Chapter 1316 Public opinion
There is a characteristic of Chinese people, that is, they hate family thieves more than foreign enemies. The same thing, if the enemy does it, although they are also unhappy, they can finally understand it. But if it is their own people, it is absolutely unforgivable. Otherwise, the Empress Dowager Cixi would not have called out the words of "Present-Americans than to the slaves".
From this we can understand why Yang Feng was so angry after learning that Yang Laishun had greedy for more than 500,000 taels of silver. The feeling of being stabbed in the back by his own people is something that people who have never experienced before will not be able to understand.
Ignoring Da Yu'er who was thinking hard, Yang Feng asked Kanaya and Milia who were helping him beat his legs: "You guys tell me how to deal with Yang Laishun and his wife."
Kanaya raised her pretty little face and said without hesitation: "A slave who betrays his master is not worthy of forgiveness. In our Netherlands, if the slave dares to steal his master's money, he will definitely be hung."
"Milia, do you mean that too?"
Milia hesitated for a moment and said, "Although it is a little cruel, I have to say that Kanaya is right. The slaves who betray the master should indeed be executed, because betrayal is addictive. There will be a second time when there is the first time. Forgive the betrayer is the stupidest behavior."
Yang Feng sighed lightly, OK... It seems that the traitor's fate will be the same everywhere.
"My husband, are you really going to kill Yang Laishun and his wife? What should Yang Daniu do?" Da Yuer, who had already been familiar with Yang Feng's temper, saw Yang Feng's expression, and knew that Yang Feng had made a murderous intention and asked with some concern.
Su Tong thought for a while: "Transfer Yang Laishun back to Jinling and arrange a free agent for him. Yang Daniu is also considered a veteran of the Jiangning Army, so let him take care of his old age there."
"Well, that's fine."
Seeing Yang Feng persisting so much, Da Yu'er stopped talking. As for Yang Daniu, although he was innocent in this matter, he changed from a young officer with a promising military power to a rice worm who was eating and waiting to die, which was indeed unfair to him.
But this is the rule in this world. One person makes mistakes and the whole family suffers.
People have become accustomed to this, otherwise why would a person rebel and be punished by nine clans, and even babies who are learning to speak must be executed? Isn’t this even more inhumane?
The reason why Yang Feng did this was to be on the safe side. You should know that Yang Daniu is not an ordinary officer. Now he is the commander of the first cavalry battalion of the Jiangning Army stationed in Fujian. The guerrilla general, and the five thousand cavalry under his command are all elites of the Jiangning Army. What if he learned that his parents had killed Yang Feng and rebel in anger?
You should know that Yang Daniu followed his old man when Yang Feng started his business, especially in the First Cavalry Battalion for six or seven years. He has led countless subordinates and colleagues. Once such a person becomes chaotic, his destructive power will be even greater. Therefore, his position as the commander of the cavalry must be removed. No qualified superior will place his safety on a person's loyalty, especially if he even kills his parents.
"Let's do it. I'll write a handwritten order later to remove Yang Daniu's commander position, then transfer the First Cavalry Battalion to Nanyang, and replace the Second Cavalry Battalion back."
In September, the capital city is still bright and cool in autumn, but because the vegetation in the capital city gradually decreases in this era, the weather is still very hot, and more and more people drink tea in teahouses have been increasing.
The teahouse in front of the Daxiangguo Temple still stands, but the teahouse has changed its owner, and the couple named Jin has long disappeared. The only thing that remains unchanged is that there are still many guests here to drink tea.
The thing these tea shops like to do is to hear Mr. Storytelling’s storytelling, or to hear someone who is well-informed to tell some strange and strange things that have happened in the capital recently. Of course, in the past two years, they have another hobby, that is, to hear Mr. Storytelling read the contents of the newspaper.
Since its publication, the newspaper has been loved by the people at the bottom of the country with its keen perspective and interest. It is not as dogmatic and noble as the Confucian newspaper, but is very down-to-earth, and can be seen on it any matter of family matters.
After several years of hard work, Pravda has expanded from four or five thousand copies per issue to more than 20,000 copies. This achievement is already very amazing. You should know that in today's era, the illiteracy rate is very high, and not a few of them can read in a hundred people.
In this case, it is already a miracle that Judaism can achieve more than 20,000 copies per issue.
"If you want to know what happens next, listen to the next breakdown...Bang!"
As the storyteller's decision fell, today's storyteller ended.
After slowly sipping the tea, the storyteller picked up a newspaper and sang it to everyone, "Dear fellow villagers, it's the release day of the Pratyekabuddha again. Here is a new Pratyekabuddha that has just been released. I wonder which section you want to hear from?"
"It goes without saying that of course it's an entertainment section. I just want to hear the name of the newly released courtesan of Qinhuai River, and why was she selected as the latest courtesan of Qinhuai River."
"Who wants to listen to this? I want to hear about the big incident in the court recently."
"I want to listen to national defense intelligence and see where there is another war."
Everyone said their opinions one after another. Finally, the storyteller shook his head: "Everyone, I think that the most exciting thing about this issue of newspapers is not anything else, but an article written by the author named Xiaoyuer. The name of this article is "On the Pros and Cons of the New Law of Jiangnan."
After walking through the tea room for a while, it became chaotic.
"Wow, why does this little fish dare to write anything? Isn't he afraid of being retaliated against by the rich?"
"Who dares to bully Xiaoyuer casually? Haven't you noticed it yet? Xiaoyuer is not a poor family at all. When I heard his tone, I was at least from a wealthy family. Therefore, the reason why he dared to comment on the pros and cons of the new law is naturally because he has his own confidence. Otherwise, how dare Pratyekabuddha publish this article casually."
Everyone was talking around, and the teahouse was very lively for a while. In the end, someone slapped the table suddenly, "It's enough, why bother to make a noise? Everyone listened to what this article said. It's not too late to make a noise after listening to it."
After coughing twice, the storyteller began to recite: "On the sixth day of the 8th year of the Great Ming Dynasty, the emperor finally issued the will to try to work as an integrated person and pay food in Jiangnan.
What does it mean to be a member of officials and gentry as a member of the job and pay food? To sum it up in one sentence, it means that officials, gentry and even scholars are exempted from the privilege of not paying taxes. From now on, anyone with land in Jiangnan will have to pay taxes."
The opening sentence alone made the entire teahouse boil...
Chapter completed!