Conspiracies are always carried out in the dark.

While the field clearing was going on, an undercurrent began to surge in Changzhou City, and the "sufferers" who were about to have their fields taken away were all colluding with each other.

"We cannot do it alone, we must mobilize the common people!"

"There are also tenants from various households. As long as these tens or hundreds of thousands of people are moving and public opinion is boiling, I still don't believe him. He dares to take over our fields!"

"But how can we inspire the people?"

"Tianpi!"

A cold voice came from the shadows.

"Send someone out to spread the word that the imperial envoy will not only collect the farm bones, but also the farm skins. The farm bones and skins will be handed over to those Qiu Ba!"

The permanent tenancy system is popular in many places in the south of the Yangtze River, which allows farmers to pay rent for permanent farming or grazing, while the landlord still retains the right to own the land, which is the "field bone right". The tenants own the field surface, which is the skin. In general

The owner has no right to increase rent, seize tenants or interfere with the tenant farmer's farming at will, but the tenant farmer can return the tenant, sublease or mortgage the tenant rights. The bottom of the field and the surface of the field can be transferred separately. The premise is that the transfer of the surface of the field does not affect the landlord's collection of rent and the bottom of the field.

The transfer will not affect the tenant farmers' farming.

"Brother Wu, this trick is really wonderful. Tianpi looks inconspicuous, but it is related to the livelihood of many people and families. As long as the news is released and someone incites it, Changzhou will be in chaos!"

"It can't just be Changzhou. If there is chaos, there will be chaos in Yangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and everywhere else. The bigger the trouble becomes, the harder it will be to deal with it. In the end, we will have to force the government to kill Xie Tianxia, ​​whose surname is Fang."

"That's right, I asked someone to check the person named Fang. How come the Fang family has not confiscated any donations? It was just cleared out recently!"

"This time, I have to fight him to the death!"

"A fight to the death? A joke."

Suddenly someone sneered.

"The fish will definitely die, but the net will definitely not be broken. The entire Ming Dynasty is staring at us. As long as we move here, someone from the court will definitely give him eye drops. His surname is

Fang, you still want to escape unscathed? Even the emperor may not be able to protect him, and now it arouses more than just public resentment."

It’s not just public grievances!

The people who have grievances are not the common people, it is clearly them. Of course, there are thousands of big shots standing behind and saying nothing. They are also full of grievances.

After all, what Fang Yizhi broke this time was a habit that had been agreed upon and matured by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. It was not a habit, but the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, this system was not set by the emperor, but it was agreed upon and matured by their ancestors for hundreds of years.

a tradition.

No one has ever thought of breaking this tradition. That Haigangfeng back then was probably strong enough, but he didn't dare to break this ancestral system.

"Anyway, it's the same thing. We've made a big fuss here. Someone will naturally stand up and take care of Fang for us."

…

Li San is an ordinary citizen outside Changzhou City. His family only has three acres of thin farmland, which is not enough. Although he can barely make a living relying on women reeling and weaving silk, but if he leaves the few acres he has rented for generations,

The whole family is expected to starve to death.

In fact, like many people in Jiangnan, his life has not been very good in recent years.

In the past ten years or so, life in Jiangnan has been difficult. There were frequent famines. The eldest son starved to death, the second son was pawned, the eldest daughter was married, the second daughter and the younger daughter... all were pawned!

In fact, in recent years, life in Jiangnan has been slightly better than in the north. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, there was a severe drought in Jiangnan. In the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Chongzhen, there was no rain for several months in Zhejiang, and droughts and locust plagues continued.

The Chongzhen period was the period when disasters were most frequent during the Little Ice Age. It was also the most difficult period for people's lives. This was true in the north and also in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is a common thing for ordinary people like Li San to starve to death and sell several of their children during famines.

In those years, everyone's life was difficult. Fortunately, in the past two years, Lao Tiannian finally opened his eyes, and there were no longer floods, droughts, and locusts like before, otherwise Li San would have really starved to death.

On this day, as usual, he took the silk woven by his wife to the silk shop in the city. He sold the silk here for money. Just when he was thinking about what to buy, he heard someone over there talking about the imperial envoy.

The matter of clearing fields in Qingtian.

What does this kind of thing have to do with him?

But it's all a matter for the gentlemen. Just when this thought came to my mind, someone over there said.

"... This time the government raided homes to clear out fields. Not only did they want to clear out the rich man's fields, but they also took away the tenants' fields, saying that they would be given to those military households."

"What? Give the fields to those Qiuba? Give them the field skins as well?"

"No, think about it, we can just grow those Qiu Ba by ourselves, then we can still be of use!"

"Then, what should we do?"

"That's right, if the field skin is given to those soldiers, how can we live?"

"Oh, those officials don't care about our life or death..."

When others were sighing, someone suddenly said from the side.

"Not only do you care, but people just took advantage of the opportunity to confiscate the fields and confiscated the fields and skins from your own house. We deserve to starve to death!"

Listening to their words, Li San also gathered around nervously. There were not only common people but also scholars gathered there, and they were all filled with indignation.

"How can we, the scholars, sit back and watch good people being seized by corrupt officials and starving to death! Dear friends, please join me in petitioning the prefect to return the good people's fields. Honorable ministers have occupied the good people's fields. The government does not make decisions for the people.

On the contrary, it helps the tyrants to do evil and robs people of their property. What’s the point? We will reveal it to the world!”

"Exactly, exactly, we must let the government give an explanation. If we don't give an explanation, we will kick him out of Changzhou..."

Li San, who was worried about his few acres of land, also started shouting with everyone, his face full of resentment.

The man who sold his daughter finally managed to survive, and he was looking forward to living a peaceful life again, but why did the corrupt officials in the government take away his family's farmland? Tianpi, that's also a farmland! It also belongs to the whole family.

livelihood.

"Okay, let's go together! Let's go together!"

Everyone was excited and shouted as they walked towards the magistrate's office. Along the way, people continued to join them. When they approached the government office, there were tens of thousands of people there, and many scholars among them were encouraging loudly.

, encouraging people to go to the government together to "claim justice."

When a huge crowd rushed to the magistrate's office, Shi Mingli was stunned for a long time after receiving the news, and then spoke after a long while.

"Something big is going to happen!"

Although he is an official from Shandong, when he came to Changzhou to take up his post, he had also heard that there were frequent "crying temples" and people shouting for "civil uprising". Once this kind of thing happened, no matter how the situation calmed down, he was an official

His future is definitely ruined.

what to do?

"Master Fu, the people have surrounded the yamen and want Master Fu to go out and give them an explanation!"

"Explain, what explanation do I want to give them? That field was copied by the imperial envoy, so what does it have to do with me..."

Shi Mingli hurriedly wanted to put aside the relationship.

"Where is Commissioner Fang Qin?"

"I left the city for Qingtian this morning..."

The real owner didn't want it, so he had to go to him as the prefect. Before Shi Mingli could figure out how to deal with it, someone among the students and civilians gathered outside the yamen shouted.

"The prefect definitely doesn't want to see us. He must be colluding with those corrupt officials and wants to swallow up our family's land. Let's rush in and ask him what's going on!"

"Crush in and ask him to find out..."

…

There was an agitation here, and the people rushed into the Yamen with shouts. The Yamen just stopped, and the "common people" who rushed to the Yamen beat the Yamen with sticks. Li San, who was following the crowd, also held a pole for picking goods.

He ran into a policeman head-on. The policeman looked at the rioters who were rushing in, and just as he was about to draw his knife, the pole in Li San's hand had already hit him.

The officer who was hit by the pole screamed and fell down the steps. His head hit the stone steps with a bang and a ball of red and white stuff flew out.

Killed!

When the other officers saw it, they immediately shouted.

"The mob killed the official..."
Chapter completed!