As soon as Liu Hong entered the capital, he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and he rushed for five days in a row, and he thought that taking the three brothers of the Qi family to have a good meal in the Beijing restaurant was to catch the wind and wash the dust.

But the farther I went, the more people ran to the west, as if something had happened there.

"This old man, bothered to ask, what happened to the west of the city?" Liu Hong gradually got off the horse, grabbed an old man with a flat shoulder and asked.

"Alas, it's not for a few days ago, because there is no rice at home, the child of the Ministry of Rites went to the household department to advance the monthly salary, but was rejected by the Zeng of the household department.

Who knew that the boy went back and committed suicide by hanging the beam, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were angry and ran to the Yamen of the Ministry of Household to question, a few days ago, it was okay, but today I heard that the officials of the Ministry of Industry also went, and they also moved.

I'm idle and have nothing to do, just go and see the excitement! The old man didn't dare to slack off when he saw that Liu Hong was gradually dressed luxuriously, and told the reason in 1510.

Official...... Hungry? Liu Hong gradually scratched his head, although he has been in Daming for two years, he has never worried about food and clothing.

No matter how much he wants to break his head, he can't figure it out, the people didn't starve to death, how could the officials starve to death instead?

This is a ridiculous joke!

"Brother Qi, I'm afraid we'll have to go to dinner later, something happened to the household, and this king wants to take a look." Liu Hong gradually said to the three brothers of the Qi family behind him.

"I'm not in a hurry to eat, I also ate dry food on the way down, it's still important to go on business, so I'll go down with you." The three brothers of the Qi family also dismounted.

The four of them took the lead, and the three bodyguards Niu Dabang, Liu Hu, and Liu Bao followed behind and walked towards the household yamen.

The household yamen has long been surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the noise is very lively.

"You and other household officials, so ruthless, they can't be saved when they see death! What kind of heart do you have, have you read all the sage books to the? ”

"That's right! Hand over Zeng Dechang, we vow to seek justice for Master Tong! ”

"Pepper is at a loss, we can't afford the family, we must cancel it!"

"Master Tong died unjustly!"

……

The people who came to question were all lower-level officials from various ministries, who had the same dilemma as Tong Liben, and had no right to meet Chongzhen, Tong Liben's death was the fuse that ignited the anger in the hearts of low-level officials.

Today, if they can't get justice for the children, and they can't call on the household to cancel the pepper discount, they won't leave!

Now that the low-level officials outside the yamen are about to lose control, Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, is blocked in the yamen and can't get out, so he is in a hurry.

He had already sent officials to spread the word that the soldiers and horses of the five cities had come to maintain order, but no one had come for half an hour.

It must be the people of the Terracotta Division who are also involved, these guys who don't have the slightest sense of the overall situation, Ni Yuanlu sighed and walked out of the room.

"Everyone, be still! The old man knew the predicament he was experiencing, and the old man was also very sad about the death of the child.

But this is the practice of the real thing over the years, as it has been in previous years, and I ask all my colleagues to make way for the old man to ......"

Smack-

"Ah-" Before Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, someone threw out a rotten egg and smashed it on Ni Yuanlu's head, and the black and yellow rotten egg smashed Ni Yuanlu's face in an instant.

"Don't want to deceive us, in previous years, it was the emptiness of Taicang, and now that the treasury is full, why do you still use the pepper of the rotten street to perfunctory us, aren't low-level officials officials?"

"That's right! If you don't give a charter today, Ni Shangshu won't want to get out of this yamen! ”

"Who is it? Who threw the eggs! It's the other way around, come on! Come on, let me arrest this group of officials who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky and put them in the criminal department! "Ni Yuanlu is almost seventy years old, where has he been insulted like this, he is furious all of a sudden.

The officials outside the yamen did not show weakness, relying on this group of officials who did not dare to be ruthless to them, and actually rushed up to fight with the officials.

It is still rare for officials to fight with a group of melon-eating people who are carrying flat burdens and holding children, let alone group fights.

Many people feel funny in their hearts, in the past, they were a group of ordinary people who couldn't eat, but since they have potatoes and sweet potatoes, although they are still a little stretched in the current green and yellow crops, they don't know how much better than in previous years.

On the other hand, this group of officials and masters actually fought for food.

"Presumptuous! Do you still have the face of being an official? When Liu Hong gradually walked to the yamen of the household department, he saw a lively fight outside the yamen.

I also saw that Uncle Ni's face was covered with black and yellow dirt, and he didn't feel that his heart was on fire.

I have heard that the ministers in the court like to use force, and now it seems that the low-level officials of the Ming Dynasty are not far behind!

Liu Hong gradually shouted, only dozens of officials on the periphery heard it, and when they saw that it was the king of Anguo County who was coming, they all hurriedly got out of the way.

But the officials inside are having a good fight with the officials, and they don't care who is behind.

"Big mallet!" Liu Hong was thinking about someone to stop him, and the three brothers of the Qi family walked over with a pair of eyes.

The three brothers of the Qi family practiced martial arts all day long, and where were the opponents of this group of amateur players, crackling and thundering, and the momentum of stealing bells was too late to cover their ears, and more than a dozen officials and officials who were playing happily lay on the ground.

The three brothers also knew that these were weak officials, and they only intervened to prevent the dispute from further deteriorating.

"Prince, the prince should be the master for us, we know our identity as an official of the imperial court, it's not that we don't want to lose face, the household officials pay seventy percent of the salary in kind, and I can't afford it at home!"

An official knew that the person in front of him might be able to help them, and he was the first to kneel down and explain the truth.

"Ask the prince to call the shots and wait for me to plead!" There was an uproar, and all the low-level officials fell to their knees.

The imperial court recovered the land, and the first to suffer were the Beijing officials, who in the past, these Beijing officials could more or less be honored by the gentry in their hometowns.

But now the gentry have no land, and even their filial piety is gone, and they only rely on the salaries paid by the court to support their families.

Liu Hong gradually frowned slightly, and glanced at Ni Yuanlu, who wanted to speak and stopped.

"Wait and go back to your respective yamen to do business first, this king will definitely explain this matter to the emperor, and this king promises that he will give you an explanation within three days!" Liu Hong said in a deep voice.

Although the king of Anguo County is not very old, he has always been vigorous and resolute, and everyone knows that the officials who knelt down on the ground looked left and right, and they all had a decision in their hearts.

"Retire!" An official was the first to leave.

With the first one, the other officials were also scattered.

"The source of this matter is the Qingzhang land proposed by the prince, and he picked it out first, and wait for him for three days, if he has not yet explained, although our official position is low, we will also go to beat the drum and ask for the life of the officials in the world!"

A group of officials walked out of the streets, muttering to each other and heading towards their respective yamen.

"Lord Ni, the warehouse is full of silver, why is the salary still discounted in kind? Did you do it on purpose? Liu Hong gradually ignored Ni Yuanlu, who was smashed with a rotten egg, and just asked sharply.

The fact that officials were forced to die is not a trivial matter, and it shows that the lives of low-level officials have been endangered by the in-kind discount.

"Alas, the prince doesn't know anything!"

PS: Accounting, I still owe a recommendation vote.