Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 504 Cross-Browed Cold Fingers (Two in One)

"So, does Li Yuanwai refuse to pay the food?" Liu Hongjian snorted coldly, and the guards behind him immediately drew their knives.

"You... as an official of the imperial court, do you dare to do things for bandits in broad daylight?" Li Jingming shuddered in fright, pointed at Liu Hongjian and said angrily.

These days, hungry people came to beg every day. Li Jingming worried that if the rice was donated, more hungry people would surround him, so he kept these hungry people away.

The day before yesterday, there were three or two hungry people who blocked the door and refused to leave. Li Jingming asked his servants to beat them out with sticks, and one of their legs was broken.

Knowing that this group of officers and soldiers were not friendly, Li Jingming thought that the officers and soldiers came because of this incident, but he never expected that the seemingly dignified young man in front of him was actually here to grab food.

"Everyone is a scholar. How can you say that you are a scholar? It's too unrefined." Liu Hongjian knew that this guy was just a hard-nosed person, so he made a joke.

"So, how much grain does your family have, and I'll buy it for a price, how about it?" Liu Hongjian said again.

Although he has done a lot of robbery, but before, it was all to win the war. Now he represents the imperial court and Chongzhen. If he still acts like before, it will damage the credibility of the imperial court.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li has no food at home, and even if he has it, he won't sell it!" Seeing that Liu Hongjian was softened by his words, Li Jingming thought that the official in front of him would not dare to mess around, and then he spoke hard. up.

"Hey, you thief, don't be ashamed! Believe it or not, I, Liu Liu, killed you!" The big bull on the side hadn't uttered a sound yet, but Liu Liu, who was behind the guard camp, couldn't hold back.

He had long been fed up with the oppression of these landlords and wealthy households, seeing that this guy dared to be so presumptuous in front of the prince, he couldn't hold back for a while.

"Are you Liu Liu from Qingfeng Village in Fengshan?" Li Jingming had never met Liu Hongjian in Yanzhou, but he still knew Liu Liu's name.

Not only did he know, but this fellow was always on tenterhooks at night, for fear that he would be raided by Liu Liu like Confucius's family.

But day defense and night defense, he didn't expect this fellow to break into Li's house blatantly during the day, Li Jingming was startled, and thought that this group of officers and soldiers were bandits pretending to be, so he couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Back off, you don't have the right to speak here!
Mr. Li, let's make a price. I only give you one chance, so don't challenge my patience. "Liu Hongjian shouted back, Liu Liu, the reckless man, said again.

"Since the official's words are all about this, Mr. Li is not stingy. He will sell you one hundred stones for four taels of silver." Li Jingming glanced at Liu Liu, knowing that today's Things can't get better, so I have to accept softness.

"Four taels? Why don't you go grab it?" Niu Da Bangchui roared.

"Two taels of silver for one stone, except for saving some emergency food for you to survive this disaster year, the rest will be requisitioned by me." Liu Hongjian waved his hand to signal Niu Dabai to back down, and issued an ultimatum.

He knew that although food was more expensive than usual due to the disaster year, it was far from the price of four taels per stone. Although the imperial court was not short of silver, naturally this shameless landlord could not take advantage of the cheapness.

"You..." Li Jingming was so choked that he didn't know what to say, but all the servants had already become eggplants beaten by Shuang, so he had no way to do it.

"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way! Chang Yu, you are in charge of the weighing, and Liu Liu, you lead people to transport the food." Liu Hongjian said slightly angrily, he should be a prince, and he has given Li Jingming enough face by doing this.

If you don't know good from bad, I'm afraid it will cause his prehistoric fire to erupt.

A group of people got the order and went to the backyard of Li's house to carry grain. Not long after, bags of rice were carried out by the refugees from the backyard.

All the refugees were smiling. In past disaster years, no one would starve to death. They bowed their heads to beg from the landlords and were ridiculed. Now they seem to be exalted serfs singing proudly. Even if they go to the government prison, it is worth it.

Li Jingming stood beside the corner with a group of family members, his heart was bleeding. As far back as he could remember, his Li family had never been treated like this.

In the past, even in disaster years, the government would never trouble rich people like them, and would even send a few officials to guard the gate to prevent the hungry people from disturbing them.

"Li Datou, what's the matter? Is someone from the government coming?" Li Jingming said in a low voice with joy when he saw the servant who had just been secretly sent to report the news slipped over from the back door.

"Master, Magistrate Niu..." The young servant had a bitter look on his face but hesitated to speak.

"What are you talking about, what did the government say?" Li Jingming said angrily, if the government doesn't come again, his Li family's food will be taken away, and looking at it like this, it's still a question of whether to give money or not.

This self-proclaimed prince doesn't look like he's paying half a penny. The key point is that he has nothing to do. If the government doesn't care, who can he turn to for reasoning?

"Prefect Niu said that he is busy with business and has no time!" The servant almost choked Li Jingming to death.

This man with the surname of Niu, how often does the old man not honor him during the festivals, what an ungrateful thing!Li Jingming was so angry that he didn't come up and passed out.

After moving the food for half an hour, Liu Hongjian's expression became darker as he watched rows of panting refugees coming in and out.

A small family in Yanzhou prefecture moved out more than two hundred shi of grain, more than two hundred shi, nearly [-] catties!

These landlords eat hot food and drink spicy food. They don’t need to pay any land tax for hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in their families.

Is this the benevolence of scholars?
But there is no way, everything is low-grade but reading is high. This is the case in this year, and even the common people think that scholars should be treated like this. What's the use of shouting and roaring by himself?
The Ming Dynasty has been rotten from the root, and if you want to change this situation, it will be impossible to do it overnight.

"My lord, in addition to leaving a thousand catties of grain for the Li residence, a total of 210 eight shi and seventy catties of rice grains were moved out." When it was getting dark, Chang Yu came to report profusely.

Liu Hongjian sighed, and ordered someone to take a pen and ink to write a receipt himself, stamped it and handed it to Li Jingming, who was also sighing after waking up early, and he took the receipt to the Chief Secretary of Shandong to collect the silver, and then took it with him. Lead a group of people out of Li's house.

That night, Liu Hongjian felt heavy when he saw several long queues of congee giving lined up in Yanzhou City.

Shandong, like Henan, is a province with a large population. Yanzhou alone has more than [-] people, and [-] catties of grain is just a drop in the bucket.

Handing out porridge can only ensure that people will not starve to death. Even if he controls it in this way, he still can't last for a few days.

That night, Liu Hongjian thought about it for a long time in the government office of Yanzhou. He took a pen and wrote several letters, as well as many IOUs with blank seals.

The letter is also very simple. With the authority of the king of Anguo County and the imperial envoy, he ordered the governors of the prefectures and counties to cooperate with the Beijing camp team assigned by him to collect the food reserves of all gentry families in the area under their jurisdiction from the moment they received the letter.

Except for the food left for these gentry to live in, all the levies were collected. After getting the food, the governments gave out porridge twice a day, so that they could not waste it or starve to death.

And those printed blanks are used to write receipts. In order to prevent local officials from cheating, each unit is controlled by his own soldiers.

There is only one task, to keep the people in Shandong alive. For this reason, even if the granary of the gentry here is emptied, and the gentry scold and curse them.

In the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, which official did not know the name of Anguo County King?

Within a few days, long queues of porridge handouts formed outside yamen everywhere.

A few days later, the people in the entire Shandong knew that the Anguo County King, who had benefited Shanxi, had come to rescue them, and their families would no longer have to starve to death.

Don't forget the well digger when drinking water. Many people don't eat the porridge first, but put the porridge on the ground and kowtow three times to the rice porridge in the bowl before serving it to the family.

Officials talk about integrity, and common people talk about loyalty. This is life-saving food. They will remember whoever saved them and be grateful for the rest of their lives.

On the contrary, all the major landlords in Shandong have been robbed. Not only the land inherited for several generations will be confiscated, but also the rice grains that have been stored for several years will also be confiscated.

In the past, the amiable state and county magistrates even avoided seeing them, which was really ineffective every day.

They hated Liu Hongjian deeply, but there was nothing they could do. Landlords with high reputations from all over the country wrote a joint letter to Beijing to beat the Dengwen Drum.

Some extremely angry gentry even sent domestic slaves to attack the officer and soldier camp with human excrement. The soldiers in the Beijing camp killed people like hemp.

After a meal with the army stick, he followed the vines and found the landlord who caused the trouble, and forced him to eat a lump before he let him go.

However, there are too many refugees in Shandong, and the gentry and landlords' food stocks are already stretched, and Jin Yiwei reported that the rice grains from Jiangnan will take at least six or seven days to arrive.

Liu Hongjian was very worried at the Yamen of Yanzhou Prefecture. Yesterday, Dongchang sent Chongzhen's secret decree. In the letter, Chongzhen said that the Shandong gentry formed a team to impeach Liu Hongjian.

All officials in the imperial court made a fuss, but Chongzhen did not criticize or praise this. He only said four words to Liu Hongjian, the people want it.

After reading the letter, Liu Hongjian felt warm in his heart. Although he was responsible for the matter, Chongzhen was ultimately responsible for the blame. After all, he was only Chongzhen's spokesperson.

Compared with himself, Chongzhen bears even greater pressure.

"My lord, although most of the food reserves of the big gentry families in the states and counties in Shandong have been confiscated, there is still one family. If we can get all the food stored by this family, the crisis of food shortage will definitely be solved."

Niu Chun, the magistrate of Yanzhou, saw that Liu Hongjian was worried about food, so he lowered his head and said softly.

"Which one else? Why didn't you say it before?" Liu Hongjian frowned. After staying in Yanzhou Mansion for more than ten days, he felt more and more that this Niu was not a good official.

"This... yes, it's just that if this family is moved, even the prince may not be able to bear it. It's a subordinate official..." Niu Chun's words were respectful, but the meaning in his words was different. Contempt again.

"What are you talking about, whose family is it?" Liu Hongjian slapped the table, how could he fail to hear this guy's voice, but he has no time to take care of this bird officer right now.

"My lord, as far as I know, the Confucian family in Qufu has the largest stockpile of food in the house, and it should be the largest in the mountains." Seeing that the young lord had been tricked, Niu Chun whispered.

"The Confucius family? Duke Yansheng?" Liu Hongjian instantly thought of the portrait of the later Confucius.

Yanshenggong, the hereditary title of the eldest son of Confucius, began in the Song Dynasty and ended in the Republic of China.

Ever since Dong Zhongshu dethroned Confucianism, Confucius' Confucianism has taken root in the land of China and has been passed down for thousands of years. All officials and common people call Confucius the sage of Confucius, and even his descendants are also respected.

The canonization of the descendants of Confucius also began in BC, when Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty named Kong Teng, the eighth grandson of Confucius, as the sacrificial monarch.

In the following thousand years, the title has been changed repeatedly. After Song Zhihe was changed to Yanshenggong in the second year of the Republic of China, until the 24th year of the Republic of China, the government of the Republic of China canceled the title of Yanshenggong and changed it to Dacheng Zhisheng.

For more than [-] years, Confucianism was the most important thing in imperial examinations, Confucianism was regarded as the heaven by scholars, and Confucianism was respected by people all over the world. Even the founding emperors of all dynasties could only be recognized by the world after receiving the honor of Yan Shenggong. Readers approve.

The Confucian family in Qufu is a sacred place for scholars all over the world, and it is also the belief in the hearts of all officials.

Be afraid!If you want to save the victims, you can go to Kong's house if you have the ability. Niu Chun was silent, but he snorted coldly in his heart.

The court surveyed the land, and even the [-] mu of fertile land in his hometown was confiscated. Now that he saw Liu Hongjian himself, although he couldn't afford to provoke him, he could still be a stumbling block to satisfy his appetite.

In his opinion, even if His Majesty came personally, he would not dare to move the Kong family easily, unless... the court does not want to operate normally, let alone you, Liu Hongjian, a mere county king.

"Chang Yu!" Liu Hongjian only pondered for a moment, then shouted towards the door.

"Humble position." Hearing the order from his lord, Chang Yu stepped into the lobby of the yamen.

"Dianjing battalion has one thousand soldiers and guards the entire battalion. The barracks will be on standby in two quarters of an hour!" Liu Hongjian ordered loudly.

Confucius taught without distinction, and advocated benevolence to rule the world. He respected Confucius, and he also believed that many people in future generations would respect Confucius.

However, Confucius is Confucius, and his descendants are his descendants. Confucius is a sage, but his descendants are not. Confucius ruled the world with benevolence.

But his descendants, enjoying the blessings of their ancestors for 2000 years, watched the starving people around them starve to the ground.

Benevolence?Shit is not!Saints are not benevolent, and common people are dogs!

He knew more about the consequences if the Kong family was touched, but since he made the oath to save his life for the people, he was already prepared to be criticized by thousands of people.

Heng eyebrows coldly pointed at thousands of husbands, bowed their heads willingly as a ox, although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!
As for the officials?That was Chongzhen's business. Since Liu Hongjian was asked to take care of this errand, what he did was entirely up to his own conscience.

Half an hour later, Liu Hongjian dispatched troops to head towards Qufu, a hundred miles away.

Niu Chun, the magistrate of Yanzhou, watched Liu Hongjian leave with squinted eyes, shook his head and sighed secretly that the young prince was really stunned.

The imperial court is going to be in chaos!
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