Sue the Emperor!

The moment these three words came into his ears, Wang Shuren was only shocked like five thunderbolts, he looked at the other party in astonishment, and he didn't even know how to answer, just looked at this middle-aged man in amazement.

What did he say?

Sue the Emperor?

Really, really bad, really lost, he can think of it......

Just when Wang Shuren looked at this person dumbfounded, he saw the man fall to his knees with a thud, crying and begging with tears on his face.

"Lord Qingtian, I want to see the chief writer of the "Public Opinion Daily", I really have no way, I want to see the Lord Qingtian in the newspaper and ask him to be my master!"

Seeing that the other party suddenly knelt in front of him with a handful of snot and tears, Wang Shuren, who still hadn't recovered from the shock, recovered from his dumbfounded state for a while. Realizing that things were not simple, he first took a deep breath, and then stepped forward to help the Han man up and asked in a wide voice.

"What emperor are you going to sue at the newspaper office?"

Sue the Emperor?

It's a shame that he can think of it!

"I... I just want to sue the emperor! Everyone said that the "Gongyi Daily" has always been the master of the people, and the people have been avenged. That's why I'm looking for you to call the shots for me! ”

The man wiped his face and said firmly.

Sue the Emperor?

First shock, then doubt.

In the end, Wang Shuren realized that this was not the big news he had been waiting for for a long time?

Sue the Emperor!

Speaking of which, how many people believe it?

Wang Shuren only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat. However, knowing that this big news was likely to be a big trouble, he immediately asked rhetorically.

"Why on earth did you sue the emperor? Could it be that you have really been to the government? ”

Go to the official palace to sue the emperor?

Although the Ming Dynasty treated the people leniently and was not as tyrannical as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wang Shuren still believed that if this person dared to sue, he would definitely be treated with a "great disrespect".

"When I first started, I wanted to sue the government, but the government said that it was not for them to accept, and they were also in accordance with the law of the imperial court, and the prefect and governor all said so, saying that they were acting in accordance with the law of the imperial court and the emperor's will. So I came to sue the emperor. ”

The middle-aged man explained word by word. But it's okay if he doesn't explain, but an explanation makes Wang Shuren's heart beat faster, and he suddenly realizes that what he is holding in his hand is not only a big one, but also a big trouble! .

Although he realized that it was very likely to be a hot potato, or even a big trouble, Wang Shuren's desire for big news finally decided to invite the big trouble in front of him into the door.

Sue the Emperor!

Is there any bigger news than that?

Even Wang Shuren has already thought about it, no matter whether the incident is true or not, he will report the news, of course, the position of the report will be different when the time comes, as for the "great disrespect", it is the person in front of him who wants to sue the emperor, not him, nor the newspaper.

Moreover, he himself has a strong interest in this time, what kind of grievance does it take someone to sue the emperor. So he invited it into the newspaper office, and then ordered someone to pour him a cup of tea, and then asked in a soft voice.

"Tell me, why did you sue the emperor?"

After some careful inquiry, Wang Shuren almost got some understanding.

The middle-aged man in front of him, claiming to be named Zhao Minggong, is a native of Puzhou, Shandong. Strictly speaking, it should be a native of Puzhou, Shandong who immigrated to Yangzhou, Jiangnan. Before being exiled to Yangzhou, the Zhao family was a big family in Puzhou, with no less than 3,000 acres of fertile land. At that time, the Yuyuan Army in the north swept through the four provinces of Zhizhi, Shandong, Henan, and Suzhou, occupying Xuzhou and other places, and even directly threatened the Beijing division because of the location of Shandong, and at the same time could also cut off the canal transportation, so that the Qing army could not connect the north and south.

In order to suppress the Yuyuan Army, the traitors Zhang Cunren and Zhang Danwei, the deputy commanders of the Qing Dynasty, first burned the Baili Forest Area, but still failed to suppress the main force of the anti-Qing rebel army. At this time, Hou Fangyu took the initiative to come to Zhang Cunren and offered a poisonous plan: to open the embankment of the Yellow River at Jinglongkou and turn the area of the rebel army's activities into a no-man's land.

After the Yellow River embankment was opened, many areas of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan became no-man's land, killing millions of people and suppressing the Yuyuan Army uprising in one fell swoop. It can be said that Hou Fangyu's poisonous plan directly helped the Qing Dynasty through the biggest crisis in the early days. How many people in history dared to open the embankment of the Yellow River? This is also the reason why the nine clans of the Hou family are all flowing.

And the Zhao family also suffered heavy losses in this process, and the once prosperous Zhao family only thirteen-year-old Zhao Minggong survived, and after several tosses and turns, he fell to Yangzhou. Then he settled in Yangzhou, and later married a wife and had children, and his life was quite stable.

Because he only has a labor relationship, the land he reclaimed is very limited, so his family only has a dozen acres, and then the barren land in Jiangbei was returned to the official ownership, and Zhao Minggong naturally could no longer reclaim the barren land as in the past.

Although the land was not enough later, it was possible to rent the official land, but compared with the private land that only paid less than a penny, the official land had to pay 30% of the harvest as the land rent. If it's just that, it's acceptable to the people, after all, this land belongs to the imperial court, and it should be regarded as a tenant for the government, after all, who to farm for is not farming.

But in reality, this is not the case at all. If it is said that the landlord cannot pay enough grain as a tenant, you can also discuss with the owner to reduce the amount appropriately or owe it for the time being, at most it is to collect some interest. Even if it is not good, you can return the land to the owner and find another way to make a living.

But if the proprietor is replaced by the government, there is not only the slightest room for negotiation, but the grain handed over cannot be reduced by one liter, and it is not possible to be a day late, and there is no difference. It is naturally impossible to argue with the government, and there has been an ancient adage that "the people do not fight with the officials" since the bitterness. If some people feel that the rent payment in the official land is too harsh to bear, they want to return the land to the government and want to go out to find another way to make a living. But it will also be rejected by the government. The reason of the government is that this land is leased to the people by the imperial court, and since the contract has been signed, it cannot be said that it will not be done.

Of course, it's not impossible, they have another choice - to immigrate overseas or to the Northeast. But not everyone is willing to leave, and they are naturally reluctant to rent official land until they are forced to do so. Zhao Minggong is like this, but because he read books when he was young, he has more thoughts than others.

He didn't want to go overseas and needed more land to support his family, so what he wanted was not to rent official land, but to find a way to turn the official land back into his own, so he set his eyes on the land in his hometown in Puzhou, Shandong.

"Those lands are the land left by the ancestors of the Zhao family, why did they become ownerless wasteland? There are still living people in the Zhao family! How did the government say that it would take the land away? ”

It's a dog meat tent......

Although I don't know the specific details, it is certain that this is a dog meat account that no one can say, after all, this has been more than 20 years, when it was washed by the Yellow River, and thousands of miles on both sides of the river were no man's land, and then those lands became ownerless wasteland, which is also a normal thing, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty also dealt with it, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty will, in order to absorb the displaced people, have encouraged the development of wasteland, so as to make up households to pay taxes, but the Ming Dynasty is completely different, the wasteland of the Ming Dynasty is the government's, and it is forbidden to reclaim the land without permission. Privateer stream!

It's a principle!

It is also the foundation of the return of the barren land, after all, many barren fields are ownerless and ripe wasteland, if the old owner is found back...... That's going to be a mess.

"This matter, decades have passed, I am afraid it is difficult to investigate, besides, the Yellow River rushed, and the boundary of acres no longer exists, so, in Wang's view, there is no possibility of pursuing this matter......

Without waiting for Wang Shuren's words to fall, Zhao Minggong said in a loud voice.

"Why can the titles of the old nobles be restored, and the fields can be returned, but the ordinary people can't? Could it be that the Xun Gui land of the Ming Dynasty is a product, and the land of ordinary people is not a product? ”

Hearing Wang Shuren say this, Wang Shuren couldn't help but gasp deeply. The so-called noble gift of Zhuang Tian is recorded in the history of the country, and the Zhuang Tian given by the emperor when he gave the honor was restored. Moreover, it is difficult to limit it to the nobles who have not surrendered or martyred.

But it is true that he said this, the nobles' land can be given again, why can't the people want their land back?

This is big news!

Thinking of this, Wang Shuren couldn't help but glance at Zhao Minggong, thinking that this person could think of "suing the emperor", if he could make some articles on this news, he would definitely be able to cause a sensation in the whole country, and the "Gongyi Daily" would definitely be sought after by the people at that time.

Moreover, if the government can be forced to return Zhao Minggong's family property, it will definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to the current barantia officials. So that the people of the world can benefit from it.

After thinking about this, Wang Shuren asked.

"Brother Zhao, don't be annoyed first. Let me ask you a few more questions. You have to answer truthfully. ”

"Sir, just ask."

Zhao Minggong nodded again and again and said, he didn't know if the person in front of him was the master of Qingtian, but he knew that this "Gongyi Bao" was a place dedicated to the people's grievances, which was also the reason why he went to Nanjing, not Zhongdu.

"Have you been to Puzhou before?"

Wang Shuren asked with a frown.

"What's the reply?"

"Mr. Hui, I have been to the Puzhou County Yamen, but the Yamen said that 20 years have passed since this incident, and there is no way to catch up, and the fish scale book of that year has been lost, and there is no evidence. Let me go back to Yangzhou and live a good life. ”

Zhao Minggong replied truthfully.

"Oh, Puzhou's answer is quite fair......

Wang Shuren nodded slightly, and then asked.

Zhao Minggong didn't think so, and when he heard him say this, he immediately said unconvinced.

"What kind of fairness is this, I specially inquired, there were fish scale books in the official mansion back then, and the imperial court also had them, it's not that the government can't find me, it's that the government doesn't want to find me, it's that the government wants to swallow up our Zhao family's family business! Since the government in the world does not give an explanation, they all say that it is the emperor's imperial order, and now the wasteland is the emperor's family business, then I will come to ask the emperor to give an explanation, and ask the emperor, there is such a reason to take away people's business in this world! ”

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