It has to be said that the idea put forward by Zhou Ru was indeed ruthless. Zeng Fengxian seized the Hu Lin family's land, claiming that it belonged to his family. Without proof and evidence, Su Hao really had nothing to do with him. But Zeng Fengxian
After occupying other people's land first, the area of his own land has increased. As long as he compares it with his family's land deed, he can't explain the extra land.
In this case, if he admits that he made a mistake and is willing to return the extra land to Hu Lin, then everyone will be happy and there is nothing to say. If he wants to quibble, saying that the land deed was recorded incorrectly, or he may open up wasteland himself
I'm sorry, Su Hao can check his tax records. The number of acres in the tax records is less than his actual number of acres, which means that he deceived the government and concealed the land to evade taxes. This crime is enough for Su Hao to deal with.
He did.
A sage once said that the most important thing in the world is to be serious. As a member of the government, if Su Hao is willing to take care of things seriously, the tricks that Zeng Fengxian has done will not succeed at all. Before that, the Andong County Government was
Because of his relationship with Zeng Fengxian, he turned a blind eye and closed an eye, which turned an originally simple case into a no-brainer.
"However, sir, although this method is good, it can easily offend people, so Zhou does not dare to ask you to try it."
Seeing that Su Hao was planning to accept his suggestion, Zhou Ruyuan quickly persuaded him.
Su Hao said: "When I come to handle the case, it's something that offends people. I've already given Zeng Fengxian face today. If he doesn't cooperate, there's nothing I can do about it. Old Zhou, you've seen it too. Today I asked Xiong Minfan to beat Zeng Fengxian's bastard
, it’s already been considered a rift, so what’s the harm in offending him again.”
Member Zhou Ru said: "My lord, I don't mean to offend Zeng Fengxian. Although this man has some property, he is still overestimating his abilities if he wants to compete with you. Zhou is just worried that someone will mislead you if you check the land of Zeng Fengxian's family."
I think it is to clear the land, which is a very taboo thing. If you take the initiative, I am afraid that the wealthy households in the entire Huai'an Prefecture will regard you as their mortal enemy."
"The land is cleared?" A thought flashed through Su Hao's mind, and he understood what Zhou Ruyu meant.
Last year, when Su Hao led the Kanyu Camp out of Fengcheng to Chongqing, he had a conflict with the local landowner Wu Boxhen in Qiaoshe Town. The cause of that conflict was that Wu Boxhen mistakenly assigned the Kanyu Camp to
The surveying and mapping training misunderstood the government coming to inspect the fields, so they sent servants to carry out armed intervention. It was because of this incident that Su Hao learned about the situation in which the big landowners concealed their fields and evaded taxes...
The taxes in the Ming Dynasty were all linked to the land, especially the whip law implemented since Jiajing, which directly converted all taxes and corvees into silver taels and spread them over acres of land. Because of this, the big landowners
They all tend to conceal the land area of their homes in order to avoid taxes.
In order to fairly share taxes and allow people with land to shoulder more social obligations, Zhang Juzheng carried out a large-scale land clearing work across the country when he was in office, and found tens of millions of acres of concealed land. Land clearing is a
This was an extremely offending incident, and the work of clearing the father-in-law in various places was strongly opposed by the powerful landlords, which caused countless riots.
Zhang Juzheng relied on his own strength to forcefully carry out this work, but after his death, the land clearing work came to an end without any problem, and no one had the courage to complete it.
Now, in order to recover the occupied land for farmers like Hu Lin, Su Hao must regain the magic weapon of land clearing, and the risks are conceivable. Although he only wants to re-measure the land of Zeng Fengxian's family, but other
The powerful landowners will definitely be frightened, and then they will vigorously obstruct it. It is difficult to predict what kind of situation will occur by then.
"Old Zhou, if I really carry out land clearing in the entire Huai'an Prefecture, what do you think these landowners will do?" Su Hao asked Zhou Ruyu with a smile.
"They will kill you, sir." Officer Zhou Ru replied without hesitation.
"Killing someone?" Su Hao was stunned, "That's not true. Killing a court official is a serious crime. How dare these rich people have such courage?"
Zhou Ru said: "Earlier, when Zhang Taiyue was still in office, he ordered the whole country to clear out the land of the abbots, and Huai'an Prefecture was no exception. At that time, the government sent several servants to the countryside to do the abdication, and several of them were killed. Of course, those were all
He is a person who does not show favoritism. If he is willing to show favoritism, not only will he not be in danger, but he will also be able to become a guest in the homes of wealthy people, and every household will have filial piety."
"How do you know these things?" Su Hao asked strangely. In his impression, a person like Zhou Ruyuan should be a homebody who doesn't hear anything outside the window. How could he be so familiar with these tricks?
Officer Zhou Ru sighed: "Well, Zhou also worked as an errand in the government back then. All these things he saw and heard with his own eyes. The officials in the government are actually colluding with the powerful people. Those Qingzhang sent from above
Officials are simply unable to move forward at the local level. It was because Zhou had heard and witnessed too many dirty transactions of this kind that he decided to live in seclusion in the fields."
"Do these powerful people kill people by their own servants, or do they hire other killers?" Su Hao asked. He must know these situations clearly. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you survive every battle.
Member Zhou Ru said: "As far as Zhou knows, many powerful people collude with strongmen. For such murders, they mostly hire strongmen to commit the crime. Therefore, after the crime is committed, the government has no way to trace it. Due to constant natural disasters in Huai'an Prefecture, many people are living.
There are always people who refuse to go down, and some people take the risk and become strongmen. In the entire Huai'an Prefecture, there are only thirty or forty strongmen, and the largest ones even have hundreds of people. Ordinary guards can't do anything to them.
of."
"If that's the case, then Su has to take care of it." Su Hao said with itchy teeth.
Landlords seize land, evade taxes, the government colludes with landlords, and landlords collude with bandits. In this way, ordinary people have nowhere to live. Su Hao originally had no intention of deeply intervening in the affairs of Huai'an Prefecture, but when he heard Zhou Ruyu say this
Due to the situation, he couldn't help but want to take action. He must give the people of Huai'an an environment where they can live and work in peace and contentment.
"Sir, do you really want to take care of it?" Zhou Ruyuan asked.
Su Hao said: "I have said that Mr. Su will not do anything that violates the law. Since I said I will take care of it, I will take care of it to the end."
Zhou Ru said: "Your Excellency, you should think twice. This collusion between officials, gentry, and gangsters is very troublesome. Please don't let your boat capsize in the gutter."
Su Hao said: "Of course I will be careful. Now, let's take Zeng Feng first and explore the trump cards of other powerful people. If they want to fight me hard, then I will satisfy their wishes. My survey camp is not just
We are engaged in surveying and mapping, and if we want to fight a war, we will never lose to those chickens and dogs."
"Forget it, let Zhou start taking care of this matter." Yuan Zhou said.
Su Hao said: "Go ahead and do it. I will write a letter to Governor Han and Governor Pan each, asking them to send me more manpower. If these bandits and strongmen know what they are doing, that's all. If they dare to come out to fight with me, then
I will definitely eradicate the roots and destroy all their bandit dens."
After deciding on a plan, Su Hao immediately started writing letters and sent them to Han Wen, Pan Jixun and Deng Kui respectively. Before that, he had sent Chen Guanyu to go deep into the people as a wandering Taoist priest and learned about the secrets of some powerful landowners. He
These things were also written into the letter to reflect the cruelty of these landowners.
After Han Wen received the letter, he discussed it with Fang Mengjin for a long time, and finally made up his mind. He wrote back to Su Hao, instructing Su Hao to go ahead and do it, and said that he would give Su Hao his full support. If the officials in the following states and counties dare to
If they collude with powerful people and bandits, Han Wen will definitely kill them and bring these officials to justice.
In his letter to Pan Jixun, Su Hao did not write too much. He just said that he had encountered some resistance in the work below. Some powerful landowners were unwilling to cooperate, which might even affect the construction of Huai'an's sea channel. He hoped that Governor Pan could take the lead from the river channel general management.
The Military Mansion dispatched some officers and soldiers to assist. Pan Jixun was not interested in such a thing, but since Su Hao had spoken, he would not refuse and directly instructed the Hedao Commander-in-Chief to be ready to send troops to support Su Hao at any time.
Deng Kui's side was even simpler. After receiving Su Hao's letter, he gathered all the recruits and veterans who were training, gathered 200 people, and then personally led the team to Chaohe Town.
"Qianhu, what should we do now?" Deng Kui asked Su Hao for instructions.
"Take our people and measure all the land in Mulberry Manor with absolute accuracy." Su Hao ordered.
"Just a mulberry farm?" Deng Kui said disdainfully, "If I had known that I only needed to test a mulberry farm, why would I have brought so many people here."
Su Hao said: "Don't be afraid if there are many people. I am useful. You go to measure now and ask Hu Lin to go with you. Mark the acres of each household on the map, and be careful not to confuse the fields with wasteland. Zeng Fengxian's family
The land is not only in Mulberry Manor, but also in several surrounding villages. You should also measure it out. I would like to see how much land this guy has in his hands."
"Yes!" Deng Kui responded. After agreeing, he remembered another thing and asked: "By the way, Qianhu, what should I do if we encounter obstacles while waiting for the measurement?"
"Fight!" Su Hao said simply, "Whoever dares to stop you will be beaten away. If the other party has weapons in their hands, they will be treated as attacking officers and soldiers and will not be shot to death."
Deng Kui was overjoyed when he heard this. He was originally a bloodthirsty person. Working under Su Hao, he was under too many restrictions, which made him feel aggrieved. Now that he finally got an order to kill without mercy, he felt as if he had eaten in the dog days of summer.
As comfortable as iced watermelon.
"Okay! Qianhu, just wait for my good news." Before Deng Kui finished speaking, he had already disappeared. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)