Chapter 237: Tenants Resist Each Other
However, on the seventh day, the students of Zhixing Academy rushed to Yanzhou Mansion one after another, and they didn't even want the guards of Yanwang Mansion on the way, so they had the right to travel in the mountains and rivers.
After all, many of them are the sons and nephews of Zhu Di's generals, and it is not a problem to dance knives and guns, so it can be said that they are the most martial arts students in the Ming Dynasty now.
"You're finally here, you've been running around for days, I'm afraid you're tired, just rest for the time being today, and go out with me tomorrow to clear the field."
He Qiu looked at this group of students and was overjoyed.
Zhang Fu, who was the leader, hurriedly saluted He Qiu and took the lead in shouting.
"The mountain grows well."
He Qiu smiled, let them stop being polite, and it was the right way to go to rest early, so Zhang Fu took more than 200 students to stay and rest.
The next day, He Qiu asked Wang Shen to take Jinyiwei from Shandong to follow the students of Zhixing Academy who had just arrived, and go out of the city together and go to Qingtian.
And before they left the city, someone had already quietly reported to the Kong family, and it was not a good sign that Jinyiwei had made such a big move in Qingtian, and it was menacing.
Only half a day later, thousands of tenants actually came, gathered in the ground, and found He Qiu, holding hoes and other farm tools in their hands, with great momentum.
He Qiu squinted at the tenants in front of him who had been coaxed, and first asked the Jinyiwei beside him to inform the other Jinyiwei and students in Qingtian to hurry up.
Then he said kindly to the tenants.
"This official told you that this time the clearing of land is mainly aimed at the local powerful landlords, and you tenants can still get their own land, and then pay less taxes than before."
"If it is the land that was originally surrendered, even if you can't get the land deed, you can find the three elders as a guarantee, and the court will return the land to you."
"Don't think about donating the land to the Kong family anymore, the Kong family annexed the land to help you escape from forced labor and taxes, the imperial court already knows, this time it is to thoroughly investigate this kind of incident, and the Kong family can't run away."
These tenants looked at each other, silent, and none of them came forward to talk to He Qiu, just when He Qiu's patience was almost worn out.
Suddenly, a tenant came out of the ranks, knelt on the ground and wept.
"Master Guan, you just let us go, don't clear the fields again!"
Then a group of tenants knelt down and kowtowed to He Qiu and shouted in unison.
"Master, you can give us a way to live."
These people are not unaware of the benefits of clearing the fields for them, but the Confucian family occupies so much land in Yanzhou, and they are also afraid that after clearing the fields, taxes and forced labor will still be mainly borne by them, so it is better to be tenants in the Kong family.
What's more, now that their whole family is in the hands of the Kong family, even if they don't help the Kong family to resist the imperial court, the Kong family will not spare them.
He Qiu's face was pale, as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly, and these tenants kneeling in front of him were both pitiful and pathetic in He Qiu's eyes.
They dared to use their confidence that they were small people to help the Kong family fight against themselves, but they did not dare to fight against the Kong family with the help of the imperial court.
He Qiu only had a deep disappointment in his heart, and when the five hundred brocade guards and two hundred students were assembled, He Qiu looked at the tenants in front of him, with murderous aura in his eyes.
"As a brocade guard, we are ordered by the emperor to clear the field, if you dare to stop it, it will be against the imperial court, and according to the law, we will send and replenish the army! Think about it one last time, whether to go home now and wait for us to finish clearing the field, or continue to resist the clearing field! ”
I have to say that five hundred brocade guards went to this station, and these tenants were indeed frightened.
And they didn't know that this was the Jinyi Guard before, and now the folk Jinyi Wei is a villain who does all kinds of evil, and against them, these tenants don't have the guts.
Just as the tenants were wavering and retreating, suddenly a dozen of the tenants shouted loudly.
"Don't be afraid, the law doesn't blame the public, this group of dog officials don't dare to do anything to us! Once you have withdrawn, think about how much tax you will have to pay in the future, and maybe you will be unclothed again, do you still want to live like that? ”
After a burst of propaganda, the morale of these thousands of tenants slowly came back again, they didn't understand any big truths, they only knew that the past was not as good as the present, so they would rather maintain the status quo, so this group of people stood in place again, not letting He Qiu Qingtian.
He Qiu heard that some people in the tenants had demagogued people's hearts, and the killing intent in his heart was even better, and shouted.
"Who was demagogic and inciting the people just now, and those who have the courage will stand up and confront me!"
There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.
"Grandpa, I stood up when I was stupid, who knows if I stood up, will you kill me directly!"
He Qiu smiled, his face indifferent.
"Finally, I will say it again, those who dare to fight against Qingtian will be killed!"
Wang Shen took the initiative to step forward, with an excited look on his face, and pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his waist with a bang.
The brocade guards behind him also drew their swords one after another, and even those students also pulled out their swords at their waists.
The saber on the waist of this group of students of Zhixing Academy is not a ceremonial sword, but a two-handed long sword that can be used for battlefield fighting.
Zhang Fu, who had grown up in the army since childhood, organized his brothers and sisters to form a common phalanx in the army, and approached the tenants with steps.
Jinyi Wei left dozens of people behind, guarding him by He Qiu's side, and the rest of the people also rushed directly with Wang Shen.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the small half of the tenants are subconsciously about to turn around and run away, and they are also afraid that He Qiu will really kill him.
Then there was another shout from among the tenants.
"Fight with their group of dog officials!"
Many people were really bewitched, and they stopped hesitantly, and the remaining few people were enthusiastic, holding hoes and rushing up to the brocade guards.
"Kill!"
Wang Shen rushed to the front, and he was ruthless, splitting the hoe in the hands of the tenant with a knife, and the Jinyi guard next to him followed with a knife and slashed at the head of the tenant.
Zhang Fu saw that the two sides were about to fight, and ordered these students under his command to form their own formation, a team of three, and fight the enemy alone.
Within a few minutes of the battle, the tenants led by the leader were killed by dozens of Jinyi guards and students.
As soon as they saw that He Qiu and they really dared to kill them, several tenants who were splashed with the blood of their companions said in horror.
"The government has killed someone!"
Thousands of tenants who followed the troublemakers fled like birds and beasts, He Qiu saw this scene, his heart was cold, and he ordered the Jinyi guards around him to shout.
"Hurry up and arrest someone."
Hearing He Qiu's order, the students and Jinyi Wei who rushed ahead deliberately stopped the time of killing, and concentrated on catching those tenants who were slow to escape, and arrested more than 500 people on the spot.
If you don't catch it, you can't run away, He Qiu doesn't believe it, at this point, there are still people who can bite to death and tell the truth in the hands of Jinyiwei.
No matter where they are now, the final outcome will remain the same, and the whole family will be exiled to the frontier, and it is really hard to say how much they will survive along the way.