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"Mr. Li, please take a seat." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Li Banghua said anxiously: "How can I sit still? The Zou family cannot be raided. Once the house is raided, all the scholars in the three counties will be alienated."

Since Li Banghua did not sit down, Zhao Han sat down by himself: "I know that Mr. Nan Gao (Zou Yuanbiao) has disciples all over the world. Including Mr. Li, he is also a direct disciple of Mr. Nan Gao."

"I have to plead for my mentor's family," Li Banghua had to explain patiently, "The Zou family really can't move!"

Searching the Zou family was tantamount to stirring up a hornet's nest, and Zhao Han certainly knew that very well.

Zou Yuancheng himself is known as the "Three Lords of Donglin" together with Zhao Nanxing and Gu Xiancheng. Zou Yuanbiao's only son, Zou Sui, died of illness while working in the frontier. Zou Sui's two sons and one nephew were killed by King Qin who came to Beijing to kill the Tatars.

No matter what, the Zou family is truly loyal and patriotic.

The three juniors of the Zou family dispersed their wealth to recruit local heroes and walked faster than the governor. They set off from Jiangxi and arrived in Beijing, but the Tatars had not yet left. They fought against the Tatars with real swords and guns until they died for their country.

Zou Yuanbiao's lineage has actually been severed, and only his adopted descendants have taken refuge with Zhao Han.

Famous all over the world, with many disciples and unparalleled loyalty, this is the Dongmen Zou family, and now their home has been confiscated by Zhao Han.

Within the jurisdiction, it is estimated that many scholars who are watching the excitement, including those at the bottom who are loyal to Zhao Han, will stand up to fight against the injustice of the Zou family.

If you are playing a computer game and check the negative effects of the Zou family, it is very likely that "stability minus one" will occur.

Zhao Han suddenly sneered: "Mr. Li, what do you think I rely on to occupy the land of three counties? Do I rely on the gentry?"

"It relies on dividing the land." Li Banghua knew very well.

Zhao Han asked again: "The Zou family destroyed the land administration and secretly gave away thousands of acres of land to Qingyuan Temple before dividing the land. This is to dig up the foundation of my rule. How can I be forgiven so easily?"

Li Banghua sighed and said: "If it was really just for land affairs, why would the Zou family be raided now? I actually understand the general town's intention, which is nothing more than to suppress the gentry. But there must be a limit to suppression. The gentry has already donated their land, and they We cannot keep pressing forward while retreating step by step, otherwise we will inevitably become disloyal."

"Are they retreating? They are forcing me to take action!" Zhao Han was furious, "They have all reached out to my headquarters!"

Li Banghua advised: "It is indeed easy to form cliques by forming secret relatives, but as long as they are controlled within a certain limit, it will be conducive to the loyalty of the gentry."

This is a matter of ideology. In order to win over the gentry and powerful factions, those who raised armies in the past dynasties would not only not prevent such marriage relationships, but the lord would even take the initiative to marry into a wealthy family.

For example, Liu Xiu, the son of the plane, first married Yin Lihua, the daughter of a wealthy family, and only one year later, he married Guo Shengtong, the niece of King Zhending.

Li Banghua is indeed thinking about Zhao Han. After such a marriage, the gentry will definitely be more loyal to Zhao Han.

Zhao Han did not appreciate it and said: "Are they loyal to me? No, they are loyal to the future of the family. I don't want to create a situation by myself. In just three counties, the officials under my rule are already entangled! They want power, Just do things honestly, and I will promote them instead of corrupting my subordinates! Mr. Li, do you want to create a Jishui Party in Ji'an? You have suffered from party strife in Beijing, and you still want me to manage it Can the capable ministers and officials eat it again?"

This was a heart-breaking remark. Li Banghua said angrily: "I have no intention of forming a clique, and I never want to be the leader of the Jishui Party!"

"If you don't do it, they will force you to do it!" Zhao Han stared at Li Banghua.

Li Banghua's mind was spinning, and he suddenly sighed, not knowing what to say.

"Headquarters!"

Liu Zhu hurried over to report: "Hundreds of soldiers have gathered outside the General Military Mansion, clamoring to come in to plead with the Zou family."

Zhao Han sneered and said, "The Zou family is so proud. I arrested people yesterday and we can gather so many people today."

Li Banghua sat there, feeling that he was not a human being inside and out. He was sandwiched between Zhao Han and the gentry, and it seemed wrong to speak to either side.

Zhao Han went out and arrived outside the General Military Mansion. Seeing him coming, hundreds of soldiers collectively bowed and shouted: "Please be open to the general police!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Zhao Han changed his face very quickly, how could he still be angry? He said with joy on his face: "I am very happy that you all can come today."

A scholar said happily: "Is the main town willing to release the Zou family?"

Zhao Han walked among these scholars and said with a smile: "If you come to petition today, it shows that you have recognized me, Zhao, from the bottom of your heart. Otherwise, you are not petitioning together, but conspiring in secret. If you can win the hearts of all the gentlemen, It's enough to rule the world, so how can I be unhappy? It's just..."

Suddenly the conversation changed and Zhao Han sighed: "The Zou family took the lead in destroying the land administration. As the head of the three counties, I can't bend the law for personal gain, right? Don't worry, everyone, everything is done in accordance with the law. I will definitely not wrong the Zou family, and of course I won't. Condoning crime.”

Juren Liu Tongsheng suddenly stood up and said: "May I ask the general town, has there been a stipulation in advance that the land should not be transferred to others before the land is divided? If there is no stipulation in advance, it will be punished without teaching."

"Is that a gift from the Zou family?" Zhao Han sneered and ordered, "Bring the monk from Qingyuan Temple!"

Not long after, soldiers escorted more than a dozen monks, all of whom were senior officials of Qingyuan Temple.

Zhao Han asked Zen Master Benji, the abbot of Qingyuan Temple, "Does the food in the cell still suit Zen Master's taste?"

Zen Master Benji, who was over seventy years old, put his hands together and said: "The five grains in the world are nothing more than food for satiety. There is no difference between good and bad grains."

"Very good, Zen Master is indeed profound in Buddhism," Zhao Han ordered, "Instruct the jailer and the monks in Qingyuan Temple to eat only rice bran and wheat bran from now on."

Zen Master Benji looked at Zhao Han with a look of helplessness. The other monks also had no temper, and they were as wilted as eggplants with frost.

Finally, Zen Master Benji couldn't help but said: "Zongzhen, if you only eat rice bran and wheat bran, people will starve to death."

Zen Master Benji left his name to future generations only because he did two things.

First, Wang Yangming gave lectures at Qingyuan Temple. From then on, Qingyuan Temple merged Zen and Confucianism, and the academy in the temple existed for more than a hundred years. Zou Yuanbiao and Guo Zizhang, two successors of the Xinxue School, welcomed Zen Master Benji as the abbot. Their original intention was to coexist the temple and the academy. After Zen Master Benji established his foothold, he moved the academy.

Second, Xu Xiake came to Jishui for a trip. Zen Master Benji entertained Xu Xiake, so it was written in "Xu Xiake's Travels".

Zhao Han was surprised and said: "Will people starve to death if they eat rice bran and wheat bran? I see that many people in the world eat bran and bran. Are they not human beings? Can all the Buddhas be reincarnated?"

Another monk said: "In the main town, the people will starve to death if they only eat bran."

"You also know that people will starve to death?"

Zhao Han suddenly said angrily: "Qingyuan Temple occupies nearly 10,000 acres of land, and now the Zou family has donated thousands of acres of land. Can you monks eat it all? Why don't you share it with the poor people at the foot of the mountain? There is a saying in Buddhism, save people once Life is worth building a seven-level pagoda, how many lives have you saved? The temple gave usury loans to the farmers, forcing them to sell their sons and daughters. What kind of Buddhism do you practice!"

Zen Master Benji quickly put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this poor monk doesn't know about this, so he will be strictly restrained from now on."

"No need," Zhao Han said, "all the monks in Qingyuan Temple who do not have an ultimatum from the court will return to secular life and become common people. The monks who have an ultimatum from the court will leave you three acres of land each. From now on, you can cultivate it yourself if you want to eat!"

The monks were speechless for a moment as if they were struck by lightning.

In Taoist temples in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, among ten monks and Taoists, at most one was a legal monk, and the rest were all illegal monks without ultimatums.

Zhao Han ordered those fake monks to return to the secular world. He was not suspected of slandering the Buddha. Instead, he abided by the law and maintained the purity of Buddhism. When a lawsuit was brought before Chongzhen, he could not make any mistakes.

Zhao Han then said to the hundreds of scholars: "This Zen Master Benji was welcomed as the abbot by Mr. Nan Gao (Zou Yuanbiao) and Mr. Qingluo (Guo Zizhang). This monk was duplicitous. After gaining a foothold, he immediately crossed the river and demolished the bridge. Blatantly disobeying the instructions of Mr. Nan Gao and Qing Luo, he drove the academy away from Qingyuan Temple. He also seized countless academic fields as temple fields. Those academic fields were occupied by Jishui gentry for more than a hundred years, starting from the time when Yangminggong gave lectures. Donate it to the academy!”

Zhao Han began to sow discord: "Occupy the academic field as temple land, seize the academic food as monk food, but you scholars turned a blind eye!"

Most scholars don't know this.

Because Monk Benji chose the right time, he took advantage of the reconstruction of Bailuzhou Academy and merged the academy in Qingyuan Temple with Bailuzhou Academy. At that time, the teachers and students were very happy, and the monk pretended to donate money, which won the praise of countless scholars.

But now, Zhao Han exposed it on the spot - a monk confessed last night, otherwise Zhao Han wouldn't know.

Hundreds of scholars, whose attention had been diverted, stared at the monk angrily.

That is a school field that has been accumulated for more than a hundred years. Even if you think about it with your knees, it is very large, but it is occupied by these monks!

Zhao Han stared at Zen Master Benji: "The Zou family didn't want to give all the land to the farmers. But they took the risk of offending me and secretly donated thousands of acres to Qingyuan Temple. Are they fools? Or is it true? Do you believe in Buddha?"

"The poor monk doesn't know this." Zen Master Benji was still pretending to be stupid.

Zhao Han smiled and asked, "Who wants to say it?"

Last night, a group of middle-level monks were interrogated overnight, and a bunch of middle-level monks were tortured to extract confessions, while these high-level monks listened to the screams throughout.

It was a lie that I was not afraid. Immediately, a monk knelt down and said: "In the main town, the land rent donated by the Zou family will be divided in half between the Zou family and Qingyuan Temple."

This news was tortured out last night.

Zhao Han smiled and asked Liu Tongsheng: "Liu Juren, the land rent is divided half and half. Is this a donation of land to the temple, or is it malicious concealment of the land area?"

"This..." Liu Tongsheng was speechless.

Zhao Han then said to the other scholars: "All your family's land has been divided. But the Zou family has kept thousands of acres of land and left it with the monks to rent in half. Those of you who don't have a few acres of land will run away instead." Come to intercede for the Zou family who has thousands of acres of private property. What is all this for? Forgive me for being stupid, I really can’t figure it out.”

Hundreds of scholars looked at each other, feeling like they had been deceived.

The worry is not about scarcity but about inequality. Everyone has divided their fields. Why does your Zou family have thousands of acres hidden away?

Immediately, the scholars turned around and left. Zou Yuanbiao had indeed left a legacy that was worthy of admiration from local scholars, but it was not to the point where the scholars would be taken advantage of by the Zou family.

Li Banghua stood at the door and watched all this silently. He knew that the Zou family was completely destroyed.

Zhao Han not only ransacked the Zou family's home, but also ruined the Zou family's reputation.

Heart-breaking!