"You descendant, why are you so stubborn, we all said it, if you can't sue it, forget it, tell you what to do, there are guys in the field, we have to work in the field."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Zhou Chang, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and I came here this time to thoroughly investigate the evil deeds of the gentry in Hubei, only ask about grievances, not about identity, if you dare to sue them, you may be able to get back your own land, if you dare not sue them, then go back and continue to farm for people."

Before coming, Zhou Peigong also thought about it, if he was timid, he might not be able to have any good effect, although those gentry are now vain with the Ming court, but they will definitely not give them substantial evidence, which also leads to the fact that it will take a long time for the court to compete if they want to take them.

Although the people have not fought with officials since ancient times, but now the Ming Dynasty strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and what they need most is time, so Zhou Peigong can only provoke the anger of the people and take them down in one fell swoop.

Of course, this matter is difficult at the beginning, ordinary people are used to living a life of oppression, and too many realities tell them that they can't fight these powerful people with their skills, so they can only swallow their breath to ensure the safety of the whole family.

Every year, there are a few unbelievers who want to provoke the power of those big families, and in the end, there are not a few who are buried alive by Shenjiang and alive, and year after year, people's hearts are cold.

So after Zhou Peigong shouted this sentence, the people around him were all stunned, and some people were afraid of getting into trouble, and even began to turn around and run home.

Zhou Peigong is not very surprised, these people have suffered a lot, and it is a little strange to believe others so easily.

"This official was ordered by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to come to thoroughly investigate the gentry in central Hubei, holding the sword of Shang Fang, beheading corrupt officials, beheading bullies, and never tolerating it, do you also want your children and grandchildren to be like yourself, they can't eat enough and dress every year, and finally they can't even marry their daughter-in-law, so that your family is broken?"

In desperation, he moved out all the statements in the play, and told the people that those gentry did not dare to talk to the court and did not necessarily believe them, and now he proposed the sword of Shang Fang, which is commonly used in the play, which can make them understand their status and summon their courage. Moreover, no matter what dynasty the Chinese are, the most important thing is the descendants of the future generations, although the filial piety of a hundred virtues comes first, but it will definitely not be indebted to the descendants of the future generations. Those scholars pay more attention to filial piety, while ordinary people pay more attention to their children and grandchildren, because they have to rely on their children and grandchildren to support their old age.

So at any time, for the sake of their children, there are some parents who are willing to take risks, and Zhou Peigong can be regarded as analyzing their minds and checking their pulse, otherwise those people may not stand up and respond to some false promises.

Finally, someone couldn't help but stand up: "My lord, I am willing to testify that three years ago, the Zhang family colluded with the government to embezzle my family's ten acres of fertile land!" ”

"Is there any evidence of guilt?"

The man's face suddenly darkened: "They forced my family to sell the fertile land for three taels of silver, and there is no evidence of guilt." ”

"Do you still have the deed?"

"Wenqi is still there!"

"This is the evidence of the crime, come and detain the head of the Zhang family!"

Jin Yiwei started very quickly, and when he arrived at Zhang's house, he showed his identity, and he didn't take much effort to detain people, this kung fu, the more and more people around him gathered, and he couldn't miss the lively things, and this kind of excitement is easy to bring practical benefits to himself.

The Zhang family's family member Sheng is now fifty years old, and he still doesn't understand the situation in front of him, and shouts angrily: "Who are you, dare to do something to me, do you know who I am?" ”

Zhou Peigong smiled faintly: "Do you know who detained you?" ”

"Jin Yiwei."

"Who is Jin Yiwei?"

Zhang Sheng was stupid there all of a sudden, Jinyiwei is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, although he doesn't read much, but he still knows this, if it weren't for the people around him to support him, I'm afraid that he would have fallen.

Zhou Peigong was unforgiving: "Today, some people have sued you for forcibly buying land, but is there such a thing?" ”

"No, no! The grass people are a good family, how can they do such a thing that harms their neighbors, there is definitely no such thing. ”

"Hmph, no, Wenqi is here, you still dare to quibble?"

"Wronged, my lord, when the natural disaster occurred, there was no food in the ground to defend the city, his family sold ten acres of land to me in order to buy food for the winter, and I can't bear the suffering of my neighbors, and now I have been sued by Diao Min, it is really unreasonable!" I was about to cry when I said that.

"Hugh is noisy!" Zhou Peigong shouted: "Millennium Field, Eight Hundred Lords, you buy and sell land is not a matter of the official, but the silver of this transaction is a matter of the official, let me ask you, what kind of land is only three dollars of silver per mu?" ”

One tael of silver can buy rice converted to almost 200 catties in later generations, and three coins of silver is 60 catties of rice, even if the land productivity in ancient times is not high, this is also the south, and one acre of land can produce almost 500 catties of rice.

That is to say, Zhang Sheng used three taels of silver to buy 600 catties of rice to buy a land that can produce 5,000 catties of rice, and this is only a year's output.

However, according to common sense, this is not a problem, after all, in the year of famine, many rich people point to this way to get rich, they only need to do a few such transactions, they can become a small landlord, and those who have lost their land can only be tenants for them, from then on the rice in the field has nothing to do with them, only a little salary remains.

Zhang Sheng looked aggrieved: "My lord, you can't blame me, most of the people in the city have done this, and besides, can the price of rice in the disaster year be compared with the price of rice in the Taiping year, I gave them life-saving silver, and it is not expensive to exchange ten acres of land." ”

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who buy land below the market price will be dealt with according to the crime of murdering good people, the main offender will be beheaded, and his family will be distributed 3,000 li!"

Zhang Shengzhi saw that this adult was here to find fault today, and he no longer begged for mercy: "Hmph, the big families in the city are doing this, if you have the ability, kill them all, if you don't have the ability, don't be a hero here, otherwise even if you kill me, I won't accept it!" ”

"Okay, this official will let you die convincingly." Saying that, Zhou Peigong shouted: "Come on, cut off this bully's head and hang it on the wall, let him see how his old friends were cut off by me one by one!" ”

Saying that, the two brocade guards lifted Zhang Sheng and cut off his head with a knife, and the surrounding crowd suddenly erupted in cheers, and many people even knelt on the ground and shouted: "Lord Qingtian!" ”

(End of chapter)