Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 154 Measuring Heaven and Earth
blue home.

They are a well-deserved wealthy family in Dingyuan County.

Because its surname is Lan, the blue of sapphire.

The Lan family was originally just a small family in Dingyuan County, but since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this point in time may have been a little earlier.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was king of Wu, the Lan family had already spread its branches in Dingyuan County.

Sister Lan Yu married Chang Yuchun, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she was made a marquis.

The Lan family was in the spotlight for a while.

More and more clan members from various distant clans came to join us, and soon they became a big family in Dingyuan County.

In the past few years, through continuous land annexation, most of the land in Dingyuan County has been taken into hands.

The Lan family is not an exception.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the land held by rural gentry and gentry in almost all parts of the country expanded rapidly.

Once they have money in their hands, the gentry will frantically annex the people's land. As much money as their families have, they will buy as much land as they want.

What is land? Land is the foundation. It is related to the rise and fall of a family. This is an idea that goes deep into the bones of every Chinese person.

These lands have been annexed by the gentry, and it is basically impossible for them to spit them out.

Unless the whole family falls.

As a result, the gentry held more and more land, so much so that in some counties, just a few families occupied more than half of the county's land.

The Lan family is like that.

"Dad, who is that Li Jin? His uncle Ma Sandao has been demoted to a commoner now. He is lucky. He has obtained a meritorious service and does not do anything with his tail between his legs, but he still dares to attack us." Lan Ping said Tao, when he mentioned Li Jin, the new champion, his face was full of disdain.

Obviously he didn't take it seriously at all. Looking at him like that, he was used to being domineering.

Lan Shou, the head of the Chang family and Lan Yu's cousin, also had a sneer on his face and said: "A relative of a sinner is worthy of scolding us common people. The Li family is afraid of him, Li Jin, but I am not afraid."

"But he represents the court after all. Let's let Lu Tao communicate first. It's best if nothing happens."

At this time, a breathless servant came to the Lan family and his son, and said eagerly: "Master, young master, it's not good, Li has gone into the fertile fields over Xilin."

"We are surveying at this time. He said that if no one claims this land, it will be registered as unclaimed land and confiscated!"

boom!
When Lan Shou heard this, he slammed the table angrily and said loudly: "You really dare to attack our Lan family?! Do you really think that our Lan family is someone who can be bullied?"

"What's the situation now? How many people did Li Jin bring?" Lan Shou asked.

He knew that anger alone would not solve the problem.

The servant said, "Li Jin was the only one who came there with a rope ruler."

Lan Shou nodded, knowing what he was doing.

The talks with Lu Tao should have collapsed, and Lu Tao's move of not sending anyone also showed his attitude to the Lan family.

"Dad, what are we going to do next?" Lan Ping asked.

"That large swath of hundreds of acres of fertile land is hidden land that has not been registered. If it is recorded, our Lan family will have to pay a lot more taxes every year, especially as the tax reform is about to be implemented. The amount will be increased.”

Lan Shou naturally knows what Lan Ping is talking about, and this is just the beginning.

But now he has tried all the methods he can, but this Li Jin can't get enough.

Fame, wealth, and fortune didn't even appeal to him.

Lan Shou was also forced to do nothing.

He gritted his teeth. Since it was too soft, he had to go hard. "It's normal for a person to have some minor accidents such as falling when he's alone outside the city." Lan Shou suddenly spoke.

"Understood." Lan Ping understood the meaning of his father's words, with a sinister look in his eyes.

"I'm going to send someone over to see if our Lord Li fell accidentally."

"Remember, don't hurt your life."

"There are many children."

All Lan Shou wanted was for Li Jin to retreat. He was not stupid enough to kill an official.

This doesn't help matters.

Lan Ping was already unhappy with Li Jin. At the same age, Li Jin was already an official in the imperial court, but he had no hope of taking the imperial examination, so he could only stay in Dingyuan.

He took a few reliable confidants to guard Li Jin's only way back to the city while the weather was dark.

Lan Ping has been observing for several days. Since Li Jin is doing the land surveying work alone, he works late every day.

At this time, few people passed by on this secluded road.

After squatting, Blue Screen finally caught an opportunity today.

Several sons of the Lan family, Li Jin, appeared behind them. A sack was put over Li Jin's head, and then countless fists greeted them.

"You are so brave. You didn't even look at what I was wearing, and you dared to beat the imperial official." Li Jin, whose head was covered, did not panic, but spoke righteously and shouted loudly. "Do you know what it is to beat a court official?!"

"This is a serious crime that requires beheading!"

This is not because Li Jin was beaten and was bluffing them.

In the Ming Dynasty, although Lao Zhu was cruel to officials, he was also cruel to unruly people who dared to cause trouble.

In the Ming Dynasty, common people who beat up court officials were regarded as arrogant, and even family members would be implicated to a certain extent.This is much harsher than the Tang Dynasty.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people who beat the imperial officials were sentenced to three years in prison, and those who were injured were exiled for 2000 miles. Only serious injuries such as broken bones would be sentenced to death.

Li Jin's words were quite powerful when he shouted them out. After hearing this, several children of the Lan family were really frightened.

They subconsciously stopped beating him and looked back at Lan Ping, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Hit me, hit me hard! He has a sack on his head, how can he know who hit him?" Lan Ping pointed at Li Jin and shouted loudly. "If anyone doesn't take action, I will skin him when I get home and sell his mother-in-law to a brothel."

The wives who gave birth to children in these families were also prostitutes from the Lan family.

Their life and death is just a matter of Lan Ping's words.

On one side is what may happen in the future, on the other side is the punishment that will fall on you immediately.

How to choose is very simple.

The sons of the Lan family no longer hesitated and directly pushed Li Jin, who was still struggling with a sack over his head, to the ground.

Then he punched and kicked Li Jin.

Ah!
Li Jin suddenly screamed.

After all, he was just a weak scholar and did not inherit the skills of his uncle Ma Sandao.

If Masandao were here, he would probably kill these little bastards directly.

Zhu Yuanzhang's first personal bodyguard is no joke.

This can be known from the skill of Zhu Yuanzhang's current personal bodyguard Mao Xiang.

(End of this chapter)