Chapter 977 Datang is dead
Chen Wei is getting old.
Most of the teeth fell out, and the remaining few were cleaned last time.
He squatted at the door of the house, crying all the time.
"Even if I borrowed a loan from the historian usury and paid it back on time, why did you rob my family's land? This world is unfair!"
Three sons were squatting opposite, the eldest was carrying a kitchen knife, the second was carrying a wooden stick, and the third was holding half a brick... As for the grandchildren, they were all in the house and were not allowed to come out.
The boss looked up, "Aye, the historian is coming today."
Chen Wei whimpered a few times, "This is forcing us to be refugees!"
Datang is now in short supply of land, and the number of new students is increasing. According to the rules, land is granted...but where does the land come from?
On the one hand, more and more people are starving for food and land, and on the other hand, greedy landlords are annexing the land.
"Aye, how about... go to the Western Regions! There is no shortage of fields over there." The third child said timidly.
"Chen Wei!"
Someone called the door outside.
Chen Wei shivered for a moment, and rushed over, stopping the boss and the second child, "Don't! Don't go! Stay here!"
He reached out to grab the kitchen knife and wooden stick, and then opened the door after grabbing them.
The door opens.
Five people outside, four big men who looked like slaves at first glance, Chen Wei who was riding a horse recognized him, and Ma Wu, the steward of the historian.
Ma Wu pointed at Chen Wei with a whip and shouted: "Old dog, you have no reason not to pay back the money you owe? Those fields have been registered, and from today onwards, if the Chen family dares to go to the edge of those fields, they will be beaten to death!"
What are the consequences of losing the field? The whole family became beggars... Chen Wei trembled all over, "The old man paid back the money, but you didn't want it."
Ma Wu sneered and said, "You will pay it back if you say it? Where is the contract?"
Chen Wei's lips twitched, and the boss shouted: "I went with Aye that day. Ma Wu, you said it wasn't enough, but when you borrowed money, you said it well, but the historian suddenly changed his mind and didn't accept the money. Later, he said that my family didn't pay back the money. , despicable and shameless!"
The neighbors around were listening, and Ma Wu took out the contract, "Look, this is what Chen Wei signed when he borrowed money. If he doesn't pay back the money, he will use the Chen family's land to repay the debt. Who dares to deny this in black and white?"
Chen Lao Er rushed out, pointing at Ma Wu with a wooden stick with red eyes and cursing: "You poor dog slave, set a trap to rob my family's land, yeah yeah I will definitely go to the county to sue you!"
"Sue us? Hahahaha!"
Ma Wu laughed triumphantly, "Just go!"
Someone in the crowd said: "Second Chen, the historian knows the county magistrate."
Power has always been a small group, and there will be a group of vested interests around the power consciously or unconsciously, and these people will silently share the benefits of power...
"Who said that?"
Ma Wu rode his horse in a circle and cursed: "You bitch, stand up!"
The crowd is silent.
Chen Laoer scolded: "Yeah!"
Ma Wu rode over and sneered, "Bitch!"
Whip the whip!
Snapped!
"ah!"
The riding whip hit Chen Laoer's face, and he covered his face and screamed.
"Erlang!"
Chen Weihong rushed over with eyes wide open.
Ma Wu said lightly: "Fight!"
Four slaves rushed up, and then they were beaten severely...Except for Chen Wei, the three brothers of the Chen family were beaten and bruised.
Chen Wei and the others did not dare to fight, for fear of killing people.
"God!"
Chen Wei knelt on the ground and looked up to the sky and shouted: "Where is the promised Mingjun? Where is the agreed good official? God, open your eyes and look at the world, they are all animals! A group of animals are in power!"
"If you talk too much, your whole family will be killed!"
Ma Wuyin said sadly: "And your grandchildren."
Chen Wei trembled, "Don't dare, don't dare!"
Ma Wu rode his horse around a few times, glanced at everyone, nodded slightly, and said in that reserved tone: "We convince people with reason."
Then he rode away.
All the way to a mansion, Ma Wu got off his horse and went in. Menzi smiled and said, "Fifth brother, is everything going well?"
Ma Wu said proudly: "I have done too many errands, and I can easily catch them."
Later, Shi Run, the head of the historian family, received him.
There was a small black spot on Shi Run's face, I don't know if it was a birthmark or something.
The weather is hot, Shi Run said impatiently: "How?"
Ma Wu leaned forward and said, "The boss Chen and the second brother Chen still wanted to resist, so they were severely whipped. Chen Wei was scared."
"When did I ever ask you to scare someone?"
Shi Run said flatly: "Convince people with reasoning."
"yes."
Ma Wu went out immediately, bragging to the door later: "It's a pity that I can't learn Langjun's arrogant demeanor, otherwise I will definitely scare the Chen family and his son."
A servant came out from the backyard and found Ma Wu.
"Mr. Lang ordered you to find Captain Han and tell him about the Chen family. Captain Han naturally knows what to do."
Ma Wu nodded, and muttered: "Then who in the Chen family dares to make trouble? Mr. Lang is too cautious."
Immediately, he went to the county office to find the county captain Han Ji.
Han Ji went to the Chen family in person, and said with a straight face that it was the Chen family's fault.
He pressed the handle of the knife, and burst out with majesty, "If I hear the Chen family's troubles again, I will all be exiled!"
The Chen family was trembling from top to bottom.
You are also human, but someone can take advantage of it and look down on the world, and by the way, make you prostrate on the ground, hating why you were born as a human.
…
"It's the mage's sister!"
Someone is shouting outside.
Chen Wei, who had been sitting behind the gate all night, was extremely desperate. Hearing the sound, he turned his head slowly, then jumped up suddenly, opened the door and rushed out.
A bullock cart approached slowly, and several women were saluting the old lady on the bullock cart.
The old woman greeted with a smile, and Chen Wei noticed that they were accompanied by cavalry.
He stepped forward tremblingly and saluted.
"Save the old man's family."
…
Half an hour later, Chen Wei followed the ox cart to a place.
"This is…"
This is the former residence of Xuanzang.
But at this moment, several big men were standing outside the door with vigilant eyes.
The bullock cart passed by, the big man guarding the gate nodded and opened the door immediately.
"who is he?"
A big man pointed at Chen Wei and asked.
The accompanying cavalry said: "It was the mage's neighbor back then."
Chen Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed into the house.
"Shiro!"
The old woman got out of the car and went inside tremblingly.
A man came out from the back room, nodded and smiled: "The mage is inside."
Xuanzang came out immediately, and when he saw the old woman, he smiled and said, "Sister."
He came down to help Elder Sister into the room, Chen Wei wanted to talk, but the man smiled and said, "Chen Wei?"
Chen Wei nodded, "You are..."
Bao Dong said: "This is the Duke of Jia. This time you are walking with the mage. You can tell the Duke of Jia about your affairs."
That's right, the mage is an outsider, so he can't get involved in worldly affairs.
After reaching the front yard, Jia Pingan asked someone to bring tea.
"Speak."
Jia Pingan sat down.
Chen Wei was a little nervous, "That... that..."
Bao Dong said angrily: "What are you worried about?"
Chen Wei sniffed, glanced at the tea, and reached out to hold the teacup, but just touched the edge of the teacup and felt hot, so he quickly retracted his hand.
He glanced at Jia Pingan, lowered his eyes and said: "Then the historian knows the county magistrate!"
This careful temptation made Jia Pingan smile, "But I am the Minister of the Ministry of War!"
Chen Wei looked up, "Minister of the Ministry of War, this man...is this man as big as the county magistrate?"
"Of course bigger than his."
Jia Ping'an is very patient.
Chen Wei then happily said: "Maybe he is in charge?"
I…
Of course not!
Otherwise, it is ultra vires.
But this trip doesn't matter.
Jia Ping'an nodded, "Just talk."
Chen Wei breathed a sigh of relief, "Last year my old wife was sick, and a grandson was also sick, so I went to the historian to borrow money... I agreed to return it in a year..."
Jia Pingan frowned, and Chen Wei's heart skipped a beat.
"Can you write clearly what to use as collateral?"
"Field."
Jia Pingan nodded, "Did you pay back the money when it was due?"
"I paid it back, but the historian didn't accept it, saying it wasn't enough. The old man argued with them and was kicked out... Afterwards, the historian took away my family's field, and even came to the door and injured the old man's three children..."
Chen Wei was sitting on his knees, but suddenly stepped back, and then bowed down.
Jia Pingan pointed to Chen Wei, and Bao Dong went up to help him up.
"Where is the contract?"
"exist!"
Chen Wei was not a mallet, he took out the contract from his arms.
Jia Pingan read it once, then tore it up casually.
Chen Wei's eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand to **** it, but he retracted and said in despair, "I can't! Duke Jia, this can't be done! The historian won't admit it without the contract!"
Jia Ping'an said flatly: "No, now you are the one who refuses to admit it."
"What?"
Chen Wei was dumbfounded.
Jia Pingan got up and went over. Bao Dong smiled and said, "What Junjun Jia means... just pretend it never happened, and you don't have to pay back the money."
"How about the field?"
The land is the foundation of the Chen family. Without the land, the whole family will become refugees.
Bao Dong smiled, "Mr. Jia made a move... Do you think your little farmland counts?"
"Can…"
There is no contract!
An honest person has followed the rules for most of his life, and he has obeyed the laws and moral constraints all his life, and he never dared to go beyond the rules. But since the historian seized the land, his three views have been subverted...
"At that moment! The moment I saw the children being beaten, Datang died in my heart. What kind of **** Datang, what kind of **** emperor, I have only enmity with my family, but no kindness..."
Jia Pingan, who was instructing Xu Xiaoyu to investigate, froze for a moment.
Yes, social injustice is the beginning of trouble, and small-scale injustice is still within the acceptable range... Just like the Tang Dynasty at this moment, the annexation of land has begun, and every household that has been robbed is wailing, but no one hears it.
The officials watched indifferently.
The gods are watching indifferently.
In the hearts of some people, Datang is dead!
A small area of Datang can still be controlled after death.
When this kind of injustice pervades the Tang Dynasty, there is no need for foreign enemies to invade, and the Tang Dynasty will collapse at a touch.
"Thank you, Duke Jia, thank you very much."
Chen Wei's gratitude is real, but Jia Ping'an is not happy.
Using people to interfere with this kind of injustice is itself an injustice.
What about local officials?
Where is the old man in the village?
They were collectively silent when facing a powerful family.
No, they may even be sharing the fat collectively.
If Datang is a giant, then these people are maggots on the body of the giant. The maggots were constantly wriggling, gnawing at the giant's flesh and blood.
"Human! It's actually a beast!"
In fact, the behaviors of human beings are not even comparable to those of animals.
Master and sister had a good talk, and later found Jia Ping'an.
"The poor monk wants to relocate Yeniang's tomb. I just wrote the paperwork. I would like to ask Duke Jia to send someone to Chang'an."
Well!
Relocating the tomb... It's easy to talk about.
Jia Pingan went in and asked, "Master, why did you write to Your Majesty?"
Could it be that the tomb of the mage Ye Niang is related to the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty?
Xuanzang said calmly: "No money."
Master is a person who does not save money, but whenever someone offers any money, he will immediately hand it over to the temple, and he will not keep any money.
Jia Pingan frowned, "Master, speak up!"
Xuanzang was puzzled, "Why?"
Jia Pingan pointed to himself, "Master, you are with the richest person in Datang, do you think it is necessary to ask His Majesty to borrow money?"
Xuanzang was taken aback, "Are you... rich?"
have to!
Jia Pingan smiled wryly and said, "I forgot that Master, you concentrate on translating the scriptures and don't hear anything outside the window. It's a trivial matter."
Xuanzang said very naturally: "I will trouble you then."
Xuanzang's elder sister was a little curious, and after Jia Ping'an left, she said, "Silang, last time I saw this young man in Chang'an, you said he found me... Who is this young man? Why do you want to ask him?" Money so casual?"
"Casual?"
Xuanzang thought for a while, "This young man...was almost suppressed when he first entered Chang'an City, and later he got in touch with the poor monk. He is a very calm young man."
"That's it!"
Xuanzang's elder sister smiled and said, "I'm still worried that you won't be taken care of in Chang'an!"
Xuanzang smiled, "Sister, there is no shortage of this."
Jia Pingan immediately asked people to borrow money...not that he had no money, but that he had no cash. It is time-consuming to go back to Chang'an to get it back and forth, so it is better to find a businessman to borrow it.
As soon as Master Jia's name was reported, businessmen flocked to pay for it!
"mine!"
"The old man has cash here, and it's all copper coins. Duke Jia has as much as he wants!"
"..."
As long as anyone can have a relationship with Jia Pingan through borrowing money, let alone borrowing money, giving money is not a problem.
A group of businessmen scrambling to borrow money is very eye-catching, and the news reached the county later.
County magistrate Zhang Cong approached Han Ji for questioning.
"Mr. Jia Jun? Only the next officials will know that he has arrived in Yanshi."
Han Ji, who seemed extraordinarily dignified in the Chen family, is now a little more cautious.
Zhang Cong coughed dryly, and the servant beside him offered him a teacup.
After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Cong said slowly: "Jia Ping'an has stirred up wind and rain in Chang'an recently, causing the world to be outraged. Why is this person coming to Yanshi? If we don't find out, you and I may rest in peace?"
Han Ji thought for a while, "Why don't you send someone to investigate first?"
Zhang Cong shook his head, "It's so disrespectful, since I'm going, I'll go straight. Who can say anything in the name of visiting?"
Han Jizan said: "Shangguan passed by Yanshi, let's go visit, just right."
Later a group of county officials went to Gou's.
"Mr. Jia lives in the old house of the Master."
What?
Zhang Cong was stunned, "Does he still have friendship with the mage? Yes, I will say why Jia Pingan came to Yanshi. He is probably working for the mage."
Han Ji praised: "The Ming Dynasty has a high opinion."
Immediately someone knocked on the door.
The door opened, and a big man came out. He glanced at Zhang Cong and the others, waved his hand back, and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"
Damn, is the Minister of the Ministry of War amazing? Is the county magistrate amazing?
Zhang Cong cupped his hands, Han Ji said loudly: "Zhang Ming Mansion of Yanshi asks to see Duke Jia."
This officer did a good job...
Zhang Cong was a little shy and ashamed to ask for a self-registered account of a sect, so Han Ji stood up for him in time, which is a good sense. It is not enough to have eyesight, but also to have a good posture.
Looking at Han Ji, there is no lack of majesty in his kindness, which saved his face.
What do people live for in a lifetime?
Face!
Those who can save face have all become monks.
The big man frowned, "Wait."
Han Ji said dissatisfiedly: "You didn't even invite the Ming Mansion to enter, so you can see it's domineering."
Zhang Cong was dissatisfied, but smiled and said: "A minister of the military department came to Yanshi for the mage's private affairs. Looking at the weather, I am afraid that he is extremely impatient."
Han Ji raised his head, "It's extremely hot this day, and we couldn't bear it all the way. From Chang'an to Yanshi, they have suffered a lot of sun."
His heart is balanced.
But the big man went in and there was no news.
It's the end of summer, and Cicada seems to know that his days are not long, so he is screaming desperately.
The sun was scorching hot, and the leaves looked scorched.
A group of people were basking in the sun outside the house. It didn't take long for someone to be unable to bear it, so they asked Zhang Cong to ask for instructions.
"Mingfu, probably Junjun Jia hasn't been informed here! It's so hot today, be careful of heatstroke... why don't we find a place to rest."
Everyone was sweating when they first arrived outside the house. Now that the sweat was dry, they felt even more uncomfortable.
An old farmer came with his cattle, and when he saw that it was an official, he hurried around from the side.
I don't know how long it took, Han Jimao said scorchingly: "Ming Fu, is this intentional?"
Zhang Cong also felt the same way, but he said calmly: "Calm down... Why did Junjun Jia make things difficult for me?"
Han Ji looked at him...Are you sure you have no enmity with Jia Pingan?
Zhang Cong thought about it, but he couldn't think of any intersection between himself and Jia Pingan, let alone grievances.
"Let's go Mingfu!"
Han Ji was angry.
Zhang Cong shook his head, "Since you are here, you can't leave, otherwise it will be disrespectful."
Han Ji was shocked.
At this moment, a man with a Lei Gong face came out, and Lei Gong face yawned, "Your Majesty said you are not free, everyone please go back."
"Too much deceit!"
Han Ji was furious, and said in a low voice: "Mingfu, spread the matter later."
Zhang Cong said lightly: "We'll talk about it after he leaves."
Wonderful!
Jia Ping'an was enjoying the shade in the yard.
Lei Hong came back and said, "They didn't leave just now."
"I just want them to go away."
Jia Ping'an smiled calmly.
Xu Xiaoyu came back later.
"Mr. Lang, this matter is indeed as Chen Wei said. Ma Wu, Shi Run's steward, went to the historian to threaten him, and even beat the three brothers of the Chen family. Now the Chen family's land is in the hands of the historian."
"interesting!"
Jia Ping'an ordered: "Chen Wei has been invited, please with great fanfare, and tell them that I am the one who invited Chen Wei to drink."
"Shock the grass to scare the snake?"
Bao Dong stroked his beard, feeling that his art of war had been taught by Jia Pingan.
Jia Pingan scolded with a smile: "Are they worthy of being called snakes?"
The so-called dragons and snakes are mixed, but a local rich family can't be called.
Chen Wei was uneasy at home, worried that Jia Pingan would not make a move in the future.
"Aye, there is no food left at home."
Chen Laosan was the most cowardly, he didn't dare to go up to fight that day, but he suffered a lot of beatings, and now his nose is bruised and his face is swollen.
Chen Wei lowered his head and sighed, and the eldest and second child also came.
Father and son squatted in a circle, and the women peeped at them from the door with sad faces.
A woman carried a child on her back, and the child suddenly howled. She coaxed and said, "This is for dinner!"
Where is Kefan?
Chen Wei refused to spend the money, saying that if it was not appropriate, this would be the confidence for the family to flee to other places. Otherwise, if the family has no money to travel, sooner or later they will starve to death on the way.
"Aye, Kuro is hungry!"
The daughter-in-law yelled outside.
Chen Wei sighed.
The sound of horseshoes came suddenly, very densely.
Neighbors around were alarmed and came out to check.
More than a dozen cavalry rushed to the outside of Chen's house, and someone shouted, "Is Mr. Chen here?"
The Chen family remained silent.
"Is Mr. Chen here?"
The cavalryman raised his voice.
These cavalry wore armor and swords, and they were murderous.
"Squeak!"
The door opened a gap, then opened a little wider, Chen Wei's face was in the gap, and he said timidly: "This old man is Chen Wei."
The sergeant looked at him and said loudly: "I'm here on order. Duke Jia invited Mr. Chen to a banquet in the afternoon. Mr. Jia said that there is no need to worry about the night ban. Someone will send Mr. Chen back."
In an instant, all worries disappeared.
Chen Wei in the crack of the door burst into tears.
…
Good night!
(end of this chapter)