sbdcsierra Chapter 445 Regulations? City
Chapter 445 Regulations? City
Let the three families of the Huang family, Liu family, and Duan family have a relationship with the rebellious bandits...
No wonder the signal sent out by the Xian Wang at the beginning this time was to suppress the rebellion instead of suppressing the bandits.
The crime of treason is a major crime against the Jiuzu.
King Xian intends to eliminate the three powerful families that dominate Fengzhou?
Xu Qing looked at Xu Chen and asked, "Why?"
Xu Chendao: "The three families of the Huang family, the Liu family and the Duan family intermarried with each other, and they all controlled a lot of land in Fengzhou. , Sometimes even Lord Inspector has to discuss it with them, and persuade them with good words, so that the decree can be carried out."
"Especially last year due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, the life of many farmers could not continue. They bought the land under their hands at a very low price in order to obtain a meager income to get a little respite, but the rent of the tenants under the three of them did not go down. The increase caused the tenants to fail to pay the rent and were forced to sell themselves into slavery."
"Nowadays, the Huang family, Liu family and Duan family have controlled more than half of the fertile land in Fengzhou, so many farmers can only rent their land, but they keep raising the rent again and again. There is no shortage of bandits who are farmers whose land they have confiscated but cannot afford to rent."
"However, they raised vicious domestic dogs at home, and allowed their children and subordinates to be arrogant and domineering. The people complained and suffered unspeakably."
Xu Qing asked: "Since these three families are full of crimes, why are they not judged according to the law?"
Xu Chen said: "Although they force women into prostitution and slavery, they have the deeds of sale in their hands, and they also have the land deeds in their hands when they buy farmers' land at a low price. The law can't control them if you want them to do what you want."
"Even if you condone your subordinates to hurt others, bully men and women, and be domineering, it's just a matter of hitting a few boards and shutting down for a period of time. These mistakes are not painful or itchy, and they can't cause any harm to them."
At this moment, Xu Qing has already understood what Xu Chen meant. In this era when the imperial power does not go to the countryside, if the local gentry do not cooperate with the magistrate's decree, it will be impossible to implement it. .
To despise the government is to despise the court, and to despise the court is to despise the imperial power.
Just to despise the imperial power is to touch the scales of the virtuous king.
Moreover, they bought land at extremely low prices. Because of their power, small landowners dared not compete with them, and those impoverished peasant households could only sell their land to them at a low price in order to obtain pitiful money for their survival.
And these three families will hold more and more land. More than half of the land in a state is concentrated in the hands of three local tyrants, and more and more landless tenants can only rent and plant their land.
The high rent makes it difficult for both tenants and farmers to survive. As the pressure gets worse, more and more people will be displaced. If they cannot survive, they may rise up.
It's a horrible vicious cycle.
Although they are guilty, they are all small and innocuous crimes, and the crimes do not warrant death.
But they had to die again.
If they die, they will benefit the people. If they don't die, they will plant a huge hidden danger in Fengzhou.
But the virtuous king can't easily find a reason to punish them, because simply punishing and killing a few people can't shake the land in their hands and the power they control, and if the punishment is hasty, the entire landlord and gentry class in Chu will be in danger. , and even formed a group to contend against the imperial power.
The stability of imperial power is inseparable from the gentry, so it is naturally impossible to punish them so simply.
If simple punishment is useless, it will only be uprooted.
And if they want to uproot them reasonably and legally, they must have a reasonable and legal charge.
There are many cottages in Fengzhou, and because of the disaster last year, there were many bandits and bandits, so King Dexian saw hope and saw a reasonable crime.
These three families may not all be arrogant and domineering people, and there may be some kindness, but when things go wrong, for the sake of the overall situation in the hearts of the few people at the top of the Chu pyramid, these few goodness must follow suit. sacrifice.
King Xian taught Xu Qing very early on that one must be ruthless, and this ruthlessness is not only aimed at the bad guys, but also those who stand in the way.
And these three powerful families undoubtedly blocked the way of King Xian.
For the stability of hundreds of thousands of people in Fengzhou, for the stability of the court, and for the stability of the imperial power, they must die.
Xu Qing looked at Xu Chen and said, "Have you completed your mission?"
Xu Chen said: "Since the subordinates have been on the mountain, they have tried every means to win over the surrounding bandits, and gathered the bandits into a force that even the local government cannot ignore. On the mountain, a great banner of justice for the sky was erected, no matter whether they really rebelled or not, with this flag, whether they rebelled or not can be counted as rebellion.”
"Afterwards, my subordinates began to get in touch with the young generation who were arrogant and bullying men and women in these three families. They lacked character and were not deep in the city, so they could easily get along with each other, and then they got in touch with the three families through these young men. People in this family, if there are some things in these families that are inconvenient to do by themselves, they will find their subordinates who they think are from Rivers and Lakes to do it, and they have exchanged several letters with them during the period."
"These letters are physical evidence. As long as they confess their crimes, their crime of treason will be confirmed, and the task of their subordinates will be completed."
Xiao Ye on the side heard this and said: "Since the evidence is convincing, we will send the Imperial Army to arrest them for questioning."
Xu Chen said: "His Royal Highness, although there are letters between you and these three families, there are no paper stamps or seals of their families on these letters, and the handwriting is easy to imitate. It’s not evidence, there needs to be a witness to see them admitting the letters for them to be accepted as evidence.”
When Xu Chen said this, he looked at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing noticed that Xu Chen suddenly turned his head to look at him, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you think I'm doing?"
Xu Chen cupped fist and said: "Third Commander, we still need your assistance in this matter."
Xu Qing's throat moved and he said, "I remember the prince said that it will take less than half a month to wipe out the rebels and return?"
Xu Chen lowered his head and said, "Going back to the Third Commander, it really didn't take you half a month from going up the mountain to killing the bandits, and you are indeed in the state city now, and you have already returned to the city."
Xu Qing emphasized: "I said the return journey is the journey."
Xu Chen scratched his head: "The city of Lucheng? That's right. But should Lucheng be within the territory of Zhou State?"
Xu Qing's eyes widened: "You play with me too, don't you?"
Xu Chen quickly lowered his head and cupped his fist and said, "This subordinate dare not! This subordinate is only carrying out the prince's order."