On this day, the cell door was opened, and Yang Lin was once again dragged out of the cell door by several officials, and everyone was afraid that the other party would not be able to leave.

was stuffed into a carriage, and walked more than a mile to the prefect's yamen, and saw a few scholars kneeling outside the gate from a distance, and saw Yang Lin being pulled out and screaming desperately despite the obstruction of the officials.

Walking through the long corridor and being taken to the back hall of the Yamen, an old man in his fifties stood in front of him, saw Yang Lin and sighed: "The old man also just heard that you were poured pepper water and couldn't speak, can you speak now?" ”

Seeing the flying fish robe on the old man's body, knowing that it was Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, Yang Lin couldn't kneel down with tears streaming down his face.

Helping the other party up, Chen Shiqi sighed and said: "Three years ago, the old man was still in Sichuan School and was inspecting various schools, seeing that you were young and your articles were quite outstanding, and the old man loved to take you as a showman."

According to the rules, you should also be my student, alas, I haven't thought of making this scene for three years.

You, everyone knows that people's livelihood is hard, but how can you instigate the villagers to resist paying taxes?

When Li Yitian Zhizhou went to mediate, you shouldn't have led the villagers to beat up the officials and expel Li Yitian. ”

Yang Lin shook his head again and again, arguing: "Teacher, I, I did not resist the payment of taxes, what I oppose is the government's clever seizure, what I oppose is only the government's arbitrary apportionment and arbitrary fees."

In the past, although the government also took advantage of it, it was only in beige, but only in terms of weight.

However, during the Chongzhen period, the paddy field actually received 2 buckets per mu, and the dry land also had 1 bucket, if you take into account the fluctuation of grain prices and the depreciation of silver, the people paid 20% of the actual land out.

This is the government forcing the people to rebel, and there will be a big mess in the long run. ”

Chen Shiqi shook his head, patted Yang Lin on the shoulder and said: "The government has been levied since ancient times, don't you know that the state affairs are difficult now, now Jiannu dominates Liaodong and plunders the Beijing division many times, Li Zicheng Zhang Xianzhong Liukou Central Plains is in trouble, even in our northern Sichuan, there are also local tyrants who are in trouble."

You are a scholar, and unlike others, you need to remember this sentence, that is, if you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be good alone.

The following is tyrannical in the local area, don't talk about you, even the old man can't do anything. ”

Looking up at each other, Yang Lin shook his head again and again, not knowing what to do.

Returning to the seat, Chen Shiqi sighed and said: "Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, I saw that you were young and clever that day, and I took you as a showman, but now it seems that it is actually harming you."

Although the old man is the governor of Sichuan, many things also have to consider the feelings of colleagues, I heard that you were sued that day, although it is not easy to come forward to rescue, but in any case, I also told you not to hurt your body, and repeatedly asked everyone to save your life.

If you think about it, you gather a crowd to make trouble, and beat up the officials, no matter what kind of crime is enough to kill the head."

After being arrested in the prison cell, he was worried that others would murder him, but it turned out that Chen Shiqi was secretly protecting.

Yang Lin broke free from the chair and kowtowed three times, and his voice trembled: "The kindness of the teacher is unforgettable!" ”

Chen Shiqi helped the other party up and sighed: "The people say that you led a group of villagers to capture the leader of the local rioters, Liang Bao, alive and destroy his lair.

It seems that the old man didn't misunderstand you, you can really create talents. ”

Yang Lin was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Chen Shiqi nodded and continued: "Yao Tiandong, the leader of the local rioters, successively defeated the generals Wang Chaoyang, the garrison Chen Yingrui, and Feng Youqing in Pengzhou, and captured the city of Pengzhou (similar to the county seat) yesterday, and Li Yitian, the governor of the prefecture, committed suicide and martyrdom.

Now the generals Wang Chaoyang, the garrison Feng Yingrui, and Chen Youqing led their troops to retreat to He Shu Temple to hold on, and the old man urgently transferred the general soldier Liu Jiayin to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

If today's chaos is the time when heroes use their lives, you took the Chinese show at a young age to become a tribute student, and this year in the local rectification of the army, leading the villagers to actually catch the leader of the earth tyrant Tianxing Liang Leopard and destroy its old lair.

It stands to reason that you should be rewarded for your great achievements, but who would have expected you to take the lead in making trouble against the government, which is really heart-wrenching. ”

Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, the local tyrants also occupied the state and county in the past, but they did not expect to capture the state city of Pengzhou now.

Arching his hand, Yang Lin said with a worried face: "Teacher Mingjian, the people have been miserable since the levy of the three salaries, and now the government is even more apportioned, and the escape from famine in various places is very serious." ”

Waving his hand, Chen Shiqi obviously didn't want to hear what Yang Lin said, and sighed: "You became famous in the imperial examination when you were young, and this year you even used tricks to capture the leader of the local tyrants, Liang Bao, the old man has always been worried that you are young and vigorous, and you are too impetuous to do things to settle down, it seems that this month has been in vain."

The armies of all walks of life are about to assemble, and the official army is about to exterminate the local tyrants entrenched in Pengzhou.

And because your hundreds of miles of soldiers mutinied, they didn't listen to the government's dispatch, and they fought against the officials and soldiers many times.

This time, as a county warden, you will recruit the old department and raise grain and grass for the army. ”

In ancient times, it was not as hierarchical as in modern times, and buying and selling officials was popular, especially the appointment of local officials was more arbitrary, just like the protagonist of the novel "Golden Vase Plum" Ximen Qing sold his official position to become a middle-level military attache like Qianhu.

The warden is an unpopular official, and now that the local tyrants have occupied most of Xiangru County, this warden deserves to be in name only, and his actual control of the territory is only four or five bazaars.

In order to entrap Yang Lin, Governor Chen Shiqi asked himself to appease the old ministry and assist the government in recruiting and transporting grain and grass.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin felt a trace of sadness in his heart, and he thought that the friendship between teachers and students had soothed him because of his good reputation in the place.

In order to learn more about the details, Yang Lin was not in a hurry to go out, the whole person looked very flat, and said lightly: "The teacher is here, although the students used to like to dance with guns and sticks, although they captured Liang Leopard, but it was just a fluke."

Now that the local rioters are powerful, the students are young and don't know what to do? ”

Chen Shiqi seemed quite anxious, and patiently enlightened: "As the saying goes, there is hunger for thousands of miles of grain feeders, and this time the main force of the official army needs a lot of grain and grass to attack Pengzhou, and this grain and grass is best collected from Pengzhou."

You have a good reputation in the local area for taking the lead in opposing the government's expropriation and expropriation, and although the Li soldiers you have trained have just been formed, they are quite sophisticated, and in this month you not only defeated the 500 officers and soldiers under the command of the garrison Chen Yingrui, but now you have more than 20 or 30 Li Jia in the vicinity.

You are a scholar, you should still have the idea of loyalty and patriotism, and now the local tyrants in northern Sichuan are scourging the township, you won't ignore it, right? ”

Hearing that Yang Wei and others actually defeated the official army, Yang Lin had a bottom in his heart. I thought about it and put forward my own conditions.

Although Chen Shiqi was born poor, he has been powerful since he was promoted to a scholar in high school, and he has a great reputation in the local area.

After coming out to be an official, he successively served as the prefect of the county, the prefect, the academic administration, the Taoist platform, the governor and other positions, and the people he saw were not nodding and gravitating towards the meeting, and a few people dared to precondition in front of them.

Staring at Yang Lin, Chen Shiqi's face changed several times, and he looked like he was about to have a seizure, which shocked Yang Lin's heart, and he didn't know what to do.