Chapter 547: The Birthplace of Land Reform

Even if the head of the house has been tied up, because of the great power accumulated over the years and the fear of the common people for the bureaucracy, the people still dare not have the slightest disrespect for the head of the house tied to the middle of the stage.

The head of the house has been in charge of the place for many years, and I don't know how many disobedient tenants and ordinary people have been killed, and the prestige he has accumulated is much deeper than that of the emperor who is far away in the sky.

Some ordinary people don't dare to look directly at the case of the household, let alone scold the officials and gentry for bullying them for so many years, and treat them like animals.

When the common people came, they all picked up some lumps of dirt in their hands, but they didn't dare to really smash the house with stones.

On the way here, they swore that they would definitely dare to throw the lumps out, but when they really faced the case of the house, it became a different situation.

This kind of thing still needs a leading people, as long as one of the people is the first bird, there will be a second, third, and fourth people to stand up.

Coupled with the psychology of not being held accountable for the crime, all the common people will criticize this official gentry who has oppressed them for many years and expose the viciousness of the official gentry.

The old man of the cigarette pouch has already taken the lead once, he has not read any books and does not know a word, but he has lived so much and understands a lot of truths.

As long as he follows the arrangements of these officials, the more he talks about his inner thoughts, and how the officials and gentry oppress them and the common people, his grandson will be more taken care of in the guard in the future.

The old man is already so old, he can live every day, as long as he can earn more care for his grandson, even if he kills the head of the house, he will not hesitate to rush over with a knife.

The old man with a cigarette pouch walked out of the crowd, holding a lump of dirt in his hand, walked to the stage and appealed: "A few years ago, there was a big drought in our Miyun County. ”

"The grain harvested from the fields at the little old man's house is not more than a bucket, and he is about to starve to death, and this donkey thing actually needs to increase the rent."

Speaking of this, the old man with the cigarette pouch couldn't help but shed tears, and looked at the head of the household with great hatred: "As a result, the little old man has a family of seven or eight, and the little old man and his grandson survived." ”

"The rest of the family is starving to death because of him!"

When these words fell, the people sitting under the stage all shed tears of empathy, their situation was no better than that of the old man with a cigarette bag, and the eyes that looked at the stage were all full of anger and hatred.

If the rent is not raised, their families will survive a lot, and if the rent is reduced by the imperial decree, their families will hardly die.

After all, with the fertility of the land in Lianghe Village, the fields near the river can barely harvest a lot of grain, and dig up some roots and wild vegetables, which is enough to feed the whole family.

The head of the household knelt on the stage with his hands tied, moved his sore legs, and did not feel that there was anything wrong when he heard the old man's complaints.

Hoarding is a common method used by bureaucrats and gentry, and it is also a practice that has been passed down from generation to generation.

In good years, the price of grain was lowered, and cheap grain was collected from the common people and hoarded.

When the drought and locust plague have failed, the grain price will be raised and the hoarded grain will be sold at a high price.

The amount of money that can be earned in such a round trip is not something that the common people can imagine, and as for how many people will die, the bureaucratic squire will not care at all.

As long as they have land in their hands and control the land, there will always be people who will be used as cattle and horses for them.

The taxation of the imperial court depends on the bureaucratic gentry, because most of the people are in the hands of the official gentry, and the court has to be subject to the constraints of the bureaucratic gentry.

In the eyes of the industrialists, what a crime this kind of behavior is, and they simply do not treat the common people as human beings, but simply act like animals.

The bureaucrats and gentry have reached the point of ignoring the lives of the common people for the sake of silver, in order to earn money that cannot be used up at all.

Zhu Shun looked at the also angry prince Zhu Cihong, and said softly: "This is the essence of capital, the common people are just tools they use to produce money, and they can give up these tools at any time for the sake of profit." ”

"Only the industrialists who regard Mao Yi as their faith will put the lives of the people first, instead of being superior to others because they have two money, and feel that they are higher creatures."

The crown prince Zhu Cihong nodded heavily, he had a deep understanding of Mr.'s words, and he had seen it more than once.

When the national crisis was at hand, the industrial faction that believed in Mao's ideas did not hesitate to risk the danger of ruin, but also spent all their money to raise food for the Ming army that lacked food.

What are the bureaucratic squires doing?

resold military rations, and said in the court that it was useless to raise the border army, so it was better to run a literary society.

It was precisely because the crown prince Zhu Cihong saw through the essence of the bureaucratic squire, saw that the industrial faction was dedicated to the country, and also wanted the people of the Ming Dynasty to live a good life, so he became one of the leaders of the industrial revolution regardless of it.

Even at the risk of losing the throne.

The saying that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, which is vividly embodied in these bureaucrats and gentry who are in charge of the house.

After the old man with the cigarette bag cried and complained about the crimes committed by the head of the house, the lump in his hand smashed directly on the face of the head of the house, shouted to return my son's life, and rushed over like a madman.

While howling and crying, he beat the head of the house.

"Shoot him!"

At this time, I don't know who shouted, and it was very loud and hysterical in front of the empty Guan Gong Temple.

"Shoot him!"

"Shoot him!"

Bursts of angry roars soon sounded in front of the Guan Gong Temple, and the angry people all rushed to the stage and frantically beat the head of the household tied to the middle of the stage.

Zhu Shun and Prince Zhu Cilang looked at the people who were completely crazy, and felt like a pile of dry firewood that had been worked for many years, and was finally ignited by a fire.

If other magnates saw this scene and saw the people who had gone completely crazy, they would definitely frown and say a word about the chaotic people.

It is better to call in a large number of officers and soldiers as quickly as possible, carry out bloody suppression of the common people, and kill them all.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong is the most powerful man in the world, except for his father Chongzhen, there is no one more powerful than him, but he is such the most powerful man in the world.

Not only did he not have the slightest intention of suppressing the people, but his face was swollen with excitement, and he tried to suppress his inner emotions and said: "Sir, we have succeeded." ”

Zhu Shun smiled, laughed extremely happily, and whispered.

"A spark can start a prairie fire."