Please, let me be a fool

But now, with the support of the court's current majesty.

The people are not afraid after all.

Some even took the lead, vowing to fight the landlords to the end.

However, this kind of talk is not something that the tenants and farmers who have been oppressed all year round can say.

Song Gongwen was very happy after hearing the news, and he knew it at the same time.

This is the effort of Dongchang.

Sometimes the people lack a leader.

Immediately, taking advantage of this opportunity, he directly transferred the people who had almost reached a stagnation stage into the mu, and continued to implement it.

Because of public opinion, there is a general trend, and the gentry can't stop it at all.

Because even the tenants under his hands began to respond.

For such a situation.

They really have no choice, is it impossible to confront Song Gongwen openly?The other party just lacked a name and sent himself to prison.

In desperation, the Longyang gentry sought out the four major families one after another.The four major families were also very troubled, and finally decided that at this time, only Wang Shouyuan could be relied on.

In this way, the patriarchs of the four major families went to the government office and asked Wang Shouyuan for help!

Chapter 85: Time to fight back after five years of dormancy

Longyang Mansion, in the inner hall.

Four middle-aged men in fancy clothes sat on chairs with anxious expressions.

And these people are the heads of the four major families in Longyang.

Waiting for the prefect Wang Shouyuan.

Now the hearts of the people outside are reversed, all of them are facing the imperial court and Song Gongwen, and they all support Tan Ding to Mu.

Even if they use the forces under their hands, it will be of no use.

In desperation, he had no choice but to seek Wang Shouyuan's help.

The opponent is a gentry faction.

He is a native of Longyang Prefecture, plus the position of magistrate.

Only by finding him can he find a chance of survival.

"I don't know if Lord Wang will do his best to help us and prevent the family from entering the mu. After all, this is against Song Gongwen." At this moment, the head of the Liu family among the four major families spoke, with a look of worry on his face .

Obviously, he still has some distrust in Wang Shouyuan, even though the other party's heart is for the gentry.

"But do you have another way?" At this time, another person spoke.

This man is a bit rich.

As he spoke, his eyes shone with shrewdness.

And he is the head of the four major families in Longyang, the head of the Huang family.

Because he is the fourth oldest in the family.

Also known as Huang Siye.

He is also the leader of the Longyang gentry today.

Huang Siye looked around for a week and continued: "Just before I came, I also heard that Song Gongwen also wanted to implement the new Longyang law, that is, to receive the common people in the name of the government. And the interest rates are extremely low.”

"Think about it, everyone, if he is really allowed to do it, for us, it will be a draw from the bottom."

"Those tenants under your four families, I'm afraid they will all run away overnight."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the three masters present all changed.

As Huang Siye said.

For them, this trick is to draw their salary from the bottom of the pot.

The reason why the common people work for the four major families is not because they have no capital.

Now that the government has the bottom line, who is willing to work hard for others?

"Master Huang is right, this matter must be stopped!"

Among the four major families, the Zhang family spoke, and then continued: "Just, what if the Lord Wang is unwilling to take action? We can't fight against the court in the open, right?"

Others also nodded one after another. For a long time, the way the gentry responded to the imperial court's policies was to exert force behind the scenes.

They rarely come to the front of the stage, and the most common method is to cultivate a representative.

After all, to shoot the first bird, to put it bluntly, is also afraid of death.

But the people present are also quite clear.

Even if Wang Shouyuan is facing the gentry faction.

But it is not very realistic for the other party to be completely dedicated to themselves.

"So we have to give her a reason that she cannot refuse." Fourth Master Huang smiled and continued: "It's not like you don't know that the reason why Mr. Wang has been standing in the gentry faction is to restore the Wang family. splendor."

"What if we give him strong support at this time, and hand over my position as the leader of the Longyang noble clan to him?"

This sentence made the eyes of the other three masters present change.

That's right, the leader of the gentry is indeed a condition that Wang Shouyuan cannot refuse.

But the problem is that this position is very important, and it is to lead the entire Longyang gentry.

And they are very clear in their hearts.

The reason why Huang Siye put forward this opinion is also very simple.

That is, the whole Longyang knows that Wang Shouyuan has a good relationship with the Huang family.

Although the other party lost his position as a leader by doing this, he didn't actually lose much.

But the three of them are different. Who knows what Wang Shouyuan will do after he takes over?Will it suppress the other three?

And Huang Siye, as the leader of the Longyang gentry today, naturally knew what the patriarchs were thinking, and said immediately: "This is something we can't help. The only thing we can count on now is Wang Shouyuan. If he really doesn't Contribute, and only choose this way.”

"At this time, the interests of the family can be put aside first. The important thing is how to deal with the court!"

After hearing the words, the three chiefs were also silent and did not speak.

Indeed, the Longyang gentry is now very dangerous.

At this time, they are still fighting among themselves, only thinking about their own interests, and they are afraid that they will lose everything.

Only by uniting together can there be a chance to come back.

And just as Master Huang said, although some of the four major families are officials in the court, their grades are too low to be effective at all. The only person they can rely on is the current magistrate.

"Hahaha, several patriarchs are here, but Shouyuan is busy with official duties, so he is late, disrespectful, disrespectful!"

At this moment, Wang Shouyuan walked out from the back hall, arching his hands, with a smile on his face.

However, he was late and not busy with official duties.

I just want to hang out with the four masters for a while.

Deal with these few people fine.

Unusual means must be used.

"Master Wang is the magistrate, so we should wait." Fourth Master Huang got up and smiled immediately.

"Master Wang, you have to help us. Look at what's going on outside now."

"That's right, Song Gongwen's smacking of tenants into the mu caused all the tenants under us to make a fuss."

"If this goes on like this, there will be problems with spring plowing this year, so we have to figure out a way.

"Master Wang, you are the only hope for our Longyang gentry."

The other three believe that the Lord is coming.

Also stand up one by one, you say something, I say something, chattering, obviously really anxious.

Hearing these people's complaints, Wang Shouyuan did not speak.

Just walked to the top and slowly sipped the tea.

At the beginning, when he was in Renzhi County, he would write articles almost without incident, praising the gentry.

Especially the four major families, there are hundreds of articles in these years, but they have always been indifferent to answering.

There is no way to enter the inner circle at all, and sometimes it is impossible to meet these four people.

Wang Shouyuan knew that it was because his rank was too low.

Even if he was born in a famous family, his grandfather was once the leader of the entire Jiangnan gentry, so what?In the eyes of these people, the Wang family has fallen and is not worth mentioning.

Even some time ago, after becoming the magistrate, there was not much change.

So he didn't try to please everyone, and then he focused on the Huang family for a while.

And now, when they sensed the real danger, they came to find themselves the first time.

In particular, Wang Shouyuan had specifically approached Fourth Master Huang before this, and reached some deals in private.

Tell the other party, just find a way to elect yourself as the leader of the gentry.

It will bring various benefits to the Huang family.

The effect is also very good, Huang Siye agreed.

Everything is planned.

However, he also knew very well in his heart that it was only a verbal agreement.

But I hibernated for five years, for today's counterattack!

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The official pk will start tomorrow.

It is also the last chance to go to Sanjiang.

Let Fengxue ask for a last follow-up, it's the last week.

At the same time, the new week, recommended tickets and monthly tickets, come as soon as you can.

Others are not nonsense, thank you!

Chapter 86 Who's for and who's against

In fact, according to Wang Shouyuan's most sincere thoughts.

The first thing he did was to confiscate all the homes of these four major families and send them to prison!

Because these people are all moths of the country, vicious ghosts who lie on the people and suck blood!

For example, the Huang family is very famous throughout Longyang and even the entire Jiangnan, with the most extensive fields and the most tenants under their name.

At the same time, the land rent is also the highest, and the tenants under him often work hard for a year.

But in the end, those who were squeezed couldn't even eat enough.

There are also the three major families of Liu, Zhang, and Chen.

The Liu family controls the bank, but the interest rate is ridiculously high. If they can't pay it back, they will force people to sell themselves.

The Zhang family controls the cloth workshop. In order to maintain the business, they force their female workers to work day and night.

Wang Shouyuan even saw that some female workers had their hands frozen because of this, but they had to soak their hands in cold water for the poor wages in the twelfth lunar month of winter.

Sometimes if there is a problem with the workmanship, they will be cursed at least, and whipped at worst, which is extremely cruel.

Especially the Chen family's gambling house is even more harmful.