"General Zheng, take pity on us little people, the little family points to that little field."

"Building roads is a good thing, but if it's not done well, a good thing becomes a bad thing."

"The little one has always respected General Zheng very much, but General Zheng can't force the small family to a dead end for his own selfishness."

"Good mountainous land, you can grow grain and trees, only four times per acre, it's too low, it's no different from robbing, even the sand is more than that."

After a group of people surrounded Zheng Peng, they all complained loudly, a few women, talking and crying, the scene was very chaotic for a while, the cardinal did not dare to slack off, protected Zheng Peng's side, one hand pulled the reins of the horse, the other hand on the handle of the horizontal knife, if someone is not good for Zheng Peng, she will not hesitate to shoot.

The officials of Jingzhao Mansion, represented by Wang Dashu, seemed to be facing a big enemy, and they didn't care about intercepting and dissuading them, and the eight shrunk into a circle, surrounding Zheng Peng, Lu Shu and two subordinates in the center, and building a flesh wall with flesh and blood.

On an errand in Chang'an, no matter how big or small, who doesn't have some eyesight? Don't look at Zheng Peng on the cusp, but he is still an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, if Zheng Peng is unfortunately injured, no one present will have good fruit to eat.

When he heard that the people who were going to make trouble told about the scandals of forced land requisition, he didn't say anything on the surface, but sneered in his heart, and began to sigh at the speed of Li Linfu's fall.

At the beginning, Li Linfu still did things with his conscience, especially in the first phase, most of the land was purchased at a reasonable price, and both the buyer and the seller were happy.

Coercion and temptation of the people, that is, it is not difficult to be embarrassed, it is not possible to sell it only at the market price, if you want to sell it at a low price, if you do not agree, you will use all kinds of means: aggravating forced labor, all kinds of embarrassment by the government, and intimidation by local bullies, even a small mistake made a few years ago will be liquidated, you must know that Li Linfu is a servant of the Ministry of Officials, and he is just in charge of the assessment of officials, plus it is from the Li Tang clan, and those officials work extremely hard to curry favor with him.

Behind the smooth land acquisition is an unknown history of blood and tears.

When everyone said the same, and the mood calmed down a little, Zheng Peng glanced at Dai An on the side.

Dai An understood, raised his hands, and shouted loudly: "Be quiet, be quiet, my young master has something to say, be quiet." ”

Hearing Zheng Peng's response, the people who were arguing just now were quiet for a while, and everyone wanted to hear how Zheng Peng replied.

After everyone stopped, Zheng Peng said loudly: "Fellow villagers, don't worry, everyone is a reasonable person, Datang also has a reasonable place, everything is easy to discuss, there are too many of you, one person says a word, I don't know who to listen to?" Who's answered, then, you elect two deputies, and the deputies will consult, do you think that is going to be done? ”

These words were reasonable and reasonable, and many people also felt that they were too noisy, and they couldn't hear what they were saying, let alone Zheng Peng, so they stopped and began to push the selection representative.

The people who met to make trouble were either relatives or villagers, and they were very familiar with each other, and after a while, two people were elected: a white-haired clan elder, and a middle-aged scholar with a bookish atmosphere.

"Hu Yuemin is in Hujia Village, Puzhou, to meet the general."

"Puzhou Yongxian County School Teacher Xi Liao Shengqiao, meet the general."

Zheng Peng was still riding on horseback, nodded when he heard the words, and said, "You don't have to be polite, please get up." ”

These two people, one is a "scholar" and the other is a "gentleman," and they have a very high status at the grassroots level of the people, and only this kind of person can be used as a representative.

After Liao Shengqiao stood up, he hesitated for a moment, and said with some weakness: "General Zheng, can you ask a few questions?" ”

Sometimes, you are reasonable and don't care about your voice, but you care about your status, even if you take advantage of it, but when facing General Yunlu and champion Hou Zheng Peng, Liao Shengqiao still has an inexplicable weakness.

The main thing is that the status gap is too big.

"Of course you can, Liao Jiaoxi has anything you want to ask, but it doesn't hurt to ask." Zheng Peng said with a pleasant face.

Seeing that Zheng Peng was unexpectedly easy to speak, Liao Shengqiao became a lot more courageous, and asked a little nervously: "Dare to ask, Li Linfu, the servant of the ministry, but do things for General Zheng?" ”

"Doing things? No, it's a cooperation" Zheng Peng said very calmly: "Because of a gambling contract, the land that Li Shilang is receiving now is all for me." ”

Liao Shengqiao saluted Zheng Peng and said with a straight face: "General Zheng is doing great good, it is a good thing, but the general is doing good, and he must act according to the law.

After all, he is a reader, and he speaks calmly, so that people can't find the slightest fault.

Zheng Peng pretended to be a little puzzled and said, "Good things turn into bad things? You can't talk nonsense about this, how can it become a bad thing, Liao Jiaoxi, don't mess around. ”

Liao Shengqiao just wanted to explain, but Hu Yuemin on the side thought he was wordy, so he rushed to take over the conversation: "General, Xiao Lao is Lizheng, he knows the ins and outs of this matter best, let Xiao Lao say it." ”

A reader is a reader, and he didn't enter the topic for a long time, which made Hu Yuemin a little anxious, so he simply grabbed the conversation.

His group of people can be said to be idlers, even if they are nagging here for a day, it is fine, and Zheng Peng has a variety of identities and a lot of things, so he can't be sure when he will be empty, so he has to hurry up.

"Hu Lizheng doesn't have to be formal, he can say whatever he wants, talk about it, explain the misunderstanding if there is a misunderstanding, and resolve the contradiction if there is a contradiction." Zheng Peng said with a smile.

Zheng Peng's smile was inexplicably infectious, and Hu Yuemin, who was panicked in his heart just now, suddenly felt much more relaxed, gave Zheng Peng a salute, and then began to talk about the injustice suffered in the land acquisition this time.

In order to achieve the goal, he colluded with the government and bought all kinds of coercion and temptation in the market, and used all kinds of coercion and temptation to use all kinds of means, if he found a reason, he would force people to death, and what made people shameful was that in order to achieve their goals, their hands were stretched out to the county school, and the families of the two students did not cooperate with Li Linfu to recover the land, and instructed the local teachers to find a reason to expel the two students from the county school, which caused many teachers and gentlemen to be dissatisfied.

Among the expelled students, one of them was Liao Shengqiao's proud disciple, which was also the reason why Liao Shengqiao followed everyone to find a place to reason.

Don't look at Hu Lizheng's age, his hair and beard are white, but he is full of energy, and he has been talking for more than two quarters of an hour, counting all kinds of evil deeds of Li Linfu, without rest in between.

In the end, Hu Li said with tears in his eyes: "General Zheng, it is good to be good, but we must also pay attention to the influence, don't want good things to become bad things, the general has a high rank and a lot of wealth, and the family wealth is a drop in the bucket, but for many generations of people who have been digging in the fields for generations, it is the root of life, please be kind to the general and let us poor little people go." ”

"Please be kind to the general." Many people knelt down as they spoke.

In ancient times, the ranks were strict, and the common people believed in the golden rule of "not entering the official gate in life, not going to hell in death", and they would not go to the government to make trouble unless they had to, but they were forced to have no choice but to rush forward with their hair stiff, even in the face of the people who "persecuted" themselves, they could only plead, but did not dare to question, let alone be rude.

You must know that Zheng Peng is not only a big official, but also a big official with a knighthood.

"Everyone, please get up." Zheng Peng said as he jumped down from his horse and personally helped up the people kneeling in front of him.

Helping everyone up, Zheng Peng didn't get on the horse anymore, let Dai An take a dismount stool, stand on the dismount stool, and said loudly: "Fathers and fathers, I have listened to what Hu Lizheng and Liao Jiaoxi said, explain it here, there must be a misunderstanding." ”

Misunderstanding?

As soon as he heard Zheng Peng's words, the people present suddenly fell silent, and many people had a glint of hope in their eyes: no matter what, General Zheng's attitude was very good, he did not give the order to drive away the surrounding people, and he patiently listened to the voices of his father and fellow villagers, and he personally helped the kneeling people just now.

After everyone calmed down again, Zheng Peng said loudly: "Regarding the matter of building the road, because this matter has not been announced, many people have talked about it, yes, I built the road, and the land that you were taken away from was also used for road repair after receiving it." ”

After getting Li Longji's approval, he started construction as soon as he reported to the Ministry of Industry, without making a notice, and many people who did not understand the truth guessed every day who was so generous, and this was the first time that Zheng Peng announced in public that he had built it himself.

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of surprise at the scene, they were also the owners of this road for the first time, and it was really Zheng Peng.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, Zheng Peng continued to say loudly: "Why is it a misunderstanding, maybe everyone doesn't know very well, the land that Li Shilang received was used to build roads, but Li Shilang is not my subordinate, and he has no obligation to obey my orders, our relationship is just a cooperative relationship, to put it simply, I have too many things to do, I can't get away, and there are too many trivial matters for land acquisition, so I asked Li Shilang to cooperate, and the land for road construction was purchased from Li Shilang at a high price, one was sold, one was bought, and that's all." ”

As soon as the words fell, the scene was silent, and many people had disappointed looks on their faces.

I thought that this matter would involve Zheng Peng, and with Zheng Peng's reputation and quality, he would give everyone a fair time, but he didn't expect that this land acquisition had little to do with Zheng Peng, and Zheng Peng just bought land from Li Linfu.

Wait a minute, General Zheng said just now, where to buy from Li Linfu at a high price.

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