Chapter 65 Fight the local tyrants and divide the fields
Han Niu opened his mouth wide and bared his white teeth and smiled at Yun Zheng. Then he stepped on Daru Khan's neck with one foot and crushed it back and forth twice. Daru Khan's neck became as soft as noodles.
Shaking his head from side to side.
Qiqiao's bleeding face was full of shock. He never believed until his death that Yun Zheng would treat a Condor Shooter like him like this.
Han Niu held Daru Khan by his ankles and saw a carriage full of corpses approaching. He threw Daru Khan into the carriage, wiped his hands on his body and chased Yun Zheng, who had already walked away.
Whether it is Wu Jie, Zhao Min, or Li Dongchu, they and their subordinates have lost the power to continue pursuing the enemy.
Lang Tan, Liang Ji, and Sun Dazhi led their subordinates out of Tongtou Pass and continued towards Fengsheng Prefecture. The purpose was to sweep the surrounding small counties and force Yelu Yixin to fight with them. As long as they bite Yelu Yi to the death.
Xin, the rest of the army will rush over in a swarm, tearing apart Yelu Yixin without leaving a single piece of flesh in the flat Fengsheng Prefecture.
Jiang Zhe stayed to guard Tongtou Pass, while senior officials such as Yun Zheng, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi and Chen Lin were recuperating in Tongtou Pass.
We still have to wait for various supplies to be sent from Yanmen Pass, the most important of which are all kinds of cannonballs and gunpowder. After breaking through Tongtou Pass, we seized another batch of grain and grain. There is no shortage for the time being. This area is already the product of the Liao Kingdom.
Even if the grain land is not captured, the army will naturally be able to collect enough grain from surrounding counties and villages.
There is no point in strengthening the walls and clearing the country in this area. At this time, the weak grassroots governance of the Liao people was fully exposed. After Yunzheng stationed troops at Tongtou Pass, the local wealthy families had already escorted grain and grass to Tongtou Pass, and explained that the grain
It's this year's taxes.
Wang Anshi smiled and welcomed all comers. Not only did he personally record the accounts with a team of accountants, but he also issued tax bills to the wealthy families. Even the tax exemptions and exemptions due to the new emperor's accession to the throne and the amnesty were included in it. It was extremely fair.
After the wealthy family left, Wang Anshi hurriedly came to find Yun Zheng. He opened the curtain and saw Yun Zheng looking at a huge sea map. Several places that were clearly seawater were marked with red pens: Penglai, Abbot, and so on.
The name of Yingzhou.
When Yun Zheng saw Wang Anshi come in, he lowered the curtain on the chart without leaving any trace, picked up the teapot and poured tea for Wang Anshi.
"Brother Jiefu is not in the government office to collect summer taxes, why do you come to my account?"
Wang Anshi turned his eyes from the curtained sea chart in fear, and after drinking a full cup of tea, he said: "The wealthy family is abominable!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "I have sent you taxes with all the gongs and drums, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
"Do you, the Yun family, dare to collect all the taxes near your fiefdom and send them to the government?"
"If I don't succeed, I may be accused by His Majesty. A fief is a fief and people are human beings. I enjoy the output of the land and have no jurisdiction over the people on the fief or near the fief."
Wang Anshi coughed and said: "Now those wealthy families without fiefdoms have sent me the taxes that all the nearby people should pay."
Yun Zheng knows that the most important thing in the Song Dynasty is county governance! This means that the imperial power can be exerted to the end. The village chief, village chief, and clan chief are the most basic sources of power, but the county magistrate absolutely needs to maintain absolute control over the local area.
Yes, at this point, there is no reason to say.
The main reason why bandits and rebellions continued in the early years of the Song Dynasty came from the sequelae of the contest between local wealthy families and county magistrates. If disasters were added to the situation, rebellion would become the only option for the people.
The Liao Kingdom chose to evade the affairs of the local wealthy families. They controlled the state capital and adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the lower officials. Naturally, the local minor officials would be filled by the children of the wealthy families. For them,
As long as they receive enough taxes every year, they choose to turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people at the bottom.
The Song Dynasty was different. What they paid most attention to was county-level governance. In the Song Dynasty, although a county magistrate had a humble official position, he had great power because he had the power to directly submit letters to the cabinet, and those auxiliary officials with higher official positions than him
, but does not have this honor.
Wang Anshi started out as a county magistrate and reached his current position, so what he just said did not hide his anger.
Yun Zheng dragged Wang Anshi out of the military tent, pointed at the soldiers walking around and basking in the sun, and said: "If you see anyone who doesn't like it, take them to chop with you. If you don't like anyone, take them to chop with you. If you think there are not enough manpower, take them to chop."
Just go to Zhao Min, go to Wu Jie, go to Li Dongchu, they can all help you gather some people, and if necessary, you can even bring out artillery to bombard the powerful clan's fortress.
As long as you don't bother me, that's fine. I'm very busy recently. As long as it's something that others can decide, don't bother me."
"The battle between the two armies is in full swing. As the commander, why are you so despondent?"
"Who is bored with things and didn't see me looking at the military map? Just now, I handled the secret report sent by Li Chang of Zhuolu County. This matter is very important."
While Wang Anshi was still waiting to speak, Yun Zheng had already entered the military tent.
Su Xun walked past Wang Anshi three times with his hands behind his back. Wang Anshi sighed and said, "Mingyun, just say what you have to say. Do you still need me to beg you?"
Su Xun smiled and said: "This idea is not mine. People want to sell it for a price. I have no choice but to hang out in front of Brother Jiefu a few more times."
"What's the idea? Who is it for?"
"Brother Jiefu doesn't want to hear about dealing with wealthy families?"
"explain!"
"Let's talk about the price first."
"Who wants the price?"
"Li Chang, the prefect of Tangzhou!"
"What does he want?"
"He wants to take charge of this matter, Brother Jiefu is not allowed to interfere!"
After Wang Anshi listened to Su Xun's story from beginning to end, the sweat on his forehead began to fall. His thin clothes were soaked with sweat and clung to his body, and his mouth opened like a
Fish dropped on the beach.
"Strike the local tyrants and divide the land?" Wang Anshi struggled to spit out these six words.
Su Xun took back the folding fan in his hand gracefully, tapped the table with the folding fan and said, "Li Chang has been wandering around Fengsheng Prefecture for half a year.
In the past six months, he has traveled almost all over Fengsheng Prefecture. If there is anyone in the Song Dynasty who is familiar with this land, it is this person.
Li Chang thought that the wealthy families in Yanyun had already formed their own system and had their own way of operating. No matter who came here and tried to govern this place like other states and counties in the Song Dynasty, it would be in vain."
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "Li Chang's insights are hard-earned and will live up to his six months of wandering around Fengsheng Prefecture.
However, I just want to know, how does he distinguish the good guys from the bad guys among the wealthy families? The same rice can support all kinds of people, and it is impossible for all wealthy families to be guilty of unforgivable crimes!"
Su Xun took a piece of white paper from Wang Anshi's desk and spread it flat in front of Wang Anshi with a piece of paper full of words: "Brother Jiefu, do you like to paint on that piece of paper?"
"Of course it's a blank slate!"
"That's it. I don't know who wrote the words on this piece of paper. The writing is strong and powerful, and it can be written freely. It can be regarded as the best choice.
The calligraphy is good, but it prevents Brother Jiefu from painting on it, so we need to turn this paper full of words into a white paper again!"
Wang Anshi drank water to suppress his shock and said: "Li Chang means to get rid of all the wealthy families, good or bad?"
Su Xun said with a smile: "Didn't the general tell Brother Jiefu just now? You can mobilize the troops in Tongtou Pass. If you can build a fortress and give part of the wealth in the fortress to the people, how do you think the people will treat it?
you?"
Wang Anshi sighed and said: "If Li Chang built a fortress and distributed part of the property to the people, then the people would follow suit and organize themselves to attack the wealthy families... In this way, although the wealthy families would be eliminated, Yan
I'm afraid that Yunliu Prefecture will also become a place full of blood."
Su Xun smiled and said: "This place was originally hell, and there are still tens of thousands of corpses floating on the Yangtze River.
Brother Jiefu, only by completely grinding the land of Yanyun into flat ground can we plant crops on it, and then the people here can accept my teachings from the Song Dynasty with peace of mind!"
"Who will do this?"
Su Xun knocked on the table and said: "Li Chang, he proposed it, so naturally he will do it. After he does this, he will return to Tokyo with the hatred of the people of Yanyun and flourish. Brother Jiefu took the opportunity to intervene.
Anmin, carry out your reform and revenge here.
It’s the best of both worlds, why wouldn’t Brother Jiefu do it?” (To be continued)