Chen Xiufan's heart was already turbulent at this moment.

Wei Ran captured the sister-in-law of the Shi clan, really in order to lure the Shi clan to confront him.

Looking at Wei Ran in the hall, Chen Xiufan was already scared at the moment. This Duke of Southern Qi Qin is a real villain, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

"Gong Qin, do you have to do this?" Chen Xiufan opened his mouth with difficulty, and then said heavily: "Do you have to let the Shi clan and the Duke of Qin have a conflict before the Duke of Qin can achieve his goal?" ”

"Chen Xiufan, the imperial court implements the law of land breaking, but you Yuzhang Shi clan are unscrupulous and regard the laws of the imperial court as child's play. If my father came to Yuzhang and saw a thriving appearance, why should my father ask for trouble? Wei Ran shouted angrily.

Chen Xiufan was speechless at this time, and Wei Ran said again: "If this father can't do it today, you will get worse tomorrow." Now it's not my father who wants to trouble you, but you are doing it yourself. ”

It didn't take long for hundreds of people to gather outside the government, all saying that Wei Ran had arrested the good people for no reason, ignored the laws of Daqi, and demanded that Wei Ran release them.

Chen Xiufan looked back at the chaotic mansion and looked at the messy mansion, and his heart was mixed.

On the contrary, the group of second ancestors who were captured by Wei Ran seemed to be alive at this moment, and they actually stood up directly.

Wei Ran ignored them, but said to Chen Xiufan: "Chen Taishou, you have also seen it, it's not my father who wants to do this. You are also a member of the imperial court, don't you think that this group of people has been completely carried away by the concept of the scholar race? ”

Chen Xiufan realized the most important point at this moment, this group of people did challenge the most unchallenged place, that is, the imperial power.

Chen Xiufan knelt on the ground, looked at the Second Ancestor who was already feeling free around him, sighed in his heart, and then lowered his head and stopped talking.

Wei Ran sneered, and then gave Gao Xiaoshun a hint of a look.

Seeing this, Gao Xiaoshun immediately ran to the door of the mansion, and someone in the crowd saw Gao Xiaoshun coming out and immediately began to create chaos.

All kinds of insults were heard endlessly, and then some people threw stones and eggs into the palace, and the situation intensified.

The second ancestors in the mansion were still shouting words like smashing, and no one noticed the smile that appeared on the corner of Wei Ran's mouth.

Suddenly, in the midst of the pushing and shoving of both sides, someone fell to the ground in response, shouting: "Officers and soldiers are beating people!" ”

This made the already emotionally high scholars lose their minds, and they began to act against the officers and soldiers at the gate of the mansion, and the elders of the scholars who were watching from a distance found that the signs were wrong, but it was too late to stop them, and hundreds of people had already rushed into the mansion.

"Chen Taishou, you are familiar with the law, what is the crime of storming the government?" Wei Ran asked Chen Xiufan with a smile instead.

Chen Xiufan said bloodlessly: "If you are complicit in rebellion, you can punish the three clans!" ”

Just as the two were talking, more than 100 Yuzhang soldiers rushed out of the inner hall of the mansion, all of whom were the elite of the army dispatched by Zhang Da, and then a large number of Yuzhang soldiers went straight to the mansion from the main street, blocking the intersection on both sides of the mansion in an instant.

Then Yu Zhangbing slowly approached the mansion, and the hundreds of scholars who rushed into the mansion also panicked at this time.

They originally thought that no one would make a move if they continued to attack the palace, until the first few people in the front row were put down by the spears, and everyone suddenly felt a sense of fear in their hearts.

And the second ancestors in the palace were also panicked at the moment, they finally discovered a problem, Chen Xiufan was still kneeling on the ground, not daring to move.

At this moment, Wei Ran said to this group of second ancestors: "Did this prince say that you can stand up?" ”

The cold words made everyone present feel a deep chill, and it was even more infinitely murderous.

As the people in the government knelt down and surrendered, this farce was officially over.

Wei Ran slowly walked out of the main hall at this moment, stood on the steps and looked at the people who were kneeling on the ground, and then instructed Zhang Dadao: "Find out which people are from the village, and then take people to raid the house!" ”

Zhang Da acted quickly, and soon asked the scholars behind these people, and then led people to forcibly raid the manors of these scholars.

Wei Ran looked at Chen Xiufan, Chen Xiufan was really dead at the moment. He raised his head, looked at Wei Ran, and said hoarsely: "Duke Qin, if you are not a great loyalty, you are a great evil. If you do this, you will put all the nobles on your opposite side, and you will not expect it later? ”

Chen Xiufan said with a slight roar at this time: "All the scholars, in fact, gradually evolved from the common people and the Hanmen, they control the wealth of the place and control the right to speak in the place. Even if you can suppress them with temporary power, people are ambitious. ”

Chen Xiufan's words made Wei Ran have a strong curiosity, and Wei Ran then squatted in front of Chen Xiufan and said: "There is no dynasty that lasts forever, just like there is no person who can live forever. But as long as I'm alive, I have to let people in the world live the life they want. What do the people want? A happy family, and a full meal every day. But such simple wishes have been destroyed by you moths. ”

Chen Xiufan couldn't help but fall into deep thought, he could be a county guard, and he was naturally an extremely intelligent person in Yuzhang County. Then he sighed and said, "Duke Qin, maybe your intentions are good, but your children and grandchildren, once they lose their rights. What about them? Haven't you thought about that? ”

Wei Ran laughed wantonly, and then said: "When I become the greatest evil person in the world, the person who gets rid of me will be the greatest good person in the world." Chen Taishou, do you understand? ”

Chen Xiufan was silent when he heard this, then looked at Wei Ran with respectful eyes, kowtowed deeply, and then said: "Since this is the case, the lower officials are also willing to accept the guilt." ”

Wei Ran then waved his hand and said to Gao Xiaoshun, "Take Master Chen to the back hall to rest." ”

Yuan Shu had been behind the screen, and after seeing Chen Xiufan go down, Yuan Shu came out and said, "What Lord Chen said is actually not unreasonable. ”

Wei Ran glanced at Yuan Shu dotingly, and then said gently: "Everything I have done is just to hope to be able to concentrate the imperial power in the future." My biggest wish in life is that I can be buried back in my hometown, the second is that I can let you return to Chang'an, and the third is to be able to bury Weber's relics back to Pingcheng. ”

It seems to be three wishes, but in fact, it is one wish, which is to let the Southern Dynasty unify the Northern Dynasty. Whether it is Chang'an, Bingzhou, or Yecheng, in fact, it basically includes the entire north.

Zhang Da came back at this time and said: "Duke Qin, the seven clans that just made trouble have all been controlled, and some military equipment has also been found. ”

Wei Ran said: "How much is the deed of sale?" ”

Zhang Da didn't dare to say it at this time, how could Wei Ran not know, and then said sharply: "The truth is to say, don't hide it." ”

Zhang Da knelt down and said, "Duke Qin, there are countless of them, and the Yang family alone has found more than 4,000 deeds of sale. ”

Wei Ran was also shocked after hearing this, there were so many of them. There are only hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Yuzhang County. That is, nearly one in ten people became slaves.

"Where's the deed?" Wei Ran asked again.

"There are more than 60,000 acres of cultivated land under the name of the Yang family alone." Zhang Da replied truthfully.

The area of cultivated land recorded in Yuzhang County is close to one million mu, and the Yang family occupies nearly one percent.

Counting the other nobles, these are tax-free places. Thinking of this, Wei Ran couldn't help laughing at himself: "No wonder these scholars want to keep their land. ”

Wei Ran said: "Put a notice at the gate of the city, and send someone to inform the villages outside the city, from today onwards, these seven families will distribute land according to the population, and the remaining land will be distributed to the local people. All deeds of sale shall be destroyed. ”

After saying this, Wei Ran thought of something again. Then he said: "Order the sergeant Yuzhang to re-measure the land, and not an inch can be missed." Each soldier was also divided into ten acres of land, which did not have to pay taxes, but needed to be cultivated by himself or his family. ”

Military reform is also something Wei Ran wants to do, except for the border army, in fact, in Wei Ran's opinion, there is no need for too many county soldiers. However, there are no county soldiers, and it is easy to cause banditry, so Tuntian must be put back on the agenda.

Seeing Zhang Da taking the order, Wei Ran walked to the inner hall and said to Chen Xiufan: "You have acted like this, haven't you considered whether the people can survive?" ”

Chen Xiufan just lowered his head at the moment, and didn't seem to want to explain too much, Wei Ran said angrily: "The Yang family alone has 60,000 mu of land, so it seems that the land of the scholars accounts for more than fifty percent of Yuzhang County, and the people have to pay full taxes with the remaining cultivated land." Aren't you afraid of stirring up a popular uprising with this kind of behavior? ”

But then Wei Ran smiled again: "Yes, of course it won't provoke a civil uprising, after all, the slaves who sell themselves to you also have food." You can feed your family and not starve to death, so that they don't have to rebel in the people. ”

Chen Xiufan raised his head at this moment and said, "Duke Qin, the scholar clan has a very strong relationship. Since I took over as the county guard of Yuzhang, I have been inseparable from Yuzhang County. I know the sin of sin, and I am willing to die. ”

"No, you can't die yet. In the matter of Daqi Qianzhuang, you still need to give an explanation to my father. Wei Ran said sharply.

Hearing Daqi Qianzhuang, Chen Xiufan hurriedly said: "Duke Qin, the crime of Qianzhuang is also a helpless move. Jiangzhou semicolon, with ninety-fifty percent to recover the silver ticket, how can I redeem it in full? The matter itself is extremely flawed. The reason why the criminals restricted Chen's shop from being able to exchange money was not for his own personal gain. There is a lot involved in exchanging silver tickets. Whether it is up and down, or silver transportation, there is a cost. ”

Wei Ran was also curious at this time, and motioned for Chen Xiufan to continue.

Chen Xiufan didn't care about anything else at this time, and hurriedly said: "Those who deposit money in the money bank are all big households. And what surplus wealth did the common people have to deposit the silver into the bank? Private banks are profitable because they can lend money and do business. How do I lend money to the Royal Bank? Since it is impossible to lend, how can the money bank make a profit? ”

Chen Xiufan said at this moment: "There is no way to make a profit in the bank, and they have to manage the silver taels for large households, and they can use them all over the country with a bill, saving a lot of costs." It seems to be a move to benefit the people, but in fact it is not beneficial to the people. ”

Seeing that Wei Ran was pondering, Chen Xiufan struck while the iron was hot and said: "Besides, in the end, all the money banks can be exchanged for a full amount of silver taels from the imperial court with silver tickets, although the imperial court will set up a special official treasury and proofreading of stubs, but there will definitely be losses, so who can say clearly?" ”

"Therefore, from the point of view of the criminals, the matter of the royal money bank is not feasible." Chen Xiufan said the last sentence categorically.