Chapter 5: Gu Yanwu who upholds justice for heaven

Chapter 5: Gu Yanwu, who upholds justice for heaven

It is not just Tianshui and Qingshui counties that have problems. As the boundary markers in Lantian County continue to move outward, not everyone welcomes the boundary markers in Lantian County. arrival.

Most of the people who want the boundary monument of Lantian County are ordinary people or some extremely poor tenant farmers without any property.

Those who don’t want the boundary monument in Lantian County are often the big local households.

As the boundary markers get farther and farther away, Lantian County’s economic stimulus effect on peripheral areas becomes less obvious, which causes people’s views on Lantian County to change.

Really speaking, the local tyrants and evil gentry are the real public opinion.

This may seem unpleasant to say, but it is true that the poor have no right to speak.

At that time, the Yun family burned the IOUs accumulated by three generations. These IOUs and the powerful private armed forces became the basis for the Yun family to rule Lantian County.

Yun Zhao has a long-term vision and a broad mind, so he can burn those IOUs, but the other local tyrants and evil gentry are very reluctant.

This has resulted in local forces still being deeply rooted and very unfriendly to the new land policy that Yunzhao will implement.

"Revolution is necessary! It is also ruthless."

Xu Wu wanted to whisper what he had been holding back for a long time.

"Li Hongji's momentum needs to be greater, Zhang Bingzhong should also enter Sichuan, and people like Luo Rucai should also play their role in cleaning up the local forces in Shu, including General Qin Liangyu's family, Shizhu Tusi cannot be a place outside the law."

"Doing so will cause heavy casualties..."

"Not necessarily, for those people who have nothing to lose, these are. The entry of rogue bandits into their homeland is a precious opportunity for them to come back again. They should not miss this precious opportunity.

In addition, the rogue bandits now are much smarter than in previous years. , their goal is no longer to rob ordinary people and coerce ordinary people, but to target those who have a lot of money.

In recent years, the reason why people think that no vegetation will grow after the rogue bandits. It's not that serious, but the power of speech is in the hands of the local tyrants and evil gentry, but ordinary people like to make a fortune in silence, even if they get benefits from the bandits, they keep their mouths shut.

This is ordinary. People's cunning will eventually kill them.

After the bandits left, the government returned. What the government wanted to do was not to stabilize the place and develop production, but to liquidate those who had helped the bandits. < /p>

This is the real reason why no vegetation will grow after the bandits pass away.

If we come to take over the place after the bandits pass, we will not be able to survive.There will be a second killing, and the people are uneasy at this time. This is the most docile time, and this is something we can take advantage of. "

"Who would do such a thing? I mean, who do you think is the best person to do something like this according to our plan? "

Xu Wuxiang took down a document from the shelf and handed it to Yun Zhao: "We have calculated that the wealth in every place is basically in a state of balanced distribution.

This is the construction result of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

These construction achievements are invisible. Although they are evenly distributed in every place, the holders are not evenly distributed. In other words, local wealth is in the hands of a small group of people. If we can have It is not difficult to control a place if you learn from your strengths and make up for your weaknesses. "

Yun Zhao sighed, opened the file and looked at it for a full hour before closing it and saying, "You can try it out. "

Xu Wuxiang put away the document and said: "It will be implemented from near Funiu Mountain. What do the county officials think? "

Yun Zhao nodded. After Xu Wuxiang and others put forward this suggestion, Yun Zhao knew that Feng Ying's subordinates were about to start doing some dirty work.

"Tell Qian Young Master, I want to use his name to bring back a big thief with a notorious reputation and enough intimidation.

It is inappropriate for Feng Ying to do such a thing. "

Xu Wuxiang smiled and nodded, and exited the study.

As soon as this guy left, Yun Zhao even felt that the entire study became brighter. This may be psychological Factor, maybe not.

Looking at the study, the huge study was filled with all kinds of documents. All the secrets of Lantian County are hidden in this huge study.

The Tianshui corruption case will naturally be handled by someone, the Qingshui County teaching case will also be handled by someone, and the large-scale armed fighting in Yunnan and Guizhou will also be handled by people, even in the distant capital. , there will also be people specifically to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's unwillingness to leave the prison.

Yun Zhao rarely arranges real strategies now. He only needs to hear the results. If he has time, he may do it again. Let’s listen to the process of doing things.

“The expansion in recent years has been a bit fast and a bit hasty. "

Yun Zhao looked at the pile of petition documents on the desk, and placed these documents representing continued expansion on the highest shelf.

"Now, it's time to stabilize. It's time to stabilize. ”

Yun Zhao temporarily stopped his thoughts of continuing to expand, and his work was reduced by more than half. Although the enthusiasm for expansion of the ambitious graduates of Yushan Academy is good, it cannot be unlimited. Keep going.

At noon, Qian Duoduo came to Yun Zhao’s book after sleeping.When he saw Feng Ying and Xiao Chu standing outside the yard with food boxes and not going in, he was surprised and said: "Why don't you go in?"

Feng Ying smiled at Qian Duoduo and said: "This is a stronghold of military aircraft. We'd better not go in."

Qian Duoduo smiled and said, "What kind of secret can be hidden from us?"

After saying that, he raised his feet and was about to enter the yard. But Feng Ying grabbed him, frowned and said: "You can't be arrogant due to favor."

Qian Duoduo said angrily: "What does the family have to do with each other?"

Feng Ying pointed to the Yun family's mansion not far away and said: "You can do whatever you want there, but here we still abide by some rules."

Qian Duoduo said: "Azhao said, he has nothing to do. He will hide it from us."

"He can say this, but we can't do this!"

While the two were arguing, Clouded Leopard walked out with a dark face. He came over and said to Yun Zhao's bodyguard: "Report to the county magistrate that Yun Bao wants to see you."

The bodyguard said to Yun Bao with an expressionless face: "The county magistrate said that he will not see Uncle Bao at this time. After the Tianshui matter comes to an end, we can discuss the relationship between uncle and nephew with Uncle Bao."

Yunbao looked at Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo with a look of pain on his face and said, "Tianshui's accounts. There are more than eight thousand taels of silver that can't match..."

Qian Duoduo immediately said: "I have it here, Uncle Bao will use it first"

Feng Ying took Qian Duoduo away. Yun Bao said with a click of his sleeve: "Uncle Bao is not short of a mere eight thousand taels of silver. Uncle Bao needs to clear up the injustice he has suffered."

Yunbao nodded at the two nieces and nephews and said: "They are all good children. When you go in, tell Azhao that your Uncle Bao doesn't care about the money. If it is really my men who have done such a shameful thing, tell me and I will enforce the family law."

The lunch bell of Yushan Academy rang. Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo left Xiao Chu outside and walked into Yun Zhao's big study room with their food boxes.

While Feng Ying was setting up the meal, Qian Duoduo came to Yun Zhao’s desk, looked at the document Yun Zhao was writing, and whispered: "Uncle Bao was here just now, and it looks a little bit... Sad and angry."

Yun Zhaobi said while writing the document: "He has always been careless, and most of his subordinates are people from all over the world. He puts loyalty first in everything he does. This is not the case. A good habit. In the first two years, he was asked to select some students from Yushan Academy to serve as his staff. He always said that those students were useless, but now they are being plotted."

"There is no need to make Uncle Bao unhappy about the matter of more than eight thousand taels of silver."

Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. Since we defeated Dorgon in Lantian City, Everyone is staring at us.

As long as we reveal a little bit of vulnerability, someone will tear it open as big as the mouth of the cylinder.

Leave it to Xu Wuxiang and them. investigation, If it is just a general omission, I will fill in the money for Uncle Bao, if..."

Qian Duoduo's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and whispered: "Are you going to punish Bao? Uncle?

Yun Zhao stopped writing, held Qian Duoduo's waist and sighed: "It's not me who wants to punish Uncle Bao, but the rules of Lantian County that punish Uncle Bao." "

"Eat! "

After Feng Ying arranged the meal, Yun Zhao and Qian Duoduo came over and sat at the table to prepare for the meal. Seeing that Feng Ying was silent, Yun Zhao smiled and said: "Don't tell me about yours. view? "

Feng Ying packed a bowl of rice and handed it to Yun Zhao and said: "I will go visit Uncle Bao after you finish handling it.

Yun Zhao took a mouthful of rice in silence, but felt it was tasteless, so he put down his rice bowl and said, "This is my first time to be a leader. I have no experience, and I always want to achieve the three goals of emotion, reason, and law." Taking both into account, the result is that this is impossible to achieve, and everything can only be done to a limited extent.

No wonder the emperor always calls himself a loner! I don't want to be that person, it's boring. "

Feng Ying nodded and said: "I like Duoduo's way of handling it, right? "

Yun Zhao smiled and said: "Yes, it always looks beautiful when things are done with a human touch.

Qian Duoduo shook his head and said: "He Chang said that there are rules for big house gates. If there are no rules, there will be chaos."

Yun Zhao raised his hand and slapped Qian Duoduo on the butt and said, "Eat. After dinner, I will take you to a small valley where I used to go when I was a child."

In that valley, I thought I had discovered the Yun family’s secret treasure, but instead I discovered my ancestral grave.

Let’s talk about it first. We usually entered the valley without wearing clothes at that time..."

Gu Yanwu just arrived at the Houma disaster area and was stunned by the scene in front of him.

What kind of world is this?

The large swarms of locusts have flown away, but there are still countless locusts here. These locusts have not grown up yet. Their wings are not perfect and cannot fly long distances, so they jump forward on the bare ground, chasing the retreating army of locusts.

If we say, the army of locusts in front is a comb. , then, these small locusts are grates, chewing up the little bit of green left after the big locusts passed by.

The locusts will occasionally form a locust pack on the road. When the people and horses get closer, the locusts will disappear. It will run away with a bang, and at this time, a bloody corpse will be revealed on the ground.

“Can locusts eat people? "

Gu Yanwu screamed.

A young student looked at Gu Yanwu strangely and said: "Locusts don't eat people, they are devouring the juice on the corpse."

As long as the corpse is always oozing juice, the locusts will not abandon the corpse and go away. It looks like locusts are eating people.

Since Mr. Gu wants to launch a plan to exchange a bushel of locusts for a bushel of millet, the studentI thought I could start now.

Gu Yanwu shook his head and said: "It's not yet time. At this time, the people still have a little food in their hands. Let's visit Houma again and hear about the situation in the two places."

As long as we have money and food in our hands, the people will listen to us. ”

The young student did not argue, but just cupped his hands and said no more, as Gu Yanwu continued to move closer to the depths of Houma County.

The further inside, Gu Yanwu’s His heart became colder.

It was not the scene after the locusts that made him feel cold, but the behavior of the people here.

The most common scene was that no one came out to work. It was a large group of people, men, women, old and young, huddled together, either squatting on the field or at the entrance of the village, looking at Gu Yanwu and his party indifferently.

He heard these people talking on several occasions. If they robbed them, it was only because of the swords and muskets on the waists of the Lantian County soldiers that they quietly watched the group pass under their noses.

When camping at night, there were always people. Some black shadows were wandering outside their camp.

Gu Yanwu believed that as long as Li Hongji's army passed by, everyone here would follow Li Hongji without hesitation. Even if they followed Li Hongji, they would be dead. Not afraid.

When everyone is drinking poison to quench their thirst, the value of life is not as good as a straw.

He has never learned these things in books. p>Everyone gathered around the bonfire. A student took out a pan, poured a little vegetable oil into the pan, waited for the oil to heat up, and then threw the locusts with their legs and wings into the pan for frying.

After a while, the aroma of fried meat filled the air. The student sprinkled some salt on the fried locusts and placed them in front of Gu Yanwu and invited him to eat them together.

Gu Yanwu still didn't like eating locusts. Li Shimin, who knows this allusion, has eaten it. Although he was a little sad and angry, he did eat it. Fan Zhongyan also said that locusts taste like shrimps. Many books encourage people to eat locusts.

So, although Gu Yanwu had never eaten locusts before, eating locusts didn't pose much of a psychological barrier to him at this time.

The student's skills were good, and the locusts were fried to a crispy brown color. It tasted delicious, especially when his mouth was full of oil after eating locusts. Someone handed him a wine gourd, and Gu Yanwu became more enthusiastic about eating locusts.

"We entered Shanxi so openly, why didn't we see the government? "

Gu Yanwu has wanted to ask this question for a long time. When he accepted the order in Yushan, he even felt that Yun Zhao had some intention of acting as a substitute for the chef.

"Generally arrive At this time, the government will run away..."

"Run? Officials have the responsibility to protect the land! ”

“Officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi are very experienced in this kind of thing. Whenever there is a major famine that cannot be overcome, the officials will run away. If they don’t run away, a civil uprising will occur.

They ran away and took awayFood and money, the common people have no way to obtain food and money by attacking the government. If they do not attack the government, there will be no civil uprising. When the famine here is over, they will come back. At this time, the people will have food and homes again, and No one is willing to rebel, and they will continue to accept the rule of the government..."

Gu Yanwu was stunned!

He felt that these students seemed to be more familiar with the people here than he was.< /p>

"Sir, don’t be surprised. The student is from Houma County. It’s just that my father went to Lantian County to do business in the early years and later stayed in Lantian County. Every winter when the school is on vacation, the student will go there. Houma, Wenxi County. "

"Why do you want to come here? Is it a study tour? ”

The young student smiled and said: “After graduating, students will come to Houma to choose a place to serve as the head of the district.

Gu Yanwu looked at the young student and said, "Why is it the district chief and not the county magistrate or county captain?" "

The young student said: "The graduates of Yushan Academy all start out as li chiefs, and the more powerful ones are just big li chiefs. If we can't manage even one li of land well, the peace talks in the future will be A county and a state? "

"You have also seen the current situation. People's hearts have become violent. Under this situation, my method of gathering people to catch locusts in exchange for food obviously does not work. These people seem to want to Rob us instead of doing business with us.

What are your suggestions? "

The young student said: "Even if someone is willing to catch locusts in exchange for food with us, the food they exchange will be taken away by strongmen.

So, I think we can take the lead and become the strong man first.

Students believe that we should set up a long pole here, hang a big flag on the long pole, and write a letter - do justice for heaven!

These terrified and helpless people will definitely move closer to us. When we have more manpower, we will order them to catch locusts, and then give them food according to the number of locusts they catch.

We are the biggest strong people. We can have food to eat and save some food. This condition is not available to other strong people.

As long as we start, we will eventually be able to unify Houma County and Wenxi County. As long as the people in these two counties start to listen to us, and then order them to dig ditches, level the fields, prepare for spring sowing, as long as the summer harvest Completed, the autumn harvest is completed, and the county's order is completed. What do you think, sir? "

After hearing what this student said, Gu Yanwu was shocked and said quickly: "Isn't this a rebellion? ”

The student chuckled and said: “Extraordinary people must use extraordinary means to do extraordinary things. How can I, sir, who is so talented and learned and rich, not understand this truth?”

This should be the most feasible method at present. Sir, please think twice. "

Gu Yanwu's mouth was filled with bitterness. When he looked up, he had already seen a big flag waving in the wind. He knew that it must have written this even without guessing.What the cunning student said--the four characters of "walking in the line of justice for heaven".

"So, a certain family has become a traitor to the Ming Dynasty?" Gu Yanwu stood up and was a little angry.

The student said: "Saving the country and the people, a little personal gain or loss is of no consequence. Sir, don't worry, we have never thought about rebellion, we are just saving the people, but the methods are a bit excessive, as long as the sir succeeds in rescuing the victims. , when the Ming Dynasty officials return, the students believe that what your husband did today will definitely become a good talk in Jiangnan Shilin."

Gu Yanwu said coldly: "You really won't force a certain family to go to school. Liangshan?"

The student smiled and said, "I am also a registered official of the Ming Dynasty. What kind of bandits are there?"

Gu Yanwu first looked around at the shadowy figures. , sighed and said: "If you don't do this, these people will die, right?"

The student said: "If you don't die, they will defect to Li Hongji and become a bandit."

Gu Yanwu sighed. He said in a voice: "Forget it, just become a bandit once in a certain family. What's your name?"

The student raised his hands and said: "A third-year student of Yushan Academy—Peng Guoshu!"

Gu Yanwu said: "Since you want to raise the banner, then use my name to raise the banner. There is no need for Gu Yanwu to be secretive when doing things!"

Peng Guoshu chuckled and clasped his fists: " Mr. Gu is mighty!”