Cheng Lianjin said fiercely: "Who let you be bumped into by this king today! This king just wants you to behave, so that those county orders will know the fate of not doing things well for the court!"

"Also, Cheng Guogong, take out the five hundred stone grain now, this king won't leave if he doesn't see the grain, and don't hide your delicate little concubine!" Cheng Lianjin said with a Buddha's sleeve. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

Seeing Cheng Lianjin's more genuine appearance, Liu Shi angrily called the family and brought five hundred stone of grain.

Seeing that the grain was carried out, Cheng Lianjin changed his face and said respectfully to Liu Shili: "This king has thanked Cheng Guogong here, Cheng Guogong fought for the country when he was young, and now he is willing to give grain for the country as a real pillar of the country." “

Liu Shi watched Cheng Lianjin walk out of the Chengguo Mansion with the grain, and stomped his feet angrily: "This Rui King!"

After returning to Nanyang City with 500 stone of grain, Cheng Lianjin immediately wrote a letter to the imperial court. It is full of courageous and practical officials that Cheng Lianjin has met in the court in the past few years.

Suhe Jingshuo also knew that this matter was embarrassing for Cheng Lianjin, so he agreed to all his recommendations. With these helpers, the matter of requisitioning grain was really promoted, and in less than half a month, nearly 50,000 stone of grain was collected from several surrounding counties.

But this number is far from enough. At present, there are still about ten days to go, and 350,000 stone of grain is still to be collected. Seeing this gap, Cheng Lianjin shook his head, thinking that it was really a bunch of hard stones!

"Hey, Your Highness, when I wanted to collect food well, no one paid attention to me, and I couldn't do anything with my own words, so I could only go with the flow, but I only knew that I could still do this errand after following His Highness! It is also appropriate for them to do some practical things for the people. His Royal Highness is not afraid of offending them, and I am not afraid of either, so it's a big deal to lose this black gauze hat on my head. Jingping said with a smile.

"Yes, it's better to lose the black gauze hat like this than to do nothing in the official position!" Qin Lebai on the side responded.

"Yes, we were just some of us. The petty officials who run errands for others really did something for the people only after being recommended by King Rui, didn't he want to use his own strength to do something for the people and the country when he joined the office. I couldn't do it in the past, but now that I have the opportunity, I will definitely do it with Ruiwang. Qian Jiancheng also spoke.

"Okay, then let's be busy tonight! Stay on the plane and bring some invitations!" Cheng Lianjin saw that the people around him supported him, and his heart was full of confidence.

Qin Lebai, Qian Jiancheng and Chen Liuji are all officials recommended by Cheng Lianjin, they were originally just ordinary officials in the six ministries, they all belonged to poor families, and they entered the office through their own efforts, and they wanted to show their ambitions, but they didn't want to think that in this officialdom where officials and officials protect each other, these poor children have no chance of getting ahead at all, so they can only eat in the corpse and spend their young lives in their seemingly glorious positions.

Cheng Lianjin also chose these people to help him after careful assessment in the past few years. The court needs these young people to maintain their vitality, and they need these people who really come up from the bottom to do some practical things, so that they can truly consider the people.

That night, these invitations were sent out door to door according to the name book of the big families in Nanyang City, and these big families were invited to come to the banquet the next day.

The next day. Hundreds of big businessmen came, but there were still a dozen or so old princes and old princes who lived at home with their names on their faces, and the old prince did not appear.

The time for the banquet had arrived, Qin Lebai looked around, ready to wait a little longer. Cheng Lianjin stopped Qin Lebai and said: "Since the time is up, let's start, those who don't come won't wait for them first, this king will visit them one by one." “

Saying that, Cheng Lianjin picked up a glass of wine and said loudly: "First of all." Thank you for coming to the banquet in your busy schedule, this time the king is ordered to collect grain and need everyone's help and support. It's just that this king is a little confused, this grain edict has been issued for more than 20 days, have you received it, if the grain edict has not been received, have you seen the collector sent by this king?"

The businessmen and rich gentry in the room were speechless and looked at each other.

"It seems that you have all seen the collector of this king, but I don't know why, my collector has not collected a grain of grain, it is estimated that everyone thinks that the rank of the collector of this king is too low, so today this king personally invited everyone, and personally collected grain from everyone! Come, this king is about to start collecting grain after drinking this glass of wine!" After speaking, Cheng Lianjin raised his neck and drank a bowl of wine in one go. The empty bowl was shown to everyone.

No one responded, Cheng Lianjin stood up suddenly, changed his face and said: "Come on, don't you all be arrogant when you face the collectors of this king, and now you don't even dare to take the wine bowl? “

Seeing Cheng Lianjin's murderous appearance, the rich gentry didn't dare to hesitate any longer. They all picked up the wine bowls.

Cheng Lianjin saw everyone holding up the wine bowl and sneered: "Since everyone has drunk wine, then let's come according to the regulations now, Jingping will give me the name, and I will come one by one to see how much grain needs to be collected from you." “

An old rich gentleman stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang." It's not that we don't pay food, but we really can't hand it over, you see that the imperial court military department is short of food and looks for us, and this Ministry of Industry is also looking for us when there is a shortage of food. We can't afford to toss like this, the harvest has not been good in the past two years, our families can't support us, and we really have no food. “

As soon as this statement came out. Immediately, a few rich gentry responded to the side, and there was a complaint in the house.

Cheng Lianjin remained silent, took the name book from Jing Ping and turned it page by page.

After turning a few pages, Cheng Lianjin stopped and said: "You are Rao Benqiao, the nephew of the late King of Yingcheng County, you have 3,000 acres of land in Yingcheng, 2,000 acres of land in Fu'an, and there are two restaurants and one cloth shop in Nanyang City. “

As soon as these words came out, everyone began to talk about it. When the old rich gentleman heard this, his face immediately turned the color of pig liver, and he said in a whisper: "My restaurant is also my serious business income." “

Cheng Lianjin snorted lightly and said: "This king is just talking, I am just ordered to requisition grain and have no intention of forcibly occupying the people's family business." “

Everyone heard a burst of laughter, and the old rich gentleman sat back in his place and stopped talking.

At this time, Cheng Lianjin slapped the table fiercely, raised his voice and said: "It seems that you have made up your mind to fight this king to the end, and this king's grain collection is also in accordance with the emperor's will and obeys the arrangement of the imperial court, since you are not willing to give food, I don't want to offend you, what do you think?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately fell silent. Dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at Cheng Lianjin, waiting for his proposal.

"Since everyone is not willing to give food, then let's contribute, the imperial court is also rewarded to the person who drills the well and repairs the canal, if you can help dig the well and repair the canal, then the grain will not need to be levied, one well is worth three stone grain, one side of the soil is worth two stone of grain, when is it finished, when is it clear. What do you think?" Cheng Lianjin continued.

Everyone suddenly exploded: "No, no, where are we people who do this kind of work, which of us can dig soil and carry bricks." “

Qin Lebai drank: "It's not okay to collect grain. If you can't do your best, then what are you guys going to do? Why can't you work? King Rui collects grain everywhere every day, and King Jing leads people to survey and drill wells on the spot all day long, are you all more expensive than the prince?"

Then Cheng Lianjin's eyes scanned the crowd like sharp blades: "The emperor's holy decree to this king, this king has to complete this matter, if you don't pay the food, don't think about stepping out of this gate today!"

As soon as the words fell, the guards with them flashed out of the side and surrounded the room.

Seeing this, the crowd fell silent. After a while, a voice said: "Lord, I will pay the grain, I will pay the grain." “

Cheng Lianjin said: "What about the others, are you going to hand over people? Come on, follow the old man to the house to get people!"

"Yes!" shouted the guards in unison, drawing their swords and stepping forward.

"I'll pay the food too!" a voice came out helplessly.

Soon, a circle of people raised their hands and shouted to hand over the grain, Cheng Lianjin pointed at Jingping and said: "The one who handed over the grain came here to find him!

As soon as these words came out, everyone flocked to Jingping and surrounded Jingping. Seeing this, several other people couldn't hold back a smile and gave each other a thumbs up to Cheng Lianjin.

Soon Jingping registered the number of grain requisitioned, and a total of 200,000 stone of grain was collected for this grain requisition banquet, which was still 150,000 stone from the prescribed 400,000 stone.

But in the next few days, not a stone of grain was collected, and in five days it will be time to cash in the grain for the people, and now the wells have almost been drilled, and the canals have been repaired, and if there is not enough food to be cashed in by then, it will definitely lead to great chaos, and the people who have worked hard for a month will certainly riot if they do not get food, and the situation will be difficult to control.

"Your Highness, there are still 150,000 stones left unsettled. Qin Lebai whispered on the side.

"The king knows. Cheng Lianjin lowered his head and sighed, he had seen the name book, and the share of grain levied by each household was divided according to the actual number of acres of land per household, and these dozen or so large households accounted for almost half of the total, but because they were all old princes and old princes, they all refused to pay grain by virtue of their own identities, so the last 150,000 stone could not be collected.

Chen Liuji said angrily: "Your Highness, didn't you say a few days ago that you would take people if you don't pay food, you give me the list, and I'll help you get people!"

Qian Jiancheng said helplessly: "Take people? Do you know who the remaining ten or so households are, don't say that you go to take people, even if you take one of the big ones, I will convince you?"

"Who?

"Heavenly King Lao Tzu and his brother. Qian Jiancheng said with a glance at Chen Liuji.

"Wei Wangsu and Liyuan?!" Chen Liuji slumped and stopped talking.

Because there is no one in Nanyang City who does not know the King of Wei, Su and Liyuan, the younger brother of the emperor Su and Jingshuo, has always acted domineeringly, and when he was young, he followed the emperor to fight everywhere, and he was a good martial artist. Not to mention levying his grain, the government and the opposition may not be able to avoid Cao Renjun.

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