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Chapter 39 Matters involving the Ministry of Rites

The tragic situation of Gu Xiuxing and Dou Shiwen angered everyone, and the fireworks of revenge were burning higher and higher, not to mention that Lin Chunhong, the backbone of the Lin group, is almost on the verge of a rampage. Originally, Lin Chunhong was going to lead the archers to Shuangmiao Mountain in person, but was persuaded by the steady Zhou Wang and Li Chongde and the others. Zhou Wang was afraid that others would make things uncontrollable, so he asked to lead the archers to Shuangmiao Mountain, and obtained Lin Chunhong's consent. In addition, Lin Chunhong submitted a Qiwen to Jingzhou Prefecture, saying that King Hui was rampant, interfering in local affairs, wantonly destroying the finances of good people, and injured the archers, and life and death were hanging on the line.

Zhou Wang and Li Guangzu took thirty archers and set off from Bailizhou by boat. In less than half a day, they arrived at Shuangmiao Mountain. The boat was docked by the simple pier built by Gu Xiuxing. Zhou Wang looked around and saw that the place not far from the pier was covered with ruins, and was smoked by fireworks. Some heavy beams still had sporadic fireworks, silently telling the sins of Chen Kexin and others.

Chen Kexin regained control of Shuangmiao Mountain Village and immediately pointed the finger at the archers such as Shi Wazi. Seeing that the situation was not good, some archers rushed to their hometowns to seek relatives and friends. Shi Wazi and five others had no time to escape and were caught by Chen Kexin. In addition, Chen Kexin also ordered Haonu to urge the villagers that they had not paid last year and asked for the food that Gu Xiuxing had taken out for disaster relief. For a moment, Shuangmiao Mountain jumped and the villagers were in panic all day long.

There is a threshing ground ten feet in the south of the village. There are more than thirty men tied up on the threshing ground, from teenagers to fifties. Of course, these men include five archers including Shi Wazi, as well as villagers who cannot afford the rent.

The sound of whips sucking people was slapping, and the screams were endless. Many villagers watching could not bear to look at them anymore, and they covered their faces and kept cursing Chen Kexin in their hearts that they would be struck to death by lightning. The families of the tortured man were all full of anger, clenched their fists tightly, wishing to swallow Chen Kexin in one bite.

Chen Kexin stood in the threshing ground, looking at the villagers who dared not speak out contemptuously, and shouted: "I said that whoever pays enough rent will be released. If you can't pay it, you will keep pumping it. It depends on how long you guys can last!"

The villagers moved for a while, and a few more people clenched their fists. But now it is in a terrible month. Who has the extra grain to pay rent? Seeing that the villagers didn't speak, Chen Kexin gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Take it! Try it hard for me!"

The whip sounded again, and a few older people had already hung their heads, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

Suddenly, a teenage child cried loudly, shouting "Dad" and rushed to a man tied up in the field. He grabbed the whip with his tender hands and prevented the whip from continuing to whip. Dad raised his head vigorously and shouted: "San Jiazi, don't come over, go home quickly! Go home!... Go home..." Dad's roar was so loud that it made people unable to continue listening.

Chen Kexin kicked the child over and grabbed the whip with both hands. The child held the whip tightly, and refused to let go. Chen Kexin kicked the child in the chest again, kicking the child ten feet away, and lay on the ground without moving. He picked up the whip and slapped him hard. His father struggled hard, not caring about the whip that fell on his body, staring at the child, looking like a ghost, shouting: "San Jiazi, San Jiazi, San Jiazi... wake up!"

The child finally raised his head, blood leaped from the corner of his mouth, slowly climbed up from the ground, and looked at Chen Kexin with an extremely resentful look. This look made Chen Kexin feel cold. Just as he was about to step forward to catch the child, he heard his father shouting: "San Jiazi! Run, run quickly, go to the county town to find Lord Dianshi, Lord Dianshi will make the decision for us!"

When Chen Kexin heard Lord Dian Shi, he was furious and didn't care about the child. He picked up the whip and whipped hard at his father, shouting, "I want you to call Lin San! I want you to call Lin San!"

After hearing what his father said, the child turned around and ran away, but he couldn't escape. He was grabbed by Haonu and slapped him with a slap, which made him dizzy and fainted.

"San Jiazi..." Dad's shrill howls sounded on the threshing ground...

"I'm beating to death, Chen Papi beat me to death..." Someone among the villagers shouted, and the already angry villagers could no longer help but surround Chen Papi.

Chen Bapi was really scared now, holding a whip and shouted, "Don't come over, don't come over, I don't recognize anyone with the whip!"

Someone shouted again: "Beat him!" The villagers rushed forward, greeting Chen Kexin with his fists and feet. Chen Kexin screamed like a pig! Haonu and the thug wanted to stop him, but there were too many villagers and they didn't listen to them at all. They even greeted them with their fists. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Haonu fled and fled with their heads...

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On the threshing ground, the bodies of Chen Kexin and two noble slaves were placed, covered with white cloth. Zhou Wang stared at the three corpses and couldn't speak for a long time. They came one step late. When they arrived at the threshing ground, the villagers had already beaten Chen Kexin to death and were heading towards Chen Kexin's family, preparing to continue to take Chen Kexin's family and move Chen Kexin's property back to their homes. Zhou Wang ordered the archers to stop the villagers, but some gangsters mixed in the villagers shouted to take revenge and said they would not agree to let Chen Kexin's family gossip. It was not until Zhou Wang got angry that he was preparing to arrest these gangsters on the charge of gathering a crowd to rebel that these gangsters were silent. Zhou Wang ordered the archers to control these gangsters in case of emergency.

But now Chen Kexin is dead and has become a life-and-death situation with King Hui. This is the result that Zhou Wang is most reluctant to see. Although Zhou Wang is steady, he is definitely not a timid person. He ordered Li Guangzu to lead the archers to keep the order of Shuangmiao Mountain, and ride back to Zhijiang alone to discuss the aftermath with Lin Chunhong.

Since the affairs of the Zongren Mansion were under the management of the Ministry of Rites, King Hui's appeal and the transfer of text from Huguang Governor Tang Hui arrived at the Ministry of Rites one after another. Tang Hui was able to transfer text from the Ministry of Rites, of course, Zhang Daohan's activities were due to Zhang Daohan's activities. However, the Ming Dynasty court was in a turmoil and turmoil. Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren fought against the Wuqiao mutiny. Zhou Yanru had always been close to the Donglin Party. When Sun Yuanhua was arrested in the Northern Fusi, Zhou Yanru and Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, were busy rescuing Sun Yuanhua, and were exhausted for a while. How could they have the energy to take care of some small matters in the small place of Zhijiang?

So, the matter was dragged down. Unexpectedly, after a while, King Hui and Tang Hui's letters arrived at the Ministry of Rites one after another. King Hui claimed that Lin Chunhong allowed the archers to kill three family members, and randomly made false claims and blamed the good people. Lin Chunhong said that King Hui condones the family slaves to be corrupt and tortured the good people arbitrarily, causing civil unrest. Fortunately, the archers arrived in time and did not cause a major disaster. Both sides held their own arguments and blamed each other. However, these matters did not attract enough attention from the Ministry of Rites and were still left there without handling.

This matter was learned by the censor Yu Yinggui. If he had found a treasure, Yu Yinggui had always been dissatisfied with Zhou Yanru's unprincipled protection of his confidants. He wrote to impeach Zhou Yanru many times, and did not hesitate this time. He immediately wrote to impeach the Ministry of Rites to delay his affairs, causing the people of Zhijiang to rebel. After all, Zhou Yanru and Xu Guangqi formed an offensive and defensive alliance in the rescue of Sun Yuanhua. The Ministry of Rites was considered to be Zhou Yanru's sphere of influence.

Of course, Wen Tiren was happy to see that his impeachment of Yu Yinggui was accomplished. Since the Wuqiao Mutiny, the memorials impeached Zhou Yanru were sent into the palace like flowing water, which of course was due to Wen Tiren. Zhou Yanru submitted several memorials to defend himself. Although Chongzhen was kind to Zhou Yanru, he was always confused and confused. Wen Tiren knew that if he had too many impeachments, Zhou Yanru would eventually lose his holy relatives. In addition, the civil war in the Ming Dynasty has changed a lot and the Wuqiao Mutiny has occurred. Chongzhen had long been dissatisfied with Zhou Yanru, and now it is the best time to add fuel to the fire.

Yu Yinggui's impeachment made the Ministry of Rites panic and immediately dealt with the matter. He passed the cabinet vote to attack King Hui and Lin Chunhong each, and ordered King Hui to restrain his family slaves and not interfere in local government affairs. He ordered Zhijiang County to strictly investigate and deal with the thief heads and never tolerate it. Wen Tiren had no intention of entangling the matter, and the vote was planned to be passed smoothly.

This little thing was insignificant to the entire Ming Dynasty, but when Emperor Chongzhen criticized the popular news, his sensitive nerves touched him when he saw the civil war. Seeing Lin Chunhong leading the archers to kill the civil war in the bud, he was very satisfied and couldn't help asking the eunuch around him who Lin Chunhong was. The eunuch inquired and presented it to Chongzhen, which made Emperor Chongzhen sigh: It's a pity that he was a white man! Then he picked up the red pen and hooked it, and the ticket was officially ordered by the Ming Dynasty.

Since Lin Chunhong gave the news, he has sentenced several thugs as the leader of the thugs in the civil rebellion, and Bao Zhedong has no objection. After all, the thugs have to find a culprit to be punished. These thugs are the best choice. After handling it, they waited nervously for the court's decision. When the court's official documents arrived in Zhijiang, Lin Chunhong sucked his hands and laughed: "It's still uncle Zhou who considered the long-term and caught these thugs on the spot, otherwise things would be really hard to do!"

Zhou Wang laughed: "The court's decision is quite wise. It seems that each of them will hit 50 big boards, but it is actually beneficial to us. In the future, whether King Hui dares to fight with us on Shuangmiaoshan!"

"Shuangmiaoshan is just a village. There is so much land under the Ming Dynasty royal family, how easy is it to solve it? Shuangmiaoshan is just an exception, and it is so difficult... These borers... Alas!"

Zhou Wang looked at Lin Chunhong, who was frowning and smiled and said, "Don't think too much. This time, the borer can remove Chen Kexin, a borer. According to King Hui's annual rent of 50% of the year, the tenants can barely survive, but with Chen Kexin and the Changshi in the middle, the exploitation is a little more. In the future, I know to start from here to manage the land of the vassal kings."

Lin Chunhong expressed his approval of Zhou Wang's summary. He had no favoritism for the vassal kings and said, "The root cause is that the court does not allow the vassal kings to pursue the cause of the four people. One day, I will uproot these worms! Alas, don't worry about these for now, Xiao Douzi woke up, let's go and have a look? That kid is in good spirits...
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