If the Chinese people want to develop outward, first of all, there is a push inside to push people outside, and secondly, there must be a pull outside to pull people outside.

These two forces, one is the pressure of being difficult to survive internally, forcing people to find a new way out, and the other is the drive to live outside, or even better, and generate profits.

In this way, under the pull of these two forces, a sustained and long-term force can be formed, turning the country from inward-looking to outward-looking.

Relying on the forced relocation of the imperial court, although it has a temporary effect, if there are no these two forces, there will be no follow-up strength.

At the end of September, the disaster in Nanzhi further expanded, and Wang Yan led a team of cavalry to gallop through the wilderness.

On both sides of the road, there are waist-high weeds, while others have neatly harvested rice piles, but in general, most of the fields are piled with piles of straw.

Suddenly, Wang Yan suddenly reined in his horse, and the entire cavalry team behind him also stopped, and for a while there was a neighing of people and horses on the road.

Wang Yan's war horse spun around in place before it quieted down, and he looked at the fields around him, his face already gloomy.

"Your Highness is angry!" Seeing this, Wang Fuzhi urged the horse to Wang Yan's side.

Wang Yan's cheeks were puffed, but he didn't speak, and after half a sound, he waved his horsewhip and continued to beat his horse and gallop, and the cavalry behind him saw this, so he had to hurriedly follow.

The group galloped along a small canal, about twenty miles, and came to a town outside.

At this time, under the archway outside the town, a lot of people gathered, all kinds of sounds were mixed, Wang Yan originally planned to gallop past, but now he slowed down the speed of his horse.

The people under the archway are obviously divided into two waves, one side is the villagers wearing gray shorts, and the other side is uniformly wearing black cloth clothes, which seems to be the family of a large family.

At this time, a noise came from under the archway, and it was a strong man's fierce shout, "One acre and three stones, and there is no more grain of rice." My lord is also at the behest of the King of Chu, and came down to help the court with disaster relief, so much for one acre, if you don't sell it, you people will starve to death. ”

In front of the archway, an old man is lying on the ground, holding a crying little granddaughter in one hand, holding a yellowed title deed in the other hand, and on the other side, there is a big five and three thick, full of meat, fierce and vicious house slaves, is pointing at the old man and scolding.

"In the past, there was a great disaster, and this field had to be exchanged for twenty stone of rice, but now I only need fifteen stone, which is already much cheaper, how can you press it to three stone? How will we live next year! The old man cried.

The villagers on the side also complained one after another, but the fierce and vicious man did not back down, glared and scolded: "You group of Diao people, can this year be the same as in previous years?" The imperial court fought for more than half a year, the summer and autumn seasons were delayed, and the entire Nanzhi was short of grain. ”

"You people, why don't you know gratitude?" The wicked man glanced at everyone and said viciously: "Today's grain has been shipped, you have to sell it, and you have to sell it if you don't sell it." The wicked man waved his hand, "Go and collect all their land deeds." ”

A group of family members immediately prepared to step forward, and the villagers suddenly became angry, "Aren't you robbing openly? I'm going to report to the police! ”

"Humph!" The evil slave snorted coldly, "Report to the official, we are on the order of the King of Chu to come to the disaster relief, you see which official dares to take care of it!" Rob it for Lao Tzu, and hit it directly if you don't accept it! ”

A group of evil slaves immediately brandished short sticks and stepped forward to beat them, and the villagers screamed again and again, and the scene was instantly chaotic.

The wicked man stood behind, holding his arms, and looked at his men with a look of pride, and at this moment a sudden gust of wind blew behind him, and the net towel above his head was pulled away, and a hot pain came from the back of his head.

The wicked man's bare head was marked with a bright red mark from his horsewhip, and he was about to be furious, when a troop of horsemen rushed over, leaped over him, waved his whip, and began to beat the men who wielded short clubs.

These majestic family members who were majestic just now were immediately pumped and scurried, crying for their fathers and mothers.

Wang Yan heard the shouting from a long distance, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, an acre of good land in the south of the Yangtze River could be sold for twenty or thirty taels, forty stones for rice, and thirty stones in disaster years.

At this time, the situation was much worse, but it had to be exchanged for twenty stones. This group of inferior gentry actually pressed to three stones and one acre, and said that it was in his name, and Wang Yan suddenly became angry.

The wicked man was whipped and his head hurt, and when he saw Qiu Ba suddenly appearing in front of him, he was immediately furious, "Whose deployment are you, dare to beat Lao Tzu, do you know whose family we are?" ”

Wang Yan didn't speak with a gloomy face, and Wang Fuzhi next to him immediately stepped forward and asked, "This official wants to know, whose family are you?" ”

The evil man was slightly stunned, looking at the other party who seemed to be very tough, and then looking at the elite cavalry around him, his heart was a little weak, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly laughed and said: "This lord, maybe there is some misunderstanding, we are also responding to the imperial court and coming to relieve the disaster." ”

Wang Fuzhi's eyes widened, "This official asked you, whose person are you?" ”

Wang Yan and Wang Fuzhi wore civilian clothes, the villain didn't know the identities of the two, he laughed together, but he didn't expect Wang Fuzhi not to answer, but continued to yell at him, and the wicked man was also a little angry.

"We are from the Xie family in Ningbo, how about it?" The wicked man retorted.

"Xie Sanbin?" Wang Fuzhi's brows furrowed.

When the wicked man saw this, he was quite complacent.

Xie Sanbin is a student of Qian Qianyi, but he and Qian Qianyi have already fallen out, he was a bachelor of the Lu Jian Guo Xing Dynasty, and later descended to the Qing Dynasty, and also helped the Qing court to harm Huaxia and others, when Lu Jianguo appeased Zhedong, he was corrected again, and he was a famous inferior gentry in Ningbo.

When Wang Yan heard this, he stepped forward and pointed at the evil man with a horsewhip: "You are ordered by the king of Chu to come to relieve the disaster with three stones and one acre?" ”

This time, the three parties appeased Zhezhi, and in order to snatch the fruit, they were all a little hungry, and many Qing court officials with bad records were absorbed into the Ming Dynasty bureaucracy.

Xie Sanbin is one of them, and he actually mixed up the title of Zhejiang according to the rank of inspector.

When the wicked man saw Wang Yan and the others, after hearing his master's name, his attitude seemed to ease, and he immediately sneered: "The king of Chu ordered that the gentry buy land for disaster relief, and we officially respond to the order of the imperial court." ”

Wang Yan's heart was on fire, this time the grain shortage in Jiangnan did exist, after all, the war lasted for more than half a year, but it did not reach the point where there was a famine in the entire Nanzhi.

In addition to Chizhou, Ningguo, Taiping, and Su Song, who fought for a longer time, coupled with the impact of Hong Chengchou's transfer of strong men to production, other places should still be passing, but this time the grain shortage has expanded rapidly, and all the grain on the market is gone, and even the prefectures and counties that have not fought have begun to lack grain, and the price of grain in Nanjing City has skyrocketed, which has aroused Wang Yan's suspicions.

Wang Yan inspected the area and saw that most of the fields had been harvested, and he understood that it was obvious that someone was trying to hoard Juqi, raise the price of grain, and then annex the land in the affected counties.

Wang Yan has acquiesced in the annexation of land by the wealthy gentry, but these people are too much, not only pushing the price to three stones per mu, but also playing the banner of him and the imperial court, which has exceeded Wang Yan's bottom line.

"Tie them all up to the domain, throw them all to the Yamen of Yingtianfu, and punish them for the crime of misusing the name of the court and slandering the domain!"

The evil man originally thought that the other party would consciously soften when he knew the name of his master, and when he heard Wang Yan's words of hatred, his legs suddenly sifted up.

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