Fenghou

"A Ying and A Lian are looking for you! It seems that they are very excited when they encounter something."

"Let them come over, let me ask what's the matter?"

Lu Xiu went to the door and told the maid, who hurried away, and after a short while, the Yu sisters hurried over to perform a Wanfu ceremony together.

Chen Qing asked with a smile: "Ma'am, what happened to you?"

Yu Lian hurriedly said: "Actually, I didn't meet her, but my maid Dongxiang met her. She went out to buy makeup just now, and when she came back, she said that there were many people kneeling in front of the government office, all of them were old people. Ah Ying and I ran to Look, there are really a lot of people kneeling, and the soldiers are trying to persuade them to leave."

Chen Qing was startled, and asked, "How many people are there?"

"There are at least five or sixty people, all elderly."

Chen Qing frowned, handed his daughter to Lu Xiu, got up and said, "I'll go and have a look."

"Husband, ask the soldiers to take a look! It's still snowing outside!"

"You don't need to look for soldiers, it's very close anyway, I'll go and have a look."

Chen Qing felt very uncomfortable. Dozens of old people were kneeling in the snow. Could it be that there was such a big injustice under his rule?

……

It was snowing heavily, and the sky and the earth were all gray. Chen Qing rushed to Xuanfu envoy's office with dozens of soldiers, but saw Jiang Yanxian explaining something to the soldiers, and the old man was no longer seen on the ground.

Chen Qing stepped forward and saw many footprints and traces of kneeling on the ground. At this time, Jiang Yan stepped forward and said: "The humble official just got the news that there are a group of old people who knelt here just after dawn. .”

"What about them?"

"I asked the soldiers to send them to the opposite inn to rest, and promised to give them no money to stay in the inn, so they were willing to go."

"Why are they kneeling here?"

Jiang Yan shook his head first, "It seems to be complaining about grievances, and it has something to do with the land. The humble job has not had time to ask for details."

Chen Qing frowned. What he was most worried about was related to the land, and he really came.

"Go and see!"

Chen Qing walked towards the inn under the guard of dozens of soldiers. The inn was diagonally opposite, about a hundred steps away. here.

Of course the shopkeeper knew Chen Qing and Jiang Yanxian, so he quickly invited them to sit in the living room.

"There was a group of old people just now, are they still there?"

"It's still there. There are 54 people in total. The villain has arranged for them to stay."

Chen Qing nodded, "Go and bring some leaders over, try not to disturb others."

"Little man understands!"

The shopkeeper left in a hurry, and after a while, he brought three old men over. The old man obviously knew Chen Qing's identity, and when he entered the living room, he knelt down and kowtowed, "Xiaomin pays homage to the county king!"

"Please sit down!"

The shopkeeper moved some small stools for them to sit on.

Jiang Yanxian said: "If you have any grievances, just say it, just say it, don't have any worries."

"Hey! If we have concerns, we won't come to complain. We have been forced to do nothing."

Chen Qing whispered a few words to a soldier, who immediately turned around and left.

Chen Qing nodded, "Please continue!"

"We are from Heyang County, Tongzhou. We fled to Bashu before, and then came back one after another, only to find that our land has been taken over by others. Some people who don't know them say that the land belongs to them, and there are government officials. But we also have land deeds, we couldn’t get angry, so we went to the lawsuit, and we lost in the end, it’s really unreasonable, why should the land of our ancestors become someone else’s.”

Chen Qing remembered what he had encountered in Xinping County, Binzhou when he came back. Could it be the consequence of the land reclamation order issued by him?

Jiang Yanxian said in a low voice: "The humble official thinks that it may be the result of the puppet Qi's recruitment order."

Chen Qing immediately understood that when the Jin soldiers entered Guanzhong, countless people were killed and injured, and a large number of people fled to Guanzhong. In order to provide food for the Jin soldiers, the Puppet State of Qi recruited a large number of farmers from northern Shaanxi to go south, and re-applied the contracts for them.

The old title deed is still there, and the new title deed comes out again, and the conflict will of course intensify.

At this time, Zhang Miao rushed over, clasped her fists and said, "The king of the county is looking for me?"

Chen Qing nodded, then recounted what happened just now, and said: "The Supervision Department took over this matter, and asked one by one to see if their demands are the same, and then went to Tongzhou to investigate."

"I understand it."

Chen Qing said to Jiang Yanxian again: "Let them live in peace first, and tell them that this problem must be solved for them."

"Please don't worry, the king of the county, I will arrange it."

Chen Qing comforted the three old men a few more words, then got up and went back home.

When Chen Qing returned to the mansion, he was really annoyed. He paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back. He believed that there were many more similar cases. , This kind of land grabbing case will definitely break out on a large scale.

How to solve it?

At this time, Chen Qingruo felt something, and when he turned around, he saw Zhao Qiaoyun coming in with a cup of tea.

Chen Qing's eyes lit up, and he quickly smiled and said, "My daughter Zhuge is here, hurry up and think of a way for me."

Zhao Qiaoyun curled her lips and said, "Eldest sister asked me to deliver the tea, so I knew there must be something wrong."

Chen Qing hurriedly pulled her to sit down, "Those who can do more work, if you don't help me, who will help me?"

"My husband is a prince, there are so many people who want to help!"

After saying this, Zhao Qiaoyun still sat down, "Let's talk! What's the matter?"

Chen Qing recounted what happened today, Zhao Qiaoyun thought for a while and said, "This is not the first time, it happened in November last year."

"Last August?"

Chen Qing frowned, "Why don't I have any impression?"

"This incident is mixed in a big case of fighting with weapons. It is basically a sentence. It is normal that the husband has no impression. It happened in Fufeng County. I remember very clearly that two villages fought collectively for land. The cause was more than 100 people. The ownership of the mu of land is not clear, two families have land deeds, one is from northern Shaanxi, and the other is a native of Guanzhong.”

"Then how did you solve it?" Chen Qing asked anxiously.

"Fufeng magistrate divided more than 100 mu of land into two, and the two families divided equally, and there was no trouble afterwards."

Chen Qing nodded, "Is this a good way?"

Zhao Qiaoyun shook her head, "Actually, after that document, I added several methods, and my husband probably didn't even read it."

Chen Qing was a little embarrassed, "Maybe I have too many things to do, I forgot, my lady might as well talk about it."

Zhao Qiaoyun likes her husband to call her his wife the most, and she was elated when she called her a lady. She pursed her lips and said with a smile: "The solution! It's actually very simple. Compensate with official land. There are many unowned farmlands, and they all become official land. If the other party's land deed is real, then use the same area of ​​official land as compensation, and cancel the original land deed. The details in it are at the discretion of the county magistrate. The second method is to use money to compensate. , are all civilians, and the land obtained by farmers in northern Shaanxi must be recognized as legal."

"It's a good idea."

Zhao Qiaoyun said again: "But I want to remind my husband, dozens of old people came to Jingzhao to file a complaint. The matter may not be that simple. There must be someone behind them who advises them and organizes them."

Chapter 716 Night News

At night, Zhang Miao rushed to Chen Qing's mansion, and he brought a result beyond Chen Qing's expectations.

"Qijun Wang, these old people are actually two groups of people, for two things, one thing is what the county king said during the day, the land dispute between the farmers in northern Shaanxi and the original owner of the land, which involves 5000 land. One hundred acres, but another matter is a major event, involving collusion between officials and gentry, embezzlement of official land, with an area of ​​more than [-] acres.”

Chen Qing's eyes became sharper, "Tell me about the second thing in detail!"

"The second thing is that someone used a fake title deed to pretend to be the original owner of the land, and took a large amount of official land. As a result, the original owner really came back. In order to block the mouth, the county government allocated other wasteland to the original owner. It's very bad, the original owner didn't do it, so he started to make a fuss, and then..."

"Then what?"

"Then a few old men reported that someone pretended to be a farmer in northern Shaanxi to receive a large amount of land, but this happened during the Puppet Qi Dynasty."

Chen Qing also knew that during the puppet Qi period, it was very common for farmers in northern Shaanxi to occupy land, but he had no time to clean it up, but this matter must be cleaned up. With the increase in the value of the Guanzhong area, more and more original owners of land returned from Bashu If there are many, all kinds of contradictions will become more and more acute.

Then it seems urgent to clean up the long-standing abuses. Chen Qing took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "First promise the people, the government will give them money compensation, let them go back first, stabilize the Tongzhou side, and then send someone from the Supervision Department to Tongzhou Secretly investigate the land situation, whether it is true to pretend to be the original owner of the land, and the fake Shaanxi farmers, and how serious the situation is, after the Chinese New Year, I will get an official report."

"Understood, I will send people to Tongzhou to investigate tomorrow!"

……

Zhang Miao left, Chen Qing sent his own soldiers to find Wang Hao, half an hour later, Wang Hao rushed over.

"See the county king for a humble position!"

Now not only the civil officials call Chen Qing the king of the county, but also the generals have changed their words. This is not Chen Qing's request, but a tacit understanding. It is obviously inappropriate for Chen Qing to be the capital commander, besides, the Western Army already has more than [-] troops, and each small capital commander can no longer bear such a huge army.

Chen Qing asked: "How is the investigation by Jin Guo's spies?"

Wang Hao said with a look of embarrassment: "There have been some gains, but not much."

"What is the specific gain?"

"We found Lin Jianqing's body. It was tied up with a big rock and sank at the bottom of the Qujiang River. It was picked up by a fisherman. It happened three months ago."

"and then?"

"Then we found out that the tall, thin man who was in contact with Lin Jianqing was called Li Toutuo, and he was also missing. We found Li Toutuo's residence behind the Wanxi Restaurant, and found a note in the wall. We know, Jin The leader of the scouts is called Jinhuhu, who is a Wanyan Wushu, who was sent to Chengdu by Wanyan Wushu shortly after the Battle of Fuping, and then developed from Chengdu to Jingzhao."

"Go on!"

Wang Hao sighed, "This golden fox is really an old fox. It hides very secretly, and we can't find any clues. We have offered a reward of [-] guan, but there is no news."

Chen Qing nodded, "Jin Bing spies can investigate slowly, don't worry, I have an important task for you now, do you know that there are more than [-] old people kneeling in front of Xuanfu envoy's office in the morning and crying for grievances?"

"Humble job heard!"

"These more than 54 elderly people were actually used by others. Someone organized them, and someone rented a bullock cart for them to Jingzhao. None of the [-] old people knew who the organizer behind the scenes was, and they knew nothing.

I don't know what the people who organize them behind the scenes want to do, but I think this matter is very strange. You inner guards have checked out the organizers behind the scenes, what exactly are they trying to do? "

Wang Hao knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, "I respect the order of the county king!"

……

Ever since Chen Qing occupied Jingzhao City, he canceled the martial law at night and opened the south city gate all night to facilitate the entry of caravans. He will take any measures that are beneficial to business.

Usually Jingzhao is very lively at night, especially near the South City Gate, but it has snowed these two days, and the area around the South City Gate has become very deserted.

On a small street about two miles away from the South City Gate, dilapidated ox carts were slowly driving. When they came to an alley, the ox cart stopped, and a man in black came down. A handful of money was given to the coachman, and the coachman drove away with the ox cart.

The man stood at the entrance of the alley, and looked around for a moment. After seeing that no one was following him, he walked into the alley.

The alley was very deep, and the inside was as complicated as a spider's web. The man turned countless turns, and finally came to a dead-end alley. At the bottom of the alley, there was only one wooden door. He knocked on the door rhythmically. The courtyard door opened a crack, and he stepped in.

The man went all the way to the backyard, and was led into a room without windows. The outside of the room was dark, but the inside was brightly lit. The room was very large, and there was a fat middle-aged man sitting there. No one knew his name, and his subordinates were behind him. Call him Golden Fox, but call him Manager Jin in front of him.

The man in black saluted, "See the manager!"

"Why did you come to see me now?" The golden fox looked unhappy.

"Xiaozhi just got the news that Zhang Miao went to Chen Qing's residence at night."

"Where is the supervisory department taking action?"

"Today, all the Supervision Department officials were investigating. They went to 15 people. They should have discovered a major case, so Zhang Miao went to see Chen Qing overnight."

The golden fox narrowed his eyes and said, "It's not hard to find out what's going on here. I only care about whether Chen Qing will go to Tongzhou?"

"But then he seemed to summon Wang Hao again."

"What?" The fat flesh on the golden fox's face shook violently, and his eyes widened.

The man in black lowered his head and said, "I suspect that Chen Qing has discovered something?"

Golden Fox scratched his hair angrily, and he knew that he couldn't hide it from Chen Qing. How could a group of bad old men come to Jingzhao from Tongzhou? There is a problem in it!Maybe this opportunity will be lost again.

The man in black whispered: "Boss, I also think Uncle Wen is right, this morning is an opportunity."

"Fart! Do you think Chen Qing is Jiang Yanxian? He can be shot with one arrow. Few people in the world can match his martial arts. There is no absolute certainty, so you can't do it easily."

At this time, an old man walked in from the hall, and the man in black immediately stood aside respectfully, "Uncle Wen is here!"

This old man is called Li Wenzhu, nicknamed Wenzhu Weng, from Jingzhao, one of Wanyan Wushu's aides, who was sent by Wanyan Wushu to assist Golden Fox and advise him.

Li Wenzhu said calmly: "Tie Qing, you must not make the mistake of Li Toutuo, forcing us to kill him and several of his subordinates. Director Jin is right, our mission is not only to get rid of Chen Qing, but also to kill him. There are many important events, if the assassination fails and other important tasks are delayed, then the loss outweighs the gain.”

"Humble job knows it's wrong!"

Golden Fox waved his hand, "Go! Follow the original plan. Jingzhao will stop all actions and stop contacting insiders."

"Understandable!"

The man in black turned and left.

The golden fox snorted, "Tie Qing is still too angry, not as stable as Li Toutuo."

"But at least he is more loyal than Li Toutuo, and he will not secretly seek refuge with Wanyan Taran."