As soon as he said this, the farmers around him raised their heads and looked over.

The government officials had already dispersed and started shouting arrogantly: "Did you hear that? Bring all the food!"

"What's the matter, officer?" A young man raised his head, holding a sickle in his right hand and the newly cut rice in his left hand.

On the other side of the field, there are a lot of rice piles.

Everyone has a smile on their face, and they don’t have to worry about food this winter.

"Tang Laosan, the county issued an order to convert rice to mulberry at the beginning of this year. You turned a deaf ear to the government's order, didn't you?" the official scolded angrily.

"This..." The young man was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "We haven't been waiting for the subsidy from the county. If we change it to planting mulberry seedlings, how will we eat?"

"Stop talking nonsense! I asked you to change it, but you didn't change it. You disobeyed the court's order. Now hand over all the food!"

Another farmer on the side immediately said: "Now I leave the grain to you, what will we eat?"

"What you eat is none of my business! If you don't plant mulberry seedlings, your food will be confiscated!"

"Why!" Several other people gathered around.

"Stop talking nonsense, this is an order from the county magistrate!"

"You took away the food, what will we eat?" Tang Laosan shouted loudly.

"What are you shouting for?" Several government officials and Turkish soldiers came over not far away.

They have knives and bows and arrows in their hands.

"What? You want to fight against the imperial court! This is a serious crime of beheading!" The Yamen named Chen Zhi shouted loudly.

When he said this, those people immediately did not dare to speak.

"Come here, move all the food away!"

"yes!"

The county magistrate Liu Yu said to Zhou Bing, the magistrate of Gourong County, with a smile on his face: "Shangguan, you see, these unruly people dare not touch it. After the grain is taken back, half will be handed over to the superiors, and the other half will be kept by you."

He resold it and heard that there are special people collecting grain to supply the Liaodong army!"

Zhou Bing pretended to be majestic and said: "I am just strictly abiding by the court regulations. Don't talk nonsense!"

"Yes, yes, yes! It's Meng Lang, the lower official!"

At this time, heartbreaking shouts came from the front, and a woman ran over quickly. She threw herself on the piled rice and shouted: "This is the food we have worked hard to grow for a year."

, it’s our life-saving food for the winter, you can’t take it away!”

"Oh, you dare to defy the imperial court!" Chen Zhi led the people over, "If you don't get out of the way, I will lock you in jail for obstructing the government's law enforcement!"

Tang Laosan immediately came over and pulled his wife aside.

Tang Laosan was so angry that he held the sickle tightly. The others were also staring at the piled rice, and their hearts were bleeding as they watched the officials move away bundles.

"You have taken away all the food, what will we eat?" Tang Laosan said with a sad face, "At least leave us a bite."

"I'll give you an advantage if I don't arrest you. Did you know that you have disobeyed the imperial court's new policy? The county has repeatedly issued orders to change rice to mulberry! Change rice to mulberry! It's a good thing for you that you won't change anything! You really don't care what the government says.

ah!"

Chen Zhi said fiercely.

"Now the county magistrate is merciful. He only collected your food and didn't arrest you! Just be content with yourselves! What a bunch of unruly people!"

Tang Laosan argued with reason: "Where is your subsidy? I haven't seen anything. Let us use whatever we want to grow mulberries. We want to eat!"

"Yes! We want to eat!"

"You simply deliberately refused to provide subsidies and allowed us to plant rice fields, and now you are using this excuse to take our food!"

"..."

The crowd immediately became excited.

"Shut up! Believe it or not, I will arrest you now! Sentence you one by one! You all want to go to prison, don't you?"

"us……"

"Really!" Chen Zhi roared loudly.

Only then did everyone become quiet.

They felt extremely distressed as they watched the officials carry all the food into cars and transport it away.

Tang Laosan said: "Aren't you afraid that we will go to Jiangning Mansion to file a complaint?"

Chen Zhi said with a look of disdain: "You go and sue! Go now! Go immediately! Let me see which one of you has this ability!"

"Jianning Mansion will not sit idly by and watch!"

"You don't abide by the imperial court's new policy, and you want to inform the evil people!" Chen Zhi became even more disdainful, "Go ahead!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

After walking some distance, he turned back and said again: "I took away all your food, what can you do!"

Chen Zhi: You go and sue! You go and make trouble! So what! I will punish myself with three drinks!

On the sixth day of August, in Jiangning City, the Yamen was appeased.

"Xiangong Qin, Gourong County is collecting grain." Wang He, the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, said.

"Collecting grain?" Qin Hui put down the pen in his hand and seemed a little surprised, "What kind of grain are collected?"

"Gourong County did not renovate a few acres of farmland today. In order to punish those unruly people, the local government confiscated their grain!"

"What nonsense!" Qin Hui's expression changed drastically and he said angrily, "How can you confiscate the people's food at will?"

"The local government has indeed gone too far," Wang He said. "If this causes a civil unrest, no one will be able to stop it!"

"Who came up with this idea?"

"It's Zhou Bing, the magistrate of Gourong County."

"I think he doesn't want to be an official anymore! He's too courageous!"

"Zhou Bing's original intention is also for the New Deal. The people are not willing to change rice to mulberry, so they have never been nervous. The court will investigate and your Majesty will investigate. We are also worried about Qin Xianggong!"

Qin Hui's expression softened slightly and he asked: "How much grain was collected?"

"All collected."

"Collect them all, you are forcing them to revolt!" Qin Hui said with a gloomy look, "Each household will return some to appease the people and not to make the matter a big deal. If you give them some punishment, they will not cooperate next year.

"

"Yes! I'll do it now, sir!"

As soon as Wang He left the governor's Yamen and returned to the Magistrate's Yamen, he received the notice.

"Li Buzheng wants to see me?" Wang He said.

"Yes, Chief Li has urgent matters and requires the Prefect Wang to go there immediately."

"Okay, I'll pack up and go."

At this time, Li Guang was reading the letter Mei Zhili wrote to him.

After reading it, Li Guang asked his staff Zhang Yang: "The capital has some objections to Qin Xianggong's change of rice to mulberry. What do you think about this?"

"Now the shortcomings have been exposed. The magistrate of Gourong County dares to make arbitrary decisions and seize the people's food. This matter is of great concern. If you don't give an explanation to those outside, I'm afraid Gourong County will trigger a civil uprising!"

"I know this well. I'm asking about the new policy of changing rice to mulberry that Qin Xianggong presided over this time. What do you think?"

"Some people in the court have long been dissatisfied with Qin Xianggong, especially the Ministry of Household Affairs. This year, the treasury is under great pressure. Qin Hui has asked the court for several million yuan, which is called a subsidy to the people. But in my opinion, many officials

My pockets are full! Mei Shangshu’s letter contains many accusations against Qin Hui, and Li Buzheng can take advantage of this opportunity to bring down Qin Hui!”

"It's not easy to overthrow Qin Hui." Li Guang said, "Qin Hui naturally took advantage of himself in this matter."
Chapter completed!