After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 38 Long live
Zhu Yiyuan knew that the status of the three brought by his uncle was extraordinary, but at this moment, Zhu Yiyuan didn't have time to take care of too much, and there were too many things waiting for him to do.

After entering Laiwu, it wasn't that Zhu Yiyuan didn't want to hurry up, but that his strength was really not enough.

The probing of the Confucian Temple had already made him see the situation in each village. Although the people's sentiments were agitated, the gentry and elders could still hold back.

Although the young man was full of enthusiasm, he couldn't let it out.

At this moment, if you insist on doing things, it may backfire.

Fortunately, Laiwu sent officers and soldiers to Dawen Village to kill people, which can be regarded as indirectly helping Zhu Yiyuan a lot.

Defeating the government and army is to establish prestige, and helping the people is to establish morality.

When things came to fruition, the people of Dawen Village decided to rebel.

And with this village taking the lead, other villagers from all over the world will follow suit.

Because there is another excellent situation, that is, the autumn grain will mature soon.

The most important thing right now is the issue of food. The big guy has been working hard for a year, pointing to the wheat in the field, working with Zhu Yiyuan, and more than [-]% of the harvest is his own.Continuing to be exploited by the Confucian family, [-]% of the success will be given to others... Once and for all, it is a big matter of being full and starving, and it is the problem of how many children in the family will starve to death.

Anyway, someone takes the lead, let's fight!

"My lord, these are the elders from the four villages of Qishan, Guanshan, Dulu, and Hanjialing. Come to pay your respects."

Zhu Yiyuan sized up the old people, with a smile on his face, "I'm sorry for the hard work, seniors, how are the militiamen in your villages going?"

"It's almost the same. There are more than 500 people in the four villages. They are all good guys, but there is a little trouble..." An old man in Qishan, surnamed Wang, called Wang Laoben, asked: "Mr. The land will be harvested soon, and if we pull out so many young and strong, if the harvest is delayed, it will be troublesome."

Zhu Yiyuan smiled and said: "No, I thought of this, and immediately there will be labor from Qingshiji to help everyone collect food."

Zhu Yiyuan's explanation did not reassure the old man, instead he said in a muffled voice: "Young master Zhu, the old man heard that you want to get us all away, and then let your people seize our fields and occupy our village... ...I, I don't believe it, that's what someone said."

Wang Laoben waved his hands desperately, but it was such a clumsy cover-up.It must be impossible to hide it from Zhu Yiyuan.

He smiled and said, "Old man, how many fields does your family have? How many people do you have?"

Wang Laoben was taken aback for a moment, but he still told the truth, "The first eight people in the family only have fifteen acres of land."

Zhu Yiyuan was taken aback, "It's so small, less than two acres for one person?"

Wang Laoben couldn't help feeling ashamed, but he still explained: "Originally, my family had more than [-] acres of land. Later, my son was studying, so I had to sell the property. I thought it would be for him to get a good reputation, but his life is poor, and he died. Good morning, fortunately my eldest grandson is smart. If it hadn’t been for the change of dynasty, he should have passed the boy’s exam. Now my family has little land, but it’s all my own, and it’s enough to just pay the land tax. Unlike those tenants, they farm all year round. There are many fields, and the strength is great, and they are exhausted, and there are not as many leftovers as us."

As soon as Zhu Yiyuan heard it, he knew that this was a family of small farmers, with less than two acres of land per person, and it was indeed very difficult to provide for a scholar.

However, compared with tenant farmers, they can still find a sense of superiority.

Zhu Yiyuan said: "Our division of land is aimed at self-cultivators with little land and poor tenant farmers. Take your family as an example. If you split it into two or three families, you can get [-] mu of land. You can get [-] acres. And our tax is very low, only [-]%. For young scholars, we also have a way to promote... Here, we don’t pay much attention to fame, as long as we can read and write, and work hard, we can When you are a clerk, you will receive a salary every month."

After listening to Zhu Yiyuan's introduction, Wang Laoben couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Master Zhu, you didn't fool the old man, did you?"

Zhu Yiyuan laughed loudly, "How can I fool you? The militia wants you to help form it, divide the land in the future, register and compile books, and also need a scholar like your grandson. I want to deceive people, and I need your consent."

The old men looked at each other, and they all showed joy.

Zhu Yiyuan said another very important thing, his management is dependent on the villagers.

The big guys are both beneficiaries and participants, and they can express their opinions on anything that harms the interests of the villagers.

To clarify this matter, the so-called migration of refugees from outside, the doves occupy the magpie's nest, and they will be destroyed without attack.

"Young Master Zhu, the old man told you that this matter was all reported by Kong Fan."

"Kong Fan?" Zhu Yiyuan said, "Is he the one in charge of the Kong family in Laiwu?"

"Yes, he is collecting land rent." Wang Laoben gritted his teeth and said, "This thing is really bad. Every year when rent is collected, big fights come in and small fights come out. Every year, ordinary people are forced to death by him."

Zhu Yiyuan frowned slightly, "So Kong Fan's public anger is great? But he is in Laiwu City?"

"No, he usually lives outside Laiwu Beiguan, more than ten miles away from the county seat."

The Kong family occupied more than half of the land in Laiwu, and this Kong Fan was the person in charge of the Kong family in Laiwu. As long as he was eliminated, it would be equivalent to breaking the biggest shackles on the people.

Zhu Yiyuan thought over and over again, and called Liu Bao, Luo Yi, Huang Ying and others.

"I'm going to take Kong Fan down first, and tell Kong's family that the land rent in Laiwu won't be paid this year, so they don't want to make trouble with the villagers."

In a word, several people nodded one after another.

Great, I'm finally going to take the initiative.

Liu Bao and Luo Yi immediately mobilized the rebel soldiers, and Zhu Yiyuan also set off with the army, wearing armor and carrying weapons.

They set out in the afternoon, and the militiamen from Dulu Village and Qishan Village came up before they had traveled far.

Naturally, these militiamen are not armored, they just hold swords, or simply farm tools.But everyone's morale is high, talking and laughing, just like Chinese New Year.

Then the militiamen from Hanjialing and Guanshan Village also came.

Including the Dawen village soldiers led by Huang Ying, there are about [-] people.

Cooperating with the three hundred rebels, the strength exceeds a thousand people.

In this not-too-large Laiwu County, it can definitely be considered a huge momentum.

At this moment, the sky was dim, and in view of the people's uneven eyesight, Zhu Yiyuan ordered to light the torches.

The long line of soldiers and militiamen is like a dazzling fire dragon.

And I don't know where, there are dots of torches, gathering here, like countless fireflies, coming to participate in the rally.

From a certain point of view, this is indeed more like a grand event.

Just after the second watch, the news that came out earlier had arrived at Kong Fan's residence.

This is a fairly large house, which contains houses, granaries, and livestock for food delivery.Outside the house, there is a circle of wooden fences.

At first glance, it looks a bit like Zhang Zhifa's house, but Kong Fan is just a servant of the Kong family after all, far less solid than Zhang's compound.

"Are you sure you can take it down?" Zhu Yiyuan asked his two generals.

Liu Bao immediately said: "I didn't say anything, we checked it out, and there are not many people inside."

Zhu Yiyuan nodded, "Then attack!"

With an order, Luo Yi led [-] volunteer soldiers in the front. They rushed to the wooden fence, threw out flying claws, and with all their strength, they tore through the wooden fence and rushed in with shouts.

When they came in, they realized that there was no movement inside.

It can't be an empty city plan, can it?
To ambush us?
Luo Yi's little head turned, and he immediately dismissed the idea. He has already seen the virtues of the servants of the Confucian Mansion, so there is no need to be afraid.

"kill!"

He took the lead in charging,.Liu Bao led the soldiers and followed.

This compound, which symbolized the order of the Confucian government in Laiwu, was actually empty...but they ran in a hurry, and there were more than half of the cattle and horses in the barn.

The grain in the warehouse is basically all there, but a few gold and silver pieces have been taken away.

"My lord, we found this!"

Liu Bao carried a large box of Tian Qi to Zhu Yiyuan.

That's what they were looking for when they entered the Zhang family compound.

Although owning the land deed does not mean that you have mastered the land, but if you want to start over, you can't do without this.

Zhu Yiyuan looked at the box of land deeds and suddenly smiled.

"Tell the folks in each village that if you want to lower the land rent and redistribute the land, come over and throw a torch and burn all these things."

The villagers who got the news rushed over one after another.

It's really a land deed, the Kong family uses this rent collector every year to control the big guy.

It's unbelievable that these terrible things are actually placed under the eyes of the big guy.

Just when everyone was still hesitating, Huang Ying had already thrown the torch in his hand.

"What, you still want to be bullied by the Kong family? They are all scared away, get out!"

Only then did the villagers realize that someone kept throwing torches on the box.Suddenly the flames shot up into the sky, and the shackles turned into billowing thick smoke.

"Long live!"

I don't know who took the lead, the folks roared freely, freely releasing the depression in their chests, and the voice continued for a long time... Although no one was caught, they won a solid victory.

(End of this chapter)