"Folks, people! We were all born and grew up in Donglin Prefecture, and this Donglin Prefecture is our home! Now that the new policy of the imperial court has forced our common people to a dead end, what should we do? Can we give up our homeland? No! We want to protest and let the court hear our voice!"

On the steps in front of the official mansion stood a middle-aged man in rags, short in stature and with fat features, and at first glance he was a rich character.

"This official is fighting to be the official of Zhizhou, and he has to say a word for our people!" he beckoned, and the four officers beside him carried two baskets of copper plates. The little fat man shouted so that his face turned red: "This official sells his ancestral property, and he also wants to save our people from fire and water! These copper plates can be regarded as a piece of the official's heart." The poor people receive it once per person, but the old rich local tyrants don't have it!"

There was a low laugh from the crowd.

Qin Shun quietly squeezed over from behind the crowd and said in a low voice: "Sect Master, I have found out, the grain and silver warehouse is in the empty courtyard behind this mansion, and they pulled the chaff and did not put it into the warehouse, but transferred it to a grain store, and the master behind the grain store is the official family. ”

"How much chaff is a pound?" asked Won-hee.

"Thirty money. ”

"That's six times as many as in the same state. Yuan Xi said in a low voice: "This fat man is quite good at business." ”

Qin Shun glanced at him: "This bastard thing, here he instigated the people to rebel, and over there appealed to the emperor, collected the emperor's disaster relief money, starved the people, and called him corrupt inside and out." ”

"Qin Shun, you say, how many people are gathered here today?"

Qin Shun looked up, and there was a piece of black pressure, and he couldn't help but sigh: "There are not a thousand, but also eight hundred, right?"

"If this wave of people rushes into the mansion, what do you guess will happen?" Yuan Xi glanced at Qin Shun.

"Rush, rush in?" Qin Shun was stunned.

That fat Zhizhou is still preaching, and he has a completely loyal and loving face.

"Villagers, our Donglin is about to have another catastrophe, the imperial army is coming in a flash, they want to use force to level Donglin! The imperial court will not care about us, if we ordinary people don't care about themselves, then who will be responsible for us!"

"I'll be responsible!" Yuan Xi suddenly shouted, and when he saw an old stone pier next to him, he stepped on it: "I'll be responsible!"

Fat Zhizhou was startled by this sudden shout, and looked around for a long time, and suddenly saw half of the body coming out of the crowd, and then found the original owner who spoke. I thought that the person making trouble would be an eight-foot man, but I didn't expect it to be a weak scholar. Fat Zhizhou was a little disdainful: "What are you responsible for?!"

The common people began to talk to each other, and judging from the clothing, the people who came were not good.

"What kind of thing are you, come on, take down this nonsense kid to Lord Ben!" Fat Zhizhou's body was uncoordinated, and his hand waved forward, and his body couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"I think which of you dare!?" Yuan Xi lit up the red gold order arrow awarded by the emperor himself: "The Donglin Sect Master's Mansion order arrow is here, who dares to act rashly!?"

Qin Shun also drew his sword and blocked in front of Yuan Xi: "Don't move!"

The red gold arrow may still be related to the soul of Shangguan Linqing, and the people of Donglin are all moved when they see this thing again. Xu is remembered the glory of the previous period under the rule of the Shangguan Mansion, and no one dared to make a mistake in front of the arrow.

Seeing that the people didn't react, Fat Zhizhou began to feel bottomless: "The imperial court is about to level Donglinzhou, where will there be any sect master! It must be fake, left and right! Arrest him!"

"What about this thing, everyone who knows how to read and write!" Yuan Xi pulled out a piece of bright yellow silk silk from his sleeve, on which was the emperor's own handwritten edict.

"You dog official who fooled the people, when did the court say that it would send troops to sweep it? It is clear that you, the dog official, deliberately disrupted the government and government, distorted the emperor's holy will, and fabricated deceitful lies!" Yuan Xi pointed an arrow at Na Zhizhou: "You! You are full of fat brains and intestines, and you dare to make a big deal of nonsense to share weal and woe with the people! This dog official has deceived you, and if you don't believe you, you will rush into the government and go to the warehouse of the government to have a look to see if the grain is piled up like a mountain and whether the silver is as abundant as a cow's hair! That is the silver that the court has given to you people! Now they are all embezzled by this dog official! He still wants you to fight with the imperial court, in order to cover up the fact that he is corrupt!"

There was a noise of whispers in the crowd, and someone dared to stand up and ask, "Is what you said true?!"

Yuan Xi smiled slightly and pointed to the door of the official mansion: "If you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, you can rush in and have a look." ”

"You can't enter, this is an important place for the government, how can you be allowed to mess around!" Fat Zhizhou took a step back and blocked the door with his body.

"He's panicking!Folks, rush in!" Qin Shun roared.

The crowd was surging, and at the small yamen, thousands of people rushed in, and the fat Zhizhou couldn't stop it, for fear of being trampled to death, he hurriedly retreated. The common people were busy going in to see the food, and they didn't care about the fat man's life or death. Seeing that no one cared about him, Fat Zhizhou slipped away and moved to a place where no one was.

"Qin Shun, tie him up for me!"

Before Yuan Xi's words fell, Qin Shun had already turned over a few walls and landed in front of Fat Zhizhou, and the blade of the sword fell on the fat man's shoulder with a slight wave. As soon as his knees weakened, he knelt down: "Hero, hero spares his life, and the villain also acts according to orders, don't blame me!"

Qin Shun tied him up in a knot and pushed him in front of Yuan Xi: "Sect Master, he said that he still has a master above him." ”

The people in Donglin Prefecture benefited the most from Xiao Rongshen's old school, Xiao Rongshen was the main messenger, which Yuan Xi never doubted. Yuan Xi snorted lightly: "What did the king of Hejun tell you?"

The fat man was startled, thinking that Yuan Xi already knew most of it, and kowtowed again and again: "Sect master, sect master spare his life, and the king of the county said that the imperial court wants to divide Donglin Prefecture into small pieces, which will be directly governed by the new officials of the imperial court, and the villain is afraid, afraid of ......"

"Afraid of losing your position?"

"Yes, yes, I am afraid of losing my official position, so I want to add some chaos to the court and let the court delay the will of partition. ”

"When did the imperial court say that it was going to divide Donglin Prefecture? Since it was going to be divided, what else do you want me to do as the sect master?" Yuan Xi lowered his head: "Zhizhou is also the number one in Donglin Prefecture, how did you get it with your brain?"

"Secular, hereditary. He said in a low voice: "The villain's father was from Donglin Zhizhou in the past, and later the villain made meritorious contributions during the Pingshangguan Linrui Rebellion, so he took over his father's position. ”

"What merit do you have?" Won-hee looked down at him.

"Yes, yes......" he couldn't say.

"Actually, isn't he? Your father just abused his private power and gave you a good job. Yuan Xi asked lightly.

"This ......"

Yuan Xi sneered: "Then congratulations, since the implementation of the new policy of this dynasty, Zhizhou, who has never lost his head, you can be the first person in the country." ”

"Qin Shun, take a good look at him, this sect mainly cuts off his head in front of the people of Donglin. ”

As soon as the news of the people's attack on the government came out, those newly-sent officials who had fled from the people rushed one after another, all dressed in short brown cloth, for fear of being seen through their identities.

"The ministers knocked on the suzerain. There were three young people in front of him, all of whom were yellow and thin.

"Get up," Yuan Xi raised his hand, "There is something for you to do." ”

"The sect master commanded. ”

"Issued a notice to the whole city, saying that the suzerain has taken over Donglin Prefecture, and the people of the whole city have gone to the city tower, and each household will receive one stone of grain, ten taels of silver, and one bucket of salt. And when they had received the grain, they all went to the gate of the city to register and make a book. Got it?"

"Yes, Sect Master. ”

"Slow, bring me a list of the existing officials in Donglin. ”

As soon as the list of officials in the Donglin Prefecture Mansion was bright, Yuan Xi couldn't help frowning, except for a dozen or so young officials appointed by the emperor, the rest were old factions, this state and county government, there were sixty or seventy officials, and the new officials wanted to fight one against six, no wonder the implementation of the new policy was so slow.

Now the people sent by the emperor are dead and scattered, and there are only three or two people who can really catch them. Yuan Xi frowned, this situation is really troublesome.

"Qin Shun, has all the food been distributed?" Yuan Xi raised his head and asked.

Qin Shun shook his head: "Sect Master, it's really weird, those ordinary people just watched around the battlements of the city gate, and no one dared to come forward to receive food. ”

Yuan Xi put down the list in his hand, tied his cloak and went to the city tower. There was a two-story pile of grain at the gate of the city, and tens of thousands of people had already gathered under the city tower.

Yuan Xi beckoned: "Press that Zhizhou up." ”

Zhizhou had already been tied into a zongzi and pressed by Qin Shun on the battlements, revealing only one head.

Yuan Xi held on to the battlements and shouted loudly: "The imperial court, there is absolutely no way to mobilize troops against Donglin! This sect master is ordered by the emperor to give relief to the people of Donglin, supplemented by pacification. From now on, Donglin Prefecture will resume the suzerainty system. At present, Donglin Zhizhou did not listen to my orders, greedy for disaster relief, inciting the people to rebel, and misinterpreting the new policy of the imperial court. Order, the criminal will be severely punished, and the law will be corrected on the spot!"

With the red gold order arrow, Qin Shun raised the blade in his hand, and the knife fell in his hand, and the human head fell to the city like a stone.

Yuan Xi walked down the tower, took a burlap bag, filled a bag of salt, and held it in front of a child at the front of the crowd with both hands. Leaned down and handed him the salt. The child was a little frightened, and looked up at his mother timidly. The woman bowed her head and took two steps back and pulled the child over.

It is inevitable that they will be afraid, who knows whether this move of the imperial court is true or false? If it is snatched, they dare to fight with their lives, but this is rice and grain given for free, and if it is not a soft knife, who knows what will happen after taking the grain?

Yuan Xi squatted down and took out a piece of sesame candy from his purse and handed it to the child: "Do you want this?"

The child puffed his fingers and looked up at his mother again.

"It's sweet, it's delicious, do you want to try it?" asked Won-hee with a smile.

The child finally couldn't stand the hunger and reached for the candy.

Yuan Xi stood up and took a few steps back, bowed and saluted: "The people of Donglin Prefecture, the imperial court has never given up on the people of Donglin Prefecture, everything is a trick of corrupt officials. I know that you have all suffered, and from now on, this sect master will have full authority to take care of all matters in Donglin Prefecture. The emperor strictly decreed that all the cultivated land in Donglin Prefecture should be replanted within two years. Within three years, every household in Donglin Prefecture will have endless rice porridge and dry buns to eat! Everyone, I'm Wei, please everyone!"