The sound of the piano spread far along the stream. The stream was twisting and turning. Dai Kui had disappeared, but the sound of the piano still accompanied the boat.

From Shanyin to Shan County, we rowed against the current. On the way back, we had a smooth wind and current, and it was much easier to do the pole fishing. We just had to check the water situation and not let the boat run aground near the shoal. The speed of the boat was also much faster than when we came. In the dusk, Chen Cao's trip

They landed in the south of Shanyin County. Four sergeants sent by Ran Sheng had been waiting for a long time. They immediately entered the city quietly and went to the Neishi Mansion behind the county government. Dai Neishi sent the government officials to the county post to invite Zhu Yingtai.

Xie Daoyun and Ran Sheng arrived soon, and Dai Neishi bought wine to discuss the inspection of He's Manor tomorrow.

Today is November 23rd, which is the last day of the review period. A total of 9,720 hidden households have been reported in the ten counties of Kuaiji. However, before Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun reviewed the soil settlement, only 9,720 hidden households were detected in Kuaiji County.

After handing over 2,450 households, only more than 12,000 households were found in the entire Yangzhou. It was an outstanding achievement. Yu's surrender of 700 hidden households greatly shocked the people of Kuaiji. According to the estimation of the meritorious officials in charge of household registration in counties and counties

, after this civil war, three out of the four hermit households in Kuaiji County have been handed over, which is more than the total number of hermit households handed over in the previous three land wars.

Xie Daoyun said: "The day before yesterday, the He family handed over a hundred hermit houses, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, along with their families, and sent them to the county. They said that all the houses and property belonged to the He family, and these hermit houses had nothing, and they had to be resettled by the county.

Dai Shijun sent a letter to He Sui, the head of the He family, ordering him to take the people back and only hand over the family registration of these hermit households. The He family has not yet replied. Those 100 hermit households, more than 300 people, are now in the southern suburbs.

The asylum has a tent for temporary accommodation, and the bedding and food are provided by the county office."

Dai Shu said angrily: "The He family is really rampant and should be punished."

Xie Daoyun said: "I ordered Chen Zisheng to secretly arrest two of the He family's residents for questioning, but it was the He family who seized their clothes, silk and property, saying that the county would provide them with food and accommodation."

Chen Cao said: "Anyone who commits injustice will be punished by his own death. If a big family has such little vision, how long will it take for the He family to survive?"

Chen Cao's uncle, nephew, and maidservants rested at Dai Shu's Neishi Mansion for the night, while Xie Daoyun, Ran Sheng and others returned to the post house.

On November 24th, before dawn, the meritorious officers, legal officers, court officers, and thieves officers from Kuaiji County and Shanyin County were on urgent standby. One hundred horses, infantry archers, and twenty Xifu soldiers from Ran Sheng

The elite sergeants were the vanguard, carrying no swords or guns, each armed with a five-foot oak stick, and headed towards the He family manor ten miles southwest of Shanyin County.

Chen Caozhi said to Xie Daoyun: "Brother Yingtai just needs to stay in the county office. I will go to He's Manor."

Xie Daoyun did not appreciate it and said: "Zizhong, now I am fully responsible for Kuaiji Tuduan. How can I not go?"

Chen Cao smiled and said, "Then let's go together."

The head of the He family, He Sui, was He Zhu's uncle. He once served as the domestic historian of Wu. Due to disagreements with Wang Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, and suffering from many illnesses, he resigned and returned to Kuaiji to manage the family's property and educate the younger members of the family.

At the end of Mao hour on that day, He Sui was still lingering with his concubines on the warm couch. People who take the medicine have high sexual desire, and if they don't take it, they will become impotent. Therefore, although He Sui was suffering from illness, he had many wives and concubines, and the five stone medicine was returned.

You have to continue taking it.

The steward of the manor stumbled to report. He Sui heard that the county's envoys had come to search the hidden house. He was shocked and angry. He stood up in his clothes and rushed out angrily. He rushed to the gate of the manor in a carriage, only to see more than a hundred people.

The sergeant and the horse-mounted archer, holding oak sticks in hand, had entered the manor. He Sui patted his shoulder and shouted angrily: "Call Dai Shu to see me!"

Ran Sheng took the lead and had a thick oak stick in his hand. He jumped off the horse and shouted: "Old man, call He Sui quickly. He Zhu is coming to meet you. He will present the family register and wait for inspection."

He Sui was so angry that he fainted and said angrily: "I am He Sui. You, a lowly soldier, dare to be rude to my He family manor. I will never let you go." He shouted: "Left and right, take this person down first.

You can't speak until you have been punished for fifty times."

More than a hundred people from He's tribe arrived at this time, armed with swords and spears, and they were menacing, and more and more people gathered together. The heroes of the county and the thieves were a little afraid, and they looked at Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun.

Chen Caozhi stepped forward and saluted He Sui: "Chen Caozhi, Tuduan Si Zuojian, came to Guizhuang to inspect the registration. Is He Neishi gathering private soldiers to resist the law?"

Although He Sui was irritable and angry, he had been an official for many years and knew the pros and cons. It would be a serious crime to gather private soldiers to resist the law.

The Jiangzuo gentry can be divided into two major categories, one is the cultural gentry, such as Gu, Lu, Zhu Zhang, Yu, Wei, Kong He, etc., and the other is the military and strong clan, such as the Shen family of Wuxing, and the Zhou family of Yixing. The former is easy to win over, and the latter is It is difficult to tame the rebels. The Shen family and the Zhou family have military and economic strength, and are most likely to conflict with the northerners crossing south. Therefore, the Shen family and the Zhou family rebelled several times, but they were all suppressed. The Shen family was even more reduced. For the common people.

As a Confucian family in Kuaiji, the He family is not known for its military force. Even if the force is as powerful as Zhou and Shen, how can they defeat the Jin army? So when He Sui heard Chen Caozhi say that the He family wanted to gather private soldiers to resist the law, he couldn't help but feel his spine In a cold sweat, he said: "My He family is a large family with Shili heirlooms. How can we allow military households to intrude? The He family has handed over four hundred hidden households, why do we still come to check the registration!" The voice was sharp: "Chen Caozhi, I'm sorry that you, an unfounded child, dare to insult me, the He family, I will go to the capital tomorrow to accuse you of abusing your power and disturbing the countryside!"

Chen Caozhi said in a calm tone: "He Neishi wants to go to Beijing to complain, please do so, but don't resist the law today, we will carry out the Gengxu land extermination order." He then glanced at the He family members holding swords and sticks. Bing said coldly: "If you dare to resist the government, according to Jin law, it is the third death penalty and the sixth crime of emigration, and you will be deprived of your household registration and sent to Xubian as a soldier."

The more than two hundred private soldiers of the He family looked at each other in confusion. They were kept in the manor to guard against theft and bandits. They had never said that they wanted to fight against the government, so they couldn't help but take a few steps back.

He Sui never expected that Chen Caozhi would dare to inspect the He family's manor like this. He was the mortal enemy of the He family. Generally, local officials would not dare to be so decisive and would always leave a way out for themselves. But Chen Caozhi He made it clear that he did not take the He family seriously, but He Sui also knew that a armed conflict at this time would bring disaster to the He family. He shouted: "Chen Caozhi, don't be arrogant. I will fight with you personally." You go to the county office to see Dai Shu, and then go to Jiankang to see the great Situ and the great Sima. I, the He family, are also from the Sangong family, how can I accept your humiliation?"

Chen Cao said: "He Neishi is going to see Dai Neishi and the King of Kuaiji. I'm sorry that I have official business and can't accompany you." He said in a loud voice: "It is said that the steward of He's manor has a plan."

He Zhu rushed over and shouted angrily: "Chen Caozhi, you have been dismissed, how dare you barge into my He family manor!"
Chapter completed!