Chapter 489 Cleaning

The governors of various counties in Hebei never expected that after they submitted their secret reports to Yecheng, they would receive the king's personal instructions regarding "Instructions on Several Problems Occurring in the Process of Allocating Fields" to political dignitaries.

In addition to once again reiterating the request for counties and counties to strictly confiscate the land of the powerful and distribute it to the landless Guizhou Province, in order to achieve the goal of land to the tiller, the article also proposed a review task.

Today, there are two main problems in the process of land allocation. One is that the land allocation is not complete, and the powerful still occupy a large amount of fertile land by hiding, bribery, and threats. The other is that the land allocation is unfair. The grassroots land allocation officials

Taking advantage of the division of land to enrich one's own pockets, one can occupy as much as possible.

Therefore, what follows the division of land is to cleanse the officials who divide the land in these places. The main focus is on education, so that they can reflect on themselves and withdraw from the excessive land they occupy. Those with bad nature will be directly punished.

To this end, this edict also revised the original methods that may have been fraudulent.

The land allocation was changed from the original discretionary land allocation to an equal allocation based on the population of the township.

In the edict, Zhang Chong used a rare and harsh tone to evaluate the corruption in the process of land distribution:

"I, Zhang Chong, lead my brothers to conquer the world, not to let the silverfish eat more and occupy more. If I can lead fifty people to establish the current Taishan Army, I can lead my brothers to bring out a disciplined official force."

Team. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Anyone who dares to reach out will be caught.”

The governors of all the counties in Hebei were all Zhang Chong's old brothers. They knew what kind of character their king was, and they were all shocked when they saw him speaking like this for the first time.

They did not dare to go against Zhang Chong's will, so they immediately started self-purification after dividing the fields. As a result, another storm arose on the land of Hebei.

…

The temporary patrol team stationed in the stepless inspection team quickly learned about the inspection operations in Hebei.

Different people in the group have different opinions on this matter.

At this time, in the former Wuji Zhen's dock wall, the supervisors of the inspection team were watching the work below on a high building.

On the high platform below, the new president was being pulled up to the stage to receive reports from everyone. Also because it was not the first time, the order on the scene was relatively good.

Just a dozen days ago, this Xinshe was still criticizing some evil slaves who were attached to the Zhen family. But now, he will also be criticized. The changes in the times are too great for everyone to realize.

Therefore, a censor who was looking at the scene of criticism below could not help but said to his colleagues:

"Is the king's move too harsh? So..."

Before this man could say anything else, the censor, who was protective of him, interrupted him:

"Don't make unreasonable comments. Do you know why these people were pulled up? Didn't they just do things that violate our military rules and regulations? They are like villains. They are respectful when they are far away, and they are aggressive when they are close. They must be monitored closely and let them

He understands that thunder, rain and dew are all due to your kindness. Doesn’t Yuan Yu still understand this truth?”

Yuan Yu is Ruan Yu.

The person who interrupted Ruan Yu was another censor named Guo Tao.

Seeing that Ruan Yu was still dissatisfied, Guo Tao sighed inwardly:

"Ruan Yu, Ruan Yu, you don't have the life of your master, but you have learned all about your master's stubbornness. We are not all our colleagues in the censor here. If you make such arrogant remarks, the flying army next to you will

How could Wei not do anything to you? You don’t have a daughter!"

But that was all he said, and he didn't dare to say anything more on such a sensitive topic.

But what Guo Tao was worried about came true.

At this moment, an embroidered official with a sinister look on his face appeared upstairs.

With a sneer, he asked:

"Ruan Yushi, are you opposing the king's policy?"

When this man spoke, the air was filled with frost. Of course Ruan Yu was not really stupid, and of course he did not dare to respond to these words.

He suddenly said seriously:

"Chun Neiwei misunderstood. I just think this is a good move. There are too many local people mixed in at the grassroots level. They use the grace and power of our Taishan Army to dominate and oppress the people below. That's right.

It is these people who have ruined the reputation of our Taishan Army. If these people are not eliminated, the people's resentment will not be vented, and the people's hearts will not be established."

These words are completely different from what Ruan Yu said before. But we can't blame him for his sudden change of attitude. In fact, the inner guard in front of him is really a ruthless and cruel official.

Along the way, the inner guards and the imperial censor were patrolling together. The man in front of him, named Chu Yan, really frightened Ruan Yu with his cruel methods.

Ruan Yu really didn't want to fall into the hands of such a ruthless person.

After hearing what Ruan Yu said so obediently, Chu Yan just snorted and said nothing more.

He didn't want to take Ruan Yu for this matter. After all, this person was a member of Cai Yong's family and was different from ordinary people.

Chu Yan glanced at the censors present and suddenly said:

"Something happened over there in Wuji. We need to go there. It concerns the Zhen family."

After saying these words, Chu Yan ignored everyone and went downstairs first.

As soon as Chu Yan left, all the censors were visibly relieved, especially Ruan Yu, who breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Ruan Yu like this, Guo Tao on the side thought it was a good thing.

Maybe Ruan Yu can correct this problem with his mouth, otherwise he will still suffer from this problem in the future.

But soon, a thought emerged in everyone's mind:

"What happened to Mrs. Zhen again?"

…

At this time, about twenty miles away from the dock wall, there is Wuji, the important city of Zhongshan Kingdom.

In the county office of Wuji, Zhongshan Governor Xie Bi was sitting in the hall, explaining things to Wuji's order Li Heng.

What exactly is going on requires a high-ranking official worth two thousand dan to come to Wuji and explain it himself.

In the hall, Zhen Yu, the head of the Wuji Zhen family, was also present in a reserved manner, his expression becoming more and more frightened following Xie Bi's words.

What happened? With Zhen's current status, she still behaves like this.

But I heard Xie Bi ask Li Heng the following:

"Can the officials from various communes in Wuji be the backbone of our Taishan Army?"

Li Heng didn't even look at the frightened Zhen Yu and replied:

"According to the investigation of the lower officials, it is not possible. When they first gained power, they acted arbitrarily and despised the county and temple when they realized that they were backed by a wealthy family. It is a fact that the orders of the county and temple cannot reach the local area."

Obviously, judging from Zhen Yu's expression, this so-called Hao surname is Zhen's.

The Taishan Army is indeed systematically suppressing and eliminating powerful people, but that does not mean that there are no big families within the Taishan Army.

For example, the Hu Mu family in Fenggao and the Zhen family in Wuji both retained their local status because of their significant achievements in the Taishan Army's war.

Zhang Chong just asked the Hu Mu family and the Zhen family to donate the land, and the Taishan Army used money to redeem it. Then he let the two families mainly develop business.

The Zhen family was originally a businessman, so they were naturally happy with this arrangement. Moreover, they now have two daughters in the palace, and they know that wealth will be in their future, so they don't dare to complain at all.

But things did not change according to Zhen's will.

As Wuji's biggest right-hand man, the Zhen family had tens of thousands of disciples, guests, and friends. Since Wuji was so big in total, when the Taishan Army established a grassroots society, it was inevitable that they would use Zhen's old friends.

These people were originally from noble slave backgrounds. They relied on serving the Taishan Army and lived in the countryside. Naturally, they used the same style of behavior in the past.

In their understanding, the head of their family is the Qi family of King Taiping, so they are the king's retainers. Isn't that a family?

Generally speaking, this idea is valid when applied to anyone. But unfortunately, they met Zhang Chong, a man named General Chongtian.

A man who will change his appearance drastically when he comes.

After receiving the notice from the county to clean up the local social officials, these social officials were not panic-stricken at the first moment, but immediately united together.

They found the Zhen family to come forward, and Zhen Yu, as their former head of the family, softened his heart when he saw these people crying and agreed, so he agreed.

But when he entered the county temple and saw Xie Bi, the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, he knew something was wrong.

He had also heard of Xie Bi.

The eldest sister also mentioned this person in her letters home. After Xie Bi was appointed and dismissed as the prefect of Zhongshan, the eldest sister went to collect information about this person.

From what they learned, Xie Bi was also from the Yanzhou clan. He was defeated and captured when he besieged Zhang Chong in the past. Since then, Xie Bi has been a senior general in the army and participated in almost all the battles of the Taishan Army.

Obviously, this is a veteran who has come out of the battlefield, so the eldest sister gave some advice to her brother in her letter home:

"Friends."

But at this time, Zhen Yu could only smile bitterly. He didn't want to be friends with Xie Bi, but this man clearly wanted to mess with their Zhen family.

Listen to what this person is saying now.

After hearing Wuji ordered Li Heng to say that "the order cannot leave the county temple", Xie Bi, who had always had a stern face, slapped the case and scolded Li Heng angrily:

"What kind of command do you have? You are incompetent. Fortunately, you are also a minister, so you do things like this? I, a senior official in a county in Taishan Army, can be teased by Xiaoxiao? What a joke!"

Of course Xie Bi didn't really scold Li Heng. On the contrary, he admired Li Heng's abilities very much.

This man was released from the King's shogunate. He had successively held many positions at the grassroots level and was able to handle them all with ease. In just half a year, he was appreciated by several high-ranking officials and distinguished himself.

After Li Heng came under him, Xie Bi had a clearer understanding of his agility, so he always had very good expectations for Li Heng.

And this time Li Heng lived up to his expectations. Just before Xie Bi came, Li Heng had almost sorted out the crimes of the Zhen clan slaves.
To be continued...