Chapter 39 The Great Purge of Huangzhuang
Wang Chengen led people to drag the eunuchs and more than a dozen companions from the big mansion in the middle of the Huangzhuang to Old Man Chen's house, and finally brought the originally dead Huangzhuang back to life.
Thousands of Zhuang people spontaneously followed behind Wang Chengen and the others, and when they heard the eunuchs in charge of Zhuang constantly screaming and begging for mercy, their faces showed happiness, they had waited too long for this day!
"Prince, Prince, please spare the little one! Maharaja! "Eunuch Guan Zhuang has already broken his legs and can't move at all.
"If our family spares you, will the emperor spare you? We advise you, we will see the emperor later, and you will answer honestly whatever the emperor asks you! Wang Chengen turned around and sneered.
"The emperor is here!" Guan Zhuang's eunuch's face was like ashes, and he asked again, "Prince, if I answer honestly, can I live?" ”
"Live? Hmph, if you dare not be honest, our family guarantees that it will be difficult for you to die! Wang Chengen snorted coldly.
Yang Su heard the sound outside and walked out of the house with Old Man Chen. Seeing the gathered villagers, most of them were as ragged as Old Man Chen, with hungry faces, and the killing intent in their eyes was even stronger.
"The emperor spares his life! The emperor's slave and maid knew that it was wrong, and begged the emperor to spare the slave and maid's life, and the slave and maid were loyal to the emperor! These are all done by Concubine Li Kang's slaves! "The eunuch Guan Zhuang was still on the ground by the captain of Jinyi, and despite his broken legs, he wanted to crawl towards Yang Su.
Emperor! All the Zhuang people were shocked, and looked at Yang Su in a daze, unable to believe that the emperor would come to them.
"Are you loyal to me? What kind of faithfulness is it? I want you to manage the Imperial Village, you deceive and steal people's lives for the sake of profit, these are my people, you, as a domestic slave, do not take good care of them for me, but force them to die, this is your loyalty? Yang Su's tone was full of helplessness!
"Your Majesty, it's all Concubine Li Kang's slaves! These are the previous conventions, and the slaves and maids are just acting according to the conventions! The eunuch Guan Zhuang cried aggrievedly.
"Customary, that's good! I came to ask you, there is a lot of barren land outside the village, why don't you plant it for the villagers? Yang Su shouted.
"This, this, this is what they can't plant!"
The onlookers suddenly whispered and discussed.
"Can't be planted! Okay, I continue to ask you, the rent of this imperial village is obviously 20%, who gave you the right to collect 50%? So that the villagers can't even eat, and can only lie in bed all winter, just to eat one less meal! Yang Su asked with a glare.
"Yes, yes, it's all what Concubine Li Kang must have requested!"
"Hmph, Concubine Li Kang! Well, I'm asking you, why don't you allow the villagers to go up to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and chop wood! Yang Su asked angrily and coldly.
The eunuch Guan Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and his face was pale and he collapsed to the ground.
"People, it's my fault that I'm late, it's my fault that I don't know people to make you suffer like this!" Yang Su raised his head and sighed.
"Your Majesty, this is all a slave and a maidservant who is not strict, let such beasts steal from the high-ranking fish and meat people, your Majesty, don't blame yourself!" Wang Chengen knelt down and cried.
All the villagers were concerned and couldn't help wiping away tears.
"I will avenge you today, all the people are my people, and they must not be bullied, and the people present have grievances to report to me, and I am the master for you!" Yang Su added another fire.
Old man Chen couldn't help but rush out and knelt down and cried, "Your Majesty, the grass people want to sue this eunuch in charge of Zhuang, he forced me to sell my granddaughter to him!" ”
"Okay, I've got it! Who else has a grievance to sue! Yang Su glanced at the people who were about to move.
"Your Majesty, the old woman wants to sue this stall, that day he took advantage of my son's work outside, snatched my daughter-in-law, and forcibly insulted her, and then my daughter-in-law was humiliated and committed suicide, and my son came to the door to seek justice, and they broke his leg, and then died of pain! Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for the old woman! ”
"Your Majesty, this eunuch won't let me farm, and forced me to sell my daughter to him for rent!"
Yang Su listened to Zhuang Min's cry with a heavy face, pointed to the eunuch Guan Zhuang and a group of stalls, and said to Zhuang Min: "The evil deeds committed by these people are too numerous to mention, and the crime cannot be punished!" Come! Beat them to death! ”
Everyone present rushed up, smashed them with stones, kicked them with their feet, and frantically beat these people out of anger.
Seeing this, the depression in Yang Su's heart was slightly eased, and in the hearts of the people, they had always simply thought that the emperor was deceived by corrupt officials, and now the people present only resented the eunuch and the vicious dog under him, and they were full of gratitude to Yang Su, and the people's hearts were available!
By the time the villagers finished venting, the corpses of the eunuchs and others in Guan Zhuang could no longer be seen in human form, and Wang Chengen took the opportunity to hand over a bunch of account books, "Your Majesty, this is the IOU that the slave maid searched in the eunuch house in Guan Zhuang!" More than 1,000 stone of grain was also found in the warehouse! ”
"All the grain was distributed equally to the villagers according to the number of people, and these IOUs were all forced by him to sign the villagers, and they were all burned!" Yang Su didn't even look at it, and all the ledgers were still on the ground, took the torch handed by the captain, and lit the ledger.
"My people, from now on, I promise you a good life, I will redistribute land to you, and in the future, I will no longer collect rent regularly, and implement lump sum to households, what is lump sum to households?
That is, the more you work in the future, the more you will reap, and the Huangzhuang will only charge one layer of rent! The rest is yours to yourselves!
In the future, although you will use the firewood on the mountain, you will borrow the cattle in the village in the future, and you will only need to pay rent to me in the future, and you will not have to pay taxes to the government! No more conscription! No more salaries! If someone wants to force you to live a good life in the future, no matter who it is, no matter what reason he has, I will allow you to take him to me! I personally blamed him! Yang Su held a torch and shouted.
"Hooray!"
"Long live the emperor!" The villagers cheered excitedly, and the sound shook the earth and resounded endlessly. Yang Su's policy will undoubtedly allow them to live a good life, and the Ming Emperor still has a high reputation among the people at this moment, and they don't doubt Yang Su's words at all.
Yang Su stood next to the warehouse, personally presided over the distribution of grain, and left some of the brocade guards to stay in the Huangzhuang, and Yang Su left satisfied.
The villagers spontaneously followed the back of Yang Su's carriage and sent it out for thirty miles in a row, and finally under Yang Su's forced order, they finally reluctantly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.
Yang Su looked at the Zhuang Min Dynasty who couldn't kneel down in the distance, and sighed: "Chengen, you see, in fact, what the people want is very simple, that is, to be able to eat enough, just let the people be fed and clothed, and my Ming Dynasty can live forever!" But some people are under the banner of loyalty, but they keep digging into the corners of my Daming, and they really deserve to be killed!
Cheng En, you can arrange a brocade guard to return to the palace first, and let Cao Huachun lead the internal servants and factory guards to join forces, and immediately prepare to conduct an inventory of all the imperial villages. All the IOUs of the Imperial Village were burned in front of the people, and the reserve grain was left for spare parts, all of which were distributed to the people according to the head, and the policy I announced to the people today is to be truthfully told to every people! ”
"Yes, the old slave obeys!" Wang Chengen knelt down to receive the order.
"Wait, arrange more eunuchs in the inner study hall among the inner servants, it's not enough to just read, you can always see the suffering of the people! You have done your best to investigate the child trafficking incident, and you have done such a unconscionable thing, I must give an explanation to the people! Yang Su's eyes were full of murderous opportunities, no matter who was behind the scenes, he had to investigate to the end, otherwise he would not be able to pass the level of conscience.
The source of this blood-colored industrial chain is definitely not these eunuchs, maybe they are people in the royal family, and Yang Su is afraid of the royal reputation, so he did not detonate this matter, but in private he will definitely investigate it to the end.
And all they want are ten-year-old boys and girls, girls at this age don't want to sell to the Spring Building, the girls in the Qinglou in this era are cultivated from what age, and they will be out of the cabinet at the age of twelve or thirteen, like the age of these girls, unless they have a special background, such as the family of the offender, or they are particularly beautiful, otherwise the Qinglou will definitely not want it.
And the same is true of the boy, who was too young to be a servant and has a memory, so it is impossible to be an adopted son. This kind of transaction has been going on for many years, and tens of thousands of children have been sold, but no one has ever heard of anyone coming back, Yang Su has already thought of the result, most of them are that group of people again!
"Yes, the emperor, the emperor's old slave has a message, the old slave not only found those account books and grain in the village at that time, but also found the title deed, jewelry, gold and silver totaling more than 5,000 taels, the old slave made his own private decision to put everything in the house, sent ten brocade guards to guard, and asked the emperor to atone for his sins!" Wang Chengen licked his face again and took the initiative to admit his mistake.
"You old slave, don't you send someone to report it soon," Yang Su shook his head and scolded with a smile.