Ming politicians

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The sound of footsteps came, and there was the sound of knives and guns hitting. The people around the restaurant began to exclamate. Open, the government is here to handle cases and so on.

Su Tiancheng's expression finally changed. He said that the yamen servants are bastards, that can be explained. The quality of the yamen servants is just like that. The yamen servants in many places are originally composed of gangsters. They bully the weak and they don't have the slightest social status. Common people, you can hear voices from outside. Obviously, many people came, and they were armed. Could it be said that the Xingping County Yamen has such a style of work, and all officials are virtuous.

If this is the case, the situation Su Tiancheng is facing is extremely bad.

It can be regarded as Su Tiancheng's luck. On this day, there were quite a few officials in the small town. Probably because the new magistrate took office, the magistrates all over the country were a little panicked. The magistrate discovered the dark side and blamed him, but he couldn't bear it. No matter what, he was able to keep his official title, which was ten million times better than ordinary people.

When Su Tiancheng and the others walked out of the restaurant, they saw a terrifying scene.

Many sergeants in military uniforms rushed over, because there were many people watching the excitement in front of the restaurant, the sergeants were not polite, they attacked these people, punched and kicked them, and even hacked people with the back of their knives.

Su Tiancheng's face turned pale. This is Shaanxi under his leadership, and this is the style of grassroots officials in Shaanxi. Under such circumstances.The common people don't want to rebel, so there is no way out.

Those sergeants in military uniforms looked like sergeants from the inspection department.

The two yamen servants at the front pointed at Su Tiancheng and shouted away.

"My lord, it's these people, these people are rogues. To rebel..."

Su Tiancheng raised his head and laughed loudly.

For a while, the surroundings became quiet, and the sergeants who rushed to the opposite of Su Tiancheng were a little at a loss. They didn't know why they were so arrogant since they were rogues.

The person next to the two yamen servants, wearing inspection clothes, was obviously the leader.

He looked at Su Tiancheng.He didn't speak for a while, probably Su Tiancheng's temperament made him feel something was wrong.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Su Tiancheng spoke slowly.

"Interesting, really interesting. Now that we are sure that we are rogues, do we still need to explain that we rebelled? Just rush up and chop them down. I don't know if you have met rogues before, just like you. Thinking about going Suppressing the rogues, I see you as worthy of oppressing the common people, you are really a guy who has done more than succeed in doing nothing."

Everyone was stunned. Su Tiancheng called himself the official, and he didn't just say it casually.

The expressions of the captured yamen servants changed.The yamen servant who was the most arrogant spoke up unwillingly.

"You, you rogues, dare to pretend to be court officials, my lord, they are rogues. They really are rogues, oh, it hurts..."

Wang Dazhi kicked the yamen servant in the stomach, causing the yamen servant to kneel down.

Su Tiancheng looked at the sergeants in front of him coldly, and spoke. This time, his tone changed.

"Who are you, report your identities yourself."

The leading inspector spoke unconsciously.

"I am the inspector of Xingping County..."

"Understood, then tell me why you rushed over with the sergeant and beat the innocent people."

"This, this, this officer was ordered to arrest the rogues."

"What do you mean, we are rogues, what evidence do we have?"

The inspector's face turned red, he was rarely questioned like this, and he became a little angry from embarrassment.

"Who are you? Why do you ask this official? This official sees that you are acting suspiciously, and escorts you to the county seat. If you dare to resist, you will be killed without mercy..."

Before the inspector finished speaking, Wang Dazhi quickly stepped forward. In the light of the calcium carbide fire, the inspector was slapped several times, and the steel knife in his hand was also handed over by Wang Dazhi.

"Just because you are cooperating with the adult to speak like this, you are looking for death..."

Wang Dazhi said these words coldly, making everyone silent.

"All kneel down to me, or the Jiangning camp will enforce the military law."

Like a bolt from the blue, many sergeants heard the title of Jiangning Battalion, and their bodies began to tremble. The timid sergeant threw away the steel knife in his hand and knelt down without hesitation. The surrounding companions also threw down the steel knives in their hands and knelt down.

Su Tiancheng ignored the sergeant who was kneeling in front of him, clasped his fists and spoke to many civilians.

"I am Su Tiancheng, Governor of Shaanxi Province. I have been in Shaanxi Province for less than two months. This is Mr. Qu Qingze, the prefect of Xi'an Prefecture. We really did not expect that the officials under the rule treat the people like this. It is our fault. We When I went to the small town, I saw a lot of things, the life of the people is too hard, and I have no face to face it."

More and more people gathered here, Wang Dazhi was a little anxious, who knows if there are rogues inside, he took advantage of this moment to launch an attack, if Su Tiancheng was hurt, it would be troublesome.

Su Tiancheng gently pushed away Wang Dazhi who was standing in front.

"Fathers and folks, the inaction of the government has caused harm to everyone. I am here to apologize to everyone. Such a situation cannot continue to happen in the future. This is a typical government coercion. If it were me, To be exploited by the government like this is to rebel and to seek refuge with bandits. At least you have something to eat, at least you don’t have to worry about being wronged by the government. From today onwards, the government will make a complete change. If you encounter such a situation, Even if you go directly to the governor's office to file a complaint, I will definitely make the decision for everyone."

The people here, that is, the people at the lowest level, most of them are farmers. They never expected that they could see the governor. Many people couldn't believe that everything in front of them was real.

Seeing Wang Dazhi's increasingly anxious expression, Su Tiancheng knew that he could not stay here for too long, and if he really met a small group of rogues, it would indeed be troublesome.

"Master Qu, these yamen servants have been handed over to you. You can figure out what to do with them."

Surrounded by everyone, Su Tiancheng left, leaving behind the stunned people in the town.

For a long time, the people in the small town were still talking about it, talking about what they saw the governor, about seeing the governor getting angry and severely punishing the bullying officials, things that made these people even more unbelievable Yes, those wicked yamen servants had their heads chopped off on the spot. A day later, the magistrate of Xingping County came to the town to personally announce policies and apologize to the people.

Su Tiancheng went straight back to the Governor's Yamen, there is no need to look at other places, the situation is the same in small towns, needless to say about other places, the situation is not known how bad it is.

On the way back, Su Tiancheng had already made up his mind that reform must be started, and it was a thorough reform. If the understanding of the government and officials did not change, everything would not work well. Even if it was economic development, it would not work. It is the prosperity on the surface, but the bottom layer is still the same.

It is conceivable that the resistance to the thorough reform will be met, but these difficulties cannot stop Su Tiancheng. If many situations cannot be fundamentally changed, the Ming Dynasty will eventually collapse to the ground.

After returning to the Governor's Yamen, Su Tiancheng had long talks with Qu Qingze, Su Pingyang, Zhu Shenxun, Zhu Yousong and others. His idea must be supported by many prefects, and everyone must implement it. Of course, the process of starting , You can't be sloppy, you must think about every step of the way, and think about the pressure of all aspects.

At this time, voices of opposition also appeared, and as Su Tiancheng expected, the person who opposed was Chen Yutai.

Chen Yutai believes that the government and officials' corruption can be rectified vigorously, but the land policy, the establishment of guards and other matters are all major policies of the imperial court and cannot be moved. Even if they want to move, they need the emperor's favor Yes, otherwise it is a rebellion.What made Su Tiancheng even more annoyed was that Chen Yutai believed that everything was fine at the moment, and that such things happened in Shaanxi because of the plundering of the rogues. As long as the rogues could be wiped out, many things would naturally be resolved.

Su Tiancheng and Chen Yutai argued for more than an hour. Chen Yutai naturally couldn't say Su Tiancheng, but he didn't change his own understanding. He still insisted that the ancestral system could not be changed.

Through the debate with Chen Yutai, Su Tiancheng was reminded that the greatest resistance to the reform came from the imperial court and the government. Under such circumstances, he had to think carefully about every step so as not to make mistakes.

It took two days for Su Tiancheng to write the secret book and sent it to the capital.

About how to start the reform, Su Tiancheng was basically thinking alone. All over Shaanxi, winter wheat was beginning to be sown. The first thing he encountered was the land problem. Many annexed lands were deserted without anyone cultivating them. Another aspect , Farmers who want to cultivate land, but have no land to cultivate.

This is an opportunity, an opportunity to initiate reform.

After a day, Su Tiancheng thought of a way to deal with it. This method has already been used by others, but it was only used in the early days of the dynasty.

Officials of the fourth grade and above in Shaanxi Province, including the prefects, prefectures, and county magistrates of prefectures and counties, were notified to attend a meeting in Xianyang.

Qu Qingze, Su Pingyang and others knew the meaning of the meeting, but most of the officials didn't understand what the meeting meant, and there was a lot of discussion for a while. Many officials thought that it was the time to plant winter wheat, and the officials were very busy. At that time, rushing to Xianyang and delaying several days, is it the opposite?

Officials from all over the country arrived in Xianyang one after another. They all knew about Su Tiancheng's severe punishment of government servants in Xingping County, and everyone was a little worried. They didn't know if the newly appointed governor was going to attack many officials. . (To be continued..)