Hope for luck

Chapter 412
Jeju City.

It has been raining heavily for the past few days, making the people of the entire Jeju City feel that their heads are covered with haze, especially for those gentry.

Gao Pan's counterattack was so fierce and violent that they hadn't realized it for a while, and the land at home had already changed hands.

Originally, they could counteract whatever the government did, but Gao Pan came up with a trick to turn over all the land originally recognized by the government to the public, making it unclaimed land, and then distributed these fields to many ordinary people.

This is like robbing their things. Many gentry hurriedly wrote to the capital to report the situation truthfully.

After all, there were people in their court, especially the Wang family. Wang Xueqing of their family was the right servant of the household department. Faced with such a situation, he concocted a criminal statement overnight, and the court officials talked about it in public.

But in the end, many gentry did not expect it. The explanation given by Dongshan Governor Ye Haikun was enough to make them dumb.

Because, before that, the rebels, also known as 'Yan Ni', had ordered all the fields to be distributed to many people.

From then on, all the fields in Dongshan belonged to no one in name. Although this was what the rebels said, after the riots, the government checked the fields, and the government did not need to recognize the previous land title deeds.

In addition, the government also has the right to directly take back the land of gentry families who refuse to implement the New Deal. This is a clause in the implementation of the New Deal.

That is to say, the method of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot proposed by Gao Pan really succeeded, causing these gentry to suffer a big dumb loss.

Moreover, it has been raining for several days in a row, so there is no chance for them to get together and make trouble.

Under the rain curtain, in the Jeju Royal Mansion, in a spacious lobby, many patriarchs of famous families were invited to come here.

As the initiator, Wang Lipin was also the head of the family. He sat at the top, and there were about a dozen wealthy gentry gentlemen at the bottom. Everyone was frowning, and some were still whispering.

Outside the hall, it was raining all the time, and Wang Lipin kept staring at the door, as if he was waiting for someone.

From time to time, I also looked at the first position on the bottom, it was empty, it seemed that it was reserved for someone.

At this moment, a servant rushed through the rain curtain, walked in, bowed to Wang Lipin and said:
"Master, Shenggong... Shenggong said that he will not come again, and also said that he should think carefully and stop confronting the government, otherwise, our gentry's fields will be taken away!"

After hearing this, everyone in the hall fell silent for a moment, only the sound of rain outside the hall was heard.

Wang Lipin even opened his eyes wide, staring at the servant who delivered the message, panting and asked:

"How could it be? Shenggong really said so?"

The messenger didn't dare to hide it, so he hurriedly replied:

"It's absolutely true. When the villain went to invite him, Sheng Gong was about to leave to inspect the Yamen."

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the hall exploded. If the gentry present were all descendants of famous families, then Shenggong was a queen of saints. If he turned his back, would they still have to struggle?
"How could this be? Didn't you say it well before, let's fight against the government together?"

"What should we do? Shenggong suddenly turned against the government, what can we do?"

"That's right, I heard Sheng Gong's righteousness and stern words before, but he turned his back in a blink of an eye. Who would have thought that..."

"..."

Many gentry and gentlemen clapped their hands and legs, beat their chests and stomped their feet, seeming a little worried and at a loss.

Kong Qi's sudden defection made their seemingly united gentry alliance like a piece of fragile paper, which would start to crack from the corners as long as there was a slight wind.

"Everyone...Everyone, please be quiet, I have something to say, please listen to me."

Seeing this, Wang Lipin knew that the time had come to stabilize everyone's hearts. If they were not united at this time, they would fall apart next.

Seeing Wang Lipin's sudden words, everyone became quiet, and all looked at Wang Lipin who stood up.

I saw Wang Lipin picked up a letter from the table beside him, and said loudly:

"Everyone, this is a letter from the clan brother Wang Zuoyuan. He is the right servant of the household department, and also the biggest official position in the imperial court of my Jeju royal family..."

"Presumably everyone here, there are many brothers and descendants in the clan who are officials in the court. This time, the government ignored our will and forced the implementation of the New Deal, and even took away our fields. It is really unreasonable and deceptive!"

Wang Lipin's eloquent words made many gentlemen present empathize with them, and some people echoed:

"That's right, Ye Haikun, a treacherous and greedy minister who only knows how to shake his head and tail, dares to convince us? Especially that Gao Pan, who is only a small seventh-rank magistrate, is accusing us, slandering and bullying us, Such a villain can be an official, what a disgrace to the world!"

Speaking of Gao Pan, everyone was filled with righteous indignation. Previously, Gao Pan used some weird tricks in order to meet them, the gentry, lords and patriarchs.

Such as beating, cursing, throwing stones and so on, very disgusting behavior.

And after Gao Pan met them, they had to suppress their inner anger and listened to Gao Pan's sarcastic remarks.

They were so angry that they trembled all over. If they were not afraid that Gao Pan was an official ordered by the court, they would have sent Gao Pan out of the mansion long ago.

Many gentry and gentlemen were filled with righteous indignation when they mentioned Gao Pan. Only Gao Fengyu, the master of the Gao family, yelled a few words on the surface, but secretly observed everyone's expressions behind his back.

"Yeah, everyone, a magistrate who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth dares to imitate others as a hawk dog. Let's get rid of this high level first before we talk..."

Seeing the comparison, Wang Lipin also remembered the scene where Gao Pan made their Wang's family look ashamed and jumpy, and couldn't help cursing in his heart.

"In addition, in my clan brother's letter, he told me that the emperor did not plan to fully support the New Deal, and we still have a chance to make a comeback. Everyone, this is not the time to retreat. After Ye Haikun is forced away, we will continue as before. Maybe everyone here can take back some more fields!"

In order to stabilize the crowd, Wang Lipin did not hesitate to paint a big cake for them, which made many gentry and gentlemen laugh.

"Okay, okay, Master Wang, tell me, what should we do? As long as Gao Pan can be punished and Ye Haikun can collapse, we all support it."

"That's right, Master Wang, just draw a line, and we will follow closely behind. Not to mention drinking soup, the smell is enough. Keeping our family's field is a big victory!"

"..."

Seeing this, Wang Lipin was full of pride and high spirits. He waved his hand and told everyone what they should do next.

(End of this chapter)