Chapter 117: Turmoil in Zhejiang
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On July 15, Su Youzhi, the new political envoy of Zhejiang, arrived in Hangzhou by boat with his entourage, escorts, and honor guards.
Su Youzhi got off the canal not long ago, and before he entered the city, he was surrounded by thousands of people.
The guards quickly protected Su Youzhi in the middle, separating the people who kept pouring in.
With the help of his entourage, Su Yuzhi stood on the frame, and after scanning the crowd around him, he instantly understood in his heart that this was a 'meeting gift' arranged for him.
He shouted in a deep voice: "You guys be quiet, you all be quiet, this official has something to say!" β
After the crowd was a little quieter, Su Youzhi continued to shout: "This official is the newly appointed political envoy of the imperial court, if you have something, you can go to the yamen, come to find the official, this official will wait for you in the yamen, now everyone get out of the way first, and when the official enters the city, he will meet you immediately!" β
The people who heard this shouted one after another, but because of the noisy voices, Su Youzhi couldn't hear what they were talking about.
Seeing that the people were not dispersed, Su Youzhi immediately shouted: "You are shouting like this, the official can't hear anything, you discuss it and send a few people to talk to the official." β
One of the people shouted loudly and squeezed forward.
Seeing this, Su Youzhi asked the guards to let him in: "You calm down first, and after the official asks you about your intentions, he will make the decision for you." β
Then, with the support of his entourage, he slowly got off the frame and slowly got down.
The person who came immediately knelt on the ground and begged: "The villain Zhang Dahai is the people of Chun'an County, the villains are gathered here to ask the adults not to take our fields, the food is not enough to eat, if there is no field, the villains will really not be able to live!" β
Su Youzhi's face changed when he heard this, and he asked in a deep voice, "Who said that he was going to take your field?" β
"It's all said that more than a month ago, the villains spread here, saying that the emperor was going to harvest our fields, and they were going to change it to mulberry fields, and last month they also said that at the end of June, they would harvest the villains' fields, and the villains were worried that there would be no food this year, and they had already harvested rice, and they had also planted rice seedlings." Zhang Dahai hurriedly replied, and his heart was even more painful, because the harvest was more than half a month early, which led to a sharp decrease in this year's harvest, and even half of the previous year's harvest was not even available.
In mid-June, rumors spread among the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that the imperial court was going to change the rice fields into mulberry fields, but the government not only did not stand up to refute the rumors, but instead made appointments with many gentry.
Later, rumours worsened that the gentry had prepared money to buy the rice fields, and that they would begin harvesting their fields at the end of June.
The people were terrified about this, and the rice would be fully ripe in July, and if it started at the end of June, they would have no harvest this year, and later, under the proposal and organization of some people, the rice farmers harvested at the end of June, and then rushed to plant rice seedlings.
At the same time, the villages organized people to go to the county government to petition and express their willingness to sell their land and become mulberry households.
"What a bold man!" When Su Youzhi heard this, he immediately said angrily.
Zhang Dahai saw that Su Youzhi was angry, and he kept kowtowing and said: "The villains can't help it, everyone was afraid at that time..."
Seeing this, Su Youzhi hurriedly restrained his anger, helped him up and said: "The official is not saying that you, the emperor is compassionate and compassionate, and pities you for not having a good life. β
"It's just that the official didn't expect that they would secretly release rumors to deceive you, and even sabotage the national policy and slander the emperor, which is simply unpunishable."
Su Youzhi realized the seriousness of the problem at this moment, the current situation is not aimed at him, but to incite public opinion and resist the emperor's order, now that the people have planted rice seedlings, he can't destroy the seedlings and change the mulberry.
Thinking of this, he explained: "The national policy set by the emperor is to change the mulberry field, but he will not force you to sell the land. β
After Zhang Dahai heard this, his expression not only did not improve, but his sadness became stronger: "Adult, if you change the mulberry field, the villains will not be able to live." β
Su Youzhi frowned, and said extremely puzzled: "As far as this official knows, the income of the mulberry field is more than twice that of the rice field, how can you not survive?" β
Zhang Dahai said with a bitter face: "The adult is the eldest lord from Beijing, I don't know the local situation of the villain, the villain's father-in-law's family is a mulberry household, and the income all year round is not as much as the villain planting rice!" β
"How so?" Su Youzhi frowned.
Zhang Dahai said busily: "The silk produced by those old men was collected at a low price, and there were some small workshops to collect silk in the early years, but now the small workshops are gone, they are all big workshops, if they are not sold to them, they can't be sold, even if they weave themselves, they can't sell it." β
Nowadays, the small workshops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been squeezed down, and the rest are the local gentry and businessmen, organized by large workshops, they are large mulberry growers, and a unified chamber of commerce has been established, for ordinary mulberry farmers, joint price reduction.
Su Youzhi nodded, knowing a little about Sang Nong's situation, and then asked: "How did you gather here, do you know that this official is the Qincha, and he collided with the Qincha guards, which is equivalent to rebellion." β
Zhang Dahai hurriedly kowtowed and said: "My lord's forgiveness, the villains don't know the official position of the adult, but someone told us that the adult was sent by the emperor to collect our fields, and said that the adult will pass by here, let us wait for the adult here." β
They originally went to the county government to petition, but the county lord asked them to go to the governor's yamen to petition, and the governor's yamen said that the people from Beijing were responsible for this matter, and told them the time of the people from the capital and the places they were going to pass.
"Get up, the official already knows your intentions, and the official will not pursue this matter!" Su Youzhi reassured, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, full of worries about what happened next, the emperor wants to move Zhejiang, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.
He climbed onto the frame again, wanting to appease the people in front of him first: "Your intentions, this official already knows, this official can tell you, you are all ......"
As soon as Su Youzhi said this, he was hit on the head by a sudden brick, and he immediately fell from the frame.
The entourage immediately panicked and hurriedly checked on Su Youzhi's condition, while the guards drew their sabers and looked at the crowd vigilantly.
At this moment, there was also chaos in the crowd, hundreds of people wrapped around the crowd, constantly squeezing forward, some of them turned their heads that had been prepared for a long time, and kept throwing them at the guards, and some people rushed towards the guards with sticks, and clashed with the guards, and the scene suddenly got out of control.
For the sake of Su Youzhi's safety, the guards didn't care about anything else, and desperately fought their way out to escort Su Youzhi back to the ship.
On the night of the bloody clashes, the prefect of Hangzhou wantonly arrested the people present at the scene on the grounds of assassinating Qin Cha and rebelling and making trouble.
Second, some people were directly beheaded on charges of rebellion.
Arrest warrants were also issued for those who fled and hidden.
The group of people who originally attacked Su Youzhi organized again, coerced the desperate people, and caused chaos in various places.
On July 20, what happened in Zhejiang was rushed to the capital with 800 miles, which made the court, which had just been calm for a long time, suddenly boil.
After Xu Chengjing resigned, he did not return to his hometown in Zhejiang, and when he heard the news from Zhejiang, he secretly lamented in his heart, and knew that there was no way out in Zhejiang, and he could only go all the way to the end.
Originally, their plan was just to release some false news, so that the people could harvest in advance, and the rice seedlings had been planted, if the emperor insisted on changing the mulberry, he would lose the support of the people, and he was in the court, promoting the change of rice to mulberry, and changing it to Huguang or Sichuan to implement, plus the support of the emperor, the matter was not difficult to solve.
But I didn't expect the emperor to pit him, he stabbed Zhejiang again in order to protect himself, and now the DPRK has no help, they can only make this matter bigger, and use public opinion to resist the emperor's order.
Zicheng, Wenhua, and Emperor Yuanyong summoned Guo Si, Feng Yanji, and Li Qian.
"Let's discuss it, how should this matter be resolved?" Emperor Yuan Yong asked in a deep voice, he had already mastered the affairs of Zhejiang, and let them make trouble, just to completely solve the problems in Zhejiang.
"Back to the emperor, the minister feels that the national policy should be suspended first, and then this matter will be done after the situation in Zhejiang is stabilized." Guo Si muttered, "In addition, Master Su has been injured, and it may be difficult to take charge of this matter, so we should send a messenger to stabilize the situation as soon as possible." β
"The minister agrees with what Lord Guo said, and now the situation in Zhejiang is unclear, and the situation should be stabilized first." Li Qian said.
Feng Yanji said with an ugly expression: "Your Majesty, the household department has already signed an order with Qian Xiangguo, if it can't be promoted, I'm afraid the consequences will be even more serious." β
Emperor Yuanyong muttered: "Do you have a candidate in your heart? β
"The situation in Zhejiang is unclear, and the minister thinks that it is better for the Qin Messenger to be bright and dark, and Yuan Ying, a cabinet scholar, should be able to take on this important task!" Guo Si proposed.
"The minister proposes that the household department Zuo Shangshu Qi Zhe!" Feng Yanji said, and did not mention the candidate for the secret investigation.
Li Qian glanced at Feng Yanji and recommended Qi Zhe.
"That being the case, he ordered Qi Zhe to go to Zhejiang immediately, and in addition, he was relieved of Zuo Yi as the governor of Zhejiang, escorted to Beijing, and transferred Lu Jun, the governor of Fengyang, to be the governor of Zhejiang." Emperor Yuanyong said in a deep voice.
On his way home from Hanlin Academy, Lu Jing was suddenly stopped by a person.
After Chen Ji and Wu Ze hurriedly protected Lu Jing, they looked at this person vigilantly.
"Champion Lang, please follow me down, my master wants to see you!"
After Lu Jing heard this, he immediately asked Chen Ji and Wu Ze not to be nervous, since this person knew his share, and he was dressed as a guard, his master should be extraordinary.
Lu Jing and the three followed this person all the way to a theater.
Walking to the door, Chen Ji and Wu Ze were stopped by the guards outside the door, and after Lu Jing nodded to the two, he immediately wanted to enter the West Garden.
Seeing that it was Queen Zhongshun, Lu Jing hurriedly bowed and said, "Weichen greets the prince!" β
"Excuse me!" Loyal to the king's way, he immediately let the guards stand guard outside the door.
"I didn't expect to be a small move, but I actually won the champion!"
"Xing is thanks to the blessing of the prince, and Weichen was able to get lucky to win the champion!" Lu Jing said.
King Zhongshun smiled: "Hehe, this king doesn't talk nonsense with you, it was the emperor who asked me to find you." β
Lu Jing's eyes froze when he heard this, and he quietly waited for King Zhongshun's next words.
"I heard that you came up with the idea of weaving financing?" King Chungshun asked.
Lu Jing nodded and replied, "Exactly!" β
"Hehe, you will make trouble for yourself, presumably Zhejiang, you have also heard about it, the emperor ordered you to go to Zhejiang to solve the problem of raw silk!" King Zhongshun smiled, "Well, when will it be resolved, and when will it be back to Beijing." β
Lu Jing was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect the emperor to let him go to Zhejiang, he also heard about Zhejiang, he thought it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.
"What is Wechen's share?" Lu Jing asked after reining in his thoughts.
"Here's for you!" King Zhongshun threw the waist card of the general political envoy to Lu Jing, "Someone will inform you when the time comes." β
After King Zhongshun finished speaking, he waved his hand to let Lu Jing retreat, and when Lu Jing walked to the door, he said: "This king reminds you that your task is the Weaving Bureau, and the affairs of Zhejiang have nothing to do with you, and you can handle it yourself at the Hanlin Academy." β
Lu Jing turned to the king of Zhongshun and bowed again, then pushed the door and left.
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