The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

"Old patriarch Ye, according to what you said, if there is a severe drought next year, will your Yejia Village survive this severe drought? If you can, then my order to dig wells will not be implemented in your Yejia Village. This tax The corvee is as usual, Li Wei, since the old patriarch Ye doesn't want to think about the Ye family village, let's let this matter go. Let's go, there are still many things to deal with, and there is not much time to waste here."

Zhong Wen stood up, and after speaking to Ye Kuan, he turned to Li Wei and the others.

After finishing speaking, Zhong Wen directly raised his legs and walked out of the house, not caring what anyone in the main room thought.

Seeing that Zhong Wen had already left, Li Wei and the others quickly got up and chased after him.

At this time, Ye Kuan was also stunned.

He also didn't expect that the new governor would handle his Ye family's affairs like this, which really made him stunned and disrupted his original plan.

There are already some signs of drought in their Ye family village. How could he, the patriarch of the Ye family, not know about it, but he just wanted to make some money from it.

What's more, his grandson, who is an official in Chang'an, also wrote a letter, saying that Chang'an is concerned about the Lizhou officialdom, and many officials have reported that they want to restart the re-election of Lizhou officials.

That's why Ye Kuan wanted to use this method to make friends with the upcoming new governor, and even more so to suppress this young governor.

Although the method was clumsy, he never expected that the young governor would deal with their Ye clan's resistance to the well digging order so coldly.

"Inspector, please slow down."

Ye Kuan was very anxious at this moment, he hurriedly got up and chased after him, shouting towards Zhong Wen's back.

"What else is Patriarch Ye doing?"

"Don't you want to carry out the well-digging order issued by the governor? The governor left in such a hurry, isn't he afraid of chilling the hearts of the people in Lizhou?"

"All the counties in Lizhou are implementing the well-digging order issued by me to prepare for the dry season, but Yejia Village is unwilling to implement it, and even injured more than a dozen government servants. May I ask the old patriarch Ye, this is Ye Shihan The hearts of the people in Lizhou, or I, Zhong Wenhan, have broken the hearts of the people?"

"Dig a well to fight the drought. Of course, my Ye Family Village is willing to obey the order of the governor, but the villagers are poor and have missed the farm work. Shouldn't they be compensated?"

"Li Wei, Antu, let's go."

Zhong Wen didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, this well, whether you Ye clan like to dig it or not, directly called Li Wei and the others, and walked away again.

Who is digging the well for?

It must be to survive the severe drought that may come next year, and it is also to ensure the water source of the fields. Now, this Ye Kuan is so shameless, and he wants to get the benefits of digging a well, which shows that his heart is punishable.

If it weren't for the fact that the old man is the patriarch of the Ye family, Zhong Wen would have ordered him to be arrested and imprisoned for fear of causing a riot in the Ye family.

The departure of Zhong Wen and the others made Na Ye Kuan feel unwilling.

But what if you are unwilling?

At breakfast time, after Zhong Wen returned to the county office, he promulgated another decree, and this decree was close to the clans of the counties.

Its decree is that you don't have to carry out the well digging order. When there is a severe drought in the coming year, the prefecture and county governments will never control these villages that refuse to carry out the order. Whether they live or die depends on their fate.

Although, if such a decree continues, it will inevitably be dissatisfied by the local clans, but if you are dissatisfied, do you still dare to take up the sword and fight against it?

They didn't dare, and they wouldn't, unless they couldn't survive, and they might pick up the sword and turn against Zhong Wen, the governor.

Zhong Wen will not be used to the faults of these local clans.

Although each village is equivalent to a clan, relatively speaking, small villages basically dare not disobey this decree.

But if they encounter a clan as big as the Ye clan, they will definitely resist it. After all, no one wants to work for nothing if the benefits are gone.

Although the well-digging order is for their own good, the common people don’t understand it, and they have to obey the orders of the clan chiefs or the village chief, otherwise, in the village, these ordinary people , can be sad down.

"Ah Er, go, send word to the villages in Yiqing that if any village digs a well, it will be a problem with my Ye clan. Go, go quickly." But at this time, Ye Kuan started to think of ways to find trouble. up.

"Yes, patriarch." The man named Ah Er received the order from Shizi, called some villagers, and started running towards the villages in Yiqing County.

"Reporting to the governor, just now hundreds of people rushed out of Ye Family Village and went to the villages. I don't know what happened."

After Zhong Wen finished his breakfast, he sat in the Yiqing county government office and listened to some reports from several officials including Li Wei. Suddenly, an officer from the Law Enforcement Department came in to report.

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At this moment, when Zhong Wen heard such news, his head was full of questions.

"Send someone to find out, what are the people from the Ye family going to the villages for? Also, go and find Lu Lindong and the others for me." After thinking for a while, Zhong Wen still couldn't figure out what the people from the Ye family were. what to do.

But in order to prevent the Ye clan from causing trouble, he directly ordered the people in the law enforcement department to let Lu Lindong, the commander in chief, bring the members of the Tiger Fighting Team to Yiqing. Someone may dare to find trouble.

In the afternoon, in Yiqing County, a lot of government officials came back suddenly, and began to report their return to Zhong Wen, the governor.

"It's really courageous. This Ye family has really eaten the guts of a leopard. Go to the people and bring the villagers of each village to the county government quickly." After hearing everyone's report, Zhong Wen finally I understand why the Ye family sent people to other villages.

The yamen servants rode horses and began to go to the villages.

In the evening, the village officials of all the villages in Yiqing County, most of the village officials have already arrived in the county government office of Yiqing County.

There are a total of 160 villages under the jurisdiction of Yiqing County, including Nayejia Village and the three surrounding villages of Yejia Village.

Now, there are 160 village officials, but only 150 village officials have come, which is a total of nine people missing.

Zhong Wen, the governor, was really slapped in the face at this moment.

A governor from the third grade wants to see the village officials of the whole county, but now, nine village officials refused to obey the order.

Of course, apart from the four villages of the Ye family who have not been notified, there are still five who are unwilling to come, which shows how capable the Ye family is in Yiqing County.

"Cunzhengs, stay here in Yiqing County tonight, and I will discuss some things with you tomorrow. I have ordered someone to arrange this dinner. Come, let's take you villages to go." Zhong Looking at the more than 100 village officials present, Wen felt a little uncomfortable.

But no matter how bad it is, this matter must be dealt with, but because it is getting late, it is inconvenient to say more.

What's more, the people from the Commanding Army Mansion have not yet arrived, as long as Lu Lindong arrives, he can give orders. As for the tiger's trouble, there is no problem a few days later.

"Thank you, the governor, thank you so much, the governor." All the villages were bowing their hands to Zhong Wen, the governor, and then they were taken to have dinner by the Yacha.

Chapter 326 Surrounding the Clan of the Town without Moving

At night, Zhong Wen couldn't sleep.

At this time, he was thinking about how to deal with the clan affairs in this place.

This is not quack.

Hit, can't hit.

Kill, can't kill.

After all, these people are ordinary people.

Zhong Wen felt powerless for the first time, and it was very powerless.

If the leader is arrested, it will definitely cause a big riot, and it may not be extinguished.

Although there is no good way to deal with these local clans now, Zhong Wen sent the military mansion over just in case.

In the morning of the second day, in the Yiqing county government office.

"Village officers, I, Zhong Wen, invite you to come here to discuss matters in the county government office. I think everyone knows that I invite you to come here for the matter of digging wells." , no turning at all.

"Master Assassin, we all know the matter of digging the well, we all know it in our hearts, but..." a villager responded to Zhong Wen.

But he didn't dare to say the whole thing, and he had a certain amount of thought.

Yesterday, they got news from Naye's family that they were not allowed to cooperate with the well digging order of the prefecture and county governments, or else they would be against Ye's family.

Although each of them is the head of each village, the Ye family is a big clan with a large number of people.

In addition to the large number of people, most of the Ye family's daughters are married in various local villages, so no matter what they say, they all have some relatives in them.

Moreover, in addition to having a large number of people, the Ye family has another prerequisite, that is, the Ye family still holds grain seeds to make a living.

Otherwise, it is impossible for these more than 100 villages to listen to Ye's words and stop the execution of the well digging order.

"I know what the villagers are worried about, but I have a way to deal with this matter. As for the matter of grain seeds, don't worry, as the governor of Lizhou, am I afraid that I will not be able to transfer the grain seeds? What’s more, this well digging is also to deal with the drought in the coming year, so, after you go back today, all the village leaders, you must not carry it out.”

"If you don't implement it, I, Zhong Wen, can't help but force it. If the drought is irresistible in the coming year, I, Zhong Wen, will still collect taxes. As for whether you live or die, it has nothing to do with me, Zhong."

Zhong Wen can be regarded as throwing a sweet jujube and hitting another stick rhythm.

Who made him the governor? Naturally, this tax is unavoidable.

Although the Ye family controlled the grain business in Yiqing County, it was only a county.

Moreover, grain types do not need to be replaced every year.

The replacement of grain types takes as short as three years and as long as five years. People who really can't afford new grains need to replace them only once in ten years.

Therefore, for Zhong Wen, this is not something that cannot be solved. If a governor can't even solve the problem of food, then he is still a fart governor.

Moreover, grain seeds are not bought and sold with money, and basically exist in the form of grain for grain.

For example, one catty of grain is exchanged for twenty catties of grain, or more.

The quality of the grain seeds is related to the harvest in the coming year, and this is the key.

"Assassin officer, if Shangguan can solve the grain issue, we will definitely execute the well digging order drawn up by Shangguan. What's more, it's still for our own good. Assassin officer, we have to suspend this matter as a last resort. Blame us."

"Yes, yes, there is nothing we can do."

"Shangguan, please forgive us."

"..."

All the village officials present had different thoughts, but they were all the same.

As soon as Zhong Wen's words fell, it could be regarded as a reassurance for these village officials.

As long as the grain issue is resolved, everything will be easy, even if there is a woman from the Ye family in their village, they don't care.

Whose life is not life? What's more, they have experienced several droughts and lost some family members.

When the severe drought came, they knew better than anyone else that it would be starving and dying everywhere. The scene was extremely tragic and could not be described in words.

Although the words of the young assassin in front of him were meant to be a warning, but as long as he promised to solve the matter of grain seeds, who would care about this warning.

"Okay, since everyone is of the same mind, let's work together to dig a well to prepare for the drought. I have already made people prepare food for the road, and I invite all the village officials to bring food along the road." Zhong Wen looked about the same. , and shouted towards the villages present.

"Thank you, Chief Assassin."

"..."

Afterwards, the crowd dispersed, led them to eat, and began to return to their village all the way.

The villages have never had a good impression of Zhong Wen, a young governor, at least, no official has ever treated them like this, and even spoke politely.

Although some people in these villages were still somewhat resistant, but after seeing this governor, their impression of officials began to change a lot. Of course, there are also some village leaders who also have money in their hearts. in.

On the other hand, Zhong Wen at this time was quietly waiting for the arrival of Lu Lindong, the commander of the army.

In the afternoon and evening, Lu Lindong finally brought hundreds of people to Yiqing County.

When Lu Lindong and the others came outside the city of Yiqing County, they really shocked the city gate guards. Fortunately, he had already been notified, otherwise, there would have been a big commotion.

Let it go, definitely let it go.

Although Lu Lindong only came here with three hundred people at this time, all the soldiers in the government had swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows and arrows in their hands.

As for the rest of the No. 100 Fubing, there are about a hundred people in Jinggu County, and it is estimated that they are still on their way to Yiqing at this time. The other [-] people have gone to Sanquan County, and they are probably on their way.

And the last 100 people were also notified by Zhong Wen. After all, those [-] people were fighting tigers in Yiqing County.

As soon as these six hundred soldiers arrive, the things Zhong Wen planned last night can be acted upon.

Even without the remaining [-] soldiers, Zhong Wen's plan should have started. No matter what, the matter of clan resistance in this place had to be resolved urgently.

As soon as Lu Lindong and the others entered Yiqing County, the people in the city thought that some kind of war was about to happen, and they fled away in fright and returned home.

Not long after the Annmin notice was written, the county government posted it one after another. This is why Zhong Wen didn't think of this. Fortunately, the remedial measures were timely and did not cause riots.

"Lu Lindong, next, when you need your efforts, you can stop fighting the tiger for a while, Li Wei, next, you have to be ready to provide general Lu and his logistics at any time."

Zhong Wen called Lu Lindong and Li Wei, the magistrate of Yiqing County, into a room and began to assign tasks.

"I respect the order of the governor."

Li Wei cupped his hands and responded to Zhong Wen.

"Inspector, what do we need us to do?" From Zhong Wen's words, Lu Lindong didn't hear what kind of effort we had to put in. Although fighting a tiger was an effort, but in the past few days, not a single tiger was killed, let alone the slightest effort. .

"Li Wei, tell Lu Lindong about the Ye Family Village in detail." Zhong Wensui confessed to Li Wei.

Li Wei, the county magistrate, had no choice but to follow Zhong Wen's words, and began to introduce to Lu Lindong about Yejia Village, without missing anything.

"This Ye Family Village is too abominable. Inspector, what do you want me to do, I will do it according to your orders." After listening to Li Wei's words, Lu Lindong clasped his fists at Zhong Wen for orders.

"Lu Lindong, I appointed you as the Commander, and the next thing you have to do is to take everyone in your Commander's Mansion to Yejia Village, and surround Yejia Village and those four villages for me. Anyone who enters or exits. Whoever dares to enter or exit will be killed as a crime against the imperial court."

"Li Wei, you spread the news that there is a plague in Yejia Village, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. The whole county will post a notice. I want to prevent anyone from entering Yejia Village. In addition, Yiqing County is temporarily closed. , As for the other villages, don’t spread news for the time being. Also, don’t care about the other five villages for the time being.”