No matter what that ghost can say is so reasonable, greed is an indispensable thing for people anyway, because it is one of the most powerful driving forces for human progress.
Of course, it often covers people's eyes and makes them stubborn and stupid.
There are few people under Li Po who are pure-hearted. The generals are eager to make achievements, the officials are eager to be promoted to high positions, and some hope to leave their names in history. In fact, these can all be classified as greed.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Wen Yanbo came over. Several families in Jinyang wanted to take back their forests and fields in Daizhou.
Li Po rolled his eyes and understood. Is this going to show me, Hu Hansan, coming back again?
Think about it and you will know when these mountains, forests and fields were lost. To a certain extent, this is a legitimate request. After Daizhou is settled, it is not too much to ask for back what belongs to you. Of course, you can't get it back.
It's also very normal.
After a round of land redistribution in Daizhou, the possibility of them getting their property back became even lower.
But these are not within the scope of Li Po's consideration, because this matter always sounds uncomfortable.
Then Li Po also suddenly realized, is it because I entered Jinyang City without killing anyone and made many concessions, so that some people think I am easy to talk to?
It can be said that Wen Yanbo hit the iron plate head first this time.
According to his ideas and speaking according to the law, returning to various mountains, forests and fields can calm the people of Jinyang, and it is also a reasonable request. Moreover, the population of Daizhou is increasing, but it cannot compare with the heyday.
There are a lot of surplus mountain forest fields under the name of the government. It is naturally much better for Jinyang people to send people to collect and cultivate them than the government.
Overall, this should be a good thing.
The reason why he came to discuss with Li Po was that he still wanted to follow this example in the future, recruiting displaced people, or directly granting the land to wealthy families for cultivation.
There is no way to measure the good and bad of what he is thinking, and it will definitely have many disadvantages in the long run. But now, with the population greatly reduced, many fields are deserted, but this is a good way to increase the output of the fields.
But that was not what Li Po was thinking about. At this time, his patience with the Jinyang clan had reached its limit. When the battle was about to begin, someone came to him to ask for this or that.
He was extremely disgusted by the greedy faces of these people.
Wen Yanbo did not allow Wen Yanbo to explain much, so Li Po simply said: "After the war, there were a lot of things without owners. Should I send them all back to their old owners?"
Wen Yanbo heard that the words were wrong and looked at Li Po's face. If it were anyone else, he would definitely change the conversation at this time and listen to what Li Po meant.
But he is quite stubborn. This is an advantage of his character, but it can also be said to be a disadvantage. In fact, it depends on who he follows.
At this time, he just shook his head slightly and said: "General manager, I think that, regardless of other things, the land property is subject to discussion. If there is a land deed and a forest deed, why should it be returned to the old owner? In today's world, tigers and wolves are rampant, the law is not enforced, and the law
With nothing to rely on, isn’t the manager’s previous actions different from those of this generation? Why does it matter?”
Li Po also shook his head, "You are wrong... How much wealth do these families who are begging for land have?"
Wen Yanbo calmed down and spent a lot of time with Li Po. He knew that this man was not a talent for eloquence, but he could also be said to be sharp in words. Especially on some matters, he often had his own unique opinions and was not just a copycat.
, a person whose ears are a bit soft.
With this impression, Wen Yanbo was actually very willing to talk to Li Po, but there were not many opportunities to talk freely.
Therefore, he did not think about the hardness of the iron plate, but smiled and said: "The manager knows what he is asking. Naturally, this kind of family will not live in poverty, but it is not a wealthy family."
Li Po smiled, "In this case, they are seeking profit by asking for land?"
Wen Yanbo disagreed a little, but after thinking about it, he nodded slightly and said, "I do think so."
Li Po's words came next, "Nowadays, there are many families in Daizhou who don't have three meals a day to eat, and their clothes are as ragged as beggars. How good are they? They stay in the big city of Jinyang, not only have enough food and clothing, but also have children in their families who are officials. Now,
But you still have to push your limits, do you think it’s easier to reach out to me?”
"Some time ago they asked me for a title, and I gave it to them. Today they asked me for land. If I agree to it, what will they want tomorrow?"
"You are the Sima of the General Manager's Mansion, not the mouthpiece of the Jinyang family. You have to remember this... After you return, send an order to the Wei Mansion to send troops to send these people to Mayi for the crime of forging land deeds. They do not have land there.
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"Let Governor Wang distribute the land to them according to the law. If any of the children in the family are officials, they will all be dismissed and exiled in Mayi. Let them go to the Cangshui River to build a city."
"I will make the decision for you today. If something like this happens again... think about it before you tell me."
Wen Yanbo touched his nose and walked away.
After being depressed, he thought about it carefully and felt that Li Po had gradually lost patience with these Jinyang rich people. Although the punishment this time was severe, he still didn't cut off anyone's head. It was just equivalent to banishing a few families.
Next time, it will be hard to say.
And the timing of his words was also very poor. This year's war is about to begin, so that person will inevitably be a little more impatient...
Moreover, is it an act of temptation for those people to ask for land at this time?
He didn't take Li Po's reprimand seriously, but when he thought about it, he was shocked. He had originally planned to find a suitable opportunity to remonstrate, but his thoughts of changing his mind suddenly disappeared.
Then he was very ruthless. In order to avoid further trouble, he not only picked out the few people who came to talk to the Wen family, but also took turns to interrogate them.
It was a cold day, so he sent a letter to the Wei Mansion, asking the Wei Mansion to send troops to send all five families, regardless of gender, old or young, to Mayi, and let Wang Lu, the prefect of Mayi, take care of them.
There were not a few people implicated this time. Many people became prisoners overnight, and some relatives were also implicated to varying degrees.
In the end, eight families in Jinyang City were convicted, and the number of Jinyang families suddenly decreased by two, and the rest were all common people.
Fortunately, they did not want to rebel. They just saw that the two states had settled down, so they united together and wanted to regain their lost land.
The purpose was very simple, although it reeked of greed, but it was not as serious as Wen Yanbo thought, and not many people were involved.
Especially it has nothing to do with a big tree like Jinyang Wang's.
Several members of the Wen family were also unlucky. Wen Yanbo was even more cruel to his own family. He threw two brothers to the Cangshui River to build a city, and he broke the legs of two nephews.
For Wen Yanbo, this was a perfectly normal behavior. It was neither for fame nor to improve his family reputation. He just felt that since he was an official, he had to be strict with himself.
What is self? In addition to oneself, family members are also included.
That is to say, no one died in this case, otherwise, he would be the first to chop off the heads of his own family members.
Jinyang, which had been peaceful for a long time, finally experienced a series of shocks.
This is undoubtedly the first time that Li Po has taken action against the Jinyang ethnic group since he took over Bingzhou. Needless to say, the effect is that people always say that the real way to rule is to use both kindness and power.
So this time it can be regarded as an act of establishing prestige.
Later, after Wen Yanbo reported to Li Po of the Ming Dynasty, he followed the trend and sent an order to the two merging states to reissue land deeds, house deeds and other items.
In other words, by this year, the things distributed by the Great Sui Dynasty were completely invalidated in the two prefectures, and no one dared to ask for any lost items from the General Manager's Office.
Overall, Li Po did things in a fairly orderly manner.
Most of the others came up and divided the land between local tyrants. Dou Jiande did this most thoroughly, but later he restrained himself. This was not because Dou Jiande was so wise, but because the powerful families in Hebei and Shandong were almost extinct. Everyone wanted to open up
The grain is stored in the granary. Except for the granary that I don't know where, the rest is in my own name, so I naturally want to be optimistic about it.
Li Po's approach here was more insidious. He put the step of defeating local tyrants later, his methods were much gentler, and the majesty he created was much deeper.
Li Yuan has no intention of attacking local tycoons. He has come a long way by relying on the reputation he has accumulated over the years.
And when he is in a disadvantageous situation, he will be troubled because there are too many wealthy people under his control.
Li Po brought down the stick and hit him harder. A faint scream could be heard, but in the end it didn't make much noise.
His position in Jinyang cannot be said to be too stable, after all, the time is still short, but a series of decrees have indeed stabilized the people of Jinyang.
The small case of forging land deeds did not cause much trouble to him, and few people even asked for mercy.
As the first month gradually passed, people in Jinyang City also smelled the smoke of fireworks. At the end of January, Loufan County Wei Wang Zhibian first led his troops to Jinyang, and the vigilance in the four cities of Jinyang became obviously stricter.
Sentries were out and about in the south of Jinyang. Anyone who went south was intercepted and brought back. They were first interrogated as to whether they were spies of the Tang army.
Soon, another two families in Jinyang City were unlucky. This time, they were no longer exiled. More than a dozen bloody heads fell off on charges of collaborating with the enemy.
The ferocious face of war became increasingly clear in the blood.
Then the Yuci garrison Yu Wenhuo was recruited to Jinyang. The Yuci garrison would be part of the army going south. Li Po would not leave his body to someone who did not have his trust.
Yu Wenxin's cousin needs to prove his loyalty and talent in the subsequent war.
In early February, Lieutenant Liu Jingsheng of Yanmen County and Lieutenant Chen Yuan of Mayi County led their troops to Jinyang. The army gathered together. Li Po stood high at the top of Jinyang City, looking at the endless military camps under the city, feeling proud of himself.
