In the Nian Gen, the southeast inspection area finally took lives.

It was not that the officials who went to inspect the area were burned to death, but that a scholar named Wang from Yuhang tried to join forces to fight against the new policies of the imperial court after the public cabinet meeting. As a result, he was reported by many people.

He went too far and chose to hang himself.

It was the morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Someone died, and someone died during the Chinese New Year, which immediately made the political atmosphere in the Southeast become more delicate.

This kind of mentality does not seem to need any special explanation... The corpses are ready-made there, and it is a waste to use shields and weapons... They have forced people to death, why don't the officials and husband stop?

So, after the New Year's Day, taking advantage of the opportunity of the greeting envoy sent from Tokyo to arrive in Hangzhou, local members of the Hangzhou government went to Fenghuang Mountain to offer New Year's gifts in the name of greetings, and at the same time wrote a letter to impeach the imperial governor and promote the imperial city Si Yang.

Yizhong was forced to risk people's lives, admonishing Zhao Guan's family to be generous to others, and at the same time formally suggested that Zhao Guan's family and Lu Xianggong suspend land inspection operations to avoid delaying spring plowing.

However, Zhao Guanjia and Lu Xianggong, specifically Zhao Guanjia, responded very directly and quickly.

First of all, the original case...that is, the case of the Yuhang Scholars Conspiracy Conspiracy Case who died, still adhered to the original treatment strategy. All members of the public cabinet who engaged in collusion and confrontation were expelled from the cabinet, arrested and imprisoned, and then quickly and uniformly exiled to the Yellow River.

He was ordered to serve as a guard for two years and was fined. As for Wang who died, it was found that he held land in many places, mostly by "letting others hold it on his behalf", so it was obvious that he was evading confrontation with the state. In addition, this time

As expected, the home of the mastermind of the series was surrounded by cavalry and ransacked as warned before.

As for Mr. Wang himself, he committed suicide out of fear of sin. If he dies, he will die.

Secondly, regarding the local petition in Hangzhou... Zhao Guanjia did not have any superfluous expressions, but only publicly approved and refuted it. According to Lu Benzhong’s argument in the first issue of Jiangnan Travel in Di, the so-called Phoenix X-day issue, which was launched after the year

Generally speaking, officials are discussing matters on a case-by-case basis. Although the Holy Will is clearly opposed to these unreasonable suggestions and impeachments, they will never be punished just because of the act of writing a letter. Otherwise, what kind of public office will they have? What kind of speech will they maintain?

At the same time, Lu Xueshi also said in the newspaper that Mr. Wang's suicide was essentially a resistance to the investigation. It was very merciful to stop confiscating his home. If someone really incited the people and tried to resist with arms, then he should not say anything.

Predetermined.

After Zhao Guan's family's determination was clearly expressed through both soft and hard tactics, the sudden wave of resistance to the prosecutor's office calmed down immediately.

However, as the most virtuous family in Yuhang, the Wang family was surrounded by cavalry and ransacked their homes after death, which indeed aroused the grief of rabbits and foxes in the southeast... After this incident, a large number of members of the two-way public cabinet took advantage of the smooth flow in the southeast.

The traffic conditions and the government system began to be large-scale petitions, but they no longer talked about land inspections and land destruction, and no longer discussed the New Deal. Instead, they concentrated on attacking the Imperial City Department and the Military Command Department, pointing the finger at Yang Yizhong and Yu Yunwen, and took the matter itself

Put it on top of the harassment and harm to the people of the southeast caused by this spy system.

And gradually formed a trend.

In response to this, Zhao Guan's family remained seated in Fenghuang Mountain. They only sent envoys to the Wuwei Army to reward Wang Gui and other officers and soldiers in front of the Imperial Camp, while still not incriminating them with words, and then seriously approved these petitions to the public court.

Anyway, although there are a lot of these memorials, they cannot stand up to the painstaking writing of an article. Zhao Guanjia is just 'absurd', 'read', 'nonsense', and can deal with it if he 'knows it'. It can't be said that anyone is more troublesome than the other.

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Of course, Lu Benzhong would still meet with some people on behalf of Zhao Guan's family, but he directly pointed out: Anyone with a little common sense should know that if an unarmed army of 10,000 imperial battalions crosses the Yangtze River and goes south, who can stop it? The current situation just illustrates this.

Officials have benevolent thoughts and do not want to use weapons.

Up to this point, it really looks like the officials are sitting on the Phoenix Mountain, and the soldiers are coming to cover up the water and the earth.

This situation lasted for about ten days. As the Shangyuan Festival of the ninth year of Jianyan was approaching, it was reported that the Zhao Guan family would take advantage of the situation and send Ban Zhi to go deep into the fields with an armed posture during the spring plowing period after the Shangyuan Festival.

There are rumors that the final inspection work was forcibly completed.

The reason why I say rumors rather than rumors is because many people think it is feasible... After a winter of hard work on Liangzhe Road and Jiangdong Road, they dare not say that the land inspection work has been completed.

, but the inspection of land for households with poor conditions is basically half-finished. Many things basically only need one final verification work, and spring plowing is a good time.

As for sharing the land from one person to another, the worst it can do is to increase taxes on households in a relatively poor situation. Do we really have to stop plowing in the spring just to fight against this?

What's more, in the second Phoenix issue of the new year, Lu Xueshi once again published an article, and then clearly sent a message to the officials three times: Even if there are hidden places, holding on behalf of others, etc., as long as they actively cooperate in the inspection work, then Jian Yanba will

The old things that happened before the year will not be corrected at all, but after the ninth year of Jianyan, if the land is still hidden or even abandoned as an escape, it should be dealt with severely and set an example to others.

It's a one-and-done thing... as for that?

Therefore, when the time came before the Lantern Festival, facing the resolute Zhao Guan family on Fenghuang Mountain, the households on Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road almost lost the courage to continue to fight in the inspection area itself. It was against Yang Yizhong,

If Yu Yunwen's impeachment had not been agreed upon before, I am afraid it would have been stopped gradually.

However, at this moment, as a person hurried from Tokyo to the southeast, and on the way after crossing the river, he suddenly contacted another person in the local area who had been silent, but the residents in the southeast became as energetic as a corpse.

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The person who came from Tokyo was the former Minister of Rites, Zhu Shengfei, and the local person who stood up to echo Zhu Shengfei was another former Minister, Liu Dazhong.

By the way, Zhu Shengfei was from Caizhou, and his hometown was located in the southeasternmost part of the west of Beijing, next to Huaidian. After Zhao Guan's family was punished by Baima to become Shaoxing, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown, but he only lived in Rushui and Huaidian all day long.

, Zhao Guan's family went south this time. Although they did not pass by him, he could be regarded as watching from a distance.

In the early winter of the previous year, Zhao Guan's family held a martial arts conference and publicly laid out strategies such as selling small units into acres of land, and directly implemented them in the southeast. However, he immediately paid attention to the matter, and after communicating with neighbors in Lianghuai and Jingxi, he

After discussing it, he felt that this matter was inappropriate. At that time, many of his old colleagues and local scholars persuaded him to come out and argue with the officials.

As the representative figure of the Baima Incident that day, Zhu Shangshu has been relying on the word "steadiness" to get around in Lianghuai since his retirement. He often talks about so-and-so harming the country. At this time, he is so embarrassed that he naturally has to pinch him.

Nose stood up. However, he somewhat understood that going directly to Hangzhou to find Zhao Guan's family would only bring humiliation to himself, so he simply found another way and turned around to Tokyo to sarcastically admonish Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Liu Ji, and Chen Gui face to face.

, so much so that Lu Haowen and others came to Beijing to stir up discussion among the Imperial Academy.

In addition, local envoys from Hangzhou, officials from the state government, and members of the surrounding prefectures and counties were assigned ships according to rank and region and traveled together.

In fact, as the most affluent households in the prefectures and counties surrounding Hangzhou on the two Zhejiang Roads, which family of these public cabinet ministers does not have their own painted boat in West Lake? And which painted boat does not have jade railings, gold and silver ornaments, and even incense and sweet smells? No comparison

Are these powerful officials with bare benches?

But then again, every family has a painting boat. How many of them can board the official ship and accompany the royal driver today?

There were too many people, and it was the first time to do this kind of thing, so everyone arrived at Yongjinmen with the imperial driver in the afternoon, but they waited until the sun set before boarding the boat one after another.

But then, with the big Oolong in front and the small Oolong behind, dozens of official ships on the left and right launched together, following the Jinwu Hao on the butt of the big Oolong, they all sailed out of Yongjinmen and headed towards Su Causeway.

But it instantly detonated the entire West Lake.

It’s the Lantern Festival, and Hangzhou’s four gates are wide open, so it’s not allowed to have a white night. In addition, the cities in Zhejiang and Zhejiang are densely packed, and Zhao Guan’s family is stationed in Zhejiang. I don’t know how many people come to the West Lake to celebrate the festival. Today, I saw the imperial chariot patrolling in a boat.

The lake is pouring out one after another. On the Sudi dike directly in front, there are people walking shoulder to shoulder, making it difficult to walk. Even along the two sides of the bank, countless people have gathered and climbed up to watch the dragon boats.

What can be seen from such a distance? No one knows.

How are the dragon boats arranged inside and outside? What is the difference between official boats and folk paintings? No one knows.

It is said that it was to see the imperial chariot, the Xianggong and the Yuqian Banzhi. Did the official leave the cabin? Did the Xianggong wave? How many Yuqian Banzhi were there? Was Yang Yizhong, the traitorous minister who forced Wang Dashan to death, among them? There was also no one among them.

Know.

But there is a rush to be the first to watch, and the bank and embankment are full to have a look. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, there are countless painted boats sailing left and right, surrounded by large and small oolongs and numerous official boats, almost covering the entire floor.

half of the West Lake, and echoed the shouts from the shore.

In the midst of the turmoil, those members of the cabinet who were able to accompany the official ship were already intoxicated. Who still remembers the impeachment, the support for the two wise ministers, the Wang who hanged himself, and the prosecution?

Bad government in the land?

But I just felt that this life was enough, and I wanted to go back immediately and tell the villagers that I was in the West Lake that day, only three boat berths away from Zhao Guan's house!

The few who still remembered anything serious could only sigh in their hearts, feeling that this official was really smart enough to refuse advice. As long as the boat wandered in the West Lake until midnight, he would go back and stay overnight until dawn. The next day, he sent Zhu Shengfei, the envoy of Shangyuan, to ask for peace.

By then, Liu Dazhong, who had come to make up the numbers, would be alone, and the matter would be over.

However, for some unknown reason, the two instigators, Liu Dazhong and Zhu Shengfei, joined hands on the official ship. Although they looked at each other in silence and said nothing, they also seemed somewhat relieved.

The boat moved forward slowly, and in the evening, when the sun shone from west to east, reflecting the golden color of the lake, the big black dragon arrived in front of Su Di Bridge. Naturally, it could not go any further and had to turn around. At this time, another one

** Appeared... Zhao Guanjia, who was wearing a right-angled futou, a brand new light yellow robe, a gold outfit with a red belt, and soap boots, in a posture that fully conformed to the imagination of the people of Suzhou, actually brought a group of purple, crimson, and green clothes.

All the ministers came out of the cabin of the big black dragon boat and waved to the Su embankment, which attracted the other ministers, ministers, officials and cabinet ministers on board the other officials to follow suit.

Although it was only a moment of turning the bow of the boat, the river embankment and both sides were thunderous, and it actually scared away countless crows on Fenghuang Mountain across the Sunset Mountain.

And the bow of the boat turned around, and the soldiers and people on the embankment who came back to their senses, although not many of them could see clearly, couldn't help but were thirsty. They only said that Zhao Guan's family looked at me, and said that they saw the red gold suit with their own eyes.

Some people who know the allusion said that Zhao Guan's family was in crisis on the Huaihe River that day, so he went to see King Han alone and gave him a jade belt. From then on, he no longer wore jade belts, only gold belts, cowhide belts, etc., it was all complicated.

That's not all. The ship turned around and then slowly turned back. On the way, dusk gradually became apparent. Zhao Guan's family had another decree, so they ordered each ship to light up lanterns. Although the official ship was large, it was extremely simple on top. Only the bow and stern could

Ordinary lanterns were hung, but as the big and small oolong boats lit up a few lanterns, the whole lake and city seemed to have received a signal. Starting from the lake, they started lighting lanterns before it got dark.

For a time, the lantern shadows swayed and the stars gradually became one, reflecting the entire West Lake as if it were heaven and earth. Even at this time, the moon's shadow was slightly visible on the horizon, and the setting sun was still hovering in the west of the lake, but it could not completely cover the lights of the world.

It can only be said that Duan is a beautiful scene of the great unity of the monarch, his subjects, his people and the people in the feudal era.

For those who don’t know, I thought I was back in the Tokyo city of the Toyoto era.

However, just when they hung up the lanterns on the boat, everyone thought that Zhao Guan's family was going to take advantage of the situation and wander around in the West Lake until midnight to avoid Zhu and Liu, something unexpected happened... As dusk gradually rose, the lake was filled with lights,

However, Dawulong still took advantage of the last ray of sunset to return to Yongjin Gate. Then the officials immediately disembarked and led the honor guard back to Luan Fenghuang Mountain.

Along the way, there was also another edict for the officials and people in the southeast to celebrate the Lantern Festival and to make offerings to Phoenix Mountain before the Spring Festival to prevent waste.

Among them, all the money and silk were offered as rewards to the cavalry soldiers of the imperial camp, all kinds of folk and interesting things were presented, and a lantern riddle was held under the Leifeng Pagoda for the benefit of the people, and all the food and specialties were presented.

It means that everyone is happy together.

After receiving this decree, most people were naturally overjoyed, but a few people like Liu Dazhong and Zhu Shengfei could not help but complain repeatedly - without him, how could they, who had expressed their determination in public before, hide in such a posture?

I'm afraid that I will inevitably become a bad person.

Sure enough, as the bright moon gradually rose, the people of Hangzhou had already gathered on the south bank of the West Lake when they heard that officials were making profits on Xizhao Mountain. The military camps on both sides of Phoenix Mountain had received rewards, and many of them cheered. At this time, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, the old martial arts conference was held.
To be continued...