The sickle cuts off the tail of autumn, and winter appears again.
The ground was covered with harvested rice. An old man picked up the rack and put it on the shoulders of the cow. There were two ropes on both sides of the rack, and the ropes were connected to the roller frame.
Patting the old cow gently, the old cow slowly moved forward, pulling the cylindrical stone mill to rotate. The heavy stone crushed the rice, and the outer shell surrounding the rice grains was crushed open, revealing the rice grains.
The heavy stone grinder, the slow-moving old cows, and the old man leading the cows have become a painting, flowing at the end of the autumn harvest...
In some households, the rice they brought was too small to be ground with stones, or they did not have old oxen, so they had to move out the stone mortar, pick up a mallet, put the fallen rice into the mortar, and use the mallet to pound it little by little. , smash the rice husks, separate the chaff into rice bran, and remove the rice bran to become white rice.
There is a woman holding a dustpan, standing at the wind outlet, shaking it up and down, and sometimes moving it left and right, to winnow down the grains, leaving behind plump grains of rice. People do not eat these plump grains of rice. Yes, but as next year's grain, those grains will not be wasted. Keep them. If you are really hungry, you can use them to cook porridge.
The people of Jurong were busy, and the wealthy households were not idle either. Gu Zhengchen invited all the local mayors to the Guo family compound.
The county government can't accommodate so many people, but the yards of wealthy families are very spacious.
Gu Zhengchen invited everyone here, not to treat them to a meal, but to give them warnings. After everyone arrived, he climbed onto a high platform and said with a stern face: "During this period, I have been going through the files from previous years and old cases. , I found many problems in the judgment, whether they are big or small, you know better than me."
"You don't like Mr. Gu, and you want to drive Mr. Gu out of Jurong, so that your bad things will not be found out and your family will be harmed. I will say it bluntly. Mr. Gu did not come to Jurong to find you, the mayor. The troubles caused by the big families, suppressing powerful families and wealthy families, are all about protecting the people here, so that these poor people can have enough to eat and not be bullied wantonly!"
"I, Gu Zhengchen, am the magistrate of Jurong County. I have established a rule here: Whoever bullies the people will be bullied by me! Whoever makes the people have no food to eat, I will make them without food! Whoever makes the people have no fixed place to live, I will bully them." The official will let him live without a fixed abode! You'd better keep this rule in mind! As long as Gu is still in Jurong, no one can bully others!"
"Today at noon, I will supervise the person responsible for the murder of the Guo family. Please come and watch the ceremony. Open your eyes wide and look at the bloody heads. Do this three times a day. Think about what you have done. Don't commit crimes in the county. Yamen! The laws of the country are like iron, and I am determined to be impartial and unselfish, and I will punish you severely! The Guo family will be destroyed in one day. What will happen to you, each of you should think clearly."
"After the autumn harvest, I will send county officials to various places to inspect the people's conditions, and summon local elders and people to inquire about the people's conditions. There will be no corvee in the county offices this winter. It is rare for the people to have leisure, and it is rare for me to have leisure. Wherever I go, I will meet someone. If the people in the village are complaining in the countryside and crying and howling on the road, they will not be spared lightly after they are found out!"
The words spread throughout the Guo family's courtyard, causing the heads of households and village chiefs to turn pale.
Everyone kills chickens to scare monkeys, but Gu Zhixian actually killed a tiger to worship a lamb.
The Guo family is one of the richest families in Jurong. Now the court has approved Gu Zhengchen's verdict. Damn it, no one can escape. They will all end up in Caishikou at 3:00 noon today!
No matter whether it is a wealthy family or a wealthy family, they have some say in the final analysis, but these rights can never stand up to absolute power.
Standing behind the magistrate is the imperial power. Who can truly be the enemy of the imperial power?
If Zhixian is strong and shows no mercy, the big local households will have only one choice, and that is to give in and compromise. Otherwise, the Guo family will serve as a lesson to them.
An hour later, the food market entrance was crowded with people, and the common people could not get close. The front rows were all given to the village chiefs, wealthy households, wealthy households, and wealthy families.
Gu Zhengchen invited everyone to watch the ceremony, but no one dared not give him face.
He was sent to Jinling late, but there was nothing he could do. Although Jurong had fishing nets, he did not have the high-end talents for such executions, and he could not cut more than 3,000 knives.
There is really nothing to say about beheading.
Look at the sun and see that the hour has come.
He took out the order and threw it away, shouted "Behead", the thick ghost-headed sword was raised high, and then a line of blood spurted out, and the head rolled down!
Before dying, no matter how much we cried or begged, it was of no avail.
The battle has been decided, and no one can escape.
cut!
What has been cut off is Jurong’s many years of accumulated cases, which are as black as ink. What is cut off is the sorrow and suffering of the people of Jurong!
Gu Zhengchen watched the lives end in an instant, leaving only the rolling heads and the corpses that twitched a few times and stopped moving.
When Huo Xun, Ma Ju and others saw this scene, their expressions became very solemn.
"I thought this magistrate was just a weak scholar, but I didn't expect him to be so strong!"
Ma Ju took a deep breath, somewhat shocked.
Huo Xun lamented again and again: "Even a scholar is so strong, and his face does not change when his head falls to the ground. There are so many talents in the Ming Dynasty. Let us be obedient and obedient to avoid unnecessary disasters."
Zhao Chuan agreed with Huo Xun: "In the future, you are not allowed to think about Yuan Ting anymore, let alone mention it again. We are Ming people now, so forget the past."
Gu Gui lowered his head and glanced at the execution ground. Under the rolling heads, there was an invisible deterrent. The wealthy people in front were trembling, while the people behind were cheering.
People's hearts!
At this moment, Gu Zhengchen won the hearts of the people at the bottom.
Gu Gui raised his head heavily. Judging from various arrangements, Gu Zhengchen did not treat himself as a foreigner hastily and arrange them casually, but truly treated these Tatars with care.
He won the trust of the Tatars with his dedication, and he gave the Tatars the direction of life with his wisdom.
Everyone depends on him for their existence.
Including yourself and your family.
The corner of Gu Gui's mouth moved slightly, and he bit out a murderous look: "If anyone has second thoughts, if anyone betrays Gu Zhi County, I will not spare him! We must survive and take root here!"
Among the crowd, Sun Erkou pulled out a white cloth with a line of large characters written on it: "The revenge of killing my father will finally be repaid. The sky is clear, Mr. Qingtian!"
Xu Erya clenched his fists, watching the heads of Guo Jun and others fall to the ground, looking up to the sky.
It turns out that there is still light in the world.
Gu Zhengchen used a major case that was close to a massacre to win the hearts of the people of Jurong, pave the way for the reform of Jurong, and also remove stumbling blocks, unite the county government officials, beat the big families in Jurong, and let local issues go. sudden decrease.
The autumn harvest is coming to an end.
The real innovation and development of Jurong started in early winter and rushed to spring...
