"He paid 300,000 shi of grain and 500,000 taels of silver. Haha, this new Magistrate Xin really has a big appetite."
Xujiazhuang, a secret conference room.
After listening to the conversation on the tape recorder placed on the table.
Xu Yuan sneered. Regarding the clever plan of Magistrate Xin a few hours ago, he could only describe it as "hehe."
It's just that Magistrate Xin didn't expect that their conspiracy conversation would be recorded in its entirety, and then sent to Xujiazhuang as quickly as possible by professional intelligence personnel riding electric bicycles - for intelligence work, Xu Yuan
He attaches great importance to it, not to mention that he has a lot of money. He purchased several sets of small recording equipment from modern society and bribed a few informants in the Xinghua County government office. They only cost a few dollars, but they can bring huge benefits. Such things
There's no way he wouldn't do it.
"This new county magistrate is looking for death! He also wants to deliberately force us to rebel. He has a cruel intention and is going too far to bully others!"
"It's better to strike first and send a few people to kill this bad official, so as not to cause trouble for us."
"That's right, the sooner this kind of dog officer is killed, the better! Otherwise, he will try to deal with us in various ways, and it will be impossible to prevent us, and there will be no end!"
"These corrupt officials really underestimate our Xujiazhuang and our owner. Originally we were harmless and just wanted to develop well, but they just don't like us and want to force us to a dead end. Instead of
So, why not kill this Magistrate Xin and let him have a taste of our power!"
The crowd in the conference room was very excited, with shouts and shouts of killing. Everyone felt very angry and wanted to kill Magistrate Xin.
"It's useless to kill Magistrate Xin."
Butler Zhao Jinde shook his head and said: "Nowadays, nine out of ten officials in the Ming Dynasty are corrupt. If you kill this Xin County Magistrate, there will be old magistrates next time. In order to make money, they will also target our Xujiazhuang and plot against us."
If you frame us and deal with these corrupt officials by killing them, not only will it not solve the problem, but it will arouse the court's vigilance. Killing officials is a serious crime of treason. Once the court determines that we are responsible, the army will soon come to encircle and suppress us. We must rebel if we don't.
There is no way to develop steadily."
"It's useless to kill officials. Should we just wait for them to frame us and kill us?"
"Yes, these greedy officials will never stop if they don't kill them."
"The owner of the village!"
Zhao Yang, the captain of the village protection team, said: "Now we have more than 1,500 elite village protection team members in our manor, all of whom are equipped with new weapons. Their combat effectiveness is invincible. And as long as there are enough new weapons, we can increase the number of the village protection team to 15,000.
Even if we rebel by then, the imperial court will not be able to do anything to us. We don’t need to look at the face of any official, and we won’t have to pay even half a penny of taxes to the imperial court.”
Shi Yong, another captain in charge of security work, said: "Captain Zhao is right. As long as we are strong enough, even the county magistrate and the court will not be afraid. We don't need to look at anyone's eyes. Who dares to target us?"
, let’s give him some color and make him regret coming into this world!”
Wu Dabao, the steward of the pig farm, said: "Steward Zhao, the more you live, the more timid you become. A small county magistrate has scared you. Who is our owner? The owner is an immortal from overseas. I don't know.
How many sacred objects have been brought here? If the owner of the village had not told us not to cause too much karma in the world, we, the owners of the village, would have been able to sit on the throne. How could we become timid because of the threat of a small county magistrate?"
"Yes, with the village owner here, let alone rebellion, we don't have to be afraid even if the sky falls!" someone echoed.
"Enough!"
Xu Yuan, who was sitting in the chair, waved his hands and said: "Violence can easily solve problems, and it can also quickly solve the problem of Magistrate Xin. But once the incident occurs, what will happen to our business? Will we still make money? We use troops to fight every day.
, how can we develop safely and steadily? We can't just shout and kill when something happens. Only by fighting steadily and dormant and developing can one day burst out with greater power. Xujiazhuang currently has insufficient foundation and does not have five or ten years to develop.
, you can’t use weapons rashly.”
"The most fundamental reason why Magistrate Naxin wants to take over my Xujiazhuang is that I don't have a strong backing and I don't have a big backer in the officialdom, so he thinks I am a soft persimmon. However, this problem can be easily solved, as long as I find someone who is strong enough."
, a big backer that no one can afford to mess with, no one will cause trouble for us in the future, and no one will dare to have such evil intentions."
Xu Yuan expressed his thoughts.
"Who is such a backer?" asked steward Li Jin.
"The backer that no one can offend is Mr. Zhou who is about to become the first assistant in the capital?" Wu Dabao said.
"No matter how powerful the chief assistant is, can he be more powerful than the emperor? The biggest backer is of course the emperor in the capital."
Zhao Yang rolled his eyes, thinking that Wu Dabao's IQ was weak.
"That makes sense. As long as we can capture Emperor Chongzhen, no matter what kind of cats or dogs they are, they won't dare to take notice of us. We can develop with peace of mind!"
Xu Yuanze immediately made arrangements and sent several capable personnel to ride electric bicycles and rush to Yangzhou City, two hundred miles away, overnight to complete an important task.
…
August 22nd.
Yangzhou is recognized as a prosperous city in this era with a bustling population and a prosperous economy.
In the west of the city, in Guangling Hutong, there is a rather dilapidated mansion. Although it occupies a large area and is in a good location, the courtyard wall is mottled with mildew, the roof tiles are broken, and the main door has several holes.
The lock handle was missing, and even the two stone lions standing at the door looked listless and no longer as majestic as they once were.
This mansion exudes a sense of decay from the outside to the inside.
"Li Jinniu, I will be unlucky for eight lifetimes by marrying you!"
"The imperial court will no longer use you, so why don't you sell this house and go back to the countryside to buy a hundred acres of farmland, instead of staying here and living a miserable life?"
"The family can't get over it now. You've been owed monthly salary by the court for more than two years. You're a useless loser who hasn't even received a single tael of silver. How can you be a royal guard?"
"No! If you don't sell this house today, I will make peace with you! I, Liu Yueniang, have been married to you for more than ten years. I have worked as a cow and a horse for you, giving birth to children. I have not enjoyed the blessings for a few days, but have suffered for a lifetime.
If there is no more hope today, I will either divorce or hang myself, Li Jinniu, you can decide!"
At this moment, in the front yard, a woman's voice was so loud that the neighbors could hear it.
Li Jinniu, a member of Jinyiwei Baihu, is a middle-aged man in his early forties with a bitter face and a short beard. His appearance is somewhat similar to Lu Jianxing in "Xiu Chun Dao". He wears a flying fish suit with many patches.
While listening to my wife's accusations and complaints, I also heard the two sons and one daughter next to me crying "Daddy, I'm hungry", "Daddy, I want to eat" and "Daddy, I'm so hungry" because of hunger.
Li Jinniu's bitter face suddenly became even more bitter.
However, he would never dare to agree to his wife's request to sell the mansion.
This mansion was handed down from generation to generation after being rewarded by the emperor for making great achievements. It has a history of more than 100 years.
Also passed down, is his position of Jinyiwei Baihu, which has been passed down to him for eight generations.
If you sell this mansion, you can exchange it for money to buy land in the countryside.
Not only does it mean that the achievements made by the ancestors are lost, but it may also lose the hereditary qualifications of the 100 households of Jinyiwei, and there is no way to pass it on to the ninth generation.
He would never dare to do such a thing that would insult the face of his ancestors and disrespect his ancestors' legacy. He did not want to be a sinner of the Li family.
It's just the children who are starving.
The wife wants a divorce.
If he persists like this, his family will be destroyed first. Saving the face of his ancestors is more urgent than solving the real dilemma. In fact, he already has the answer.
but……
He was wailing deep in his heart.
Since Jinshang took the throne, for some reason, Jin Yiwei was laid off. His job was immediately gone. Even if it was restored later, his monthly salary would be delayed by the officials of the state government, and they could avoid it if they could.
Hiding, or simply not saying anything, in the past three years, he, a member of the Hundreds of Jinyiwei, has only received a few months' salary. As for the lives of ordinary Jinyiwei, you can already imagine what life will be like.
But today, I trust the civil officials and are indifferent to the living conditions of the local Jinyiwei. It seems that I have completely ignored them and do not need the information they provide about the people of various places. I just throw them away as a burden.
"Your Majesty, we, the Imperial Guards, have been loyal for generations. Those civil servants have cut off our salary. If they try to deceive you in the future, no one will tell Your Majesty your true situation."
Li Jinniu wailed in his heart, but there was no good solution.
never mind.
My Li family has been loyal to the imperial power for more than a hundred years, and I have fulfilled my duty long ago. I’d better sell this mansion. I can’t starve my children to death, right?
"Yue Niang..."
He was about to say yes to his wife.
"Is Li Baihu here?"
A voice came from the door, and several strange men stood outside the courtyard, seemingly coming specifically for him.