Qin Laohan, who suddenly became an official, directly took the Huai'an prefect, not only that, but even the small officials below were arrested dozens of people, which was equivalent to emptying the prefect's yamen at once.

Such a handiwork can only be seen in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang.

How did this old rural man surnamed Qin come from so much courage? How could His Majesty be so trusting? Don't be this dragon and tiger with an extraordinary background and hidden in the people, right?

For a while, all kinds of gossip were all over the sky, and some people came over to complain to Qin Laohan and ask him to call the shots for the people.

There are also people who handed over the form written in blood, pinning all their hopes on Qin Laohan.

But all this made Qin Laohan so worried that he couldn't even sleep...... To tell the truth, he had just become an official, and out of righteous indignation, he ran to Huai'an Mansion with the people and took down Zeng Hong and others.

But then again, the officials protect each other, can he bring down this prefect?

And even if he does, what happens next?

There are so many immortals, how far can the support of the Son of Heaven go?

What will happen to you?

The little old man was really worried.

Three days ago, his dream was to be able to eat boiled broad beans all at once, but now it can decide the life and death of a local parent official, and the gap between them is fascinating and even more terrifying!

What should I do?

……

"Qin Benchang!"

The old man hurriedly raised his head and recognized at a glance that the other party was the young man who had come with the Son of Heaven last time, and he already knew who this was, so he hurriedly bowed down.

"Wang Shaobao, the officials are polite!"

Wang Yue smiled, sat down casually, and then threw him a small food box, "Take a look!" ”

The old man hurriedly opened it, and there was a plate of boiled broad beans inside.

"This is what Your Majesty asked me to send over, with five spices, how do you taste better than your home?"

The old man didn't care about the heat, grabbed it and hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth, and nodded vigorously, "It's delicious, it's so delicious!" ”

"Hahaha!"

Wang Yue laughed, "You, if you become an official, you will not be honest." I'm afraid that this kung fu is a delicacy of the mountains and seas, and it can't be tasted, right? ”

A sentence poked Qin Laohan's sore spot, he sat down dejectedly, and sighed helplessly: "My lord, to be honest, I still think it's a dream!" ”

Wang Yue bowed his head and said very understandingly: "I know, so I came over, and I have something to say to you...... During the Hongwu period, there were more than 80,000 households in Huai'an, with a population of more than 600,000. By the time of the Hongzhi period, there were 27,000 households, and the population had plummeted to more than 200,000...... You are here, can you tell me what disaster has befallen Huai'an? ”

Qin Laohan smiled bitterly again and again, "My lord, Huai'an is next to the Huai River, although it is not as good as Jiangnan, but it is also a good place, the land of fish and rice, and the salt field Caoyun, why is there no one?" There are more than 20,000 households, which is the number of people in a county. ”

Wang Yue smiled and nodded, "That's right, Huai'an Mansion commands two states and nine counties, and according to common sense, the population is at least one or two million, and the number mastered by the imperial court is only one-tenth!" If you were a member of the family, what would you do? ”

Qin Laohan lowered his head and thought for a long time before he said slowly: "Is this the intention of the imperial court to clear the acres of fields?" ”

Wang Yue smiled and nodded, "You know too?" ”

"How don't you know?" Qin Laohan said: "I heard that in order to clear the Zhang, the descendants of the Confucian saints were taken away in Shandong, which is really a big deal!" ”

Wang Yue smiled reservedly, all without saying a word.

Qin Laohan thought for a moment before he sighed: "Shandong can clear Zhang, but Huai'an is not easy!" ”

"Why?"

"This ...... Do adults know Fengyang? ”

Wang Yue said with a smile: "That's where my ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty is located, and it's the central capital, how can you not know!" ”

Qin Laohan nodded, "My lord, when I went out a few years ago, I heard that the imperial court degraded many officials to come to Zhongdu?" ”

Wang Yue nodded again, "Not only that, but there are also some old eunuchs, some convicted clans, and some wealthy families...... After all, the pattern of Zhongdu was big enough to settle down. ”

Wang Yue didn't tell a lie, when it came to the level of urban construction, Fengyang, which was unknown in later generations, was placed in the top three in the Ming Dynasty. I can rank in front of the back of the north and south two capitals.

This is not surprising, because at the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang hoped to set the capital of his hometown Fengyang, although he gave up halfway, but left Fengyang with a forty-five mile city.

The central axis layout of the inside, the inner city and the outer city ...... All of them have been inherited by the two capitals of the north and south.

It can be said that Fengyang is the draft of the construction of the capital city of the Ming Dynasty.

During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he continued to move to Fengyang to live in Haoqiang, and some of the children of the clan would also live in Fengyang, such as Zhu Di, who had lived in Fengyang for two years before he became a vassal and understood the people's suffering.

Later, there were also officials who were demoted to Fengyang, and some clans were sent to Fengyang to live in seclusion, in the past few decades, although there were fewer such things, but there were many big eunuchs who were sent over.

Although they failed in the DPRK, they still had some influence at the local level.

"Are you saying that there are a lot of fields in Huai'an Mansion, all of which were annexed by Fengyang?"

Qin Laohan groaned: "I don't dare to say this, there are people who do things under the banner, and there are also people." ”

Wang Yue frowned slightly and nodded.

"Speaking of which, you may also understand His Majesty's intentions. Cleaning up the local officials and rectifying the rule of the officials, in the final analysis, is still for the sake of equalizing the land and allocating the land, which is not only to enrich the income of the imperial court, but also to reduce the burden of the people. You do things for officials, as long as you don't violate this, no one can touch you! Conversely, if you are confused, no one will be able to save you. ”

Qin Benchang took a deep breath, although he was born poor and didn't read much, but after decades of mixing, his eyes didn't rub sand.

There are some things that you don't need to say, you have to realize for yourself.

Wang Yue can point it out, it is a great favor to him!

"Your Excellency!"

Qin Laohan got up, respectfully and respectfully, and knelt in front of Wang Yue.

"The lower officials are ordinary people, and the poor are the only ones...... In the past I had nothing but poverty. Now I can still make decisions for the people, I can do some good deeds, and I have died without regrets. As for money or anything, I don't even care, please rest assured! ”

Wang Yue nodded and pointed to the plate of broad beans, "This is from His Majesty, let's eat it!" It's good to do things after eating! ”

Qin Benchang nodded hurriedly, grabbed the broad beans, and kept stuffing them into his mouth, his shriveled cheeks were swollen like hamsters, the plate was not big, and he quickly finished eating.

At this time, Qin Benchang was shocked to realize that the middle of this plate was actually golden!

To be precise, this is a gold plate with an extra circle of ceramics on the outside...... Qin Benchang picked it up and touched it slightly, the porcelain ring outside fell off, and only a gold plate a little bigger than a fist remained, which was very overwhelming!

Wang Yue didn't know when, he had already left, Qin Benchang pinched the gold plate, knelt down on his knees, and old tears flowed.

"Your Majesty, how can the grass people be virtuous! It deserves such a favor from Your Majesty! ”

With the gold plate in hand, Qin Laohan didn't want anything else.

Lord Wang has made it clear that these hateful things not only oppress the people, but also deceive the court.

He thought about it and made up his mind.

The time has reached the third watch, but he doesn't want to rest at all.

"Ascension!"

Now it's hard for those officials, your old man has done farm work all his life, and he is in good health, so he doesn't care about this. We can't!

The officials were full of breath and extremely tired.

They don't think that a village man can play any tricks, so they are interested.

Soon Zeng Hong was escorted up, and the prefect never imagined that in just a few days, he would be ruled by an old farmer, sitting in his former position, and interrogating him!

How ridiculous!

"I am an official of Kejia Zhengtu, and I have not been convicted, please treat me as a regent!"

Zeng Hong puffed out his chest, trying to make himself look menacing.

Qin Benchang smiled, "Zeng Hong, don't worry, I will not only treat you according to the courtesy of the leather, but I will also greet you according to the big edict!" ”

"Huh?"

Zeng Hong was stupid and exclaimed: "Then, that was from the time of Taizu, and it has already been changed now, you, you can't come nonsense!" ”

"Really?" Qin Benchang grabbed the few beards and said with a smile: "Why do I think it's good!" Sixty taels will be peeled! See how many layers you can peel! Come on, go find two high-tech cobblers to serve! ”

When the officials heard this, they immediately stopped sleepy, and their eyes lit up...... Does this farmer have such guts?