Chapter 191: The First Murder

There are many people who talk about Lin Zhao, some from Bianjing, and some from Hangzhou. However, it is not Qiantang County, nor Yuhang County, but Fuyang County.

In Lin Zhao's memory, he and Fuyang have no intersection, nor do they have anything to do with it, who thinks about himself so much?

Later, I found out that these chatters came from a child, a little girl about ten years old to be exact!

Yes, that's right, her name is Wang Chaoyun.

The cause of the incident is still very related to the Seedlings Law!

The summer harvest has ended, and the implementation of the seedling law in the first half of the year has ended in a state of complaint. Some people gritted their teeth and ninjas, and finally repaid the loan first, and although those who were forcibly apportioned were angry, they were helpless.

As for the rich people who made guarantees, in addition to cursing the government in their hearts, they also secretly counted their assets to see how much they had lost.

All in all, most people don't have a good impression of the Seedlings Method, and even complain! This is an indisputable fact!

The local government knows it, but most of them choose to turn a blind eye, and they care more about the report handed over to the imperial court! There are various good data on the implementation of the Seedlings Law, which highlights how good the Seedlings Law is and how much benefit it has brought to the people. Of course, the core is one sentence - outstanding political achievements!

What Emperor Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi thought, this is not known at all. All in all, they seem to see the good side, and they are very excited about the remarkable results achieved by the Seedlings Method, and they have a lot of appreciation for it.

In this era, the attitude of the emperor directly determined the thoughts of officials and the direction in which the dynasty was headed.

Although Zhao Ji is mature in Yueyi, he is still a little too immature after all, he has forgotten that he summoned Fu Bi for the first time after ascending the throne, and the advice given to him by Fu Xianggong.

Fu Bi is also an old minister of the Three Dynasties, Renzong served as the prime minister during his reign, and his prestige is still above Han Qi and Wen Yanbo. In the early years, he also participated in the Qingli New Deal with Fan Zhongyan.

It is precisely for this reason that when Zhao Ji wants to reform and change the law, the first thing that comes to mind is Fubi.

However, at this time, the old man was already in his twilight years, and he entered the palace in a small sedan chair gifted by the emperor and supported by his son.

After decades of ups and downs, Fu Bi is no longer the young man he was back then, and he has not brought many surprises to the young emperor. Instead, he gave a piece of advice: for the emperor, don't like or dislike your courtiers!

What do you mean? As an emperor, don't let your courtiers know what you like and what you dislike!

As for being so unfathomable? At that time, Zhao Ji was disappointed, and not long after he ascended the throne, the emperor's mental skills did not know much, and he didn't know what it meant to be unpredictable, and he didn't understand the good intentions of the rich minister!

So when the emperor showed strong, even fanatical, support for the change, it would give the officials a clear "sense of direction".

After the officials were very happy and praised and praised, the local officials at all levels were naturally excited, and their enthusiasm for implementing the Seedlings Law became more and more intense.

As a result, Emperor Zhao issued an edict, and from the summer, the Qingmiao Law began to be implemented throughout the Great Song Dynasty.

As for the areas where the pilot green seedling method was started in advance, officials could not wait to start the second round of green seedling grain distribution.

As you can imagine, the result was even more unsmooth than the previous one.

Last time, the people didn't know much about it, and there were quite a few people who participated.

But after a painful experience, who is willing to be stupid to come a second time?

Perhaps the truly poor people really need the money to tide over the difficulties, make ends meet, and tide over the difficulties. But for most of the wealthy families, especially those who do the guarantor, they are increasingly avoided.

An experiment has proved that there are always some people who are unable to repay after borrowing, and these parts will become bad debts for the upper class. In the past six months, they have suffered heavy losses, some of them have broken their muscles and bones, and some have touched their foundations.

The family has long regarded the Qingmiao Law as a flood beast, if it happens again, it is estimated that no one can bear it, and they are all terrified when they hear that the government will distribute the Qingmiao money again.

That's right, absolute horror!

This is something that Emperor Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi could not predict, of course, at present, they don't know that this situation exists, and even if they do, they may not take it seriously.

All the magistrates care about is their political achievements, and they care about handing in a satisfactory answer to the imperial court. At the same time, in the process, they can profit a lot, the best of both worlds, why not? Therefore, the attitude is very tough.

With the first experience and sweetness, this time they became even more daring. Perhaps there were some concerns before, and the method was relatively obscure, but now it is a forced apportionment without any scruples.

But the people's resistance is very serious, all kinds of evasion, resistance, and even dissatisfaction. However, the magistrate is resolute, so there will inevitably be contradictions, and as the contradictions intensify, the conflicts will also escalate.

But where are ordinary people opponents of the government? Losses are inevitable.

Qiantang County is the least active in the implementation of the Seedling Law in Hangzhou, and Fuyang County is the most active.

Liu Hui, the commander of Fuyang County, is in his forties, and there has been no progress in his career, and as he continues to grow older, he begins to become more and more anxious. Just when he was desperate, the imperial court began to implement the Qingmiao Law, and he realized that this was an excellent opportunity, so he showed extraordinary efforts, hoping to achieve political achievements and curry favor with Wang Anshi and seek promotion!

Therefore, Fuyang County has made remarkable achievements in the implementation of the Hangzhou Seedlings Law, which is second to none, but the conflict is also particularly acute. But Liu Hui didn't realize that not long after the summer harvest ended, he personally led people to go deep into the countryside to step up the distribution of green seedlings and grain!

It is also smooth and smooth, but this is said to be on the outskirts of the city, but a very unpleasant thing happened.

There is a family surnamed Wang on the outskirts of Fuyang, with a solid family background and a rich life, and can already be regarded as a small landlord, and even a little famous. There are two reasons, the master Wang Yuanwai is a scholar, although he has not been famous, but he is still quite famous in the countryside, and he is a squire with high prestige.

As for the other reason for being famous, it is because he has a smart daughter in his family. At the age of nine, she is very knowledgeable, knows a lot of poetry and songs, the key is that she is very smart, and it can be said that everyone in the neighborhood is well-known, this girl is named Wang Chaoyun. In the vicinity, there are many interesting stories about this woman.

However, the villagers didn't know that this girl's latest wonderful performance was by the West Lake in the Shangyuan Festival, which made a businessman embarrassed, and also attracted the attention of the general judge and a county magistrate!

Of course, these can't stop the county magistrate Liu Hui's plan to be promoted. The Wang family is wealthy, a natural high-class household, and a wonderful candidate for the guarantor in the implementation of the Seedlings Law.

Mrs. Wang didn't seem very willing, and Wang Yuanwai's enthusiasm was also limited, but out of consideration for helping the neighbors, Wang Yuanwai reluctantly agreed.

The result was somewhat unsatisfactory, and five of the seven households guaranteed failed to return on time. In order to complete the task in time, the errand of the county government naturally put the debt on the Wang family.

Wang Yuanwai was very helpless, but he had already agreed to be the guarantor, and he couldn't pay it back, not to mention that the government was pressing, and a small common man had to obey his fate.

For this, the Wang family suffered heavy losses. As for asking for food from those neighbors, it is naturally not easy, not to mention that the neighbors are all living in difficulty, and Wang Yuanwai is all looking at it, and he can't bear it.

Admit it! After thinking about it, Wang Yuan decided to swallow this breath and forget it!

But the matter was far from over, and after only a few days, the official of the county government came to the door again and asked him to continue to be the guarantor of the green seedling money, and this time it was expanded to thirty households.

Although the imperial court stipulates that five or ten households are guaranteed for one guarantee, in practical application, there are policies and countermeasures. First, there is the question of reality. Second, in order to ensure that the money and grain released by the magistrate would be recovered, he naturally selected those wealthy families and increased the number of guarantors in their names, so as to ensure that the loans could be absolutely recovered.

The government always thinks only about the things and profits on the books, and as for the thoughts and life of the common people, they have never considered it at all, and they have never taken it into account.

Unfortunately, Wang Yuanwai was regarded as a fragrant bait by Fuyang County, so he asked him to vouch for thirty families.

In the last quarter, Wang Yuanwai had just been cheated and had lost a lot, so he didn't have a good impression of the Qingmiao Method at all. I am afraid that I will not be able to avoid it, and I will even be afraid.

Unexpectedly, he would come to the door again in the official mansion. When Wang Yuanwai heard what he meant, especially the data of thirty households, he was suddenly frightened.

However, only seven households have already made him suffer heavy losses, and he has barely supported it, and now it has become thirty households, and how many of them will not be able to repay the green seedlings? How much do you need to help compensate at that time? Wang Yuanwai didn't dare to think that as long as there was a slight problem in it, he would go bankrupt.

Therefore, he was definitely unwilling to do this, so he politely declined. But the officials didn't give up, and they didn't give the king a chance to refuse at all, so you couldn't shirk this matter at all.

Wang Yuanwai was originally a scholar and understood some truths, but he was very dissatisfied with this, so he argued with reason. Where are the officers of the county government willing to reason with them, and in the process, they are pushing and shoving, and the surname has begun to change!

At this time, Wang Chaoyun, the youngest daughter of Wang Yuanwai, saw that her father was being bullied, so she came forward to accuse, and it is estimated that the little girl's words were also quite sharp. As a result, it became the fuse of the conflict, which led to a serious conflict.

The officers of the county government have been used to being arrogant for a while, and they feel very humiliated, and they are a little impulsive for a while, and they actually fight with the Wang family.

In the process, Wang Yuanwai was accidentally injured and fell to the ground and died!

Liangzhejiang Road, and even the Great Song Dynasty, the first murder case in the implementation of the Qingmiao Law occurred!

(To be continued)