Seeing the scene just now, the victims quickly organized themselves, and each hundred households were divided into groups, Cai Xiang suddenly understood and said, "This is benevolent government." ”

It will be distributed soon, whether it is at the construction site or later distributed to various weis, and it is impossible for more than 30,000 people to gather together. After all, they are outsiders, from dozens of counties in more than a dozen states. When he arrived in Jiangnan, he became a lonely guest in a foreign land.

Let them organize by themselves, the nearest ones, those who have good relationships, form a hundred households, or go to work, or break up and distribute them later, they will be together, with acquaintances by their side, and they will not be lonely when they leave their hometown.

However, this detail is often overlooked by officials.

But never before has that state shared so many people from extreme poverty.

Zheng Lang said lightly: "Cai Zhizhi, let me ask you, how much arable land can a family of people in my dynasty have?" ”

It was not easy to answer, Cai Xiang hesitated and said, "About thirty acres." ”

"Why did I give so many polders to the people?"

"It's an incentive."

"It's not just an incentive, I preached it this time last year, but who dares to guarantee that it will definitely succeed?"

Cai Xiang nodded silently.

"If there is no land, the people will not be stimulated, but they do not know the future, they bring their own tools, prepare their own dry food, and even abandon their own winter wheat, some poor people have no food to eat, only eat two meals a day, work on an empty stomach, and finally I can't stand it, so I provide a dinner. This is also an unprecedented gamble, the winner is only known to me, they will have a future life if they win, and if they lose, they will come to work in winter, and the next year there will be serious people who will not survive. Do you think they deserve more than 20 acres of land? ”

The reason is so simple that no one has thought about it.

Cai Xiang didn't know how to answer.

"This is the reward they deserve, and then they see the benefits of Dawei, and continue to have more than 50 acres of land, more than 60 acres of land, or more than 70 acres of land for another family? Filling all the lakes in the country into flat rivers will not allow each family to get so much land. Moreover, large households occupy more land. Actually, I'm also doing disaster relief. ”

"What?"

"Since last year, various large households have successively attracted thousands of retail households and floating customers, I deliberately asked, they are mostly Jianghuai victims, if there is no imperial court this batch of victims, I will not build more this year, it is enough to accommodate the people promised last year. It will be built next year, and it can be distributed, and it is impossible to add 60 acres and 70 acres to each household, 40 acres for families of less than 5 people, and 50 acres for those above 50 acres, which is enough for them to live a subsistence and clothing life. I have also mentioned this sentence to other governors, and they will learn from me in the future, and they can no longer let each household divide sixty or seventy acres of land. This is a special bonus for being the starter. Now what? If I give them forty acres and refuse to accept them, someone in the court will impeach. If you give them sixty acres, seventy acres, where will you create so much arable land? And a worse example, what about the other states? They are also disaster victims, why do the victims of Jianghuai come only to work as tenant farmers, these people need to eat well, dress warmly, live comfortably, have more fields, and have a bright future in the future, and even don't have to work, the imperial court must pay them dozens of dollars a year? Where's the fairness? ”

Cai Xiang and Song Zhen couldn't answer.

"I have a series of arrangements to show that the local indigenous people support me and benefit them. However, the victims poured over, and it was 7,000 households, how many people were there in Taiping Prefecture? There are only 30,000 households. In order to make their lives better, they can only be arranged for the victims one after another. Excuse me, will the indigenous people feel fair? ”

Again, a question that they can't answer.

"The people didn't expect it yet, but sooner or later they would wake up, and once they came to their senses, these victims took it for granted, and if they didn't hold a grateful heart, the other tenant farmers and the aborigines would not have hatred. There is nothing to do in my office, but what about the next office, what about the next office? You brought the victims here, and when you see that they are well, even if the income of all the people in Taiping Prefecture is included in them, you are happy, but have you thought about it in the future? The three of you are very knowledgeable, and you may enter the two mansions in the future, so you can't be so shallow......"

"Then dare to enter the two mansions, but I have something to understand, can you ask?" Cai Xiang said.

"Ask."

"Why are you resisting the imperial order?"

"It's not resistance, the court wants to force me to speak first, because things are getting bigger and bigger, and the Dongfu may participate, as long as I open my mouth to ask for help, I will intervene one after another in the future, may I ask, who can interfere in Taiping Prefecture today!" Who has the ability to meddle in this matter! ”

Not only for this reason, but also for the sake of it.

Arrogant.

But the three can't tell the difference, who can? Lu Yijian? Wang Zeng? Or Fan Zhongyan? It is okay to repair water conservancy, just like Fan Zhongyan can't suddenly conjure up more than 700,000 yuan of money.

"If I make a successful demonstration and other state capitals follow suit, don't do more, one state will increase production by one million a year, and more than a dozen states will be able to increase production by 10 million and feed three or four million people. If a state can increase its tax revenue by 50,000 yuan, it can bring 1 million yuan of tax revenue to the country, 10 million in 10 years, and 10,000 in 100 years. Why not support it, but deliberately hinder it? "There is another article that does not say, I originally wanted to take advantage of the arrival of a bumper harvest next year to do a test of the exemption law in Taiping Prefecture, because of the disaster victims, probably not either.

The more than 700,000 yuan of money and goods were also unwilling.

Go back after that.

Cai Xiang lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said in a low voice: "We were wrong...... Lofty Hearts......"

Today's Zheng Lang's words made Cai Xiang have a change.

Looking at Zheng Yanyu wearing an ordinary cyan robe, and then looking at the official uniform on his body, suddenly Cai Xiang felt that the official uniform was very dazzling.

Jia Changchao didn't think about it so much, it was my errand and I got it done.

An order was immediately issued that all those who could provide unknown purchases of sulfur in the firecracker workshops in the states would not be asked about their crimes, so those who found the real culprits in the estuary arson case would be rewarded with 1,000 yuan, and those who could solve the case if others could provide clues would also be rewarded with 1,000 yuan.

No one will denounce it if it is not rewarded. Even for the sake of this thousand dollars, it is possible that Taiping Prefecture and the imperial court will have to fight again, and they will cushion it themselves.

A few officials were drawn and the order was sent to the other states. The ship coming from the river may not be the sulfur from Taiping Prefecture.

Then sit back and wait.

Zhao Tongju also took the officials to mobilize the victims, and transported them to distant places by ship one by one.

…… No one has come to report it for the time being, but there is a murder case in Taiping Prefecture.

Not necessarily, there is a semi-tenant farmer named Ding Laosan in Dingjiazhuang in Wuhu County, whose family has six or seven acres of land, and also rents about 20 acres of land from others, because Dingjiazhuang is close to the lake and can subsidize some household fishing subsidies, so the family has come over these years.

But some time ago, Ding Laosan got a small fortune out of nowhere, and he began to spend it extravagantly.

Buy a pound of meat, cook a little side dishes, and drink a few pots of old wine for three or two days.

For ordinary Song Dynasty peasants, this kind of life was already very luxurious. If he develops according to the normal trajectory, he is also among the 4,900 households arranged this year, and if he gets dozens of acres of polders, his life will only get better and better.

But just yesterday, while fishing, he somehow fell into the water and drowned.

His wife was not satisfied and ran to Wuhu County to complain, my husband has a good surname in Shui, why did he fall into the water and drown? He was murdered by someone else.

Wang County's order is strange, those who are good swimmers drown, and if the water surname is good, they can't drown? Besides, your husband likes to drink, or if he gets drunk, or if he has leg cramps, he can drown.

His wife was not convinced, saying that he had obtained some money some time ago, about a dozen yuan, and I don't know where it came from, and when he came back the day before yesterday, he said that I would be able to get some money soon. Something happened the next day.

So this must be murder.

Wang Xian Ling had no choice but to take the official and the indignation to the autopsy, the body was normal, the stomach was filled with water, and the whole body was swollen, all signs of drowning.

On re-examination, there was no injury on the body, and there was no sign of poisoning.

Wang Xianling said: "You said that people murdered, but what about the injuries? ”

The woman was not satisfied, and came to the city of Taipingzhou again to continue to appeal.

Zheng Lang took the servants down.

Let the autopsy be conducted first, and the result is the same as the result judged by Wang County's order.

Continue to send people to inquire carefully, in front of Dingjiazhuang is Huze, and not far to the left is one of the three Zhongwei circled by Zheng Lang, about 400 hectares, and the cultivated land may be less than 300 hectares. It's not small, but it's far less huge than Jingminwei.

Ding Laosan's accident was in the center of the lake, and I don't know where the accident happened, but later Ding's family looked for a boat, and the boat drifted into a reed. The corpse happened to be blown by the west wind to the new polder, which had not yet been built, but the victims had already been sent to weed.

In addition to the victims, there are also 5,000 people in Taiping Prefecture, who are motivated by the victims. Later, it is possible to add 10,000 local people to enter one after another.

There were also hundreds of people stationed in this area, and one person saw Ding Laosan's body.

There were also several fishermen who saw Ding Laosan fishing, greeted each other, seemed to have drunk wine, but did not drink much, and spoke very soberly. So Ding's wife shouted that he was wronged.

Zheng Lang asked again: "Li Shi, you said that your husband died a humiliating death and was murdered by someone, so the official asked you, who gave your husband money?" ”

"I don't know."

How to investigate this case? There is no way to identify whether it was really murdered or drowned, and Zheng Lang didn't download "Clearing Grievances" at that time, so he didn't understand this.

Glanced at Wang Xianling.

If you don't tell the best, that person is not busy? I didn't even have time to eat. It's not irresponsible, it's really a murder, just one suspicion, one drag, so many officials in one state, one county and two places stay here, what's it?

But you can't help but ask.

So he sent people everywhere to look for clues to see if other people who were fishing on the lake had seen anything unusual happening.

In the end, the clues are concentrated in a place called Huang Chai Dang.

Someone else saw Ding Laosan sitting on the bow of the boat drinking at noon, and after drinking, he began to cast his net, and said: "There will be no fishing next year." ”

Let others listen to it with envy.

Only 8,000 households were arranged, not all fourth- and fifth-class households were arranged. And there is no less. That is, there are at least more than 4,000 fifth-class households who did not sign up because of hesitation, and later stopped when they registered, and there was no arrangement.

Therefore, Zheng Lang said a sentence that was unfair to the local residents.

If there are no these victims, several medium-sized polders will be reclaimed in the future, and at least the fifth-class households will be able to be arranged.

According to the fishermen's statement, it is not easy to say that the wind was very strong that day, the wind was strong and the waves were high, and it was not easy for people to stand firm on the bow of the boat. When this happens, it doesn't work for any water surname.

In the afternoon, some fishermen saw it, but at that time, the boat had stopped on the edge of Huang Chaidang, and they all thought that Ding Laosan was sleeping, so they didn't ask, and they didn't expect that the blink of an eye had drowned.

Zheng Lang asked Wang Xian Ling to go back.

It was also dark, I sat on the bow of the boat and ate for a while, and then came to Dingjiazhuang again, Ding's wife and two teenagers, and Ding's mother were crying. Zheng Lang comforted him and said to him: "You open the coffin again and examine it carefully." ”

"Whoa."

However, this examination was detailed, and he was afraid that the family of the deceased would be sad to see it, so Zheng Lang asked them to avoid it and sent two officials to replace the relatives who guarded the funeral shed. He himself talked to the other villagers and asked carefully, did he hear Ding Laosan say where his dozen taels of money came from?

Shake their heads one by one.

Let them think about it again.

If it was a murder, it would be an important clue, but no one knew.

I couldn't help frowning.

The truth of the case does not look like a murder, but it does look like a drowning case.

In the past few years, except for the Linjiang Temple case, there has not been a single homicide case in almost the entire Taiping Prefecture, at least since he took office, not a single homicide case has been accepted.

Three fishermen have already fallen overboard and died.

And because of their own drive, even if they don't get the field, the people of Xinwei also need short-term work, for example, most of the people in Liangwei have hired short-term workers this year, and the construction and transportation in the city can also provide some opportunities for them to earn some household expenses.

It seems to have become better, who is guilty of murder?

With doubts in his heart, he turned his head to look at the spiritual shed under the locust tree in the distance, whether it was drowned or murdered, it was not a normal death. At this time, people are more superstitious, so the location of the spiritual shed is a little far from the entrance of the village, on a few meters high soil slope, on the soil slope there are a few messy ancient acacia trees.

Early winter has arrived, and the night wind is fierce, and the reeds of the locust tree and a ditch in the distance rustle, giving people an eerie feeling. As if to add to this eerie atmosphere, a night crow screamed, its pitch-black wings spread out, and flew into the distance.

Sima Guang couldn't help but shudder and said, "What the hell is this place?" ”

"If you don't come, you will come together, whether it is a murder or not may not be known......"

Before he finished speaking, Ding's wife Li Shi cried again, and said: "Zheng Zhizhou, people say that you are an immortal in the sky, you can't say this, the one in my family was harmed by people, and he was wronged." ”

"You get up first...... Lao Tzu directly upgraded from the stars that fell from the sky and became a god!

I had to wait for the results of the autopsy.

After a while, Confession came out and shook his head.

"No, he's harmed." Ding's wife is still crying.

Even the villagers couldn't stand it, and said: "Is it true that Zheng Zhizhou will definitely give you justice, and you can't mess around, Zheng Zhizhou is so busy in a day." ”

This is like a sentence, but Zheng Lang still didn't dare to be careless, and said: "This official stayed, and stayed on the two boats at the edge of the village, and checked again tomorrow to see if there were any clues." ”

It's almost the third watch, and Ding's wife can't stay anymore.

Everyone dispersed together, leaving four relatives to keep vigil outside the mourning tent.

A few people brought a few jars of wine, some bad shrimp, fried pickled fish, and other side dishes, spread the side dishes on the ground, and chatted while drinking.

The environment is not very good, the cause of death is not very good, staying here to guard the spirit, and everyone who commits it has some hairs in their hearts. Especially when it is close to midnight, the night wind blows non-stop, and the leaves sound non-stop. The four of them were numb on their scalps, so they had to drink wine to strengthen their courage.

At this moment, Ding Laosan's eldest brother Xie Yu'er suddenly said, "Did you hear any sounds?" ”

Ding Laosan's fourth cousin said, "Uncle Yu, don't scare us. ”

"There really is a sound."

"It's the rumors...... the fourth cousin just finished speaking, the smile on his face froze, and the other two cousins of Ding Laosan also stopped smiling. I really heard the sound, it wasn't very loud, it seemed to be the kind of ugly sound made by scratching the wall, and the source of the sound was not right, it happened to come from behind them, and behind it was the spirit shed.

But soon it was gone.

The second cousin said, "We heard it wrong, drink." ”

"Drink, drink." The four of them raised their wine Gu and began to drink.

But as soon as the glass of wine was drunk, the faces of the four people lost color again, and there was another noise, which was very fine just now, as if it was real and illusory, and this time it was heard very clearly, and the dull sound made by knocking on the coffin. They all turned their heads to look at the coffin, but there was no sound.

The four of them fell down in prayer, but beads of sweat all rolled down their foreheads.

The second cousin said in a low voice: "Either go into the village and invite some more people over." ”

The fourth cousin nodded.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were several clear sounds of scraping wood and grinding teeth in the coffin.

Don't keep a vigil.

The four of them fled.

Back in the village, shout, "Haunted." ”

As soon as they shouted, dozens of Dingjiazhuang families made them shout together. The head of the village asked strangely, "Cousins, what the hell is going on?" ”

The four of them told the story of what had just happened.

The faces of the people in the whole village were a little suspicious and scared.

The elder said: "Don't worry, Zheng Zhizhou's boat is not far away, I will call Zheng Zhizhou, you send some bold people to take a look." ”

I chose a dozen bold ones and walked over.

Everything is normal, because there is an autopsy, no coffin nails are applied, and nothing else has changed.

One of them boldly said, "Cousins, you heard me wrong. ”

"The ...... of injustice" continued his words, but it did not come from the coffin, nor from the flat ground, as if the sound came from the sky above the spirit shed, faint, floating around with the spirit shed, and dispersed. More than a dozen people came out and looked outside, except for a few old locust trees, the moon stars were scarce, and there was nothing else, let alone people.

Finally, there was a bold coward, and he shouted: "Ghost." ”

After shouting, he immediately ran to the village in a hurry. As soon as he ran, more than a dozen other young people ran together desperately.

It's haunted.