Chapter 115: Punishment and Punishment (6)

"Stop me one by one!"

The prefect was walking to the window on the west side, when he heard a loud bang at the door like a thunderbolt, and suddenly turned around, and saw several soldiers stepping on the door panel on the ground, rushing up in a swarm, and holding their swords and guns against their necks.

"Whose orders have you received? Dare to arrest the local governor at will! The prefect scolded.

The officer at the head was not in a hurry, took out a piece of paperwork, and shook it in front of him: "Wan Juan has an order: The prefect of Runing has secretly rebelled against the party and intends to cause chaos, so I have been specially sent to arrest people!" Come with us? ”

The prefect was willing to obey his orders, pushed the officer, and shouted: "Wan Yuzhi has no right to arrest me!" I want His Majesty's edict! But the soldiers did not listen to his words, and took off his crown and belt, tied him with hemp rope, and took him out of the house with a cadre and others, and threw him into the prison for trial.

The matter here has been resolved, and Meng Tong has never been left behind. At noon on the same day, under the pretext of a party, Meng Tong invited the secretary and the gentry to the Qian Mansion to drink, and only ordered his entourage to wait in the outer courtyard; When he was too drunk, he took the bookstore to the outer courtyard for a walk, took the opportunity to tie him up, and hurriedly escaped from the Qian Mansion.

When Qian Junfu heard this, he got up in horror and hurriedly discussed with the gentry: "If Meng Tong rebels, he will tell Wan Yuzhi the truth, and my life's life is worried." Fortunately, the head is still in our hands, so we have to give it a go. You and the others should go and organize the family and make trouble, this is the only way now. "He sent a steward to the inner hall to fetch a wooden box.

Suddenly, I saw the butler rushing back, shouting in panic: "Wooden box...... The wooden box is gone! ”

"What?" Qian Junfu's eyes widened, "I didn't keep it in a locked drawer, how could I lose it!" ”

The butler wiped his forehead lightly, bowed his head and said, "I asked the caretaker, and he replied: 'Just now Meng Tong's entourage came here, saying that Master Qian asked them to pick up the box; Because they were honored guests of the Qian Mansion, they gave it without hesitation. ’”

When Qian Junfu heard this, his face was sallow, he slapped the table a few times irritably, and roared angrily: "Won't he confirm it himself!" What a bastard! Butler, immediately call someone to beat this guy fifty big boards! ”

"That's my ......"

"Your relatives have to be beaten too! Get lost! Qian Junfu picked up the wine bowl on the table and threw it at the butler, so frightened that the latter hurriedly ran away.

He looked at the gentry on the throne again, fearing that the people's hearts would be unstable, so he temporarily suppressed his anger and patiently comforted them: "Ladies and gentlemen, although the situation is getting worse and worse, you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope, and we must work together and not be suspicious of each other. If he confesses to Wan Yuzhi at this time, he will not be spared, and he will still kill his head and rob his family! ”

Having said that, everyone can't help but be lucky, thinking that Qian Junfu is the leader, and they are just co-perpetrators, so how can it be a big crime. Therefore, they all said goodbye, leaving only a deserted banquet.

The clerk was escorted to the lobby of the government office, and after a painless interrogation, he immediately confessed all the facts. In addition, all the squires surrendered, Yu Zhi quickly collected the evidence, and he was overjoyed, so he convicted the prefect accordingly, dismissed him from his post and confiscated his home, and expelled him from Runing; As for the squire of Naqian, he could not escape the fate of the investigation, and he was also accused of rebellion, and was taken to the streets to be beheaded, and all the land and property were returned to the officials.

After dealing with these major events, Wan Yuzhi delayed playing to the court and explaining the case. Because the case file has already been written and the evidence is extremely detailed, Chen Tongpao and others have nothing to do and leave them alone. Since then, the official gentry has held his breath, and the prestige of the Ye Party has been greatly shaken.

Wan Yuzhi can carry out the new deal with peace of mind. He corresponded with Ye Yongjia repeatedly, thinking that the system of one field and two masters was very feasible (see Chapter 112/6/), so he set up a 'City Field Division', handed it over to the jurisdiction of the general judgment, and included the confiscated fields of Zhu and Qian's two families here, and sold the 'field bottom' and 'field surface' separately and recorded them in a book.

When the gentry saw that the government was open, they were able to buy the Zhu family's fertile land, and regardless of the damage to their interests, they rushed to buy the bottom of the field, adding thousands of taels of silver to the government; Yu Zhi took advantage of the situation to reduce the price of the field, almost without taking a penny, and sold it to tenant farmers, and for a while the official and private were happy, no one complained, and the new policy was unimpeded.

With the passage of time, one field and two owners have gradually become the norm, and those who have monopolized the acres of land are regarded as outliers, and many tenant farmers do not obey their orders; Yu Zhi secretly helped them protest, forcing the squire landlords to give in to the people, and this system spread all over Henan, which seemed to have become an easy trend.

"Master Wan's return to Beijing this time can be described as a glorious return, and he has done a great thing for the people of the world! Come, we'll all have to toast him!" ”

The group gathered in Ye Yongjia's mansion again, and when they saw that Wan Yuzhi was also here, they treated him very politely, and immediately offered a few glasses of wine, and sat down at the second table; And Ye Yongjia was wearing a pure white Ge robe, sitting in the head with Cui's family, looking down at the guests coming and going, and couldn't help but smile.

"Master Wan," Ye Yongjia also picked up the wine glass on the table and headed towards Yuzhi, "How is the situation over there?" ”

Yu Zhi knocked his cup and drank, then got up and replied: "Ye Gong rest assured, since the implementation of the new policy, the people's lives have become richer and richer, and the previous problem of displaced people has been greatly improved. And because of the division of land rights, there is naturally no way to talk about annexation. ”

Ye Yongjia nodded lightly: "Okay, but after you go back, remember that you must be lightly punished and not allowed to be exploited by officials, otherwise we will become the second Zhu Yangrui." ”

"I remember."

Ye Yongjia was in a happy mood, and he was slightly drunk with fine wine, so he said loudly to everyone: "Back then, Mr. Wei tried his best to limit the name of the field and the merger, but he spent his whole life and failed to do it; But we will take this as a warning, and in just a few years, we will build this great cause, and it will be carried out everywhere in the near future! The work of the feather cannot be exhausted in words! ”

When the people heard this, they echoed it, and the cries were thunderous.

"Husband,"

At this moment of infinite celebration, Cui Shi on the side suddenly opened his mouth, and his voice was extremely calm, breaking the warm atmosphere.

"How?" Ye Yongjia slowly put down the wine cup and looked at her with his spare eyes.

"Now it is still surrounded by enemies, and you can't be arrogant."

Ye Yongjia smiled, hugged her shoulders and said, "Madam, the new policy has been implemented, even if I, Ye Yongjia, die at this moment, I will feel satisfied, what can I do?" ”

Cui Shi didn't think so, and shook his head firmly: "No." In my opinion, the new policy is now just being imposed by force, and the local bureaucrats are probably still not convinced. Once you no longer hold the state alone, or suffer a small setback, so that the Chen Party can stand shoulder to shoulder and fight against each other, the new policy will not be so smooth, and there will be ...... The danger of death and political rest. ”

Cui Yi, who was on the seat, was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard the words 'people die and politics rest', and hurriedly raised his head and glared at his sister anxiously.