The most terrible thing is that the back of the bulletin board also lists the amount of land purchased by the Yuan government in various parts of Yuanzhou and the estimated harvest each year, totaling more than 90 tilts, and more than 20,000 stones of brown rice every year. Even Yuan Xinghuai himself didn't know much about this number.

There are also small officials arranged by the Propaganda Department next to the bulletin board, who take the trouble to read the words next to the pictures for everyone one by one. The people looked at the picture and listened to the "story", and whispered from time to time, "It turns out that this is the case, this official surnamed Yuan is simply better than our Li shrew." ”

"But no, the mission has said that the Huangzhuang contract is to give the poor a bite to eat, and these officials have nearly 100 acres of fertile land, and they even make irresponsible remarks about this point of contracting to the people!"

"Hmph, it's not that they're afraid that the farmers will go to plant the land of Huangzhuang, they can't recruit tenants."

"That old man Yuan's land is mostly in Yuanzhou Mansion, no wonder he works so hard against ......"

There are also many people who are talking about yesterday's court staff, "Hey, did you go to see this Master Yuan and those big officials get beaten yesterday?" ”

"Of course I looked, I was no more than ten feet away, a bunch of white buttocks, and in a moment the flesh and blood flew everywhere, screaming so miserable."

"Well deserved! This kind of guy should be beaten to death......"

"Shhhh

"What are you afraid of!" The person who spoke stiffened his neck, but his voice was obviously lowered, "This kind of dog official who does not distinguish between right and wrong will be ...... by His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King sooner or later" He said and made a "chop" gesture with his palm.

After the propaganda official finished reading Yuan Pengnian's "deeds", he asked another large wooden board to be erected, on which were the words and deeds of Li Deshu, Yang Guan and other officials who were beaten by the court staff yesterday, as well as the list of their fields and properties everywhere, but it was far less detailed than the imperial history of Yuan Du.

When Zhu Linwei was still in Zhenjiang, he instructed Jinyiwei to touch the bottom of these officials, that is, he was ready to take them out at any time to "slap his face". Yesterday, a few officials who had not been found out in detail by the Jinyi guards escaped.

Yuan Xinghuai was shocked in his heart, this auxiliary political king disregarded the face of the court and made all the actions of the court public. No wonder no one came to visit the house for most of the day, it seems that this time my father was not only beaten in vain, but also his reputation was going to be bad......

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was about to go home to report the news, but he saw a large group of people rushing to the east of the city, mixed with excited shouts, "Let's go, there is a new drama in the mission house!" ”

"Let's go, if you're slow, you won't be able to grab a good position."

"Brother, what's the new play?"

"I heard that the name of the play is "Court Staff", but I have never heard of it before."

"Ha, I watched the real guy's court staff yesterday, and today I listened to the court staff play, not bad......"

Yuan Xinghuai said that it was not good, and hurriedly took a few family members to the east of the city. The big drama of the mission house has already started, and he listened to it from a distance for a while, and suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and the drama was the event of yesterday's court.

"It's over, it's over......" He didn't dare to look at it anymore, and fled back to Yuan's mansion in despair.

With the great change in the direction of the court staff, officials of the "anti-Huangzhuang" faction began to oppose the water, impeaching Yuan Pengnian, Chang Caichen, Lin Min and others continued to enter the cabinet, and even Yan Qiheng was also involved.

Two days later, as Chang Caichen and other officials of Yuan Prefecture could not resist the pressure, they confessed Yuan Pengnian's instructions and correspondence to him. Among them, Yuan Pengnian repeatedly ordered the local officials of Yuanzhou to "disturb the enclosure of the Huangzhuang", "instigate the splashing skin, bandits threaten the villagers", "hide and destroy the land registers" and other illegal acts.

As these "black materials" were put on display on the public notice board, things immediately became one-sided, and no one dared to speak for Yuan Du's imperial history.

Finally, Zhu Jizuo saw that the "fire" was about to spread to himself, so he had no choice but to break his wrist and impeach Yuan Pengnian, Li Deshu, and the magistrates of Yuan Zhou Mansion, a total of more than 40 people.

Zhu Linmiao unfolded the sheet handed over by the Criminal Department, and the list on it was one hundred and sixty-four officials of all sizes who had been imprisoned by the Criminal Department—with Yuan Pengnian being uprooted, the people he had linked up with and instructed to oppose Huangzhuang also confessed, most of them were local officials in the state capital where Huangzhuang had great resistance to implementation.

In fact, there are still many people waiting at home to participate, and Zhu Linmiao estimates that there will be more than 300 officials involved in the case in the end. He looked at the handling suggestions given by the Criminal Department behind each name, most of them were demotions, and a very small number of them were dismissed or exiled, and Yuan Pengnian, who committed the most serious crimes, confiscated his family property and was exiled to the southwest.

He smiled slightly and said softly: "I am worried that I can't find an excuse to rectify the rule of officials, so I will engage in such a big battle." Since I sent it to the door myself, then I'm welcome. ”

He then took up his pen and sent into exile all the officials who were more serious in the case, such as those who had killed people in the process of threatening the farmers, or who had gathered a crowd to violently seize the land.

However, this place of exile is not the southwest or Qiongzhou and other places in the past, but the overseas "terra nullius" discovered by the sailor last time - New Guinea.

The islands over there have not yet established a stable stronghold, and if they want to survive, they will not only be extremely labor-intensive, but also face deadly threats such as climate, natives, and Helan people. It is because even though the imperial court offers a lot of wages, few people are still willing to go. At present, the overseas expedition team formed by the Ministry of Industry and the Department of Commerce and Industry is basically ready, and it is time to take these prisoners on the voyage as strong laborers.

As for those officials who only followed the instructions of Yuan Pengnian and others, and did not cause much harm, they were all punished with "dismissal and never resumption."

These people were all born in the old-style imperial examination, and they had been "soaked" in the big dye vat of officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty for a long time, which was a major obstacle to Zhu Linmiao's industrialization reform. By taking this opportunity to vacate their places, a large number of people with academic backgrounds can fill the vacancies.

In fact, there will be more than 300 real shortages this time, and Zhu Linmiao does not plan to fill them all. He planned to leave at least 100 or more positions, and wait for the first time in the Ming Dynasty to open the list of Gezhi Imperial Examinations, which he used to distribute to the new "Geke Jinshi".

It is foreseeable that with these more than 300 talented people serving in official positions at the central and local levels, the future industrialization reform will be smoother. At the same time, most of these people who studied natural sciences will be transformed into bourgeois nouveau riche, which will greatly offset the resistance of the landlord class to the progress of Ming industry and capitalism.

Of course, Zhu Linwei also fully considered the instability that may occur after such an "earthquake" in the Ming political arena. Therefore, after he finished approving the recital of the Criminal Department, he immediately wrote an edict and sent it to the Ministry of Households, asking the Department of Household Equality to gradually increase the price of grain purchased by the imperial court from three months later.

Rising food prices can increase the incomes of the landlords affected by the Huangzhuang, allowing them to spend more money on hiring labor to farm. More importantly, farmers at the bottom will benefit from this and greatly improve their quality of life.