The most arrogant in history

Chapter 138 Isn’t he just a eunuch?

"Yes, be steady!"

Qin Erwu laughed.

In the Lu family's reception hall, there were fifty people from the Lu family, young and old.

"Master Ye, what do you mean by this?" As soon as Lu Ning saw Ye Kun, he shouted:

"We in Lujiabao pay taxes every year. The government collected our taxes, did not protect us, and arrested us. There is simply no law!"

The other members of the Lu family were also chattering.

It’s different if you have a background in the court.

In fact, when gentry paid taxes, it was just a common practice for them to report 1,000 acres of land as their own if they had 10,000 acres.

Ye Kun waved his hand and said, "Come here, take the men and women separately, and bring brother Lu Ning to the backyard!"

The crowd received the order and separated the men and women.

The three Lu Ning brothers were taken to the room in the backyard.

Lu Ning was a little scared and shouted:

"Master Ye, my brother Lu Jun is a eunuch in the imperial court and a favorite of the emperor. Master Ye, at most I can give you the bamboo from the back mountain. Why do you have to arrest my whole family?"

Ye Kun sneered: "What does red man mean? Someone cut his crotch and his clothes were stained with blood, so he is called a red man?"

Lu Ning was furious, glaring like an ox: "You——!"

Snapped!

Ye Kun slapped him.

Lu Ning screamed, half of his teeth flew out, and blood gushed out.

Ye Kun sneered and waved his hand behind him: "Beat him until he surrenders!"

The personal guards stepped forward, pinned the three Lu Ning brothers to the ground, and beat them up with a barrage of punches.

Lu Ning finally gave in, knelt down and shouted: "Master Ye, please stop hitting me. I will listen to you..."

Ye Kun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Tie him up, gag him with horse manure, and take him to the neighborhood in front."

Loujiabao has its own market, a small market on one street.

The three Lu Ning brothers were tied up and held in a small square in the market.

All the villagers from Lujiabao were also driven here.

Ye Kun stood on a stone, holding a golden bar, and shouted loudly:

"Lu Ning bullied men and women, lent money at high interest rates, annexed the villagers' land, forced women of good families into prostitution, and trafficked in people. These are extremely serious crimes. Fellow villagers, whoever is the first to stand up and report the three Lu Ning brothers will be rewarded with two stone of corn, ten catties of pork, five ounces of gold, and one hundred acres of good farmland!"

Almost all the wealthy people became rich by plundering their fellow villagers.

Therefore, Ye Kun wanted to take advantage of the poor, overthrow the gentry, and disintegrate the internal order of the clan.

It is said that imperial power does not go to the countryside. In fact, imperial power also wants to go to the countryside, but the gentry are making trouble!

The gentry in ancient times were the middlemen between the imperial power and the people. They cheated their superiors and made profits from the difference in price!

Only by getting rid of the gentry class can the people live a good life.

Throughout Chinese history, the gentry class has been a troublesome existence, from the Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The aristocratic families in the Southern Dynasties and the Five Surnames and Seven Families in the Tang Dynasty all developed further on the basis of the gentry, and eventually became too powerful to be controlled, becoming a thorn in the side of the empire and a heavy mountain weighing on the common people.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

The conditions offered by Ye Kun were very tempting, and immediately a young man raised his hand: "Master Ye, the three Lu Ning brothers killed my father!"

Ye Kun smiled, called the boy up and asked him to start from the beginning.

The young man gnashed his teeth and pointed at Lu Ning and cursed:

"This old beast bullied my sister-in-law and forced her to commit suicide. My father went to reason with him, and they beat him up. My father returned home and died a few days later..."

Ye Kun nodded and asked, "Young man, what's your name?"

"My name is Lu Erniu."

"Very good." Ye Kun handed over the gold and patted Erniu on the shoulder: "I will give you rice and meat later, and a hundred acres of land. You will follow me from now on."

"Thank you, Lord Ye!" Lu Erniu knelt down.

There were dozens of workers in Lujiabao, bamboo weavers who worked in Xiping Mountain. They all raised their hands and shouted, "Master Ye, let's report Lu Ning. He concealed the number of acres of land and underpaid taxes!"

For a time, the crowd was furious.

Yan Liuhai sent a few people to mingle in the crowd, waving their fists and shouting, "Kill him, kill this blood-sucking worm. Divide his property, which he looted from us!"

This time it was lively. Many people picked up dirt and stones on the ground and threw them directly over.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

Ye Kun waved his hand to stop everyone: "The three Lu Ning brothers have oppressed the villagers and committed heinous crimes. I will listen to your advice and sentence the three Lu Ning brothers to death. All the food stored by the Lu family will be divided equally among the villagers!"

The villagers shouted wildly: "Master Ye is wise!"

The three Lu Ning brothers looked pale and trembling.

Ye Kun looked righteous and said to Lu Ning:

"Lu Ning, you've seen it too. It's the villagers of Lujiabao who want to kill you, not me. Come, tie up the three Lu Ning brothers here, and continue to accept the denunciations from the villagers. Record everything."

The soldiers buried the pillar, tied the three Lu Ning brothers to it, and sent soldiers to guard it.

Ye Kun took people to search the house.

The Lu family had a lot of money and stored grain, as well as swords, guns, bows and arrows and other weapons.

Ye Kun took the gold and silver from the Lu family, and distributed the copper coins, grain, cattle, horses, and various farm tools to the villagers in Lujiabao.

Some of the Lu family's clothes and cooking utensils were selected and sent to the new village for refugees.

In addition, five new village chiefs were elected and Lujiabao was split up.

Everything was done in a hurry, and when we went to look for the three Lu Ning brothers, they had been beaten to death by Lu Erniu and his fellow villagers!

It seems that the three brothers of the Lu family have committed many evil deeds, and now everyone is pushing them down.

Ye Kun then escorted the rest of the Lu family to Tianmen City and handed them over to Shangguan Jifu for arrangements.

The two places are hundreds of miles apart, and it is not easy for these people to come back.

When I returned to the county town in the evening, County Magistrate Wang came to visit me. As soon as he saw me, he sighed:

"Master Ye, why did you kill the three Lu Ning brothers? Did you know that Lu Ning's brother was a Huang Men Nei Shu in the court? County Magistrate Liu didn't dare to provoke him before, so how did you provoke him?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Isn't he just an old eunuch? What's wrong with that?"

County Magistrate Wang complained: "Lord Ye, Lu Ning's brother is a popular eunuch. If he knew that his whole family was wiped out by you, wouldn't he complain to the emperor and cry out for justice?"

Ye Kun patted County Magistrate Wang on the shoulder:

"Master Wang, think about it, how long has it been since the court took care of us? When I came to the county, I didn't see any notice from the court, nor did I see that the court did anything for our Pingye County."

At present, the imperial court is in name only.

In the past six months, Ye Kun had not seen any documents or notifications from the court. Apart from the people from Tianmen County, he had not seen anyone sent by the court.

County Magistrate Wang said with a sad face: "Don't worry, Lord Ye, you have killed the three Lu Ning brothers, and the court will soon have news."

Ye Kun laughed and disagreed.

It will probably take half a year for Eunuch Lu to get the news, the court to respond and send people over, right?

The guards outside the gate came to report: "Master Ye, Miss Yulian and Miss Chunhua have just returned from Tianmen County and are here to pay their respects."

"Is Yulian Chunhua back?"

Ye Kun was overjoyed and went out to greet him.

Some time ago, Yu Lian Chunhua was sent by Ye Kun to Tianmen County to guide the brewing and alcohol production there.

It has been a month since I left.

Ye Kun hasn't seen Yu Lian Chunhua for a month and misses her very much.

Yu Lian and Chun Hua came over together, wearing cloaks made of mink fur, looking rich and beautiful.

"Yulian, Chunhua, you have worked hard."

Ye Kun stepped forward to catch them, holding one in each hand, and said with a smile: "This mink cloak is really a blessing, worn by you two beauties, it looks so radiant."

Yu Lian and Chun Hua greeted Ye Kun and Liu Yue Juan together, and said with a smile: "This cloak was given by Mr. Shangguan Ji, and he also gave one to Sister You Rong and Miss Yue Juan respectively."

“So I have a share.”

Yuejuan smiled and said, "I'm going to do some work in the back. Yulian and Chunhua, you guys stay with your brother Kun and have a good chat. You probably miss your brother Kun after not seeing him for a month."

Yu Lian and Chun Hua both blushed.

After Yuejuan left, Chunhua threw herself into Ye Kun's arms with passion, and said coquettishly: "Brother Kun, I miss you so much. I can't sleep every night. I miss you so much that my bones itch..."

Ye Kun chuckled: "Is it only the joints between the bones that itch? What about the others?"