The speed of information transmission in ancient times was very slow, especially in rural places like Chenshi Village. So after the meeting at the ancestral hall, Chen Shiai, an old scholar, spent several days to contact a group of colleagues and prepare to go to the county government office.

A wave.

Colleagues who can be contacted only by old scholars are naturally scholars. No matter how high-ranking Jinshi is, he will not be favored by others, and low-level students are of no use, so they can only be scholars.

Fortunately, scholars are enough. In the great corruption of the literati class in the late Ming Dynasty, scholars were originally responsible for rushing into battle and wasting money. They were responsible for taking charge of lawsuits, causing chaos in the hall, gathering crowds to surround government offices, and other bad things. So this time

Going to the county government office is a daily routine, and everyone is very skilled in business.

Among the brave men who went to make trouble this time, except for another scholar in the clan, most of the others Chen Shiai had contacted were litigation gangsters and poor people from nearby villages, and there were also two local snakes in Guangzhou City.

After receiving the market price, this group of people started gearing up and expressed their intention to help Mr. Chen and create a good rhythm.

After the internal and external lineup was completed, Chen Shiai, an old scholar, led a group of bad scholars, and a group of servants who were responsible for making noises, and set foot on the road to Guangzhou City in the early morning of June 20.

Before the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou City was jointly managed by Panyu and Nanhai counties. The jurisdiction of these two yamen divided Guangzhou City into two, with roughly the same area.

After the Ming Dynasty, due to the expansion of land area and urban area to varying degrees, most of Guangzhou City during this period came under the jurisdiction of Panyu County, except for one-fifth of the land in the west.

Unlike later generations, the jurisdiction of counties in ancient times was very large. In the Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou Prefecture covered almost the entire Pearl River Delta region, with a total of only thirteen counties. In later generations, Guangzhou City alone had eleven districts.

So where is the land under construction in the new city under construction? Sorry, it happens to be under the jurisdiction of Panyu County. So today's matter, both emotional and rational, cannot escape Panyu County.

When Chen Shiai and a group of people entered the city gate and arrived at the Panyu County Government Office located to the east of Yushan Mountain, the sun was already hanging in the sky. It was the time when the county government office issued an announcement - naturally these old scholars could not mistake the county government office.

Announcement day.

Then Chen Shiai successfully submitted the complaint against Marshal Cao.

At the same time, in Chenjiacun, Jinshi Chen Shiqi was holding a letter and shouting: "Go quickly and call the patriarch back!"

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As the saying goes, nothing happens by chance. Just when Chen Shiai entered the city, a young man dressed as a servant also stepped into Chenshi Village. After the young man entered the village, he asked around and found the door of Chen Shiqi's house. Finally,

Handed several letters to Mr. Chen.

In ancient times, private messages were often entrusted to businessmen and fellow villagers to deliver them on their behalf. Especially when it was a long journey from the capital to Guangzhou, unless it was an important matter, few people would send out a dedicated messenger. Otherwise, the cost would be too high.

What Chen Shiqi received this time was a letter sent by his old friend in the capital more than a month ago. This old friend of his was also a poor official in the capital and could not send any express mail, let alone the eight hundred mile expedited one.

, that would cost you your head, so you can only ask a businessman to carry the letter.

The businessman did business along the Grand Canal. After wandering around to Guangzhou, it took a few days to arrange the carriage and horses. It was not until this morning that he sent a boy to deliver the letter.

In other words, Chen Shiai and his group just passed by the clerk.

When Chen Shiqi read the letter, he was dumbfounded on the spot: the letter stated that the Cao thief actually made great contributions to the country at the border, beheaded more than 4,000 people, resisted a political wave, and was made a count by the emperor!

"Go quickly and call the clan leader back!"

This was Chen Shiqi's only reaction after reading the letter. Unfortunately, his reaction was a bit late.

Sun Rishao, a native of Jiangxi, was a Jinshi in the Tianqi year. From the first year to the fifth year of Chongzhen, he served as the county magistrate of Panyu.

At this time, Magistrate Sun was taking square steps, wearing official robes, and came out from the back of the hall. Accompanied by the classic shouts of "promote the hall and be mighty" from the officials under the hall, he sat on the officer's seat in the main hall with a golden sword.

Hat chair.

The next moment, the thin-faced magistrate Sun Da took a letter from the petition and read it carefully before declaring Chen Shi's love in court.

"My scholar, today you are suing Zhangchao General for abusing the common people and seizing their fields and houses. Do you have any evidence?"

At this moment, Chen Shiai looked calm.

Because before that, he had asked his trustee to meet with the county magistrate in private, and gave him a gift, explaining his intention: to maintain a low-intensity struggle with the loser named Cao, and wait until the situation in the court changes tomorrow.

A springboard can be used, and the Chen family will join the army to defeat Cao Cao. When the time comes when injustice is repaid, the losses must be made up.

So when he saw County Magistrate Sun appearing in the lobby as usual, he was convinced: After all, this was a lawsuit against a second-level official. If the County Magistrate was unwilling to cooperate, he could just excuse himself from illness today, or directly reply and ask for help.

Stop it yourself and don't cause trouble for him.

"Your Excellency, the general named Cao sent people to Chenshi Village a few days ago and threatened to purchase land. Later, when the people refused to comply, he destroyed my farmland and poisoned my fish ponds at night, ruining the villagers' hard work over the years."

"All of the above are documented by literati. I hope you will not be afraid of the powerful and redress the injustice of the people!"

Magistrate Sun frowned slightly when he heard this.

In fact, the matter of land expropriation has been aroused in the past six months, and he has received many similar complaints. The county magistrate naturally knows the ins and outs.

Originally, for the sake of gifts and a little friendship, Magistrate Sun planned to have an arm-wrestling match with Chen Shiai, a leader of the clan, and Cao. Although he was not optimistic about it, as a low-ranking official who was close to the people, there was no need for him to do so.

Let the conflicts between the two parties intensify.

The information channels on the county magistrate's side are naturally better than those of these country sticks. This includes the news he received from Shangguan a few days ago, as well as some public content in the Di newspaper - taken together, Guangdong at the moment is

No one can do anything to people named Cao, at least not in a short period of time.

However, now the county magistrate's mind has changed. He really wants to remind this idiot: Don't drag me into troubled waters. What does it mean to not be afraid of the powerful? The man surnamed Cao has been making waves in the capital recently. He is really red and purple, ridiculous.

These idiots are still trying to make money by not being afraid of the powerful...

"Hey, you can wait whatever you want, I won't be waiting for you anymore."

Thinking of this, Magistrate Sun said a little uninterestedly: "In this case, this petition will stay in this Yamen. I will wait for the official to write it in the General Military Yamen and see the receipt before making a decision."

"Thank you, sir."

At this point, today's matter is considered to have come to an end. Next, Chen Shiai will go back and wait for news - what he is waiting for is not the bullshit receipt from the General Military Office, who knows what the content is even if he thinks about it with his heels.

What Chen Shiai is waiting for is news that is unfavorable to General Cao in terms of the overall situation. This news is basically his life-saving straw. If the news does not come, then the Chen family will have no choice but to admit defeat, because the remaining members of the family

Savings cannot be postponed indefinitely.

At the moment when Chen Shiai bowed and left the court, and Sun Mingfu had already reached out to get a copy of the petition, there was chaos outside the county government hall: a group of people broke in through the gate.

This group of people wore brand-new bright red mandarin duck coats, copper basin helmets on their heads, and buffalo leather combat boots. They looked like the elite of the Ming Dynasty.

After the elites broke in, they quickly waved their whips and short sticks to push aside the melon-eating crowd outside the hall. After clearing the road, the gang formed a wall of people in pairs from the gate to the main hall.

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Next, a small group of guards with short guns on their waists, surrounded by a man in red robes, walked into the county government office. There were even guards in front and behind the group holding Remington five-round rounds.

At the same time, the guards who rushed into the lobby shouted out a long title at the top of their lungs: "Uncle Zhongyong, Doctor Ronglu, Zhu Guo, Minister of the Ministry of War, Governor Zuo of the Rear Army Governor's Palace, Ming Dynasty Branch Guard Zhangchao, etc."

Chief Military Officer, Lord Cao Chuan has arrived..."

After hearing this series of titles, Chen Shihai, who was already stunned, jumped up in the hall.

I didn't miss the other person but really jumped up: Sun Rishao, the main hall of Panyu County, Guangdong, Ming Dynasty.

After jumping up from the seat with excitement, Sun's parents hurriedly bypassed the public case and came forward: "Sun Rishao, the lower official, came to see Mr. Cao. He didn't know that Mr. Cao was coming. He missed the greeting at a distance, but he still hopes to atone for his sins."

Even though the late Ming Dynasty was a noble and military power, a seven-county magistrate still had to practice courtesy in front of Earl Chao. In fact, in theory, the county magistrate still had to kneel down, and just saluting was already quite good.

"Haha, I am an uninvited guest, what is Sun Ming's house's fault?"

Marshal Cao came to Panyu County Government today not to quarrel with the county magistrate, so he did not make trouble for the county magistrate. Instead, he explained with a smile: "I just came back from the capital a few days ago. I originally came out of the General He's Military Mansion today. I didn't want to

I was passing by the county government office and heard that someone was suing me... County Magistrate Sun, may I be watching?"

"Yes, yes!" When Marshal Cao entered the Yamen before, Sun's parents had seen the arrogant behavior that no official in Guangdong dared to show. Knowing that this was a battlefield general who could fall out with him at any time, he would not get into trouble.

, and quickly nodded in agreement.

"Haha, thank you so much to Sun's parents." After Marshal Cao finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the publican in a swagger, sitting on his parents' official hat chair, ignoring the embarrassment on Sun's parents' faces.

After sitting on the county magistrate's seat, Marshal Cao picked up the petition on the case, shook his hands and threw the paper down, and then asked with a smile: "Who in the hall is suing me?"

Chen Shixin complained secretly, but he was already riding a tiger and couldn't get off. He couldn't say that he wasn't the one who handed over the lawsuit?

So Chen Shiai bowed his head and walked out of the queue, coughed, bent down and bowed his hands as usual, and planned to say something.

The next moment, with Marshal Cao saying "take it" lightly, Chen Shiai was instantly pushed to the ground by two bulky bodyguards.

Chen Shiai was shocked: "Ah!? Mr. Cao, why did you arrest me? What crime have you committed?"

"I just yelled at Shangguan, but I can't catch you?"

Not only Chen Shiai, but everyone in the hall was shocked at this moment: Does a cough count as a roar to the official?

"I don't accept it, this is a crime you want to impose!"

"A mere scholar not only roars in court, but also acts like an official, but he doesn't kneel down when he sees me, an earl."

Marshal Cao took out the county magistrate's order and threw it down: "Here comes someone."

"Commander!"

"Tear off this man's square scarf and green robe, and put him in a cage to show to the public."

"Got the order!"

"More." Marshal Cao snapped his fingers at this time: "Capture all the gang members who arranged this person outside the hall and lock them all in the station cage. By the way, I took my post to the Guangdong Xuezheng Yamen and picked up this person.

This guy’s reputation as a scholar.”

"Got the order!"

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