"May I ask the county lord why we moved my Gui clan! We are not a big clan. My great-grandfather's "Xiang Jixuan Zhi" contains the decline of my Gui family. Everyone in the world knows that my Gui clan is just a poor family, not a prominent clan. You asked us to move to India. Why did the Xu family not receive a notice from the Kunshan clan? "

The Kunshan scholar Gui Jideng came to the county government office because his family received the order to move the clan, and found the magistrate Yan Maocai to argue.

Yan Maocai said impatiently: "I don't know this matter! We just report the situation of each tribe in our county in truth, and the specific clans that will be transferred will be decided by the superiors! Even if you are not a prominent clan, you can still be considered a scholarly family, and you can still reach the threshold for being moved to the clan!"

After saying that, Yan Maocai hung Gui Jideng in the front yard and returned to the back yard by himself.

Gui Jiden was helpless for a moment, so he naturally realized that there might be corruption in it.

Because Gui Jideng knew very well how many major families in Kunshan had land and industry scale far above those in Gui's home.

Otherwise, he would not have. Although he was different from his brother Guizhuang, he was a liberal scholar, but he also supported the transfer of the Jiangnan clans because he clearly remembered the various things he had taken profits and annexed by his fellow villagers when he returned home.

But Gui Jiden did not expect that the imperial decree he supported actually became a clan to move him when it came true.

Gui Jideng didn't know what to do for a while.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to stay in the county government office.

Because he didn't believe that this was the only one of the Gui clans.

As expected, it was as expected by Reunion.

Not long after he came to Kunshan County, many scholars came one after another, most of them were scholars from poor families and even poorer peasants.

"Brother Li, Brother Zhao, and Brother Sun, are you here to receive the order to move the clan?"

"That's right, I can't understand. I have no land and propriety, and I'm alone and relying on newspapers to write articles, so how can I get the big clan's words? But the government wants me to move to the clan! Isn't that funny?"

"It's really funny! There must be something tricky here!"

Gui Jideng therefore advocated: "Then let's ask the county master to give us an explanation and ask the county master to publicize the list of household registration and family registration. We need to know why we, the small families who are not considered wealthy families, were moved to the clan! And are there any big families like the Xu family and Wan family listed as Kunshan tribes?!"

"Yes, we need the county magistrate to give an explanation so that the students can wait!"

"Please give me an explanation!"

"If we don't give an explanation, we will go to the provincial inspector to appeal!"

The scholars present shouted angrily.

At this time, Xu Qianxue came over and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please listen to the next sentence!"

All the scholars also calmed down and looked at Xu Qianxue.

Xu Qianxue said: "Xu has long said that since ancient times, all immigration policies have not been good policies. You don't think so. You misunderstand the words of Huang Lizhou and Gu Tinglin, and think that the division of the great clan can suppress the merger! Now, you must have seen that even if the emperor issued this order to suppress the merger, this order will still change its flavor when it comes to the bottom, and the people who are suffering from the end are still the poor families of the common people!"

As he said that, Xu Qianxue said again: "So! This policy of moving the clan should not have been there for a long time!"

"But the power of clans is too strong, which is indeed a kind of constraint on personal freedom. Mr. Lizhou said right. If you want people to be free, you can freely engage in any profession and choose marriage freely. It is not only to get rid of the monarch's shackles on us, but also to get rid of the constraints on us by the clan! Dividing large clans and weakening clan rights is a very important step to realizing human freedom!"

Gui Jideng refuted Xu Qianxue at this time.

"That's right! Since ancient times, too large a local tyrant will affect the peace of the country, and the people will be bound by them, but they will only benefit the legitimate family! As for relying on the large population of their own clan, they will bully small families, occupy water sources, seize their land, and even threaten the government's affairs, let alone! It is indeed a good thing for the imperial court to move large clans!"

Another scholar named Li Jianian also started talking.

Xu Qianxue angrily shouted: "Nonsense! Isn't it against the principle of free migration forcing the big clans to move? Are the big clans the Han people?!"

"The court did not give the people absolute freedom as their purpose of governing, but believed in what Gu Tinglin and the scholars from Xingming Society believed, and wanted the world to be the public and the world to be harmonious. If your family feels unfair, it will be true that it has anything to do with us."

Gui Jideng returned.

After hearing this, Xu Qianxue was very disappointed and couldn't help but shout: "You hypocrites are really useless for scholars! You are also embarrassed to say that you believe in freedom! You just want to make profits and freedoms by yourself, and you also hope that the court will limit the profits and freedoms of others for you. You are shameless!"

After Xu Qianxue shouted loudly, he shook his sleeves and left here.

Like Xu Qianxue, students who belong to the children of the big clan have basically left here.

The liberal scholars in Jiangnan were therefore diverted, and there were obvious differences between liberal scholars of different backgrounds in disputes involving specific interests.

Gui Jideng also began to wonder if there was something wrong with his thoughts, whether he really only thought about his own freedom, or in other words, he shouldn't think that returning freedom to the people is the most correct governance philosophy at the moment.

"It's them! If they refuse to implement the order to relocate their clans, and if they don't resolve them as soon as possible, they will complain!"

Just when Gui Jideng and other scholars who believed in free thoughts and who were damaged by their interests due to the relocation of the great clans this time gathered together to discuss how to resolve the matter, Xu Qianxue led a group of black forces armed with weapons to surround the place and said a few words.

This group of black forces rushed over with swords and slashed and killed the scholars gathered by a river.

"ah!"

A scholar was stabbed on the spot and screamed.

Many other scholars were also killed on the ground one after another.

Gui Jideng, who also came here, hurriedly ran towards the river at this time, and jumped into the river without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xu Qianxue was quite disappointed and couldn't help but come back and say to Kunshan magistrate Yan Maocai: "Those who are going to cause trouble have been killed, except for one of them jumping into the river!"

"Do you see who jumped into the river?"

"Gui Jideng!"

"I will send someone to return home now. You will take your tribe members to search along the river! You will see people alive and see corpses when you die. Although we are carrying the Seventh Prince and the others above us, the eldest son of the Emperor behind the Seventh Prince is still in the province to inspect, but we cannot take it lightly!"

The magistrate Yan Maocai immediately started to order.

...

"You mean that you received reports from the people that there was a murder on the riverside when you returned home?"

Because he was advised by his brother Wen Tiren, he wanted to find some officials related to the Seventh Prince to impeach Wen Yuren. After knowing that Yan Maocai was the old official when the Seventh Prince was the magistrate, he came to Kunshan in disguise.

But Wen Yuren didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in Kunshan, he met a team of people from the patrol station, who were rushing to a place where a murder occurred with a firearm.

Therefore, he stopped these people, showed his identity as governor, and asked.

"I dare not hide it from you! It is indeed what the fishing people saw with their own eyes. Many husbands said they were killed and dozens of them were killed!"

The military officer of the governor's office replied.

After hearing this, Wen Yuren felt something was wrong, and at the same time he became very excited. He knew that he had finally caught the opportunity to impeach the Seventh Prince, so he immediately ordered: "Go to Kunshan County Government!"
Chapter completed!