It was mid-November in the blink of an eye, and the sound of tying boards in the yamen lobby did not stop for a day...

In the first few days, Zhu Yuanzhang would go to Yaqian Square every day, waiting for the injured farmers to be thrown out, so he quickly found someone to carry them to Fenglei Village. After a few days, before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, the onlookers had already started to spontaneously send the injured to Fenglei Village. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang simply refused to go, and the yamen was still carrying the injured to Fenglei Village.

In the ancestral hall of Fenglei Village, Ma Xiaotian gave passionate speeches every day, and went over and over again: "I can't survive anymore", "I want to rebel", "Anyway, it's all a death", "Do you want to come together?"

Most of the injured people who were first carried were incited by Ma Xiaotian, and there was already a thought of rebellion and uprising in their hearts. The injured people who were carried later were soon infected by the subtle emotions in the ancestral hall. As mentioned in the previous chapter, rebellion and uprising have a binding effect. Often, if a person says he wants to rebel, he will tie up a group of people to follow him. This momentum is like a snowball, growing bigger and bigger.

Gradually, the idea of ​​rebellion was not only the wounded in the ancestral hall, but also the more than a thousand poor people scattered around Fenglei Village began to exist...

"Brother... have you heard of it? Ma Xiaotian from Xigu Village said he was going to rebel..."

"I heard...shush... Donggu Village, Fenglei Village, Beijingtou Village... many villagers I know think Ma Xiaotian is right, and they are also thinking about the same thing."

"Do you have this idea?"

"I...I'm actually hesitating..."

"What's the point of hesitation about this? If you are caught in a rebellion, you will be beheaded, and you will be punished by the nine clans. Are you not afraid of death? Look at Zheng Yanfu in Chengcheng, he failed in his rebellion and his body was burned to charcoal."

"I'm also afraid of death, but can I survive without rebellion? What's the difference between starving to death and being beheaded by the government?"

"This...you're right, let me think about it too..."

"By the way... If you rebel, you will have to have a big brother, right?"

"It goes without saying that of course it's Brother Zhu. Just recommend Brother Zhu as the leader."

"Will he be willing to rebel with us? Brother Zhu is in charge of the Ma family and lives a good life. There is no need to mess with us with all the hardships."

"Hey, you don't understand this. Brother Zhu is the most loyal and cannot bear to see the hard life of the villagers. If all the villagers in the village can't survive, he will definitely get up and lead us."

"I think Brother Wang is not bad either."

"You don't know yet? Brother Wang listens to Brother Zhu now!"

Talks like Shangxue were spreading among the people around Fenglei Village, one to ten, ten to hundreds, and a hundred to thousands. Just as Zhu Yuanzhang said, something was slowly brewing.

Of course, there are also many shaken people who want to go to the government to report to Ma Xiaotian, Zhu Ba, Wang Er and others.

Some readers may not understand why some people want to expose Zhu Ba and Wang Er, obviously, have not yet made a name for themselves, so why do people want to expose him? In fact, this was a very common situation in ancient times. As long as others think that you are likely to rebel, they can go to the government to expose you. When dealing with such things, the government often does not pay attention to evidence, but to intuition. In other words, "the government says that you want to rebel, you are a bad guy", and there is no need for evidence to prove it.

What's ridiculous is that this confused way of judging cases has really created several powerful rebel leaders.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a monk in Huangjue Temple in the previous life, received a letter from Tang He to invite him to join the rebel army. He had not made up his mind to rebel, but the monks in the temple secretly reported that someone had revealed that he had received letters from the rebels and must have rebelled. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this news, he no longer hesitated and joined the rebel army.

For example, the lamplight in the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty was named Zhao Sheng. Also known as Zhao Sier, he was originally a scholar in Qingjian County. He lived in the Petroleum Temple day and night to attack books. Some people rumored that he lighted lamplight in the Gu Temple at night, and wanted to create military books like Huang Chao described in the plains. He also said that the government was about to arrest him. Zhao Sheng had no idea, and was worried about being framed and imprisoned, so he finally forced him to Liangshan and gathered people to rebel at Huaya Temple in Jiejiagou.

Given the current situation of Ma Xiaotian, Zhu Ba and Wang Er, if someone reports it, the government will definitely come to ask for him. There is no need for evidence, and it is very likely that it will be beheaded directly at Caishikou.

However... these people who were shaken in their minds and wanted to go to the government to report the matter were often sneaking away from Fenglei Village and halfway to the yamen, they were stopped by the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang who spread the word. The desperate Sanlang was never ruthless, and he slashed and killed all of them, throwing the body into the ravine.

The timing of the uprising is approaching day by day...

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County government office, lobby.

Gu Huaxiu frowned and watched the fifteen villagers thrown their butts out of the yamen. He didn't feel a little depressed. He had been slapped for half a month. There were hundreds of villagers who had been beaten by him, but the unlucky people still refused to submit. The tax paid was pitifully small. If this continues, what should he do with his assessment this year?

He couldn't help but turn around and asked his Shaoxing master: "Sir, you have to teach me. What should I do if I can't collect the tax? Do you continue to hit the board like this?"

The Shaoxing Master was actually thinking about this problem recently, but in the past two days, he noticed a new situation. He was thinking about this matter at this time. When Gu Huaxiu asked, the master woke up and replied: "Master, there is no good idea for tax matters, but there is a strange thing. I have been thinking about it for several days and still can't figure it out."

"Oh? It must be a big deal if you can stump sir!" Gu Huaxiu said strangely.

The Shaoxing master reached out and pointed at the Yaqian Square, then said, "Do you still remember the manager named Zhu Ba? It is the young man who picked you up with a bad guy."

"Well, I have a little impression. What's wrong with this person?" Gu Huaxiu asked.

"This person has something strange." Shaoxing's master frowned and said, "Because he would pick up the injured people every day, I sent a constable to investigate. It turned out that the injured people were sent to a small village called Fenglei Village, where they were treated and could be given a few bowls of porridge. Wansheng sent someone to inquire and found out that more than a thousand people had gathered there, and he lived on Zhu Bashi's porridge every day."

"Oh? What's so strange about this?" Gu Huaxiu didn't react quickly enough to hear anything wrong.

The Shaoxing master glanced at Gu Huaxiu with a grudge and sighed: "Thousands of people, don't give porridge to thousands of people. This is not simple. How much food does this require? Is this something a mere manager can do?"

When Gu Huaxiu heard this, he finally realized: "Hey, yes! How much money can a manager have? How can he support a thousand people?" He turned his brain hard and said smartly: "Ha, I understand, he is giving porridge to the master, right?"

"No!" Shaoxing Master shook his head and said, "If it is the gang leader's house to serve porridge, it must be in the name of the gang leader, but the news I sent to inquire about it was that the gang leader was carried out in the name of Zhu Ba."

"What? This is really weird." No matter how stupid Gu Huaxiu was, he could hear something was wrong. He asked in a low voice: "Which company is Zhu Ba?"

"Baishui Ma Family!" Shaoxing whispered: "This family has moved to Xi'an Prefecture, leaving only the second young lady to take charge of the old house. Now the housekeeper is a woman... The Ma Family has purchased grain everywhere a few months ago. At that time, I thought this family wanted to raise the price of grain. This is what the gentry is doing, so I didn't care. Now, when I think about it, I realize the strangeness in the middle."

Gu Huaxiu clapped his hands and said, "Now I understand again. Zhu Ba stole the master's food and gave it to the unruly people, and won the hearts of the people..."

"**口天天天天!" Master Shaoxing shook his head: "This guy is very rude to the county master and is doing such a strange thing in secret. I think there is a very problematic. We should think of it as a way to deal with him."

"This is not simple. Just say that he attracts people's hearts and makes a mistake in his plan. Just arrest and kill him." Gu Huaxiu said with a smile. In fact, he was talking nonsense and was charged with randomly labeling people for criminal charges, but this time he actually labeled the hat and did not wrongly accuse Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Shh, the county master... There is no need to be a good idea for rebellion." Shaoxing Master lowered his voice: "The big guys in the court hate the news of rebellion. Since the end of Wanli, many madmen who rebelled and uprisings have been executed in the name of "robbers". They are afraid that the emperor will be angry... If we are a madman in the small Baishui, if there is also a madman in rebellion, you don't have to think about your assessment... Maybe you are dismissed from office and dismissed from office."

When Gu Huaxiu heard that he would be dismissed from office and was shocked: "What should I do?"

Shaoxing master smiled and said, "Lansheng thinks that we might as well visit the Ma family in Baishui, talk to the second young lady of the Ma family, get evidence that Zhu Ba stole the owner's food, and then ask him for guilt on the charge of stealing the owner's property, and then take the opportunity to blackmail some of the Ma family's property. A woman who is in charge of the family business can scare her and get a lot of money. As for these property, we can use it ourselves or use it to offset the autumn fu that cannot be collected. This will not only be unhindered in your assessment, but will be beneficial."

Gu Huaxiu was overjoyed: "Sir, this is such a clever plan, just do what you said!"

The two of them smiled at each other, thinking that they were going to take advantage of it. They didn't hesitate at the moment, so they ordered thirty yamen runners in the yamen, hugged and got into the sedan chair, and came towards the Ma family courtyard.

The two of them never thought that there was really someone in their jurisdiction to rebel. They thought that Zhu Ba was just doing something small, so they were completely unaware of it. The thirty yamen runners who brought out did not bring real guys, but took a few iron rulers, water and fire sticks, etc.

The old saying goes well, you can’t live without committing your own sins!

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