It's mid-November in the blink of an eye, and the sound of playing boards in the lobby of the yamen hasn't stopped for a day......

In the first few days, Zhu Yuanzhang would go to Yaqian Square every day, waiting for the injured farmers to be thrown out, so he hurriedly found someone to carry them to Fenglei Village. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang simply didn't go, and the yamen was still carrying the wounded towards Fenglei Village.

In the ancestral hall of Feng Lei Village, Ma Xiaotian gave an impassioned speech every day, repeating just a few sentences: "Lao Tzu can't live anymore", "Lao Tzu wants to rebel", "It's all a death anyway", "Do you want to come together".

Most of the injured who were initially brought in were instigated by Ma Xiaotian, and there was already a trace of rebellion in their hearts. The injured who were carried in the future were also quickly infected by the subtle emotions in the ancestral hall. As mentioned in the previous chapters, such a thing as a rebellion and uprising has a binding effect, and often when a person says that he wants to rebel, he will tie up a group of people to follow him to rebel. This momentum, like a snowball, is getting bigger and bigger.

Slowly, the idea of rebellion began to be felt not only by the wounded in the ancestral hall, but also by the more than 1,000 poor people scattered around Fenglei Village......

"Brother...... Have you heard? Ma Xiaotian from Xigu Village said that he was going to rebel......"

"I heard...... Hush...... Donggu Village, Fenglei Village, Beijingtou Village...... Many folks I know think Ma Xiaotian is right, and they are also thinking about the same thing. ”

"Do you have that idea?"

"I ...... I'm actually hesitating......"

"What is there to hesitate about! If you are caught rebelling, you will be killed, and you will be punished by the Nine Clans, you are not afraid of death? Look at Zheng Yanfu in Chengcheng, his rebellion failed, and his corpses were burned to charcoal. ”

"I'm also afraid of death, but can I live without rebellion? What is the difference between starving to death and being beheaded by the government? ”

"This ...... You're right, you make me think about it......"

"That's right...... If you rebel, you have to have a big brother, right? ”

"Needless to say, of course it's Bugling Zhu, let's just nominate Bugling Zhu as the leader."

"Will he be willing to rebel with us? Bugling Zhu is in charge of the Ma family, and he is doing well, so there is no need to mess around with our bitter haha. ”

"Hey, you don't understand this, Zhu Bugs is the most righteous, I can't see the villagers living hard, if the villagers can't survive, he will definitely rise up and lead us."

"I think Second Brother Wang is also good."

"You don't know yet? Second Brother Wang is now listening to Zhu Baba Brother! ”

Conversations like the one mentioned above are spreading among the people around Feng Lei Village, one by ten, ten by hundred, by hundred, just like Zhu Yuanzhang said, something is slowly brewing.

Of course, there are also many wavering people who want to go to the government to report and expose Ma Xiaotian, Zhu Ba, Wang Er and others.

Some readers may not understand why someone would want to expose Zhu Ba and Wang Er before they came out? In fact, this was a very common situation in ancient times, as long as others thought that you might rebel, they could go to the government to expose you. When dealing with this kind of thing, the government often does not pay attention to evidence, but pays attention to intuition, in other words, "the government says that you want to rebel, you are a villain", and there is no need for evidence to prove it.

What's ridiculous is that this kind of confused way of judging cases has really created several powerful leaders of the rebel army.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang in the previous life, he was a monk in Huangjue Temple, and received a letter from Tang He inviting him to join the rebel army. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he no longer hesitated and joined the rebel army.

Another example is the lighting of the lamp in the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, named Zhao Sheng. Also known as Zhao Si'er, he was originally a scholar in Qingjian * County, and he lived in the Petroleum Temple to study books at night. Some people falsely rumored that he lit a lamp in the lonely temple at night, and wanted to make a war book to rebel like the Huang Chao depicted in Pinghua, and it was also rumored that the government was going to arrest him. Zhao Sheng was self-explanatory, worried that he would be falsely imprisoned, and finally forced Liangshan to gather people to revolt in the Huaya Temple in Jiejiagou.

With the current situation of Ma Xiaotian, Zhu Ba, and Wang Er, if someone reports it, the government will definitely come to ask for him, and there is no need for evidence, and the possibility of directly beheading Yu Shikou is very large.

But...... These people who were wavering in their minds and wanted to go to the government to inform, often on the way to leave Fenglei Village secretly and go to the Yamen, were stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang's scattered manpower.

The timing of the uprising...... Day by day, approaching ......

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County yamen, lobby.

Gu Huaxiu frowned, watching the fifteen villagers being beaten and thrown out of the yamen, he didn't feel a little depressed, he had been spanking for half a month, and the villagers who had been beaten by him were hundreds, but the people still refused to give in, and the taxes they paid were pitiful, so if it went on like this, what should he do with this year's evaluation?

He couldn't help but turn around and ask his Shaoxing master, "Sir, you have to teach me, this tax can't be collected, what should I do?" Do you continue to play like this? ”

The master of Shaoxing has actually been thinking about this problem recently, but in the past two days, he has noticed a new situation, and he is thinking about this matter at this time, and when Gu Huaxiu asked, the master suddenly woke up and responded: "The proprietor, there is no good way to deal with the matter of taxes, but there is a strange thing, I have been thinking about it for several days and still can't figure it out." ”

"Oh? It must be a big deal to be able to stump Mr.! Gu Hua Xiuqi said.

Master Shaoxing stretched out his hand and pointed to the square in front of the ya, and then said, "Does the proprietor remember the steward named Zhu Ba?" It's the young man who picked up Diao Min, who beat you off the board. ”

"Well, there's a little bit of an impression, what's wrong with this person?" Gu Huaxiu asked.

"There's something weird about this man." Master Shaoxing frowned and said: "Because he will pick up the injured people every day, I will send the arrester to investigate, it turns out that the injured people have been sent to a small village called Feng Lei Village, where they will be treated, and they can also get a few bowls of porridge to drink." Wansheng sent someone to inquire, and there were more than 1,000 people gathered there, relying on Zhu Bashi's porridge every day. ”

"Oh? What's so strange about that? Gu Huaxiu's reaction was not fast enough to hear that there was anything wrong.

Master Shaoxing glanced at Gu Huaxiu with hatred and hatred, and sighed: "Thousands of people, giving porridge to thousands of people, this matter is not simple, how much food does this need?" Is this something that a mere steward can do? ”

When Gu Huaxiu heard this, he finally reacted: "Hey, yes! How can a steward feed a thousand people if he can have a few dollars? He turned his mind vigorously, and pretended to be clever: "Ha, I see, he's helping the master's family with soup kitchen, right?" ”

"It's not!" Master Shaoxing shook his head and said, "If it is to help the master's family give porridge, it must be in the name of the master's family, but the news that I sent out to inquire about it is that the soup soup is carried out in the name of Zhu Ba." ”

"What? It's really weird. No matter how stupid Gu Huaxiu was, he couldn't tell that something was wrong, and he asked in a low voice, "Which family is Zhu Ba in charge of?" ”

"Whitewater Ma's!" Master Shaoxing said in a low voice: "This family has moved to Xi'an Mansion, leaving only the second young grandmother to sit in the old mansion, and now the housekeeper is a woman...... Ma bought grain everywhere a few months ago, and at that time I thought that the family was going to raise the price of grain, which was something that the squires were doing, so I didn't care, but now when I think about it, I find that it is strange. ”

Gu Huaxiu clapped his hands and said: "Now I understand again, this Zhu Ba stole the grain of the master's family to give it to the people and win people's hearts......"

"**Don't leave ten!" Master Shaoxing shook his head: "This guy is very rude to the county lord, and he is doing this strange thing in secret, I think it is very problematic, we should think of ways to deal with him." ”

"It's not simple, let's just say that he solicited people's hearts and plotted against him, and it was over if he was caught and killed." Gu Huaxiu said with a smile, in fact, he was talking nonsense and accusing people of indiscriminately buttoning his hat, but this time he actually buckled his hat indiscriminately, and he did not wronged Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Shhh......h In the name of rebellion, there is no need to be fine. Master Shaoxing lowered his voice: "The big people in the court, what I hate to hear the most is the news of a rebellion, since the end of Wanli, many maniacs who rebelled and revolted, and the people above were executed in the name of 'robbers'...... Let's be a little white water, if there is also a rebel maniac, you don't have to think about your evaluation...... It is also possible that he will be dismissed from office. ”

Hearing that he was going to be dismissed from office, Gu Huaxiu was taken aback: "That...... What to do? ”

Master Shaoxing said with a smile: "I think that we might as well visit Baishui Ma's family, talk to the second young grandmother of the Ma family, and get the evidence that Zhu Ba stole the master's food, and then ask him for questioning him for the crime of bullying the master and stealing the master's property, and then take the opportunity to extort some of Ma's property. These belongings, we can use them ourselves, or we can use them to offset the autumn endowment that cannot be collected, which is not only good for your evaluation, but also beneficial. ”

Gu Huaxiu was overjoyed: "Sir, what a clever plan, just do as you say!" ”

The two of them laughed at each other, thinking that they were going to take advantage of it. At that moment, he did not hesitate, he ordered thirty officials in the yamen to arrest quickly, hugged the sedan chair, and came in the direction of the Ma family's compound.

The two of them never thought that there were really people in their jurisdiction who wanted to rebel, and they thought that Zhu Ba was just doing some small tricks, so they were not vigilant at all, and the thirty officials they brought out didn't bring real guys, so they took a few iron rulers, water and fire sticks, and other things.

As the old saying goes, you can't live if you do your own thing!