Becoming an Immortal from the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 107

Three volts add one autumn, and one volt after autumn.

In the early morning of Lin'an, I can no longer feel the heat, and it is starting to cool down.

Han Haitao got up early in the morning, packed up, and went straight to the assembly point to participate in today's urban patrol.

There are few Taoists at the assembly point, and they are mainly middle-aged.

Han Haitao speculated that the young Taoists should have participated in the implementation of the "Lin'an Land Equalization Law".

Han Haitao's guess was right, but what he didn't know was that there were less than 40 Taoist members left in Lin'an City at this time, and [-] of them were stationed in key places such as bank vaults and military camps. The other [-]% of the troops and Taoists They all left Lin'an for rural areas under the leadership of Zhang Yuqing and others.

Majia Village.

In a very ordinary village, a small ditch extends from a low mountain to the flat land, and there is no water in the ditch.Only when it rains, or in the spring when the snow melts, can you see the water flow.

Tang Gui, head of the land reform team in Majia Village, looked at the indifferent villagers in front of him, and felt a little uneasy. Taking advantage of the time he took to promote the land policy to the villagers, Tang Gui tried to calm himself down.

The reaction of the villagers was too indifferent.

For a few moments, Tang Gui wondered if it was because of his Bianliang accent that the villagers could not understand the content of the policy, but Tang Gui quickly ruled out such thoughts.

Even though they were extremely indifferent, the villagers still did not leave.They were all listening, just blank-faced.Such an expression was no stranger to Tang Gui.His family and neighbors in Bianliang look like this every day when they get off work.

The daily heavy labor exhausted everyone's last sliver of strength and expectation.

If there is anything that apathetic or even numb people can react to, those reactions are overwhelmingly rooted in anger.

After calming down, Tang Gui continued to promote.

The land reform policy is not complicated. According to the current population of each village, whether it is the elderly or children, each person is allocated 5 mu of arable land.The land on the edge of the village that is not suitable for reclamation, including mountains and river ditches, is under the management of the village, but the use of these lands in the village must be subject to the planning and arrangements of the Changshengjiao.

Each family was assigned land, which was forbidden to be bought or sold.

If you own more land than the specified area, you must sell the land to the Longevity Sect, and then the Longevity Sect will distribute the land to other people.

Zhang Yuqing watched Tang Gui explain the land policy to the villagers, observed the villagers' reactions, and occasionally saw someone leaving the crowd nervously.

In the direction where the hurried backs of these people disappeared, they could see the tall roof ridges.

In Zhangjia Village, 30 miles away from Majia Village where Zhang Yuqing lives, Chen Deli, head of Zhangjia Village's land reform team, is also doing the same job.

As soon as he finished talking about the policy, he saw Debiao's family members turn around and leave, leaving only a guy in a long robe who walked up to Chen Deli and bowed, "Master Chen, our Master Zhang would like to invite Master Chen to come here." Sit at home."

Chen Deli smiled slightly, "Understood, I will take someone to Mr. Zhang's house later."

Hearing what Chen Deli said, the butler smiled and cupped his hands, waiting for Chen Deli to gather his men and go to Zhang Debiao's house to play the autumn wind.

Looking at Manqian, a somewhat too young 'official servant', the housekeeper really didn't think so.

The so-called land policy, the steward fully understands.Just because he understood it, the housekeeper didn't take it seriously. This was just an excuse to make money in different ways.

On the fifth day after Zhang Yuqing arrived in Lin'an, Zhang Debiao's family heard about Zhang Yuqing's method of solving the original government office in three days.Know that this young man is a formidable figure.

Afterwards, he taught Daozi to rectify the taxation and arrested friends on the road in the city, which fully demonstrated his ruthless means.

Zhang Debiao Master Zhang has seen so many big men, and he knew that sooner or later this Taoist master would attack the gentry and landlords, so the money had already been prepared.

Sure enough, after staying in Lin'an for two months, this young big man couldn't bear it anymore, and started to attack the big households in Lin'an's countryside.

This was somewhat beyond Mr. Zhang's expectations. He thought that the head teacher would have to wait until the autumn harvest before he would go to the countryside to gather money, but he would come early or late, and he was never wrong.

The housekeeper felt a little unhappy when he watched and heard the people who had heard about the so-called land policy and didn't disperse immediately.

He knew that these poor people didn't believe what the government said at all, but when the government came to the village, sometimes in order to put on face, they would force the big households to hold a banquet for the poor, and these people were waiting for the banquet.

"These bastards are really no joke." The housekeeper cursed inwardly.

It is also expensive to set up wine, save this money, and add a few more meat dishes to the big man's subordinates later, isn't it better than letting these farmers eat?
Just thinking about it, I heard the sound of footsteps.

Moments later, a group of Taoists armed with knives and guns went straight to Mr. Zhang Debiao's house along the dirt road in the village.

Before the steward could ask anything, two Taoists came up, pushed the steward to the ground and tied him up.

Only then did the housekeeper shout: "Master Chen, what is this for! Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!"

Seeing so many Taoists suddenly coming, the villagers knew that something serious had happened, so they didn't dare to watch and fled home immediately.

As soon as you enter the house, close the windows and doors immediately.

Only a few brave ones fled to the distance and waited and watched from behind the trees in the corner of the wall. Those who escaped home sneaked on the top of the wall and looked out through the crack of the door.

Seeing that the villagers had dispersed, Chen Deli was much more relaxed.

Zhang Yuqing emphasized in this trip to the countryside that the local tyrants and evil gentry are not covered by the new land policy, and the Longevity Sect will not purchase their land.

In order to promote the land policy, the first to be resolutely eliminated are these local tyrants and evil gentry.

Although the butler next to him was tied up, he still struggled to explain 'this is a misunderstanding'.

Chen Deli turned his head and smiled at the housekeeper, "Zhang Debiao colluded with Sun Qitian and Sun Er to kill people and steal goods, so there is no misunderstanding."

Hearing Chen Deli say the nickname of 'Sun Qitian', the housekeeper's sophistry was stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter it.

Sun Er is a habitual bandit of the Lin'an generation, and the housekeeper actually knows what Zhang Debiao hired Sun Er to do.

At this moment, Duan Yongpeng, the captain of the Taoist team, came running quickly, stood in front of Chen Deli and saluted, "Report to the captain, the courtyard of Zhang Debiao's house has been surrounded."

"Did anyone run away?" Chen Deli asked.

Duan Yongpeng shook his head, "We didn't see it when we surrounded it."

At this time, Zhang Debiao's compound became chaotic. The servants who lived in the backyard learned that they were surrounded, and rushed to the hall with simple knives in their hands. The leader said loudly:
"Boss, who are those thieves who don't have eyesight? How dare they come to our village to rob. Don't they know that there are people from the government in the village?"

After finishing speaking, the leader of the servant saw a few people in the hall looking at him like idiots, and was puzzled for a while.

I saw Zhang Debiao's face changed, he was angry and confused, he neither answered the question, nor did he intend to order the servants to stand on the wall to resist.

At this time, a servant who had already climbed the wall rushed into the hall, and said to the leader of the servant in horror: "Brother, I didn't see any bandits outside."

"Who's that outside?" the servant leader asked angrily.

"The ones outside...the ones outside are all officers and soldiers." After Jia Ding finished speaking, he was at a loss.

The leader of the servants was also shocked by this unexpected news.

Regardless of Zhang Debiao's answer, the leader of the servants hurried out and climbed the fence, and saw a large number of people outside in the dark, all wearing Taoist short robes.

The leader of the servants knew that the thieves would never dress like this, even if they tried to trick the door into opening, they would not be able to get so many Longevity Sect Taoist costumes.

"Brother, what should we do?" The servants who had already climbed onto the wall ran over and asked, this was the first time they had confronted someone from the government.

At this time, the Taoist outside the wall shouted: "Brother Jia Ding above, we are here to arrest Zhang Debiao. Zhang Debiao colluded with the bandit Sun Qitian and Sun Er. Sun Er has been arrested and confessed to Zhang Debiao's crime of murder and robbery. You are just hired Zhang Debiao , everyone is just messing around, and there is no reason to throw your life here for Zhang Debiao."

Hearing this persuasion, the leader of the servant did not delay, and ordered to his brothers: "Open the door and let the people from the government come in."

"..." The servants on the wall didn't know whether to do this or not.

The leader of the servants shouted angrily: "We can go to Zhang Debiao to get the reward if we beat the bandits. Who can we go to get the reward from when we fight the officers and soldiers?"

Zhang Debiao's nephew, Zhang Ershun, watched Taoists rush into Zhang Debiao's compound with his own eyes. Not long after, the servants were escorted out of the courtyard with their hands raised high.At the same time, the big banner on the wall of the Zhang Family Courtyard was pulled up by the Taoist and thrown down from upstairs.

Seeing that the Zhang family's courtyard was breached by officers and soldiers, although Zhang Ershun was very anxious, he didn't dare to look any further, and went straight to the outside of the village along the secluded path in the village.

There are Taoist guards at the entrance of the village, which can't help the local Zhang Ershun.

He took a long detour, avoided the entrance of the village, and entered the field.

Drilling inside, there are green crop stalks all around, not to mention people outside can't see inside, Zhang Ershun can't see what the outside looks like at all.

Running all the way along the ridge of the field, passing through the field, a trail appeared in front of us.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Ershun didn't dare to slow down, and went straight to the main road along the path.

The reason why Zhang Ershun was not arrested was not that he was smart, but that after Zhang Yuqing's people arrived in Zhangjia Village, Zhang Ershun was sent to deliver a letter to the Zhang family in the county next to Lin'an. Zhang Debiao wanted the Zhang family to be an official in the county next to Lin'an. Send people back to the village to save some blood.

But before leaving the village, Zhang Ershun turned back when he saw movement in the village, and only then saw the scene of Zhang's family being breached.

Someone in the Zhang family is an official in the government. Now Zhang Ershun's mission is not to report the letter, but to see if he can move back to rescue the soldiers.

On the main road, Zhang Ershun ran northward, and after a few miles, he couldn't run anymore.

Seeing two shopkeepers pushing their small carts towards Zhangjiacun, Zhang Ershun slowed down to meet them, wanting to buy something to eat.

The shopkeeper stopped the car, pulled the cloth covering the car, and warmly entertained Zhang Ershun. Zhang Ershun didn't want to make trouble, pointed out a few yuan to eat, and wanted to buy it when he got the money.

One of the peddlers saw that Zhang Ershun was not bargaining, and asked with a smile: "Brother, you are not from Zhang Debiao's Master Zhang's family, are you?"

Zhang Ershun was stunned for a moment, just when he felt something was wrong, another salesman had already made a move.

He grabbed Zhang Ershun's arm, pulled and twisted it, and had restrained Zhang Ershun. The two immediately tied Zhang Ershun with a rope.

Zhang Ershun thought he was going to be robbed, so he hurriedly shouted: "Two good guys, money is easy to talk about. Let me go, and I will give you all the money."

The shopkeeper seemed not to hear, and calmly covered the cloth on the trolley, and did not search Zhang Ershun for the money.

Zhang Ershun was very surprised, he didn't know whose hands he had fallen into.

Suddenly, Zhang Ershun came to understand a little bit, and quickly shouted: "Brother, someone in our family is an official in the government. Let me go, brothers will be rich in the future. If you teach Daozi to do this, Tokyo will know sooner or later. As much as your head teacher gives you, our Zhang family will double."

"Teaching Taoism can make everyone in the village live a better life, can your Zhang family do it?" A salesman replied disdainfully.

Zhang Ershun didn't know what the other party meant, and didn't know how to answer for a while.After thinking hard for a while, I finally choked out a sentence, "I don't know what the head teacher said, but officials are the best at deceiving people. Brother, money counts only when you get it!"

Hearing this, the peddler changed his face, "The head teacher lied to us? Is it true that Zhang Debiao is trafficking people? Is it true that Zhang Debiao colluded with bandits to rob and kill people?"

Zhang Ershun wanted to quibble, but couldn't speak for a moment.

It's not Zhang Ershun's business to kill people and steal money, he just knows it's happening.

But Zhang Ershun was one of the abducted women who participated in the trafficking of women. She was quite handsome. Although Zhang Ershun didn't really do anything, when he dragged the woman away, he still used his hands to take advantage of it.

When the woman was insulted like this, she resisted and scolded Zhang Ershun angrily. Zhang Ershun slapped the woman down.

Seeing the anger of Zhang Yuqing's subordinates, Zhang Ershun didn't dare to say anything, just listened to the sound of horseshoes approaching from far to near.

The horse team stopped in front of the three of them, and the Taoist immediately said, "Is this escaped?"

"Report to Captain Lu, he should have escaped."

The person immediately is Lu Zhixin, who is in charge of road control in this operation.

Lin'an covers an area of ​​more than 1 square kilometers. Although there are not many roads, the Taoist team currently has only 500 people.In order to be able to effectively control the news, don't let go of the fish that slipped through the net.Lu Zhixin and the Taoists under him worked hard.

Although he caught the fish that slipped through the net, Lu Zhixin did not relax at all.

He ordered people to take Zhang Ershun back to the village, and he led the cavalry to turn their horses and head back.Now that Luca has been set up, several squads of makeup and cavalry are going back and forth on the road in the squad.

There are five designated local tyrants and evil gentry, and Zhang Debiao is only one of them.

The next morning, people in Zhangjia Village were summoned to participate in the public trial of Zhang Debiao.

In the spacious yard outside the gate of the Zhang family compound, Zhang Debiao and other prisoners were dragged to the public trial platform in a chain.The culture teachers in the army publicly announced the crimes of Zhang Debiao and others.

Usury and other things are not the standard for defining local tyrants and evil gentry. If the crackdown is carried out according to this standard, the landlords and rich peasants in Lin'an may have to be punished.

(End of this chapter)