Chapter 366: Checkmate can also be calm

Willing to cut his body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse...... Sister Feng's words in "Dream of Red Mansions" have even been quoted by later generations of Taizu, which shows that it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although Zhang Shou had only met Xian Yunhe once before, he couldn't talk about knowing people and faces, but just after hearing the words of the two uncles and nephews, he felt that Xian Yunhe was really desperate to pull the eldest prince into the water together, so he was satisfied.

As for the dead ...... I'm afraid that before doing this daring thing, people are already mentally prepared!

Just along the way, he summed up in his heart for a long time, at this moment, he took away the two soldiers of the sharp cavalry battalion just now, seeing Ah Liuyi jumping onto the wall, looking condescendingly, he glanced at Ge Yong, who frowned slightly, and said: "Teacher, hundreds of people are in Liaodong, what should I do with my family?" Cangzhou City is easy to calm down, and then it will be chaotic again. ”

"Not to mention this dynasty, the previous dynasties, it is not without turmoil, and there were still people in the Tang Dynasty who took advantage of the emperor's eastward trip to Luoyang to attack the palace. It was a genuine rebellion, which was countless times more serious than the people of Cangzhou who were forced to hold the prince hostage and capture the palace in desperation, but in the end, they were still only punished for evil, and the rest were not asked. ”

Hearing that Zhang Shou tried to limit the problem to the first evil, but excused the others, the old salted fish's already pale face no longer had a trace of blood. Whether this evil is limited to one person or eight people, Xian Yunhe will undoubtedly not be able to escape. However, when he looked at Xian Yunhe, he saw that people showed a hint of joy.

At this moment, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't talk! You stupid boy, you can't afford the wrath of so many bigwigs in the dynasty alone! ”

After stopping Xian Yunhe, the old salted fish had an idea, and suddenly had an extremely bold idea, and immediately rushed to Zhang Shou and said loudly: "Dr. Zhang, didn't you say before that those rubber trees can't be planted in Cangzhou?" If I want to say that the climate in the south is a little bit like that, if I really want to say that the climate is similar to the native climate of those rubber trees, it must be Qiongzhou Mansion! ”

Seeing that Ge Yong and Zhang Shou were all looking at him, he said word by word: "If the imperial court is difficult to tolerate Yunhe and their group, instead of killing them so that the people of Cangzhou are restless, why not send them to Qiongzhou Mansion to plant trees?" If they are planted, they can be regarded as guilty and meritorious, and if they can't be planted, they deserve to die there! ”

Xian Yunhe's face changed when he landed, and subconsciously shouted: "Uncle, how can you affect others for me!" ”

"What's the problem, you ask Master Ge, those guys in the court are really satisfied with only punishing you as the first evil? Don't forget, the first discussion was that all eight of you should be beheaded, but all those who participated in this matter should be recruited! The emperor directly disposed of a prince, what a noble golden branch and jade leaf it was, how could it be equal if there were not enough people to fill it in? ”

After the old salted fish finished speaking, he immediately skipped the thoughtful Ge Yong and said to Zhang Shou sincerely: "Dr. Zhang, didn't you say that the rubber tree is likely to be planted for ten or eight years before it can be tapped?" Whether it is a rich family or an ordinary person, who can endure these many years of suffering? But if Yunhe and they escaped death, they could naturally work hard and complain......"

"Okay, you don't have to say it."

Zhang Shou just wanted to see what tricks the old salted fish still had, and when he heard the powerful reason why people moved out of Hainan Island to plant trees, he finally determined that this old and wrinkled drama spirit old salted fish was indeed a talent.

Even if this guy planted the cotton from the American continent like that ghost before, and planted the rubber tree until there was only one dying tree left, and it turned out that people actually don't have much agricultural talent at all, but Hainan Island, who had made the idea so quickly, and wanted to take the opportunity to solve the life and death problem of Xian Yunhe by the way, his head really turned fast enough.

You know, Hainan Island in this year, that is, Qiongzhou Mansion, is subordinate to the Guangdong Political Division, although it is far from the Song Dynasty that kind of poor mountains and rivers are a place, but it is definitely not developed, in the many prefectures under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou, although Qiongzhou Mansion has jurisdiction over three states and ten counties, but in terms of population, economy, on the whole, all are countdown.

Today's Guangdong Provincial Government Department has a population of more than 2 million, of which the most populous is Guangzhou, followed by coastal counties such as Chaozhou and Huizhou. And what's even more strange is that compared with the population of 3 million in the early years of Taizu's founding, the population of the entire Guangzhou has not risen but fallen after hundreds of years, and only 1.8 million was left in the early years of Yingzong, and now it is slowly rising to more than 2 million.

The situation in Fujian is more serious than that in Guangdong, which was nearly 4 million in the early Ming Dynasty, and dropped to more than 2 million in the early years of Yingzong, and when the registered population was counted again in the tenth year of Yongchen...... Hehe, there are 200,000 less, and only 1.8 million remained!

Although the magistrates insisted that the birth rate was low and the mortality rate was high, when they knew this situation, Zhang Shou could understand the connection even if he thought about it with his toes.

In this kind of place where it is convenient to sail to the sea, if it is a person who has a land house, it is counted, but if not, but he has to bear a heavy servitude, then ...... Of course, it's to go to Nanyang to run the fuck!

As for the other possibility, it is easier to explain - there are always hidden households, those who, in order to avoid the poll tax, do not hesitate to directly hack their household registration, as for the future...... How many people who can't even survive now have the energy to think about the future?

Because of this, if Lao Xianyu and Zanghai wanted to find a place to plant trees in Guangdong, Fujian and other places, even if the local government and local forces were not so strong, they would not come to pick peaches after you had harvested, and it would still be a big problem to find sufficient and reliable manpower to work in these places.

At this moment, after interrupting Lao Xianyu's words, Zhang Shou smiled and said, "What you just said was that the eight of them went to Qiongzhou Mansion to plant trees, or did you count the hundreds of people who followed him?" ”

Ge Yong's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't speak, just watched Zhang Shou play on his own.

"Yunhe, shut up, people didn't ask you!" The old salted fish keenly sensed that Xian Yunhe seemed to have something to say, so he drank the person first, and then said with a smile, "Didn't you say just now, Dr. Zhang, that you only punished the evil, and didn't ask the rest?" In this case, isn't it too much to let hundreds of people leave their homes? Shouldn't it be enough to send the eight of them thousands of miles away? ”

Catching a glimpse of Xian Yunhe's face flushed, Zhang Shou looked at the old salted fish who was forced to calm down: "Fortunately, you didn't say just now that you would send all those hundreds of people to Qiongzhou Mansion to plant trees." If for the sake of his nephew, he does not hesitate to let hundreds of people leave his hometown, only one person, and he does not hesitate to be innocent, what is the difference between this style and the eldest prince? ”

The old salted fish was immediately rejoiced. He actually wanted to say that if those hundreds of people wanted to fill Liaodong, it would be better to go to Qiongzhou Mansion - at least compared to the cold place that day, a place like Qiongzhou Mansion is hot, but it is much better to be hot than cold.

Fortunately, he thought carefully about Zhang Shou and Ge Yong's tone just now, so he didn't say the wrong thing.

It was only at this time that Ge Yong said slowly: "After all, it is the eldest prince who is at fault first, Xian Yunhe and other eight people are in the army, and the rest is not asked, if there is no eldest prince who is thrown into Zongzheng Temple, this is a way to calm things down." But I'm afraid it won't work now, just like Shoufu Jiang Ge said, this time the palace is occupied, and someone is responsible for all aspects. ”

Zhang Shou saw that the old salted fish's eyes gradually dimmed, and he said in a timely manner: "Yingying's eldest brother sentenced the five people before, plus the two heads that just landed yesterday, can't withstand it?" ”

"I can't." Ge Yong knew that Zhang Shou's words were not just for himself, so he simply said neatly, "The capital imprisoned a big prince, Cangzhou killed two idlers, and then killed five unscrupulous big families, and Changlu County ordered Xu Cheng to die." But at the same time, none of the rioters who started up died or spread it, either conniving at it or conniving. Not to mention ......"

The old lady glanced at Xian Yunhe, who was still kneeling on the ground, but his face had returned to normal, and then said softly: "Throwing the hundred people in the Rui Cavalry Camp naked and imprisoned in the underground stone chamber is already too much. Now the official is uneasy, the important thing is that the spirit of the forbidden army guarding the capital will also fluctuate. ”

Although he had just racked his brains to come up with a solution, at this moment, the old salted fish was finally disheartened.

He is an extremely smart person, and it can be seen that Zhang Shou does not want his nephew's life, and Ge Yong, an old lady who has long been out of business, has no interest in killing, but the current situation is not something that the two of them can decide.

Not to mention the other seven people, Xian Yunhe may have to die! Who let this damn kid personally plan to kidnap the eldest prince, and then led people to occupy the palace, stripped the forbidden army of their clothes, and seized their weapons...... If only he had known earlier, he would have stopped this boy who had eaten the heart of a bear and a leopard!

"Thank you Master Ge for opening the skylight and speaking brightly, so that I can turn around and understand my death, and thank you Dr. Zhang for speaking for me. I have long thought that I would die, and I am afraid that if I die, more people will be implicated, but now if I only need to die, I can save the lives of so many others, and I am content. ”

Xian Yunhe bowed down very calmly, and then whispered: "After I was born, the original well-off family has already deteriorated, although I have studied, but I have neither the money for the imperial examination, nor the talent, when I was young, I followed my uncle to the sea despite my mother's opposition, and later I was forced to stay in Cangzhou to make a living. ”

"But the family affair was repented after my mother's death, and I had no intention of starting a family, and even doing things was just to make a living, and I have been living a muddy life, living every day for some reason, and I don't know why I will die in the future."

"And this time, when I was cornered by the big prince and those big families burning down their houses, although I escaped death, I realized for the first time in my life that I should do something...... So when he came to comfort me, I pretended to be frustrated and tricked him away. I've never lived for myself for a day in my life, but this time, I'm for myself and for everyone. ”

"I tried everything I could, I tried all the ways I could, I just wanted to do it, I didn't think too much about the consequences. Because when I started doing it, I knew that I would probably die. So, no matter what the outcome is, it's my own fault, and I can't blame anyone else. However, if it affects others, I will feel uneasy even if I die. ”

The old salted fish couldn't help but turn away, not wanting people to see his eyes red and tears streaming down his face. And Ge Yong has lived for most of his life, and he has already seen all kinds of people, Xian Yunhe can't even be regarded as the best among seeking benevolence. But even so, with such an attitude of calmly waiting for death, he still couldn't help but be moved.

And Zhang Shou ...... Of course, he didn't think that the Holy Mother would blame everything that happened in Cangzhou on himself, but he never felt that Xian Yunhe really deserved to die. But feelings are one thing, reason is another. However, while he was pondering whether his solution was feasible, he only heard Ge Yong's voice in his ears.

"On Zhu Dalang's side, there are a lot of people who need him to kill, so you can't blame him for everything, and you also need to take a little responsibility. The life and death of Xian Yunhe and the other seven people will be handed over to you. ”

Zhang Shou looked at Ge Yong in astonishment, making sure that the teacher was not joking, he muttered silently for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "I understand." Since it started because of me, then I should really bear it...... Old salted fish, send your nephew back, and then follow me back to the county office. ”

The old salted fish wiped his eyes vigorously, and then forced himself to calm down.

He turned around, strode up to Xian Yunhe without saying a word, and dragged the person up. When he helped the people back to the narrow firewood room, he said viciously: "You want to be a hero who will kill calmly with his head held high? There are no doors! You wait for me! ”

Without waiting for the old salted fish to go out, Xian Yunhe grabbed his hand like lightning and said word by word: "Uncle, don't do stupid things!" Little Peanut is about the same as my son, if you have three long and two short, what should you do with him? ”

Seeing that the person was completely deflated at once, he deliberately said lightly: "Besides, I am still waiting for you to marry a virtuous aunt and leave an incense for my mother and me to worship!" Go back, I will exchange my life for a prince to fall off the horse, a dog official will kill his head, plus a ** businessman will die or be beaten or beaten, it is already a profit! ”

The old salted fish was so angry that he waved his palm and wanted to hit someone, but when his hand was raised in the air, it still fell down, and finally turned his head and left without saying a word. And when he followed Ge Yong and Zhang Shou out of the palace and got into the carriage, he no longer had the strength to speak.

It wasn't until he returned to the county office that Zhang Shou sent Ge Yong to the guest room to settle down, but he called him to the room, and when he heard Zhang Shou's words, the old salted fish, who was completely discouraged, suddenly sobered up. He stared at Zhang Shou suspiciously, seeing that people were as calm and relaxed as ever, he went to the battle between heaven and man, and it took a long time before he sighed.

"If it can be done...... Then in the future, Dr. Zhang, if you are sent, I will go to the soup and die! ”

He didn't feel that he had anything left to be worth Zhang Shou's adventure, because with all the things he could provide now, it was not as risky as the thing Zhang Shou was going to do! Under the circumstance that the famous Master Ge Taishi has made it so clear that there is no way out, if Zhang Shou really dares to do that, what is he afraid of?