The area is too large to be conducive to the transmission and implementation of government decrees, just as Huguang is divided into two provinces, Hunan and Hubei, Chen Wen is also planning a sub-province in Nanzhili. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info however, it is the north and south divisions of the Yangtze River, or the Jiangsu and Anhui provinces of the later generations, there is still no conclusion, and now due to the implementation of the work of Qingzhang Tianmu, a governor jurisdiction is temporarily set up in the four prefectures of Susongchang Town.

A few years after his tenure in Jiangxi, Rong Qian had just been appointed as Su Songbu's political envoy two months earlier, in charge of the civil affairs of the four prefectures. Since he took office, the first heavyweight decree he received was to intensify efforts to thoroughly complete the work of clearing the fields.

Rong Qian was mobilizing in the political envoy's yamen, and the work team sent by the Qi Wangfu, the prefecture and county yamen of Changzhou Prefecture, the officials of the local guard and the garrison attended the meeting, and the officials of the prefecture and county were all subordinates of the political envoy, and the guard and the garrison also received orders to cooperate, Chen Wen had already put down his words, and he wanted to completely complete the work of clearing the acres of land in the four prefectures of Susongchang Town before the autumn tax collection was completed in the twelfth year of Yongli, and he must not drag the mess until the spring ploughing of the thirteenth year of Yongli.

The government is doing the final mobilization work, and the houses of the Gu family in Wuxi have also gathered in the ancestral house. Qingzhang Tianmu, since the tenth year of Yongli, the Gu family has resisted for three years, and the gentry of Jiangnan have joined in tandem, and even Hangjiahu in Zhejiang has joined them.

However, the strength of the gentry in each prefecture and county is not equal, coupled with the two strikes against the anti-Qing and pro-Qing gentry by Jierharang and Chen Wen, for three years, with the efforts of the yamen at all levels, the vast majority of the prefectures and counties have completed the work of clearing the gentry, and the rest is nothing more than this Susongchang Town.

The ancestor of the Gu family was the founder of the Donglin Party and had a lot of prestige in Shilin. Previously, the Changzhou government resisted, but because Qian Qianyi maintained a cooperative attitude with Chen Wen, the Gu family has always been secretly linked. But at this moment, the gathering of the Cloud Gate Society, under the dual effect of shock and alcohol, Gu Zhenguan also pushed the Gu family to the bright side of confrontation.

"The dog is reckless, but our Gu family is the leader of Shilin, this time the Qi Wangfu is clearly to completely subdue the Jiangnan gentry, if we don't do anything, the Jiangnan gentry will be completely intimidated by the obscenity of the martial arts, and the efforts of Jingyang Gong and Jing Fan Gong will be completely in vain."

Full of food and thoughts, scholars in the Ming Dynasty, the economic conditions are more and more favorable, in addition to indulging in the search for flowers and willows, delicacies and delicacies, involved in court affairs, local affairs are also indispensable. From evaluation, to influence, to interference, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the scholars in Jiangnan could already expel undesirable magistrates, and the Donglin Party was one of the representatives.

"It makes sense, it makes sense. According to the old man's calculations, in fact, this war has already begun when the King of Qi issued the order to requisition civil wasteland in Jinhua to distribute soldiers. The king of Qi abolished the guard post in eastern Zhejiang, sent a team to the countryside to clear the zhang, and requisitioned the royal fiefdom in Jiangxi and Huguang, which has always been a quick knife to cut through the chaos. When I arrived in Jiangnan, I thought that I also knew the power of the gentry in Jiangnan, so I was not in a hurry, and I sharpened it with a soft knife for three years, and now there are only the four mansions of our Susong Changzhen left, and I think it is also the final battle planned by King Qi. ”

The Gu family has been in the family for several generations, although there has never been a figure like Gu Xiancheng, but the elders in the clan and the elders in each room are not fools, and the reason is always understood.

"What my uncle said is very true, so how should I deal with it?"

"If you want to solve this matter fundamentally, Cao Yunlin and Huang Lizhou's methods are right. However, the two of them have empty ideas, but they don't have the ability to get things done, otherwise how could there be today's things? ”

Cao Conglong and Huang Zongxi both wanted to achieve the control and influence of the scholar class over the warriors by getting involved in military power, the former was to buy Chen Wen's subordinates and instigate the cooperation of the civilian official group to carry out the overthrow, while the latter was to start anew and use the military power of the army in exchange for or influence Chen Wen's governance.

The two had different paths to the same goal, both for the interests of the Confucian scholar class, but the rebellion was quickly and effectively suppressed, and the resurrected division became the target of the Qing army, but Chen Wen's reputation as the savior of the Zhedong scholars had long been lost. As a result, this problem has been postponed to the present day, and even the damage to the interests of the Confucian scholar class has become more and more serious.

"Cao Yunlin and Huang Lizhou are incompetent, although our generation can't get the military power, but the power of the people is not weak, hasn't the Qi Wangfu always advertised that it is to save the country and save the people, then encourage those untouchables to resist the progress of Qingzhang Tianmu. Strike the market, cry the temple, he Chen Wen wants to move the family business that we have accumulated over the years, then let him know that Wei Gelding has never done it back then, just by virtue of a martial artist who has only been up for a few years, he is also worthy? ! ”

Raising his arms, the Gu family and others are also all in trouble. However, compared to these impulsive young people, the old uncle, as an elder, obviously has a better experience in this regard.

"Strike the market, cry the temple, this is a clear knife and a clear gun, you can't show your hole cards until you have to, we don't know what tricks His Royal Highness King Qi has waiting for."

"Then listen to my uncle, first organize people to boycott, follow the old way, and see the move."

After setting a strategy, the Gu family's houses are also running at full capacity, contacting other gentry, gathering domestic slaves and tenants, and naturally it is inevitable to contact familiar officials, and it is always necessary to know oneself and know each other before acting.

However, before they finished organizing, there was an astonishing news from the county town, the main officials who were familiar with them on weekdays, and even those who had money exchanges, knew that all the county and below had been taken down by the new political envoy, and now they had been replaced by the team of the Qi Palace, and one by one they were now waiting to go down to the countryside to attack them.

"What is this Rong Buzheng for? Who's the people? ”

"This little nephew has inquired, and said that he is from Huguang, he used to be a student, he entered the civil official training class very early, and he has been serving in Jiangxi before, and it is said that King Qi and Governor Wang have intended to release him as a governor."

"That's bad, it's basically impossible for a Huguang student to get in touch with him by relying on the relationship between the same year and classmates. And there is also the opportunity to be promoted to the feudal official, and the future is unlimited, which shows that he is here to take our political achievements, and the most important thing is that he will not enter. ”

Many of the officials of the county government were bribed by the gentry, and before the first cover was handed over, the gentry had already been pulled out of the stakes in the yamen. This is very bad news, not to mention that buying takes time, energy and money, and then buying will take care and time, just say that at this juncture, without these guys, their local actions will not be as advantageous as before.

The main officials of the county government were quickly taken down, and on the third day, the task force, which had a basic understanding of the local situation, left the county seat of Wuxi under the protection of the local garrison and the troops sent by the Qi Wangfu to assist in the operation. And their first target is none other than the Gu family.

Capturing the thief and capturing the king, this is very obvious, as long as the goal can be achieved here in the Gu family, then the resistance of the other gentry will also decrease because of this. The Gu family has obviously been targeted by the government since Gu Zhenguan took the lead, but what they don't know very well is that Rong Qian has also been instructed by Chen Wen, and this time it is clear that they want to take the family of the founder of the Donglin Party to make a perfect example of killing chickens and monkeys.

The team came in a mighty way and went straight to the land closest to the county seat of the Gu family. The Gu family's house slaves were already waiting outside the county seat, and when they found the work team, they hurried back, and when the team arrived, the Gu family had already gathered house slaves and tenants, and attracted a large number of villagers, and directly blocked the official road leading to here.

"Brother Xian, there are a lot of people from the government this time, and they are still bringing troops, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with."

"Brother Shi, please rest assured, the clan has already made a decision, just waiting for them to humiliate themselves."

The person who spoke to Gu Shu was the nephew of Gao Panlong, another founder of the Donglin Party, whose father Gao Shitai was now the elder of the Gao family, and all these years he was trying his best to redeem the homestead of the Gao family's resale of the old Gao Panlong house.

The task force, together with the garrison and the guards, numbered about 200 men in order to cope with the resistance of the gentry. But at this moment, for the sake of this not very large field, the Gu family brought in domestic slaves and tenants from all over the place, and the gentry who were familiar with the Gao family and the other two families also brought people.

The official road was blocked, and unnecessary clashes between the military and civilians inevitably broke out, and the army no longer continued to advance around the escort, but followed the task force, allowing the civilian officials in official robes to come forward to persuade them.

Several civil officials stepped forward with their officials, looked at the people on the opposite side, and looked at their own positions, Gu Shu felt a little more courageous, and went over to negotiate with the few families who came to help, and even calmly responded to the accountability of the civil officials who were the head.

"If you go back to Zhu Daotai, the local people are all kind, but when you hear that the government is corrupt and often closes the warehouse and stores grain, it has to increase taxes in order to cope with the inspection, so you specially came. The student Gu Shu, who was raised in the first year of the Apocalypse, and several friends heard about the incident, and hurried over in anger, first, to seek justice for the people, and secondly, to avoid unnecessary conflicts between the people and the government. ”

Gu Shu said, first in the name of the people, he deducted a hat of corruption and corruption for the government, and then took them out in front of the government, and in the end, it was to uphold justice and avoid conflicts.

The official headed by the task force, named Zhu Weining, is the Tuntian Road in the four prefectures of Susongchang Town, and he has a lot of dealings with the military tun, private households, and gentry on weekdays. For such a scene, it has long been expected.

At this moment, I saw him smile slightly, and without explaining to Gu Shu and the others, he directly took an iron horn from the entourage behind him, and was about to shout.

"What does Daotai mean by this, do you believe that you can't trust me and other scholars?"

Zhu Weining picked up the tin horn, Gu Shu and the others understood that this person was going to talk directly to the people by bypassing them and the gentry. Among the common people, there are many domestic slaves and tenants who care for their families, but more of them are ordinary people who are instigated, and if the communication channels between the government and the people cannot be isolated, then the gentry's right to speak will be greatly discounted.

"Brother Gu is the grandson of Mr. Donglin, and this official has also heard of it. The Gu family is a big family in Wuxi, and Brother Gu just said that it was a corruption from the mouths of the people, but the official did not hear about it. It is inevitable that it will be falsely spread and insult the name of your brothers, and the official will personally ask the people for clarification. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes looked at Natun Tiandao differently. This guy is obviously not a rookie, he has a lot of experience in dealing with the gentry, seeing this, the Gao family came to Gu Shu and whispered, which made Gu Shu breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Xian, this is not an official of the Tartars, there is no saying that 'the people sue the official, if the son kills his father, he will be flogged fifty times first, and even if he wins, he will be sentenced to two thousand miles'. And let him ask, then find a tenant, give some silver, bite the matter and come out to sue the official. Don't forget, as long as we can drive the team back to the city today, even if we win first, it will not be so easy for the government to go to the countryside. ”

Before the Qing Dynasty, as the Gao family said, the laws of the Qing Dynasty had never existed, and at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang even encouraged the people to sue the officials to put an end to the corruption of local officials. When it came to the Qing Dynasty, what people sued the official had to be beaten first, and if they won, they would have to fill the army for 2,000 miles, and the Qing prefect would have 100,000 snowflakes of silver in three years, and what thousands of miles of officials would be officials just for money.

At this moment, the team went out of the city and went straight to the Gu family, and if they could get the team back to the city, even if they won a big victory, the volume among the people would be even greater. Gu Shu naturally understood this truth, and hurriedly whispered two words to his son, Gu Zhenguan withdrew from the gentry crowd, and went to find house slaves and tenants, while Gu Shu continued to talk with the team about whether it was trustworthy or not.

A moment later, Gu Zhenguan returned and told his father that he was ready, and the latter quickly reached a compromise with Zhu Weining, and the group and the officials of the task force walked together towards the crowd blocking the road.

"Fathers and elders, this official just heard Gu Juren say that it was the rumors that everyone gathered here to intercept the officials who went to the countryside to urge the department. But this official is the Tuntian Road of the four prefectures of Su Songchang Town, so he can't help the officials of the county government. ”

"This time, the official hereby informs the fathers and elders present, and also hopes that the fathers and elders can return home and say that with relatives and friends, the government is not going to the countryside this time, not to urge the department, but to clear the acres of land and find out the fields in the countryside, and who should pay the taxes in the future, pay as much as they should pay, and no one wants to apportionment the taxes they have to pay to the fathers and elders."

What Zhu Weining said is right, Tuntian Dao is the fourth grade, and he is the top boss of the prefect, and he really did not give the "sesame official" of the seventh grade, and went to the countryside with his sleeves to help them wipe their buttocks. And Zhu Weining's later words used the simplest and most understandable rhetoric to put the gentry on the opposite side of the people -- it's no wonder who is no one, the gentry have never had a lot of things to do with taxes, and the people dare to be angry but dare not speak.

Seeing that this four-rank official was instigating the people here, he was not at all like the civil officials sent by the late Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Qi Dynasty that he had come into contact with before, and he was on the same class as the gentry, but he was sure to bite them. Gu Shu and the others were furious, glared back at the tenant who had been pushed to the front row, and motioned for him to come over and stir up the situation, but at this moment, a voice sounded and directly startled them.

"Lord Qingtian, it was Gu Juren who told me that the county magistrate was greedy for the grain that was often closed, and wanted to go to the countryside to force us to pay more taxes to fill the shortfall, and asked me to come with him to drive the little officials back to the city."