Chapter 0212 Father and son turn against each other
Seeing that they did not give up the fight, Wang Guangzu felt satisfied and immediately invited someone out. This person turned out to be Deng Guang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Deng Guang raised his hands in salute to the powerful officials and said: "The officials' implementation of the new law is forcing the world's gentry into a desperate situation. Everyone knows that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together. If the officials do this, they will cause chaos in the world."
What Deng Guang said naturally attracted the unanimous approval of the powerful men. They were both powerful men and country gentry, so how could they disagree with Deng Guang's words.
Wang Guangzu took the lead and responded: "Yes, for thousands of years, we scholar-officials and emperors have ruled the world together. Without us scholar-officials, the world would not be in chaos."
"It's very true that if the officials want to seize the land of our scholar-bureaucrats, they will kill us. If we lose our lives, the world will be over. We can't ignore the common people in the world."
"Yes, yes, we can die, but the world cannot be in chaos. If the court does this, it is perverse."
The powerful people all found their excuses and were immediately excited, as if they were standing on the commanding heights of moral justice.
Deng Guang was proud and said: "Fellow members, you don't have to worry. There are many officials in the court who are also opposed to the new law, and they will support you."
This sentence made the powerful people even more excited, their faces turned red, and the meeting ended in a high atmosphere.
After everyone dispersed, Deng Guang said to Wang Guangzu: "Wang Yuanwai, now that Chen Guiyi is here, I'm afraid you have to be mentally prepared and prepare for the worst, but you can rest assured that the court has not yet unanimously agreed on the new law.
So as long as you get through it, you'll be fine."
"Yes, yes, I understand the truth. Please speak more kind words in the court. After all, this matter is not only the matter of our Renhe County, but also the matter of all officials, and even the whole world."
"This is nature, this is nature."
The next day, scribes from the county government and heads of departments and departments came to duty.
However, when they entered the county government office, they were dumbfounded. The doors of each room and department were closed. Then, they were invited by soldiers to wait in the lobby of the county government office.
The scribes and officials were all surprised. They didn't know what had happened, and they were talking among themselves.
Soon, Li Zongmian and Liu Kezhuang came with an entourage.
The two of them walked directly to the hall. Li Zongmian looked around at everyone, and then said loudly: "The implementation of the new law in Renhe has been blocked this time. In addition to the powerful people who do not cooperate, your prevarication, neglect and delay also have a great impact.
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Today, I am purging the county government under the order of Chen Shijun, the political counselor. You can now express your position whether you support the new law. If you support it, you can now concentrate on your work and implement the new law. If you do not support it, you will be dismissed on the spot.
Take your pick.”
The scribes were all surprised. They didn't expect that Chen Guiyi would make such a big fuss when he came. Isn't he afraid that the county government would not be able to function without us?
When they were surprised, Li Zongmian said directly: "Since you are hesitant, then go home."
Now they were even more dumbfounded. They didn't agree. You said these two sentences almost in succession. Even if we wanted to agree, we couldn't.
"Your Majesty, I agree, I agree, I support the new law."
"Yes, yes, I also support the new law."
Who cares about the words on the lips, just deal with it first and then talk about it. All the people are shouting that they agree and support the new law.
But Li Zongmian was not moved at all, and with a wave of his hand, he dismissed them all on the spot and drove them out of the county government.
This time Chen Guiyi brought more than a thousand people, including 500 soldiers and 500 scribes. It was not difficult at all to replace these people's positions, and with Liu Kezhuang's previous investigation, it was impossible for the county government to appear.
Inability to operate.
Soon, the new scribes started working and implemented the new laws one by one.
At the same time, Li Zongmian and Liu Kezhuang also personally visited the homes of those powerful people and informed them that the final deadline for checking the land acres was ten days later.
Within ten days, they must sort out the land and hand over all fields exceeding two thousand acres to the county government. Those who fail to hand over the land will be found guilty after ten days and will be punished.
The powerful people were furious and cursed Li Zongmian and Liu Kezhuang one after another. However, Li Zongmian and Liu Kezhuang had a tough attitude and only said that no one can stop the implementation of the new law. If you don't comply, you will be responsible for the consequences and left immediately.
That night, at the home of the powerful Liao Guiwen, Liao Guiwen was having fun with his concubine, but was interrupted by his four sons, who said they had something to discuss.
Liao Guiwen was disappointed and looked ugly, but his sons pretended not to see it.
The fifth son, Liao Jiming, said: "Father, the magistrate issued a death order today. The deadline is only ten days. If the deadline is exceeded, not only will the property not be saved, but he will also be imprisoned and exiled. What my sons want is for us to divide the family as soon as possible to avoid the consequences."
When you get it, you offend the government. As the old saying goes, the poor should not fight with the rich, the people should not fight with the officials, the officials should not fight with the emperor, and the emperor should not fight with heaven. None of the words of our ancestors are lies."
When Liao Guiwen heard this, he glared at him and said, "What did you say? You want to separate the family before I'm dead. How brave are you."
After saying that, he glared at the other three people and said loudly: "Don't even think about dividing the family. As long as I am here, I will be the master of this family. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kick you out and leave you to fend for yourself."
Destroy yourself."
It seemed that Liao Guiwen's reaction had been expected by his sons. They were not surprised at all, and they were not afraid at all.
The third son, Liao Jilin, was dissatisfied and immediately contradicted him: "Father, we know that you don't want to divide the family. You just want to leave all the family property to your eldest brother because he is the eldest son, but he is your son, aren't we your sons?
Don’t we have a share in the family’s property?”
The fourth son, Liao Jijing, also followed suit: "Our family has more than 15,000 acres of land, and each of the brothers has 2,000 acres. We can still leave it to our children in the future. Isn't this land still owned by the Liao family?"
"That's right, father, you just don't treat us as sons. If you did, this family should be divided. It's not like the court doesn't allow you to separate the family. Why don't you?"
Liao Guiwen was furious. He never expected that his sons, who were usually submissive and didn't even dare to breathe loudly when they saw him, would actually dare to talk to him like this now.
He was furious and shouted: "Presumptuous, presumptuous, are you trying to turn the world upside down? None of you can even think about my things. If you want them, I won't give them to you even if I throw them away. Get out of here."
Not to be outdone, the sons had a big quarrel with Liao Guiwen.