Chapter 256: Emperor Fengdaxing's Edict II

Everyone lost their strength, but under pressure, they all slowly knelt down.

It wasn't until everyone heard that the edict was going to be passed on to King Fu in the end, that Zhang Cai scolded: "It's just an edict..."

Chen Cao's purpose was to tell these people the content of the edict, and then spread it through the mouths of these people throughout Nanzhili, and even the entire south.

After the edict was read, Chen Cao said: "Okay, the princes have also worked hard, the food on the table has been set up for an afternoon, everyone hurry up and eat..."

As soon as these words came out, a group of people rushed into the vicious dog to eat like a food, and some people even fought for a piece of chicken butt...

"Grandpa, a few of them were so anxious that they fainted..."

"Send someone to give first aid, you can't die..."

Chen Cao said and stopped caring about them, until the soup on the table was snatched away, and then he said loudly: "This duke officially tells you, from today onwards, Suzhou Mansion and my Songjiang will be under the jurisdiction of one body, set up the Yamen of the Governor of Susong, and begin to exempt the land from tomorrow, if any of you are willing to take the initiative to cooperate, this duke will definitely have preferential treatment, if anyone is unwilling, don't blame this duke for not saying the ugly words in front." ”

Where do these people not know that Songjiang Mansion's Juntian is exempt from taxation, and those who are bitter in Suzhou are willing to do so, but at this moment are all the wealthy gentry and giants of Suzhou Mansion, and most of the wealth in Suzhou is in the hands of these people.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shihuang and Zhang Cai, who were full of food and spirit, started a new round of scolding war, but this time Chen Cao didn't listen to it anymore, so he let all these hundreds of people go home.

These people, as if they were granted amnesty, no longer paid any attention to the indignant officials, and left one after another.

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"Grandpa, there is news from the Longwu Army, Changshu County ordered Kaicheng to surrender, and the coastal guards were all cleared with the cooperation of the naval division, and there were more than 20,000 soldiers in Detoucheng."

"Grandpa..."

Huang Chunyao walked into the lobby: "Zhang Pu is shouting to see you in prison, and the students are here to report..."

Huang Chunyao didn't mention Zhang Pu's brother Chen Cao really forgot him, as a student nourished by feudal knowledge, they didn't have as much insight as the students of the academy, and the reason why Chen Cao attached importance to this person was also due to the pressure of the reputation of the Fushe in Jiangnan.

Zhang Pu was locked up in prison for five days, Chen Cao really forgot about him, and when Jinyi Wei escorted this person to the front, there was still the slightest appearance of a scholar.

Hair disheveled, covered in dirt, a beggar.

"Is this how the dignified Lord of the Kingdom treats people?"

Zhang Pu yelled, and then stroked his hair: "Chen Cao, it's okay if you start an army to rebel, but don't forget your banner, I am a son of a saint, kill me, you are the enemy of the scholars all over the world." ”

Poof...

Chen Cao couldn't help but sneer, and then forcibly made his expression serious, but doing so made his own expression look unusually distorted.

This performance undoubtedly intensified the ridicule of Zhang Pu, and made the scholar even more ashamed: "You... You... You..."

"Zhao Xin, bring some food for Zhang Pu..."

Hearing about eating, Zhang Pu was actually a little weaker, and then waved his sleeve robe angrily: "Hmph, if you starve to death, you won't eat your things as a chaotic thief." ”

Chen Cao didn't care, a scholar like this would not be able to represent the people of the world in the future, so any performance of Zhang Pu to himself would be in vain, because he had no intention of reining Zhang Pu himself.

"I packed up a large group of people today, and my father is in a good mood, why don't you talk about state affairs with Zhang Juren here now?"

"Hmph, rebellious ministers and thieves, a certain family is ashamed to talk to you about anything, if you want to kill it, you must listen to it, don't waste time here in a certain family."

"Zhang Pu, don't be unaware, Fang Xiaoru's reputation was greater than yours back then, so it wasn't Emperor Wen who wiped out the Ten Clans?"

Huang Chunyao stood on the side and sneered, which made Zhang Pu even more angry, so he scolded Huang Chunyao, and he didn't even need to quote scriptures, it was all in the vernacular, and he scolded the thief.

Chen Cao simply sat down and let him scold, and in the end, when he saw that Zhang Pu really couldn't scold, he said solemnly: "Come on, loyal people of the Ming Dynasty, evaluate and evaluate the past of Chengzu Zhu Di's 'Qingjun side'." ”

Zhang Pu glared at Chen Cao: "The thief Zi'an is qualified to evaluate Emperor Chengzu?" ”

Zhao Xin stepped forward: "Grandpa, it seems that this guy doesn't have enough to eat, now instead of wasting his tongue, it's better to clean him up, wait for him to be honest, and then talk slowly." ”

"Dog thief, if you want to kill, you will kill, what kind of ability is it to torture people? If a certain family blinks, the name is written backwards..."

Chen Cao didn't bother to break with him, and waved his hand: "Close the black house..."

The punishment system of the Dingwu Army can be described as a nightmare for the people in the army, the whole room is only one square meter wide, you can't lie flat when you sleep, after putting down the toilet, it can be said to be accompanied by your own feces and urine, the endless darkness suppresses the people who are imprisoned, no matter how strong your spirit is, it will completely collapse in less than three days.

Where did Zhang Pu know the inside story, because the black room was just a room without lights, and he didn't take this punishment in his eyes at all, and his mouth was still not clean after being pulled away.

Chen Cao snorted: "This guy brought it after he had a mental breakdown, but he underestimated this person..."

Chen Cao originally thought that the reading popularity festival was not too high, and it could be seen from the entry of the Manchu Dynasty that the noble festival of those self-proclaimed scholars had fallen all over the ground, but the senses that Zhang Pu gave him were indeed a big surprise, and he didn't expect this fang to be so tough, which could be regarded as allowing Chen Cao to look up at him, and he also had a mind in his heart that if it was feasible, he could not take him for his own use.

"Grandpa, there may be resistance to the implementation of the Juntian exemption system in Suzhou."

Huang Chunyao's worries are not groundless, most of the wealth in Suzhou City is in the hands of those people, if they secretly make it bad, the impact will be not small.

How do you know that Chen Cao is not worried at all, and said with a smile: "Suzhou, Wu County, and Changzhou still say, but the two counties of Jiading and Changshu don't need to be disturbed, we are now 'Qingjun side' under the pretext of going north, in fact, it is limited to Suzhou, and when the means of Juntian exemption are mature, there is no need for us to go out in the future, let the students of the academy act on their behalf, Jiading and Changshu two counties, but all those who are stubbornly resistant and unwilling to hand over the land will be detained and confiscated, so that Long Wujun can act cheaply;

As for Suzhou..."

Chen Cao smiled slyly: "I have a ready-made plan..."

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Zhang Shihuang is in the territory of the south of the Yangtze River without a vassal king, and he can be regarded as a figure at this moment, after all, most of the high-level officials in Suzhou City who retired to Zhishi stayed in Nanjing to retire, and the rest went to Changzhou Mansion when Wu County was breached, and his identity naturally rose a little.

Zhang Cai, as a captured governor and bureaucrat, is not low, and the people attending today's meeting are almost all famous people in Suzhou City, and their identities are naturally not simple.

"Zhang Yuanwai, I heard that there are people in several big towns outside the city, and Chen Yi's army is stationed in Suzhou, according to a certain point of view, there is not much chance that we can bear it..."

Zhang Shihuang turned his head to look at a few retired bureaucrats who were obviously afraid, and said with a sneer: "Didn't you see that thief Chen Cao took us with some rat traps?"

I was arrested for two days and almost starved to death, but at the last moment he still told me to wait for food and drink, and even released me the day before yesterday. ”

Zhang Cai also frowned, this is something he can't think about hard, it stands to reason that Chen Cao is now raising troops to rebel and break through Suzhou City, and even the prefect Yu Xianchao has been detained in prison, why release all of them?

"I really can't figure out what Chen Cao wants to do?" Zhang Cai frowned and looked at the dozen or so people at the table: "Your net worth is ugly, and there are many rich and rival countries, if a certain family is a rebellious person, even if you take it and other families, it is not the case that the commanders of Weida were not like this after they broke through Texas?"

However, now Chen Cao actually released us, and also made it clear that the carriage and horse told us to implement the policy of exempting Juntian in Suzhou, and there must be a demon when things go wrong, that guy is not a good stubble, maybe Lord Zhang guessed wrong and said not necessarily. ”

Zhang Cai didn't deny Zhang Shihuang's words, he was just worried that Chen Cao would make some other strange moths, but at the moment, not only himself, but everyone present could not escape Juntian's matter.

An old man said worriedly: "The old man has been a county magistrate in Wuxian County for 12 years, and his family's financial resources are not small, and the hidden fields are as many as 10,000 acres. ”

"I heard that the gentry landlord in Songjiang kept the land according to the population of his family, and the rest was confiscated.

Although the end was miserable, Chen Cao never wanted the lives of those people, but just let them no longer get the life of the rich and become commoners.

But is this not more excessive among those who are accustomed to privilege and wealth than killing them?

Zhang Shihuang muttered: "The old man has contacted all parties, since Chen Cao wants to rebel and become the emperor, then he will also cherish the reputation of the people, of course he will not do things that excite the masses." ”

Zhang Cai instantly seemed to understand Zhang Shihuang's words, and immediately turned his head to look at him: "What do you mean by emulating the weaving mansion back then?" ”

Zhang Shihuang nodded a little proudly: "The law does not blame the public, if he dares to kill on the Jiangnan territory, in the end, it is still him who will lose more than he gains, otherwise how can you explain that he let us go?" ”

More than a dozen people nodded thoughtfully when they heard this, and then they all figured out this matter, and showed some excitement, how can their own family property be distributed to those soil buns, this kind of thing must not be allowed to happen.

"When you go back today, get in touch with them, and be sure to tie their hands and feet."

Zhang Cai saw the crowd of excited departures, and fell into deep thought alone...