Wang Jinbao killed someone!
Murder must be paid with life!
And he only had one life in total, and of course he was not willing to use it to pay for the life of an old scholar, so after killing the person, he ran away and fled into the nearby Laojun Mountain without a trace.
The old scholar who was killed was an uncle of Fang Gongyue, the prefect of Songjiang, and an elder of Gu Chengfang's family. Although this elder's prestige in the clan is not very high, if he gets sick and dies or meets a bad person while out for a walk, the Fang family will not go to war. But the cause and time of his death were too small.
It happened that the whole Xiangyang Prefecture was about to explode with resentment towards the "millions of beggars" who came to visit for free, so the death of the scholar Fang in Gucheng became a fuse that ignited the anger of the people of Xiangyang Prefecture.
On July 22nd of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the gentry in Gucheng finally broke out! However, they did not dare to break out in their hometown in Gucheng County, because it is said that there are 60,000 begging soldiers in the entire Gucheng County... This is larger than the local population of Gucheng County.
Seeing those begging soldiers in green clothes and white hats with spears on their shoulders wandering in front of their homes every day, the gentry in Gucheng County must hold back! If you can't help but break out in your hometown, those begging soldiers will be very happy!
Therefore, after a confidential discussion, several large households in Gucheng County decided to place the main battlefield of the "counterattack" in Xiangyang City, and carried the body of Fang Xiucai who was stabbed to Xiangyang Fucheng to file a lawsuit against Luochuan. County gangsters ran rampant in Gucheng County, plundering people's property and killing people. He also asked Zhu Youjian to transfer all Luochuan County regiment members out of Gucheng County and track down the real murderer, so as to bring justice to the old scholar!
When the old scholar's body was rushed into Xiangyang Prefecture by a group of Fang family members and gentry people from Gucheng County, they found that the place was already crowded with gentry people from all over Xiangyang Prefecture who came to complain. It turns out that Fang Xiucai of Gucheng County was not the only Xiangyang gentry who was beaten to death by begging soldiers. These are so-called millions of beggar soldiers. Although the actual number is only five to six hundred thousand, there are only one hundred thousand of them.
But for Xiangyang Prefecture, which has a small population and a small territory, the number of beggars is too many. Even if they are all in strict military discipline, the land and people of Xiangyang Prefecture cannot support them. Get up!
Moreover, the discipline of this group of beggars was already very loose. Even though some of them were trained by the Shaanxi regiment, they were still able to form a team. But after all, they were not a real army. Zhu Youjian did not give them full military pay, and there were not so many officers to control them. It was better when they were gathered together. The elite soldiers in front of the tent were intimidating and they did not dare to act recklessly. But now that they are scattered everywhere, they can still be controlled by soldiers in front of the tent. They rely on officials from various states and counties in Shaanxi and a small number of servants. Of course, it is difficult to control the team.
Of course, murders and arson are rare. But there are too many thefts, lootings, fights...
In addition, after these "millions of begging soldiers" dispersed to various counties and towns, they had no ready-made houses to live in, and they did not bother to build shacks, so they directly occupied the houses of Xiangyang gentry and people. Except for some wealthy families with high-ranking officials who could still resist, other gentry families had beggars dragging their families to live in their homes, even if they were juren.
How do you spend your day?
How could there not be conflict between the two parties?
This conflict...it is normal for people to lose their lives or lose their limbs.
Therefore, less than half a month after the begging soldiers were divided, Xiangyang citizens came to Xiangyang Imperial City in droves to complain.
What greeted them outside the imperial city were heavily armed soldiers in front of the tent.
"Damn it, who is coming to the imperial city in disgrace? What a bad luck! Get out of here, or we will treat you all as intruders!"
The one who was leading the team on guard duty outside the gate of the imperial city today, and the one who was still shouting that he was going to treat the Gucheng gentry who had complained as a trespasser, was Liu Zongmin, the commander of the infantry in front of the tent!
A young scholar from the Fang family strode forward, holding the imperial document high in his hand, and said loudly: "This military master, we are the children of the Fang family in Fangjiayan, Gucheng County, and a family member of the Fang Dafu in Songjiang. We want to express our gratitude to you." Long live the Lord's petition!"
"Why are you carrying a dead man to file a complaint?" Liu Zongmin didn't take Fang Dafu seriously, so he immediately pointed at the corpse of Fang Xiucai being carried, "It's still so smelly... Do you want to disgust Lord Long Live? Do you want to make Lord Long Live lose his appetite for food?"
"This, this is the elder of my family who was killed by Shaanxi thieves..."
"Hmph!" Liu Zongmin snorted and stared, "Who are you calling a Shaanxi thief? You kid brought a dead man to break into the house, and you kept calling the soldiers in front of the tent a thief. Could he be an accomplice of the thief? Who's here? Here, I got it..."
"I am a scholar, I have a great reputation..."
As soon as the scholar from the Fang family heard that the other party wanted to take someone away, he immediately panicked and immediately brought up his "accomplishment".
"Xiucai is nothing!" Liu Zongmin glared, "Well, he's still a disciple of the emperor!"
Disciple of the emperor? Is this warrior who looks like a thief a Jinshi?
The scholar below does not dare to make mistakes, he is just a scholar...and he is a Jinshi! Even if he is a martial arts scholar, he is still more powerful than him as a scholar!
"I am born late, but I cannot see the mountains. I am born late, but my relatives are killed, and I feel sad..."
Seeing that the other party had surrendered, Liu Zongmin didn't make things difficult for him... He, the "Emperor's Disciple", was not too tough. He had just received the transfer order to serve as a trainee in the Guard Corps, and he had not actually reported to the Guard Corps yet. Woolen cloth.
"You want to file a lawsuit, right?" Liu Zongmin asked, "Have you made an appointment? Do you have the number plate issued by Jinyiwei and Dongchang?"
What? reserve? Number plate? Is it that troublesome to file a petition? Also... what does this matter have to do with Jin Yiwei and Dongchang?
Liu Zongmin saw his confused face and knew that he had not queued up to register and get a number, so he pointed in the direction of the Xiangyang Prefecture Academy and said, "Go to the Academy to queue up and register... There have been a lot of people filing complaints recently! Long live I have so many things to do all day long, how can I manage it? I can't leave the country's affairs alone and just settle the case for you? The Yellow River is flooded these days, and many places in Henan and South Zhili are flooded, and the victims are millions! So! Long live the Lord only asks about three cases every day. Those of you who are complaining should go and talk to Governor Liu of Dongchang and Commander Cui of Jinyiwei first!
In addition, the deceased should quickly find a coffin to put in it! Isn’t it smelly on a hot day? "
It turns out that there are so many people filing complaints now, and Zhu Youjian is too busy, so he has to have people line up, get numbers, and make appointments. Oh, Cui Yingyuan from Jinyiwei and Liu Chao from Dongchang are also responsible for the preliminary review.
Of course the Fang family knows who Cui Yingyuan and Liu Chao are... one is one of Wei Zhongxian's five younger brothers, and the other is Liu Changgong, who is known as the King of Hell who confiscates the property!
To seek redress of grievances against them... is unreliable no matter how you look at it!
But no matter how unreliable it is, can the Fang family in the dignified Gucheng still be afraid of a traitorous sycophant from the Imperial Guard and a dead eunuch from Dongchang? The Fang family had no choice but to find a coffin to put the old scholar in, and then carried it to line up outside Fuxue Palace - of course they had to line up, and many people came to complain! The person who asked about the case in the academy today was Liu Chao. Eunuch Liu was a careful person, so he had to ask questions one by one before writing a case file so that he could report it to the superiors.
I don’t know whether to redress the grievances for the sufferer or to take the sufferer to the East Factory for torture...
While Liu Chao was meeting Fang's family in Gucheng, Zhu Youjian summoned King Xiang Zhu Yiming in the imperial city.
The old prince has not been idle these days, he is doing good things everywhere! I met with the heads of many wealthy families in Xiangyang Mansion and discussed how to spend money and eliminate disasters.
"Long live Lord, I have met a lot of people these days..." Zhu Yiming considered his words, "They are all willing to pay and provide food... as long as Long live Lord's beggars can go elsewhere. However, …”
"But what?" Zhu You asked.
The old prince smiled bitterly and said: "But Long Live Lord's beggars have really gone elsewhere, and those wealthy gentry families will definitely try their best to evade taxes. So it is not difficult to get them to agree to increase taxes. What is difficult is how to keep it for a long time! "
