For the people of the Ming Dynasty, Tian Fu is still something that can be endured, but there is one thing that makes people smell and change, that is, forced labor. To put it simply, it is to take out people to work for the government.

Soap Li, jailers, menzi, horsemen, post house men, etc., are all requisitioned from the common people, in addition to river workers, roads, city repairs, grain transportation, construction, will be a large number of free requisition.

Working for the government, not to mention that there is no salary, and it will delay time, especially the working conditions are extremely poor, and injuries and even deaths are commonplace.

Standing and going out, lying down and coming back, every time the people are recruited, it is like parting with life and death.

But there are even more unlucky, that is like a battlefield like Liaodong, where more people are recruited, city roads are built, food and materials are transported, and even required to go to the battlefield, so to speak, the head is tied to the belt of the trousers.

After Zhang Ke established the grange, he also knew that a large number of laborers must be drawn, but it must not be as rough as the imperial court.

After consultation with all parties, the service law of Liaodong was determined.

In the case of the Grange, 20 young men are selected from each Grange every year, and the service period is two months. If you don't want to work, you can pay silver and be exempted from hard labor.

Moreover, Zhang Ke specifically stipulated that every item of labor must be clearly explained to the people in advance, and there must be a limit on the amount of labor per day. And if there is an injury, the court will give a bereavement pension.

The most critical one is that the villagers of each grange can supervise the construction, and if it exceeds the limit of the people's tolerance, they can negotiate terms with the imperial court, or even let the people stop the work.

Obviously, Zhang Ke's set of regulations is to protect the people as much as possible, and prevent the court from treating the people like livestock.

Li Yang is the head of the T-shaped grange in Hua'er Camp, and is in charge of hundreds of farmers in the grange.

When Zhang Ke was managing Liaodong. For two consecutive years, 20 miles of roads, two bridges, and a diversion canal were built, and 20,000 stones of military rations were transported, and 100,000 catties of coal were collected, exceeding the task. After the assessment, the governor's yamen even issued a reward to allow Li Yang's five grange households to be exempt from taxes, which is a real honor. The people of the Grange are honored.

But since Sun Ge came to Liaodong, the recruitment of people has become more and more unruly.

First, he asked the people to go to the area of Xipingbao to build a city. Originally, according to Zhang Ke's regulations, Xipingbao belonged to the first line, and the recruits and men had to arrange for the protection of soldiers, and they had to give allowances, stipulate a large number of requirements for work, and so on.

However, the imperial court did not explain at all, and the people were also panicked, under Zhang Ke's hands. They learned one thing, and that is to resist!

The people first formed a village to protect themselves, and each Zhuangzi refused to leave people.

Seeing that the people could not be recruited, the court moved big. thought that the soldier surnamed Yuan actually led people to rob people.

The elders of Tun in various Zhuangzi did not dare to hit the stone with an egg, so they jointly asked to see Yuan Chonghuan and plead to him, hoping that the court could give an explanation. They will do what they are told.

But Yuan Chonghuan didn't listen at all, and directly arrested a group of people, hung them in front of Zhuangzi and tortured them. Forcing the people to compromise.

The Ming Dynasty attaches the most importance to the squires and the elderly, who are the lowest bricks and the foundation of the empire. These people were beaten, and some people in Jinyi had already reported the matter to the imperial court, and some imperial historians also participated in the impeachment. Therefore, Cui Chengxiu was ordered to come to Liaodong to investigate.

But Yuan Chonghuan is worthy of being a fierce man who can say that he has been in Pingliao for five years, and he is even more resolute in his work, breaking through several granges in a row, and all the people are requisitioned and transferred, and not a single strong laborer remains.

You must know that this is the spring ploughing season, the men have all been taken away, how to plough the land with the remaining old and weak women and children, and if there is no harvest, won't they starve to death in the autumn!

More and more Grange was dissatisfied, and more and more people spontaneously organized, especially the militia, who gathered in the Hua'er camp with weapons to confront Yuan Chonghuan.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Chonghuan actually carried a red-clothed cannon and bombarded the Huaer camp, killing more than 200 militiamen. Ma Shilong led the men and horses, and after rushing into the Hua'er camp, he actually looted and slaughtered, plundered the grain and people, and killed countless people......

On the day that Hua'er Camp was attacked, Li Yang happened to go to the nearby Zhenyi Fort to contact a helper, and narrowly escaped, but when he returned home, he found that his mother had committed suicide by hanging from a beam, and his wife was disheveled and tortured to death. Only when his son hid in the vegetable cellar did he get away with it.

He knelt in front of Cui Chengxiu, talked constantly, and told all the experiences of more than half a year.

The people kneeling at the foot of the hall listened to it in their ears and felt the same way, and many of them shed tears.

"Adult, the little one just can't understand why the imperial court has suddenly become so cruel and treats us as human beings......"

Li Yang was crying, and suddenly a scolding came from outside the hall.

"Shameless Diao people, dare to bewitch the public, it is simply impossible to kill!"

While speaking, Sun Chengzong was wearing civilian clothes, one eye socket was swollen and high, he was angry, and he took a big stride and went up to the lobby under the protection of the servants.

"Oh? It turned out that Sun Ge was old and came, and he was far away. Cui Chengxiu said with a smile.

"Lord Qincha beckoned, and the old man didn't dare not come!"

Sun Chengzong's words did not carry a trace of emotion, he grabbed his beautiful hair, looked at the people in the hall with contempt, and said loudly: "Master Cui, so many people have sued the old man, should you pick up the old man's lock and torture him with words and deeds?" ”

"How dare you!" Cui Chengxiu said with a smile: "Pavilion Elder, the people complained about the indiscriminate requisition of people, the brutal killing of squires, the slaughter of Li Shu, and the disturbance of the place, these crimes may be all committed by the people below, you are always the leader of the Qingliu, as the emperor of the dynasty, I am afraid you will not do this kind of thing!" ”

Cui Chengxiu's words revealed a lack of morality, and it was clear that he was forcing Sun Chengzong to betray his subordinates.

Sun Ge Lao has been holding back his anger since yesterday, and today he is here to be angry, how can he back down.

"Master Cui, these things were personally ordered by this seat."

Cui Chengxiu's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he sneered: "Elder Ge confessed? ”

"What a sin this seat has! Since ancient times, Ci is not in charge of the army, Liaodong is a battlefield, and the people are recruited to build cities and forts, in order to protect the people! These small people are ignorant, don't Master Cui understand it either? It's just to work for the imperial court, so they push back, and even rebel by force. Shouldn't you be killed if you are so miserable? ”

Sun Chengzong is like an angry lion, even more irritable than yesterday.

"Master Cui, you have worked in the military department, how about the nine sides, don't need the old man to talk about it. It's just that Liaodong has a bunch of tattered rules, and a group of Diao people have been raised, if they blindly accommodate them, when will they be able to recover Liaodong, and when will they be able to eliminate Jiannu! The old man adhered to the holy entrustment and came to Liaodong, and he had already put life and death aside, a lifetime of fame, half a lifetime of honor and disgrace, and even this old life, this seat is ready to be thrown in Liaodong! I don't understand, the same thing is done for the court, the more you do, the greater the sin? ”

Sun Chengzong stared at Cui Chengxiu with red eyes, and sneered: "Master Cui, who is behind you, the old man is clear, you just wait to be played!" ”

"Sun Chengzong, don't spew blood!"

Cui Chengxiu is also a second-grade scholar, and he is also a master of Qincha, where can he tolerate such humiliation.

"This official is Qincha, and the mastermind behind it is the current saint, if you want to go to the book, go to the emperor!"

The two adults tore their faces in court, as if they were quarrelling, but the people below were stupid.

But some people didn't think it was lively enough, so they even came up.

A person walked in from the corner door of the lobby, a young man, but the official uniform on his body was embroidered with teeth and claws, walked out from behind the door, everyone's eyes fell on him, and even the two adults were compared.

Zhang Ke walked over with a smile and smiled at Cui Chengxiu and Sun Chengzong: "Two adults, why do you need to quarrel like this, doesn't it make people laugh?" ”

"Brother Yongzhen, it's not that I want to quarrel, it's really Sun Ge Lao who is making trouble, I swear with him not to give up!"

"Hahaha, how can this seat be afraid of you! Also, Dingliao Hou! Sun Chengzong's eyes suddenly burned, forced him to look at Zhang Ke, and sneered: "Don't think that this seat is not clear, behind these Diao people is you making waves and cheering them up." With some credit, I want to be Cao Cao, but don't think that everyone in the world is stupid. ”

Zhang Ke had been prepared, but he didn't expect Sun Chengzong to be so excessive, so he was furious, but laughed instead.

"Elder Sun Ge, you don't have to be like a shrew scolding the street, the contradiction between you and me, to put it simply, I, Zhang Ke, have to be sympathetic to the people, how much ability I have, and how much I can do. Your old gentleman, you want nothing more than to repair the city and build a lot of buildings, but have you ever thought about it, no matter how hard the turtle shell is, can it block the knife and gun? Even if you do make it impregnable, don't the Tartars still have two legs, they just need to get around. ”

Although Zhang Ke's voice was not high, it hit the crux of Sun Chengzong's tactics, and he smiled lightly: "Elder Sun Ge, if your tactics can win a battle and recover an inch of lost territory, Benjue naturally has nothing to say." If the Tartars didn't do anything, but instead made the people of Liaodong exhausted, and complained, I see how you explain to the people of the world! (To be continued......) R527