One office, a few clerks, dare to openly call the authority of the first company in Jiangnan, which is simply bold.

When the news reached the Zheng family, the patriarch Zheng Bao stood up suddenly, and could no longer be calm: "What?!" ”

"How dare they?"

"Those lands have been in my Zheng family for many years, and they were also acquired with complete procedures, reasonable, legal and compliant, but there was no coercion! Now that so many years have passed, it is still a rake? How unreasonable!! ”

"Is it a sin that those people could not survive anymore and sold their land, and I bought their land and saved their lives, and made them my tenants, feeding so many of them for generations?"

"Where is there such a truth in this world, my Jiangnan family, which has been passed down from generation to generation, is a good family, how can I be so wantonly bullied?"

"Is there still a royal law in this world?"

"My Zheng family has a royal gift from His Majesty: the first one in the south of the Yangtze River, these blind officials the size of sesame grains dare to come to us for trouble?"

At first, Zheng Bao was high and didn't care about this small office at all, who would have thought that he would be bullied to the head of the Zheng family just after it opened, and this is okay?

Although he was angry, Zheng Bao had experienced the Yuan to the Ming Dynasty after all, and he had seen all the winds and waves, so there was no reason to plant a heel at his own door.

The most important thing is that the Northern Yan Shenggong has been almost wiped out, and the countless years of inheritance have been cut off, which has given Zheng Bao a wake-up call.

Compared with the Confucian family of Yan Shenggong, his Zheng family is just an insignificant family, and the emperor can even cut off the inheritance of Yan Shenggong, let alone him?

Therefore, Zheng Baht forced himself to calm down, he did not act violently, but hoped that those clerks would deal with it impartially.

Zheng Bao repeatedly stated that those Lingtian have contracts, which are all legal transactions, and there is no such thing as forced buying and selling!

But soon, it didn't take long for another news to come - some young people in the Zheng family couldn't help but take action, smashed the office, beat up the clerks, drove them all out of Zhengzhai Town, and pushed the literacy class set up by those clerks by the way.

When he heard the news, Zheng Bao's heart jumped suddenly, his head was a little dizzy, his legs were a little weak, and he didn't stand firm and sat directly on the ground.

"It's broken!"

"Something bad!"

The maid on the side was startled when she saw this scene, and hurriedly helped the old man up.

After Zheng Bao stood up, his face was very ugly, and after hearing the news, he stared at the subordinate who passed the news, and hurriedly asked, "When did this happen?" ”

"This ...... Half, half an hour ago. Seeing the master's reaction, the man also knew the seriousness of the problem, and stammered.

"Half an hour ago??" Hearing this, Zheng Bao's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he asked a little angrily: "Then why did you tell me now?" ”

"Because I also know......" The subordinate quickly explained.

"Alright, you stand down!" Zheng Bao waved his hand, couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, and felt irritable for a while, although he felt that because of such a trivial matter, he should not punish the Zheng family, but his intuition told him that this matter was not so simple!

Zheng Baht stood up and went to the so-called 'township office', which had been smashed to pieces and littered with scraps of paper.

Zheng Bao picked up a piece of paper that was still in good condition, marked with strange symbols, and under each symbol, there was a text.

These words are also very strange and do not form a complete sentence when combined.

"Broadcast, splash, touch, Buddha, de, special, what, Le?"

"What is this?"

Zheng Ba frowned.

After looking at it for a while, he probably guessed the meaning of these characters, and the following text is to mark the pronunciation of these characters?

But what's the use of all this?

Obviously.

These strange things are implemented by the office of the imperial court.

Was it used by the imperial court to promote illiteracy?

"This thing...... Who invented it? ”

Although he couldn't understand the meaning of these characters, Zheng Bao's subconscious told him that this thing was probably not that simple, and it was likely to be of great use!

Shaking his head, Zheng Bao threw the paper in his hand on the ground, looked at the messy office, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, send those clansmen who made a move to the government, and then find someone to accommodate them and make amends......

Zheng Bao said softly, the matter has come to this, and it can only be like this.

This is the greatest sincerity that Zheng Bao can do.

However, the seriousness of this matter ......

It seems to be much more serious than Zheng Bao thought!

When he used his connections to try to solve this matter, those close friends who had drunk and talked with him in the past waved their hands one by one at this moment, saying that there was nothing they could do about this matter and that they needed to wait for the court to solve it.

This matter has been heard by heaven!

When he heard the news, Zheng Bao was stunned, it was just to drive away a few lowest-level officials, and he was able to make trouble with the emperor?

This...... How can it be?!

Zheng Bao, who already felt bad, had a sense of crisis in his heart.

The seriousness of this matter is really much more serious than Zheng Bao imagined.

As the first in the south of the Yangtze River, it has always been honest, thrifty and filial piety, passed down from generation to generation.

However, it was such a big family that openly resisted the implementation of the imperial decree, and although there was no killing, those clerks were beaten and injured.

Then this matter cannot end so simply, even if Zheng Baht has follow-up remedies, it will still be useless.

The news was like having wings, and soon came to the cabinet.

When the cabinet ministers saw the news, they were immediately in a dilemma.

The Zheng family!

This is the first one in Jiangnan!

Such a family openly resisted the imperial court, could they be the same as Beikong?

Fortunately, there is still a document.

That was Zheng Bao's follow-up remedy, and he sent the beaters to the government, and his attitude of admitting his mistake was very good!

Seeing this document, several cabinet ministers immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"This Zheng Baht is not confused!"

"yes, in this way, the consequences should not be so serious!"

"That's right, it's just the private behavior of the clansmen, so it won't be like Beikong, who directly copied and beheaded ......"

"Shall we put this later document in front of us? Put the documents in front and put them in the back? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty should not be so angry when he sees Zheng Bao's reparation first, and then sees the documents in front of him......"

Some cabinet ministers played clever tricks and tried to use this method to make the emperor less angry.

But this behavior was quickly stopped.

"Are you crazy?" Cabinet Minister Zhen Shou's eyes widened, and he said speechlessly: "Your little cleverness, in the eyes of Your Majesty, is simply ridiculous, if you really do this, it is likely to have a backfire!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other, and after thinking about it carefully, they all felt that it was very reasonable, if they really did this, it was likely to have the opposite effect!

After all, what a brilliant person is His Majesty today?

"Then put it together! Next to each other! ”

"That's okay!"

This kind of news gave these cabinet ministers 10,000 courage, and they did not dare to hide it.

If the East Window incident happens, once it is investigated, the consequences will be very serious!

Soon.

This piece of music came to Su Che's hands.

Glancing at the contents, Su Che raised his eyebrows.

"It's the first in Jiangnan."

Soon, Su Che saw the second document, which was next to this note.

"Oh? The behavior of the clansmen is not what the patriarch Zheng Ba meant? ”

"But even so, this matter can't just be left at that."

"Since your patriarch is not strict with discipline, then you will not be in charge of it in the future......"

It was just that in this instant, Su Che thought of a solution.

The reason why the Zheng family is so prosperous is because all the clansmen are together.

They have their own private schools, they have their own school fields, and when these people come together, it's like a small country, and Zheng Baht is like the king of this country.

However, where there is a class, there will be oppression, and the reason why the Zheng family is so powerful is because most of the clansmen have shed blood and sweat for this family.

These families have been inherited for so many years, and many times, they will put their own family above the country, and in the face of foreign invasion, they will kneel down with weak legs, all in order to protect the family.

Although the previous thousands of years of families have been basically wiped out, there are still many wealthy families for hundreds of years.

These families are like bloodsucking worms, lying on the body of the country to suck blood, sucking the people's fat and people's ointment, and the weaker the country, the stronger these families become.

When the nation is gone, these families will have a new lord.

In this case, let these big families that have become influential all be divided for me!

As long as the family is separated, the previous things can be blamed for the past!

This so-called policy of separating the family, in a sense, is a "small push order" for the gentry and wealthy families.

The state forcibly implements it, and those large and small gentry and wealthy families have to agree if they don't agree, if they don't agree, then don't blame the court for being polite!

This separation strategy, for the patriarchs of those gentry and wealthy families, was really a bolt from the blue, a devastating news.

But for the rest of the houses that don't have much to gain, this is great news!

They were originally in the family, they could only mix a mouthful of food, life was poor, the prosperity of the family had little to do with them, they were all part of the blood, and they worked for the family when they became adults!

But now, they get a share of the property!

How much property does this have?

no doubt

Naturally, these people will vigorously support the policies of the imperial court!

After all, far-sighted people are a minority, and for the majority of people, what does the strength of the clan have to do with them? failed to bring them any benefits, it is not as good as the benefits of separation!

Su Che did not hesitate, and directly implemented the policy of separating the family to the Zheng clan, and also to all the wealthy families in the world.

Those big dogs, if you want to blame, just blame the Zheng family!

If it weren't for this Zheng family, he wouldn't have been able to think of doing this for a while!

Of course, under this decree, only the wealthy and large families need to divide their families, and ordinary people at the bottom do not need them, and the division of households requires a very high standard, and most people cannot meet this requirement.

It is foreseeable that as soon as this decree is issued, it will inevitably be a chicken flying and a dog jumping!

And that's exactly what happened.

As soon as the decree came out, countless gentry and wealthy families were wailing all over the country for a while.

In the Zheng family.

When Zheng Bao heard this decree, he was completely dead for a while!

Finished!

Zheng family!

Finished!!

For a family with an inheritance system of primogeniture, splitting the family is an absolute killer move, no one can resist such a temptation, and they don't need people from the court to come over, they can tear down the family themselves! Divide the profits!

Originally, the establishment of an office by the imperial court to promote literacy and private schools was tantamount to standing on the opposite side of all the gentry and wealthy families, and it was naturally more difficult to implement it.

But now, as soon as the move of splitting the family comes out, the eyes of all the family members are looking at their own family, and a chaotic infighting is about to begin!!

However, this is an order from the imperial court, which is equivalent to the imperial court standing behind these sub-rooms, giving them full confidence and starting to openly argue with the family!

"I thought about many kinds of punishments, but I didn't expect that the final punishment would be this ......" Zheng Baht muttered, sitting on the chair dejectedly, he couldn't accept this reality.

Meanwhile.

Many patriarchs of big families began to huddle together, came to the Temple of Literature, and began to cry bitterly.

The patriarchs of these big families, in various places, still have a lot of influence, they are all nominally 'good families', as long as they give some small profits, they can win over a considerable number of civilians.

These people led many people to weep bitterly in the Temple of Literature, and told their sufferings and grievances to the statue of Confucius worshiped in the Temple of Literature.

"We are all good families, four generations in the same house, happy family, happy life, but I didn't think that the court wanted us to separate ......"

"Since ancient times, where is there a reason for the imperial court to let the common people forcibly divide their families?"

"Master, Master, we are uncomfortable......"

The civilians who followed these patriarchs here were all moved when they heard these words.

This is the so-called Wailing Temple.

Obviously,

This caused quite a stir.

And the news also spread to the palace of Ying Tianfu.

"Crying Temple?"

Su Che was stunned for a moment, and also realized the methods of these people, they hoped to use this trick to make the imperial court take back their fate, to put it bluntly, it was to coerce the civilians at the bottom to fight against the imperial court together!

This matter, to say serious, is really serious!

If it is not dealt with in time, clan patriarchs all over the country will start to follow suit, and there will be problems!

Without hesitation, Su Che sneered and said:

"Coerce the people, threaten the court, and make a good calculation!"

"Pass the order down, pull out all these crying temples and kill them!!"

"If you are looking for death, then go to death!"

Originally, Su Che was gentle enough for these gentry and wealthy families, and he didn't kill them all, but just let them break up.

Obviously, these people didn't feel Su Che's kindness.

What a pity!

(End of chapter)