I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 156
However, the villagers soon discovered that the strengths of the two sides were not equal. One side was a defenseless villager with farm tools, and the other side was a regular soldier armed to the teeth!
As a result, needless to say, all these villagers were subdued after just one meeting, and some were knocked to the ground, life and death uncertain.

"Master Zhifu, we are late!"

After subduing the villagers at the scene, the officers of these soldiers bowed slightly to Ma Ningyuan.

"No, you came just in time, without you, I still don't know how to deal with these troublemakers!"

Ma Ningyuan was in a good mood at the moment, and said loudly.

"This group of unscrupulous people ignored the imperial court's ban and planted seedlings without authorization! Go and destroy all the seedlings planted in the paddy fields."

Ma Ningyuan immediately glanced at the person who came, and then ordered.

"Master Zhifu, this... this is not appropriate!"

After listening to Ma Ningyuan's request, the officer showed hesitation, and then said slowly.

"Hmph, let you go! Don't you want to disobey orders?"

"This... subordinates dare not."

Seeing that Ma Ningyuan had issued an ultimatum, the officer gritted his teeth and ordered to the soldiers behind him: "Listen to my order, everyone mounts their horses and tramples all the seedlings in the paddy field!"

"Yes!"

These soldiers had no right to refuse the commander's order, so they had to answer in unison.

Then the remaining soldiers got on their horses, lined up, steered the horses under them, and stepped towards the paddy field.

"drive!"

The horse's hooves were deep in the paddy field, and when the horse pulled out its legs again, the horse's legs were already stained with black mud, and the stench was unbearable!Wherever it has been trampled on, a large pothole will inevitably be left, and bubbles are constantly bubbling out of the pothole.

As soon as the horseshoe went down, all the nearby seedlings suffered and were stepped into the soil one after another.

"Oh, my seedlings! God, you still let people live!"

"Without these seedlings, how can we live this year, woo woo woo."

"God, open your eyes and see! What kind of world is this!"

Seeing that the seedlings they had just planted were destroyed, the expressions of the villagers became more and more excited. They wanted to break through the obstruction of the officials and go to the paddy fields to protect the seedlings they had planted earlier.

Finally, a white-haired old man, taking advantage of the negligence of the officials, broke through the barriers and came to the paddy field.

"Please don't step on it anymore!"

The old man cried as he looked at the seedlings that had been trampled in disfigurement.

And those soldiers turned a deaf ear to the old man's voice, still controlling the horses under them.

The old man bent down and carefully straightened the seedlings that had been trampled into the mud.

At this time, those soldiers had trampled all the seedlings in the paddy field once, and now, it was the second time.

"Ahhh, if you want to continue to step on the seedlings, you have to step on the old man!"

The old man looked at the seven or eight horses galloping towards him from a distance, as if his eyes were about to burst into flames, he stopped directly between them.

"Old thing, get out of the way! Don't you want to live?"

Seeing that the old man blocked their only way, at this moment, the soldiers on the horse panicked and shouted quickly.

The old man turned a deaf ear to the soldiers' shouts, but stood motionless in place!From a distance, it looks like a scarecrow specially placed in the field.

"Ah, get out of the way!" Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, when these soldiers wanted to tighten the reins and stop the horses under them, it was too late.

The old man was knocked two meters away and fell heavily into the paddy field!The horse's hoof stomped hard on his back, and in an instant, there was only a crisp sound, and the old man vomited a large mouthful of blood, tilted his head, and then fell silent.

And it wasn't until this moment that the horses stopped.

"Ahhh, the government has killed people!"

"Folks, follow me!"

This situation completely ignited the anger in the hearts of the villagers at the scene. They broke through the barriers of the officials one after another and came to the old man, wanting to investigate the situation.

Later, the villagers lifted the old man from the mud and carried him to the edge of the paddy field.

After a while, the only doctor in the village rushed to the scene, and after checking the old man's injuries, he shook his head imperceptibly.

"Hopeless."

After the doctor left these words, he turned and left.

"Master Zhifu, someone died! What should we do now?"

Seeing this, the subordinates on the side quickly asked Ma Ningyuan for countermeasures.

"What are you afraid of? It's because this old bastard doesn't have eyesight. He insists on blocking the government from doing things! He has to blame himself for what happened today!"

Ma Ningyuan glanced at his subordinates and said calmly.

"you!"

And Ma Ningyuan's words successfully ignited the anger of the villagers. The villagers ignored the shining long knife in the hands of the officials and gradually approached where Ma Ningyuan was.

"What do you want to do? Attacking court officials is a felony!"

Seeing this, the guard at the side hurriedly drew out the long knife at his waist and warned the villagers.

"We are not even afraid of death, are we still afraid of the crimes you impose on us?"

Among the villagers, someone said so.

"Yes, folks, fight with them!"

"Fight!"

Just when the two sides were at war, there was a rush of horseshoes from a distance.

Hai Rui, the county magistrate of Chun'an, rushed to the scene with his people, and when he saw the old man lying on the ground, he looked around and said in a deep voice, "What's going on here?"

"Master Zhixian, please make the decision for us!"

Seeing Hai Rui approaching, the villagers of Wangjia Village knelt down on the ground and wept as if they had found their backbone.

"Tell me the ins and outs of the matter."

Immediately afterwards, Hai Rui asked the villagers who were kneeling on the ground to stand up, and spoke.

"Master Zhixian, the matter is like this..."

Seeing Hai Rui's questioning, the villagers of Wang's Village quickly revealed the whole story.

After understanding all the ins and outs of the matter, Hai Rui frowned, and turned to Ma Ningyuan who was at the side and asked, "Master Zhifu, don't you have anything to say when something like this happened?"

Ma Ningyuan glanced at Hai Rui, and said coldly: "Of course I have something to say, look, this is Chun'an County under your rule! You dare to ignore the national policy of changing rice to mulberry, you are all troublemakers !"

"It's the old guy who can't think about it himself, and insists on blocking the government from doing things. He has to blame for this kind of thing! It has nothing to do with me."

"Besides, you, a little magistrate, dare to question me?"

Ma Ningyuan seemed irritated by Hai Rui's attitude, and turned to sarcasm.

"Hmph, so what if you are the magistrate? If you do something wrong, you should follow my Da Ming's law!"

Faced with Ma Ningyuan's sarcasm, Hai Rui didn't take it seriously, but stared into Ma Ningyuan's eyes and said word by word.

"Hai Rui, I am waiting for your impeachment memorial!"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, he looked Hai Rui up and down, as if he wanted to engrave him in his mind.

"Let's go!"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, he waved his big hand and gave his subordinates an order to retreat.

"Hmph, after doing bad things, you want to leave after patting your ass? It's late! Accompany me to the Governor's Mansion and meet the Governor."

However, Hai Rui stopped Ma Ningyuan and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, I will accompany you to the governor's mansion! Then let the governor decide the crime."

After hearing what Hai Rui said, Ma Ningyuan stopped immediately.

……

Fujian, the government office where Tan Lun works daily.

"Master Governor, this is a letter from Mr. Xu Jie and Xu Ge!"

While Tan Lun was processing the official documents on the desk, a subordinate's voice came from outside the door.

"Well, come in."

As Tan Lun said, he put down the half-processed official document and said loudly.

"Master Governor, this is the letter that Mr. Xu Ge sent to you! He said that he would personally deliver it to you."

After entering the door, the subordinate respectfully handed over the letter in his hand to Tan Lun.

"Well, the officer knows, you go down!"

Tan Lun took the letter and gave instructions to his subordinates.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After the subordinate finished speaking, he bowed and left, taking the door behind him by the way.

Tan Lun looked at the letter sent by Xu Jie himself, his face was full of struggle.

Long ago, ever since he listened to Hu Zongxian's suggestion, Tan Lun had made up his mind to sever ties with Qingliu!Therefore, he never replied to the letters from the Qingliu members.

But right now, Xu Jie wrote to himself personally, which made Tan Lun a little uncomfortable for a while. After all, this was Xu Jie, the second cabinet assistant whom he admired the most!
Tan Lun suppressed his chaotic thoughts and opened the letter Xu Jie sent to him.

The contents of the letter included not only the daily greetings, but also the strategy discussed by Xu Jie and the others in Prince Yu's Mansion, which was to strongly support Tan Lun in eradicating the bandits in Fujian Province!
At the same time, it also promised to reduce the burden on the people of Fujian, redress unjust, false and wrong cases, and punish corrupt officials. In a word, it is to let Tan Lun make political achievements as soon as possible.

After reading the contents of the letter, Tan Lun rubbed his chin, thinking about the intention behind it.

After a long time, Tan Lun's eyes were shining brightly, and he said excitedly: "I understand! Xu Ge always wants to use me to fight against the strict party. After all, I am one of the few big officials in the frontier."

After Tan Lun thought about everything behind this, he couldn't help but feel that his thoughts were clear, and he felt an indescribable sense of joy.

"Oh, but the content of the letter is also correct. Right now, there are bandits in Fujian, and the people still haven't lived a peaceful life! Why don't you take this opportunity, with the support of Mr. Xu Ge, to kill the bandits in Fujian? Suppress them all?"

"But now I'm the official of the frontiers, and I'm from His Majesty's side! If I don't communicate with His Majesty in advance, will I let Your Majesty think that I, Tan Lun, are still engaging in the business of forming parties for personal gain, but I have not directly face to His Majesty's channel."

Thinking of this, Tan Lun frowned and fell into a dilemma.

"That's right, why did I forget Governor Hu! I'll repeat the contents of this letter to him and let him pass it on to His Majesty, won't it be enough?"

The more Tan Lun thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, so he spread out the pen and paper and began to write.

"Governor Hu, my subordinate Tan Lun, recently, I have received a letter from Mr. Xu Jie and Xu Ge. The content is as follows..."

"At that time, please also forward this letter to Your Majesty. The letter contains some thoughts of this officer on this matter. Thank you, Governor Hu!"

After Tan Lun finished writing the last sentence to Hu Zongxian, he got up from his seat and said to himself silently: "In this way, nothing will go wrong!"

After the ink on the paper was dry, Tan Lun summoned his subordinates and ordered, "Submit this letter to Governor Hu as soon as possible without delay!"

"Yes, Lord Governor, this subordinate will do it now!"

After the subordinate took the envelope from Tan Lun, he left quickly.

(End of this chapter)