Wanli Youming

Chapter 215 The Gentlemen Can't Take It Anymore!

Chapter 215 The Gentlemen Can't Take It Anymore!

After Gu Bingren finished speaking, he returned to his garden through the back door.

But the sound of the demonstrations outside still made him restless.

He also walked out, ready to reprimand and threaten the tenant farmers and hired workers loudly, to let them understand that the government can support them now, but don't think that the government will always be their backer.

However, the tenant farmers and hired workers of the Gu family also made them very angry because Gu Bingren's son not only did not come out to have a good talk with them, but beat them directly.

Therefore, many of these tenant farmers and hired workers have already disregarded the obstruction of the organizers sent by the National Taxation Department to set up farm and labor clubs among them, and have begun to have the idea of ​​directly violently confronting the Gu family.

"Rush in and kill these bastards!"

"Let's not talk about rent reduction and interest rate reduction, but still beat us, just like when we begged them, the big bosses, to reduce rent because of the flood, but not only refused, but also sued the officials and beat those among us who asked him to death. They didn't treat us as human beings at all!"

"Now that Master Hai is willing to make decisions for us, why should we be afraid, rush in and kill them!"

"Yes, kill them!"

For a while, the crowd was excited.

Some tenant farmers and hired workers have already bumped into the officials and servants to take the initiative to re-close the door of Gu's house, and some directly put torches under the eaves of Gu's house to burn his house.

There are also many tenant farmers and workers who can eat white flour buns because they are participating in the demonstration organized by the National Taxation Department, so they don't care about the roasted sweet potatoes they brought, and they all throw the roasted sweet potatoes directly into the gate of Gu's family.

There are even those who directly throw the torch into it.

It is very likely to evolve into a historical situation of "people copying Dong officials".

At this time, Gu Bingren was hit in the chest by a roasted sweet potato that suddenly flew over, so that his clothes were covered with mashed sweet potatoes, and his chest was tight, so he couldn't help but stumbled and cursed: "Damn it! Damn it!"

Then, Gu Bingren saw another torch flying over, directly igniting a clump of bamboo forest inside his garden gate, and ran straight to the backyard on the spot:

"It's a rebellion, the troublemaker is a rebellion, quickly notify everyone in the family, let's go!"

Boom!

But at this time, the patrol team also rushed over, and promptly stopped the people who wanted to riot directly, and arrested a few tenant farmers who refused to listen to the advice, but wanted to force their way in and violently deal with Gu's family.

Most of the tenant farmers and hired workers who came to the Gu family to demonstrate were responsible young people, not hooligans who were afraid of chaos in the world, so under the obstruction of the patrol team and other government soldiers, they did not directly launch a big riot against the Gu family.

Of course, mass movements cannot avoid riots.

Individual large gentry households were violently ransacked by protesting tenant farmers and hired workers when the patrol team and the government were insufficient. As a result, Hai Rui had to punish several demonstrators afterwards.

But because the government was guiding and mopping up the aftermath, there was no large-scale riot in the end.

However, Hai Rui and other bureaucrats in the government did not blindly favor the gentry, and they still brought more and more oppression to the rightists.

It is not only because the government did not suppress the demonstrations of rent reduction, interest rate reduction and money processing, but instead encouraged them. Another reason is that the government is taking the initiative to uphold justice for the people.

Hai Rui left Nanjing by himself and went all the way to Suzhou and Hangzhou to inspect and receive certificates without mentioning it.

Sun Guangyou received a point from Hai Rui, so he went to Chuzhou, Hezhou, Anqing, Chizhou, and Huizhou to inspect the area, and picked up cases along the way to avenge the people's grievances.

"The township eunuch Fan Qianxian of Zhishi and the magistrate and subordinate officials forcibly occupied the acres of Su Biliang's farmland and killed Su Biliang. He will arrest Fan Qianxian and the county magistrate and subordinate officials and put them in prison! Report to the imperial court for disposal!"

For this reason, Sun Guangyou became stern and selfless, and first directly attacked the returning high officials and gentry and their umbrellas and minions.

But because of patrolling along Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Fengyang, the patrolling field music directly put Yang Sizhi, a son of a bureaucrat who disturbed the post station, into prison, and directly dismissed his fame. He was sentenced to be beheaded and delivered to the capital.

Not to mention Hai Rui, he has always advocated strict control according to the requirements of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, so because he saw Shen Nanxin, the grandson of Shen Shiliang, the former right servant of the Ministry of Officials, on the road, wearing a red dress but wearing a scarf with the student logo on his head, He also ordered Shen Nanxin to be arrested and dealt with in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he did not abide by the etiquette system.

In short, these tyrants were protested by tenant farmers and hired workers at home, and when they went out, they were dealt with by serious bureaucrats because they disturbed the post, acted illegally, or did not observe etiquette.

"The younger one is Dong Shangshu's slave Zhang Yingqi, who sued the son of the Dong family, Dong Sigong, for beating his sister to death because she refused to obey him!"

And because of this, servants of big families began to complain to the government.

At this time, Hai Rui received a complaint in Huzhou, and immediately ordered Dong Sigong to be arrested. After finding out that the matter was true, he said:

"According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", if the servant is innocent and the good family does not sue the officials but beats the servant, the rod will be [-], and he will be imprisoned for one year! This person will be directly sent to the court for [-], and then report to the Ministry of Punishments to arrange imprisonment!"

"slow!"

Dong Fen, the Minister of Rites who became an official, rushed over, and when he saw Hai Rui, he cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Gangfeng, can you show mercy!"

"Those who cannot be lenient in the law!"

After Hai Rui said a word, he slapped the gavel and said, "Hit!"

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

So, Dong Sigong was beaten up on the spot, and cried out in pain: "Father, I'm in pain! Tell him to stop!"

Seeing this, Dong Fen yelled: "Hai Gangfeng! Are you going to force this old man to crash and die in front of your hall today?!"

Hai Rui said in a low voice: "Mr. Dong is going to force the hall to go directly to this hall? Your family education is not strict, and you connive at your children and grandchildren to bring disaster to the village?!"

"I don't believe that the imperial court really wants to sit back and watch you, a cruel official, treat our gentry so harshly!"

"Today, the old man will show with blood that we Confucian scholars do not want to be humiliated by the strict laws of cruel officials like you!"

As Dong Fen spoke, he slammed into the doorpost.

Seeing this, Lu Kun quickly looked at Hai Rui: "Butang, what do you think?"

Hai Rui said with a sullen face, "Let him hit! If he dares to hit, it will prove that the scholars in this dynasty still have a backbone. Even if the rent and interest reduction fails, it will be another good thing."

Lu Kun didn't say anything after hearing this, but only looked at Dong Fen.

Dong Fen ran to the front and back of the gatepost, stopped suddenly, and then sat beside the gate, panting, and sneered at Hai Rui:

"How can this old man let you get what you want! Let you tell me that this old man threatens you with death to carry out the New Deal! This old man will not be fooled by this!"

Lu Kun and Hai Rui looked at each other in disappointment.

"what!"

At this time, Dong Sigong's screams attracted Dong Fen.

Seeing this, Dong Fen's heart ached again, and he was at a loss for a moment. He glanced at the pillar next to him, but still couldn't make up his mind. In the end, he only knelt down to Hai Rui:

"Haibutang! I beg you, for the sake of this old man who was once an important minister of the imperial court, give this old man some face, and the Dong Manor promises that he will never dare to beat and kill domestic slaves for no reason again!"

Hai Rui sighed.

At this moment, the executioner came over and said to Hai Rui, "Butang, I'm out of breath!"

Dong Fen was taken aback when he heard this, and then sat on the ground and burst into tears, then looked at Hai Rui and said, "Hai Gangfeng, I want to find you with ginseng!"

"What happened to Lingsun, the church feels very sorry."

"But as for Mr. Dong who wants to attend the hall, please feel free!"

After Hai Rui said that, he said, "Who else wants to sue!"

"The little one told Shangshu that Mr. Dong forced the little mother to be a slave, so that the little one was also forced to be a slave of Dong's family from an early age. The little mother wanted to keep the chastity after her father died early, because Mr. Dong coveted the beauty of the little mother. , and fabricated the lie that Xiao’s father owed his family a usury, bought and informed the county, and forced Xiao’s mother to be a slave.”

At this time, a servant girl who came with Dong Fen suddenly ran in, knelt in front of the hall and spoke tearfully.

Dong Fen was furious: "You lowly maidservant! Obviously your mother begged to be my Dong family's slave!"

"Small ones have complaints too!"

"There are also small ones!"

But for a while, many slaves of the Dong family wanted to complain.

Seeing this, Dong Fen couldn't help but said on the spot: "It's against us, it's really against us! Hai Gangfeng, why do you allow your servants to oppose us!"

……

"It's reversed, it's really reversed, and Hai Rui has completely instigated the wrongdoers to reverse!"

Gu Bingren also brought mashed sweet potatoes all over his body, and after fleeing to Ma Weiming's place, he said to Ma Weiming, and said with red eyes:

"I want to write to my family's nephews who are officials in Beijing, telling them that if they can't force His Majesty to give up Jiangling, Hai Gangfeng, punish Nanzhi's Jiangling lackeys, and kill all those troublesome people, then I will go to Nanzhi." It's going to be completely ruined, and the gentleness will be demolished!"

"And it will be difficult for them to meet their ancestors and fellow villagers in the future! It's disloyalty and disfilial piety!"

Gu Bingren started to speak with bruises.

(End of this chapter)