Chapter 90: How Many More? (3rd Update)
"I really don't know this, I heard the news from Quanzhou, a guard can't help the other party, I think it shouldn't be a simple person." Shi Heng finally told the truth.
A thief who has no choice but to do so? Isn't that a fool? If it weren't for this Shi Heng not to say it, I really didn't know that this Pu Hongzhi would dare to say that he would go to inspect what thieves would disturb.
Pei Yuan hated it so much, this Pu family is a big family, and it has been operating in Fujian for many years and has a deep foundation.
He is a mud-legged man from a poor family, although Pu Hongzhi is usually respectful on the surface, he looks down on his background, and even says behind his back that he is relying on luck to get to the top and wants nothing.
Wrong! Pei Yuan pulled his thoughts back, looked at Shi Heng beside him, and then thought about what he said before and after.
The emperor was furious, Jin Yiwei, the family, Pu Hongzhi borrowed the excuse to return to Quanzhou.
Connecting them one by one, Pei Yuan had a bold idea in his heart.
"Shi Dudu, what do you think are the chances of Pu Hongzhi going here? Will it have any impact on our Fujian Metropolitan Command Embassy? Pei Yuan made a pun.
Shi Heng was inexplicably a little excited, and now he finally had a chance.
"I thought that Master Pu's departure was tantamount to a moth to a fire, and even a person who was helpless with the strength of a guard post could not be suppressed by his troops.
Just in case, I still ask the general to send troops, and even if I don't have merit in going, I won't be at fault.
After all, if nothing happens, everyone will be fine, but if something happens, the general is the first person His Majesty wants to find, what do you say, general? Shi Heng said a few words into Pei Yuan's heart.
Pei Yuan looked at Shi Heng, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the Governor of Shidu, these things are easy to deal with, and I will have to rely on the Governor more in the future!" ”
Hahaha...... There was a burst of laughter in the room, but I don't know why, since it has been decided to send troops, there is no movement in the yamen.
In Yueli's hometown in Quanzhou, Cao Jing stood in a huge courtyard, and in front of him was a group of trembling people, except for an old man in the middle who was still down-to-earth, the rest were all beautiful women.
This old man is Yue Li's father-in-law, the branch of the Pu family here, and he is surrounded by his concubines.
After Cao Jing followed Guo Mao to Quanzhou, after the two interrogated Yueli's father and daughter-in-law, they divided into two ways.
Guo Mao led his men all the way to Quanzhou Pujia to investigate, and he collected evidence in Yueli's hometown.
After these years of investigation, the chain of evidence has finally been perfected, and now only the signature of this old man Pu is required.
"Have you thought about it? Oh, I forgot to tell you, your family and the like have been cleaned up, and there are my people guarding the door, and no one will come. Cao Jing said.
As soon as Old Man Pu heard Cao Jing speak, his body trembled, and he seemed to be frightened, and he waited for a while before he came to his senses.
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"What are you asking me to sign? I'll marry my daughter, and I'm not guilty of breaking the sky, right? Are you from that yamen?
Our Pu family also has No. 1 in Fujian officialdom, my lord, why don't we turn hostility into jade silk? Old man Pu began to pretend to be crazy and stupid.
"You don't know? What I just said to you was blown away by the wind? Cao Jing's face darkened, stopped talking nonsense, and dragged him out of the woman.
Cao Jing ordered someone to press the old man Pu to the ground, stretched out his foot and stepped on his fingers, and bursts of pig-killing screams appeared from the other party's mouth, frightening the concubines to scream again and again.
"Shut up! Watch your heads! ”
Cao Jing shouted, "Let me ask you again, do you draw the charge yourself, or do I do it myself, and after cutting off your fingers one by one, I will help you draw the charge?" ”
As he spoke, Cao Jing added more strength under his feet, the old man's voice became louder and louder, the screams gradually became dull, and his face became the color of pig liver before Cao Jing stopped.
"To say or not to say?" Cao Jing squatted in Old Man Pu's ear and asked again.
As a result, Cao Jing waited for a while, and the old dog pretended to be dead, without any movement, and finally exhausted all his patience.
Cao Jing spat on the ground, "Chop off his fingers, and write a few strokes on him after pressing the handprint." ”
"Don't, don't! My lord, I'll recruit me! We have thought of this for a long time, and we have said it to every student who marries us, no matter what, it is on the grounds of extravagance......"
Ningxia Governor's Mansion
"Lord Governor, our general of the expedition! You are our backbone, our commander, and now is the time when only you can help the generals! ”
In the huge palace compound, today is full of people wearing civil and military uniforms, and as soon as the military attache finished speaking, the civil official also spoke.
"Yes, Lord Governor, you are the imperial history of Zuodu and the chief military officer, and our colleagues in Ningxia can only look up to you!"
"Yes, sir!"
"My lord! You can help us! ”
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This group of officials has nothing else to do, most of them have their family's acres of land under the name of King Qing, and now Zhu Qizhen wants to investigate this matter, but he doesn't have to be in a hurry!
Wang Wenwen is a dignified person, usually with a blue face everywhere, but now facing the coercion of the group of officials, for his own career, of course, he can't compromise at all.
"Enough of that?" Wang Wen shouted angrily, and the scene suddenly quieted down.
The door was open, and Wang Wen stood in the courtyard and looked around at the officials.
"What's the use of you coming to me? It is His Majesty who wants to check the acres of land, and if you really don't want to get into trouble, you should explain it as soon as possible, or admit it.
What's wrong with a little loss? Didn't you take enough? Wang Wen almost pointed to the nose of the officials present and scolded.
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But it was still useless, and as soon as everyone heard it, they started talking again.
"Lord Governor, this gentry's tax exemption is the ancestral system! Even if we take advantage of some loopholes, there's nothing wrong with us, right?
You can't just give us a stroke, how many years and generations of family business have been saved, and now you say that there is no more, do you say that you have a taste in your heart? An official asked.
Wang Wen's eyes widened like copper bells, "Why am I not a taste?" Did I take your or who's?
I repeat, it is a national policy to check the population of acres of land, and it is a national policy set by the emperor himself, and this is also the ancestral system.
Why did the grandfather find out, the grandfather found out, and he couldn't find it today? ”
Although everyone did not respond, it seemed that the seven dissatisfied and eight dissatisfied on their faces obviously could not accept the shrinkage of the family property.
Under Wang Wen's compelling gaze, no one present dared to look at him.
Wang Wengang breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to let the big and small officials go home to be beaten, when someone spoke again.
"Lord Governor, what you said is true, but this is not our family, you also have a family, clansmen and relatives.
They want to rely on us, we are also human beings when we are officials, how can we ignore our relatives?
If we don't want anything else, we don't want our own, can we return our relatives' acres of land to us?
We're begging you, okay? You raise your noble hand and take out a small part of the field book, and we will thank you for your kindness forever! It was Zhixian Xu Xing who spoke.
Wang Wen glanced at Xu Xing, looking at the scene of the crowd of emotions and the old gods were still there, and insisted in his heart that there had not changed in the slightest because of their pressing steps.
"Lord Xu, are you in charge of the transcripts of your county's yellow book and fish scale book?" Wang Wen asked.
Xu Xing was stunned for a moment, although he knew that something was wrong, he could only nod.
"Since this is the case, then you can tell me about the situation of the acres of land in your county since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
It's not difficult for me to say one for you, just say one, don't say that you can't remember, otherwise I, the imperial historian of the left capital, still have the right to supervise hundreds of officials. Wang Wen looked at Xu Xing with sharp eyes, which made Xu Xing not know how to speak for a while.
"Of course the subordinates remember! At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were more than 5,600 acres of land in Ningxia County under my jurisdiction.
Later, after the great rule of Taizu and Taizong, more than 1,000 acres of land were cultivated! At its peak, there were as many as 6,800 acres of land! It's a number on the entire nine sides! The more Xu Xing spoke, the smoother he became, and in the end his face was full of pride.
A smile appeared on Wang Wen's face, "Lord Xu has a good memory, I'm afraid you really forgot about it!" ”
Looking at Xu Xing, who was crawling all over his cheeks with pride, Wang Wen's tone suddenly turned cold and said: "Since this is the case, then tell me, how many acres of land are there in your county now?" ”
(End of chapter)
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