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  Chapter 538 535 [Peasants and Soldiers Hearing Orders]

  Xu Laosan was a retired soldier who was shot through the shoulder by Wu Zhenchao of the Tartars at close range.

  Although the injury has healed, the right arm cannot be exerted too much strength, even doing farm work is somewhat affected. After he retired from the army and returned home, he served as the chief instructor of farmers and soldiers in the town. He had no grade or salary, but he could go to the county government to receive an instructor's subsidy every year.

  Going to the fields to work in the fields when he is busy, and convening farmers and soldiers for training when he is free. This is the living condition of Xu Laosan.

  The seedlings are about to be jointed. One month from transplanting to jointing is the critical period for the rice harvest. A lot of nutrients are needed to grow the rice organs.

  The eldest son is in elementary school, and the second son and eldest daughter, who have not yet reached school age, came to help topdress the seedlings today.

  Xu Laosan and his wife each carried a basket of silkworm dung, and a son and a daughter followed them, spreading the silkworm dung evenly in the rice field. Don't topdress too much at one time, it will kill the seedlings, so you have to apply appropriate amount of topdressing every three to five times.

  Busy for a while, someone came to the edge of the field and asked loudly, "But veteran Xu Zhengliang?"

   "It's me." Youngest Xu looked at him suspiciously.

This person stood on the ridge of the field, opened his bag, took out a piece of clothing, and quickly put on his white uniform: "Cao Benshu, the Inspector of Integrity of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was ordered by the emperor to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials in Quzhou. The current Ministry of War has dispatched orders here, Veteran Xu Zhengliang immediately returned to the team to assist the Integrity Inspector in arresting criminals!"

"yes!"

  The farmer who was bending over to fertilize just now, straightened up like a conditioned reflex, and saluted the incorruptible officer under the sun.

   Xu Laosan put the silkworm dung by the field, told his wife and children a few words, and followed Cao Benshu away. As he walked, he said, "The Ministry of War sent me an order to take a look at. The Shangguan took it, and I can just look at it. I touched the silkworm dung with both hands, and it was still dirty."

  Cao Benshu took out the dispatch order of the Ministry of War, and took out his waist badge, explaining: "The officials in Quzhou are very gangsters. Afraid of leaking the news, they can only call farmers and soldiers to arrest people."

   "Catch!"

Xu Laosan no longer doubted, and said: "We farmers and soldiers are not allowed to manage local affairs, and we can't do anything when we see corrupt officials. It's good if you come here. The town mayor, village chief, and peasant association chief here are all bad people. They Don’t dare to provoke farmers and soldiers, but dare to bully farmers who have no support. The canals that everyone built together at the beginning, now only allow other farmers to irrigate the fields after they irrigate the fields.”

   "Is there such a thing?" Cao Benshu was even more angry.

  Xu Laosan said: "These **** can do a lot of bad things."

  Cao Benshu said angrily: "Village officials and peasant associations can occupy the canal, so who will contribute to repairing the canal in the future?"

"Isn't it?" Xu Laosan said angrily, "A few years back, the village head and the peasant association ordered that the whole village, men, women, old and children, go to build roads and dig ditches. Now there is no more shouting, and everyone is unwilling to contribute , the village head will lead someone to whip him with a whip."

   "The first one is to arrest the village chief!" Cao Benshu was furious.

  Xu Laosan's trouser legs are still rolled up, and mud remains on his feet and calves. He walked to the drying yard in the village, where there was an iron plate hanging, which could be used as an iron bell to ring.

   "Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

   From time to time, farmers and soldiers who were working quickly came from the field, and seven or eight of them came in a blink of an eye.

Xu Laosan commanded: "Xu Er, you go to the east of the village to ring the bell. Liu Si, you go to the west of the village to ring the bell. Zhang Da, you go to inform the peasants and soldiers of Huangtou Village. Zhang San... all the groups are here, go Gather at the training ground outside the town!"

"yes!"

   Farmers and soldiers followed orders one after another.

   They carried no weapons, nor did they wear armor. He was even barefoot, with trouser legs rolled up, looking exactly like a farmer.

   But the action was extremely fast and methodical.

  The village chief and the villagers didn't take it seriously, thinking that the imperial court was going to fight again, and they urgently recruited farmers and soldiers to fight.

   At noon, all the farmers and soldiers in the town had arrived, except for one who was sick.

  Xu Laosan shouted: "Go to the arsenal, fully armed!"

  Everyone knew it was an urgent mission, so they queued up and ran to the armory without asking too many questions.

  All bamboo armor, bamboo helmets, wooden shields and bamboo spears are all self-made by farmers and soldiers. It is vulnerable to the regular army, but it is not a problem to wipe out the rogue bandits.

   "Attention!"

   "Look right, look forward. Take it easy!"

   "The first team obeys orders!"

"exist!"

   "Surround the town office, and all the officials inside will be detained. If the mayor Zheng Changming is not there, ask where he is, and search and arrest immediately!"

"yes!"

   "The second team is listening!"

"exist!"

   "Go to Niuwei Village and arrest the village chief Liu Yao and the chairman of the peasant association Xu Li. If you want to resist, you can kill them on the spot!"

"yes!"

   "Team three obey orders!"

"exist!"

   "..."

  Peasants and soldiers who usually only know how to train and are not allowed to interfere in local affairs are baring their fangs for the first time in their hometown.

  In the town office, Zheng Changming was reading a novel with a cup of hot tea on his desk.

  In the ancient countryside, there were not many entertainment activities, so you could watch big plays when you went to the market. You can't even buy novels. Zheng Changming bought this novel in the city.

   "It's not good, it's not good!"

  The door of the room was pushed open suddenly, and Zheng Changming quickly put away the novel, covering the words "Jin X Mei" on the cover.

   Zheng Changming scolded angrily: "If there is something urgent, you should knock on the door first!"

   Before the man could speak, he was slammed down by the peasants and soldiers. The other two peasant soldiers entered the house and grabbed Zheng Changming, dragging him outside without saying a word.

   Zheng Changming was startled and angry, and shouted: "You rebelled, you rebelled, what are you doing?"

Cao Benshu glanced at this guy, and said to Xu Laosan: "Your Majesty has an order to deal with special matters. If the town chief, village chief, and peasant association commit crimes, there is no need to alarm the county magistrate, and the whole town will be called for a public trial. This is a special case. You must not act like this in the future! The school teachers in this town, choose three people of high moral character, and record the public trial process together. After the public trial, no lynching shall be imposed, and I will receive it when I come back."

   Xu Laosan said excitedly: "I know which gentlemen are good people."

  Cao Benshu said again: "You arrange things well, keep some guards and prisoners, and take the rest of the peasants and soldiers with me."

  Twelve inspectors of clean government gathered peasants and soldiers from twelve towns, spanning three counties.

   A few days later, they directly surrounded Fucheng.

   Of course, there were also some farmers and soldiers who went to surround the Zheng family's mansion in the suburbs, as well as the Zheng family's ancestral home and mine.

  Looking at the peasants and soldiers outside the courtyard wall, Zheng Hongyi was puzzled. Then he forced himself to be calm again, asked someone to open the gate, and went out with his head held high, shouting: "You farmers and soldiers, do you really think of yourself as a Datong army? I don't know whose house this is? Hurry up...slow down, don't catch me I, my son is a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, a high-ranking official who was named and praised by His Majesty! I have led a horse for His Majesty, and I am in-laws with Master Cifu..."

   This guy was halfway through speaking, but he was held down by the peasants and soldiers, and his face was on the ground, and he became more and more anxious.

  The servants and thugs of the Zheng family were stunned, standing there at a loss.

   It was Feng Yue who surrounded the Zheng family, and the chief instructor of the peasants and soldiers with him was Xie Sanchuan.

  Xie Sanchuan held a bamboo gun and pointed at the servants of the Zheng family: "No one is allowed to leave. Anyone who dares to escape or resist will be killed on the spot!"

   Those thugs usually show off their might, but when facing the peasants and soldiers in formation, they instantly turned into shy little daughter-in-laws, shivering and shrinking back and forth.

  The peasants and soldiers rushed up, they were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, without the courage to resist at all.

  Quzhou government office.

  Liu Anyong hurried to the second hall where Xiaohong works, and said anxiously: "Master Fu, the peasants and soldiers rebelled and besieged the city!"

  Huang Fei smiled and said: "Don't panic, it's His Majesty who issued an imperial edict, and those peasants and soldiers obeyed orders."

   "Holy...imperial decree?" Liu Anyong panicked even more.

  Huang Fei slammed the table and said sharply, "Liu Anyong, are you convicted?"

  Liu Anyong's knees softened, and he was about to kneel down. He stood firm and said, "I...what's wrong with me?"

   "It's hard to keep your mouth shut. Who do you think those farmers and soldiers are here to arrest?" Huang Fei sneered, "The Zheng family is finished this time, and you are also finished! It's nothing more than corruption and breaking the law. How dare you cross the border to open mines and seize the people's farmland!"

  When Liu Anyong heard the words, his face turned pale, and he sat slumped on the ground.

  Outside the city.

  Dai Wenmeng held up the dispatch order of the Ministry of War and the badge of an incorruptible government: "The incorruptible officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of the affairs. The dispatch order of the Ministry of War is here, and the city guards quickly open the door! If you don't believe me, hang someone out of the city to check!"

  The defenders of the cities in the hinterland all belong to the local police system.

   Soon, a policeman left the city with a basket hanging on his back. After verifying the documents of the Ministry of War, he subconsciously asked, "Shangguan, why are you fighting so hard?"

  Dai Wenmeng said angrily: "If the police officers in Quzhou Prefecture are still available, why should I go to the countryside to transfer troops?"

  The policeman was dumbfounded, knowing that the honest officials were here to arrest corruption, and immediately said in a tearful tone: "Shangguan Rongrong, only officials are guilty. How can we little policemen have the ability to take bribes and pervert the law?"

   "I saw the little policeman bullying the vegetable farmers with my own eyes," Dai Wenmeng glared at him, and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense, open the city gate quickly, or it will be a serious crime of resisting the order!"

  The gates of the city were opened, and farmers and soldiers filed in.

After entering the city, Dai Wenmeng yelled: "All the police officers in the city, hand over your weapons, and return to your own yamen, waiting for someone from the department to come to inspect! The peasants and soldiers went to the yamen in the city to arrest people according to the established tasks. Not a single official was allowed to release them." Let's go, I want to take the trial slowly!"

  The people in the city panicked at first, thinking that the peasants and soldiers rebelled.

   Immediately after seeing the peasants and soldiers arresting the officials, they immediately understood, and one after another went out of the house to watch the excitement.

   There are also many people who have been bullied, running with the peasants and soldiers, telling which officials are bad guys. When they saw the person who bullied them being arrested, they were so excited that they burst into tears and knelt down on the spot and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty, long live Lord Qingtian!"

  Integrity officials handle cases locally and must not be tried alone, but must be juried by local judicial officials throughout the process.

  In the Quzhou prefecture, there are three counties and one prefecture. If the village and town levels are counted, more than 300 officials and civilians have been arrested. After arresting all the people, they went to Hangzhou to inform Yousi Yamen, which scared the top officials of Zhejiang into ashes.

  Quzhou government is so rotten, why don’t the judicial and clean government officials in Zhejiang know anything about it?

  The first and second leaders of relevant agencies in the province will all be held accountable!

   At least you will be demoted, and at worst you will be dismissed!

  (end of this chapter)