Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1590 A bolt from the blue

   the next day.

   Sure enough, a lot of people came to Liu's house, and there was a lot of noise in front of the door.

  Liu Huiwen's son is named Liu Apologia, and Liu Apologia personally led several younger brothers to welcome guests at the door.

   There are quite a few people here.

  As Fang Jifan said, many people are just out of breath right now.

   This time, quite a few gentry went bankrupt, and even those who survived were hurt.

  Most of them are scholars, their fame is gone, and their hearts are full of hatred.

   This is forcing people to death. Since we don’t want to let everyone have a better life, we simply use this time the three divisions to make a little noise, so that His Majesty can know that we are not easy to mess with.

certainly…

  They did this, to a certain extent... also in this temple, someone secretly acquiesced.

   If you don’t fight, it’s really over. If you fight, maybe everything will be different.

   "Master Qinghe Wang is here."

   Menzi sang loudly.

   Liu apologized with a dejected look on his face. After all, his father is still being convicted, and he doesn't know if it will affect the family.

  But when he heard that someone from the Qinghe Wang family had come to the door, Liu Apologetically cheered up immediately.

This Qinghe Wang family is a well-known family that has gone through more than ten generations in the Beijing-Tianjin area. It is a scholarly family and...occupies countless fertile fields in Beijing and Tianjin. Over the years, with the help of the imperial examination, seven or eight of the Wang family have entered the court and become officials. There are so many people, I can't imagine... There are people coming from his house.

   Liu apologized and brought people to the middle gate, and sure enough, he saw Wang Shixun from Qinghe bringing a few children.

   Liu apologized and said with tears in his eyes: "Shi Bo..."

Wang Shixun was in a strong body, stepped forward and patted Liu Apologetically on the shoulder, and said in a deep and deep voice: "Nephew, you have started a family business at a young age. Hey, I think back in the past, how enjoyable it was when I cooked wine with green plums with your father. I never imagined that he would be in such a catastrophe. The old man went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inquire about it. Although what your father committed is a treasonous crime, it is sympathetic. Thinking about it, the imperial court must have a gracious decree."

   Liu apologized, his eyes were red, and he said quietly: "My father... my father really shouldn't be like this..."

  Wang Shixun sighed, nodded and said: "Yes, this is a big mistake, assassinating the son-in-law, hey...he is too strong."

  These people are mostly gentry in the Gyeonggi area. They usually look up and down to see each other. When they see each other, they can't help but say hello.

   This is an extraordinary time.

  After Wang Shixun greeted the people, he pulled Liu Apologetically aside and lowered his voice: "Did you hear that there are people in the court who really want to rescue your father?"

   Liu apologized and cheered up: "I don't know which uncle it is?"

Wang Shixun squinted his eyes, but didn't continue talking. Such things are absolutely unacceptable, and he said: "Now the state capitals have secretly contacted each other. Many local parents and officials are quite sympathetic to your father. There are also gentry. And scholars, all in all, you need to calm down and wait for the good news. That Qi Guogong is too much, you must know the truth of playing with fire and self-immolation."

  Liu Qian felt that what he said was ambiguous, and couldn't help but said: "I don't know who is a man of high righteousness... Hey, don't say that he can save my father, even if he can't, my nephew is also very grateful."

Wang Shixun looked meaningful, but he didn't continue to be overly entangled in this matter, and instead said: "Anyone who dares to play tricks on this case has his own skills, so you don't have to guess it yourself, guess it." It's useless, nephew, go and treat the guests."

  Liu apologized knowing that he couldn't find anything out, so he followed Wang Shixun to the backyard.

  There are seventy or eighty tables set up in the backyard, full of guests, people gather together, complain to each other, how much money they have lost this time, and the so-and-so next door broke their house because of this, how miserable it is. It was also said that the meritorious service obtained with great difficulty was actually confiscated. When it came to excitement, everyone gritted their teeth, beat their chests and fell their feet.

   Without waiting for Liu to apologize.

Then someone said emotionally: "It's really impossible to live now. In the past, we scholars were treated with such courtesy. Even if the Mongols came to the Central Plains, they never treated us so poorly. Now it's all right... I What else is there to do? I was in a car yesterday, and a car came towards me. In this car, there was a cheap merchant. In the past, how could this cheap merchant dare to come head-on, but now, the other party refuses to back down , What kind of things are they, who don't know etiquette, integrity, shame, and education, such people can actually ride on our heads... Hey... To tell you the truth, this time my family lost more than 700 acres of fertile land, and the descendants are not filial... "

   After saying that, he burst into tears, as if he had lost his soul.

   "The Central Plains is in mourning." Someone cried again.

Someone said: "Liu Jijiu, what kind of person is he? Everyone knows in their hearts that my family and his family are family friends. Their ancestors have been great Confucianists for generations, and they are upright gentlemen. Today he is in trouble, why is he in trouble? Everyone doesn't know. Is it? Now, the three judges will interrogate, and a catastrophic disaster is happening right in front of Liu Jijiu. Today, everyone is here, eating the food and wine of the Liu family, and they must say something fair."

"yes…"

  People are like this. When they gather in one place, they seem to have a backer. They feel that the law will not blame the crowd, and they have enough confidence, and they speak loudly. They have courage in an instant.

   "Just ask Zhou Xianggong to speak, I will just listen."

The man surnamed Zhou said: "Why don't we jointly name Liu Jijiu as the guarantor? I know what kind of person he is. One or two people have no strength, but if there are thousands of people, all of them will jointly sign and write down Wan Yanshu, can the imperial court still let it go, I, Zhou, will be the first to write my name on it, without it, I just don’t want this temple to be covered with wolves and rotten trees, and I don’t want my Chinese clothes, and that’s it. , Your Excellencies, the kingdom has come to this day, and we have nowhere to go."

  He said this... Amidst the excitement, everyone suddenly responded.

Liu Apologetics sat aside, with tears in his eyes. He thought of a certain important person in the temple who seemed willing to excuse his father. Seeing so many people justifying his father's name, he was filled with emotion. He stood up and said: "Student I am just a junior, my father is in trouble, and his death is in front of us. Fortunately, you are here to lend a helping hand. This kind of righteousness, the student will remember it in his heart. Today, the student is extremely ashamed, and kneels down for everyone on behalf of his father. In the future , will be rewarded."

Wang Shixun on the side took the lead to pull him up, it seemed that this Wang Shixun had already known what happened today, he said: "Nephew, there is no need to be like this, who is your father, my heart is like a mirror, and I am a disciple of a saint. When helping."

  Liu apologized and shed tears, looking at Wang Shixun: "Shibo...Shibo...little nephew...my nephew has always admired you, Shibo is a noble man..."

  He wanted to say many words of gratitude.

Wang Shixun only stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "It's exaggerated, it's exaggerated, we... just can't get used to the evil trend in the current court. The country has supported scholars for a hundred and fifty years, and we have also suffered for a hundred and fifty years." If we read the book, we should understand the truth, and if we understand the truth, we will know what to do and what not to do. If we do something, even though there are tens of thousands of people, I will go..."

  He was only halfway through.

  But someone came in in a hurry, and said in a panic: "Young master, young master... Xishan Bank is posting announcements everywhere, Xishan Bank is posting announcements everywhere..."

  The door ran fast, and came in quickly, panting.

  Wang Shixun frowned unhappily.

  He hates it when someone interrupts him.

   Not to mention being a slave.

   But the Liu family's servant, with a panicked look, attracted many people's attention.

  People put away their righteous indignation and looked at the door.

   "Bold, Liu Yi, you are so bold, don't you have no rules at all?" Liu apologized and couldn't help being annoyed.

  It's extremely rude to rush in like this and interrupt your distinguished guest. If you say it, others will make fun of the Liu family.

  This Liu Yi fell down with a slap and said: "Small... the villain thinks something is wrong, and...someone posted a poster at the gate of our house, so the villain thinks..."

  Wang Shixun smiled, and patted Liu apologetically on the shoulder: "Nephew, don't get angry, and listen to what he has to say."

   Liu said apologetically and ashamedly: "My little nephew is incapable of discipline, making Shibo laugh at me."

  Then, everyone held their breath, and listened to Liu Yi said: "Xishan Bank posted a list, saying that the bank has purchased grain fields on a large scale these days, and has already obtained about 150 million mu of grain fields..."

  The expressions of the gentlemen suddenly changed, and their faces were ashen.

   Of course they know about this.

   I don’t know how many people have gone bankrupt, and even most of them are injured.

   That **** surnamed Fang is really harmful.

   It's just... They still didn't expect... Xishan Bank has acquired so many properties in the past month. This amount is really terrible.

  People whispered to each other and started talking.

  Wang Shixun was the first to sneer, and said contemptuously: "It is rare in the world to collect money like this. Such a person is still living in the temple, which is also a great spectacle in this dynasty."

   These words can be said to have reached the hearts of many people.

   Fang Jifan's accumulating wealth like this is naturally unpopular.

But I heard the doorman continue: "But the superiors also said that the original intention of Xishan Bank to purchase land is to revitalize agriculture. In addition, it is to benefit the people of the world. Therefore, Xishan Bank... wants to use these lands for a large number of people. Most of them are released and let the common people rent the seeds, and each family can rent up to 30 mu, all of which are free of rent!"

   Free rent?

   Is this given to the common people for farming?

  Hearing this... Wang Shixun blushed slightly, just now he said that Fang Jifan was collecting money, but now...

   just... jerk...

  Wang Shixun suddenly trembled.

  A popular vocabulary in Beijing appeared in his mind like lightning.

  Damn it...

  The dog with the surname Fang...he is exempt from rent...

  Like a bolt from the blue, Wang Shixun suddenly felt dizzy.

   This bastard, is he going to dig up the old man's ancestral grave, to make the old man die?

  (end of this chapter)