the general trend was at work, and those literati would naturally follow whoever offered them benefits. It was not that there were no loyal ministers, but they were relatively few.

This is human nature, and it is not based on whether you have read the books of sages or sages.

Wang He said with rare sadness: "We have worked so hard, but they only care about their own family..."

Frustrated by these words, Fang Xing stood up and said, "What do you think of those gentry today?"

Wang He said: "They are all famous gentry in Jinling. They dare to come to you to plead for mercy. This is extremely bold. They not only discuss the major matters decided by the court, but also dare to interfere. Uncle Xinghe, what are you doing today?" The hand is soft."

Fang Xing just smiled.

Later, the information from all parties will be summarized.

"Uncle, there have been fifty-three rebellions in the south, fifteen involving more than a thousand people. One of them attacked the county government. The garrison was caught off guard, and the county government... fell."

Fang Xing was reading the form, and when he heard the news, his cheeks trembled.

"The Magistrate of Anxiang County..."

"What's up with him?"

Fang Xing didn't know what he was thinking, but he was actually a little excited.

The clerk who reported the report was a little sad: "Uncle, Huo Yan, the magistrate of Anxiang County, died for his country..."

Several minor officials who came to report raised their heads with surprise in their eyes.

Fang Xing closed his eyes, frowned, and said: "How great is this hatred, how great is this hatred, did the Ming Dynasty dig up his ancestral graves? Or did the Ming Dynasty rob his family's land..."

The clerk who reported was a little sad, and said rashly: "My Lord, those are donated fields, they are digging into the corners of the Ming Dynasty, how can they be his family's land?"

Fang Xing said sadly: "This is martyrdom, I will report to Your Majesty for Lord Huo... But before that, where are those traitors?"

The clerk said: "They have been surrounded..."

"Lin Qunan!"

"My Lord!"

Fang Xing closed his eyes and said: "Those traitors deserve to die, you go to Anxiang County and wipe them out, but it is best if the main culprit is alive... In addition, try to find the remains of Magistrate Huo Yan."

"Died for the country?"

Lin Qunan was shocked, and a sense of shame arose spontaneously.

The duty of civil officials is to herd the people, while the responsibility of military officials is to protect the country and the people.

But now the civil officials who are herding the people have died for the country, where is the face of the military officials?

The anger was ignited instantly, Fang Xing noticed it, but did not interfere.

"No need to bring more people, a few hundred people are enough, one person and three horses, go back and forth as soon as possible, let those traitors regret being born in this world."

Fang Xing's statement escalated the incident.

"Go and ask about Lord Huo."

Fang Xing made the final explanation, and then the whole Jinling City was boiling.

Because a merchant had brought the news back long ago.

In Shenxianju, a merchant was slightly drunk, his eyes were red and said: "Lord Huo is really loyal and brave. He doesn't know martial arts, but he killed two traitors with a sword. After being captured... those traitors wanted him to surrender, but Lord Huo agreed. When those traitors gathered the people and accomplices and wanted to use Lord Huo to cheer them up, Lord Huo..."

There was silence all around, even the shopkeeper and clerk of Shenxianju were listening carefully.

The merchant choked up and said, "I saw it with my own eyes... Lord Huo righteously scolded those traitors, and those traitors were so angry that they stabbed his mouth with a red-hot iron rod... In the end..."

There was a sigh around, and a few people's eyes turned red.

"In the end, they asked people to hit Lord Huo with stones, and those who didn't hit him were killed. Lord Huo asked them to hit him, and said with a bloody head that as long as they surrendered in the end, the court would definitely not care..."