Cao Sanbao was still standing in front of the Great Hall of the Prince, but his mood was different from a few months ago. After the matter of passing on the whereabouts of the prince was pierced by the princess, although the prince was still kind and kind to him, the experience of serving the master for more than ten years made him feel a trace of life under the easy-going surface of the prince.

He was very aggrieved in his heart, could he not carry out the princess's will? The news he sent back through Wang Sizhong, which one was not saying good things about the prince? Although there are elements in it that make the princess feel relieved, but loyalty to the palace is the fundamental reason why he does this.

I heard that in order to compensate him, the princess wanted him to take over the position of the godfather's chief steward of Changchun Palace. It was comforting to him. The chief steward of Changchun Palace is basically the ultimate that these rootless minions can do.

Thinking of this, Cao Sanbao came back to his senses and looked at Mr. Sun, who was still kneeling in front of the hall. From the afternoon to now, Mr. Sun has been kneeling for more than an hour, but the prince still has no will to summon him.

Ay! Cao Sanbao sighed in his heart. I usually come into contact with Mr. Sun, and I feel that Mr. Sun is a very kind person, and he is not very bold, why did he cause such a big disaster this time? Not only did he order his subordinates to kill people in front of the governor's yamen, killing all the seeds of reading, but also killing more than one! Oh my God, no matter how capable the son is, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you this time!

Cao Sanbao was thinking about it when Li Sixian's figure suddenly came out of the crack in the door of the main hall.

"Mr. Sun, hurry up! The prince is invited! ”

Seeing that Mr. Sun couldn't stand up after kneeling for a long time, Li Sixian hurriedly ran down the steps to help.

Looking at his godson's actions, Cao Sanbao couldn't help but roll with jealousy in his heart. This attendant position used to be his, but now it has been replaced by Li Sixian. Although Li Sixian was still respectful in front of him, he sometimes maliciously guessed that it was Miss Luo who blew the pillow wind beside the prince, and Li Sixian stepped on Wang Sizhong?

Sun Hong knelt in front of Zhu Pingjin's table, and he didn't dare to come out.

Wang Erniu's shot was not serious. If you don't make a move, you will be killed and injured by three people. Four of the dead and wounded were all from Meizhou, and two of them were from Pengshan. The remaining injured were local students from Chengdu.

When the governor Yamen saw the dead man, he immediately turned his face and locked the two of them. Later, he heard that Sun Hong was the prince's attendant, so he let him go, leaving only Wang Erniu. They explained to the outside world that Wang Erniu was the murderer and had nothing to do with Sun Hong.

The murderer was indeed Wang Erniu, and the people present could see it clearly. It can be said that Sun Hong has nothing to do with Wang Erniu, so there is a suspicion of cover-up.

It is rumored that some of the students have been connected in tandem, and they will gather in front of the palace of the King of Shu tomorrow to make trouble. They were also handing out petition folds everywhere, and many people gathered in front of Chen Shiqi, the former deputy envoy for learning and now the deputy envoy for military garrison. It's just that the gate of Chen's house is closed, and he didn't meet with the noisy scholars.

Sun Hong knew that he had caused a big disaster for the prince, and when he came out of the governor's yamen, he went to the prince's mansion to kneel and plead guilty. But no one knows what the prince's attitude is to this matter.

Zhu Pingjin finished reading the documents in his hand and handed them over to Cheng Xiangfeng to deal with, then waved his hand and drove out all the people in Xinuan Pavilion.

Sun Hong imagined how Zhu Pingjin would scold him and deal with him harshly, but as soon as Zhu Pingjin spoke, Sun Hong knew that his conjecture was completely wrong.

"I can't imagine that Mr. Sun's family is so poor!" Zhu Pingjin's clear and slow voice came, "This son of the world paid Mr. a hundred taels of dowry, where did all this silver go?" ”

Sun Hong replied: "Just after the New Year's Day, the sinners went to the mansion to learn government affairs. Because the daughter-in-law returned to her mother's house, the sinner hid the bride price in the rat hole of the house. Before the daughter-in-law came home, the sinner went to Bifeng Gorge with the son, so ......"

"Oh, it turns out that this son is not thoughtful."

Sun Hong hurriedly kowtowed: "Sinners don't dare!" It's all because the sinner didn't leave a letter! ”

"A gentleman is happy to be poor! This is good! ”

Zhu Pingjin's words made Sun Hong confused. Is this a compliment, or is it a deliberate contradiction?

"Mr. Sun was ordered to buy people, and he had a few thousand taels of silver in his hand, and he did not embezzle a penny. This is good! ”

"Sinners are entrusted by the Son of the World, and they dare not have the slightest greed for ink!"

"Mr. Sun came out of Bifeng Gorge alone for half a month, and he didn't let anyone bring a letter or a tael of silver to his home. This is good! ”

The prince was very good for three in a row, which flattered Sun Hong.

He is just an unsuccessful reader, with no fame on his body, and his identity is equivalent to an ordinary person who can read and write. followed the son of the world for the past few months, although he worked hard. But the horizons have really broadened a lot. He knew that with his own cleverness, he might be able to mix around the prince for a while, but if he really wanted to follow the son of the world and achieve something, he had to work hard.

Since the prince set him a propaganda task in Renshou County, he put down the scholarly shelf and often mingled with those high-end prostitutes. His past life experience told him that the notices at the city gate could certainly convey the will of the palace, but what the common people liked to listen to and understand was these market slang and meat operas.

Therefore, he formed a grass stage opera troupe in Meizhou and toured in Meizhou, Pengshan, Yazhou, Jiading and other prefectures and counties. He wanted to widely publicize the land policy of the prince and the cruelty of the thieves to the people through the mouth of the play.

For example, the story of Xi'er mentioned by Zhu Pingjin when he gave a lecture in Bifengxia was put on the stage by him, and the script was written by Sun Hong himself.

Sun Zhishou, the head of Meishan's investment shares, was very unimpressed by Sun Hong's approach, thinking that the land was in the hands of the gentry, and he ran to explain policies to the people, wouldn't he play the piano to the cow? Besides, dealing with these low-ranking ninth-rate people is not a loss of identity? In addition, Sun Hong has no fame, so Sun Zhishou always ignores Sun Hong's words.

Sun Hong didn't bother with Sun Zhishou, he just had to do things well. He secretly thought in his heart, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, the hearts of the sons of the world are in the world, and the strategy of the land is just to collect the hearts of the people! What do you know? Can you win the world in the banquet and song field?

"The lady of the Sun family is fine, but she is a little frightened. Just rest for more than 10 days and it will heal on its own. This son has invited Li Liangyi to see it for himself, so Mr. doesn't need to worry too much. But when it comes to killing, Mr. Sun is really Meng Lang! Hearing Zhu Pingjin talk about business, Sun Hong hurriedly lowered his head to the ground.

"Now that the scholars are making trouble, and they want to disturb their father, this matter will not end well!"

Hearing that Zhu Pingjin still had the intention of punishing the crime, Sun Hong said in his heart: "This incident was caused by a sinner, and Wang Erniu just killed someone on the order of a sinner." According to the law of Da Ming, this matter should be borne by the sinner, and it has nothing to do with Wang Erniu! ”

When Sun Hong talked about the law of the Ming Dynasty, it reminded Zhu Pingjin of a talented man with sharp teeth. That Xiucai is still locked up in the Shizi's Mansion, and I don't know if he is dead. It's just that he doesn't have time to care about that Xiucai now, so he said sharply to Sun Hong:

"Mr. Sun protects his wife and kills people, what is the crime?

A man can't protect his wife, so it's better to cut off the things below and wait by the side of this son!

As the prince of a country, this son can't protect a few of his subordinates, so it's not appropriate for this son!

As long as the rent reduction and dedication can be implemented, this son might as well kill a few more! ”

When Sun Hong heard this, this was the son of the world who wanted to take the initiative to take all the responsibility. He couldn't help but choke up with tears:

"The prince is very gracious, and the minister is willing to repay him!"

Zhu Pingjin called Sun Hong and said with a smile:

"The scholars have made a fuss about the fact that my palace has taken away the benefits of their contributions. It's not big or big, it's not small! The palace has also been troubled before! After a few days of trouble, the matter will naturally be over. However, our rent reduction and investment policy must not be abandoned halfway!

Mr. Sun, what should you do, keep doing it, don't worry about the gentry! Except for the five beetles, why didn't they come out to make trouble? One by one, they are running fast, and now they are about to come out!

Since they jumped out of the way, let's push them back in!

Things have to come sooner or later, and it's better to come early than late!

Mr. Sun, public opinion propaganda is very important. You did a good job some time ago, and you need to step up! Let all the people of Shu know that our palace is really good for them! I heard that the thieves shouted slogans, saying, 'If you vote for the king, you will not pay for the food.'" The thief is a lie! If he doesn't pay for food, what will he eat for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses? If you don't pay for food, the army can only rob it. When the gentry are done robbing, it's time to rob the common people! The thief can shake the Ming Dynasty by deceiving people, we are sincerely for the people, and Hu can't clean up the hearts of the people in Shudi? ”

"It's not the hearts of the people of Shudi, but the hearts of the people of the world!" Sun Hong boldly refuted Zhu Pingjian.

Zhu Pingjin talked to Sun Hong about getting dark, and Sun Hong said goodbye and left. Zhu Pingjin knew that he was going home to see his wife, so he asked Li Sixian to seal some silver for him to take back. Sun Hong did not refuse, but just kowtowed to thank him.

When Sun Hong said goodbye, Zhu Pingjian smiled at Sun Hong and said, "Sir, you can know that of the four people who were recruited on Chinese New Year's Eve by Ben Shizi, Mr. was the last one to submit to Ben Shizi. ”

Sun Hong sweated like a pulp, and said goodbye.

Zhu Pingjin told a lie. Shu Guoping and Li Chongwen did not claim to be ministers.

Zhu Pingjin had dinner and went to Changchun Palace to greet the princess. The mother and son agreed that Sun Hong's murder was ostensibly caused by some students who did not know the truth, but behind the students were the gentry. The students were used by the gentry as gunmen. And the ulterior motive of the gentry was to oppose the royal rent's policy of reducing rent. For this reason, the two unanimously decided, on the one hand, to put pressure on Liao Daheng to let him think of rescuing Wang Erniu; On the other hand, he sent a message to the prince to explain the reason for the gentry's trouble. At the same time, he told the prince that the money he owed for building the palace had been fully repaid by the prince for his father.

On the second day, as rumored, the gentry really went to the gate of the palace of the king of Shu outside the northeast corner of the palace to gather. According to the news sent back by Li Sixian in the evening, the prince just sent a little eunuch he didn't know to come out and speak: The vassal king's acceptance of the letter is not allowed by the law of the country! Then the gate of the palace was closed and never opened again.

In the early morning of the third day, the Sichuan Inspectorate opened the Yamen, and the Governor and the Governor conducted a joint trial of the case of the Governor's Yamen murder on the street. During the interrogation, the suspect Wang Erniu admitted that he had killed all the victims. Sun Hong just met by chance on the road and walked together. He has nothing to do with Sun Hong.

When asked about the motive for the killing, Wang Daniu replied loudly that these students insulted and beat women and children in the street, and he was so excited that he killed people. The people he killed were all sanctimonious and well-dressed beasts. Even if he died because of it, he would never regret it. When he sees these well-dressed beasts in his next life, he will kill people!

Wang Erniu's righteousness was awe-inspiring, and the broad masses of the people who were observing the trial were in awe. Even the governor Liao, who was moved, praised Wang Zhuangshi in court as "a good man!" ”

However, there are extenuating circumstances, and national law is intolerable. Wang Zhuangshi was still sentenced by the government to be beheaded, and the emperor was to be beheaded after the autumn.

After this trial, the rumors on the streets of the provincial capital changed direction. I don't know when there are more posters on the market, which are painted and enumerated the methods of tax evasion by the gentry, such as offerings, tricks, sprinkling, etc., accusing them of passing on taxes to the people. These revelations also wantonly tricked the people into dedicating their land and shops to the palace, claiming that they could reduce rents, avoid taxes, save money, and so on.

When the news reached the palace, the palace naturally acted as a civil government and severely refuted this rumor-mongering theory. Not only that, at the top of the stone plaques on the east and west sides of the Huangcheng Dam, the palace also posted two solemn statements the size of palms.