"And the situation has changed in the past two days." Xiao Zhuo continued: "Li Xiaoxing didn't seem to be injured at first, but he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground the day before yesterday. I hurriedly asked the doctor to check and found that he had a kidney on one side.
Got hurt."
"This is a very serious injury." Qin Song said.
"Who says otherwise? Fortunately, people have two kidneys, and this kidney is only damaged. It is not completely unusable, but the body will be worse than before. When I borrowed someone from the Li family, I promised that Li
Xiaoxing must be returned to Li Taiyuan intact. But although his hands and feet were not broken, he was still seriously injured. I can't even see Li Taiyuan."
"In order to make up for it, I can't restore the kidney to its original state, so I can only ask your Majesty to give the Li family a larger reward."
Xiao Zhuo continued to talk a lot. Qin Song was a little confused at first as to why he came to say these words to him, but later he figured it out. He comforted Xiao Zhuo with a few words of gentle words, and after he left, he told his entourage:
"Did you hear what Lord Xiao said just now?"
"Sir, I heard you."
"Write this conversation down word for word and report it to His Majesty as a secret report."
"This," the entourage immediately understood what Qin Song meant, and also understood the purpose of Xiao Zhuo coming to Qin Song to say all these things, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Sir, this, why did you want to follow Lord Xiao's wishes?
"
"Just write it." Qin Song ordered, and then explained: "Xiao Zhuo came to talk to me specifically, so I have to report it. It would be against the rules if he didn't report it." The minister met privately with the commander of the Jinyiwei, and the commander of the Jinyiwei.
If the envoy did not report the matter, it would be strange that the emperor was not suspicious.
Of course, in addition to this, there are other reasons why Qin Song decided to report the incident without changing a word. He was about to leave Jin Yiwei and become a local military commander. Xiao Zhuo was not only the father of the consort, but also traveled all over the country when he was young.
Wherever there are people, it matters. I might be able to get Xiao Zhuo, so I just treat it as a good relationship.
'However, it would be best not to use this good fortune.'
On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the fifteenth year of Jianye's reign, Putai County, Binzhou, Shandong Province.
"Let's eat!" In a large courtyard in Xiguan Village in the countryside, a woman about forty years old took out a large basin, placed it on a large table in the courtyard, and shouted.
"It's time to eat!" Countless people responded, picked up their bowls and chopsticks and ran towards the big basin that smelled of meat.
"Quine up, queue up! No one can get anything from such a fight! As for you, hurry up and queue up. If you dare to squeeze again, I won't give you any meat!" Although countless young and strong men were squeezing in front of her, the one in the middle
The young woman was not afraid at all, but shouted loudly.
These young and strong men were originally anxious to serve meat, but they were a little embarrassed after hearing her scolding, so they lined up in a long line. Seeing that the line had already formed, the middle-aged woman began to serve the man who was first in line in front of her.
Here comes the meat.
"Sister-in-law Six, why do you give me so little meat?" The man glanced at the meat in the bowl and complained.
"Three taels is not enough? You are celebrating the New Year every day! Come and eat while you're at it! If you dare to talk to each other, I'll give you one tael when your son is in line!" the middle-aged woman shouted impatiently.
.
The man heard mutterings from the team behind him and had no choice but to get out of the way. Although he was a little angry at first, he knew that Sister Six was right, so he didn't dare to say anything more, so he just went to eat with his rice bowl. But he
Before leaving, he took a look at the meat in the next person's bowl, and immediately shouted: "Sister-in-law Six, you are too biased! You said there is not much meat, yes, we don't have much meat, but why should we give it to him?"
You have to have five taels, give me only three taels!"
"Because this meat is earned by others!" the middle-aged woman still said concisely and forcefully: "This is what Lao Jiu earned by going to Lijin to do the work! If it weren't for Lao Jiu, a dozen of them would have earned hundreds of dollars by going to Lijin to do the work.
With the money back, you can still eat meat on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year!"
"Lao Qi, it's not what my sister-in-law said about you. You are a big man. He is not weak, and he is not disabled. He just wanders around the village every day. He doesn't like the hard work at the Lijin kerosene (petroleum) mine. He doesn't go there every day.
.That’s all. In the end, not only did people go to the mines and bring money back to eat their food, but they also said behind their backs that they were wrong. Lao Qi, you are a man, not an old woman, why should you be so embarrassed?" The woman in the middle accused again.
stand up.
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about! The heads of the family went to the mines to make money, and I didn't help them plant the land? Just because the nine brothers and sisters can plant all the seeds after it rains!" He was called Lao
The man from Qi retorted unconvinced.
The two quarreled for a while, but others quickly tried to dissuade them: "You're celebrating the New Year, why are you talking about this! Stop talking about it!"
After all, there were so many people, and it was still the first month of the year, so the two of them didn't want to make any more noise. The middle-aged woman no longer said anything loudly, but her mouth was still moving, as if she was muttering something. Lao Qi was not very happy either, and said again
: "Besides, it's impossible for men of this clan to go out to do the work! They won't be allowed in the church either."
"I don't think there's much to do in this religion. Although the bandits don't dare to come and stab them, they still want money, and they can't let everyone live a good life. What's the use! It's not as good as the government. A few of them went to the government.
The families working in the Lijin kerosene mine have all made money, and their houses have been renovated, making it easier to marry a wife." The middle-aged woman muttered again, but did not let others hear. Lao Qi said a few more words,
Then he took his rice bowl and went to the table to eat.
The two of them did not notice that right at the door of the courtyard, the patriarch of the Tang family was watching this scene with another person. When they stopped arguing, Tang Shipeng, the patriarch of the Tang family, hurriedly said to the people next to him: "Country peasant women are ignorant, you know
The quarrel over the three melons and two jujubes made the altar owner laugh."
"Country women are indeed ignorant. But the words they quarrel with are very reasonable." The person he called the altar owner said: "If you work in a mine opened by the government, you can earn a few thousand dollars a month.
If you stay in the village and help the clan members, and you can listen to the teachings and do things for the teachings, you won’t be able to save a few bucks."
"Altar Master," Tang Shipeng immediately said in a panic: "This is just the ignorant words of a country woman. Without the church, how could Ansheng live now? The bandits in Guangshan are enough. Although we have many people practicing martial arts,
But there are also people who can be thieves for a thousand days and don’t guard against thieves for a thousand days. You can’t just guard against bandits all day long and do nothing. There are also excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes from the government. It is said that in the city, subordinate officials have been changed to police, but in the countryside, subordinate officials are still the same.
If the grain chief collects taxes, without the help of the gentry in the church, the evil and corrupt officials in the government will definitely charge a lot more. This is all the kindness of the church."
The person who was called the Altar Master said: "Brother Tang, don't be so anxious. I have no intention of pursuing the case, and I don't care much. I just saw it and said it casually." But although he said indifferent words, he still didn't care.
But it's not what I say in my heart.
This altar master is of course Peng Ju, the altar master of the Shandong Altar of the White Lotus Sect. The year has passed and it is the first month. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, he summoned the hall masters, incense masters and religious gentry from all over Shandong to Binzhou for a feast.
The Queen of Heaven took a few people to visit various halls and inspect them. However, during this inspection, she discovered something that worried him very much.
As the market becomes more and more prosperous, the society becomes more and more stable, the government becomes more and more clear-minded, the rule of the Ming Dynasty becomes more and more stable, and the middle and upper classes are more and more concerned. The ordinary White Lotus believers are becoming less and less willing to obey the rules and regulations of the church.
The reason for this phenomenon is very simple. It turns out that there are bandits in the mountains, subordinates in the government, and bullies in the countryside. They have to rely on the protection of the White Lotus Sect. But starting from the last years of Hongwu, the government's crackdown on bandits became more and more serious. During the Jianye period,
At the beginning, the police began to change the subordinate officials, and the rural subordinate officials who had not changed had to be more restrained than before; as for the bullies, the old man in the yamen who was responsible for the government's deportation of people to Hanzhou mainland, Nanyang, the two northeastern vassals, and the northwest vassal country was still worried.
Well, I heard that wherever there is a bully, I immediately order the police to arrest him. Not only can he serve as a target, he can also be praised by the people, he can also be affirmed by the inspector and censor, and he can also put part of the money from the ransacked house into his pocket, killing four birds with one stone.
, why not? Even those relatives of the gentry who were interceded by the gentry and were not sent overseas would be more restrained.
In this way, the dependence of ordinary believers on the White Lotus Sect has been greatly reduced. Even if there are still remaining bandits, rampant subordinates and bullies, they can cope with it by relying on the clan and there is no need for the sect at all. Ordinary believers have no complaints about the sect.
More and more people still believe in it just because it is a sin to believe in the White Lotus Sect, and it will not be easy to report them to the government. However, things in the sect are often blocked and prevented.
'It won't work like this. Sooner or later some families will report to the government if this continues. Find a few old family members from the clan and ask them to report to the government. At most, they will be extorted for a sum of money, and not many people will be implicated. And teach them
It would be difficult to arrange anything for them in China. Who knows if they will do it with their heart? Not to mention that we cannot place believers from other places who are wanted by the court in the homes of believers, nor can we appoint outsiders as church leaders and incense masters.
, otherwise what if they get mad and arrest the wanted church members or out-of-town church leaders and send them to the government to be punished and meritorious service?'
'What can be done to reverse this situation?' Peng Ju thought in his heart as he continued talking to Tang Shipeng casually.
At this time, the meat had been divided, and each person took two more pancakes and started eating. Tang Shipeng also said: "Master of the altar, you can also take a bite. The food in the countryside is vulgar, but it tastes different."
"I am also a country boy," Peng Ju came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Of course I can eat such a meal. And today's meal is already pretty good. Even I won't eat such a meal every time."
"That's good. I'm afraid the altar master won't be used to it." Tang Shipeng whispered, and ordered the food to be brought, and they started eating.
During the Chinese New Year, you don’t need to be busy with things in the fields. The oil mines have to wait until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to start work. The subordinate officials will not come out at this time to cause trouble, so the young and strong man started drinking while eating. Slowly.
Slowly, someone got drunk and chatted with relatives and friends. Coupled with the chatter at the female table, the whole yard suddenly became noisy. No one noticed that the outside of the yard seemed to gradually become quiet, with dogs barking and children playing.
The noise became less and less.
A strong man drank too much and felt suffocated. He stood up and walked to a corner to pee. Someone kicked him and said, "There are so many people eating, why don't you pee? Go outside!" This strong man cursed randomly.
He said something, but started to walk to the courtyard door, opened it and wanted to go out to pee.
But he just opened the door. Although he was already drunk, he was still stunned for a moment and said: "Hey, so many people came out to pee after drinking too much? No, there were many children coming out of the courtyard just now. How could there be any?
So many men? And I really miss you guys..."
Before he could finish speaking, someone outside suddenly rushed up and punched him to the ground, then blew a whistle loudly.
In an instant, there was a huge shout of killing outside the entire courtyard, drowning out the sounds in the courtyard. The man who blew the whistle just pushed the courtyard door completely open, rushed in with a firecracker in his hand, and shouted loudly as he rushed:
"Jin Yiwei is handling the case! Everyone kneels down immediately!"
"Jinyiwei is handling the case, everyone kneels down immediately!" Others also shouted.
The people in the courtyard were stunned for a moment, staring blankly at these court troops, watching them rush in, watching them surround the entire courtyard, blocking every house, watching them holding firecrackers or firecrackers in their hands.
He pointed the spear at himself and shouted loudly: "Kneel down quickly!"
When the words "kneel down" were heard again, the people in the courtyard finally reacted, and suddenly there was a cry. Many people knelt down and cried loudly: "Master Jun, Master Jinyiwei, I am a good citizen, what?"
I haven't done anything bad." This was considered a good performance. Some people fell to the ground on the spot, just crying and unable to say a word.
The people from the imperial court ignored them and pointed their guns or spears at them to prevent anyone from escaping. If someone moved, they would immediately shoot them. If they dared to move again, they would be shot to death. When they saw someone,
After being stabbed to death, the cry became even louder, but no one dared to move an inch.
After a while, after everyone hiding in the house was taken out and it was confirmed that no one was hiding, a man wearing the official uniform of a sixth-grade military general came in from outside, jumped on a table, and shouted: "
I am a member of Jinyiwei Baihu, and I have brought troops to our Xiguan Village today to investigate and deal with the White Lotus Cult bandits."
After hearing his words, some people cried even louder, but other people immediately said loudly: "Sir, we are not White Lotus cult bandits!" "Yes, sir, there are no White Lotus cult bandits in the whole village." "Sir, sir.
, we are all good citizens and we dare not become White Lotus cult bandits."
"Master Baihu," the head of the Tang family got up from the ground, came closer to him, and shouted loudly: "Master Baihu, whether it is our Tang clan or other families in our village, they are all good people, no one dares to do this
White Lotus Cult Bandits.”
Hearing what they said, the Jinyiwei Baihu sneered and said, "Oh, are they all good people?"
"Yes, Master Baihu. Our entire family is a good citizen." Tang Shipeng said hurriedly.