General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 150
To the west of Wuxi is Taihu Lake.

The richest fields in Wuxi are also concentrated on the shore of Lake Tai.

When more than fifty royal relatives were about to enter the village with Lidi's things.

But he was stopped outside the village.

"Where did the red guy come from, dare to come to our village to make trouble!"

The royal family who was stopped outside the village exploded when they heard the words.

"We are all nobles! Emperor Gao's blood Yin, according to the order of the land, hurry up and get out!"

"Even if the emperor comes, it won't work, you guys try to get in! Our Wu Yuanwai..."

Before the words fell, the royal relatives heard a rush of horseshoes behind them.

Hundreds of riders suddenly appeared at the head of the village.

"I am following the military order of the Southern Metropolis Garrison Office to assist the emperor's relatives on errands, will you give in or not?!"

Surrounded by a group of tenant farmers, Lao Cai stared at the people in front of him in astonishment.

"Which guard are you soldiers from? Changzhou guards have more than a hundred households and this old acquaintance with this old man."

The old man was stunned, completely dumbfounded.

"Master, this is a soldier from Suzhou, shall we let it go or not?"

Before the old man came back to his senses, he heard the captain shout loudly: "We belong to Suzhou Wei! No matter what errands the royal family is doing! I only count to three, if you don't let me go, you can do it yourself!"

"one two three!"

The local rich man stood up and said: "This is the land of the Zou family in Wuxi, you can't..."

Before the landlord finished speaking, the school captain said loudly: "Everyone will be trampled to death!"

"Here!"

At the moment when the cavalry stepped forward, the tenants and servants who had surrounded Lao Cai immediately moved away.

Only the landlord and his two foolish sons were trampled to death under the hooves of the Ming army.

In the two capitals and 13 provinces, almost every province is performing such a scene.

It will always be harder to know how much money they have than to take money from them.
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Not long after the gentry was trampled to death outside the city, the clerk who reported the letter had already rushed back to the county government.

After the scribe reported the news to Cheng Guogong's servant, the servant ran into the back office after hearing it clearly.

"Reporting to Qianxian, Qinyan Village by the lake... trampled to death three people."

Ning Jue stood up with a "chuckle" when he heard the words, Ning Jue guessed that someone would die, but Ning Jue never expected that he would die so soon.

"Stamped someone to death? Those imperial relatives of the Shen residence dare to trample someone to death?"

Only Gu Kexue, who was sitting in the back hall, waved the letter raft in his hand.

"I transferred the soldiers."

"Soldiers? Where did the soldiers come from?"

"Soldiers from Suzhou."

"What about the Changzhou soldiers?"

"Transferred to Litian, Suzhou."

Gu Kexue shook his head and explained: "But all officials who really want to cut the land will do this, and they must be fast. If they are slow, the general trend will be over, and something big will happen."

"It's better to die ten than to leave a thousand?"

Ning Jue looked at Gu Kexue who seemed to be a different person.

"Since the old man has such a great talent, why does he live in the southern capital?"

Gu Kexue smiled when he heard the words: "However, there will be no one who has been in the imperial court for more than ten years and does not know this."

"It's just that they're missing this."

Gu Kexue handed the letter to Ning Jue, only then did Ning Jue realize that the letter was stamped with his own seal.

"I just tried it, but I didn't expect the Garrison Office to approve it so quickly."

"I've been in Nandu for five years. This is the first time I've seen the garrison respond so quickly. Someone needs to be in court."

If you do this, you can really get things done.

What about when things are done?

Right now, it is Ning Jue's name anyway, and Ning Jue will take care of it when the sky falls, and Zou Wang will settle all these accounts on Ning Jue's head in the end, so Gu Kexue is too lazy to be timid.

The whole person followed suit and made a decision.

On the same day, rich men from various villages in Wuxi brought corpses to the county government office to "ask for an explanation."

And the merchants in the city also took action, posting the same notices on their doorsteps.

In the evening, the family member of Cheng Guogong's mansion came in, and said to the two of them, "Qian Xian, Wuxi merchants, are on strike."

"The shops outside are all closed. It is said that there is a funeral at home, and the business will be closed for seven days. I will go home to watch the first seven days."

Gu Kexue looked at Ning Jue as if he had expected this.

"Ke Zhong, what do you think?"

"I'm afraid the old man has a way to break the situation."

Hearing Ning Jue's question, Gu Kexue also smiled: "I thank you first, I'm done."

Gu Kexue got up by himself and stood in front of the servant.

"Inform the royal relatives, there is no need to find another way."

"Post up a notice to strike the market to resist the law. The crime should be punished. Ning Qianxian has the right to kill first and then play, starting from the first shop in the north of Xiguan Street."

Now Ning Jue finally knows what revenge is.

This old man is really reckless!

"Old man, you can't just kill him hard? Wouldn't it be better to kill Zou Wang directly?"

"Zou Wang was waiting for you and me to get him. After all, he didn't show up in person. There was no evidence and he donated a crown belt according to the eighth rank of the inspector. To kill him, he would have to fight. They have already arranged for it."

"At the moment, I want to draw a quick word."

"Since Xiguan entered the city, the top ten businesses on North Street, each with a name on the surface, are actually properties of the Zou family. The rest of the merchants are all coerced by the Zou family."

"Dead people can't stop it. These merchants have an explanation to the Zou family, and they can't make things difficult for them."

Ning Jue was speechless.

But Gu Kexue got up by himself, pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Add one more sentence below the notice. From now on, the Litian emperor, Ning Qianxian, and the old man will only eat grain, oil, meat, and rice from Wuxi."

"One day when the merchants are not in the market, we will kill a thief every day and spend with them to the end."

After finishing speaking, Gu Kexue whispered a few more words in that family's ear.

until noon the next day.

Then there was a man dressed as a shopkeeper who was tied into the county government office by two servants of Cheng Guogong's mansion, and walked towards the back government office.

"Let go of me! I'll go by myself! Can't I go home and keep my filial piety? Is there any law in the Ming Dynasty?!"

Ning Jue wanted to stand in the way for Gu Kexue.

But before Ning Jue got up, the shopkeeper caught sight of Gu Kexue.

Then it was like seeing a ghost.

Gu Kexue messed up after TM said about this matter!

With you, the Gu family, leading the way for the imperial court, we have gone through a lot of trouble!
Just haven't waited to call out.

Ning Jue heard a crisp sound of "click".

The shopkeeper's jaw had already been pulled out of its socket by the servant, and the shopkeeper could only look at Gu Ke with a horrified face and start "Aba" and "Aba".

"Ke finally don't have to worry, I told you, my old face is a bit scary, so less people die."

The shopkeeper who just walked in by himself was dragged out when he went out.

Even the crotch was soaked by something.

Because they knew that when they saw Gu Kexue's face, it meant that they would never survive.

I wanted to shout twice, but I couldn't even make a sound.

This scene, in the eyes of the people on the street, has become an extremely strange scene.

The shopkeeper of the Zou family was taken into the county government office in a stately manner, but when he came out, he was already feces and urine, so scared that he couldn't walk.

The problem is that Ning Qianxian doesn't look scary at all!

Listening to the restless local accent outside the courtyard wall, Gu Kexue said softly: "Punishment cannot be known, but power cannot be measured."

"Xian Shengcheng doesn't deceive me."

Just like that, he beheaded two shopkeepers of the Zou family.

The merchants of the No. 11 store in the north of Xiguan Street finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Just after the second head of the Zou family fell to the ground, he directly removed the notice at the door and reopened the shop door.

After he opened the door, it was No.12's turn to panic.

After tossing around like this, other merchants in the city have not moved. This Xiguan North Street has already opened except for the properties of the Zou family, and even these businesses on North Street have sent some rice and meat to the county government.
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Zou family.

There are a lot of flowers in Zhongxiang Hall, and flowers of four seasons are displayed. More than a hundred of each kind are arranged under the eaves, so that the fragrance of flowers in all seasons can linger in Zhongxiang Hall.

All kinds of precious spices are hung inside and outside the house, and the fragrance will refresh the spleen as soon as you enter the house.

Zou Wang, who just hurried back to Wuxi, could no longer laugh.

"My lord, all the merchants on Xiguan North Street have opened, if it doesn't work, let's do it too!"

Zou Wang's face was gloomy and frightening, he just sat in the hall without making a sound.

"Donghu, it really won't work, let's open the business first!"

Zou Wang patted the table and said in a low voice, "Open? Do you know where they will go to the field first?"

"It's all Ueda Tian! Just next to Naka Ueda, those imperial relatives don't even look at it. Even the natives of Wuxi shouldn't know so much about me, Xishan!"

To trim the land, it is not only necessary to trim the land, but also to distinguish the grades of the fields. The tax on the upper field is heavy and the tax on the lower field is light.

The most difficult part of Litian is the level of acres in various fields.

At first Zou Wang thought that he couldn't drag it any longer, so he walked away and set all the 30 mu of his family as Xia Tian.

Saving a little is a little.

Who would have thought that these Tianhuang nobles would give themselves a prestige first when they arrived, and directly drew their cards.

"East Lake! What time is this, haven't you seen clearly yet?"

"Even if the market is stopped, no one dares to sell rice to the county government, so what? Will Nan Ningke starve to death in the county government with the group of nobles?"

"Li Tian still has to use the ruler. If they are really starving to death, the court only needs a yellow book!"

Zou Wang knocked on the coffee table and gritted his teeth, growling: "They can cut the fields of my Zou family at will! But... Haiyue, you know it!"

Having said this, Zou Wang's voice stopped abruptly.

Those fields and family businesses don't all belong to the Zou family!

The dignitaries want land, but the land at their doorstep can't meet their needs, and the land far away, neglected to take care of it, can't collect rent even with such a land deed.

People like Zou Wang and Hua Linxiang also seized this business opportunity.

The soil on both sides of the Taihu Lake is fertile and a land of fish and rice. Many dignitaries want to buy land, and Zou Wang and Hua Linxiang also intend to cling to it.

Since they are like-minded, they have become the agents of the dignitaries in the rich counties.

In order to cope with corvee matters, these properties also directly fell under the names of several of them.

Those dignitaries were not afraid that Zou Wang and others would embezzle their property.

As long as they are still in power, Zou Wang will not dare to do anything.

If you lose momentum.

Even if it is useless to get back the land thousands of miles away, and the land cannot be moved away, those who have a good relationship with Zou Wang will be sold directly to the Zou family at a low price.

For the Zou family, the difficulty lies here.

The land tax is heavy, are you asking those nobles if they want more?Ask who wants more, ask who doesn't want more?

This shortfall alone is enough to hurt Zou Wang's heart. After many years, no matter how big the family business can survive.

"Tell the merchants in the city that they want to resume the market, so let's continue the property of my Zou family."

"The merchants in the dead city have explained to my Zou family, but my Zou family must die more to explain to the nobles!"

"I'm also in Daxian, Fujun, Xishan! There are so many people I can't kill!"

"200 taels of silver per life, some people are rushing to do it!"

(End of this chapter)