Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 223 I'm Not a Gentleman
Juncheng sighed: "They are all old and weak women and children, what can we do with them? If something happens to them, it will be even more difficult to explain."

He was still too kind.

Song Yuan held his chin: "They are not the tenants of the old prince's family, are they?"

"No, if the tenants are allowed to do such a thing, wouldn't it cause trouble for the master's family?" Jun Cheng was very clear about these things: "These people either received money, or someone in the family worked in the Li family. I got the master's order, so I begged my family to join in the head."

Song Yuan spread his hands: "Look, the master doesn't pay attention to these people, why are you worried here? A gentleman doesn't fight with a villain because the villain knows that a gentleman has a bottom line. Coincidentally, I am not Gentleman, come and arrest me."

What the hell, it's on her head.

Wei Yan went out in response, and the county magistrate was afraid that he would hurt someone impulsively, so he hurriedly chased him out. Wei Yan opened the door and looked at the surrounding people, and said loudly: "The reform of the fields is for the benefit of the people, but these people Willing to be a running dog for the powerful and prevent the court from taking back the land that the powerful have improperly obtained, this is robbing the common people for food, and I warn you, if you don’t leave, you will all be sent to prison.”

He is much more vicious than the yamen servant. After shouting in this voice, the voices of the old, weak, women and children who were still crying and messing around became much quieter. Some people came because they could not stand the begging of their family members. When they heard that they were about to go to prison, they hurried away. , but some people still don't take it seriously, thinking that the Yamen dare not arrest them.

The people onlookers also figured out what was going on, the notices of the court were posted everywhere, what the Tianmu Reform was for, and the village chiefs everywhere explained to them early on, when they heard that this group of people wanted to stop the Tianmu Revolution The people who were still chattering about the Yamen bullying the old, the weak, women and children immediately changed their mouths and blamed the troublemakers.

Wei Yan deliberately waited for a while, and saw that there were still some people who stubbornly guarded and refused to leave, so he was not polite anymore, and immediately ordered the yamen servants to take care of him, old and young, men and women, and dragged them all into the yamen and locked them up.

The county magistrate wanted to stop him, but Wei Yan's words were indeed reasonable. He had treated the old Wang's family with enough face before. This group of people may deliberately bully Song Yuan and think she is easy to bully, so they dared to be so unscrupulous. It's good to cook it directly and give a lesson.

This catch took a long time, and some who wanted to run were dragged in by the street, and the gate of the yamen was completely quiet.

At night, while busy making the bed, Wei Yan asked, "My lord, do you think someone will come to their house tomorrow?"

"No." Song Yuan carried the kettle to heat the water in the footbath, the heat rose, and there was fine sweat on her face.

Wei Yan turned around and looked at her: "What if the other party doesn't accept the offer? Obviously, they want to wait for the young master to come to the door on their own initiative, so that they can negotiate terms with the young master."

Song Yuan let out a long breath, and leaned on the back of the chair comfortably: "Their family's refusal to accept the offer is simply because they have two old princes in the family. They feel that the two old princes are shameless in front of the emperor, so they are unscrupulous, but the emperor is old. With all my heart and soul, I want to do this thing that benefits the country and the people, no matter how proud the old prince is, he has to give way to the emperor."

"Young master, you mean to explain the situation to the emperor, please ask the emperor to come forward?"

Song Yuan waved his hand: "The emperor has to come forward for everything, so wouldn't the gold medal given to me be a waste? And I guess, their family is eager for me to stab the matter to Jingzhao. You think, although these two old princes followed the emperor I have fought in the South and the North, but after so many years, I have obviously not been taken care of by the emperor. I must be getting older now, and my children and grandchildren are not willing to live in the fields. Once they die, who will sell the face of their family? But there are so many dignitaries in Jingzhao, two old princes who have no hereditary titles and have retired, how many people will take care of them? So the way of making connections is not feasible. Since it does not work, Then take the road of selling misery. If the two old princes go to the emperor and cry and say that they were bullied by the government officials before they died, the emperor will reward their family with an official position in order not to be shamed by the old officials. , so their family insisted on not giving in, and brought up two old princes to talk about the matter, probably waiting for the Yamen and me to deliver a ladder to their family."

Wei Yan frowned when he heard this: "If it's really as the young master guessed, it's really not shallow, but if their family plans this way, the young master can't be rough, otherwise the matter of bullying the old prince's children and grandchildren will be settled. There are already many dignitaries in China who oppose Tianmu reform, and many people have been silenced by saying that Tingwei’s mansion killed chickens and monkeys, but if they know about this, troubles will inevitably arise.”

Song Yuan nodded, she soaked her feet comfortably, and waited for the water to cool slightly before wiping it off: "Didn't Mr. Jun Cheng say that their family plans to build a new house for the two old princes? Let's go there tomorrow."

"Okay." Wei Yan carefully checked whether the windows are closed, and reminded before going out: "The weather has turned cold, if you feel cold, you can call me, and I will bring Mrs. Tang to you."

Song Yuan said that she knew, she got into the bed and lay down for a while, and the surroundings became slightly warm, and she suddenly thought of Mu Wantang.

It has been half a year since she entrusted her family's caravan to search for cotton in the Western Regions, and I don't know if she has found it. She has been traveling outside for more than half a year, and she really can't get in touch with Mu Wantang, so she has to write to her hometown to ask. .

She kept this matter in her heart, and at dawn the next day, before she had time to wash up, she hurriedly wrote a letter and handed it to the guards. After tidying up, she made a special trip to wait patiently in the yamen for half a day. Yuan was embarrassed, but she stepped out and invited Jun Cheng to go to the place where their new house was going to be built.

After driving out of the city for four or five miles, I saw migrant workers and carpenters busy at work in a place surrounded by mountains and rivers. A lot of wood had been piled up, and a lot of bricks and tiles had been prepared, but the construction had not yet started, only a few The carpenter is measuring the wood and discussing how to cut it.

"It seems that their family is going to build a big house." Song Yuan gathered the cloak on his body: "Which yamen approved the land?"

Jun Cheng hurriedly said: "The house building documents submitted by their family have not yet been approved. The imperial court has regulations not to occupy good land to build a manor house for pleasure, so the lower officials have been suppressing it."

"I have already prepared things before the approval. Judging from this posture, their family doesn't care whether you approve or not." Song Yuan went in and took a closer look. The wood is very good, even she, a layman, can see that it is good material .

Jun Cheng followed in: "The lower officials are worried about one thing, what if their family gets approval beyond the county office?"

"It doesn't look like it. I guess their family did these battles on purpose for you to see. The purpose may be to exchange something with you."

(End of this chapter)