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He stepped forward and said loudly: "The next official, Jiangdong Transshipment Envoy, Lu Yi, will see Mr. Zong."

Zong Ze clasped his fists together: "Lu Sicao, I was ordered by the emperor to come to Jiangdong to rectify military affairs. I passed by here, so I'm sorry."

"Where is there, Mr. Zong, please come face-to-face, please come inside."

After welcoming Zongze in, he served tea and snacks.

Zong Ze got straight to the point: "Lu Sicao, when I entered the city, I saw many people making trouble and disturbing the order in the city."

Lu Yi said: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Zong, many people in the city are now in a mood."

Chapter 534 Yue Fei is Here (Part [-])

"Does the magistrate's yamen not care?"

"The magistrate's yamen was surrounded."

"Who is so bold! Even dare to surround the prefect's yamen!"

"Zong Xianggong calm down first, these local scholars and squires were in a tantrum, but they didn't hurt anyone."

Zong Ze said: "But why did the old man meet a group of people when he just entered the city, saying that Liu Biao's men were collecting protection money on the street, and that Liu Biao belonged to you, Lu Sicao?"

Lu Yi's heart was shocked, but he pretended to be calm and said: "These thieves, talking nonsense, even dare to use the name of the official to bluff and deceive. Where is this person? I must arrest him and interrogate him strictly!"

"already dead."

"died?"

"He attacked the forbidden army of the imperial court, and he should be executed according to the law!"

Cold sweat immediately broke out on Lu Yi's forehead, and he praised with a smile: "Mr. Zong is indeed a hero in the world."

Zong Ze suddenly said: "Lu Sicao, now that such a bad thing happened in Jiangning Mansion, this old man wants to take over Jiangning Mansion with full authority!"

"Mr. Zong, this..."

Zong Ze said bluntly: "Lu Sicao, as a transfer envoy, sits back and watches the thieves make trouble. If he fails his duty first, come here! Take off Lu Yi's official hat, put him in prison, and wait for his punishment!"

As soon as Zong Ze said this, the imperial guards came striding forward.

Lu Yi was so shocked that he didn't react for a while.

"Zongze, you..."

"how?"

Lu Yi said angrily: "Zongze, you are the deputy military and political envoy, in charge of military and political affairs,"

"I am an imperial envoy sent by His Majesty to Jiangning, and I have His Majesty's oracle!" Zong Ze took out the oracle given to him by Zhao Guan's family.

There was a line written on it: Wherever Zong Ze came, it was as if I were there in person!

Seeing this, Lu Yi was shocked: "Mr. Zong, you can't blame the lower officials for this matter. It is rumored among the people that the court raised taxes in Jiangdong, and they got angry. This is also human nature. If the imperial court sits idly by and ignores the sentiments of the people, I'm afraid there will be another way!"

"Shut up!" Zong Ze slapped the table angrily, and the table almost fell apart, "As a transfer envoy, Jiang Ning's order is so chaotic, how dare you talk about him in front of this old man!"

"Mr. Zong, you have to be clear, the most urgent thing now is to deal with civil disturbances!"

"The old man has already inquired. The Jiangning mansion has been causing trouble for more than half a month. Why didn't you send someone to stop it? When the old man came, you remembered that the most urgent task is to deal with the civil troubles?"

"This... the next official also saw that Mr. Zong came, so he has the confidence..."

"I won't bother you to worry about civil troubles. You should reflect on yourself in the big prison. The old man will truthfully report the situation in Jiangning Mansion!"

Lu Yi's official hat was taken off, and he was thrown into a big prison.

Next, Zongze began to arrange troops to strictly control the whole city.

At this time, the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce was still discussing matters, and Chen Bangguang arrived.

"Prefect Chen, why are you here?"

"Come out with me, I have something to say to you alone."

The two found a place to sit down alone.

"Something has happened!" Chen Bangguang said solemnly, "The imperial court sent people here!"

Liu Biao froze for a moment, and was about to speak when a voice came from outside.

"Officer! Officer Liu!"

It was the voice of the housekeeper of the Liu family.

"What's the matter?"

"Liu Guanren, the big thing is not good, the little official..."

"What's up with him?"

The steward said in horror: "He was killed by the Qinhuai River!"

"What did you say!" Liu Biao was shocked on the spot.

Chen Bangguang immediately said: "It's Zhai Jin!"

"Who is Zhai Jin, dare to kill my son?"

"Zhai Jin is the new economic envoy!"

"Employee?" Liu Biao took a deep breath.

The situation suddenly became completely beyond his imagination.

"Don't worry, Jinglue Envoy's murder in Jiangning City has already violated the laws of the court, and it will also lead to the impeachment of other high-ranking officials, and the court will not tolerate it!"

Liu Biao roared angrily, "He killed my son!"

"What is a son, you have enough money, find a woman to have more children! Now we have more important things to do!"

Liu Biao immediately calmed down: "What's the matter?"

"How many people does Zhu Changgui you mentioned last time have?"

"He became a bandit in the Zhenjiang area, worked as a salt dealer, and even blocked roads to rob, and gathered a lot of people."

"How many people?"

"He told me that there are 1 people. There should not be that many people, but at least seven or eight thousand!"

"Can there be more?"

Liu Biao's thoughts changed sharply, and he said, "It should be possible. At this time, the court will raise taxes and spread in the village. As long as Zhu Changgui raises his arms, those people will definitely follow him!"

"Is it possible?" Chen Bangguang asked, "Those people are so easy to deceive?"

"They know shit, they believe whatever we say!"

"Then you go out of the city immediately, go to Zhu Changgui, and ask him to gather a group of people. At that time, we will tell the people sent by the court that there are bandits outside the city. If those people go to suppress the bandits, you will take the opportunity to kill them!"

When his son was killed, Liu Biao was furious. He said, "Will that Zhai Jin go to suppress the bandits?"

"Will definitely go!"

"Okay! I'm going to tear him into pieces!"

When Chen Bangguang returned to the Transshipment Department from the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, Zhai Jin went to the Transshipment Department and was discussing matters with Zong Ze.

Chen Bangguang went in and saw Zong Ze, Zhai Jin, and other officials of the Transshipment Department, but Lu Yi was the only one.

Chen Bangguang said: "My next official, Jiangning prefect Chen Bangguang, see Mr. Zong."

"You are the prefect of Jiangning?"

"The next official is right!"

Zong Ze's eyes turned cold, and he said, "Come here, arrest him and put him in prison!"

Chen Bangguang was taken aback: "Mr. Zong, this is..."

"Jiangning City is in chaos. As the magistrate, you are guilty of negligence, so don't make excuses!"

"Mr. Zong, next official..."

Before he could finish speaking, the imperial guards had already taken off his official hat and dragged him down.

"Zongze! You have no right to dismiss me! Zongze! I am the magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture..."

There was no sound in the lobby, and no one dared to speak.

Zong Ze glanced around and said, "Your Majesty sent this old man to Jiangdong. One is to rectify the military administration, and the other is to implement the New Deal. From now on, Jiangdong will implement the New Deal in an all-round way!"

Gao Bin, the Duzhi judge, said: "Mr. Zong, now is an extremely opportune moment, and there may be something wrong with rashly implementing the New Deal!"

"What's wrong!" Zong Ze said in a loud voice, "The New Deal is a policy that benefits the country and the people. The New Deal wins the hearts of the people the most. It is precisely to use the New Deal to set things right!"

The others immediately said: "Mr. Zong, this matter needs further consideration. The situation in Jiangning Mansion is extremely complicated..."

Zong Ze looked at the officials of the transshipment department, and he knew in his heart that they might have countless fertile fields.

Zong Ze tried his best to reject all opinions, he said: "There is no need to discuss any more!"

On July [-]rd, the third day after Zongze arrived in Jiangning, all the chaos in Jiangning City was suppressed.

Anyone who disobeyed was punished with death.

Several heads of those who took the lead in trouble were hung at the gate of the city.

In order to ensure the people's livelihood in Jiangning, the official roads at the city gates and the Qinhuai River are also operating normally.

They did learn about Liu Biao from Yang Bangyi, but when they went to arrest him, Liu Biao had disappeared.

Liu Biao ran to Zhenjiang to find Zhu Changgui, intending to transfer people to surround and kill Zongze and Zhai Jin.

But he didn't expect that on July [-]th, another army from the imperial court had already gone south.

This group of people is Yue Fei's tribe who fell secretly from Fucheng.

And all of them are elite cavalry.

On the evening of July [-]th, Yue Fei crossed the Yangtze River and arrived in Zhenjiang.

After dinner, Zhang Xian said: "Yue Shuai, this place is very close to Jiangning Mansion, and you should be able to arrive the day after tomorrow, but I just went to inquire about it, this Zhenjiang Mansion is not peaceful, I heard that many people are causing trouble! "

Chapter 535: Officials force the people to rebel? (first update)

The southeast in early autumn is still unbearably hot.

It was windless and dull.

The farmer who had just finished weeding sat under a tree and took out the lunch he had prepared early in the morning.

This lunch is not a rare thing, but the most common coarse rice.

And some boiled roots.

This may be the era where farmers eat well.

Ouyang Xiu said in the article "Original Disadvantages": "The one-year-old plowing is only enough for the public, and the people's food is only a few months. What's more, after the field work is completed, they eat chaff and barnyards, or pick acorns and livestock vegetable roots. To prolong winter and spring. Unfortunately, if there is a flood or drought, then each other will be starved to death. This is so lamentable!"

It means that one year’s plowing harvest is only enough to eat for a few months, and the busy harvest season has just ended. Farmers can only use the winked bran or barnyard barnyard food as food, or pick oak seeds and store vegetable roots to survive winter and spring. famine season.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is fertile and the water source is abundant. Rice is produced and farmers can eat rice.

However, this rice was also left over from the batch with the worst quality. The good rice was handed over to the landlord and taken away by the magistrate as a tax.

Therefore, there has been a saying in later generations: it was difficult for ancient farmers to eat the rice they grew by themselves.

It's just like some people in a big company have a salary of 3000 yuan and are negotiating a contract of tens of millions.

In ancient times, if there was a famine year, not to mention the bran, the grass roots would be eaten, and the grass roots would eat the bark after eating.

On the path ahead, a fat and white man came riding a mule, followed by several strong men.

"Everyone come here! There is something important! Everyone come here!" The white and fat man shouted loudly.

The farmers who were eating under the tree looked over.

"It's Li Baozheng."

"What is this Li Yuanpang going to do again!"

"Keep your voice down, don't let him hear you!"

The farmers carried rice bowls and walked over while eating, gathering around Li Baozheng.

"Go, call everyone over there, everyone has to come here, there is something important."