Liu Jichang is one of the 100 households in Shijiu, and he relied on his own uncle Yang Zhenglei to become a 100 household. In the past few years, he has also made a small fortune by relying on Yang Zhenglei, and has obtained more than 500 acres of land through various means to live a nourishing life, but now after his eldest brother is transferred, he has no support.

Deputy Qianhu Song Fuchen was responsible for pacifying the military and civilians, and an important means of pacification was to return the occupied land to the military households. The hundreds of households under his command are not qualified to follow the transfer, so they don't want to return the land under their name.

According to the Ming Dynasty's health system, each male household was allocated 25 pieces of land for cultivation, which required only a small amount of taxes and grain, while military households were exempt from all kinds of miscellaneous labor. However, when they arrived at the officers of the guards, miscellaneous servants were assigned to the heads of the military households, and even the officers at all levels even sent tenant farmers to their subordinate military households.

When the farming season is busy, these oppressed military households do the farm work of their bosses during the day, and can only do their own farm work at night. Under this oppression, it is even more difficult to guarantee the harvest of one's own land, and in the event of a disaster year, a family member is sick, etc., the family has no money to live on and can only sell the land to these officers, which is a means for officers at all levels to annex land.

Another method is to directly take the land in the name of the fugitive military household, which is the most convenient and direct, and does not even need to give a tael of silver. So sometimes they turn a blind eye to the escape of military households. He only needs someone to work for him, and he doesn't care if he escapes.

On this day, Qin Ming and Ding Guangjiu, two hundred households, gathered at Liu Jichang's house to discuss countermeasures.

Qin Ming was in a hurry, and he first said: "Liu Baihu, you are the eldest brother among the three of us, you can get an idea." What should we do? Is it refundable or not? ”

Liu Jichang thought for a long time before saying, "How to retreat?" Xu Qianhu asked me to refund the original price. Is there such a cheap good thing? They were willing to sell at the beginning, and I didn't force me to sell. Why refund the original price now! ”

"That is, this matter is not up to him alone. And what about the commander? Ding Guangjiu also said.

"You pull it, the commander can take care of our small 100 households?" Qin Ming laughed at himself.

"So what do you think we should do?" Ding Guangjiu asked rhetorically.

Qin Ming said viciously: "If you want me to say, let's find dozens of henchmen to make trouble, I don't believe that his surname Xu dares to do anything to us!" ”

Ding Guangjiu looked at Liu Jichang and said: "I think it's okay, he Xu Qianhu can be a stinky kid who hasn't dried up and can be a thousand households, and he will be angry when he looks at it!" Liu Baihu, you can say something! ”

Liu Jichang hesitated and said: "This is a mutiny, and to say that a mutiny is tantamount to rebellion." If that's what he can do with it......"

"What are you afraid of! That's the soldiers themselves, what's my business! Besides, he's a seventeen or eighteen kid, can he have this means? If it weren't for his generous gift, he would have been able to get this thousand households? Qin Ming said a little impatiently.

Liu Jichang hesitated for a long time, but finally agreed to Qin Ming's proposal. Then they conspired for a long time, and the two of them left together.

The next morning, Jiang Yuanqing hurriedly ran into Xu Detian's room and reported: "Xu Qianhu, there are fifty or sixty soldiers making trouble at the gate of the barracks!" ”

"What's going on?" Xu Detian hurriedly asked.

Jiang Yuanqing replied angrily: "It's not because of the retreat of the land, these people are Qin Ming, Ding Guangjiu and Liu Jichang's henchmen, each of them has dozens of acres of land under their names, let them retreat from the land, they will not retreat." It is estimated that it was instigated by these hundred households to put pressure on us. ”

Xu Detian didn't panic much when he heard the news, what He Zhiyuan said when he came last time, he already knew the bottom in his heart. Just because these soldiers want to make trouble, they are still a little tender. He was now figuring out how to get these people out, and before he could do anything, these people came to the door. Then he asked unhurriedly, "Do these people have weapons?" ”

"Not yet, just yelling at the barracks door." Jiang Yuanqing replied.

"Then ignore him and let them make trouble." Xu Detian replied indifferently.

Jiang Yuanqing asked puzzledly: "Just let them keep making trouble like this?" ”

"Yes, as long as you don't besiege this place with weapons, let them make trouble." Xu Detian said, thought for a while, and then said: "Go and investigate the details of these ruffians, whose subordinates they are." and the details of the three hundred households are also investigated clearly. ”

"Yes!" Jiang Yuanqing agreed and took the order.

In this way, these soldiers and ruffians made trouble for a long time, and they didn't even have anyone to take care of them, so they had to go back to the camp separately. In the evening, Qin Ming and Ding Guangjiu came to Liu Jichang's house again and began to discuss the next day's measures. Qin Ming said first: "Today, the surname Xu hasn't taken a step out of the thousands of households to sign the house all day, I think I'm afraid." ”

"I guess I've never seen this kind of scene, so I don't know what to do." Ding Guangjiu also gloated.

Liu Jichang saw that Xu Detian had no countermeasures all day, and he was also emboldened. said to the two of them: "If you want me to say that I will add more fire tomorrow, go to the door of the Thousand Households Mansion to make trouble, and let him come out and give an answer." ”

"That's right for Big Brother! Then he can't be a shrunken turtle anymore! Qin Ming said loudly, and the three of them laughed wildly in unison.

On the second day, these soldiers began to come to the door of the Thousand Households Mansion and began to make a loud noise, but they did not bring any weapons in their hands, they just made noise outside, asking the Thousand Households to give an answer.

Xu Detian commanded the soldiers: "Strengthen the vigilance, as long as they don't break in, they will make trouble!" ”

In the afternoon, these soldiers saw that Xu Qianhu still did not come out, and left on time again, just as punctual as commuting to work.

After these ruffians left, Jiang Yuanqing found Xu Detian and reported: "Xu Qianhu, these ruffians have all found out, all of them are nearby ruffians, hooligans, and second-rate people who don't have a good thing, and there are no bad things to fight and brawl in this vicinity, force to buy and sell, and bully men and women, and the instigators behind them are the three hundred households, and these three people are not a good thing, and the military households under their command are all forced to hang themselves, and the three of them have the most military households that have fled under their names." ”

Xu Detian nodded, asked Jiang Yuanqing to put down the investigation materials in his hand, and let him leave. After that, he instructed Empress Wei to invite Song Fuchen.

When He Zhiyuan was leaving, he once said to Xu Detian that he must not be soft on these soldiers, or if he didn't do it, he would seal his throat with an arrow and put the other party to death.

After Song Fuchen came over, Xu Detian said his thoughts, and then asked him to express his opinions. Song Fuchen thought for a while and said: "As the saying goes, righteousness does not accumulate wealth, and compassion does not lead soldiers. You can't be soft on these ruffians, since you want to get rid of them, then just get rid of them all! ”

"None left? It's a bit ruthless, isn't it? Xu Detian exclaimed, in his thoughts, he was ready to make an example of him, and it was enough to deter him, but he didn't expect Song Fuchen to be more ruthless than him.

Song Fuchen smiled and said: "My lord, since you know that they don't have a good thing, staying in the barracks in the future will also be a cancer, and there will be no harm but no benefit." If they dare to besiege this place with weapons tomorrow, it will be a rebellion, since it is a rebellion, what are they left to do? They are bullying you and me young, if we don't take advantage of this, it will be even more difficult to bring these soldiers in the future! ”

Xu Detian also knows the truth, but after all, he is too young and his heart is still too soft. He thought for a moment and then said, "Then what should we do with these three hundred households?" ”

Song Fuchen replied: "The crime of instigating and conniving according to the law is the same crime as the perpetrator, and it can also be beheaded!" When the time comes, depending on their attitude of confession, if their attitude is better, they can be spared from death if they have the intention of repenting, and they will be punished lightly. Eighty military sticks were beaten, and they were assigned to remote places. Since then, the atmosphere of the entire barracks has changed greatly, and the foundation for future conscription training has been laid. ”

Xu Detian remembered He Zhiyuan's entrustment, and made up his mind: "Just act according to your opinion, if they really besiege with weapons tomorrow, they will be killed!" ”

"Nope! Kill half tomorrow and leave half! Song Fuchen replied.

Xu Detian was puzzled and asked suspiciously: "Isn't it a non-stay?" Why did you change your mind again? ”

"Tomorrow, order the soldiers in advance, kill half of them, and then wound half of them, and then they can get the confessions of the three hundred households that they instigated and connived, so that they can be punished for the three of them!"

Xu Detian comprehended, and said with a smile: "It seems that I didn't choose you as my deputy at the beginning, you always think things so thoughtfully." ”

At the same time, Qin Ming, Ding Guangjiu, and Li Jichang decided that Xu Detian was already afraid, and as long as he added another fire, he would give in tomorrow. So they agreed to let these henchmen bring weapons and break into Xu Detian's office tomorrow until Xu Detian gave in.

The next day, after making trouble two days ago, these soldiers felt that Xu Qianhu was weak and would not do anything to them, so they listened to the instigation of their master, and really came to the office of Lord Qianhu with weapons, how did they know that the god of death had quietly approached them.

When these ruffians came to the office again, Jiang Yuanqing had already taken a soldier with a general banner to wait for him, and Jiang Yuanqing had already given an order that as long as Xu Qianhu waved his hand, they would start to fight back.

At first, the ruffians were making a lot of noise outside the door, brandishing their broadswords at the soldiers in front of the door and threatening them. Later, some boldly shouted directly: "Xu Detian, you come out to Lao Tzu and give us an answer." ”

After a while, Xu Detian walked through the gate under the protection of more than a dozen guards, these soldiers were shocked, they didn't expect that Lord Qianhu really came out this time.

"This thousand households are here, just say what you want!" Xu Detian stood on the steps of the gate and said to the soldiers in front of him.

"Xu Qianhu, as soon as you took office, you asked us to return the land, but after the land was returned, what did you let us eat? We have no way out, who will we go to if we don't look for you? A bold one said in the crowd.