A drought, coupled with a flood, directly exposed the original shape of Dagan.
It's not that the heyday before Daqian was fake, but that all the flaws within it were exposed.
In response to various scandals in the South, people today are furious and shouting to fight and kill.
The several teams of imperial envoys sent out did indeed chop off many heads and clear out many official positions.
It's a pity that the highest level can only be moved up to the fourth rank. Higher-level feudal officials cannot be killed directly even if there are problems.
The emperor is not dead yet!
Most of the feudal officials in the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River were people brought by the emperor.
In addition, the power of the southern gentry group and aristocratic families is not a joke.
Nowadays, it is okay to cleanse the officialdom, but you must not touch their interests. Otherwise, all kinds of troubles will occur frequently, and even rebels will appear, which will be a lot of fun.
No matter how unhappy I feel now, I can't take too big a risk and strike hard at the southern region.
It was really difficult to vent the depression in his heart. Fortunately, the novel written by Jia Rong could help him recover a little from his bad mood.
In addition, today I am also vaguely aware that how to deal with the stubborn local powerful in the south is mentioned in the novel.
Really, he is a guy who makes people both happy and fearful at the same time.
Turning back to the novel "The Founding of a Nation Overseas", Pig's Feet has stalled in officialdom and has a clearer and deeper understanding of the difficulties of people's livelihood.
Due to constraints from above and below, he could not do much, but he did try to help some refugees who had the ability and courage to go to sea.
Apart from anything else, the magistrate of Pig's Feet asked some small merchants with insufficient strength to help and brought dozens of people on board the ship out to sea, and there was no problem at all.
After several years of serving as magistrate, the number of refugees who went to sea through his help numbered in the thousands, including even relatives from his own clan.
There is no way, Pig's Feet comes from a poor family, his clan is only at the rural level, and his power is quite weak, so he depends on the powerful local landlords for survival.
And that powerful landlord is the proprietor behind the pig's feet.
When the relationship is good, everything is easy to talk about. Not only does the pig's trotters become famous, but the clan also benefits a lot.
Although the rent for renting land is not less, there are fewer miscellaneous expenses.
In fact, the clan got some mountainous land and fields as clan farmland in the cracks between the land owned by the local powerful, and the living standards of the clan members have been significantly improved.
There are also some tribesmen who follow the footsteps of pig's feet and take root in the places where they work and do some small businesses.
What does it mean for one person to achieve enlightenment and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven? This is it.
If it weren't for the fact that there was really no room for expansion in his hometown, when Zhujiao was admitted to the imperial examination, he would have a large amount of land to rely on and enjoy the tax-free policy.
When he became the prefect, he also helped his tribe to establish a medium-level business in the local area, so that was all he could do.
But once the relationship with the proprietor behind him became estranged, Pigfoot had to be more careful and leave more escape routes for himself.
Since we have successfully arranged for many courageous refugees to go to sea, we can naturally also lay a foundation for the enterprising members of the clan to go to sea.
Because he has contacts with many small and medium-sized maritime merchants, Zhujiao has a better understanding of the specific situation in the South China Sea.
He even secretly arranged for several of his close cousins to build a small stronghold somewhere in Yizhou with trusted guards and servants through some secret channels. Over the past few years, he had gathered several Hundreds of people.
It's not that Pigfoot intends to go to sea, but he senses that something is not good.
In the officialdom, naturally, the higher you go up, the fewer positions you have.
In a normal officialdom battle, if you lose, you lose. The most you can do is to be sent to a remote place in a remote country to wait for death.
But the problem is that the direct descendant of the proprietor's family behind the pig's trotters has also reached the position of fourth-rank official in the officialdom.
If you want to go one step further and become a high-ranking official of the third rank, even with the power of the proprietor behind it, you need to go all out, and the grasp is not even at the fifth level.
There is no way, even if the Southern Ming Dynasty is decayed, officials who want to be promoted not only need to have someone above them, but also need to show certain abilities.
Pig's Foot's ability is naturally not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be as good as he is now.
But the direct descendant of the proprietor's family behind the scenes is not bad at playing tricks to gain relationships, but his real ability to manage politics is only average.
Otherwise, he and Pig's Foot are not much different in age and have full support from his family, but he will be suppressed by Pig's Foot by one or two levels for many years.
Maybe, the owner behind the scenes has an alienated relationship with the pig's feet, and this is also the reason.
Pig's Feet is not a junior brother in the officialdom. When he was hanging around in the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of War, he saw a lot of intrigues and interest struggles in the officialdom. He saw or heard about all kinds of weird things.
I was worried that the family behind the proprietor would use his position to increase the leverage for the direct descendant to gain the upper hand.
If this is really the case, not to mention the reaction of the pig's trotters themselves, the result will definitely not be too friendly to the pig's trotters. The best outcome is to live in prison for a few years and wait until the news is over before being released.
Are you kidding me?
At this time, Pigfoot also had a family and business, and was the father of several children.
Who knows if he will have a chance to come out after entering the cell?
Placing your destiny on the kindness of others is irresponsible to yourself and your family.
The proprietor behind the scenes is not a good person. Although the pig's foot is nominally the son-in-law of its main branch, so what?
Once the pig's feet lose their use value, they may even resent the family because of it. What will the proprietor behind it do based on his behavior?
Do you really think that he has been in the officialdom for a long time and it is all in vain? He also has his own information channels, okay?
After all, he got to the position through the imperial examination. There were still a few close friends among his colleagues in the same year. They wrote letters early to remind pigs to be careful.
If you want to win a highly qualified fourth-grade prefect, you can't just pat your head on the head. You must be informed in advance.
In officialdom, especially if you occupy a relatively important position, it is normal to be slandered and attacked. If you suddenly stop being targeted, you have either withdrawn from officialdom, or you have been deliberately targeted.
Pig's Knuckle is no exception, but the rumors against him in the past were basically based on corruption, after all, where is his background.
The official atmosphere of the Nanming court is there. It is not impossible to be independent. Either you have a very powerful background, or you are sitting on the bench. Otherwise, even if you feel conflicted in your heart, you will more or less accept some filial piety.
In fact, this can be regarded as the norm in officialdom in all eras, and it is not only the officialdom of Nanming that behaves this way.
But recently, through reminders from friends, Zhuji discovered that the rumors attacking him had changed, and they were accused of colluding with foreign businessmen.
At that time, there was a thump in my heart. Damn, this is a rhythm that wants to take away people.
Although the Southern Ming court was decayed, it continued the rigid external stance of the previous Ming Dynasty.
Not to cede territory or pay indemnity, not to surrender, not to pay tribute, and not to make peace with each other, both the court and officials have always had a tough attitude towards foreign conquests.
The crime of colluding with foreign businessmen can be big or small. If it is put on the line, it is estimated that the pig's feet will not only receive free jail food, but may even lose its head, and the whole family will be together.
This is too cruel, and this is not how people are treated.
Once the trend is established, who will dare to hold office in coastal areas in the future?
But no matter what, Pig's Feet felt a little more wary.
Just in case, he even summoned his eldest son who was studying in a college abroad and gave him a long leave.
The eldest son was naturally very dissatisfied. He had inherited the gift of reading from a pig's feet and was very good at coming up with ideas in the academy. Naturally, he was not very willing to go home and study on his own.
Even my wife is not satisfied with this.
Pigfoot was helpless, but he didn't hide anything from his family. He confessed all his worries. It was not a good thing to hide some things.
It's just a pity that the family is so well protected under the protection of pig's feet.
I couldn't notice the strange waves and clouds outside at all, and felt that the pig's feet were too cautious.
The family believed that Pig's Feet was a fourth-grade prefect with deep qualifications, and the court had to have sufficient reasons to win.
Besides, his family members all knew that Pig's Knuckle acted very carefully. He had not made any of the mistakes that officials easily made, and the court had no reason to target him.
As for the proprietor behind the scenes, that is, the wife's natal family, Pig's Feet did not deliberately specify it. Naturally, the wife and son would not understand the hidden secrets and did not think of the worst.
Pig's Feet had no intention of refuting his family's naivety. He just said that he should be careful and make no big mistake. He should take a look first before talking.
Privately, the prefect's yamen started a model of loosening things outside and tightening things inside.
It can only be said that opportunities are reserved for those who are equipped.
No one expected that on an ordinary day, an angel from the court suddenly came to the door, then took out an imperial edict and sneered: "Master Prefect, something happened to you!"
Just like the angel's attitude, the pig's feet immediately knew something was wrong.
Fortunately, the angel had the Holy Purpose at his disposal, and the whole family gathered in front of the incense table, saving him the trouble of searching for someone in the future.
"Fuck you, you dare to pervert your edict and harm people, I'll take down you madman first!"
No one expected that the prefect Zhu Tiao would rise up and revolt, and his martial arts skills were definitely beyond everyone's expectations.
One punch and one kick, including the angel, and four royal guards, but in the blink of an eye they fell into a pool of blood.
Zhuji immediately ordered everyone to block the news, and then left the prefect's Yamen through the emergency escape passage with his confused family members.
Now that we have reached this point, if we still hesitate, we are irresponsible for ourselves and the lives of our family members.
The preparations that need to be made have been made before.
Pigfoot took his family and easily boarded a sea ship. Before anyone else could react, he sailed away and disappeared from Fucheng's sight.
The ship passed Yizhou, traveled for a while, and then arrived at a large, remote island. The family then went ashore to make repairs.
On the boat, the family members were very dissatisfied with the behavior of the pig's feet. Didn't they renounce the imperial court? How could they go back in the future?
Even if the pig's feet don't matter, what about the sons?
Pigfoot didn't explain much and took his family to a crowded place on the island, a large village with nearly a thousand people.
That's right, this is the escape route arranged by Pig's Feet. The people in Dazhai Village are all refugees from Nanming, and they are the kind of people who are grateful to Pig's Feet.
Even if he doesn't have an official position, with the powerful martial arts of Pig's Feet, it is easy to become the leader of Dazhai.
Speaking of martial arts with pig's feet, that has been his hobby since childhood.
After all, when fishing at the seaside, you not only have to face the wind and waves at sea, but also face the exploitation of fishermen on the shore and officials. Without the ability to resist, you can only let others slaughter you.
I have seen a lot of bullying from Chi Luoluo since I was a child, so I am naturally interested in practicing martial arts to strengthen myself.
However, Pig's Foot itself not only has a good talent in reading, but also has a pretty good talent in martial arts, but it has not been exposed.
When I was a child, I just learned the simple martial arts moves popular among fishermen, and I was able to defeat all my peers with pig's feet.
Later, as he progressed in his studies, the martial arts he was exposed to became more and more advanced.
However, he usually uses it as a means of exercising, so he does it slowly, so even if he is seen by outsiders, he will not suspect anything.
When you are admitted to the Jinshi and work in the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of War, the martial arts inheritance you can come into contact with will naturally become more powerful.
No one knew that during the time he stayed in the capital, Pig Knuckles had quietly developed into a top player in the world.
His martial arts skills are as good as or even better than those of top players who have been famous for a long time.
It was not until this sudden outbreak that the family realized that pig's feet were very powerful in martial arts.
At least on the desert island, the pig's feet's martial arts skills and the various fishing techniques learned in childhood have played a very good role.
The plot of the novel has developed to this point. The solemn atmosphere originally involved in officialdom intrigues has changed, and the style of painting has directly shifted to the rhythm of survival in the wilderness.
The plot of fighting against nature and building a home with one's own hands amazes the audience and makes them listen with gusto.
Various wilderness survival skills, knowledge of land reclamation, and various skills of fishing at sea are all of great interest to the audience.
Only then did they realize that the charms of life such as farming, which they looked down upon, were also filled with so much knowledge and experience.
However, the audience was quite puzzled as to why Pig Trotter suddenly fell into such a situation. Although they had been mentally prepared before, they still felt very regretful and confused.
In fact, the pig's feet's family in the novel are also full of doubts.
For this reason, the eldest son, whose future was basically ruined, even got into trouble with Pig's Feet.
If the environment had not been right, Pigfoot's eldest son would have wanted to return to the Nanming area alone to continue his unfinished studies.
What's more, he also thought that through his maternal relationship, he could continue to participate in the imperial examination, so that he could live up to his talent in reading.
This episode made the audience feel very sad, and they felt that it was really not easy to treat pig's feet.
To say that the eldest son is a bastard, that's not the case. He's just too young and a little naive. He obviously doesn't have a clear understanding of the dangers outside.
I don’t even think about it, if there is really room for change, with the energy of the pig’s feet, how could I not try hard to get one, and directly resort to the most extreme means. Maybe I know it but I am unwilling to accept it...