Chapter 69

The brigade of people and horses swept out of the county government, went straight to the south of the city, a few soap lily gongs to open the way, more than a dozen strong class officials brandished water and fire sticks and other things to drive away the crowd, although there was no guard of honor, but still not let the common people rush into the county lord, let alone let the dazed people kneel in front of the horse to shout grievances, no matter where, no matter in which dynasty, the petition must be in accordance with the Basic Law...... No, according to the legal process, illegal petitioning has always been hated by bureaucrats.

In the orthodox years, it was still not popular to sit in a sedan chair, although it looked cool to take people as livestock, but it was still spurned by the scholars, although it was only verbal, but Yang Shangjing still did not dare to sit in a sedan chair, he rode a horse and walked in the middle of the queue, followed by Uncle Zhong, and behind him were the county Cheng Huang Cheng and the classic history Li Ji.

"According to what Uncle Zhong said, does it really work?" Although the first moment he saw that note, Yang Shangjing had a sense of enlightenment, however, he had never experienced it, he had only seen the theory from the book, and before he really practiced it, he always felt a little apprehensive in his heart.

Uncle Zhong shook his head with a smile, and said meaningfully: "This Ming Dynasty, the old servant can be regarded as walking through most of the country, although the folk customs and customs in various places are different, but only in that place is the same, the Ming Dynasty, there are also some family wealth of the village sages in the absence of these things, after all, it is true that the people do not raise officials and do not hold accountable, but if the officials are allowed to check this, they can always find out the problem." ”

Yang Shangjing nodded, but he was still a little hesitant: "It's just ...... Since these ordinary people are all doing this, if I lift the lid, will there be a civil uprising? ”

"The people don't fight with the officials." Uncle Zhong said meaningfully, "Don't say that it is a few mud legs, even if the mud legs of a county are combined, they may not dare to fight head-on with the government." ”

Yang Shangjing took a deep breath, nodded, and stopped asking, thinking about it, due to a series of factors such as knowledge level and insight, not to mention the common people in the feudal era, it is the era of industrialization that is shelved hundreds of years later, as long as they are not forced to have no way to live, how many civilians will rise up? The people don't fight with the officials, this is an iron law.

Yang Shangjing took a closer look at the terrain, this whole piece is really a good watering land, next to it is a small river that flows into the Yongning River, although because of the climate, the river is not deep, but it is indeed convenient for irrigation, he lowered his head and picked up a piece of soil, twisted it with his hands, in terms of his experience as a representative of geography class in high school for three years, this is a standard red soil, although the fertility is not comparable to the black soil, it is also a decent land on the boundary of Zhejiang.

Yang Shangjing was fiddling with the soil, and there were a circle of people around him, because they were working in the field, these people were all bare arms and sleeves, and they were feet in the dirt, maybe it was too fierce before, and now there are still many people with bruises on their faces and arms, looking at Yang Shangjing and being surprised, the county master himself, these people may not be able to see it once in half their lives on weekdays.

"The land is a good land, but the people ...... Not necessarily. Yang Shangjing straightened up and threw away the soil in his hand, but a handkerchief wiped his hands, and said with some emotion, "Where is the local Lizheng?" ”

It is the norm for the imperial power not to go down to the county, but once the county is down, it is impossible to bypass the local village sages, here is the representative of the village sages, of course Yang Shangjing is looking for him, of course, there is also a layer of meaning in it.

After a long while, no one answered, Yang Shangjing's brows slowly wrinkled, Li Ji saw that the limelight was a little wrong, and quickly opened his mouth and asked again: "The county lord asked, where is the Li Zheng here?" ”

A panting man squeezed through the crowd and knelt down with a grunt: "Back to the county lord, the local Zheng Huang Ren'an Huang old man suffered from the cold today, and is now bedridden at home, I'm afraid I can't come to see the county honor." ”

The escape is not only very decisive, but also very thorough, the official does not step on the patient, this disease, he even rushed to the door to ask the teacher for the reason to ask, this Jiang ...... It's really old and spicy.

Yang Shangjing nodded silently, and then said: "Okay, since the local area is sick, this official will not wait, come here, take the fish scale atlas, check the size and shape of the heaven and earth, and determine who is guilty!" ”

At this time, Huang San'er's body was no longer bleeding, he knelt on the ground, stretched out his hand to grasp the land, and held it hard, he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, Zhang Lao Liu raised his head, his eyes were gurgling, obviously he was also thinking about something.

The official of the household took the fish scale atlas and began to compare, followed by two knife and pen officials, one holding a measuring ruler and drawing behind him, anyway, Yang Shangjing had never seen how to measure acres of land in ancient times, so he watched with his hands behind his back.

After a while, Li Ji leaned behind Yang Shangjing, lowered his voice and said, "County Zun, everything is ready, you must not be able to run any of them." ”

Yang Shangjing's face showed a solemn look, he nodded, and then said to everyone: "This county is here today, I haven't seen Lizheng, I always have to be familiar with the local villagers, right?" Come on, bring the yellow book, this county should have a good comparison and get to know the folks here! ”

This hand is like a flying immortal out of the sky, not to mention these farmers present, it is Huang Cheng, the county leader, who is even stunned with Li Ji, who knows the villagers by relying on the yellow book? This is simply unheard of, what is the Yellow Book? It is a booklet made by the Ming Dynasty to record the population, conscription and enlistment, and it is a manifestation of the household registration system in the Ming Dynasty.

Immediately, a few more men wanted to slip away, but Yang Shangjing immediately shouted: "If there is a escapee, it will be punished as a fugitive slave!" ”

"No!"

More than thirty dressed officials with things shouted loudly, and they stopped those people, Yang Shangjing took the yellow book from the hand of a small official, and walked to a person slowly: "Who is your surname, and how many are you in the family?" ”

Looking at this scene, Huang Cheng only felt that his eyes were dark, and then there were countless Venus, he did not calculate that Yang Shangjing would suddenly make a move in this place and give them a blow - check the hidden population!