Twenty-nine, kill the chicken and scare the monkey
Nearly a thousand hermits, farm laborers, tenants, and refugees armed with carrying poles, hoes, and rakes gathered in front of the Kuaiji County Government Office, crowded, and shouted...
More than two hundred horsemen, infantry and archers from Kuaiji County and Shanyin County formed a team to intercept and prevent the rioting people from attacking the county government office. Ran Sheng and his twenty sergeants followed Chen Caozhi's order to carefully observe the people who gathered to make trouble.
To see who is making the most noise, each person keeps an eye on the two rioters——
Dai Shu, Chen Caozhi, Xie Daoyun, and the county officials walked out of the veranda gate. The officers and archers made a gap on both sides. Chen Caozhi nodded to Dai Shu, took two steps forward, and said loudly: "Everyone in Kuaiji
Common people of Li, listen to my words——"
The rioting people fell silent when they saw someone coming out of the county government, a tall and handsome young official wearing a gauze hat and silk jacket, shouting in public. Some people didn't like the silence and shouted: "This is Chen Caozhi, come from Kuaiji."
If Chen Caozhi is killed, the people of Li will not be able to eat——"
Many people followed this shout, as if Chen Caozhi was the god of locusts. Wherever he went, there was no harvest. Some even threw radish leaves, vegetable roots, and chickens, although they did not dare to throw them directly at Chen Caozhi.
Waiting for the officials, but the ground was in a mess and the scene was ugly——
Dai Shu, the internal historian of Kuaiji, stepped forward to comfort him. The noisy people did not listen to what Dai Shu said. They just yelled and yelled. Some shouted that the land was canceled and the previously registered hermit households were deregistered and returned to the gentry.
Manor; some shouted to tell the envoys to get out of Kuaiji, Chen Cao was disrupting the government and disturbing the people——
Chen Caozhi turned around and saw Zhang Lun, an official, and waved him over, saying: "Zhang Lun, you have done a good job in publicizing the Gengxu land ban order to the people in the past two days. These people have gathered at the county government office."
Zhang Lun was a little flustered and said: "Bizhi has been promoting the decree of ending the civil war in many ways, but the people are very angry. Today's chaos is really not Bizhi's fault."
Ran Sheng came over and asked, "Brother, can we take action?"
Chen Caozhi looked at the noisy crowd and asked, "Are you sure?"
Ran Sheng said: "There are dozens of people fanning the flames and instigating a commotion."
Chen Cao nodded, and Ran Sheng shouted loudly: "Hit!" He rushed into the crowd first, pulled out the two farmers who were shouting the loudest with each hand, and threw them to the ground. Two sergeants came over and quickly threw them to the ground.
The two farmers were tied up and each was given a stick on the head. They were beaten until they were stunned.
The twenty sergeants carefully selected by Ran Sheng were all strong and powerful men. They rushed into the rioting crowd with short oak sticks in their hands. They first chopped down the guys who were shouting the loudest with two sticks, beating them half to death and dragging them down.
When he arrived in front of the pavilion, he threw them on the ground and within a short time more than 20 people were picked out——
Seeing the decisive and ruthless attacks of these sergeants, the mob panicked and tried to flee, but they were stopped by the county's horse-riding archers. Ran Shengsheng shouted: "No one is allowed to run. Come here and listen to the superior officer's instructions."
Ran Sheng's body was like an iron tower and his voice was like a loud bell. The people were frightened and gathered in front of the county government in panic. Except for those who were injured by sticks and groaned in pain, the rest of them were silent. Most of them were because of
Bewitched by rumors and fearing that they would have to leave their hometown due to the loss of land, they were encouraged to make trouble. Unexpectedly, the county officials acted so resolutely and took out the leader and beat them up, which frightened everyone else.
Dai Neishi had a good reputation as an official in the county. At this time, he came out to explain the Gengxu Order to the people present. The detected hermit households would not be sent to Huaibei to serve as military households, but would still stay in the county, unlike the previous ones.
The difference is that in the past, the hermit households served the clan leader and paid taxes. From now on, the private households with official registration must serve the government for thirty days every year according to the law and pay taxes according to the law. In other words, the gentry estates
If you want to continue to employ them, you must pay more taxes and cannot be exempted from corvee. If the gentry manor no longer employs them, the government can allocate farmland to them, and the taxes will be halved in the first year——
For those undocumented refugees who are used to taking shelter in gentry manors, they naturally feel that they are more stable in gentry manors. But now that Dai Shijun said this, they know that it is difficult to want to be homeless and reclusive. Fortunately, they are not used as military households.
You can stay in your hometown, so the situation is not too bad.
Chen Caozhi asked: "Don't you all know these soil-breaking orders?"
Those households shook their heads and said they didn't know. Some said they had heard of it, but were drowned in rumors.
Chen Caozhi looked at Zhang Lun, the official. He could kill chickens and scare monkeys, and knock on mountains to shock tigers. He said coldly: "Zhang Lun, the official, has neglected his duties. Take it and collect it as a treasure."
Ran Sheng's sergeants stepped forward and tied up Zhang Lun. Zhang Lun screamed that he was wronged, and Chen Cao said: "After the Tuduan review is completed, the interrogation will be stricter."
The county magistrate Lu Chu rushed over and saw Zhang Lun tied up. He said angrily: "Chen Caozhi, what authority do you have to deal with my subordinates!"
Chen Cao said: "I have a minister's desk. The Situ Mansion has issued an edict. It does not do anything to implement the Tujue. Anyone who obstructs the Tujue has the right to arrest and send them to the court for review. Lu Juncheng has been in office for more than one day. Don't you know this?"
Lu Chu was at a loss for words. Chen Caozhi did have this power. He just didn't expect that Chen Caozhi would dare to use this power and target his close subordinates. This was tantamount to giving him a hard slap in the face in public. But
What can he do? Call the Lu family's tribe to snatch Zhang Lun back. Then things will get bigger. Lu Chu can't predict what consequences that will bring to the Lu family -
Zhang Lun, who was tied up by Wu Hua Da, cried out sadly: "Lu Juncheng, please save me from this humble position."
Lu Chu lowered his voice and said: "Chen Caozhi, release Zhang Lun, and I will help you review Tu Duan."
Chen Caozhi said calmly: "It is your duty to help me review the Tujuan." He ignored Lu Chu and reiterated the Tuduan policy to those people who were in a calm mood, saying that the corvee and taxation were all customized and there would be no excessive taxes or miscellaneous taxes.
It’s disturbing the people, please don’t worry——
The people gathered in front of the county government office dispersed one after another. The officials of Kuaiji County were very impressed by Chen Caozhi's method of dealing with the people's troubles. Although many people were dissatisfied, after all, Tuduan was detrimental to the immediate interests of the vast majority of the gentry and wealthy families.
Yes, but Chen Caozhi eliminated a civil uprising in a hurry, which is really surprising. Chen Caozhi is famous for his metaphysics. These famous people who talk about mysteries often have no understanding of world affairs. They hold high-ranking and important positions.
Specific affairs are all done by officials. Those who do nothing are honest officials, and those who do things are dirty officials. But I didn't expect that Chen Cao had such talent in his weak years!
Chen Cao ordered the chief of the prison gate of Shanyin County to imprison Zhang Lun and the 22 households who were the leaders of the trouble, and find out the names of these households one by one, and who is the current or former head of the clan?
In the afternoon, Lu Chu hurriedly summoned He Zhu for discussion and complained about He Zhu's poor arrangements. He Zhu did not expect that Chen Caozhi could handle the matter so cleanly and said angrily: "Chen Caozhi is showing off his power. He is aiming at
I’m the He family, and I’m from the Lu family!”
Lu Chu said bitterly: "I hate Dai Shu for helping Chen Caozhi. I just asked him to order the release of Zhang Lun, but Dai Shu refused. He only said that he would intercede with Chen Caozhi on my behalf - Hehe, I, Mr. Lu, have arrived to ask for help."
Is Chen Caozhi going to the point of begging for mercy?"
He Zhudao: "Brother Zishan, Chen Caozhi has Dai Shu to help, Kong Huai, and Xie Chen have also explicitly supported Tujuan. The Kuaiji gentry cannot work together. It is not good if this continues. We should immediately write to those in important positions."
The clan elders jointly impeach Chen Caozhi."
Lu Chu said: "Back then, the Yu clan sued Shan Xia because Shan Xia built a county house. Now they want to trap Chen Cao. What should they name it?"
He Zhu thought for a while and said: "Chen Cao is fishing for fame and reputation. He claims that he has a noble character and a reputation for being pure and filial. He has been an official for a short time and there is no way to find any loopholes. I would like to send several close family members to Qiantang to inquire about Chen Cao today.
What's the fault of the clan? The Chen family's land in Qiantang has expanded rapidly in the past two years. It is said that many farmers in Qiantang sold their fields to the Chen family at a low price and became tenants of the Chen family. I think plundering is inevitable.
If you seize one, you can accuse Chen Caozhi of using the name of Tuduan for personal gain of the family and usurping other people's property. Our Sanwu clan will create a great reputation and will not allow the King of Kuaiji to fail to punish Chen Caozhi severely."
Lu Chu nodded and said: "This is a very clever plan, but it is a pity that Qiantang County Magistrate Feng Mengxiong has a good relationship with the Chen family and cannot be used by me. Otherwise, this matter will be easier to implement."
He Zhu said: "Feng Mengxiong is not the only official in Qiantang County. Chen Cao defeated the Chu family in a fight. There will definitely be officials who secretly complain about the Chu family. I will send capable people there."
Lu Chudao: "Except for Zhang Lun, Chen Caozhi arrested more than 20 people today. Are those people from He's Manor?"
He Zhu said: "I have asked the manor manager and found out that about half of the people detained are farmers of my He family manor, and some are hidden households from other families who have been raided. They are worried that they will become soldiers, so they are more eager -
—Brother Zishan should take care of the Shanyin court and the chief of the prison gate, not to torture him to extract a confession, so as not to reveal that it was me, the Lu family, and the He family who were behind this."
Lu Chu nodded and said: "I have already told the court and the prison chief that there should be no problem with this. It's just that with Chen Caozhi's cunning, he must know that someone is behind this matter. The Taoist party thought that Chen Caozhi would
What countermeasures should be taken?”
He Zhu sneered and said: "What if we know that those villagers belong to my He family? I don't believe that Chen Caozhi can lead people to search my He family manor."
Lu Chu smiled. It was obviously impossible for Chen Caozhi to lead people to search the He's Manor. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Daofang, the county will soon issue an order to strictly prohibit the reclamation of lakes for land reclamation. Do you know about this?"
When He Zhu heard this, he became furious: "This must be Chen Caozhi's plan. This man is indeed the enemy of our Sanwu clan. Tujuan was implemented because he offered advice to Huan Wen. Your Majesty, the Minister of the Mainland, is right, Huan Wen
Not only do they want to deprive our Sanwu clan of manpower, but they also want to exploit the land of our southerners. The destruction of the land is only the first step. The next step will be to limit the size of our Sanwu clan's estates. Chen Caozhi spared no effort to cling to Huan Wen and obtain a high position.
The earth has made suggestions for Huan Wen, and we are still unable to fight against Huan Wen, but Chen Caozhi is still unable to deal with it!"
Lu Chu said: "Without further delay, Dao Fang quickly returns to the manor and arranges for men to go to Qiantang. Chen Cao's reputation must be ruined."