Chapter 115: The Yanzhou Incident - Begins
The next day, Yunxi left Xuzhou Mansion and arrived at the boundary of Shandong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Lao Zhu canonized two princes in Shandong, the King of Qi in Qingzhou and the King of Lu in Yanzhou. The previous generation of King Lu died early, and King Xiao Lu was not yet ten years old and studied in the capital, so now there is only King Qi in Shandong.
The prince of the fief of the prince is a must-see. Yun Xi left Xuzhou Mansion on July 27 and arrived at the boundary of Yanzhou. This is the first time that Yunxi has been out of Naoli in this world, and he has come to Shandong, which he has never been to before, so he is very excited. He also wanted to see the situation of the people in person, so he left the team behind and took dozens of guards to travel first.
Yanzhou was originally the only way from Zhili to Youyan area, and Lao Zhu moved the main city of Jining Road in the former Yuan Dynasty here, so it should be quite prosperous here, and the people should be relatively rich. However, from the morning of the 28th, Yun Xi entered the boundary of Ziyang County, Guo County, attached to Yanzhou Prefecture, and felt that something was wrong.
Yun Xi rode on a horse and ran on the official road, and saw that the farmers who were farming on both sides of the road were all full of vegetables. It's okay to say one or two, but the farmers on the roadside for dozens of miles are like this, which is too abnormal.
Qi Tai came to Yun Xi's side and said, "Your Highness has noticed the faces of the peasants on the side of the road?" Now the population of the Ming Dynasty is sparse, especially in Shandong, or in the early years of the Dynasty from the mountains to migrate people to come; His Majesty also encouraged the cultivation of wasteland, and the land deeds of the former Yuan were all invalidated, so there should not be so many tenants, why did the people have vegetables? ”
Yun Xi slowly let the horse move forward, and returned: "Gu has also noticed this. Then he turned his head to Chen Xing and said, "Your hometown is Shandong, do you still speak Shandong?" ”
Chen Xing said: "How could it not? ”
Yun Xi said: "Then you bring a few guards, say that you are a merchant from the south to the north, and inquire about the situation here." Be careful when you speak, so as not to be found out by them to be from the official family. Fortunately, you all changed into ordinary clothes made of cotton, and they were not conspicuous. ”
Chen Xing replied, "Yes, Your Highness." Then beckoning a few guards to leave, Qi Tai interrupted: "Your Highness, how can this ordinary merchant ride so many horses?" Leave one horse to carry the luggage and pack the goods, and let the other horses be led by the other guards. ”
Yun Xi said: "You are right, it is lonely and negligent. Chen Xing, leave the horse, and then everyone put together the luggage. Everyone did as they were told, and Chen Xing led a horse into the distance.
Then Yun Xi rode his horse into Yanzhou City. As soon as he entered Yanzhou City, he found that it was quite prosperous, Yun Xi dismounted, and divided the dozens of guards he brought with him into three waves, followed by only three guards Yang Feng, Mao Zhong, Zhao Fu and Qi Tai, Guo Zhen, Qin Song, and the other guards were two groups one after the other, and Yun Xi was about a mile away from them.
Yun Xi led the horse and watched the bustle on the side of the road along the way. The people in the city are quite well-off, and the market is quite lively, with all kinds of gadgets selling on the roadside of the market. Yunxi had never been to Shandong, so he felt fresh about everything and bought a lot of snacks and knick-knacks.
But as soon as he walked out of the market, Yun Xi's mood turned cloudy. Because he saw many elite men holding whips, whipping the people viciously, and said: "Let you give up the house yesterday, you are still living in the house today, do you not take the Lu Wangfu in your eyes!" ”
One of the people was whipped and knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Masters, it's okay." My family only has this one house, and the compensation is only a few dollars, if I move out of the house, where will we live for three generations? ”
A big man replied, "I don't care where you live!" Do you dare to listen to His Royal Highness King Lu's orders! Giving you a few pieces of money is already His Highness's grace, what do you want. As he spoke, he waved his hand to stop the others, looked around, and said loudly, "I'll be here first today." If you don't move out tomorrow, you'll smash everything you have. Then he took his own man and turned to leave.
At this time, Yun Xi stepped forward, and the three guards immediately followed. Yun Xi said: "Are you from the Lu Palace? ”
The man saw that Yun Xi and his party didn't look like ordinary people, so he didn't dare to move lightly, and replied: "How about being from King Lu's Mansion?" What if it's not from King Lu's Mansion? ”
Yun Xi said: "If it weren't for the people of King Lu's Mansion, then you would have lost your head if you falsely spread King Lu's order." ”
The man probably thought about it for a while and felt that even if he crossed the river, he wouldn't be able to control the affairs of Yanzhou, so he returned: "Who dares to punish our crimes!" You don't look like an ordinary person, but it's best not to meddle with it. "After that, he left.
The guards beside Yun Xi wanted to stop him, but Yun Xi stopped him. The guard said: "Palace, young master, His Royal Highness King Lu is still in the capital, they must be talking nonsense, why don't they show their identities to punish their crimes?" ”
Yun Xi said: "What you see now may not be the whole truth. Then he turned his head and said, "Go and lift them up." And personally picked up an old man who looked to be in his sixties.
The old man looked quite reserved, and when he was helped up, he thanked him repeatedly. Yun Xi said: "Uncle, what the hell is going on? Is His Royal Highness King Lu going to forcibly occupy your house and land? ”
But the old man only thanked him again and again, but did not answer.
Yun Xi thought about it, helped the old man to sit on the curb on the side, and said: "Don't hide it from the uncle, I am the commander of the Kaiping Zhongtun Guard, surnamed Sun, I went to the capital to study martial arts two years ago, and I returned to my hometown this year to fill the vacancy." ”
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun also knows me today, you tell me the matter clearly, and I will talk to Your Highness, maybe your house and land will not be taken away." At the same time, Yun Xi used the native dialect of his previous life that he hadn't spoken for many years.
The old man's eldest son happened to come over to help his father, and when he heard Yun Xi's words, he said, "Are you really the person from Kaipingwei?" This man even used the dialect of that generation!
Yun Xi aggravated the dialect flavor in his words and said, "Why not." ”
The man was pleasantly surprised and said, "Our hometown is also over there." We were originally from Wang Xie Zhuang of Liangjiatun Township, and our surname was Xie. It's really a fellow countryman seeing a fellow countryman, with tears in his eyes. It would be great if you could really talk to Kyozato. But immediately he gloomy again and said: "But even if you are willing to do it for us, little brother, but the imperial grandson is far away in the capital, and when the will of His Royal Highness the imperial grandson reaches Yanzhou, the daylilies will be cold." ”
Yun Xi smiled and said, "Don't you know that His Highness is now patrolling in the north, and now he is in Shandong, and it won't take a few days." ”
The old man's eyes widened and he said, "Indeed! ”
Yun Xi said without hesitation: "How is it untrue." ”
The old man hurriedly called all the nearby residents over and spoke to them in Shandong, but Yun Xi didn't understand much, but those people listened to the old man's words and looked at Yun Xi with surprise eyes.
Then the old man of the Xie family came over with a person and said, "Sun Gongzi, this person is the one among us who can speak clearly and speak official language, let him talk to you." ”
The man knelt down and kowtowed, and then said, "If Gongzi can help us keep our house, our whole family will worship Gongzi and burn incense and worship Buddha for Gongzi." ”
Yun Xi said: "There is no need to do this, and it doesn't cost me anything, I won't live under King Lu in the future." ”
The man kowtowed again, then got up and said, "We are the residents here, and we have been living here since we got the title deed and house deed from the county government in the second year of Hongwu. Who would have thought that on the tenth day of the first month of this month, a group of people came, saying that it was from King Lu's mansion, saying that King Lu had taken a fancy to our place and wanted to build a palace courtyard and let us all move out. ”
"How dare we, the little people, fight with the prince, so we can only agree to move out. But the gang only gave a few times per family. That's enough for what! Now the houses in Yanzhou City, which one must not be more than thirty! ”
"Half of our people's family savings have been used to repair houses, and our houses are gone, so how can we live!" As he spoke, he began to cry.
Yun Xi hurriedly reassured him and asked, "Are these people really from King Lu's Mansion?" ”
One of the people next to him replied: "Why not! They have done evil for King Lu in this Yanzhou city several times; I've seen their leader drinking with the commander of King Lu's three guards and the family of the commander. ”
Yun Xi said: "But I know that His Royal Highness King Lu is in the capital, not in Yanzhou." ”
Another person said: "We also know that His Royal Highness King Lu is not in Yanzhou, although we are ordinary people, but we still know this." But they have done evil in the past few years, and they all said that His Royal Highness King Lu will come to Yanzhou in two years, and they have to prepare for His Royal Highness King Lu in advance. They also said that although His Royal Highness King Lu had never been to Yanzhou, the governor of the palace had come to Yanzhou and praised them for doing a good job. ”
Yun Xi asked again: "Have you ever gone to the government and county government in Yanzhou to complain?" ”
Old man Xie said: "Oh, why haven't you sued; But the county and the government said they couldn't control it. ”
Yun Xi asked a few more detailed questions, and then wrote a statement in front of them, promising to send it to His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, and left in gratitude to these people.
Then Yun Xi was not in the mood to go shopping anymore, and saw that it was getting late, so he hurriedly went out of the city to the post station outside the city. The dozens of them all live in the city, which will definitely attract the attention of those who care, so he plans to live in the post house.
When Yun Xi was still in the capital, he had already prepared a large number of forged military identity certificates in the Youyan, Sanqin, and Huguang regions. However, these things are all the official seals of the Zuo Governor, who is in charge of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and the commanders of the corresponding regions, so even if they are forged by Yunxi, they are also true.
Yunxi and these people all said that they were going to the capital on business, and then they happened to go back to their hometown together, so they got together to go back; Because the person played by Yun Xi has the highest status, they all flock to him. Although there are still loopholes in this set of rhetoric, it is still reasonable. (To be continued.) )