Chapter 3777 Fishing Village Riot
Because she was too full at noon, Yang Ruoqing couldn't eat anymore after a few bites at night, so she sat aside and talked with them.
The two people were mainly exchanging information about Wu Xiong, the governor of Tianhai County.
Yang Ruoqing listened and checked the two of them. After going back and forth, she gradually understood some of the current situation in Tianhai County.
Tianhai County is a county on the east coast. It is not very large and is probably not as big as Qing'an County.
But Tianhai County used to be a prosperous land with fertile products and close to the sea. Various seafood and coastal port trade brought a prosperous life to the people in this area.
At that time, everyone said that Tianhai County was a place favored by the Sea Dragon King, and the people here lived and worked in peace and contentment.
But in the past few years, the situation here has gone from bad to worse, with large areas of fields being barren and a large population loss.
Ports and docks, large and small, have also closed down, especially in the past two years. Due to the deteriorating changes in the ocean climate, the output of the sea has also dropped sharply, making people's lives more and more difficult every year.
“Brother-in-law, Wu Xiong is a sanctimonious hypocrite.”
Daan's voice woke Yang Ruoqing out of her thoughts.
Yang Ruoqing's eyes fell on Daan, and she saw that Daan had put down the chopsticks in his hand.
“This Wu Xiong, I don’t know how much people have collected from the people of Tianhai County in the past few years. The taxes are getting higher year by year.”
“Don’t talk about those small-scale enterprises. The common people are the local small landowners and large grain growers. None of us can stand Wu Xiong’s exploitation.”
“Over and over again, 80% of the food harvested throughout the year will be taken away by the government, and the remaining 20% will be robbed by local bullies. The food that the common people get. Almost nothing.”
"In this case, they will simply abandon the land and stop doing it!" Da'an said.
Luo Fengtang said with a serious look on his face: "If it were me, I wouldn't sit here. I'm just making wedding clothes for others, and I won't miss a single drop!"
< br>Da'an nodded: "Exactly, so during my low-level inspections and secret visits during this period, I discovered that many hundreds of hundreds of The surname's resentment against the government is not just a little bit, it can be said that it is full of complaints, and it will not freeze three feet in a day!"
"These people have several choices after throwing away their hoes,"
“One, go to the beach to fish to support your family.”
"Two, those who have some connections go to live with relatives in other places."
"Third, there are no relatives to live in, and they are lazy and don't want to fish, so they just give up on themselves and idle around outside, steal chickens, eat chickens, and wait to die. Count one day.”
“And this last type of people often occupies the largest proportion in Tianhai County. This type of people are also violently abused by those with ulterior motives. The activists took a fancy to them and snare them, giving them to the stutterers, and led them to rebel, becoming the death squads in the rebel team!"
Having said this, Da An settled down and said, "That's right, brother-in-law! , I have made arrangements to go to the fishing village eighty miles east of Tianhai County in the next few days."
When he heard that Da'an was going to the fishing village, Luo Fengtang's expression suddenly changed. .
"You can't go to the fishing village. It is the most dangerous place in Tianhai County now!" Luo Fengtang said.
"Brother-in-law, I have to go, no matter how dangerous it is, I want to talk to that Qin and Hanqing."
Da'an said, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes They are all determined,
"I heard that he used to Since he is a scholar, he must be able to communicate and explain things clearly. If I can have a good talk with him and get him to surrender without any effort, the turmoil in Hai County that day will be calm. Wouldn't it be best to extinguish it?" Da'an said.
Luo Fengtang frowned and said in a deep voice: "Da'an, Qin Hanqing is not as simple as you and I think,"
"Yes, he is indeed just a down-and-out civil servant, but he can mobilize so many fishermen's rebels and create such a huge momentum. There may be a power we can't see hidden behind him. I don't trust you to go, you... It’s a deep dive into the tiger’s den!” “Brother-in-law, I must go!”
"You can't go, I can't even say I can't!"
"But I am the imperial envoy designated by the emperor. If I am afraid of death, wouldn't that mean I have betrayed the emperor's trust?"
>"You are also my brother-in-law. Your safety is more important to me than the emperor's trust!"
"Brother-in-law..."
"Okay, you two stop for a moment, I have something to say!" Yang Ruoqing slapped her hand on the table, interrupting the conversation between the two men.
"You two treat me like nothing, right? I don't say anything, and you keep arguing. I have something to say!" She frowned and said angrily.
The two men closed their mouths at the same time and looked at Yang Ruoqing.
Luo Fengtang said: "Qing'er, tell me."
Yang Ruoqing said: "When I am talking, neither of you are allowed to interrupt, unless I ask and you answer."
Luo Fengtang and Daan looked at each other, and both men wanted to laugh at the same time. , but they are all used to her domineering attitude.
"Okay, whoever you ask will answer, and I promise not to steal your words." Luo Fengtang said good-temperedly.
Yang Ruoqing said: "First of all, what happened to the fishing village uprising? Secondly, who is Qin Hanqing?"
Luo Fengtang glanced at Da'an, and Da'an said: "I will answer this question. ”
"The uprising in the fishing village started last winter. Last winter, a shocking thing happened on the seaside eighty miles east of Tianhai County."
"This fishing village is not a small one. Village, but a general term for the villages in this area that rely on fishing for a living."
"In the fishing village, there is a man named Wang. The second youngest fisherman came home from fishing and found his pregnant wife and five or six-year-old son killed at home."
"Her wife was not only killed, but also insulted by the murderer. "My son's death is also terrible!"
Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing subconsciously covered her mouth, and she could almost imagine the bloody and miserable scene in her mind.
"The most intolerable thing is those who bully women and children. They are worse than beasts!" Yang Ruoqing said angrily.
"Who did it? Has it been found out?" she asked.
Da'an said: "No one knows who killed him, but the sky net is very careful. There happened to be a poor teacher in the village. He came out and told everyone that he was the master of the Tianhai County Yamen. Book's son did it!"
"This teacher is Qin Hanqing!"
Yang Ruoqing nodded and motioned for Da'an to continue.
Da'an said: "This chief clerk is a subordinate of Wu Xiong, the governor of Tianhai County. The chief clerk has a son who is a local young man and a tyrant. I don't know how many evil things he has done."
" But because his father was protecting him, no one dared to punish him."
" When he went to the fishing village, he actually made a mistake in the county and angered the chief registrar, so he was sent to the old house in the fishing village. Not only did he not have a good self-reflection there, he also continued to do such evil things. Son.”
(End of this chapter)