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To be fair, Zhao Wenhua's ability to deal with problems is still there, and the credit of Jiangsu and Zhejiang's anti-Japanese resistance cannot be said to be entirely Hu Zongxian's credit, even if it is all Hu Zongxian's, he still has the ability to discern people. Since the court handed over such a big matter as changing rice to mulberry, he believed that he could handle it, and he did not disappoint the court.

The almost undying conflict between Yu Dayou and Ma Qiao not only did not give him a headache, but on the contrary, he found a solution to the problem.

Whether it is officialdom or others, if you want to do things beautifully, you can never do without a red and white face. Yu Dayou has a high reputation among the people, and he himself also takes the people's affairs to heart, just so he can sing red face, and Ma Qiao is the closest in collusion with big households, and he can't wait for the people to be forced to die, just so he can sing white face, Le He is just in the middle of them and the mud, when the time comes, Hu Zongxian will also be involved, responsible for mediation and decision-making, his ideas are similar to Le He, and he can just control the overall situation behind the scenes.

The next day, Hu Zongxian came back from the neighboring province and brought back 200,000 loads of grain, and I don't know what method he used to appease the good people.

In general, although the progress of the stumbling down, but still moving forward, since the hands and feet of those big households let go, the speed of changing rice to mulberry has been significantly accelerated, the big households through collusion with the government, a large number of encroachment on the people's fertile land, but fortunately, under the control of the government has not lost control, the land price has always been maintained at 30 quintals of grain per mu, there are still a large number of people still received some grain, or gritted their teeth and changed themselves, withstood the pressure and did not sell the land, at least half of the field was retained.

Under Yu Dayou's military might, many large households have also been relatively restrained, although the people have inevitably suffered losses, but they can still survive. If it continues to develop according to this trend, although it is unsatisfactory, it can be regarded as completing the task and dealing with the imperial court.

But the shamelessness of the big families is beyond imagination, they are not satisfied with annexing such a small amount of land, and an astonishing conspiracy is brewing.

An Wangfu, at this time, Ma Qiao was sitting respectfully at the bottom, and Prince An sat on the top and said: "Lord Ma, today we have all the big families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and everyone has not much food in their hands, and the price of thirty quintals of an acre, everyone can't eat much, and you have not done a few things to do, do you also explain to everyone."

Ma Qiao said bitterly: "Lord Wang, everyone, it's not that I don't do things, it's really that Yu Dayou is too hateful, he detained the prince's soldiers, and beat all the lower officials, the lower officials participated in his five books in four days, and they were all pressed down, and those Diao people have Yu Dayou in charge, and their courage is getting stronger and stronger, and the lower officials have no choice."

King An said: "You are a dignified inspector, can't you help a small general soldier who has just been promoted?" ”

Ma Qiao said: "Lord Wang, after all, he is the chief soldier of a province, and he was promoted by Hu Zongxian, the most annoying thing is that Lehe also helped him round the field, and between the two of us, there is really no way to go down."

King An took a sip of tea. glanced at the big households who were doing it in a circle, and said: "Everyone, changing rice to mulberry is such a big way to make money, you can't let a little Yu Dayou give things to bad things, we have to find a way to get rid of him."

The following person spoke: "It's difficult, Yu Dayou is Hu Zongxian's person, Hu Zongxian is the elder of the pavilion has high hopes, with him behind him, it is not so easy to move Yu Dayou, plus a music and stirring in it, this person is even more tricky, it is Lu Bing's person, and he can't make any moves."

Another person spoke: "If you can't make an in-plate move, what if you try an off-board move?" ”

Ma Qiao said: "It's more difficult to make off-the-board moves, Yu Dayou's martial arts are top-notch, there are almost no opponents in this Jiangnan region, and Lehe can't be fooled around, otherwise Lord Lu will be able to stop him." ”

At this time, I saw King An slamming the teacup in his hand on the table, and said: "Then make things bigger, Zhao Wenhua has been hiding behind the scenes these days, it's time to push him to the front."

Ma Qiao said: "Please also ask the prince to make it clear"

King An said: "Lord Ma, this matter has a lot to do with it, are you willing to listen to this king?"

Ma Qiao gritted his teeth and said: "Where is there a way back for me now, my father and wife are all working in the palace, and our Ma family is all the prince's people, what does the prince say, it's just a big deal, it's just a big deal, but I hope that the prince will help the lower official's family for the sake of sending him to death."

King An was overjoyed and said, "Okay, good!" Don't worry, you can't die, even if there is a day, I will ensure that your family is rich for three generations."

Ma Qiao said: "The prince just orders"

King An said: "Okay, this spring rain flood is our chance, you blow up the south of Xin'an River for me."

Ma Qiao was shocked and said, "The prince asked me to destroy the embankment and flood the fields?" ”

An Wang said: "Yes, the north side is our big household, and the south side is Diao Min, as long as you pay attention to it when dividing the flood, and avoid our fields on the south side, this will be changed from rice to mulberry, and it will naturally be done." ”

Natural disasters have always been the best time for large households to annex land, usually ten taels of silver and one acre of fertile land, in the year of the catastrophe can often be bought with a load of grain, plus the imperial court is implementing the change of rice to mulberry, these people clearly want to artificially create a natural disaster, to the lives of the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Ma Qiao was not hypocritical at this time, and said: "Don't worry, the prince can rest assured, this matter was done by the lower officials alone, and the plan will not implicate the prince, but the prince should not forget your promise." ”

As the farmer's proverb goes, the wind never ends, and the rain never ends. However, in the 32nd year of Jiajing, the spring flood rainstorm in Xin'an River fell for two days and two nights. This brought an opportunity to Ma Qiao and those big households, and they dared to think and do, in the name of the national policy of changing rice to mulberry, and carried out the actual annexation of land, and even blew up the river embankments of thirteen counties in a row, and a natural disaster caused by man-made disasters forced the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

The fertile fields of the thirteen counties were all flooded, and the number of victims reached 700,000 at once.

On the embankment, Hu Zongxian personally commanded, Yu Dayou and his Yu family army were all shirtless, and the sandbags could not be blocked, so they formed a wall and jumped down, but before they could gain a firm foothold, they were swept away by the flood.

Ren Yu Dayou is the top in the world in martial arts, but in the face of this monstrous might, it really has no effect.

"Lord Hu, the water is too big, let's divide the flood"

"Flood distribution? Where to go? ”

"It's better to flood two or three counties than thirteen counties."

Hu Zongxian sighed and said, "Then go to Yixing, Jiangyin, and Fuyang, they are all big households, and they won't starve to death if they are drowned." You must not go to Chun'an, it is built to be divided with TL County, which are all poor households, and if it is flooded, there will be a big mess.

"Report ... Oh no, my lord, Lord Zhentai is leading the troops to divide the flood, and they are all divided into Chun'an, Jiande and Tonglu."

"Ahh Hearing the news, Hu Zongxian only felt dazzled, and almost fainted on the river embankment.

"Adult, adult, adult"

Hu Zongxian said weakly: "Leave me alone, let Yu Dayou stop him, hurry, hurry, it's too late."

Yu Dayou abandoned the large army, only brought a dozen cavalry, and hurried to the horse, but he hurried and hurried, he was still a step late, and the surging river surged mercilessly towards the three impoverished counties.

Yu Dayou saw Ma Qiao's eyes cracking, he pulled out the treasure knife, and said angrily in his mouth; "The surname is Ma, you take your life!"

Where did Ma Qiao see this formation, and hurriedly hid behind, and the officers and soldiers he brought hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. But how could these yamen soldiers stop Yu Dayou, rushing left and right, and soon fell down. But at this time, the soldiers he brought with him also hurriedly stopped him

"General, you are calm, calm, you have to follow the funeral if you kill this dog thing, we know that you are not afraid of death, but you have to think about the people affected by the disaster, if you follow the funeral, who can speak for the people along the coast."

Yu Dayou also made sense when he heard it, he was angry, he couldn't bear it, and finally mustered up enough internal strength to yell at Ma Qiao and those officers and soldiers, only to shock the head of the soldier opposite, and poured a large piece, Ma Qiao was also scared to sit on the ground, wet between his legs, and was so frightened that he was incontinent.

At this time, Xiao Tian had already dealt with the things on the island and set off for Hangzhou, but he never thought that it had been less than a month since he was separated from his father, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces had become such a mess.