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In the first month of the 20th year of Chongzhen, there were turmoil in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Among them, there was a Numou named Pan in Jintan County, Zhenjiang Prefecture, who gathered [-] to [-] people in the Town God's Temple. If you stick to it, the big families will close their doors tightly, and they dare not open them when they are idle.

On this day, two students from other places came to Jintan County. They both wore black Confucian scarves and light blue shirts, and they were both riding tall horses.Seeing that they were all wearing swords, Menzi didn't dare to let them go, but one of them was eloquent, and he talked about the king's law and kept his morality. He was so frightened that Menzi didn't dare to stop him, so he had to let him into the city.

These two people were Feng Yuanhui and Wang Yi who were ordered to quell the slave rebellion.

It was the first time for Wang Yi to wear Confucian clothing, but he thought it was quite interesting and refused to wear a cloak.Seeing that he wasn't wearing it, Feng Yuanhui gritted his teeth and didn't wear it.Just riding wildly like this, but I can't stand the cold wind blowing my bones.After running for a few miles, my body was sweating. This is the real internal and external difficulties. When I arrived in Jintan County, it was completely cold from beginning to end.

Wang Yi, however, was fine. Looking at the scenery and characters in the south of the Yangtze River, they were all rare in his life, as if he was in a foreign land, and he was amazed from time to time.He grew up on the Loess Plateau and became a refugee with his father since he was a child. Not to mention the green bricks and green tiles in front of him, he can't even imagine that after crossing the Yangtze River, even water can be seen everywhere.

In the northwest where there has been severe drought for years, a sip of water is often a life.

Feng Yuanhui had heard about how prosperous Jiangnan was, and this was the first time he had seen it, so he forgot to say what he wanted to laugh at Wang Yi for his lack of knowledge.

Seeing the two students riding horses with swords and looking like country bumpkins, the bystanders knew that they were from the north and gave way one by one.

Wang Yi saw a wine flag not far away, and pointed at it: "Brother Youguang, how about a drink up front?"

Feng Yuanhui's writing is bright.Feeling deeply that Wang Yi's words reached his heart, he couldn't stop his teeth chattering: "Drink... boil... good!"

Wang Yi looked at it with a smile, and thought to himself: I can't bear it like this, I am indeed a weakling.

He saw a lot of people on the road.He simply got off the horse, first touched the sweat on the horse's neck, twirled it lightly, walked quickly towards the restaurant, and said in a loud voice: "Never mind, let me, trouble..." Passers-by avoided the line one after another, let this A student who still knows the etiquette goes over.

Feng Yuanhui also got off his horse, and his feet were shaken by the bluestone slab, which made his knees hurt.Only then did I realize that my legs had been numb for a long time.He managed to move his legs and keep up with Wang Yi, feeling that life would be better than death.

"The business here is good, and there are only so many people before noon." Wang Yi arrived at the door of the restaurant, but saw the wine flag waving.The window is wide open, but there is a gust of hot air blowing in front of you, I don't know how many braziers this store has lit, it is so extravagant.

Seeing a visitor, Xiao Er strode out, stepped forward and bowed in salute: "Sir, please sit in the back room, do you want the private seat upstairs?"

Wang Yi pressed the handle of the knife habitually.Xiao Er was so scared that he took two steps back, and he was also a little baffled, as if he had encountered an evil spirit.

"Wipe the horse's sweat and feed more beans." Wang Yi took out a small ingot and slapped it into the little second hand: "Take good care of the horse, and reward you if you have more."

Xiao Er's forehead was covered with sweat.I can't even speak clearly.

Feng Yuanhui chased after him, saw the small ingot weighing two ingots in Xiaoshou's second hand, his throat was rolling, and he threw the rein over quickly, saying: "It's also necessary to wipe the sweat of the horse. Feed a lot of bean concentrate! There is also money for tea and wine It is also deducted from this silver!"

Wang Yi felt ashamed, so he walked in, almost turning around and saying that he didn't know this person.

The little girl was feeling annoyed, and unceremoniously gouged out Feng Yuanhui's eyes, and muttered in Jiangnan dialect: "One color is like Shangyuan, two colors is like Erning..."

Feng Yuanhui couldn't understand the vernacular in Xiaoer's mouth, but he knew it must be something bad.He wanted to lift his foot to kick up, but thinking of the changing environment, he gritted his teeth and followed Wang Yi in.

Wang Yi took all the characters in the hotel into his eyes at a glance, and chose a table by the window, where it was ventilated and bright, and he could see the city life on the street.What's more, there are a few people who look like businessmen sitting behind this table, talking about the slave change in Zhejiang in Mandarin with a Jiangbei accent.

This is exactly the purpose of Wang Yi and Feng Yuanhui's gathering of folklore.Although the order they received was to quell the slave rebellion, but now that the slave rebellion has spread to four provinces, it is obviously not something that can be quelled by a deputy general with hundreds of people.The crown prince has always been relentless in planning, and now that this situation has happened, we can only firmly believe that His Royal Highness, the old man, has other deep meanings and must not go back to ask for help.

Since the peace cannot be flat, the return cannot be returned, and there is no further instruction, Wang Yi and Feng Yuanhui discussed in private, and decided to inquire about the news first.They have already been to Yi County. Although it is the source of this slave uprising, the disturbance is actually not big. A dozen or so wealthy households suffered, and those slaves have basically dispersed. The remaining dozen people are digging holes in the mountains. , worse than ordinary bandits.

There was also a lot of trouble in other places, but it was not as powerful as the Jintan Nose Shaving Squad, so Wang Yi and Feng Yuanhui asked the brigade to slow down, and they went to the city to inquire about the news in person.

"Oh, that one was beaten badly! Such a thick bamboo joint," the desk clerk behind Wang Yi gestured with his hands, "slapped his thighs until his skin was torn apart, and the blood flowed onto the steps of the Town God's Temple Asked if it hurts while beating me. The master was so hurt that he couldn’t speak, but he just agreed. The chaotic slave said: On a certain day, you beat me so much, and today I will pay you back. You are so. Tsk tsk, it's really scary!"

"You're better, it's just that you were beaten." Another person at the same table said: "I just met one time, a few disorderly slaves grabbed their master's house, pressed him to the ground, and poured shit into his mouth... "

"Oh, are you saying that Yang Yuanwai is a cut?" The guests at the table next to him also joined in, speaking Mandarin with a Jiangnan accent, and said, "Is that the one who likes to drink tea?"

"Exactly." The person who spoke just now frowned and grinned: "Scary! That's really dirty to the extreme."

"Mr. Yang likes to drink tea the most, especially Bijian in Xiazhou and Tianchi in Yangxian. His servants are ordered to pick tea, and they have to time the day to come back. If they are late, they will be flogged." That Nanke obviously knows a lot about this place. Secret, at this time, everyone is listening attentively.

"No wonder those servants still said: 'Please taste the Bijian here'... Tsk tsk, it's too disgusting." The speaker just shook his head, and looked at the tea in front of him, but he couldn't drink it.

Feng Yuanhui was disgusted as soon as he heard it, and saw that Wang Yi was drinking light yellow tea as if nothing had happened.I was amazed at the roughness of this Qiuba.

"These people are also pitiful." A young voice added in: "If the host family treats them better, how can they suffer today? I don't know anything else, I am from Gu Xueshi's hometown. When the old man was at home, Teach the servants how to plant flowers and vegetables by themselves. The tranquility is to the extreme, let’s see if the servants of that family will do such things? Another example I know is a student named Lu in Pinghu County, Jiaxing Prefecture. When you meet slaves, beating, scolding and scolding are considered light! Those slaves killed them together because they couldn't bear the abuse, and then surrendered themselves to their officials, willingly resisting their lives. It can also be seen that both good and evil are self-sufficiency. make."

"It can't be said that the master is mean and abused." Another old man said: "It's not that now, there have been rumors of crafty slaves since ancient times. The old man dare not say it elsewhere. He only said that there are two strange things in our Songjiang mansion.

"One is that a servant surnamed Xu in the mansion died without a son. He invited the master's family to the inner room to explain the funeral. The master's family went in and saw that the curtains were mink fur. Even the master's family didn't need it. Come on! That's all, and I'm wearing a multi-color jacket made of python dragons! Is it frightening?"

He paused and said again: "That's what the master said in person, it's true."

Everyone was also dumbfounded, saying: "The old man has a lot of experience, how can he hear such shocking things?"

The old man was a little proud, and continued: "The second incident was a little earlier, but there were more witnesses. It was also my Songjiang mansion. In Shanghai County, it happened to Dong Gong's family, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.

"Among the servants of Dong's family, there was a scoundrel who indulged in drinking and gambling. During the day, the Europeans robbed him of his property and beat him to death. The local officials didn't dare to take care of him. It took several years for Dong Gong to find out, so he wanted to beat that wicked servant to death." Who would have thought that the evil servant got the news first. He pretended to be a robber with an ax and killed Dong Gong with his accomplice! This is another appalling thing!"

Everyone shook their heads, lamenting that the world is really uncertain.

Wang Yi was dumbfounded, and turned around unconsciously.Fortunately, many guests were fascinated by it, as if they had set up a society.Wait until the end of this story.Wang Yi turned to Feng Yuanhui: "I'm afraid it's not true?"

After all, Feng Yuanhui was born as a litigator, with excellent professional qualities, and nodded in a pretentious manner: "This is true. But this old man must have heard it too. Because this incident happened on the seventh day of May in the seventh year of Wanli, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites The murder of the servant Dong Chuance."

Wang Yi raised his eyebrows: "You know all about this? Don't you just make up a day to fool me?"

Feng Yuanhui originally wanted to gain some admiration, but Wang Yi questioned the authenticity, and was immediately discouraged, saying: "If you don't believe me, investigate it yourself. It's a big case. It shocked the world at that time."

"A servant is a servant after all, how can he be richer than his master?" Wang Yi asked puzzledly, "Do you have a servant in your family?"

"Law of the Ming Dynasty: Common people are not allowed to keep slaves." Feng Yuanhui said in a bad mood.

As for the fact that the slave was actually richer than the master, someone came out to explain Wang Yi's doubts.

"There are also many kinds of slaves. Those relatives of criminals who are recruited by the government are given to meritorious families as slaves. It can't be tricked." The man lightly twisted his beard: "However, there are few of them, and more of them are dedicated to the gentry. They are slaves. Most of these people are treacherous, that is, evading land taxes and taxes. They are said to be slaves, but in fact the gentry don’t care about them, they are just rent collectors. It’s not uncommon for a servant to be richer than the master’s family, if it’s as little as one or two generations, and as many as two or three generations.”

The bearded man bowed his hands to the old man: "It's time to talk about your Songjiang Mansion again. Mr. Xu Huating, Xu Ge, who has been fighting against Yan Fenyi for decades, is not defeated by this evil servant. Festival?"

Wang Yi didn't know who Xu Ge was, so he looked at Feng Yuanhui.Feng Yuanhui couldn't help showing off, and said in a low voice, "It was the first assistant in Jiajing and Longqing, Xu Jie and Xu Huating."

Wang Yi nodded, but still didn't know how this man's reputation was ruined by the evil servant.

Fortunately, the old man of the Songjiang mansion saw that there were many people from other places, and explained: "The Xu family has a very bad reputation in the local area, and most of them were caused by these treacherous servants, so he made the Xu family bear it. Otherwise, how could a prime minister become an official?" , was forced by the village to pretend to run away at night?"

"It's nothing more than being rich, and there are slaves who are more expensive than masters!" Another person couldn't help adding to the topic.

"Didn't Ming Dynasty not allow imperial examinations for cheap people?" This time even Feng Yuanhui cried out in surprise.

"You are from the north, no wonder you don't know." The southern merchants and guests present laughed and said, "What is there to say about this matter? It's all an old story in the Wanli period. Sending their children to school. Some were recommended by their hometowns, joined Jie Nangong, and even married scholars. Their masters are no more than rural tribute students, how can they compare to these noble servants? Now this is not surprising in Jiangnan. .”

"Don't talk about anything else, how did Chief Pan of the Nose Shaving Squad gather so many people? Isn't it because his family is rich!" silence.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Yi was about to make a point, when suddenly he heard a whistling sound outside the window, as if someone was having a wedding, or as if he was boasting on the street, but the former was listening to the suona music, and the latter did not take the exam .

Everyone opened their heads to look around, but saw a group of people pouring out from the corner of the street.

I saw that these people were holding a guard of honor, tied colored papers, and carried a liter of eight people's patriot, and the momentum was extraordinary.

Sitting on the big seat was a fat man like a member of staff, sweating profusely in the first month of the lunar year, cupping his hands repeatedly, speaking very respectfully, but he asked these servants to let him go.

At this juncture, which master should let the servants carry him in such a big way?

But these servants refused to live and die, and they were guided by Jingnu and followed by riding servants. Xuan Gai preached and showed off along the way, and they must go around the city before they are willing to send them back.

Passers-by asked, and these people preached loudly: "The master of my generation is generous and kind to me. If we don't know how to repay, I'm afraid we will be ridiculed by gods and men! Therefore, today we must let the master's face be greatly improved, so as to teach others Know that we are not ungrateful fools!"

What Wang Yi and Feng Yuanhui saw and heard made them more and more unaware of the crime of this slave change, and how to appease it.Before, the two had a verbal dispute over whether to appease or encircle and suppress.

Because the crown prince did not specify the powers and responsibilities in the decree, no one can persuade anyone.Looking at it now, it is obviously impossible to encircle and suppress the enslavement that has spread to the four provinces, with a minimum of 10 horses; as for appeasement, it seems that these people are not really a place of Huo Xiao, but more like a loose alliance.

At this moment, the two couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief at the same time. Fortunately, this problem is beyond their level and can be solved, as long as they report the facts to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.