Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

After the autumn harvest, the footsteps of winter seem to be approaching suddenly. The harvest of this year’s autumn harvest is gratifying, the granaries are filled to the brim, and even more than a dozen more have been built. These grains are enough to feed the people for three years. Taizhou’s land output is not high. Even if you plant sweet potatoes and potatoes that require the least land, you can't compete with other places.

But for the people of Taizhou, the bad news of previous years is not so bad this year.

They can earn money, and then they can buy food by themselves, and the price of food is not high.

It's not difficult to survive, and you don't have to tighten your belt.

Wang Xi is the youngest son of a family in Taizhou. He makes a living by moving goods. When the merchants’ caravan arrives, they will find someone to unload the goods and move them to their warehouses. The goods are moved by piece. Wang Xi looks like He is thin and small, but has great strength. Others earn more than ten Wen a day, but he can earn more than 20 Wen.

He takes care of his parents and has to raise children. His wife is now working in a needlework bureau, earning more than 300 or [-] cash a month. Adding his salary, the family lives well.

Although he was tired, Wang Xi was very happy. Only by giving can he gain something.

This is something I didn't even dare to think about before.

After moving the goods that day, Wang Xi settled the wages in the hands of the caravan steward. He hid the money in his coat, patted his flushed cheeks with his hands, and then walked home. Individuals have replaced oil lamps with candles, which are cheaper and more convenient.

Usually, when he went back at this time, his wife would still be lighting candles, with sweet potato rice in the pot, and would not go to sleep until he got home and cleaned up.

The children will also wait for him with his wife. Although he has repeatedly said that there is no need to wait, when he returns home and sees those little faces, he always feels unspeakable satisfaction in his heart.

Through an alley, Wang Xi took a shortcut to go home.

This alley is very dark. He has walked this alley many times, so many times that he can't count it. The alley is very dark, and sometimes the moonlight is brighter, so he can still see the road ahead clearly, but today the moonlight is blocked. Covered by dark clouds, he can only walk through according to his memory, but fortunately his memory is always good.

In the dark alley, there was only one family whose candles were lit. Wang Xi sat under the corner of that family’s wall, ready to rest for a while before leaving. Damn, it feels like my hands and feet don't belong to me anymore.

Just when Wang Xi was about to stand up and continue walking, he suddenly heard someone talking.

"At that time, we should cooperate internally and externally."

"I don't know when the court will send someone over."

"They don't know that these untouchables are about to climb over the heads of the adults now. If this continues, the group of untouchables will forget what they were originally."

"This so-called Southern Bodhisattva is the one with the most vicious thoughts."

Wang Xi is very smart. He has been a smart man since he was a child, so he can always find the caravan with the highest salary.

He understood what these people were doing almost instantly.

They want to rebel against Nan Bodhisattva.

They are going to fight Taizhou.

After realizing this, Wang Xi stood up without making a sound. He had never walked so lightly in his life. After walking on tiptoe for a while, Wang Xifa ran wildly. There was no one on the road at this time. Yes, if he didn't want to earn more today, he wouldn't have left work so late.

Wang Xi didn't run home, he ran directly to the Yamen.

Yamen is now on duty all day long.

Wang Xi was terrified. He felt that if he was discovered just now, he would definitely be dead by now.

He heard from his fellow workers that the yamen now has a protection policy for key objects, and he can bring his family and move into the house of the protected person. There are soldiers nearby, so he will be much safer.

The guard in the gatehouse saw Wang Xi approaching and asked, "What's the matter with you coming to the Yamen so late? If it's not a big deal, come back tomorrow."

Wang Xi quickly said: "I have something to do! Something big to do! I want to tell the governor!"

The guard looked at him and said, "Follow me in. If you have nothing serious to do and wake up your lord at this time, then you will be sent to prison and locked up for a few days."

Wang Xi nodded quickly, followed the guard and walked in through the side door.

Jiang Gui got up from bed in the middle of the night. Ever since he became the province of Taizhou, Jiang Gui felt that he was under more and more pressure. He had never been under such pressure when he was a small official—yes, pressure.

He still remembered what Lin Yuan said to him when he was sent by Lin Yuan to be the province.

He said: "Third brother, treat the people well, otherwise I will find any reason to treat you well."

"I give you power and wealth, but I want you to reciprocate by treating the people well."

"Third brother, I hope that we will always be brothers, instead of one day, I can only see you on the guillotine."

Jiang Gui knew that Lin Yuan was not just talking.

He always kept in mind that he did not dare to slack off one day.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan has already taken care of Taizhou. Even if the people below are a bit cautious, it will not affect the operation of Taizhou.

He put on his clothes, told his wife to continue to sleep, and then walked out of the room.

Wang Xi was fidgeting in the study, he had never been to such a place, and the nervousness made him almost suffocate.

So much so that when Jiang Gui entered the study, what he saw was Wang Xi squatting on the ground without doing anything with the chair.

"You are Wang Xi?" Jiang Gui yawned, wanting to deal with the matter earlier and then go to bed. Province.

However, what Wang Xi said next made Jiang Gui sleepless.

His complexion was very poor, so black that water dripped out.

Wang Xi tremblingly said: "Sir, can my family apply for the protection of important and key objects? My family still has..."

Jiang Gui: "Take him to find a colleague."

Wang Xi was taken away by servants. He seemed to want to kowtow to Jiang Gui, but was taken away before he had time.

He told people to spread the news to Lin Yuan quickly.

They also ordered people to surround the house that Wang Xi mentioned overnight.

Fortunately, Wang Xi didn't disturb the people in the house. When they arrived, those people were still sleeping in their respective rooms.

A total of five people were arrested. The people sent by Jiang Gui made very little movement and did not even disturb the surrounding people. These five people had the same surname and similar looks. Their noses were almost carved out of the same mold.

After interrogating overnight, Jiang Gui learned most of the information.

In the past few days, the surname is Ma. The original Taizhou surname has a wealth of wealth. He is a very great landlord. There are five streets in Taizhou that belong to his family. As a result, when the South Bodhisattva came, the family property was gone, and the original food and clothing were gone. The servants are gone, and even the big house at home is gone.

One can imagine what kind of mood the Ma family should feel.

They always feel that as long as the court returns, they can get back their original things.

So they sent news to the court secretly, but they were ignored at the beginning, but they finally heard back recently.

The imperial court sent someone to write back to them!

Ask them to inquire about the locations of all granaries in Taizhou, and when the armory and barracks are at their weakest.

The five brothers of the Ma family secretly contacted the court without telling their family members.

They feel that by doing so, they can become heroes of the family.

Untouched, pure and simple.

Also hopelessly stupid.

When Jiang Gui went to see them, they had already told everything they could say under torture.

Their buttocks were beaten to a bloody mess, but they did not die. They cried and screamed in the prison, and their tears were all shed, and there was no more tear to shed.

The Ma family didn't know why the five brothers disappeared suddenly. They had a lot of family members, and they searched around the whole Taizhou, but still found nothing.

Until some people found their belongings on the road run over by the wheels of the wagon outside the city.

The Ma family thought they couldn't bear the current life, so they left Taizhou.

But what the Ma family doesn't know is that they may not have the opportunity to leave Taizhou in the future, and people related to them should not even think about going out of the city. They will be under house arrest in this city. As for when they can go out , depends on their luck.

As for the correspondence between them and the imperial court, Jiang Gui asked someone to hand it over to Lin Yuan.

"The imperial court will not send troops." Lin Yuan said to Song Shizhao and Wu Changqing with a letter, "It's just to see if there is any advantage."

Wu Changqing asked strangely: "Cheap?"

Song Shizhao explained: "The imperial court doesn't have any extra troops right now, they are the most, that is, let those five idiots provide some information that doesn't need to be benefited."

Song Shizhao: "How are those five idiots doing now?"

Lin Yuan: "They were locked up in the big prison. Jiang Gui asked someone to watch them. They didn't know who they were contacting. They only knew that they were from Tongzhou."

Song Shizhao was speechless: "How can people be so stupid?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "You ask me, I don't know, the family raised them too naively?"

Song Shizhao: "It's no wonder the Ma family fell into disrepair so quickly. If there were all such people, they would be no different from pigs waiting to be slaughtered."

Wu Changqing asked: "Then over there in Tongzhou..."

Lin Yuan: "Don't worry about Tongzhou. Give them ten guts, and they won't dare to call at this time."

Now that Lin Yuan's military strength has increased greatly, as long as Tongzhou Zhizhou is not a fool, he will know that when the imperial court does not order troops to be sent, their own military strength will never be enough to confront Lin Yuan head-on, even if it is a sneak attack and surprise attack.

If they really want to sneak attack, they also need someone who can disrupt the order in Taizhou, such as setting fire and burning the granary, which can make people panic quickly in a short period of time.

After the five idiots of the Ma family were arrested, they obviously couldn't find anyone who did this.

What's more, all the granaries are heavily guarded, and every soldier has to go through an identity check, and no one with a little doubt can guard the granary.

Lin Yuan: "Since Tongzhou is so interested in us, then give Tongzhou a big gift."

Wu Changqing and Song Shizhao looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "We are rebels."

Song Shizhao understood: "If my lord is at ease, I will ask the subordinate officials to deal with this matter, and I will definitely do it properly without any flaws."

Lin Yuan: "Then go."

Since someone in Tongzhou coveted Taizhou, he had no choice but to make a move. He wanted to take Tongzhou without bloodshed, and asked the people of Tongzhou to offer the state themselves. Lin Yuan had a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold.