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Chapter 524 Dying struggle(1/2)

"What do you want to do?"

Xu Si shouted sternly at the servants attracted by the screams.

The servants looked at each other.

"Hurry, catch him and give each person a thousand taels!"

Cao Rong shouted anxiously.

If Xu Si really wants to report, he will have no way to die. Yang Qing is worried that he will not be able to kill the chicken to warn the monkey! He is here to the door, trying to bribe the representatives of the Four Minions to achieve the purpose of blocking the Public Land Law by bribing elections. Then house searches are indispensable, and his head must also be put to the ground.

"They want to kill someone to silence you, do you want to die together?"

Xu Si shouted.

The servants quickly awakened.

Those who receive their own wages have no need to do such stupid things. They are servants, and their contracts for selling their bodies in the past have long been invalidated. Now they are just hired workers who receive wages. Even if the Cao family searches the house, they will not involve themselves. At the worst, they will find another employer. If they can't find an employer, they can go to the imperial village to surrender.

Since that's the case...

They quickly retreated.

Xu Si turned around and looked at Cao Rong.

The latter was stupid, too.

The fellow villager suddenly threw the crutch down at Xu Si's feet, hugging his legs directly...

"Fourth, Uncle Tai was confused for a while. You just let us go for the sake of the family! Your grandfather and I grew up together. Your father was sick when he was a child or I paid the money. If you really want to report the Uncle Tai, you can't live anymore. Do you really have the heart to watch Uncle Tai go to the court in his eighties? If you really report it, Uncle Tai will be hung tonight, so as not to get that knife!"

The old guy was crying and crying with tears.

Xu Si pushed him away in disgust.

"You guys do it yourself!"

He looked at Cao Rong with a flattering smile and turned around and left.

Looking at his back, the fellow villager finally breathed a sigh of relief and watched Xu Si leave with Cao Rong. After the latter's figure completely disappeared, they looked at each other again. Then a harsh expression appeared on the fellow villager's face. Cao Rong nodded clearly, and then looked at the servants, who lowered his head and pretended not to know anything...

"A bunch of waste, get out!"

Cao Rong shouted.

The servants left quickly.

"The world is getting worse and worse, it's all about the trouble of the slaves!"

The fellow villager sighed and said.

Indeed, if you want to rush over, no slave dares to ignore the master. But after the slave order was promulgated, all slaves became employers, and others would not listen to the master's everything anymore. Even if they were driven out of the mansion, it was no big deal. It was nothing more than finding a royal farm. In the past, the slaves could only be refugees when they left their master, but now they could be imperial villagers. The reason why they still work in these gentry families was because the amount of land controlled by the Jiangnan Royal Village was limited. If they wanted to join the imperial village, they could only be sent to other places to get land. If they had the right wages at the gentry family, of course they were still unwilling to leave their hometowns to open up land.

But the personal dependence relationship no longer exists. You can work for the gentry's family, but you will not do stupid things that commit crimes for the gentry.

"Luckily there are others!"

Cao Rong sneered.

"We must be more concealed and we cannot be involved."

The fellow villager said.

"Don't worry, Nandu has a population of two or three million. Even if the four people represent the people, there will inevitably be an accident or something. Even if there is no accident, there will be a gangster who will rob and hurt people!"

Cao Rong said.

They couldn't guarantee that Xu Sizhen wouldn't report them. After all, both sides had already broken up. This was related to their wealth and life. Since Xu Si had already made up this mind, he could not let him live again. After all, he had experienced the destruction of Beijing City, and former Censor Cao would not have even had the courage to kill someone.

The next night.

"It's still the wealth that touches people's hearts"

Yang Qing said.

Of course, he knew the election bribery activities of the gentry in Nandu.

It's not up to the Jinyiwei.

In fact, what happened between the Cai and Cao families was reported to the Jinyiwei by the servants in the form of a rumor. Since they were going to dominate the spy, it was impossible to discourage the rumor. Although it sounded a bit bad, it was really useful. Of course, it could not be said to be a rumor. This is the servants and maids who are loyal to the country and Her Majesty, and they do not believe that their employers commit crimes. As the people of the Ming Dynasty, they all have the responsibility to report and expose the country. Anyway, the order for the slaves of the slaves had been promulgated long ago. Theoretically, except for the slaves who specialize in the government, those servants and maids who still account for a large part of the gentry's family were considered good people, so there was no need to worry at all.

In the past, it was also a crime for slaves to sue their masters.

Any slave in any dynasty who sues the master, even if the slave sues the truth, will be punished.

Next, the slave and the master are one. If the informant is arrested and the master is finished, they will have no other way of living. After all, the slaves are directly in the slave family, and they are basically just forbidden to be registered and then sold. Apart from the good thing of being a good person, it is possible to count on it in Hongwu. At that time, civilians even strictly prohibited raising slaves. After discovering that, not only will they be beaten to the slaughter, but they will be released directly as a good person.

But don't count on it later.

Even in the later period, the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang could raise thousands of domestic slaves.

What's more, those officials are the defenders of the old etiquette and law system. For such cases, they usually deal with slaves first. This is a matter of routine. Just like when the King of Shaw became an official, tenants and landlords can violate the rules. Therefore, unless the slaves and owners are forced to have no choice, they will basically not happen.

But now it's different.

Who is afraid of whom is all good people?

"Isn't this exactly what you want?"

Li Laiheng said sarcastically.

"Don't talk nonsense, I just give them a chance to take the test. They can't stand the test and blame themselves for not being able to withstand the test. It's not that I forced them to collect the money. If they don't charge it, then what can they do if they don't charge me? Look, isn't this one withstand the test?"

Yang Qing said with a secret report about Xu Si.

His conspiracy was still very successful.

These days, the gentry are unswervingly rushing into his trap, buying the four people's representatives in various ways, using money and land, and using beauties. Especially the elders and geniuses who represent the four people's representatives, they travel thousands of miles to move and understand them with their own reasons, and they all strive to launch an offensive against a total of 299 permanent representatives with voting rights. They all gained a lot. After all, not everyone can withstand the temptation. Xu Si is a special situation, and Zhou Chang is normal. However, even so, not many people promise to vote against them.

The main reason is that they are still very afraid of the Duke of Protecting the Country.

Money is a good thing.

Everyone likes Qian Hetian.

But the problem is that this money is not easy to get!

No one knows whether he would infuriate the Duke of the National Guardian and then take revenge. After all, the Fourth People's Congress was promoted by the Duke of the National Guardian. Although the Four People's Congress has formed a certain prestige among the people over the years, it is still an institution without real strength. Not to mention using this to fight against the Duke of the National Guardian. If Yang Qingzhen retaliates, the representatives of the Four People really have no ability to resist, so there are indeed many who support the gentry, but few who dare to collect money.

It doesn't matter if you support it in your mouth.

But if you collect the money, you are the alliance, and you have to vote against it. The vote of the Four People's Congress raises your hands, and it is clear who agrees and who opposes it at a glance.

However, Xu Si's performance was still very surprising.

This means that the peasants have truly begun to awaken and understand the clearly distinct class opposition between them and the landlords. Although Yang Qing was a little regretful, Xu Si did not go to the Censorate to report.

But this is reasonable.

After all, he was just a tenant farmer who came out of the eastern Zhejiang village with serious clan power. It is definitely not realistic to let him completely get rid of clan thoughts, but he was able to recognize the significance of the public land law and withstand the sugar-coated cannonballs of the gentry. This is a real awakening. Give him enough time to completely get rid of the old ideas, and this person can be fully reused in the future. For example, after he stepped down as the representative of the Four Minutes, he would be allowed to participate in the next step of land reform. The land reform in Jiangnan would require a large number of land reform teams.

"I understand. Compared with you, King of Chuang is still too simple!"

Li Laiheng sighed.

"So he failed in the end!"

Yang Qing said frankly.

"And even without me, he can only be a loser. His or your ability is not enough to deal with the complex situation of the Ming Dynasty. When you are still rebels, you are indeed unstoppable. You are successful rebels. But you are not successful governors. You can destroy the old empire, but you cannot establish a new country. Without me, you will still fail in the counterattack of the gentry and the southward advance of Jiannu, unless you can join forces with the gentry and continue to guarantee their privileges.

But what's the use of your rebellion?

You are just changing the soup and not changing the medicine. You use the Li family emperor to replace the Zhu family emperor. The world is still corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry. After some years, Zhang Zicheng or Wang Zicheng rose up and repeated your rebellion process.

But I'm different."

He said proudly.

"You are more sinister and cunning than us!"

Li Laiheng said.

It is obvious that Yang Qing's thick skin made him speechless.

"If you are sinister and cunning, just be sinister and cunning! If you know that I am guilty of me, only in the Spring and Autumn Period will understand my good intentions! As for you, you can retire with peace of mind if you help me solve Zhang Xianzhong's problem. And when you see that my son does not have, your one-year-old daughter can be the queen of him!"

Yang Qing said.

Zhang Xianzhong's situation was not good. The Jinyiwei in Chengdu sent him back and reported it urgently. Maybe the end of the year could not be able to survive. Yang Qing had to find a special envoy to stabilize the military leaders for him. This envoy was not more suitable than Li Laiheng. First, Li Laiheng had a private relationship with him, and there were not many friends in the country, which was considered the best private relationship. Second, Li Zicheng's system was a system of Li Zicheng. He was both rebellious and of Zhang Xianzhong's people, and they were even more or less old friendships. After all, they were all from the same place. Moreover, the situation with the generals of the original Li Zicheng system could also dispel the concerns of Zhang Xianzhong's generals, which was equivalent to a billboard. As for a marriage for the prince who was less than one year old, this was also considered stable internal affairs. With this future Empress of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial village in Guanzhong could continue to be loyal to the Yang family.

"What if there is an accident?"

Li Laiheng said.

"There will be no surprises. They are only more than 50,000 elite troops in total. Twenty thousand are preparing to march towards Myanmar in Yunnan. There are only more than 30,000 left. There are also two cavalry brigades who are under the leadership of Bai Wenxuan to manage Xikang. What are they doing to make accidents?

You go and tell Zhang Xianzhongming.

As long as he enters the court, everything will be based on the standards of your Li family. His Duke Shu is appointed by him to inherit one son, and he is also considered my godson. Each of the other sons is one count. The private property he has accumulated in Sichuan over the years is still from the Zhang family. Whether it is land or factory, as for how to distribute it to his sons, he will let him go. As for Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi, the four generals of the above general will be awarded the ranks of generals. Of course, if they are unwilling to lead the troops, there will be additional appointments. Their private property will be awarded the ranks of Zhang Xianzhong. Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and other second-level generals will be awarded the ranks of ears. I will give you another list. I will be willing to be a local official in the army or retire as a rich man. Those who are willing to retire and retire with the ranks of generals will be appointed separately. Those who want to continue to stay in the army will be appointed separately with the rank of major generals."

Yang Qing said.

He doesn't mind winning a few more titles!
To be continued...
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