Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 114 Fanning the wind and lighting the will-o'-the-wisps, the saint's heart is blackened
Scholars from Jiaxing Mansion gathered in the Confucian Temple to cry and make noise, looking for death and life, and there was a lot of noise.The officials and gentry in the city waited to see how the imperial envoy would deal with it, but Ren Qi ignored him.

But after such a commotion, the matter of measuring the fields stopped.Ren Qi seemed to be in a state of desperation, so he personally visited a few prominent gentry, held a banquet in the best restaurant in the city, and had a good drink with Zheng and Zha, keeping his attitude very low.

Ren Qi's behavior was immediately spread as a joke, and people thought he had given in.

Mr. Zheng sneered in private and said, "I haven't hacked all three axes, and his imperial envoy will have nothing to do. An old man from a lowly background, unworthy of virtue, and several scholars who dare not come forward when making troubles, how can he fight with me?" ?”

The head of the Cha family laughed: "Our emperor has lost his head, and even used this kind of idiot as an imperial envoy. To govern the country, we have to rely on our gentry. If we don't rule the world with the literati, I don't think half of the Ming Dynasty can survive!"

Fuya, back hall.

Zhu Yousong was full of anger and complained: "Ren Qi, if you only have this little ability, if you resign in the morning, you will lose the face of the court for no reason."

"Why are you in a hurry?" Ren Qiwen said slowly.

"Hey, I'm the emperor's cousin after all. You, the imperial envoy, have disgraced my old Zhu family. Can I not be in a hurry?"

Ren Qi smiled and said: "The face of the old Zhu family has long been thrown away by you feudal lords who are just waiting to die, otherwise the emperor wouldn't cut down the feudal clan! Why are you staring at me, am I not telling the truth? Don't worry, I'm waiting for someone."

"Wait for who?"

Ren Qi smiled without answering, lay down on the wicker chair, and snored loudly after a while.

That night, a man came to the government office, wearing a big bamboo hat, his face was completely covered.

"You are Li Daosan?" Ren Qi asked.

"Exactly!" Li Daosan took off his hat, with beards growing on his face, he took out a gold medal from his pocket and handed it to Ren Qi.

"My lord imperial envoy, this is the Jinyiwei waist badge that Her Royal Highness Princess Changping gave me back then, please have a look."

"Since last year, I have been walking around the south of the Yangtze River and quelled several slave rebellions. When the imperial envoy went south, I received a secret order from the Jinyiwei. If the imperial envoy has orders, the little ones will die!"

Ren Qi nodded and said: "About your matter, when the imperial envoy left Nanjing, Commander Gong told me in detail. Let me ask you, how is the slave change in Jiaxing Mansion now?"

Li Daosan replied: "Slavery has occurred in all counties, and Jiashan County has handled it the most properly. Li Chenyu, the magistrate of Jiashan County, is honest and upright, loves the people like a son, and he resolved the slavery at the very beginning."

"Resolved? No, this imperial envoy still has to watch the excitement! Li Daosan, you go to the counties and gather the troubled servants together to attack Jiaxing Mansion."

"Ah!" Li Daosan was stunned, and hurriedly said, "My lord, Princess Changping asked me to calm down the slave change, but didn't let me make trouble..."

Ren Qi waved his hand and said: "I am ordering you now as the commander of the Jinyiwei, are you going to disobey the superior?"

Since Gong Yonggu took over Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei has been rectified and disciplined.The subordinates disobeyed the orders of the superiors, committed a heinous crime, and died without a place to bury them.

Li Daosan had no choice but to agree.

Ren Qi murmured a few words next to his ear, and said with a smile: "You tell Li Chenyu what I say, and just do it. After the matter is done, I will ask the court for your credit."

Li Daosan rushed to Jiashan County overnight, and after a few days, slave revolts in various counties suddenly surged, threatening to start a prairie fire.

Then it was reported that the servants gathered together in Jiashan County, launched leaders, and actively planned to attack Jiaxing Mansion.

The momentum was shocking, and many officials and gentry in Jiashan County fled one after another, causing panic, and the servants in Jiaxing and Xiushui counties were also ready to move.

Liu Xuan came to Ren Qi in a hurry, and begged, "Master Imperial Envoy, send troops to quell the chaos!"

"Squeeze the chaos, what's the chaos?" Ren Qi was bewildered.

"Oh, the slavery in Jiaxing is getting more and more violent. It is rumored that the slaves are coming to attack the government office. It just so happens that you have brought a large team of troops, and I have to rely on you for this matter!"

Ren Qi pretended to ask, "How many servants are there?"

Liu Xuan extended a slap and said, "No less than 5000 people!"

"Oh my god, so many people came to besiege Jiaxing City, what's the deal? I only have [-] soldiers, not enough troops, so I can only defend the city."

Liu Xuan said helplessly: "Then defend the city, and the next official will make arrangements."

Ren Qidao: "To defend the city, we must strengthen the city walls and manufacture defensive equipment. Is there enough manpower in the city?"

Liu Xuan thought for a while, then stomped his feet and said, "We can only send a strong man! It's not too late, the next official will immediately inform the big and small officials to take action."

When Liu Xuan left, Zhu Yousong looked sideways at Ren Qi, and said with a cold air in his nose:
"Ren Qi, Ren Qi, you missed a great opportunity. You are so stupid! The slave rebellion is aimed at the officials and gentry. Why don't you take this opportunity to bargain? If the officials and gentry don't cooperate with you in implementing the New Deal, just let the slaves suffer. Now, you have to help them defend the city, you idiot!"

Ren Qi lazily said: "Defending the city is fake, but pulling strong men is real. With your walnut-sized brain, how can you know Lao Tzu's scheme?"

It was the autumn harvest season at this time, and the government sent people to recruit strong men everywhere to repair and strengthen the city wall, which inevitably caused great commotion and public grievances.

Many peasant households were assigned servants, and the young men in the family left, which delayed harvesting the crops.The farmers gritted their teeth, and the fields were full of wailing and cursing.

The strong men were even more annoyed. They were the pillars of the family. The whole family was counting on the autumn harvest to survive, but they had to put down their farm work to serve as servants. There was fire in their eyes, and they cursed the world when they disagreed.

When more than 2 strong men gathered in the city, Ren Qi smiled: "Zhu Yousong, it's time to fan the wind and light the will-o'-the-wisps! Go, bring the officials from the Ministry of Households, and explain the New Deal to the strong men in detail."

Only then did Zhu Yousong come back to his senses, and he gave a thumbs up and said, "My boy, you've become a genius!"

According to Ren Qi's instructions, officials from the household department explained the content of the New Deal in plain language.In particular, it explained the original intention of assigning danding to mu, and told people that in the future, the government will distribute corvees. Those who have more fields will get more cadres, and one person will be drawn for [-] mu of land. Those with less than [-] mu of land will not have to bear official labor.

When the young men heard this, they were in an uproar.Many people shouted: "Damn it, my family only has a few acres of Susukida, so I shouldn't be here to work!"

Zhu Yousong said sadly: "The emperor implemented the New Deal for the sake of the poor people, but the officials and gentry in Jiaxing Mansion obstructed it in every possible way. If the New Deal cannot be implemented, it is you who will suffer."

"Okay, the rich and powerful officials don't care whether we live or die, and the slavery has changed, but they want us to work hard, deceiving people too much! Brothers, leave the pick and leave, do whatever you want!"

The strong men shouted and cursed, threw away the masonry and wood in their hands, and were about to leave angrily.

Zhu Yousong stopped them and said: "Once you leave, the imperial envoy will still not be able to carry out the New Deal. If you want to live a good life, you have to follow the imperial envoy to implement the new policy!"

"Yes, that's the truth!" The strong men nodded and asked again, "What should we do?"

"Let's gather at the Confucian Temple first, the imperial envoy has something to say."

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More than 2 people came to the Confucian Temple in a big way, and it was crowded.There was no room for so many people standing in the courtyard, and many climbed onto the wall.

After a while, only a few gongs were heard, and the imperial envoy, surrounded by Jin Yiwei, walked slowly to the Confucian Temple.

Ren Qi swaggered to the front of the main hall and said loudly: "Come on, bring me up!"

Then I saw a few scholars being escorted to the courtyard, among them was an old scholar with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, his eyeballs were rolling around, and there was a sly gleam in his eyes.

Ren Qi looked at the old scholar and asked, "It's you who fabricated the rumors about Confucius' apparition to slander the New Deal, isn't it?"

The old scholar shivered for a moment, but quickly said firmly: "It is true that the sage Kong appeared, and it is not a random fabrication of the old man. As for the slander of the New Deal, those words are all said by the sage Kong, and the old man is just telling the truth. If the imperial envoy doesn't believe it, You can look back at the statue of the saint, is there a crack in the chest?"

"Hmph, you scholars are telling lies, one thing after another. It's a pity that I don't agree with you. You say that the sage Kong appeared, but I still say that the sage Kong gave me a dream. Do you believe it or not?"

The old scholar said stubbornly: "If the sage Confucius gave the imperial envoy a dream, it would be the imperial envoy's blessing. Of course I believe it, and I am very envious."

"Don't you ask what Confucius said to me in the dream?" Ren Qi sneered, raised his head to look at the strong men, and said word by word.

"Sage Kong entrusted this official with a dream. He said that Jiaxing Mansion is a rotten place. The people are in dire straits, and the officials and gentry do evil. His heart has been blackened by the worship of vicious officials and gentry day and night. , Let me rescue him!"

As soon as this remark came out, people looked at each other in blank dismay.

The old scholar and the few scholars who took the lead in crying said in unison: "Don't slander the saint, how can the heart of the saint be black?"

"Come on, break open the statue and take out the heart of Confucius!" Ren Qi ordered.

Several royal guards held hammers and chiseled open the statue's chest.One of them stretched out his hand to poke inside, and after a while, he really took out a dark heart.

The Confucian Temple immediately became a pot of porridge, with exclamations, lamentations, and panic sounds.

People in the feudal era regarded Confucius as the greatest saint in the world.Now taking out a blackened heart from the statue of a saint is like thunder exploding in the flat ground, and it is also like the sky falling apart, causing panic is inevitable.

The faces of the old scholar and the others were ashen, they felt dizzy and dizzy, they knelt down in fear and kowtowed like garlic, and wept heart-piercingly.

Ren Qichong blinked at Zhu Yousong, while Zhu Yousong secretly gave a thumbs up.It turned out that this heart was taken out from a corpse that had just died, and was blackened with thick smoke. Someone was sent to chisel open the back of the statue, and secretly hid it inside.

Ren Qi held up the black heart, stood on the steps, and said loudly:
"Fathers and folks, you can see that Confucius can no longer stand the smog in Jiaxing Mansion! These scholars are pleading for the people, bluffing and deceiving under the banner of Confucius, but they don't want their actions to violate the teachings of the saint. Said Is it true that Confucius opposed the New Deal?"

"This imperial envoy is just like you. I used to be a poor man who didn't have enough to eat or wear. He became a gangster and hated corrupt officials to death. He vowed not to serve the Ming Dynasty."

"But why am I willing to be an official of the Ming Dynasty and work for the emperor to carry out the New Deal? The reason is simple. The New Deal is for the benefit of the poor, and the current emperor is sincerely for the benefit of the people of the world!"

Then he threw the black heart in front of the old scholar, and asked sharply: "Say, who is behind the scenes instigating you to make trouble, instigating you to hinder the implementation of the New Deal?"

"Speak, speak out!" The strong men were filled with righteous indignation, and their voices shook the roof tiles.

The old scholar was scared to pee, and stammered: "Yes... it is Mr. Zheng, and... the head of the Cha family, my lord, please forgive me..."

"Obstructing the New Deal and deceiving the public with evil words is a crime that cannot be punished. Procrastinate and chop!" Ren Qi was expressionless.

The old scholar and others were immediately ordered to return to Huangquan, and Ren Qi ordered to put their heads on the altar, knelt down and kowtowed to the statue of Confucius, got up and said, "Fathers, folks, officials and gentry don't accept the new government policy, what should we do? "

"Kill them, kill them!"

"I know where the residences of the Zheng family and the Zha family are, come with me, let's settle accounts with them!" One person jumped off the wall, raising his arms and shouting.

More than 2 strong men flooded the streets like a tide, running like wolves and tigers.They surrounded the mansions of Zheng and Zha, yelling and cursing endlessly, scaring the hearts of the people in the two mansions to pieces.

Mr. Zheng already knew the ins and outs of the matter, the old guy finally knew how to be afraid, his hands and feet trembled and he fell limp on the ground.Hearing the menacing yelling and cursing outside the mansion, he no longer had the self-righteous composure he had before.

"My lord imperial envoy, what a good way! It's nothing more than inciting the strong men to make trouble, the key is that the trick of taking out the black heart from the statue of Confucius is too sinister and vicious. Let's get started!"

Only then did Mr. Zheng learn Ren Qi's methods, and he was so angry that he was so angry, but he also understood that the general situation was over.

He hurriedly got up and went into the study, wrote a letter, and handed it to the steward, saying: "When the situation in the city stabilizes, you immediately send someone to Nanjing and hand it to Brother Sen."

"Understood." The butler took the letter and put it in his arms, and asked, "Old man, what should we do next?"

"What else can I do, cooperate with the imperial envoy to implement the New Deal."

"Doesn't that mean we admit defeat?"

There was a cold smile on Mr. Zheng's orange-peeled face, and he snorted coldly: "At this point, we should save our lives and property first, and make false claims with the imperial envoy. The future will be long, and this struggle around the New Deal is far from Finish!"

Thinking of Brother Sen who was far away in Nanjing City, Mr. Zheng stroked his beard and said to himself: "Brother Sen is Qian Qianyi's student. Chongzhen killed Qian Qianyi. He already harbored resentment. I just want to provoke you." , with Brother Sen's temperament, something will happen."

"Hey, the officials and gentry of Jiaxing Mansion are powerless to fight against the imperial court, but the pirates are different!"

After making up his mind, Mr. Zheng changed into a formal attire and ordered someone to invite Ren Qi.

When Ren Qi came, Mr. Zheng smiled all over his face, and saluted respectfully: "This old man is determined to support the imperial court's new policy, and there will be no more complaints!"

(End of this chapter)