Chapter 40: Diao Min

During the feudal period, most of the economic resources of the landlord class depended on the tenant rents collected.

Therefore, the landlords will do everything possible to increase the rent of tenants in order to exploit the tenants.

In fact, tenant rents are similar everywhere, with high tenancies of eight cents, or even eight and a half cents, and low tenths of seven cents.

But the three-point tenant rent has never been heard of since ancient times!

"Three-point tenant rent, lord, did you hear the little one wrong?" The official on the side asked in a low voice, afraid that he had heard it wrong.

"Just three points." Ye Qiange affirmed.

Everyone's hearts jumped suddenly, and their eyes regained their brightness. Three points of tenant rent, they simply can't dream of it. I just feel that happiness came too suddenly, too violently.

was completely stunned by Ye Qiange's words.

"Why don't you hurry up and thank you!" The official hurriedly shouted.

As soon as the words fell, everyone knelt down with a thud, and their heads slammed to the ground.

"Thank you to the prince, the villain should not listen to the rumors, storm the palace, and beg the prince to condemn!"

"Storming the government is indeed a big crime, but if you are confused by rumors, this king will not be held accountable." Ye Qiange raised his hand and said, "You all get up." โ€

"Ergouzi, you get up for me!" At this time, someone in the crowd drank heavily. "The prince is kind-hearted, adults don't remember villains, you can be so at ease, when nothing happened?"

"If it weren't for you talking nonsense and spreading rumors, we would have come here to make trouble?"

The man who was pointed out was full of shame, his face flushed, his eyes flashed, and his head was bowed.

"Ergouzi, have you forgotten how your mother died? In order to save you an extra ration, she threw herself into the wellโ€”"

The man suddenly cried and cried, "I'm sorry for my mother!" โ€

As he spoke, he stood up suddenly, walked in front of Ye Qiange, and knelt down.

"Lord Wang, I am two dogs and one person is responsible for doing things, you cut me." Ergou roared at the top of his voice.

"And me."

"Me too."

More than a dozen people walked out of the crowd one after another, kneeling in front of Ye Qiange, looking at death as if they were at home.

"The prince is sympathetic to us and others, not only did the tenant rent not rise, but it also decreased, you bastards, why do you spread rumors and instigate us to come and make trouble?"

"Tie Sheng, you are timid by nature, someone must have instructed you to do this, tell me who that person is!"

"You turtle son, you Lao Tzu and I are not dead, you will do such a thing that has lost your conscience, tell Lao Tzu quickly, otherwise Lao Tzu will not kill you!"

All of a sudden, thousands of people criticized and pointed at more than a dozen men and scolded.

Among them, some relatives saw it, and their emotions became even more excited, and they ran up to punch and kick.

"The prince is doing this, it's like regenerating parents, but you have done such a ridiculous thing and trapped the prince in injustice, which is simply worse than a pig and a dog."

Ye Qiange didn't stop it, sometimes, torture to extract confessions can't compare to the enlightenment and admonition of his family.

After a burst of violent beatings, some men fell to the ground and were dying, some with blue noses and swollen faces, their faces were deformed, and they screamed miserably.

The corners of Ye Qiange's mouth twitched a few times, and he felt that the style of painting had changed in the blink of an eye.

It was originally as strong as the wind and the cold water, but in a blink of an eye, it was smashed by several aunts, pots and pans, and the picture was so beautiful that I couldn't bear to look at it directly.

Although the method is simple and crude, the effect is definitely not to be underestimated.

One of the men, after experiencing his parents' long-term mixed doubles between men and women, deeply understood the horror of domestic violence, and finally raised his hand in surrender at the moment when the wooden scoop fell: "Don't fight anymore, I say, I say." โ€

"You turtle son, don't hurry up and tell Lao Tzu."

"It's Lin Yuzhi, he gave us ten taels of silver, and asked us to spread the news of the prince's rent increase."

"You turtle egg, how did Lao Tzu give birth to this thing of you, see if I don't smoke you to death!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, he had another wild convulsion, and the root of Ye Qiange's teeth hurting while watching.

At the right time, seven or eight people came up the street, followed by a group of guards.

"It's him, it's him, he's Lin Yuzhi!" The rest of the men were immediately excited when they saw the visitor, and pointed to the obese man among the eight people.

When Lord Wei saw it, he suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

What he saw was completely unexpected.

Not only did the thousands of tenants not storm the government, did not shout and roar, did not die in entanglement and fighting, but knelt quietly, with a hint of joy and hope on their faces.

He swallowed, feeling a little cloudy in his head.

He has been a county magistrate for more than ten years and knows the temperament of this group of tenants.

On weekdays, as long as they are not forced to die, they will try their best to endure it.

But once they touch their bottom line, the power they burst out is very amazing, and it is by no means easy to quell.

"And Zheng Kezhi, he also gave me twenty taels of silver and asked me to gather tenants to come to the government to make trouble."

"He also gave me ten taels of silver and asked me to go to the village to pull people."

When Lin Yuzhi and Zheng Kezhi heard someone identifying, they were immediately so frightened that their faces were as pale as paper, and cold sweat continued to break out on their foreheads.

"When have I given you money, you will not slander me!" Lin Yuzhi reacted immediately, and said angrily.

"Yes, you don't want to spew blood." Zheng Kezhi was so frightened that his legs trembled, but seeing Lin Yuzhi's quick reaction, he hurriedly said.

Master Wei took a few breaths of cold air, and his heart jumped a few times.

"Chenjing County ordered Wei Quan to meet the prince."

Ye Qiange pretended to be fine, and said with a smile on his face: "Get up, I heard that Master Wei has contracted a cold and has been sick in bed recently, I don't know how it is now, can it get better?" โ€

"It's just a little sick, thank you for your concern." Wei Quan's heart was half relieved.

After that, Wei Quan glanced outside again, and then blamed himself very much: "Let the prince laugh, this group of people are ignorant and ignorant, and they dare to gather people to storm the palace, and the prince will wait for a while, and the old minister will immediately evacuate them." โ€

Wei Quan was extremely worried in his heart, how could he be in the mood to care about gains and losses now, the only thing he had to do now was to end this farce immediately.

"Come on, drive all these people away for me, and if you don't resist, you will be arrested immediately and put in prison."

"Wait." When Ye Qiange heard the word Diao Min, his brows couldn't help but screw together.

As the parent official of a county, he actually called the people under his rule Diao Min, just talking about this, you can see the despicability of this person's official character!

"Lord Wang, this-" Wei Quan's heart was shocked, and sweat was faintly oozing from his forehead.

"It's quite strange." The corners of Ye Qiange's mouth hooked, a sharp glint crossed his eyes, he snorted lightly, and waved his hand, "Bring those who fanned the flames to this king." โ€

After finishing speaking, the guards escorted more than ten men and knelt down in front of everyone.

The few people who followed Wei Quan stared at these people with their eyes, and they were suddenly frightened like gold paper, and their whole body trembled.

"This king wants to know, who instructed them to dare to spread rumors and damage the reputation of this king!"