Lin Yi hurriedly bowed down again and smiled: "Where! Where! This government has always respected the county princess, so how can it look down on you? The county magistrate is really serious! ”

Zhou Dechang waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay! All right! The county prince knows that you look down on me in your heart, so you don't have to pretend, what is the matter with the gentry today, if you have something to say, just say it! ”

Lin Yi was helpless and embarrassed, paused, turned around and walked back to his chair and sat down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Tea for the county princess!" Lin Yi commanded.

A servant hurriedly picked up a cup of hot tea, walked up to Zhou Dechang respectfully, and offered it with both hands.

Zhou Dechang took it and took a sip, and with a "bang", he threw the teacup on the ground and scolded: "Damn slave, you want to burn Lao Tzu to death!" Get out of the way! As he spoke, he stood up suddenly, stretched out his leg and kicked on the lower abdomen of the officer, kicked him to the ground, rushed up again, kicked twice, and then turned back, sat down angrily, arched his hand at Lin Yi, and said with a smile: "You go on!" ”

Which official was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child, who was insulted by this in vain today, and was so angry that tears rolled in his eyes at the moment, but he couldn't provoke him, so he had to swallow his anger and get up and stand aside.

Lin Yi saw it in his eyes, and his anger went straight to his head, desperately suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and no longer looked at him, and said loudly: "Fellow squire fathers, this mansion is looking for you today, not for anything else, but because the household department has newly issued a document to pay this year's autumn grain, this mansion has just arrived, and I hope that all the squire fathers and elders will support you a lot, take the lead, hand over this year's autumn grain as soon as possible, and complete the task assigned by the household department." Speaking of this, he said with a solemn face: "You don't know that this year's autumn grain in our government is to be used as military food and transported to the northwest to fight the party. The soldiers in the front are fighting bloodily, we are enjoying a peaceful life in the rear, we should contribute, or we must contribute, we can't call the soldiers in the northwest, there is no food! Isn't that right? ”

It turned out to be for the purpose of collecting autumn grain and beating the party. This autumn grain has to be paid every year, and it is the same if it is paid late and early, so there is nothing that is not supported. At that moment, all the gentry expressed their stance one after another, resolutely supported the leadership of Lord Lin, and fully cooperated with the completion of this work. Lin Yi was very happy when he heard this, and a happy smile appeared on his face, only Zhou Dechang, the county magistrate, shook his fan vigorously, and sat there without saying a word.

Lin Yi said loudly again: "All the squires support the work of this mansion, and this mansion is very happy, but there is still a sentence to say here in this mansion, which is to hope that everyone will take the lead, reduce rent and interest, and not collect rent and arrears from poor farmers in previous years." ”

Yikes! This is the highlight of the prefect's visit today, this is to ask everyone to take money out of their pockets? Immediately, all the gentry were silent, and their faces showed embarrassment.

Zhou Dechang sat in the chair, shook the fan in his hand twice, and asked with a cold face: "May I ask Governor Lin, why do you want to reduce rent and interest, and why don't you pay the rent arrears of previous years." ”

Lin Yi let out a long sigh, with a look of pity on his face, and said: "When I came to Zhengding Mansion to take office, I saw that there were many poor people on both sides of the road, and many strong men couldn't even eat for themselves, let alone raise their wives and children at home. After a careful visit, we found that because of the high rent of the fields in our Zhengding Mansion, many people wanted to give 50% of the annual harvest to the landlords, or even 6 to 7 percent, while they themselves lived a life of hunger. Therefore, this government would like to ask all the gentry here to set an example, so that they can reduce rent and interest so that the poor people can live a better life. This rent reduction and interest reduction has not been reduced much, just on the basis of this year, the interest on land rent and borrowed money will be reduced by 20%, right? In addition, the people's lives are too hard and they need to rest and earn interest, so the government suggests that the poor and hired families should not recover the land rent and loan sharks they have accumulated in previous years. ”

The gentry looked at each other and couldn't say a word, but they all cast their eyes on Zhou Dechang, with a look of expectation in their eyes.

Zhou Dechang groaned for a long time, brushed the fan in his hand to the ground, jumped up from the chair, and scolded: "Fart!" Fart! Which article of the imperial court law stipulates this rent and interest reduction? This does not pursue the rent arrears of previous years, which is the clear text of this paragraph? Governor Lin, you find out to the county magistrate. ”

Lin Yi had a bitter face and said with a smile: "The imperial court law does not explicitly stipulate that this government just wants all the gentry present to sign a contract based on the principle of voluntary and mutual benefit, so that the poor peasants in the palace can live a better life." ”

Zhou Dechang took three or five steps, grabbed Lin Yi, pointed a fan at Lin Yi's nose, and scolded: "Which group of untouchables are poor, because they are lazy, their ancestors are poor, why should we ask rich people to reduce land rent and interest, are we rich, should we suffer losses by nature?" The spitting star splashed Lin Yi's face, so that Lin Yi had to wipe it off with his hand.

The rest of the gentry also stood up together, echoing the reasonableness of the public statement of County D, we can pay this autumn grain, but this rent reduction and interest reduction, it is difficult for us to agree! ”

A gentry surnamed Wang stood up and said: "Lord Lin, our village is very close to the bandits of Qinglong Mountain, and now the bandits of Qinglong Mountain also ask the surrounding gentry and people to pay a field rent, and the court can't exterminate any gang of thieves. ”

The gentry nodded yes again and again. For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the flower hall, and many gentry still showed indignation on their faces, and looked at Lin Yi with annoyance.

"Dog officer! We will never agree to this policy of rent reduction and interest reduction, if we want to pay grain, we have to pay it by the untouchables, we will not pay more rent for a bucket of land, let alone any interest reduction, you have the ability to sue the above! Folks, let's go! Zhou Dechang looked excited, raised an arm, raised his arm and shouted.

His coaxing was quite appealing, and immediately all the gentry rushed to the door of the flower hall, and Lin Yi was so anxious that he shouted: "Everyone go slowly, everyone listen to me......"

Who listens to you? If you stay, you have to sign a contract to reduce rent and interest, and pay out money! The gentry scrambled to be the first to rush out, and the officials could not stop them.

Lin Yi was anxious, ran to Zhou Dechang's side, grabbed the sleeve of a gentry's robe and said: "This Squire Zhu, you go slowly, this mansion still has something to say, this policy of rent reduction and interest reduction is excellent, and it is mutually beneficial to the poor and hired families......"

Which squire Zhu was grabbed by Lin Yi, and when he was in trouble, he saw Zhou Dechang come forward and pushed Lin Yi away, Lin Yi was caught off guard, staggered back four or five steps, and almost fell, but fortunately the two officials beside him supported him.

"You are so bold that you dare to hit me?" Lin Yi pointed his finger at Zhou Dechang and said angrily.

Zhou Dechang sneered and said, "Dog officer! I'm going to beat you, what's wrong? On the ground of this Zhengding Mansion, when will it be your turn to be an outsider to spread wild? Catching up, he hit Lin Yi with his fist, Lin Yi was careless, and he was punched twice, and the black gauze hat on his head was also knocked off by him, and he hurriedly broke free from Zhou Dechang's pull and ran back.

Zhou Dechang still didn't follow, and led the servants to chase and beat Lin Yi in a few yards, and when he saw that Lin Yi had fled far away, he stopped stupidly and led his subordinates to go proudly.

This news spread throughout Zhengding Mansion that night through the mouths of the squires and officials, attracting many people to ridicule Lin Yi and also attracting some people's sympathy for Lin Yi.

"This Lord Lin is a good official! It's a pity that it's too weak! Some of the poor people preached.

"Ahem! Governor Lin has just arrived and doesn't understand anything? Is this AP county public easy to mess with? Which prefect didn't visit him first, and then he could sit safely? He offended the AP county magistrate this time, but I'm afraid that this prefect seat will not be able to sit firmly! Some poor people sighed.

The news naturally reached the ears of Zhao Jinpeng and Lu Hudi, and the two of them grinned when they heard it, with a look of disdain in their eyes. Zhao Jinpeng said: "Lord Lu, this surnamed Lin is still shallow in the city!" Unexpectedly, he was whimsical, he wanted to reduce rent and interest, and reached out to the gentry to ask for money, which gentry had money and what was it good to ask for? What a nerd! ”

Brother Lu Hu smiled: "Nerds are so foolish!" Let's take the opportunity to walk! It's just that AP County Fair Day is good for us, do you think we need to inform him and tell him to be prepared? ”

Zhao Jinpeng said with a smile: "This kind of thing, naturally know that the fewer people, the better!" Dechang has been arrogant all his life this week, and it is time for him to suffer something! The two looked at each other, laughed, and told their men to hurry up and pack their bags and prepare to leave.

The night was already deep, Lin Yi crawled on the bed in the bedroom, and refused to come down! Liu Xinyi took off her shoes and sat on the bed, gently rubbed the beaten part of his body, and asked distressedly, "Does it still hurt?" ”

Lin Yi hurriedly said: "It hurts! Hurt! This bullshit county man must have practiced before, otherwise it wouldn't hurt much, ouch hey! His back was swollen by him, and he couldn't sleep on the floor tonight! ”

Liu Xinyi smiled: "You can crawl and sleep, anyway, you can't sleep in the old lady's bed!" ”

Lin Yi smiled bitterly: "His chest was also beaten by him and bruised a lot, I really can't climb down!" Madam, why don't I go outside and squeeze with the officials! We are the prefect and told them to vacate a room and sleep alone. That's right! The little girl Chunyu shouldn't have slept either, I called her up, helped me rub it, rubbed it all night, it is estimated that it will be fine early tomorrow morning! ”

Liu Xinyi kicked him down, gritted her teeth and scolded: "Okay, you are a thief, eating in the pot and looking at the bowl, I don't count this hookup, are you thinking about hooking up with Chunyu again?" Tell you, if you dare to move a finger of Chunyu, see that I don't castrate you? Also, don't pretend, I know what hurts you, hurry up and go to sleep! ”

Seeing that his wife had exposed his lies, Lin Yi grinned and said, "Yes!" Be! What Madame taught me was, I sleep on the floor, I sleep on the floor! Honestly spread the ground, and asked with a smile: "Which little finger that doesn't move the spring rain, can you move her toes!" ”

"Get out! Move your toes and fingers like castration! Liu Xinyi shouted angrily, grabbed a pillow on the bed, and smashed it on Lin Yi, Lin Yi caught it easily, and seeing that his wife was angry, he hurriedly blew out the light and fell asleep in the quilt.