"The old man can rest assured, and go down to rest, this matter, Lone will give you an explanation."

Zhao Ying saw that it was already the middle of October, and the old man was still wearing only a shabby jacket, so he casually ripped off the cloak on his body and surrounded the old man. Before the old man came here, he had already prepared for the worst, who would have thought that the eldest grandson of the emperor would be so approachable? Tears flowed down his face in an instant, and he was about to kneel down and kowtow.

was held by Zhao Ying, looking back left and right.

"Come on, help the old man to go in and rest......"

After speaking, he added.

"Let the old man eat something and drink a bowl of hot soup first......"

As soon as the old man left, Zhao Ying's face instantly became gloomy like water.

"Qu Junshou, what's going on with this......"

Feeling the anger in the heart of the emperor's eldest grandson, Qu Fu felt bitter in his heart and gave a deep salute.

"Your Highness, it's the minister's negligence. It's just that before and after this incident, I didn't receive the official letter from the yamen below, and no one in the palace reported to the official, and the minister really didn't know about it......"

Speaking of this, Qu Fu straightened up.

"Your Highness, please rest assured, this matter, the minister will definitely find out and give you an explanation!"

Zhao Ying nodded.

After such an incident, Qu Fu couldn't stay here anymore, so he immediately took the accompanying officials back to the city.

This side of the canal has just left.

Zhang Liang couldn't help frowning.

"Your Highness, he may not know about the old man, but how can he, as a county guard, not know about forcing the people to remove the grain that has been planted and plant rice in Zhancheng instead? There must be a cat in this matter......"

Zhao Ying nodded.

"You immediately bring people to investigate in person, be sure to find the key ...... of this case before they do"

"No!"

After Zhang Liang asked the old man about the village, he immediately ordered a team of people and galloped away.

……

"Lord County Shou, the lower officials have heard that the emperor Sun Ren loves people, and he loves the lower class people a lot, and in Xianyang, he has a good name, once this matter falls into his eyes, I am afraid he will not give up easily......"

As soon as he walked out of the temporary camp of Zhao Ying and the others, a middle-aged subordinate officer with a thin figure couldn't help but speak out eagerly.

"According to the opinion of his subordinates, the county guard must make a decision as soon as possible!"

Qu Fu's face was gloomy.

"Open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, the emperor's eldest grandson is fine, and the official has his own way to deal with it. However, how did that old man get in? I'm afraid this matter is not simple, you quickly take someone to check and see who sent the Zhen in......"

He didn't believe it, so he asked people to find a few helpers outside, and he found this body so coincidentally? Moreover, this Zheng also appeared in front of the emperor's eldest grandson so coincidentally. If there is no one behind this matter, it is a strange thing!

When the subordinate official heard this, his face changed instantly.

"Xiaguan is going to go-"

After saying that, he immediately turned around and left.

It's so easy to investigate.

Soon, the steward in charge of this matter was brought to Qu Fu. The steward was originally a house slave in the Qufu Mansion, and at this time, knowing that the matter was serious, he had already frightened the six gods and lost his master, and his body was paralyzed, so he didn't dare to hide it at all.

Soon, the matter was clear.

He didn't hire anyone himself, but handed over the matter to Lai San, a gang leader in the city who was messing around in the city all day long. Qu Fu knew that this goods must have received a lot of filial piety from Lai San on weekdays. But this was not the time to pursue this, he immediately sent someone to arrest Lai San.

But soon, the people who sent it out returned.

Lai San is gone!

At this time, where would Qu Fu not understand that this time, he was yin.

Someone took advantage of this opportunity to send the Zhen to the emperor's eldest grandson!

"Drag it off!"

Qu Fu's face was gloomy like water, and he motioned impatiently to drag away the steward who was already sitting on the ground in fright. waited until there were only a few officials left and right, and then turned his gaze to the county on the side.

"Jiang Juncheng, I'm afraid I have to give an explanation for this matter......"

Jiang Juncheng was a middle-aged man with a white face and a slight belly, and when he heard Qu Fu's words at this time, his face suddenly changed.

"The lower official is just a ......"

He swallowed the words back again.

Qu Fu looked at him with a straight gaze.

"If I am guilty, all the kings are among them. You are responsible for the promotion of Champa rice, and in any case, you cannot escape the blame, so why bother your colleagues? Go, thy wife, and I will raise her! I will protect the goods of your family! When your heirs reach adulthood, I should personally recommend them to become officials and work for the county guard. ”

That Jiang Juncheng's face was miserable, he hesitated for a while, and slowly bowed down.

"Thank you, Lord Gunjo, for making it happen!"

After saying that, he staggered away.

Looking at Jiang Juncheng's back gradually moving away, Qu Fu looked around.

"Come on, go and bring the Zhang brothers to this official!"

……

Nanyang County was originally the Wanyi of the Chu State, and during the reign of King Qin Zhao, it was seized by the Qin State and renamed Nanyang, and the seat of governance was in the original Wan County, that is, Nanyang in Henan in later generations.

There are three major families in Nanyang, the Yu family, the Du family, and the Zhang family, when they were in the Chu State, they were already a deep-rooted family in Nanyang, and when King Qin Zhao seized Wanyi and set up Nanyang County, they immediately turned around and joined Daqin without hesitation.

At that time, Daqin needed to pacify the position at the forefront of the battlefield as soon as possible, and it was the time when it was necessary to encircle the local heroes, so he bought horse bones and rewarded them greatly, not only did the original land not touch them, but it was quite preferential, and even transferred some of the fields and properties in those families that were cleared to them.

The three of them, this was preserved, and to this day, the power in Nanyang has been intertwined, and it is regarded as the wang family of Nanyang County.

These three families, thousands of acres of fertile land, are connected by Qianmo, and the good paddy fields near the county town are almost all the private property of the three families. In order to make ends meet, many farmers have to rent their farmland.

It can be regarded as the soil emperor of this Nanyang County.

But on weekdays, it can be regarded as keeping to oneself. Although the people of Nanyang are poorer, now that the war has subsided, life can barely get by. But this year there is a new situation.

That is, under the suggestion of the emperor's eldest grandson, the imperial court promoted Zhancheng rice in various places, and Nanyang is located in Henan, and there are many paddy fields, so it is naturally the area that the imperial court focuses on promoting.

But the question is, no one has ever seen this so-called Champa rice, who is willing to give up their best paddy fields and plant these so-called new rice seeds, which are said to come from the barbarian land in the south?

But the first emperor asked for promotion, and the officials below naturally responded.

No one wants to plant new rice seeds, so let's do it!

The first to bear the brunt, of course, are the three families that occupy the most paddy fields. The three major families also have their own methods. Isn't it to plant new rice seeds? If the harvest is not good, or if the soil is not adapted at all, and there is no harvest, the loss will be too serious.

So what to do?

Of course, the task is shifted to the people who lease their land.

What if the people don't want to plant?

Of course, it's hard!

Forcibly sell you new rice seeds!

Don't have the money to buy it?

Then lend it to you!

Don't want to plant?

Then forcibly plant it for you?

Already planted something else?

Then plane!

If you dare to resist, then you will be beaten once, and if one is not good, then you will be beaten twice.

How can a mere peasant compete with these powerful soil emperors?

Many people had to swallow their anger and accept this reality. For these, these officials in the county are naturally well aware, but for the sake of political achievements, no one bothered to offend the three major families for the sake of these ordinary people.

What's more, if someone is willing to help him complete the task of promoting Champa rice, why not?

Zheng's son, Basket, was beaten to death by the Zhang family in this context.

Great Qin admired the study of Legalism, and the government decrees were strict and thorough, but that was only the law of government decrees. This kind of thing, not to mention in Daqin, even in the next generation, is not a new thing.

In Guanzhong, the territory of the old Qin people is better, and when they are out of Guanzhong, it is really difficult to say.

In fact, the matter is very simple, the Zheng family is extremely poor, and the grain that has been planted in the field is all saved from between the teeth of the family from starvation. Now, let them plane, and then spend money to buy new rice seeds, where are they willing?

Especially Zheng's son basket, who was young and vigorous, saw the people of the Zhang family forcibly planing his family's crops, he immediately turned red-eyed and stepped forward to block it with a plow, but was beaten by the Zhang family and dragged away.

Originally, he probably wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, beat them, and deter some other people, but the result was probably a little ruthless, and he directly killed people.

The man dragged it back, threw down two coins and left.

The only son was beaten to death, and Zheng's wife couldn't bear the blow and died depressed. Zheng wants to sue, but where is it so easy to sue?

As long as the Zhang family is willing, he can't get out!

Even if you go out, you can be blocked, even if you are lucky enough to get to the county office, it is useless, you can't pass those officials, turn around and scold you, and you have to throw it back again.

This is nothing new.

And so it went.

At least, in Zhang's view, the death of a Diao Min is just a trivial matter, and it is really in the past.

Until today.

The steward who went to the county town to buy goods rushed back from outside in a hurry.

"The head of the house, the head of the house, something is wrong!"

The head of the Zhang family is Zhang Huan, the descendant of the Zhang family. At this time, when he heard the housekeeper come in in in a panic, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and threw down the book in his hand with an unhappy expression.

"Panic, what a system! Didn't you go to the city to buy it? Have things been done—"

The steward didn't care about the head of the house being angry, and said with a panicked expression while panting.

"Woe to the head of the house! The one in Baihe Village somehow went to the city and ran to the emperor's eldest grandson to complain! ”

When Zhang Huan heard this, he was immediately shocked.

"How did he run to the city, and he ran in front of the emperor's eldest grandson?"

At this time, he no longer cared about playing any calm and calm tricks, pushed away a few cases, stood up, quickly turned two sentences in the room, and stopped suddenly.

"Go and inform Steward Zhang, leave the county seat immediately, and hide in the countryside for a few days......"

The steward, when he heard the words, immediately turned around and left, who knows, before the others walked out of the courtyard, the courtyard gate was blocked.

Someone from the county watchman's office has arrived!

Zhang Huan slowly got up and looked at the county guard officials who were rushing in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, come uninvited, break into my Zhang family's mansion, dare to ask what you are doing......

When the official on the opposite side heard this, he glanced at him with a straight face, as if he didn't know him, and waved his hand coldly.

"On the orders of Lord County Shou, I am here to invite the patriarch of the Zhang family to go to the mansion for a talk!"

Zhang Huan: ......

Looking at the other party's unpretentious appearance, Zhang Huan couldn't help frowning, but after a moment of silence, he nodded slowly. Although there was a little trouble on the other side of the Zheng, the person did not die at his hands.

"In this case, then lead the way!"

……

Zhang Liang and the others acted quickly.

The group rode war horses and soon arrived at Baihe Village and found the courtyard of Zheng.

showed his identity, and asked people to call the chief of the army and the chief of the lieutenant where Zheng was.

Knowing that Zhang Liang and others were nobles from Xianyang, officials who accompanied His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, how could these people dare to hide it? You must know that in Daqin, it is also a big sin to hide sins for others.

Soon, the facts were clarified.

Zhang's family rented the crops in Zhang's field, forcing them to plant new rice, and was injured on the spot by Zheng's son's basket, and later Lei's was forcibly taken away by Zhang's family, and when he came back, he had become a corpse.

Zhang Liang looked at the chief and the lieutenant chief who were cowering in front of him, and slowed down his tone.

"In your family's fields, have you ever planted new rice seeds from the imperial court......

Seeing the new nobleman ask about this, the two old men subconsciously glanced at each other, thinking that this nobleman was also tracking down who had not changed to new rice seeds, lowered his head, and said nemesly.

"There is a kind, there is a kind, the little old man doesn't dare to disobey the decrees of the old men in the yamen, they have all been planted, and they have been plant......ed, and they have been planted."

Zhang Liang knew that the two old men had misunderstood his words, but he didn't explain, but followed their words and said lightly.

"Where is it planted?"

"Planted, planted in the field at the head of the village......"

Seeing that the two of them were spitting and spitting, and there was some panic between their expressions, Zhang Liang couldn't help but move in his heart, and said lightly.

"Take me to see ......"

As a result, before he could finish his words, he saw two old men fall to their knees with a pop.

"The lord forgives the sins, the lord forgives the sins......"

Zhang liang:......

Looking at the dry land on the dirt slope, Zhang Liang was silent for a long time before he turned his head and looked at the Wu Chang and Li Chang who looked flustered on the side.

"This is where you planted new rice?"

The two old men nodded in resignation.

Seeing that there was no angry look on Zhang Liang's face, he dared to say.

"The paddy fields at home and the fertile fields that can get water are not willing to be planed - the old man is also familiar with the old men in the yamen, so he planted it here......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Zhang Liang and the others again with some humility.

"Thinking about it, even if there is really no harvest, there are still a few acres of land left to support, even if it is a little bitter, mixed with a little weeds in the mountains, you can barely mix half full, so that you can't hold on......"

Zhang Liang was silent for a long time, and he also had his staff to promote the policy of new rice, but he didn't expect that when it was implemented in the locality, it would become like this.

"How many ...... can there be like you, who cut down the crops and replant them?"

(End of chapter)