Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

After entering the study, Guan Xiaoyu waved his hand, and more than a dozen Jin Yiwei rushed into the room. The sound of Xiuchun knives being drawn out of their sheaths resounded, and many Jin Yiwei school lieutenants and warriors prepared the sword points against Zhang Pu, Zhang Cai and Wu Weiye shouted, "Kneel down!"

Zhang Pu sneered, "Scholars of my generation don't have to kneel when they see the county magistrate, so why would they kneel like you eagle dogs?"

Guan Xiaoyu smiled indifferently, and said with a cynical look: "It doesn't matter whether you kneel or not, the three of you are all great talents, we better be respectful."

After finishing speaking, he walked forward and pushed the three of them away from the desk. Under the gaze of the three of them, he took out a few letters and a booklet from his arms, and put them on the desk indiscriminately. After the book on.

After tidying up, he waved at the many Jinyiwei captains and said, "Come on, pack all these criminal evidences for me and take them away, don't miss one piece!"

After hearing this, the guards in Jinyi laughed and went forward to tidy up. Someone took out a bag and put the original books and letters on the table together with the ones Guan Xiaoyu put in later.

After loading all the books, letters and other things in the sub-study, the leader of the Jinyi guards said: "Boss, everything has been packed."

But Zhang Pu struggled and said: "Hawk dog! You are so blatantly framed, do you still have a big law in your eyes! You, Jin Yiwei, must have a driving sticker. Where is the driving sticker? I don’t see the driving sticker. In the future I must go to Beijing to complain to the Holy Majesty, and sue you for contempt of the king's law!"

When Guan Xiaoyu heard this, he laughed and said, "Don't talk about driving stickers, even Jin Yiwei's right to send people to prison has already been taken back by the Holy Majesty.

Therefore, if we change people, it will be really difficult for our family.But it happened to be your master Zhang, a talented man, who has now become the perpetrator of a major treason case, why?No more use! "

After finishing speaking, he said to the Jin Yiwei: "Gag the mouths of these three criminals and take them away!

Inside the house, I dug the ground three feet and searched to see if there is a hidden cabinet or something. If there is anything missing, look carefully! "

After finishing speaking, he took three Jinyiwei and Zhang Pu and walked out, and the remaining Jinyiwei resigned themselves to their fate and writhed in the room.

After walking into the yard, Zhang Pu saw his family members, no matter men, women, old or young, were taken into the yard and tied up, even the family members did not let them go, the last luck in his heart disappeared, and he angrily Struggled up.

It was just tied up by Jin Yiwei with a rope, and Jin Yiwei pressed his shoulders behind him, and even his mouth was stuffed with rags, so he could only struggle and twist constantly, making some whining noises.

Seeing this, Guan Xiaoyu turned around and walked up to the three of them, and said to Zhang Cai and Wu Weiye: "Don't worry, you two, your family members will be reunited with you in the imperial prison in the capital soon."

He turned his head and smiled grimly at Zhang Pu: "Mr. Zhang Da, don't worry, all your classmates and disciples will follow you into the Imperial Prison. Don't worry, let's take our time, ah."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and yelled: "Let's go, let's go!" Then he led everyone to the outside of Zhang's residence.

But when he walked to the gate of Zhang's mansion, he found that the outside of the mansion had already been surrounded by three layers of local gentry, even Kou Shen, the magistrate of Suzhou, was also impressively listed, followed by a group of yamen servants.

Seeing that Guan Xiaoyu led Jin Yiwei out first, Kou Shen asked with a hostile face, "Guan Baihu brought people here to arrest them, do you have a driving ticket?"

However, Guan Xiaoyu said seriously: "According to the order, there is no need for a driver's sticker. If Mr. Kou doesn't believe it, there is a palace writing here, please read it, Mr. Kou."

After speaking, he took out a document and handed it to Kou Shen.

Kou Shen read it and saw that what was written on the document was indeed ordering Taicang Jinyiwei to act cheaply, to investigate Zhang Pu and others' illegal activities, and stamped Chongzhen's seal. Knowing that it could not be faked, he handed the document back to Guan Xiaoyu and asked : "I don't know what Guan Baihu has found? How to arrest these many people? Could it be that Zhang Pu is still plotting against him?"

Guan Xiaoyu said: "That's right. That's exactly the case. Zhang Pu contacted Fushe students with the intention of colluding in conspiracy.

This person thought that the people in Suzhou and Hangzhou were struggling with weaving but had little land, so he was so bold that he intended to plot a rebellion, punish the landlords and distribute the land to the people.Only after the people support it, the world will be tested.As for the evidence, there is someone behind him. "

After speaking, he dug out the stuffed booklet from the previous bag and handed it to Kou Shen.

Kou Shen opened it and read softly: The common people have been suffering from taxes for a long time, the rich are connected with fields, and the poor have no place to stand.Unscrupulous landlords should be punished, the land should be equalized, the agricultural tax should be eliminated, and the commercial tax should be levied to make up for it.In this way, the Zhang family can win the world.

The detailed theories and plans are obviously not something that can be completed in a day, I'm afraid it will take a long time to plan.

The surrounding country gentry also heard part of what Kou Shen read. Those who were farther away were furious when they heard words such as killing the landlords, dividing the land equally, and levying commercial taxes from the surrounding population. Anxiously cursing: "Damn it, you have a human face and a beast's heart! Now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, this beast wants to rebel for his own selfishness. He deserves to be cut to pieces!"

After hearing this, Guan Xiaoyu exchanged winks with Kou Shen, and continued: "Someone found the dragon robe and yellow book and other things in the backyard of his mansion. The evidence of the crime is convincing, so he will be escorted back to Beijing."

Kou Shen also said: "Since that's the case, the three classes of yamen servants brought by me will also temporarily obey Xu Baihu's dispatch, in case the criminals are leaked."

Guan Xiaoyu cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I would like to thank Mr. Kou."

The two of them exchanged winks again, and immediately stopped talking, Guan Xiaoyu led the guards in Jinyi and a group of yamen servants to escort Zhang Pu and his party to set off.

It was only on the road that Guan Xiaoyu really realized how famous Zhang Pu was, and almost half of the city's people came to see him off.

Seeing the anger of the crowd, Guan Xiaoyu had no choice but to let the officials of the Suzhou government guard Zhang Pu and the others, while Jin Yiwei was on guard outside, each holding the Xiuchun knife tightly in their hands, fearing that something might go wrong.

It was not until the gate of the city of Taicang Prefecture, where it joined the reinforcements of the Qianhu Station in Suzhou, that they escorted Zhang Pu and others out of Taicang and went straight to the capital.

Along the way, the people in the entire Thousand Households were panicked, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, for fear that something would happen if they were not careful.Even Zhao Buping, who lives in Qianhu in Suzhou, also smiled bitterly and said to Guan Xiaoyu: "It's his mother's carelessness."

Chapter 85 Lecture on Reading Newspapers

The old and young men in the capital are very happy these days.

First of all, there were a lot of people killed at Caishikou. From time to time, it was heard that someone was dragged to Caishikou and stabbed because of corruption, and the whole family was exiled to Dongjiang.

Then the new army began to recruit soldiers. I heard that as long as they can be selected, not only will they be given 20 taels of cash for settling down, but they will also be paid [-] taels of silver every month.

It's just that the recruiting requirements for the new army are a bit higher. Not only must three generations of farming, clean net worth, but also be physically fit.Therefore, it has been tossing since years ago, and I heard that it has only recruited more than [-] people.

Then, in the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, before the fifteenth day, a thing called Daming Royal Newspaper began to spread in the capital.

No matter who the big guy is, he can buy it for five copper coins and read it.

Since it is full of news about the court and outside the customs, people think that this is an enhanced version of the Dibao, which is only open to the world.

But the biggest problem is that those officials and scholars can read it when they buy it back. Even those who can only read a few words can probably understand it, because the newspaper is full of vernacular, and it has added a sentence to read.

It's just that for ordinary people, it doesn't matter if you add sentences or not, anyway, I don't know how to read...

Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to read or write, let alone the Ming Dynasty. Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, except for the higher literacy rate in the former Song Dynasty, in the other dynasties, there were not many ordinary people who were literate, right?

Therefore, when the literacy rate in the capital city or in the entire Ming Dynasty was terribly low, another profession was born: speaking and reading people.

This lecturer is not the lecturer who used to talk about ancient times in teahouses.

In fact, most of the vulgar speakers are also illiterate. Most of the stories in their mouths are passed on by word of mouth and memorized by rote, just like some cross talk talkers in later generations. What should I do if I can’t read?With a whip until you are proficient in the back, won't you be able to do it?

Let’s go further, let’s continue talking about these lecturers, most of them are old students who have tried and failed, seeing that the imperial examination is hopeless, so they usually copy letters or something on the street, at least they can earn some money to make ends meet .

Now, they are recruited by the Jinyiwei, one teahouse, and they just read the content of these newspapers to people every day, and they can be regarded as non-staff Jinyiwei uncles-this kind of non-staff is called Junyu.

Of course, the military surplus of speaking readers is different from the military surplus in the conventional sense.This kind of non-staff is not a temporary worker, but has a formal staff and eats the royal salary, so these old students are willing to be the lecturers.

When these lecturers were first assigned to various teahouses, the teahouse owners were quite reluctant, but because of Jin Yiwei's fierce reputation, they had to hold their noses to recognize them.In just two days, the owners of these teahouses welcomed these lecturers very well.

Teahouses used to have some storytellers who talked about ancient times all day long, telling stories from the vernacular, and the tea guests got tired of listening to it for a long time.

After these lecturers are arranged in the teahouse, the morning time will be returned to those storytellers or some singers and performers, and the afternoon will be the time of these lecturers.

In the afternoon, these lecturers would appear in the teahouse, spread out the newspapers in their hands, and tell the important affairs of the court above for the tea guests to listen to.

And the tea drinkers also like to listen - this is a rare time for them to relax, and it doesn't matter how they brag or give advice on current affairs in the teahouse.

As long as you don't publicly declare rebellion or insult Emperor Chongzhen and the royal family, you can spray the rest casually.It's okay to scold the six ministers and the cabinet bosses for being stupid.Anyway, the elders of Jinyiwei don't care about this.