Chapter 697 The Truth Xia Zhutou's face was ugly, although he was a head catcher, no one dared to provoke in Ningzhou Mansion, and these hateful tea farmers dared to resist him, they were really looking for death.Xia Zhutou thought about rushing over angrily, raised his foot and kicked away a tea farmer in front of him.The tea farmer himself was not in good health, and he was kicked out like this and vomited blood directly.The tea farmer in the back was enraged, and glared at Xia Zhutou, who shouted angrily: "Hurry up, if you don't roll, even you will be beaten." ”More than 20 tea farmers were subconsciously timid, but soon they thought of the person behind them who said that they would give them money, and they did not flinch, knowing that if they succeeded in making trouble, the person behind them said that they would give them 20 taels of silver per household.Twenty taels of silver is a sky-high amount for tea farmers, and the tea they grow is only fifteen per catty, of which the tea leaves are only thirty in good condition, which is only enough for the whole family to eat and wear.Twenty taels is the number of days, and people die for money, so they fight.None of the tea farmers flinched, and they all glared angrily.This made Xia Zhutou even more angry in his heart, and he knew that he couldn't let these people stay, if they stayed, they would be unlucky if Xie Tongzhi and others found out the inside story of the tea field.Xia Zhu thought quickly, took a step forward quickly, and ordered in a deep voice: "Go, if you don't leave, I will all arrest you and lock you up in prison." ”Seeing that no one moved, he directly ordered the catcher behind him to say, "Come on, arrest these troublesome people and put them in prison." ”As soon as Xia Zhutou's voice fell, the catchers behind rushed forward like wolves, ready to arrest these tea farmers.The tea farmer immediately burst into tears: "Oh no, the government officials have arrested people, they are going to kill us, they are going to kill people." ”The shouting of the tea farmers alarmed many onlookers.At this time, Xie Yunjin's carriage rushed back, he got down from the carriage, and saw a bunch of troublemakers surrounded in front of the yamen, and Xia Zhutou rushed over to arrest people like a wolf.As soon as Xie Yunjin came over, he sank his face and said coldly, "Stop." ”Xia Zhutou turned around and saw that it was Xie Yunjin who came, his face was not good-looking all of a sudden, and he quickly explained: "My lord, these are Diao people, and his subordinates are about to arrest these Diao people and lock them up." ”He smiled and said, "My lord must be tired, hurry up and go in to rest and rest." ”After Xia Zhutou finished speaking, he wanted to send Xie Yunjin in to rest.In front of the yamen, some people whispered to the tea farmers: "This is Lord Xie, the Qingtian Lord of Ningzhou Mansion, if you have any grievances, you can appeal to him, he is the one who will make decisions for the people." ”As soon as the tea farmer heard this, he immediately rushed over and knelt down in front of Xie Yunjin: "Lord Xie, please make the decision for us." ”"Please thank you for being the master for us, if you don't make decisions with us, we will die.""
yes, if we continue like this, we won't be able to live."
Xie Yunjin stopped and looked back at the tea farmer behind him.At this time, the carriage of Governor Lin's mansion rushed back, and saw the tea farmer kneeling in front of the yamen, and there were many people watching next to him.Governor Lin only felt trembling in his heart, he strode over and shouted angrily: "What is the trouble?"
”Xia Zhutou quickly walked over and said, "My lord, these people are making trouble. ”"Since they are making trouble with the people, they will be immediately arrested and imprisoned."
The leader of Xia Zhu rushed over and wanted to arrest someone.Xie Yun spoke up: "It's better for adults to ask the reason first." ”Governor Lin raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Xie Tongzhi, this official is the Ningzhou Governor, you are the same knowledge, and the decision made by this official is not your turn to refute." ”Xie Tongzhi nodded slightly: "That's such a reason, but the lower official is the Fenglu of the imperial court, not the Fenglu of Lord Lin, if Lord Lin does things fairly, the lower officials have no right to ask, but now it is obvious that Lord Lin is not doing things fairly, and the lower officials have to ask a few more questions." ”After speaking, he turned around and looked at the tea farmer, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter with you?
”Seeing that the tea farmer was about to speak, Lord Lin shouted: "You people who dare to talk nonsense, see how this official cleans you up." ”The tea farmers were shocked, they didn't forget that the reason why they were so poor was because of the reason why the prefect of Ningzhou lowered prices.Now if they say that the prefect of Ningzhou is afraid that they will settle accounts after the autumn, and their whole family may be unlucky at that time.The tea farmer hesitated for a moment, not daring to speak.Governor Lin was slightly determined in his heart, but Xie Yunjin opened his mouth: "Don't be afraid, if you have any grievances, you can tell this official, although this official's official position is not as big as that of Lin Governor's Mansion, but he can still call the shots, according to reason, the prefect should be the master of the people, if you can't be the master of the people, the court knows that it is going to be asked." ”This is almost clear, if the Lin Governor's Mansion cannot be the master of the people, the court will punish the crime.The tea farmer himself had twenty taels of silver hanging behind him, and now listening to Xie Yunjin's words, someone couldn't help but say loudly: "My lord, we don't plant tea trees anymore, we want to tear down tea trees and plant medicinal herbs, but because planting tea is an order of the imperial court, if we want to tear down tea trees and plant them separately, we need to get a letter from the government." ”"My lord, we plant tea trees, and every family is going to die of poverty, so I beg you to take back the decree and let us plant medicinal herbs instead.""
Please have mercy on our families, and beg your lord to take back the decree."
Governor Lin's face was gloomy, and he grabbed in front of Xie Yunjin and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous, planting tea is an order of the imperial court, and you are trying to change the decree of the imperial court, you are so bold." ”When the words fell, he didn't give Xie Yunjin a word, and ordered Zhao Zhutou on one side: "Take these Diao people to the prison." ”Xia Zhutou rushed over and arrested people, Xie Yunjin ordered Zhao Heng and his subordinates behind him with a cold face: "Stop Xia Zhutou and the others for me." ”Zhao Heng rushed over and stopped Xia Zhutou and the others.Xie Yunjin walked up to the tea farmer and said with a strange expression: "Why do you want to knock down the tea tree and plant medicinal herbs separately, tea is very valuable." ”Five dollars, the good quality is only thirty, the tea is light, a pound is only such a little money, a large piece of tea mountain only makes money, the medicinal materials planted by people are cheap dozens, the expensive are two or three hundred, if you plant ginseng Ganoderma lucidum or something, they are sold for a few taels or two. ”"My lord, do you look at us like rich people?
Our family has made the whole tea mountain, but we can only mix one food and clothing, usually we don't even dare to buy decent clothes, and we don't have money to see a doctor when we are sick. ”Xie Yunjin's face suddenly became gloomy, he turned around and looked at the pale-faced Lin Governor's Mansion, and said in a deep voice: "Governor Lin, this is wrong, how can this official remember that in the account book of the tea field, the tea is divided into nine grades, the lowest fifteen dollars a catty, but the first-class tea is four hundred and twenty-one catties?"
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