In Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, outside Xujiahui, there were many soldiers.

Speaking of Huating County, Xu Jie, the chief minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, and Xu Jiahui, the second assistant of the cabinet of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and Xu Guangqi, the Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Xujiahui was originally called Xujiahui. Xu Guangqi built a farm here, engaged in agricultural experiments and wrote books. He was buried here after his death. His descendants were reborn here. Originally named "Xujiahui", and later gradually became a town. Because they were located at the meeting between Zhaojiabang and Fahuajing, they were named "Xujiahui". However, they were not natives in Songjiang, and they were a little confused about the name "Xujiahui". People from other places came here and only said that this place was named after Xu Jie, not Xu Guangqi. After all, compared to their popularity, Xu Jie, who fought against Yan Ge Lao in the Jiajing Dynasty, was more famous.

Tang Xiaoxian, who presided over the Qingkuansi of Jiading, did not know the origin of Xu Jiahui, but said that this place was where the descendants of Xu Jie gathered.

Tang Xiaoxian, the man was a military general who entered Sichuan during the Hongwu period. Later, he moved to Guizhou and passed down to Tang Xiaoxian's generation. It was the ninth generation. Tang was the chief officer of the Ming army in Guizhou. He once surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Sun Kewang. Later, he saw that the Ming army was in great power and was expected to return to the Ming Dynasty, so he led several of his confidants to escape from Changsha and surrender to the Taiping Army in Hengyang. Because the map he presented was a contribution to the war, he broke the order and appointed a hundred households. Since then, he has been serving in the Huguang Aid and Suppression Corps. He has participated in the Yangzhou War with Thirteen Towns, and killed two Green Flag soldiers and one Mongolian soldiers, and won the commendation of the town.

After Zhang Changgeng, the former governor of Qinghuguang, was ordered by the King of Qi to preside over the Jiangsu Qingfuya, because local officials were not available, he invited the King of Qi to order a large number of capable personnel from the army to form a local Qingfuya branch. Tang Xiaoxian was selected because of his rough literature and works and sent to Jiading to preside over the clearance matters.

People say there is paradise above and Suhang below. In fact, the southern part of Jiangsu is not Suzhou, but Suzhou and Songjiang. To be honest, Songjiang is more important than Suzhou, so the colleagues in the army are envious of Tang Xiaoxian when he learned that Tang Xiaoxian could actually go to Songjiang to preside over the debt. Tang Xiaoxian was also very grateful for his superiors' use and vowed to clear the divine gentry under his command. He never thought that he had encountered a difficult thing as soon as he took office.

Huating is the most important place in Songjiang. In the Ming Dynasty, Huating alone had 48 Jinshi, one of the first assistants, one second assistants, one grand clerk, one bachelor, and one minister. Over the past two hundred years, the relationship between gentry here was very complicated. It can be said that one person would move everything, and one would move the whole body.

What is Qing owed? It is to ask the gentry to bleed and to pay the money and grain that they had tried their best to escape for decades. No matter how great you are, there are always a few people in the world who are willing to spend money to help the court fight the Northern Expedition. I think many gentry in Jiangnan have secretly invested in contacting the Jinxia Zheng army in recent years to plot against the Qing Dynasty. It sounds like a great thing, but the money paid is less, and their purpose of anti-Qing is to not pay taxes to the Qing court. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty not only does not return the privileges they had back then, but instead forces them to bleed. This is unbearable.

As soon as the news of Qingnuo arrived, the gentry in Songjiang spontaneously formed an anti-autum alliance. He agreed in private that if there was something wrong with the family, each family would need assistance. Even if he lost his head, he would push back the trend of Qingnuo.

The Anti-Abbott Alliance was formed in secret, and the Eight Immortals crossed the sea on the surface, each using magical powers. Only three days after Tang Xiaoxian took office, he received more than ten greeting notes in the yamen. More than 20 famous letters from officials of all sizes were collected, including those from Nanjing courts. These greeting notes and official letters were nothing more than one purpose, that is, to ask Tang Xiao to give face first and give them some meaning to these families. If Tang Xiaoxian did not know how to elevate him, then someone would deal with him.

Jiading County, Huating County and Wujiang County were not active in clearing the debt. The officials took the idea of ​​delaying the debts and blocking the debts assigned by the province and the government as a warning. Tang Xiaoxian sent the investigation documents to each county in the name of the Clearing Department were all sank to the sea and there was no news.

In this way, the gentry and the big gentry did not take the levy department seriously. Everyone said that the levy was a bad policy, and the people who presided over the court would definitely take it into public opinion and dismiss the evil policy. In addition to collectively resisting the levy, officials and gentry also incited the people to gather together to cause trouble, saying that these levy people not only came to clear the owed big owed households, but also came to clear the owed ordinary people. Just waited for the levy to be confiscated, and they wanted to start clearing the owed civilians.

The people were deceived and incited by this, but they did not know the true situation inside. In addition, since ancient times, gentry has been the real "people's hearts". They not only control social resources, but also public opinion. Therefore, the Jiading Qingkuansi was not facing simple big families, but the people of the three counties of Songjiang.

After six days of continuous clearance, the officials and soldiers sent were driven and beaten by the people, and even bribed some of the tenants and scoundrels who knew the truth and made no progress. Tang Xiaoxian was anxious, but he directly wrote the troops in Songjiang without asking for instructions and transferred 700 troops to clear the debt.

Kill the chicken to show the monkey, where is the most prosperous in Huating County? Xujiahui! Where is the most wealthy in Huating County? Xujiahui!

On the morning of the 14th, the soldiers sealed several avenues that Xujiahui entered and exited from all directions. The gentry and wealthy families in the town were smart. When they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately organized the people to confront the officers and soldiers at the intersection. They secretly sent their families out of the town for help, but the soldiers were surrounded by water and were surrounded by water. There were also officers and soldiers on board patrolling the waterway. The Xujiahui became a Jedi, and even a fly could not fly out.

"The people gathered to rush to the government to handle the work, and arrested first. If there is any resistance, it will be considered a rebellion!"

After another half an hour, after discussing with Jiang Shijie, a hundred garrisons who came to assist, Tang Xiao ordered the troops to enter the town, first detain the people, and then booked them to the major households for a list. Those who were willing to pay the taxes were ordered to prepare money and grain, and those who were unwilling to pay the taxes would take the people away. When will their families make up for the taxes and when will they be released? As for the consequences of the people who are not open to the eyes, there is no need to say much.

After all, the people were mobs, and they could not withstand the enemy of the soldiers who fought with the Manchus on the battlefield with their lives. As soon as the soldiers rushed, the people were immediately frightened, and then they scattered. Then Xujiahui was in chaos. The people who fled home thought they could escape the soldiers, but they did not expect that the soldiers were the Qing family, and drove the people out of the house regardless of their age and were taken to the same place to guard them.

"Dad Zhuzi, do you think I'm applying my face with pot ash?"

“Why?”

"Isn't they a little pretty..."

"Let's pull it, it's good if you don't scare the official position, and you're pretty? I'll just fool me, blind man."

""

"Iron pillar, is the door bolt tightened?"

"It's tight!"

"Old man, where is the money at home?"

"Hide it!"

“Where is it hidden?”

"Let's put my wife down."

"What! I'm putting it there, oh, my dear, how can I take it back?"

""

"Shopkeeper, hurry up, the officers and soldiers are coming!"

"I know, hey, you guys slow down, slow down, push slowly, and if you use this force, my old bones will be dispersed!"

""

Xu Jiahui, which is usually extremely prosperous, almost disappeared in the blink of an eye. Wherever the people from Qingkuansi went, people and animals were restless, and ghosts cried and howled everywhere.

Tang Xiao rode on the horse first, and looked at the groups of people who were being taken out of their homes without any sympathy. He raised his hand and shouted: "Search it for me, search it hard! It would rather catch a thousand people wrong than let one go!"

When the soldiers heard Shangguan's shouting, they worked even more and wanted to turn the land over. Although they were working hard to search for the big households, they would not be left behind in the investigation of the people. As the evening approached, there were only three places that were not searched, one was the Xu family and the other was the Wang family.

The Xu family was descended from Xu Guangqi, the second assistant of the Chongzhen period, and was also the largest family in the Xu family. The Wang family was the mother's family of the Supreme Empress Wang. Empress Wang's ancestral home was Suzhou, but her father Wang Lei moved his family to Huating before becoming the prefect of Guangdong. In the past, the Wang family did not have much reputation in Huating. Even if the Wang family had a queen, the Ming Dynasty was about to be over, and what could a last queen have to rely on? But now Nanjing is restoration and the Ming Dynasty has made a comeback. Although the emperor has changed, the Dingwu court still respects Yongli as the Supreme Emperor, so the Wang Empress naturally becomes the Queen Mother. It would be fine to search the Xu family. The second assistant of his family has been dead for more than 20 years, but the Queen Mother's family also needs to search, which is a bit scary.

Jiang Shijie, a hundred households who came to assist the Qingkuansi, was from Yixing, and his grandfather's generation moved his family to Fenghua, Zhejiang. Now the accent of Jiangsu is gone, and instead he has a Fenghua accent.

"My mother, just keep the Xu family alive, so the Queen Mother's family should be kept."

Jiang Shijie privately instructed his subordinates not to go to the Wang family first, but he did not have the final say in the case of the Wang family in Qingming. Although Tang Xiaoxian was a hundred households like him, the order given to him was to cooperate with the Qingkuansi Department unconditionally. Tang Xiaoxian wanted to search, so Jiang Shijie naturally could not disobey his order, otherwise he would have to take advantage of it.

Tang Xiaoxian's deputy envoy Meng Hao also realized the existence of the Queen Mother, so he reminded Tang Xiaoxian: "Sir, should you withdraw the team and go back?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiao twisted his neck first: "Why should I stop the team?"

Meng Hao was stunned: "We searched all the Xu family Hui in all sizes. All the big families have sent troops. Where else should the adults clear?"

Tang Xiaoxian raised his hand and pointed to the east, and said coldly: "Isn't there any Wang family uncleared?"

Meng Hao was shocked: "Sir, we can't search there!"

Tang Xiaoxian turned his head and asked, "Why can't you search?"

Meng Hao said anxiously: "The Wang family is the Queen Mother's house. We have not obtained the sacred order and cannot search there. Otherwise, if the emperor pursues it, the future of lord will be in danger!"
Chapter completed!