Xuanzhou, Ningguo County, Huangjiazhuang.

In early summer and May, the weather is getting hotter, and the morning sun is warm and not hot, shining on a large field by the river outside the village, full of green, and the rice grows gratifyingly and boundlessly, indicating the hope of this year's harvest.

More than a dozen official-looking people are holding cloth rulers and fish scale books in their hands, and they are busy measuring on the ridges of the fields, clearing the acres of fields.

Two officials dressed in official uniforms sat under the old tree of the embankment by the river, leaning against the tree, each with a thatch in their mouths, and lazily watched the officials work in the fields.

"Lao Chen, you said that these guys are jumping up and down, are they real?"

The stout servant slowly drank the water and asked slowly.

"Hell knows. The county magistrate let him follow, let's follow, just make a show. ”

The thin black servant said casually.

"I heard that the entire Fuzhou Military County on Jiangnan East Road is implementing the meridian boundary law, and people are panicking, and there are complaints everywhere. I don't know if it's true or not? ”

"Cutting the flesh of the official eunuch Haoqiang, can you not complain? If it were you, someone would take away your gold and silver treasures, would you be willing? ”

The thin black servant said coldly, and the thatch on his mouth jumped.

"Then let's just watch like this, why don't we go down and help?"

The short and stout officials felt a little embarrassed when they saw the officials busy in the fields.

"If you dare to go down, you will have to get out of the county office tomorrow! Do you dare not listen to the words of the county minister? ”

The thin black servant said a word, and the short and stout servant immediately shut up.

The magistrate of the county let them obey the yang and the yin, he is a small soap official, where dare to make a time?

Jiangnan East Road implements the meridian law, and the officials and eunuchs in various places are full of complaints, who knows, how many days can the officials of these meridian offices toss?

"These officials, let them help, but one by one they can't be called, but they are the same as the officials, it's really infuriating!"

Fang Yiqing raised his head, looked at the two soap officials on the embankment, wiped the sweat on his head, and said a stupid word.

The officials of the Jingjie Office were in Qingzhang Tianmu in Ningguo County, and Xu Hai, the magistrate of the county, let the following history deal with it on the grounds that he was ill. The canonical history often slips away, and the two officials are even more standard officials.

"Needless to say, it was ordered by Ning Guozhi County. They don't mess around, it's already good. ”

Wang Donglai wrote it down in the booklet, his brows furrowed.

Since the introduction of the Meridian Law, all kinds of obstacles have come one after another, and they are clear in their hearts.

Especially those wealthy families with officials, as well as those eunuchs who are Zhishi, all of them are Lu Ziye, with vast magical powers, and they are also cunning and cunning, which is very difficult to deal with.

"Fang Yiqing, Wu Hai, you see, on the yellow book of the government, Huang Zhendong only has 20 acres of land under his name, but in the past few days, we have measured it, and the Huang family has at least 60 hectares. This yellow member is really daring! ”

Wang Donglai flipped through the booklet, shaking his head.

Sixty acres of land and forty acres of taxes, this owner of Huangjiazhuang can be described as bold.

"It's all to be expected. The Huang family has a big business, Huang Rucheng, the nephew of Huang Yuanwai, is the prefect of Ningguo Mansion, and his family's land is more or less, who dares to check? ”

Fang Yiqing said, raised his head, and looked at the villagers in the fields.

These people in Huangjiazhuang look strange today and seem to have bad intentions towards them.

"What about the Huang family? Aren't we still looking into it? ”

Wu Hai put away the ruler and said coldly.

"When the time comes, report to Hu Xianggong, and come forward from the Jingjie Institute to see how he Huang Zhendong quibbles? At that time, the prefect of the county and the prefect of Ningguo, I am afraid they will not be able to get rid of it! ”

The emperor escorted the meridian law on Jiangnan East Road, what else were they worried about?

"I hope it's all over the next two days, and nothing will happen."

Fang Yiqing nodded lightly, and everyone got busy again.

The officials of the Boundary Office were busy working in the fields, and many villagers in shabby clothes were watching coldly by the river and in the fields. Many of them have a deep hostility in their eyes.

"What the hell are these guys going to do?"

Some villagers asked, their clothes shabby, but they were full of anger, and they seemed to be idlers in the village.

"What else can I do? Of course, the people from the Jingjie Institute have come to measure how many acres of land there are in the village! ”

The farmer in his forties, with thick joints and well-informed, seems to have experienced it when he was young or young.

"Qingzhang Tianmu! If that's the case, won't we have enough to eat? ”

Half of the children asked in a daze.

"You know the! When are we full? If you want me to say, the government is doing a good job, and Huang Yuanwai's hometown ......"

The Confucian man with a yellow face and thin muscles muttered, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the gray-haired old man on the side.

"Master Huang, don't talk nonsense, do you still want to stay in Huangjiazhuang?"

Huang Fuzi glanced at the unkind eyes around him and shut up.

On a piece of land by the river, the housekeeper of the Huang family looked at the officials for a while and measured the fields, stood up, and beckoned to the surrounding villagers, who gathered around.

"Folks, you have all seen it, they do this, the fields have to pay taxes, and everyone will not have a good life in the future! Huang Yuanwai has no food, he is not happy, and everyone naturally has nothing to eat. What do you say? ”

Huang Zhendong's family, Huang Da, shouted loudly.

"Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, the government not only has to collect taxes, but after the measurement, it has to recover the arrears of the past five years, and it has to double the taxes. Would you like to? ”

The housekeeper was righteous and awe-inspiring, and continued to fan the flames, and the villagers were all angry.

"Collecting five years of arrears, is this still a life? Hit him shit! Let them go back! ”

"Double the tax! Fuck him! ”

"That's it! So many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, kill the dog's day! ”

The housekeeper said loudly, and the family members around him, as well as some villagers, shouted one after another.

Most of the villagers in Huangjiazhuang are tenants for the Huang family, and their lives depend on the amount of grain given by the Huang family, and many still owe the Huang family rent. If something happens to the Huang family, they won't be able to survive.

The housekeeper of the Huang family took the lead, and the family members clamored one after another, but the villagers were still a little hesitant.

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, not to mention that the officials of the Jingjie Institute were all Shangguan from Jinling City. Killing these Shangguan will have serious consequences.

Seeing that some villagers were still hesitating, the housekeeper turned pale and began to roll names.

"Master Huang, you haven't paid the rent you owe to the staff yet. Qian Liu, when will you pay the money you owe? Ergou, who is Lang Zhong optimistic about your mother's illness? And you Huang Duofu, your father died, who buried it? ”

The housekeeper asked questions one by one, and the villagers looked at each other, and someone immediately said it.

"This is our land in Huangjiazhuang, why are the people of the government pointing fingers here? Drive them away! ”

"That's it, get rid of them! Kill them! ”

"Since ancient times, the law has not held the people accountable, and if you kill them, the government will not be able to investigate them!"

The villagers were clamoring one after another, and for a time the crowd was indignant and the atmosphere was warm.

There are more than 1,000 households in Huangjiazhuang, and the tenants of the Huang family account for a large number. The Huang family took the lead, and all the villagers began to echo it.

"Folks, don't be afraid. Even if something happens, there are Huang Yuanwai to bear it, and there are county ministers and prefects to bear it. Go out and hide for a few days afterwards to make sure you're okay! ”

The Huang family housekeeper continued to fan the flames and give everyone relief.

"Folks, kill the dog officer!"

"Kill the dog officer!"

"Kill the dog officer!"

The villagers were indignant, and the steward was calm and commanded.

"Huang Si, you take people to the south, I'll go to the middle, Huang Da goes to the north, drive them to the river, so that they have nowhere to go! Grab the booklet back! ”

The housekeeper ordered to go down, the villagers were armed with sticks, and the housekeepers were holding knives in front, and a group of people were violent, forming a huge encirclement, and rushed towards the officials of the Jingjie Office who were measuring the fields.

The villagers were violent, and the mountains were all over the field, and the two officials on the embankment were taken aback, spit out the thatch in their mouths, and stood up.

"What is the Huang family going to do? What to do? ”

The stocky servant was dumbfounded. Looking at the situation of the villagers, this is to form a situation of encirclement. If this makes a fuss, it will kill people if it is not done well.

Needless to say, this is the Huang family working hard in the back. Those ordinary people can't get enough to eat, where would they think of this?

"Don't move! If you go down now, if you don't get it, you will be beaten to death by the Huang family. Let's take a look! ”

The tall and thin servant stopped his accomplices' imminent move.

The Huang family has obviously been planning for a long time, and with the two of them, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the angry impact of so many villagers.

"What if someone dies?"

The short and stout servant had a blue face, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

"What are you afraid of, if something happens, you have the county minister to bear it, and it has nothing to do with us!"

The tall and thin servant sat down according to his companion, and the two of them sat up straight, and their hearts were beating and they looked lively.

The villagers roared and screamed, and the officials of the Boundary Office raised their heads and watched in amazement.

"What are they going to do?"

Wang Donglai was confused and said stupidly.

They just came to clear the acres of land and collected them into a book by the decree of the Jiangnan East Road Establishment Department and the Consulate General of Jiankang Mansion. What are these villagers going to do?

"They...... Looks like they're coming for us! ”

Fang Yiqing sensed danger from the distorted faces and shouts of the villagers.

"Wu Hai, put the account book up! Everyone, run! ”

Fang Yiqing no longer hesitated, shouted, and everyone turned around and ran. Wu Hai hurriedly wrapped the booklet in oiled paper and stuffed it into his arms, and followed closely.

The villagers came from all directions, and Fang Yuqing and the others had no choice but to run towards the river. Several people fled together, and the morale of the villagers was even stronger, and they spread all over the mountains and fields, in all directions, and went straight to the river.

The potholes on the river beach were uneven, Wang Donglai ran too quickly, accidentally fell to the ground, a group of villagers came up, immediately there were sticks, Wang Donglai hugged his head and screamed, under the siege of the villagers, Wang Donglai soon lost his voice.

Fang Yiqing and the others ran to the river, but the surging river blocked the way.

The villagers flocked over, their hideous faces were clearly visible, stones and clods of soil flew like sticks, and smashed on everyone's heads, the pain was unbearable, Fang Yiqing shouted.

"Jump!"

If he waited any longer, he would be killed, Fang Yiqing immediately jumped into the water, fluttered twice in the water, and was swept away by the river.

Wu Hai jumped into the water and saw that Fang Yuqing was swept away by the river, Wu Hai wanted to swim up to save him, but it was too late, so he had to swim to the opposite bank.

And the few comrades who followed him to the other bank, only the young Liu Yannian seemed to be able to see the figure, and the others, like Fang Yiqing, were swept away by the turbulent river and soon disappeared.

A few of the colleagues who remained on the shore and did not dive into the water fell to the ground one after another under the frantic siege of the villagers, and there was no sign of getting up.

Wu Hai turned his head, no longer hesitated, and swam towards the opposite shore with all his might. He touched his bosom, and the booklet was still there.

A vicious fight soon ended, and on the embankment, the two officials were dumbfounded, and their faces changed.

The villagers flaunted their strength and left with a grin, leaving behind seven or eight corpses on the river beach, with blurred flesh and blood, and no one cared about them.

"What should I do?"

This time, it was the turn of the thin black servant's face to turn pale and his lips trembled.

The fact that so many officials of the Prayer Boundary Institute have been beaten to death is probably a real trouble.

"What else can I do? I'll go back and report to the county minister, you're watching here. ”

The stout servant replied to his companion and stood up listlessly.

Things have already happened, as for how it ends, he doesn't bother to care, and when the time comes, he just looks at the excitement.