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When Lian Zining arrived at the garrison, a large number of gentry at the door were waiting there. They had been waiting in the cold wind for more than an hour, and their noses were bubbling and their faces turned blue. (_　　　) Seeing Lian Zining come over, except for a few wearing long gowns and webbed heads, and the scholar-like man standing there, a large group of 70 or 80 knelt down and said in unison: "Grandminton participated!"

"Okay! No need for these false gifts, all of them get up and talk!" Lian Zining jumped off the horse and laughed.

Everyone stood up and looked at the highest ruler of the area now, which may be the longest future. Before everyone came, they all heard that this even the great general was a famous general, and he killed thousands of white-robed soldiers under his command. He was resolute and cruel. In addition, he was a young man who was successful and had a high position in his prime. He was definitely not polite. However, he never expected that he was such a handsome young man with a gentle smile on his face, who looked very good-tempered and spoke kindly.

Lian Zining glared at the little flag guarding the gate and said, "Why don't you invite the guests in and talk?"

The little flag was aggrieved and was about to speak when an old man in his sixties came out of the gentry. He was tall, thin and clean, wearing a gray squirrel fur. The old man bowed to Lian Zining: "Sir, don't blame this military master, the young man can't wait for it."

"Who are you?"

"The young man Meng Fanqian is from Lijin County. There are too many people here, so it is inconvenient to answer with you. The young man is older, so he pushed it out." The old man Meng Fanqian smiled.

Even everyone saw Zining’s actions these days. To be honest, although they were a bit of a bribe, they were also doing great things for the people! Everyone was wise and had a good idea in their hearts. But what made them worried was that this old man called them to pay the money from their pockets in order to win over the hearts of the people. Everyone was nervous when they came here this time. After all, Zhou Xingbo was afraid of being frustrated before. He couldn’t think of it. He wanted to live under other people’s hands in the future and dared not to come.

Everyone then launched a respected person who hoped to speak in front of Lian Zining and beg for everyone. Everyone thought that as long as this Master Lian was not too ungrateful, they would grit their teeth and endure it!

"Oh? Old Master Meng?" Lian Zining was naturally clear about his heart. He laughed and said, "The Meng family in Shandong is an ancient family. The origin of the old man's family is from!"

Meng Fanqian quickly said a few humble words, not even saying that he dared not. The Meng family in Shandong has been passed down for thousands of years and is a top-notch local tribe. It has divided into countless branches. The Meng family in Lijin is also one of the most powerful. It is no problem to have hundreds of thousands of family capital. It was a big family that was comparable to the Zhang family and the Wen family north of the Yellow River. Since the White-robed Army plundered, they saw the opportunity quickly and fled to the south of the Yellow River early. When they came back, although they lost some property, their vitality was not damaged.

After a greeting, Lian Zining politely invited all the gentry to the lobby, and gave some high-ranking, respected and famous people to the seats and put on tea. Lian Zining returned to the house and changed into a regular dress. When he returned to the hall, everyone sat down with guests and hosts.

Seeing Lian Zining so politely, everyone felt a little relieved.

Even Zining looked around, and everyone stared at him, and they immediately became quiet.

"I actually want to thank you all. This time, the white-robed army was in chaos, and all the civil servants guarding the county were slaughtered, and the successors have not been sent. These days, the county can keep a stable situation in order to maintain a stable situation, thanks to you." Lian Zining raised the tea cup in his hand and smiled: "There is no wine here. I will use tea instead of wine, and I will toast you a cup!"

"You are kind to you!"

"We should do this, and we dare not be grateful to you!"

Everyone responded in a mess and drank tea.

"This time I called everyone here mainly for three things." Lian Zining paused, and everyone was thinking that the sarcasm was coming, so they quickly straightened their ears, just for fear of hearing the word "money".

"The first thing is to tell everyone how good I am." Lian Zining smiled slightly: "As these days, everyone must have seen clearly how my Wuyi army acts in the six counties. We should know how I am. I have already submitted a memorial to the court and asked for this year's autumn grain. Some of you should also know the foundation of my official. I am also very business in the capital. The rich party dare not say that I am always free of food and clothing. I am very frivolous with money and will never plunder a ill-gotten fortune from the people. I can say it clearly here. I will not make a name to ask you to donate money, nor will I exploit the people. After you go back, you can speak to the people and calm people's hearts."

The gentry was already ready to be slaughtered, but they didn't expect that Lian Zining would say such words, looking at each other in disbelief. Nowadays, there are still cats that don't eat fishy food?

Of course they didn't know that Lian Zining only ate big fish, but they didn't care about the small shrimps.

Meng Fanqian reacted quickly and stood up and said, "You are kind-hearted and compassionate to the people. We represent the millions of people in the six counties. I thank you here."

Lian Zining waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then said, "The second thing is to reopen Ma Zheng."

When it comes to this matter, everyone suddenly changed. Why did the White-Boat Army rebellion? Why did the momentum of the uprising be so great that tens of thousands of people gathered almost overnight? The surface reason is naturally that the people in Shandong are fierce and unruly. Zhou Xingbo is unkind as an official and exploits the people, but at the root, there are only two words - Ma Zheng! If it weren't for the hardship of Ma Zheng, even if Zhou Xingbo was so slapped, he would have no way to exploit it! Not to mention this White-Boat Army uprising, the momentum of the White-Boat Army decades ago was even more powerful, and the big uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, which almost swept the entire Central Plains, wasn't it because Ma Zheng was too cruel?

The court knew this, Lian Zining knew this, and naturally they were the gentry.

Even Zining saw that everyone was so smirking, he frowned: "Everyone knows the name of this yamen? The admiral of the six counties and the governor of the Ma Zheng Yamen, Ma Zheng, is this a task assigned by the court to me. I know what you are thinking, but in one sentence, Ma Zheng must reopen it!"

"But, Ma Zheng is so cruel that I know it." Lian Zining changed the subject and said, "So, this time I will make the decision and invite you to come here, so that you can come up with a counselor and take out a charter, so as not to force the people to rebel again, and I will have to be the head of the people."

There was a silence below, and the needle was heard. Lian Zining was bold and almost heartbroken. He could speak, but they didn't dare to interfere. But they also felt novel. It was the first time I heard about this when I heard about it. The master did not act arbitrarily, but instead asked everyone to make up their minds.

"Everyone should keep this matter in mind. I am not just talking about it. You will have to come up with a charter within three days." Lian Zining said again. He had no choice. Ma Zheng is a hot potato, but he couldn't lose it. Although he had an idea in his heart, doing that would inevitably violate the interests of these gentry and would definitely be opposed by them. On the contrary, it would be better to let them take out a charter. If they have no idea at that time, Lian Zining would raise his ideas and they would not say anything.

"The third thing is about political affairs. Now I am the prime minister of the military and political affairs of the six counties. This is the emperor's high hopes and the court trusts me. I naturally dare not neglect it. Therefore, even if the county magistrates sent here in the future, you can write a note for local affairs and send it to you by the local garrison. I will give you some advice!"

After saying this, Lian Zining picked up the teacup, lowered his eyebrows and waited for their reaction.

The gentry in the hall reacted in a different way, and most of them didn't feel anything wrong. They were still having sex and cater to Lian Zining. Some of them were very thoughtful and could see clearly, and they immediately shivered. What did this man want to do?

This is the ultimate goal of Lian Zining inviting them this time!

The purpose of his doing this is to get power! Get the power that originally belonged to the civil servants of the six counties.

Power is a good thing, enough to make people die for it, but Lian Zining has always known in his heart that he will never take power that does not belong to him, but this time, he must get it! He knows better than anyone else that this sudden appointment to become the governor of six counties is an excellent development opportunity for him and the Wuyi army! The Wuyi army has received the order allowed by the court to expand. Relying on the six counties, more than one million people, and the prosperous Lubei Plain, Lian Zining can build them into a strong army!

Five thousand households and one guard, with a troop 5,600 troops, are already considered a small armed force. If used well, they should not be underestimated.

There is only one prerequisite for this, that is, to have the absolute power of the six counties without any control, so that all manpower and material resources can be fully mobilized to serve the growth of the Wuyi Army! But this is unrealistic. This is not the official Liu Town, nor the Wuyi Army camp. The six counties are located in a radius of hundreds of miles, with such a large area and a large population. It is so difficult to be the only one.

So, Lian Zining decided to do this. Since you civil servants cannot listen to me at all, I will overthrow you by winning over the gentry from the six counties!

The power of the gentry in this era is terrible. The Ming Dynasty ruled only to the county level, and below the county, it was completely anarchic. The county magistrate was completely ruling by you. If you want to keep this official safe and stable, the first thing you did after taking office was to win over these local gentry. Without their cooperation, the county magistrate's government orders would be no one recognized the county government office.

Emperor Taizu simplified officials so that in a county in the Ming Dynasty, there were only four officials recognized by the Ministry of Personnel: the seventh-rank magistrate, the eighth-rank magistrate, the ninth-rank chief clerk, and a history that was not yet in the rank of history. Thinking about how many civil servants a county had to have in the later years, we can know why the grassroots rule of the Ming Dynasty was so weak.

Therefore, it is completely feasible to communicate with the country gentry and obscene the county magistrate.

The hall was in chaos, and Meng Fanqian was hesitating when he suddenly saw Lian Zining's cold-electric gaze looking at him, and he suddenly felt a stern. He thought, "I don't care about him, the county magistrate, can this priest offend easily? He just can do whatever he wants. As long as he doesn't rebel, what do we care about so much?"

After making a decision in his heart, he immediately took the lead and said loudly: "It is our blessing for the sake of being willing to work for the people of the six counties. Please rest assured, the people, etc., and will do their best to do what they have assigned to you!"

The gentry also expressed their opinions, only Lian Zining's leader was following it.

Seeing that everyone expressed their opinions, Lian Zining smiled satisfied: "Okay, since everyone has agreed, then this matter will be settled."

His tone became sarcastic: "Everyone is a person with status. If you say something, you will definitely not change your mind, right?"

How dare everyone say no? Of course, they swear and swear again. At this time, I felt cold. Lord Lian was cruel and ruthless, and he insisted on pulling us up in the open and secret battle for power. This person doesn't want money, but if he disobeys him, he will be dead!

After the major event was settled, Lian Zining felt relieved and said, "Everyone, I have been waiting for a long time just now, and I am also sorry. Now I have set up a banquet in the side hall. Please come over and drink happily, which can be considered as apologizing for you!"

Everyone was played with and applauded by him with a big stick and sweet date. At this time, they felt very happy and said, "You are polite."

In the side hall, dozens of shi girls walked back and forth like butterflies, holding red paint trays in their hands, and plates of exquisite dishes were placed on them. Most of these shi girls were originally servants of the Zhou Mansion. They were scattered everywhere at the time when the white robe army was in chaos, and now they are all back. These old people are extremely familiar with this mansion and are very comfortable in doing things. Even Zining left them all. For them, everything seemed to have not changed, but they just changed their masters.

There were already seven or eight banquets in the side hall. Everyone sat down according to their status. Five or six others including Lian Zining and Meng Fanqian made a table. These gentry were quite reserved. After all, in this era, the status of officials was really many times higher than that of ordinary people! It was a great honor for them to be able to sit at the same table with a fourth-rank court official.

During the meal, the cups were filled with fun, and Lian Zining spoke humorously. Soon, these gentry lost their timidity and started to chat and laugh. During this period, they talked about all the interesting things in Shandong and northern Shandong, but Lian Zining didn't know.

After drinking for three rounds, Meng Fanqian pondered for a moment, and said, "Sir, I have a heartless request, I don't know whether to speak or not."

Lian Zining said: "Say."

"You also know that the 70 or 80 people in the hall are all very well-produced in their families. To be honest, the land of these people accounts for more than 30% of the six counties! This year, the white-robed army is in chaos, and the people are suffering! We discussed it and are about to waive the rent for this year." He glanced at Lian Zining and smiled and said, "Sir, you are the number one landlord in the six counties now. Do you think?"

Otherwise, why would Lian Zining be a big fat man? He had already gained benefits after taking office for a few days. Not to mention anything else, land alone was enough to kill Lian Zining. The number of landlords in the six counties were killed by the White-robed Army, and they could not even find a distant descendant. These lands became ownerless land. It should be said that after the war, these lands should have been re-counted by the Ministry of Revenue and then assigned to the state. But these days, the officials took advantage of the country and did not make any more money? So everyone was pressing and not reporting them. After stationing in the six counties, these fields became the si property of the generals of each department. When they returned to their respective garrisons, Lian Zining bought them at a very low price.

Now there are more than 500,000 acres of fertile fertile land under Lian Zining’s name! In the six counties, large tracts of land belong to him, some even stretching for dozens of miles, and there are tens of thousands of tenants under his command! Of course, even Zining dared not take it alone. The 50,000 acres of which belong to Zhang Yanchang, but he was temporarily in charge. The land deed of the 50,000 acres of land was written with Dai Qinglan’s name, and he had already sent it to Dai Mansion.

It is a good idea to reduce the rent of tenants. It is actually extremely rare to treat tenants as harshly as in film and television dramas, or even beat and scold landlords. In the Ming Dynasty, there is more contractual cooperation relationships between tenants and landlords, rather than slave relationships. Just like the employees of large companies today, not only can the boss speculate on employees, but also can speculate on bosses. If the boss is too harsh, people will not do it for you! These days, they have served crops well, but they are very favored by landlords. Therefore, the rent collected by the country landlords and gentry does not collect much, and they will also be reduced and exempted during disasters, which is also very popular.

Lian Zining nodded and said, "This is natural. You can all have this enlightenment. Of course, I must set an example."

At the end of the banquet, Lian Zining personally sent these gentry who had let go to the door...
Chapter completed!