As soon as Liu Hongjian entered the capital, he felt something was wrong. He rushed for five days. He thought that he would take the three brothers of the Qi family to have a meal in the Beijing restaurant first to be a welcome.

But the more I walked forward, I found that people were running towards the west, as if something had happened there.

"Old man, please ask, what happened to the west of the city?" Liu Hongjian got off the horse and grabbed an old man carrying a shoulder pole and asked.

"Oh, it's not because of the incident a few days ago. Lord Tong from the Ministry of Rites went to the Ministry of Revenue to advance the salary for the next month, but Lord Zeng from the Ministry of Revenue said that he would refuse.

Unexpectedly, when Lord Tong went back, he committed suicide by hanging his beam. The officials of the Ministry of Rites were angry and ran to the Ministry of Revenue for questioning. A few days ago, I heard that the officials of the Ministry of Works also went and even took action.

I was idle and just went to watch the fun!" The old man saw that Liu Hongjian was dressed luxuriously and did not dare to neglect, so he told the truth in detail.

"Official... starved to death?" Liu Hongjian scratched his head. Although he had been to the Ming Dynasty for two years, he had never been concerned about food, clothing and expenses.

No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't understand. The people didn't starve to death. Why did the officials starve to death?

This is simply a big deal!

"Brother Qi, I'm afraid we have to go to have dinner later. If something happens to the Ministry of Revenue, I want to go and take a look." Liu Hongjian said to the three brothers of the Qi family behind him.

"There is no hurry to eat, and I have eaten dry food on the way down the road. It's still important to do business, so I'll go down together." The three brothers of the Qi family also got off the horse.

The four of them took the lead, Niu Dabangchui, Liu Hu and Liu Bao followed him and walked towards the Ministry of Revenue.

The Ministry of Revenue has long been surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, and it is very noisy and lively.

"You and the Ministry of Revenue officials are so ruthless that they will never save you! How can you have the heart to read the books of sages?"

"Yes! Hand over Zeng Dechang, we vow to seek justice for Lord Tong!"

"We can no longer afford the salary of pepper, so we must cancel it!"

"Mr. Tong died injustice!"

...

Those who came to question were all lower-level officials from various departments. They had the same dilemma as Tong Liben and had no right to meet Chongzhen. Tong Liben's death was the fuse that ignited the anger in the hearts of low-level officials.

If we cannot seek justice for Lord Tong today and cannot call on the Ministry of Revenue to cancel the pepper salaries, they will not leave!

Now the low-level officials outside the yamen are about to lose control, and Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Revenue, was blocked in the yamen and could not get out of the yamen and was anxious.

He had already sent the yamen runners to spread the word that the five cities of the military commanders came to maintain order, but no one came for half an hour.

It must be the Bingma Si people involved. Ni Yuanlu sighed and walked out of the house.

"Everyone, calm down! I know the difficulties you and others have encountered, and I feel very sad in my heart when Lord Tong's death.

But this physical gift is a custom for years, and it has been like this in previous years. Please give up a passage for me to..."

Bang-

"Ah--" Before Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, someone threw out a rotten egg and hit Ni Yuanlu's forehead. The black and yellow rotten egg hit Ni Yuanlu's face in an instant.

"Don't deceive us. In previous years, the real salary was empty. Now that the national treasury is full, why do you still use the peppers on the street to perfunctory us? Are low-level officials no longer officials?"

"Yes! If you don't give a charter today, Shangshu Ni can't even think about leaving this yamen!"

"Who is it? Who threw the egg? It's the opposite, come! Come on, arrest this group of ignorant officials to the Ministry of Justice!" Ni Yuanlu was almost seventy years old, and she had never suffered such insults, and she suddenly became furious.

The Ministry of Revenue Department instantly ran out to kill more than a dozen yamen runners with powerful sticks. The officials outside the yamen did not show any weakness, and because these yamen runners did not dare to take ruthless measures against them, they rushed forward and beat the yamen runners into a group.

It was a whole lot of cheaper for a group of people carrying shoulder poles and holding children. It was rare for officials to fight, let alone group fights.

Many people find it funny in their hearts. In the past, they were the common people who couldn't eat, but since they had potatoes and sweet potatoes, although they are still a little short of being green and yellow, they are much better than in previous years.

On the other hand, these officials fought hard to eat.

"Rareless! Do you still have the face of an official?" When Liu Hongjian walked to the Ministry of Revenue, he saw the fighting outside the yamen was lively.

When I saw the black and yellow dirty face on my Ministry of Revenue, I felt angry.

Su Wen’s ministers in the court like to use force. Now it seems that the low-level officials of the Ming Dynasty are not inferior!

Liu Hongjian shouted loudly, and only dozens of officials outside heard it. When he saw that the Prince of Anguo came, he hurriedly gave in.

But the officials inside were fighting with the yamen runners happily, so they could not care about who was behind them.

"Big stick!" Liu Hongjian was thinking of someone to stop him, and the three brothers of the Qi family walked over with their eyes.

The three brothers of the Qi family have been practicing martial arts all day long. These amateur players are not the opponents. They are so thunderous that they can steal bells. More than a dozen officials and yamen runners who are fighting happily fall to the ground.

The three brothers also knew that these were all weak officials, and they only took action to prevent the dispute from continuing to worsen.

"Prince, the prince should make the decision for us. As the imperial court officials, we know our identity. It is not that we don't want face. The official of the Ministry of Revenue will pay 70% of the salary in kind. Our family can't bear it!"

An official knew that the person in front of him might be able to help them, so he knelt down and explained the truth.

"Please be the king and confess my love for us!" All the low-level officials knelt down.

When the imperial court took back the land, the first one was the capital officials. In the past, these capital officials could have been more or less respected by the gentry in their hometown.

But now the gentry has lost their land, and their filial piety is gone. They can only rely on the salary paid by the court to support their family.

Liu Hongjian frowned slightly and glanced at Ni Yuanlu who was eager to speak but stopped.

"You will go back to your respective yamen to do the job first. I will definitely inform the emperor of this matter. I promise that I will give you an explanation within three days!" Liu Hongjian said in a deep voice.

Although the prince of Anguo was not old, he had always been erect and decisive in his work. The officials who had kneeled down on the ground looked around and looked around and had their minds.

"The official is leaving!" An official took the lead and left.

With the first one, other officials also scattered.

"The source of this matter is the land of Qingzhang proposed by the prince. He picked it out first. I will wait for him for three days. If we have not yet explained it, even though we have a low position, we will still beat the Dengwen Gu to ask for the officials in the world!"

A group of officials walked out of the street and muttered to each other and headed towards their respective yamen.

"Mr. Ni, the warehouse is full of silver, why do you still pay the salary in kind? Could it be that you did it on purpose?" Liu Hongjian just asked sternly, regardless of Ni Yuanlu who was smashed with a rotten egg on her face.

The official was forced to death, which was no trivial matter, which meant that the physical salary had endangered the lives of low-level officials.

"Oh, the prince doesn't know anything!"
Chapter completed!