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, disappearing 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 was not very high, if he died of illness or encountered someone while out for a walk,

Even if there is a bad guy, the Fang family will not go to war. But the cause and time of his death are too small.

It happened that the entire 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 unbearable Gucheng gentry finally broke out! However, they did not dare to break out in their hometown in Gucheng County, because it is said that there were 60,000 begging soldiers in the entire Gucheng County, which was comparable to the local population of Gucheng County

It’s all too much.

Seeing those beggars in green clothes and white hats, carrying spears on their shoulders, wandering in front of their homes every day, the gentry in Gucheng County have to hold back! If they can't help but break out in their hometown, those beggars will be very happy.

Got it!

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.

The county regiment members were running rampant in Gucheng County, plundering people's property and killing people. He also asked Zhu Youjian to transfer all the Luochuan County regiment members out of Gucheng County and track down the real murderers, so as to bring justice to the old scholar Fang!

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 from Gucheng County was not the only Xiangyang gentry who was beaten to death by begging soldiers. These were said to be one million begging soldiers, although the actual number was only five to six hundred thousand, and only one hundred thousand of them were strong men.

But for Xiangyang Prefecture, which has a small population and a small territory, the number of these 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 is already very loose. Although the young men among them have the title of Shaanxi regiment training, they can barely form a team. But they are not a real army after all, and Zhu Youjian does not give them any

With full military pay, there are not so many officers to control them. It was better when they were gathered together. They were deterred by elite soldiers in front of the tent, and they did not dare to act recklessly. But now they are scattered everywhere, and the soldiers in front of the tent can control them.

, it is of course difficult to control the team just by relying on officials from various prefectures and counties in Shaanxi and a small number of servants.

Of course, murders and arson are rare. But there are too many thefts, lootings and 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 the gentry and people in Xiangyang. Except for some large households with high-ranking officials in their families, they could still resist

Suddenly, beggars and their families were brought in to live in other gentry's houses, even if they were Juren's.

How do you spend your day?

How could there not be conflict between the two parties?

It is normal for this conflict to result in lives or broken limbs.

Therefore, less than half a month after the begging soldiers were divided, Xiangyang citizens who complained to the emperor came to Xiangyang Imperial City in droves.

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 mourning? It's really unlucky! Get out of here, or we'll treat you all as trespassers!"

Today, the person leading the team on guard duty outside the gate of the imperial city, and the one who is still shouting that he wants to take the Gucheng gentry who complained as a trespasser, is 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. He immediately pointed at the corpse of Fang Xiucai being carried, "Does it still stink so much that it disgusts the Lord Long Live?"

?Are you trying to make Long Live Master lose his appetite?"

"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 it be that he is an accomplice of the intruder? Someone is here.

Here, I took it.”

"I am a scholar, I have fame"

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 "fame".

"A scholar is nothing!" Liu Zongmin glared, "Well, he's still a disciple of the emperor!"

Disciple of the Emperor? This warrior who looks like a thief is a Jinshi?

The scholar below does not dare to make mistakes. He is just a scholar and he is a Jinshi! Even a Wu Jinshi is more powerful than him as a scholar!

"Being born late has the eyes not to recognize Mount Tai. Being born late is just because a relative is killed, and I feel sad in my heart."

Seeing that the other party had relented, Liu Zongmin didn't make things difficult for him. As a "disciple of the emperor", he was not too tough. He had just received the transfer order to serve as a trainee in the bodyguard regiment, and he hadn't actually reported to the bodyguard regiment yet.

"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? Appointment? Number plate? Is it so troublesome to file a royal warrant? Also, what does this matter have to do with Jinyiwei 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 Academy.

Do you have to come here? I can’t just ignore national affairs and just settle the case for you? These days, the Yellow River floods, many places in Henan and South Zhili are flooded, and the victims are millions! So Long live the Lord only asks three questions every day

For this case, those of you who are complaining should go talk to Governor Liu of Dongchang and Commander Cui of Jinyiwei first!

In addition, the dead should quickly find a coffin to put in it! Don’t you find it smelly on a hot day?”

It turns out that there are so many people filing imperial petitions now that Zhu Youjian is too busy, so he has to have people queue up, get numbers, make appointments, and, oh, Cui Yingyuan from Jinyiwei and Liu Chao from Dongchang are also responsible for the preliminary review.

Of course the Fang family knew who Cui Yingyuan and Liu Chao were. One was one of Wei Zhongxian's five young men, and the other was Liu Changgong, who was known as the King of Hell who raided the house!

It’s unreliable to appeal to them to redress your grievances!

But no matter how unreliable it is, how can the Fang family in the dignified Gucheng City be afraid of a treacherous sycophant 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 carry it to line up outside the Fuxue Palace. Of course

We have to queue up. Many people have come to file a petition! The person who asked about the case in the academy today is Liu Chao. Eunuch Liu is a careful person. He has to ask questions one by one and then write a case file so that he can report it to the superiors.

I don’t know whether to redress the grievances for the sufferer or to arrest the sufferer and bring him to the East Factory for torture.

While the Liu Dynasty 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! He 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 thought carefully about his words. "They are all willing to pay and provide food as long as Long live Lord's beggars can go elsewhere. But..."

"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!"
Chapter completed!