Chapter 608: Traitor, Evil Thief
"Of course, they know that if they send money directly to the people, the people will get benefits. But they just don't do it, they just want to set up levels, and to put it bluntly, they just want to fill their pockets, so they're not stupid but bad. Jiang Shibai said, "On the contrary, they are smarter than anyone else, because they can always come up with various ways to take advantage of the loopholes of the new policy of the imperial court." β
"They don't want to give benefits to the people, they just want to receive the money that the court gave to the people."
"O traitor! O thief! When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately stood up angrily, "At the beginning, despite the minister's opposition, we broke through the difficulties and obstacles, and with a wave of our hand, we gave a total of one billion taels of silver to the people, or directly distributed them to the people's stubs in the money bank. I thought that in this way, the money could really be distributed to the people, so that those poor people could live a good life. β
However, when they got to the ground, the group did not obey the law. They set up many checkpoints, trying to get all the money sent by the court to the people into their own pockets. β
"For the sake of profit, they have lost their conscience."
"It seems that we are naΓ―ve, we think of them too kindly."
"We underestimated their viciousness."
"And those nobles not only deduct the people's money, but also lawlessness in Jiangzhou City, and be the emperor of the soil. He was also ashamed to say that the strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and when he came to Jiangzhou, the dragon had to be coiled for them. β
"Let's see, our dragon, do you need to keep them coiled."
"Two Tigers!" Zhu Yuanzhang threw away the hoe in his hand, stood up, and snorted coldly.
"The last general!" The second tiger shook off the dirt on his body and listened respectfully.
"We are no longer micro-convinced, and we are no longer hiding our identities and trying to find good officials from Jiangzhou." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Go to Chenzhou and transfer Lanyu's soldiers over and transfer 100,000." β
"Let him besiege Jiangzhou City in one day."
"Arrest all the officials of Jiangzhou, large and small, including the soldiers guarding the gate and the officials at the city gate. Escort them to the gate of the city and behead them all, from the top to the next! Lao Zhu's eyes were full of murderous energy, and his eyes were red.
In history, Emperor Zhu killed a total of more than 100,000 people in the four major eucalyptus of the early Ming Dynasty.
He can do such a thing.
So he's a tyrant.
"Yes!" Hearing this, Erhu respectfully received the order, and then turned to leave.
I was shocked!
Sending Lanyu to surround Jiangzhou City, this battle is almost like a siege. And now in fact, the whole world is Ming. Emperor Zhu is going to attack his own city!?
After the two of them operated, they saw the old farmer Jiang Eighteen next to them, and they were dumbfounded for a while.
I thought they were acting in a drama.
"Big brother, are you alright?" The old farmer Jiang 18 thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had lost his mind, and with a concerned look on his face, he walked over and touched his forehead to see if he had a fever.
"Old man, we're not sick." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We are the peasant emperor Zhu Yuanzhang." β
"Our ancestors have been farmers for generations, and we don't even have land, we are not afraid of those high-ranking nobles saying that we are from a low background and have a small peasant mentality."
"The prince will have a kind of Xiangning, who is not a farmer for eighteen generations?"
"Unless it's those hundred-year-old families, thousand-year-old families."
"Is a hundred-year-old family a thousand-year-old family noble, is it remarkable? Today, we are going to let those families who have been riding on the heads of the people and have been powerful for hundreds of years and thousands of years will be wiped out! β
"Let's make the land of China no longer distinguish between high and low."
"There is no longer a distinction between nobles and untouchables."
"All the people are like the ecology of nature, nature is in harmony and obeys the way of heaven."
"Are you really Emperor Zhu?" Jiang Eighteen still couldn't believe it.
"Three days later, you take the elders and villagers of Jiangjia Village, let's go to Jiangzhou City to have a look." Zhu Yuanzhang said. Jiang Shiba's face was cloudy when he heard this, and he still refused to believe it and didn't dare to believe it.
The officials of Jiangzhou, large and small, are almost all members of the feudal aristocratic Liu family.
If the Liu family is a towering tree, then those officials are the roots under the big tree of the Liu family. Rooted in the land of Jiangzhou, sucking people's fat and people's ointment.
Therefore, there is no innocent among them.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart.
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Three days later.
Lan Yu's army of 100,000 quickly surrounded Jiangzhou City.
The soldiers defending the city and the people were stunned.
"What's going on?"
"There is a blue word written on the flag, could it be blue jade?"
"The military formation can't see the end at a glance, how many soldiers must be here!"
"General Lan came with so many sergeants in a majestic manner, could it be that he wanted to attack his own city?"
"Sapphire wants to rebel?"
"Sending 100,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty is completely a siege posture!"
The soldiers at the head of the city were talking. Seeing the blue jade army in front of him holding swords and guns one by one, armor all over his body, and even cannons were moved out, it was completely like a siege.
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In the prefect's yamen.
Liu Sanxuan, the head of the Liu family, and Zhao Wenzhong, the prefect, were drinking tea and chatting, playing with antique calligraphy and paintings.
"The day before yesterday, Xia Guan met a woman on the street of Jiangzhou, her appearance and figure are really ......," Zhao Wenzhong said, "His subordinates secretly stalked her, and found out that her name is Lu Chunling, a female student of Jiangzhou Women's College, and she is thirteen years old this year." β
Since Queen Ma vigorously improved the status of women and opened the 'Yingtian Women's College' in Yingtianfu, various localities have followed suit and opened women's colleges to allow girls to enroll.
However, those who can go to school are basically the wealthy class, and girls from the common people have not yet been popularized.
And the people who opened the women's college are basically the wives of officials, and they are all learning from Queen Ma. Of course, there are also local nobles who set up and try to take advantage of the opportunity to ascend to the throne.
"You're the local prefect, what woman can't you get?" Liu Sanxuan, the head of the Liu family, smiled.
"But Lu Chunling's father seems to be a well-known local scholar, and his reputation is quite high, if her father knows about this matter...... Zhao Wenzhong said, "Xiaguan is a parent official in Jiangzhou, and he has always been diligent in government and loves the people, so he can't do such a thing publicly." The official also reads the books of the sages, and he must also be careful about the influence. β
"Don't worry, this matter is on the Liu family." Liu Sanxuan said vigorously, "I promise that I will be able to send that woman to the house tomorrow, even if that Lu Lao'er knows, he won't dare to let a fart go." Jiangzhou Women's College was opened by the daughter of the Liu family, and it is not a piece of cake to let a student come to pay the prefect for sleeping? β
"How did the Liu family shut up Lu Lao'er?" Zhao Wenzhong asked worriedly.
"If he doesn't dare to be honest, the Liu family can let him disappear silently." Liu San chose to say, "Want to go to Tianfu to complain? The Liu family can make him unable to even go out of Jiangzhou. β
"Then thank you Master Liu, the lower officials are grateful." Zhao Wenzhong stood up and respectfully saluted Liu Sanxuan.