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Chapter 754 Two peaches kill three scholars (five more)
"My lord, I am wronged! The husband of this servant is just a literati with no power to restrain a chicken, how could he have the guts to pay for murder! My lord, please be clear! Woooooooo..." A woman in a white shirt cried bitterly in front of Chu Yun snot.

Chu Yun sighed, the scholars outside the government office had just come to a "thousand people to write a letter", and now Chen Zilong's original wife came to Chu Yun again to beg for mercy and let Chen Zilong go.Before, she caused trouble outside the government office in Suzhou, which attracted many people to watch, so Chu Yun had to see her.

"However, we have gathered enough evidence to believe that Chen Zilong was involved," Chu Yun said.

"My lord, my servant is only 20 years old. If I lose my husband at this time, how will I live in the future! My lord, you have to be the master of my servant!" Zhang said to Chu Yun with snot and tears.

"Master Zhang, you are a teacher among people. Now that people are in trouble, you can help your servants to plead with the military master!" Seeing that Zhang Yandeng was also in the hall, Mrs. Zhang wept and kowtowed to Zhang Yandeng.

"Alas, this matter..." Zhang Yandeng was quite difficult to deal with.He really wanted to help Chen Zilong, but the decision on this matter was in Chu Yun's hands, and his words didn't work.

Chu Yun calculated these people for a long time, but he still didn't expect that there would be family members to make trouble. This time the matter is a bit tricky, and if it is not handled well, it may cause many troubles among the people.

"Mr. Zhang, your husband is out looking for flowers and asking Liu, don't you hold grudges against him?" Chu Yun asked.

"I think I'm angry, but my husband's crime is not enough to die. He was only bewitched by people because of his youth and ignorance. Please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me!" Mrs. Zhang kowtowed desperately to Chu Yun, with blood on her forehead flow out.

Chu Yun saw that Mrs. Zhang was sincere, and it didn't seem like she was cheating. She thought that although Mrs. Zhang was rather tough, she really had nothing to say to Chen Zilong. After the government office, the first time to intercede.

"Although Chen Zilong is not the mastermind, he is involved in it after all. If I let him go because of selfishness, then all the family members of the criminals will come to me. Wouldn't I have to respond to each of them one by one, and finally kill them all?" Release?" Chu Yun said.

"If the lord of the army wants to execute my husband, the servants will definitely not be able to live, and they might as well die." There was a trace of determination in Zhang's eyes, looking around, he wanted to find a pillar to bump into.

"Ms. Zhang, I didn't say that I would execute them." Chu Yun hurriedly stopped her behavior. At that time, there were so many strong daughters. If Mrs. Zhang's blood really stained the Yamen of Suzhou Prefecture, there would inevitably be some rumors.

"Master Military Leader, are you serious?" Mrs. Zhang stopped sobbing for a while.

"Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. I want to send them to work on a deserted island in the South Seas for ten years as punishment." Chu Yun said.

"But it's Nanyang... or a desert island... I heard that the people who went there were close to death. If the husband of my servant went to the desert island of Nanyang, there will be life and death for ten years, when will we meet again?" Mrs. Zhang heard Chu Yun said that he would send Chen Zilong to a deserted island in Nanyang for ten years, and he felt sad again.

The malaria on the deserted islands in Nanyang was still very serious, and many immigrants died due to the unaccustomed environment, so it is no wonder that Mrs. Zhang was worried.Anti-malarial drugs are being produced in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan Province, and there are only a few qualified samples.

"For the sake of Chen Zilong and others being used by the mastermind... Let them grow rice in the government-run rice fields in Yizhou for ten years, and study new learning when they have free time. They will be assessed every two years. If they are proficient in new learning, I will release them and return to the mainland ahead of time. The rice fields in Yizhou have been exploited for one or two generations, and it is by the sea, so the miasma is not so serious, which is already the most tolerant." Chu Yun made a brief comment. compromise.

After the Kyushu Army confiscated the farmland of the big landlords, most of them were distributed to farmers, and the land sales were strictly investigated. There were still a small number of government-run farms that provided food for the army, and food reserves had been established.Some places in Yizhou are very suitable for growing rice, so there are also official rice fields, which once provided food for the Southern Conscript Corps in Nanyang.

Mrs. Zhang kowtowed again and again after hearing Chu Yun's compromise: "Thank you, military master, this slave will always remember the kindness of military master..."

"Come here, take Mrs. Zhang down for disinfection and treatment." Seeing the blood and tears on Mrs. Zhang's forehead mixed together, Chu Yun called the guards and took Mrs. Zhang down to disinfect the wound with alcohol.

After Mrs. Zhang left, Zhang Yandeng cupped his hands and said to Chu Yun, "The military master is kind and tolerant, and the veteran bows down."

"Are you satisfied this time, Mr. Zhang?" Of course, Chu Yun knew that Zhang Yandeng was still partial to Chen Zilong and the others.

"The veteran dare not." Zhang Yandeng said.

"Qian Qianyi, Zuo Liangyu, and Liu Liangzuo are relatively influential, and they still have to be assigned to Nanyang. Chen Zilong and other literary rookies, as I just said, will be assigned to Yizhou to farm, so that they can experience the hard work of farmers. They The reason for the trouble is that they are full after all." Chu Yun said.

"And what about the scholars who have written letters from thousands of people outside? If you only deal with the top group of people, you can kill chickens and monkeys, and it will not shake the foundation of Jiangnan Shilin. But thousands of scholars are precious. The wealth of the army, the military leader should make good use of them and let them serve the country." Zhang Yandeng said.

He wasn't worried about Chu Yun's handling of Qian Qianyi, Zuo Liangyu and others. The distribution of more than a hundred people was hundreds of times more peaceful than Emperor Hongwu's drastic killing.The greatest wealth in the Jiangnan region is the tens of thousands of literate scholars. If they are trained, they can solve the problem of the shortage of officials when the territory of the Kyushu Army expands.

Another tricky point is that after tens of thousands of people signed the letter, if Chu Yun still sent Qian Qianyi and others overseas, the Jiangnan scholars might cause trouble.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang is afraid that Jiangnan scholars and the families behind them will be dissatisfied and join forces to make trouble? Don't worry at all, I will find a way to divide them so that they can't form cliques for personal gain." Chu Yun sneered.

"What does the military leader plan to do?" Zhang Yandeng couldn't help being curious when he saw Chu Yun's plan to divide the literary society and Jiangnan cronies.

"Nanjing City has an 'Academy of Science Entrance Examination' every year. I will set up an 'official training class' in the Academy of Sciences. Those who perform well in the entrance examination can choose to enter the training class. Everyone is a reserve official, and they will have a salary when they are in school. If you can graduate, you can directly embark on an official career without other assessments." Chu Yun said, "But this quota is limited, and each province has less than ten quotas."

"Two peaches kill three soldiers, the military master is really brilliant..." Zhang Yandeng could already imagine that the scholars in the Jianghuai Province were fighting to the death for the places in the official training class.

(End of this chapter)