Chapter 291: Nothing without heaven

Li Yang followed the direction pointed by the villagers and saw that a group of officials rushed toward the entrance of the village...

"Now there is no need to send someone to call me. This person... has arrived at the door by himself." He Zhang sneered.

Li Yang snorted coldly. He wanted to see with his own eyes whether the county magistrate of Wan County really dared to disobey the imperial court's orders, forcefully recruit and bully the people. If he really dared to do this, he would definitely punish him severely to serve as a warning!

Li Yang was really annoyed. He tried every means to light labor service, land reform, and introduce new crops. What was the purpose of? Isn’t it all to make the people of the world live happier?

Especially on the issue of the acquisition of new crop planting, the court gave several times compensation, which was to allow the people who planted them to gain greater benefits and give them higher enthusiasm and enthusiasm. As a result, the officials below were better, but they actually made the people who planted new crops suffer a great loss, which made the growers suffer a lot.

This is simply a big damaging to our new policy on Qin!

"Everyone, when the officer comes, you might as well ask the official, if you can keep 10% of the peppers yourself, and whether the remaining 90% of the peppers will be collected three times the acres of land!" Li Yang turned to the villagers and said.

The villagers pondered for a while, and then someone said, "That's right, if what this little brother said is not false, then we will suffer a lot."

"Yes, yes, if these peppers can keep 10% of them, we may all make a fortune."

The opinions were unified, and everyone saw that there was a huge difference in interests between the two, so an old man nodded and said to a young man of fifteen or sixteen: "Xiao Shitou, hurry up and go to the notification booth and ask him to come over quickly!"

"Okay, I'll go now!" The young man nodded immediately and ran back to the village.

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The young man was extremely fast and came back soon. At the same time, there was another person who came back with him.

When Li Yang saw that the person who came back with the young man had seen him before. Isn’t he the teacher who taught in the school?

Is this teacher the pavilion chief?

Li Yang and He Zhang were both stunned for a moment.

Sure enough, as soon as the teacher arrived, the villagers said, "Pingmaster, this little brother told us that the imperial court's government orders on new crops are very different from what the county government said."

When the teacher heard this, he turned to look at Li Yang and others, and frowned: "You haven't left yet!"

Li Yang bowed and said, "It turns out that the gentleman is the gentleman here and the head of the pavilion here, so he is disrespectful."

The villagers on the side said, "Our pavilion chief is extraordinary. He is from a noble family and is knowledgeable and talented. Last year, he not only led everyone to defeat the powerful and wealthy people in the county and divided the fields evenly, but this year he also took the initiative to teach the children in the pavilion."

Seeing the villagers praised the pavilion chief so highly, Li Yang couldn't help but look at him with admiration. It was obvious that this gentleman was devoted to serving the people in the village, so he had such a high reputation and reputation.

However, when Li Yang heard that this pavilion chief was born into a noble family, he was a little curious because the nobles' children were generally recommended as officials, so why is this person still just a small pavilion chief?

Moreover, last year's land reform targeted the powerful and powerful people. But according to the villagers' intentions, it was obvious that the pavilion chief led the villagers to fight against the local powerful and powerful people.

Thinking of this, Li Yang couldn't help but ask: "Who is from a nobleman, how dare you ask about the name of Daming?"

The pavilion leader seemed to have no affection for Li Yang, and did not answer, but asked the villagers directly: "What did this person say?"

The villagers said: "He said that the imperial court's orders that peppers are not collected at three times the weight, but should be collected at three times the acres of grain, and villagers can keep 10% of them themselves."

"What?"

This time, the pavilion chief was also surprised.

He looked at Li Yang with a look of surprise and asked, "Is what you said true?"

Li Yang said: "Of course it's true. The official commander has entered the pavilion. You can confirm it with the official commander later."

The pavilion chief looked back at the officer who had already entered the village, pondered for a moment, and said, "It is a serious crime to use the imperial decree to spread rumors. If what you said is wrong, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

Obviously, the pavilion chief was reminding Li Yang that this matter is of great importance.

Li Yang smiled and said, "What I said is the truth, why are you afraid of?"

"I am Zhang Liang, if what the younger brother said is true, Zhang Mouding, on behalf of the people of Taoyuan Pavilion, thanks me for telling me." Seeing that Li Yang was not afraid, the head of the pavilion couldn't help but respect him.

"Zhang Liang?"

When Li Yang heard the pavilion leader’s name, he was stunned and his eyes almost fell out of shock.

Zhang Liang was an outstanding adviser at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, a founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, a politician, and an awesome figure who was known as the "Three Heroes of the First Year of the Han Dynasty" together with Han Xin and Xiao He.

Li Yang looked shocked and thought it was not such a coincidence that he actually met a great man in this small village?

"Little brother knows me?" Zhang Liang couldn't help but wonder when he saw Li Yang's surprised expression.

Li Yang quickly said, "Are you from Taoyuan Pavilion?"

Zhang Liang shook his head: "Zhang is the father of Yingchuan City and he just arrived here at the beginning of the year."

The father of Yingchuan City, this is even more true!

When Li Yang heard this, he quickly asked: "Your father is Zhang Ping, the Minister of Korean Affairs?"

"That's right!" Zhang Liang nodded again, with a little sadness on his face.

However, when Li Yang saw Zhang Liang nodding and admitting, he was overjoyed. Because the person in front of him was Zhang Liang, the awesome person in history, was right.

Now, he finally understood why the villagers said that their pavilion chief was born into a noble family, because Zhang Liang's grandfather Zhang Kaidi was re-elected as prime minister of the three dynasties of South Korea during the Warring States Period. His father Zhang Ping also succeeded as prime minister of the two dynasties of South Korea. By the time of Zhang Liang, South Korea had gradually declined. The demise of South Korea caused Zhang Liang to lose the opportunity to inherit his father's career and lose his glorious status. Therefore, in history, he hated the loss of his country and the family, and focused this hatred on the point of anti-Qin.

But how could this guy become a small pavilion leader in this Taoyuan Pavilion?

"Brother Zhang is from Yingchuan, so he will always be the pavilion chief here?" Li Yang was very surprised.

Zhang Liang sighed and said, "Although I am from Yingchuan, after the demise of South Korea, I moved to Wan County."

The villagers on the side said, "Last year, Brother Zhang led the people of Wan County to respond to the new policy of land reform, resisted the powerful and divided the land equally, and made great contributions. He was originally appointed as the county magistrate of Wan County by the provincial government, but unfortunately, the Ministry of Personnel demoted Brother Zhang to our pavilion after the New Year and served as the head of the pavilion, alas!"

When Li Yang and He Zhang were both stunned when they heard this.

Responding to the new policy of land reform, leading the people to resist the powerful and share the land equally. Li Yang knew that it was the people's land reform supervision team. After the land reform was successful, a large number of team leaders of the supervision team were promoted because these people were all people with leadership and support the new policy.

Therefore, Li Yang was not surprised at all when he heard that Zhang Liang led the people to share the land. After all, this guy was a "revolutionary" person in history. However, what surprised Li Yang was that he was promoted to the county magistrate by the provincial government, so why was he demoted to a small pavilion chief by the Ministry of Personnel after the New Year?

Li Yang and He Zhang looked at each other and felt that this matter was different, so Li Yang immediately said, "Brother Zhang, why was he demoted?"

Zhang Liang smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe it is because of his family background. After all, both generations of my Zhang family are from South Korea's prime ministers."

"It's because of this?" Li Yang frowned.

Zhang Liang said: "Some people also told me that the Minister of Personnel wanted to arrange his own people, so they squeezed me out, and the purpose was to make this pepper base in Wan County."

Li Yang seemed to understand the reason.

Wan County has been designated as a pepper cultivation base, and the peppers are fried in Xianyang more expensive than gold. If the peppers are recycled, the county government only needs to leave pepper seeds as seeds, and the pepper rinds are dried. This dried pepper is a great fortune, which is a big profit, so it is naturally thought of.

Thinking of this, Li Yang smiled. He was really unaware of it. He was shocked when he was in the court. Li Yang had never thought that the planting of new crops would turn out like this when he got down.

Not only did the officials not follow the imperial court's orders to recycle new crops, but for this, they could directly demote a county magistrate who was promoted to the pavilion chief, which was simply lawless!

He Zhang, who was standing aside, was extremely angry and cursed at him, and then said, "The current county magistrate is the Minister of Personnel?"

Zhang Liang nodded: "It is reported that the current Wan County Magistrate Gongsun Rong is the clan of Gongsun Jingshu."

He Zhang snorted lightly: "Ha, Gongsun Jing is so brave."

Zhang Liang looked at He Zhang strangely, obviously he didn't expect that the person in front of him would dare to criticize the Minister of Personnel in the court like this. He immediately said, "You are careful. If you are listened to by someone who is interested, you will get angry."

He Zhang sneered: "It's so hot that I'm so angry? Haha, I really want someone to come and find trouble for me."

At this time, Li Yang said: "Brother Zhang, do you know about your demotion? "

Zhang Liang said: "I don't know the governor, but the county magistrate knows it, because the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel were handed over to me by the county magistrate, and it was also the county magistrate who told me the inside story. However, although the county magistrate was also unfair to me, he did not dare to offend the Ministry of Personnel for me."

Li Yang nodded, then turned to look at the official officer who was rushing to the field, and then said to Zhang Liang: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, the court will return you justice one day. After that, you can fight for the right rights to recover peppers from the officials. Remember, you can keep 10% of your own, and the remaining 90% will be compensated three times the acres of grain."

"What if they don't agree?" Zhang Liang was obviously not sure at all.

Li Yang chuckled: "If you don't mention it, you can only be slaughtered by the officials."

The villagers nodded one after another: "Yes, my little brother is right. If the court really had such a law, how could we bully the Gongsun County Magistrate?"
Chapter completed!