Gao Hanwen didn't know how he returned home. It wasn't until just now that he truly understood what it means to be ruthless in official circles and sinister in official circles!
Long before he came to Zhejiang to take up the post, his teacher Yan Shifan had given him many instructions, but Gao Hanwen didn't take them to heart at the time. When what happened to him happened, he couldn't help but feel endless regret in his heart.
On the other side, Shen Yun's room was still brightly lit.
I saw him sitting upright next to the bronze mirror, looking at himself reflected in the mirror, and couldn't help feeling disgusted.
"Chen Yun, Chen Yun, Master Gao, such a noble and talented young man, will be destroyed in your hands tonight! You are such a cheap maid, no wonder you were sold to a brothel before..."
"Maybe your parents were also killed by you."
After Shen Yun finished speaking, she took off the hairpin from her head, looked at herself in the mirror with disheveled hair, smiled miserably, and then pointed the hairpin at her neck and stabbed it out.
As soon as the hairpin touched the skin, there was a burst of pain in the neck, and a trace of blood came out. Shen Yun did not have the courage to prick it anymore. She only heard a "snap" sound, and the hairpin fell to the ground. Shen Yun covered her face and lowered her head. Cry bitterly.
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Early the next morning, Gao Hanwen took several soldiers to measure the fields. At this time, he looked haggard, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, and it seemed that he had not slept all night.
"Master Gao, you didn't get a good rest last night, so leave it to us to do such a small thing as measuring the fields."
The soldiers who were following him saw that Gao Hanwen was so tired and couldn't help but comfort him.
"It's okay. It's just that I stayed up late last night to sort out the previously cleared fields. It doesn't matter." Gao Hanwen responded with a smile while riding on a white horse.
"Where are we going to measure today?"
"Master Zheng Gao, we are going to Taoyuan Village today."
"Yeah." Gao Hanwen nodded and said no more.
Soon, the team arrived at Taoyuan Village. Before everyone could take a measurement, they were surrounded by angry villagers, and these villagers all held hoes or kitchen knives in their hands.
"Folks, it's them, don't let them measure the fields, they want to take away our land!" An angry voice came out from the crowd.
"Yeah, don't let them measure it!"
"I heard that they want to use this to convert rice into mulberry, and they want to buy our land at a low price."
"If you don't let us grow food, you won't give us a way to survive. Drive them away!"
"Yes, drive them away!"
Seeing the crowd becoming more and more angry, the soldiers tried their best to protect Gao Hanwen in the center, pulled out the long swords at their waists and confronted the villagers: "What, do you want to rebel?"
Gao Hanwen has always been very generous to his subordinates. He is not like other officials who look at people with their noses and show a condescending face to his subordinates. He was very courteous and courteous in his dealings with others. In addition, he received a lot of reward, and his work was also very easy, so he was very popular among the soldiers.
Seeing the soldier draw his sword and threaten, the crowd took a step back slightly.
"What are you afraid of? There are only four or five of them, and there are more than 200 of us."
"Yeah, don't be afraid. If they want to take away our land, fight them!"
"Fight!"
"Master Gao, hurry up and go to the Governor's Mansion to bring reinforcements!" Seeing that the situation had become uncontrollable, several soldiers said in a deep voice after cutting down a villager who was rushing at the front.
"No, these villagers must have been bewitched by someone. I will explain it to them when I go down." Gao Hanwen said, getting off his horse.
"They have weapons in their hands. They are no longer ordinary villagers, they are mobs!"
"Master Gao, leave quickly, don't let us down!"
Seeing their companions being chopped down, the crowd became even more angry and picked up their weapons to kill the soldiers.
When Gao Hanwen saw this, he no longer hesitated. He bit his lips and got on his horse. He whipped his horse whip hard: "Drive!"
The white horse was in pain and instantly ran out for more than ten meters. Gao Hanwen looked back and saw that several soldiers had been overwhelmed by the angry villagers.
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In the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang Province, everyone's expressions froze when they heard the news brought back by Gao Hanwen.
"What? What did you say? There was a riot in Taoyuan Village and soldiers were killed!"
In the hall, Hu Zongxian was sitting at the top, looking at the embarrassed Gao Hanwen, and couldn't help but frown.
"Drink some water first and speak slowly." Zheng Michang said on the side and handed the teacup to Gao Hanwen's hand.
Gao Hanwen did not pick it up, but still knelt on the ground and recounted the whole incident again.
"Are you saying that as soon as you and the soldiers arrived at Taoyuan Village and before you started taking measurements, the villagers rushed out with hoes and kitchen knives?" Hu Zongxian asked as he picked up the tea cup, took a sip.
"Yes." Gao Hanwen nodded and responded.
"And they kept shouting about not letting us measure, saying that we were trying to annex their land under the guise of converting rice into mulberry!" Gao Hanwen said, still feeling frightened.
"Humph, this is so unreasonable! Changing rice to mulberry is a national policy. These unruly people must have been bewitched by thieves to dare to openly oppose the national policy. I request to send troops to suppress it." After hearing Gao Hanwen's description, He Maocai became furious. Ask for orders from Hu Zongxian who is sitting at the top.
"Well, in this case, we should send troops. Let's send Ma Ning away! He is the prefect of Hangzhou and is more familiar with that place."
Hearing Hu Zongxian's final choice, He Maocai's eyes flashed with anger. No one present knew that Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, was his student of Hu Zongxian.
"Call Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou!" Hu Zongxian ordered to his subordinates.
"yes."
Not long after the guard reported, Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, hurried over.
As soon as he entered the hall and looked at the solemn-looking people, Ma Ningyuan couldn't help but feel a little confused. Then he looked at Hu Zongxian who was sitting at the top and asked aloud: "Teacher, what happened?"
Hu Zongxian did not hesitate about Ma Ningyuan's title, but simply said: "There was a riot in Taoyuan Village, and the villagers killed the soldiers! You and Master Gao can lead the troops there."
"Yes." Ma Ningyuan accepted the order, then bowed and left, leaving with him the embarrassed Gao Hanwen.
After the two left, Zheng Michang glanced at the corner of the hall and said coldly: "There was a riot in Taoyuan Village. Could it be that some people were behind it?"
Tan Lun, who was sitting in the corner, couldn't help but became furious after hearing the sarcasm in Zheng Michang's words. He stood up from his seat suddenly. Because he was so angry, the veins on his head sprouted, looking quite ugly. ferocious.
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing interesting, it's just a reasonable suspicion. Everything was fine before, so why did such a big thing suddenly happen? I think it must be you clear-minded people who are causing trouble behind the scenes, trying to prevent the implementation of the policy of changing rice to mulberry!"
Facing Tan Lun's resentful gaze, Zheng Michang was not afraid at all, and immediately replied.
"Although we oppose the conversion of rice to mulberry, we will never use such despicable methods!" Tan Lun responded confidently.
"Hmph, those villagers must have been instigated by your people!" Seeing Tan Lun retort, He Maocai on the side also responded.
"Bah, what a bunch of bullshit, they are all treacherous ministers who bring disaster to the country and the people! They say the most beautiful words and do the filthiest things." Zheng Michang was so angry that he didn't care about etiquette and started to curse.
