Chapter 669: Borrowing People's Power (Part II)
After listening to Lan Ziyi's bitter explanation, the people kneeling on the ground were finally a little moved, and someone in the crowd asked:
"Then what does Master Hou think we should do?"
Lan Ziyi saw that he finally moved the people, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face, someone asked for Lan Ziyi's words to lead to the following, Lan Ziyi couldn't ask for it, just listened to Lan Ziyi's words:
"Of course there is a way, that is, not to repay the debts of the Ji family."
The people below were stunned when they heard this, and then they exploded, everyone complained about their grievances, and some people wanted to stand up and pounce in front of Lan Ziyi to reason, but fortunately, Tao Zhuhu and Tao Zhulu were protected in front of Lan Ziyi, and the people were afraid of the strong Tao brothers and did not dare to step forward.
Although the people talked a lot, there was only one meaning, that is, the Ji family refused to reduce their debts.
When the people complained, Lan Ziyi stood on the table and calmly looked down at the people at his feet, until the people said that they were tired and their voices became smaller, Lan Ziyi cleared his throat and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't want you to ask the Ji family to relax the debt period, nor do I want you to kneel down and beg him to reduce your debt, I want you to refuse to pay the debt you owe him."
The people finally understood this time, and some people timidly tried to say:
"Wei Hou wants us to resist donations?"
Lan Ziyi said:
"He Ji Tanyun is only a landlord, not an official, you only owe him debts, and not taxes owed to the imperial court, how can you say that you can resist donations?"
When the people on their knees heard this, they all gasped, and they said:
"It is natural to repay debts, and besides, Master Ji is benevolent and righteous, and has postponed the money we should repay in the summer to the autumn. Now that Wei Hou has asked us to fight together, we are really ungrateful. ”
Lan Ziyi's heart was furious when he heard this, he didn't wait for the people to shut up this time, and when the people were still talking, Lan Ziyi burst out and broke everyone. Lan Ziyi said:
"You are sheep, the Ji family is a wolf, the wolf wants to eat your meat, change the summer to the autumn to eat, you say that the wolf is benevolent, that you are ungrateful, do you have water in your head?"
Lan Ziyi dared to be so angry in front of hundreds of people, when had these rural peasants ever seen such a powerful person, they couldn't help but shut their mouths.
Lan Ziyi glared angrily, swept the crowd at his feet and continued:
"For the rich, not for the benevolent, for the thief. This year, the world was hit by disasters, floods in the south and drought in the north, and the rich lands in Jiangdong were greatly affected, that Ji Tanyun, as a country gentry, did not open a porridge factory at this time to help the hungry, but took the opportunity to lend money to you, and he lent money, but it was still a usury, in the end, you borrowed a few catties of grain from him, and in less than a year you had to put all your fields into it, how can there be such a reason in the world? ”
Lan Ziyi said generously, and the people listened attentively, these farmers are all in the countryside, when have they heard this truth? In addition, Lan Ziyi's voice was violent, and the people's hearts trembled unconsciously, so they were soon bluffed by Lan Ziyi, and spontaneously and quietly knelt on the ground to listen to Lan Ziyi's speech.
Lan Ziyi said again:
"You were born in Si, grew up in Si, and have been working hard in this land for generations, this is everyone's land, this is everyone's home, how can the Ji family be virtuous, just rely on their own money, speculate once, and take your land away from your hands while the fire is robbing, if this kind of person is called benevolence and righteousness, then there will be no shameless people in the world!"
Although the people felt that what Lan Ziyi said was reasonable, they still resisted in their hearts, and some people said:
"But Master Hou, it is natural to repay debts, and we don't pay back because we don't pay back."
Lan Ziyi said angrily:
"You fools, the sword is on your neck, and you are still here to care about what you have and what you don't. You say that it is unreasonable not to repay the debt, so let me ask you, is he justified when the Ji family lends money to usury when the world suffers a disaster? The Ji family knows that the people are miserable every day, but they hoard and don't give money and food to help the villagers, is he justified when he looks at you and suffers disasters?
Folks, you have to think clearly, it is the Ji family who is unreasonable first, why do you want to talk to him about righteousness if he is unkind? “
After listening to so many people, they finally understood, everyone whispered in their ears, and after Lan Ziyi said that, he listened to the words of the people and heard that the people were cursing Ji Tanyun. Although the people were moved by Lan Ziyi's words, they did not want to listen to Lan Ziyi's meaning. Lan Ziyi was wondering, and someone in the crowd below spoke, and the man said in embarrassment:
"Master Hou, you are certainly reasonable, what the Ji family has done is indeed despicable, but no matter how disgraceful the people are, they also have group training in their hands, how can we, the hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled, resist the strength of other people's soldiers?"
Lan Ziyi smiled when he heard this:
"I thought it was something, but it turned out to be such a small thing. Are you afraid that his Ji family is powerful, so his Ji family is not afraid that your public opinion will boil? It is true that there are only a few hundred people in this village, but how many villages and how many people are there in the village? You all owe money to the Ji family, and all of you have to be taken over by the Ji family, as long as you are united, are you afraid that the Ji family will do something to you? ”
Someone among the people asked,
"But our people gather for no reason, and they are still resisting debts and donations, and the government will not ignore this kind of thing."
Lan Ziyi was about to speak, but someone took the first step to speak for him, only to see a person jump up from the crowd, point at the others and scold:
"I'm also afraid of that, seeing that your fields are about to be taken away, and you haven't survived, you still look ahead and backward, don't you have to wait for starvation to die before you want to get up and find a way to live?"
Lan Ziyi was a little surprised when he heard someone speak for him, and he stood on the table and put that person up and down. Although that person is not as tall and powerful as Lan Ziyi and the Tao brothers, he is still half a head taller than the other people on the side, and he is a little awkward, and the top of the man's head is tied in a bun a little awkward, and if you look closely, you can find that there is a ring scar on the top of his head under his hair.
Lan Ziyi saw that someone echoed him, so he naturally wouldn't let go of waiting for several times, and he followed:
"Fellow villagers, you are here today to ask me to help you, and I can help you if you resist debts. You don't have to be afraid of the government, as long as I am here to gather in you at will, the government will not dare to do anything to you! “
The man who stood up just now heard the words and scolded:
"It's all men with eggs, can't they live and don't let out a fart? With Hou Ye supporting us, what else is there to fear? Today, I, Zhu Sixteen, was the first to stand up and resist taxes! Who wants to follow me? “
As soon as Zhu Sixteen's words came out, several people in the crowd stood up and responded:
"I'm willing to follow! Am I a fool if I don't have a way to live? “
Under the leadership of these people, all the people stood up one after another, raised their fists and shouted, and were excited.
The crowd seemed to give each individual in the group a false sense of support, and as soon as someone took the lead, the rest of the general public followed the way, as if they had always been on this path, and the large crowd made everyone feel as big as the crowd.
Lan Ziyi was relieved to see that the people were finally mobilized by him, he got off the table with the support of Tao Zhutu, and Zhu Sixteen, who took the lead just now, came to the table and said to Lan Ziyi:
"The villain has said hello to Master Hou!"