I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 93 The Suffering of the Common People
Shouning County is a small county with a permanent population of less than [-]. When Hu Zongxian finished cleaning the battlefield and led his army to arrive, the sky had already dimmed.

In the earlier battle in the outskirts of Shouning County, after the large force was wiped out, the remaining Japanese pirates in the city also knew that the city could not be defended, and after looting around the city, they dispersed like birds and beasts.

During the whole process, these Japanese pirates did not dare to attack the location of the powerful landlords in the city. Without him, the strength of those powerful landlords is far stronger than these remaining Japanese pirates!

The landlords and gentry near Jiangsu and Zhejiang have the habit of raising servants, and if conditions allow, they will hire martial arts instructors to train these servants. These servants are called servants before they take up arms. Once they take up arms, they are private soldiers!Keeping servants is strictly prohibited by the imperial court, and once discovered, they will be severely punished.

And these are nothing to the landlords and gentry. Their ancestors have lived here for generations, and even their ancestors passed the imperial examination and became high officials. An extremely large network of relationships!Even these landlords and gentry will subsidize scholars from poor families, not for anything else, just to gain the possibility of passing the imperial examination.

As long as you cast your net wide, nothing is impossible!And those scholars who are funded by landlords and gentry will also remember their past favors and open the door to them after they become officials.

It’s okay if the officials sent here by the imperial court are sensible, but those who don’t will cause you some trouble and force you to submit. Therefore, many officials turn a blind eye to this behavior in order to keep their black hats.

As early as the moment when Shouning County fell and the county magistrate was killed, those powerful landowners united and took the initiative to negotiate with the Japanese pirates, and forcibly bought the land in the hands of the common people at a very low price. disposal.

Under the threat of those Japanese pirates and powerful landlords, the people not only sold all the land in their hands at a low price, but also had to choose to attach to these powerful landlords for the safety of their families. its exploitation.

"Father, hold on! I'll go get you a doctor right now, baby."

In a dilapidated house, a young man of eighteen or nineteen was kneeling beside the bed, crying bitterly.

"No...no need, save the money for you to marry a daughter-in-law, your father and I won't last long, cough cough cough."

A middle-aged man in ragged clothes and dark skin said weakly, his legs were broken, and there were scars caused by sticks all over his body. His own land was beaten like this just now.

"Father, my son is going to seek revenge from the Wang family! They beat you like this." The young man said in a deep voice, wiping the tears from his face.

"Don't...don't go, I beg you, the Wang family has a big business, we can't compete with them! If it really doesn't work, sell the land and get some money."

"When I die, bury me with your mother! Really, I had quarreled so many times before, and I still have to endure her nagging in the end." The man babbled, as if explaining his future. thing.

"Father, you'll be fine, you'll be fine! I'll go find the best doctor in the county!" The young man's eyes were blurred by tears, and he was choked up and speechless.

"Well, your father's biggest regret in this life is that he didn't see you get married and have children with his own eyes." As if returning to the light, the middle-aged man suddenly struggled to sit up from the bed, stretched out his hand, and gently stroked the child's head, his eyes full of tears. love.

After doing all this, the man was probably satisfied, with a faint smile on his face, his head drooping weakly, and he just died like this.

"father!!!"

From a dilapidated house, there was a mournful cry.

……

Outside Shouning County, prominent landlords and gentry gathered here, greeted the imperial army with great respect, and prepared wine and meat to comfort the soldiers.

"My lord, Wang Wang, is the head of the Wang family, the Juren of the 11th year of Jiajing! I have met my lord! May I ask who is your lord?"

"My official is Hu Zongxian, governor of Zhejiang Province and governor of Zhejiang Province!" Hu Zongxian rode on the horse, nodded, and then asked.

"I've seen the governor!" Seeing this, the gentry immediately knelt down on the ground in fear and respect, their faces full of respect.

"What about the magistrate of Shouning County, why don't you come out and meet with me?"

"My lord, Zhao Yanchang, the county magistrate of Shouning County, died of a stray arrow when the city was broken, and now the city is managed by Master Li! We are just helping from the side."

As Wang Wang said, he gave the people on the side a wink, and then an official stepped forward, his eyes gleaming, bowed and said: "My lord, Li Jie is the chief secretary of Shouning County. Shouning County is managed by the subordinates."

"Since the fall of Shouning County, I have been looking forward to it day and night, and finally the army of the imperial court has arrived. My lord will save us and the people from the fire and water. Please accept my worship!" Wang Wang said, with tears streaming down his face. , Leading the remaining gentry to salute Hu Zongxian.

"I'll prepare a banquet in the city early to clean up the dust for the soldiers, please!"

"En." Hu Zongxian nodded, and was about to pat his horse into the city.

Just as everyone was about to enter the city, a ragged young man of seventeen or eighteen rushed out. He held a kitchen knife and rushed towards Wang Wang howling.

"Ahh! I killed you! I killed you!"

Soon, the young man was controlled by the accompanying soldiers, he was stepped on the ground and couldn't move, and the kitchen knife in his hand was kicked aside, but even so, the young man's eyes were still fixed on Wang Wang, the head of the Wang family. The color of undisguised hatred.

"What's going on here?" Hu Zongxian frowned and asked Wang Wang aloud.

"I... I want to report to the governor! This person is a well-known rascal in Shouning County. Before that, he and his father were tyrannical and do everything in the county."

After pausing for a moment, Wang Wang continued to add: "The father and son wanted to sell a piece of bad land to my family forcibly. A deal, and then their father and son entangled my family!"

"I also ask the governor to hand over this person to me, which can be regarded as giving justice to the oppressed people in Shouning County."

"You're lying!" The young man who was pressed to the ground by the soldiers struggled to explain with his eyes tearing open.

"Well, let this person be dealt with by the official, and the official will give him justice!" Hu Zongxian waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to take him down.

"Then thank you, Governor General." Wang Wang said, his face was full of flattery.

After all, this is the governor of Zhejiang Province!If a dignified member of the imperial court can climb such a high branch, the Wang family will be promoted to a higher level in his own hands, and he is not ashamed of the ancestors of the Wang family. Hu Zongxian and others entertained me well.

……

"My lord, please!"

"I would like to offer my lord a toast!"

At the banquet, the gentry of Shouning County toasted Hu Zongxian one after another, regardless of whether he drank or not, they just picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.

When waiting for a break, Hu Zongxian winked at Qi Jiguang who was sitting at the same table, and the latter also quickly understood, and left the banquet on the grounds that there were still some matters to be dealt with.

Soon, Qi Jiguang came to the room where the young man who "assaulted in the street" during the day was detained, and asked, "Tell me everything you know."

"Well, thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" Seeing that his appeal was taken seriously, the young man immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and began to tell the ins and outs of the matter.

"My lord, the thing is like this..."

(End of this chapter)