Moreover, Liangxiang is in the southwest of the capital, dozens of miles away from the Qinghe Iron Works in the northern suburbs. It is impossible for these workers to run back and forth every day. As a result, these workers live in temporary straw hut dormitories built by the iron factory!
Something big has happened now. The two patriarchs saw how the young laborers left home and never came back. Will the land be left uncultivated next year?
In ancient times, clans had the power to enforce the law. The two patriarchs were entangled with more than 200 of their family's close-branch children and thugs, and they went to the big iron factory to arrest these workers for the serious crime of disrespecting their ancestors and leaving the family without permission!
In fact, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with what the patriarch did. The banner they used was that these people are unfilial. Your parents are still at home. Instead of accompanying Xiaoshun, you have lived outside for many years?
My parents are traveling not far away! It's not impossible for you to travel far away. You have to report to the clan leader and get the whole clan's approval before you can leave!
Without the permission of your parents and clan leader, you left the land and stopped farming, and you stayed away from home for a whole month? It's legal to arrest you!
But this Qing law was not easy to use today. As soon as this group of people rushed to arrest people in the grass shed area of the steel factory, Xiao Huang from the Jingshi Police Station blocked the boss!
Today, Xiao Huang is finally in the lap of King Yu and has become one of the first batch of senior policemen who can be assigned as **** in the Capital Police Headquarters!
His subordinates... no no no... are low-level police officers, with more than a hundred of them listening to his orders!
When Xiao Huang saw that someone dared to compete with Long Live Master for a young man, it was a big deal. Rifles, blunderbuss, broadswords and spears surrounded the men of the two clan leaders!
At this moment, more than 20 Zhangjiawan workers have been tied up with hemp ropes, and they all lower their heads like plague chickens!
Xiao Huang took out his gun and put on a big-brimmed hat, and sorted out the new police uniforms. They were all extruded goods purchased from Chinese warehouses. Although they smelled a bit musty, the fabric was really good and thick. Thick wool!
"What do you want to do? Do you know where this place is? Dare you come here to act wild..."
The new police uniforms and pistols frightened the two patriarchs and they knelt down. They also handed over dozens of silver coins, "Greetings, sir! We are not bad people. We are from Zhangjiawan, a good hometown. These people are all The nephew of the family..."
"They were arrested for no other reason than because they were unfilial to their parents..."
"You're talking nonsense! Why are we unfilial to our parents! Let's make money and build a big house for our parents later...Aren't we unfilial to our parents?" Someone in the crowd immediately retorted.
The clan leader also has thugs. If someone dares to speak harshly, he will rush up and slap him in the face. "Shut up! When the clan leader is talking to the official, do you have the right to interrupt? You bastard, do you still want to rebel?"
In the eyes of these thugs, officials wear the same pants as the landlords. Now the landlords are giving money to the officials. If there is money to open the way, can the officials not be biased?
But today, it's really weird. This little Huang has taken all the money and won't let you handle the matter!
"Oh...you dare to beat people under my eyes? When these people come back to your house, why don't they beat them to death?"
"Today, I have to seek justice! These workers are all left to me..."
"Ah? Official... you can't do this! This is a family matter in our Zhangjiawan clan, and our ancestral hall has the right to handle it!"
"Master... we don't have connections in the capital. We are also familiar with the censor in the capital. Do you think we have violated that royal law?"
"If you have land in your hometown but don't farm, if you have parents who don't support you, and if you leave your family and career just for a small amount of money, this is a great act of unfilial piety! There is no justice in not punishing them!"
Xiao Huang glared at the boss, "Don't tell me, what are you saying about Hanlin and not Hanlin? You have to remember, these people have signed long-term contracts, which means they are workers who are paid one hundred coins!"
"After they have built the steel plant, they will stay in the steel plant to learn skills and make steel for Lord Long Live!"
"These people are already Lord Long Live's people! What do you want to do? Do you dare to steal people from Lord Long Live?"
"Fuck... you old guys, please remember... loyalty and filial piety, loyalty and filial piety, loyalty to the king is before filial piety! How dare you stop others from being loyal to Lord Long Live?"
The old Dong Heng was stunned by his words. He rolled his eyes several times and didn't know how to refute!
That's right. Your filial piety binds the people, and my long live master uses his loyalty to the emperor to fight against you. What can you do?
Now a group of old men were ganged up, and they wanted to go back home, but there were more than 150 strong laborers in front of them! If they don't go back next spring, they will definitely be abandoned!
In his anger, an old man said something stupid without thinking, "This... this Long Live Lord cannot be unreasonable! Isn't this trying to gain profits from the people?"
"What? What did you say, you old bastard?" The boss, Xiao Huang, immediately grasped the handle and yelled, "Arrest this old bastard!"
"Seizing profits with the people? Fuck... Bah... I'm going to spit on your face... His Majesty has just given the entire Shuntian Mansion free of money and food, and you still dare to say that Long Live Lord is unreasonable? How dare you say that Long Live Lord and the people Seizing profits? Arresting people..."
This unfortunate old man was caught and thrown into the police cell!
As soon as King Yu heard the news, he immediately wanted to set up a prison and severely deal with the rebels in Zhangjiawan. He wanted to hold a trial that night. The death penalty can be avoided and the life penalty is hard to spare. This old man has to be given three thousand people. Go inside!
But he didn't expect that Zai Chun would know about this matter. After hearing this, Zai Chun was not angry at all but instead ordered: "People are old and have misunderstandings. There are also occasional slips of the tongue. God has the virtue of good life. People who are over seventy years old If you are the winner, don’t be exiled!”
"Fahui will tell his nephew to discipline him well in his hometown, and punish him not to leave his hometown for the rest of his life, so that he can stop talking nonsense!"
"But what Zhangjiawan has done cannot go unpunished. In Liangxiang County, where Zhangjiawan is located, let's forget about the reduction of money and food!"
In one sentence, the entire Liangxiang was kicked out of the plan to reduce or reduce money and food. Everywhere in Shuntian Mansion was exempted, but this Liangxiang suffered because of Zhangjiawan!
The two patriarchs were dumbfounded now. The emperor's move was so vicious, and they were immediately established as sinners of the entire Liangxiang landlord class!
The landowners in Quanliang Township were madly scolding these two families for being stupid, and even the surrounding areas directly broke off the six planned marriages!
The people of Quanliang Township were angry and wanted to break off all relations with Zhangjiawan and never intermarry!
In just three days, one of the two clan leaders suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed, while the other was hanged with a hemp rope amidst the attacks and curses from the entire county!
One death and one maiming slightly alleviated the hatred of the villagers towards them!
"Hahaha...it's easy to use! This trick is really easy to use...break down the enemy and let them fight on their own!"
Zai Chun laughed heartily in the Yangxin Hall, hugged Arut and kissed him three times!
