my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 289

Chapter 289 Official promotion

Gao Xiang knelt down.

Face as grey.

He murmured, trying to say something, but couldn't.

But Zhang Anshi strode forward, helped him up, and then slapped his dust.

Zhang Anshi said unhappily: "Tongzhi Gao, we are colleagues, we don't like this."

"Grand...Grandpa..." Gao Xiang stammered, "I will definitely do my best...to serve you."

Zhang Anshi corrected: "It's not for me, it's for the imperial court."

"Yes, yes, to serve the court." Gao Xiang said: "My lord, you only need to say one word, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, the officials will die."

Zhang Anshi seemed to be very emotional and said: "People say that the officials of the country are cunning, but I, Zhang Anshi, are lucky. All the officials I meet are people who value hard work. Don't worry, you work hard, and I will definitely recommend you in the future .”

At this moment, Gao Xiang only felt his heart beating so hard, he felt that his back was soaked, so how could he care about any recommendation?

He tried his best to gather his mind, forced a smile and said: "Grandpa, this military order..."

"Military orders must be carried out without compromise. Whoever dares to add water to this..." Zhang Anshi continued with a serious face, "This must be colluding with the White Lotus Sect. I think... it must be a rebellious party. Taiping Mansion You are aware of the situation, the White Lotus Sect is pervasive and everywhere. What is the purpose of my order to suppress the thieves? It is to eliminate the thieves!"

"So... since it is military law and military orders are transmitted, if someone disobeys orders, such as obstructing the clearing of the land, destroying the land, such as imprisoning the population, then it must be the White Lotus Sect bandit. You are a fellow...should Do you know how to do it?"

Gao Xiang knew in his heart that he might kill someone next... but he didn't know who would hit the muzzle of this gun.

Zhang Anshi said again: "There are still officials... If there are officials who lie about this and refuse to strictly enforce the military law, nine out of ten... they must be religious bandits. I, Zhang Anshi, only have loyalty and righteousness in my heart." Literally, whoever dares to collude with the White Lotus Sect, I will not share the sky with him, and no matter who is involved, I will also punish him."

Gao Xiang hastily said: "The lower officials think... the Lord's move is really... really... great! In the past few years, the Taiping Mansion has suffered a lot from the bandits! The soldiers, the civilians, and the common people are all rejoicing, just like the rain after a long drought! The lower officials have also thought about it. In the past few days, they will assist the father-in-law. The implementation of the military order must be found out. At the end of the month, the lower officials will personally go to the first few counties Go around and see if there are any rebels who are obedient and vicious, and if there are indeed those who don't know what is good or bad, at this time, you still dare to frantically follow the rebels, and you don't need your father-in-law to take action, and the subordinate officials will definitely punish them severely."

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "With what you said, I feel much more comfortable. I'm afraid that everyone will not support me. Then I will deal with all matters in this mansion, big and small."

Gao Xiang hurriedly said earnestly: "The lower official is also an official ordered by the imperial court, how dare he have a vegetarian meal with his corpse."

Zhang Anshi patted Gao Xiang's arm, looking very friendly and authentic: "You and I are in the same boat, and this Taiping Mansion is expected to eliminate thieves."

Gao Xiang said with tears in his eyes: "Grandfather... I value it so much, I'm an official..."

Zhang An Shixu covered his mouth: "Okay. Don't talk about it, just do your best."

"Yes."

Immediately, Gao Xiang got up and said goodbye.

When he came out of the hall, he felt the back of his neck was chilly, as if he was possessed by an evil spirit.

As soon as Gao Xiang left, a few knives and axes who were ambushing in the ear room came out quietly.

Chen Li put the saber back into its sheath, looked at Zhang Anshi: "Grandpa..."

Zhang Anshi glanced at them, and said with a smile: "Thanks for your hard work, brothers."

Chen Li hurriedly said: "Where is this, my lord...I see that Tongzhi Gao...doesn't necessarily agree with you, he is just perfunctory!"

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Anshi waved his hand, and said indifferently: "I only want his people, and I don't care about his heart."

Chen Li said again: "What the Lord said is true, it's just... this person is unwilling in his heart, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "If there is an animal that looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, then what is it?"

Chen Li didn't understand why Zhang Anshi suddenly asked such an insignificant question, but he said without thinking, "Duck."

"That's right." Zhang Anshi said with a special expression on his face: "If this Gao Tongzhi acts like my party member and talks like my party member, then what is it?"

Chen Li was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly realized the next second.

"They won't be able to run away when they get on the boat." Zhang Anshi said: "The execution of the military order requires them to do it, but once it is carried out, they will also be hated by others. Can they still run away? Besides following me Work hard, but without me, Zhang Anshi, they will suffer backlash! So, sometimes...you have to be calm, and there is no need to grab people's hearts. I don't care about what he thinks."

Chen Li nodded, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Anshi with admiration and said, "My lord is clear."

Zhang Anshi said again: "But Wei Li's brothers are different from them, Wei Li's brothers have to talk to each other, Chen Qianshi, you understand what I mean."

Chen Li said sincerely, "Yes."

Zhang Anshi's face showed a bit of relief, and he picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and said: "Okay, you continue to ambush, I will call the next one."

After meeting with the magistrates, judges, grinders, and Xuezheng officials of the Taiping Mansion, they met with the county magistrates and county magistrates of the counties, and they were mostly encouraged.

In addition, it is to see various inspections.

There are three inspection offices in Taiping Mansion, two land inspections, with 420 people and six people, and a waterway inspection that patrols the river along the way, with 31 boats and 270 people.

Zhang Anshi ordered them to gather people and come to Qixia for training in turn. These inspections did not have much psychological burden, after all, they were military officers, and they just agreed.

Zhang Anshi said to them: "Since the Taiping Mansion has the same military law, even all the yamen are like this, so the inspection is a military job, and the order must be consistent. In fact, you may not be the one who suppresses the thieves. If you don't want to use your life, there will naturally be Jin Yiwei." , Jinyiwei is not successful, there is a model camp. But I still hope that you can be of some use, and if you are not useful for yourself, your future future will be hard to say."

Speaking of this, what else do the three inspections have to say?

The three of them thumped at the same time, and directly bowed to the ground: "I will wait for everything to be guided by the father."

Zhang Anshi likes to talk to such straightforward people, so he said with satisfaction: "This is very good."

These three people are very smart, they know that they will never be able to compare with the Jinyiwei and the Model Camp, if they don't have that ability, no matter how hard they try, they are still far behind.

Self-knowledge is the most important thing for a person. Since he knows that he is incapable, he must at least show his loyalty.

Zhang Anshi put his hands behind his back, glanced at the three of them, and then ordered: "You should train first, and everyone must be energetic. You must have swords, bows, armor, vehicles, boats, and horses. You must be stationed in various places. Take strict precautions, keep an eye on whoever is making trouble in Taiping Mansion, and whoever makes trouble will do it, if the thief is powerful, immediately send out a warning, and when the time comes... people will come to help."

"Yes."

Everything was ready, and then, military orders were issued one after another, and they began to spread out.

The entire Taiping Mansion was startled.

There is no imaginable boiling with gongs and drums.

But soon someone realized the business opportunity.

The merchants were the first to smell the stench of copper, and the merchants had already begun to secretly recruit people.

The flow of people, the release of their hometowns, etc... can only be regarded as the release of manpower, which means that the previous manpower shortage can be greatly alleviated.

And the most important thing is to spread the money into the mu.

Allocating Ding Ding to Mu means that whoever has more land will be taxed the most.

This will definitely lead to... Those gentry who own a lot of land will greatly reduce their enthusiasm for buying land.

Some people have already started hiring people and studying the details of military law.

Soon, someone keenly noticed... There is one biggest loophole in clearing the land and dividing it into acres.

That is to say, there is no distinction between good and bad land, and the amount of food received is equal.

This is equivalent to saying that for one mu of land, whether you have a good field or a bad field, the tax you pay is the same.

Many people suddenly saw business opportunities, which also means that many people will still try their best to hold the good land in their hands. Even if they have to pay taxes, growing food is still profitable.

Only those bad fields may be different. Originally, the fertility of the land is poor, and not many crops can be grown. Adding taxes, there will inevitably be a large amount of land that will be sold by people.

And it may be sold at a low price.

These lands may be a burden to gentry and landlords.

But for many merchants, it is a sweet pastry.

Because many merchants really need cheap land to build workshops and warehouses.

If in the past, if you dared to go to the countryside to build this, you would be looking for death, because the risk factor is too high, the status of merchants is very low, and the local gentry often have a lot of relationship with the government. If you earn money, just greet Bao Zhang and Jia Zhang casually, and your family will be ruined.

Such things are very common, so most of the merchants only gather in a very small number of cities.

Now Qixia is like this, but there is less land here, and there is also a lack of manpower, but even if people buy or lease land at ten times or a hundred times the price, they will never go to other places across the river, and it is precisely because of this.

But now... everyone seems to be smelling something.

With the implementation of the military law and the addition of these military orders, even fools will understand who they are rushing for.

In addition, it is a question of resources.

The counties under the jurisdiction of Taiping Prefecture are very rich in minerals, and in later generations... that place is a famous industrial base.

The reason why there are industrial clusters is because of minerals.

Now...once production begins to roll out, there will be strong demand for minerals in the future.

Some merchants began to send people to the counties to recruit some local snakes to understand the situation.

They are not in a hurry to act immediately, but to first find out the situation in the counties of Taiping Prefecture, and then wait and see the implementation of the military law, and then act as soon as possible after ensuring that everything is safe.

And every government office is like mourning and examining concubines, they really don't want to do it.

However, they had to be proactive. A large number of servants went to clear the land. There was great resistance in the countryside, and there were constant disputes with the servants.

The guards didn't want to offend anyone, so they naturally knew who these people were!

These are people who are usually called brothers and sisters, how can they offend them?

But if the matter is not done, they will not be able to pay the job when they go back. In the end, they are the ones who have no good fruit.

Dang even started to play the board immediately, and after finishing the board, he took the shackles and showed the public for three days.

The pressure is transmitted layer by layer, and at this point, the guards have made up their minds, and there is nothing more merciless to say.

At the end of the month, Tongzhi Gao Xiang went to various counties to inspect the situation of land clearing.

His chariot and horse arrived at Liulang Township and was stopped halfway.

But dozens of people knelt beside the road, calling out the eternal injustice, and the master Qingtian made the decision.

Gao Xiang had to get off the sedan chair.

Then I saw an old man leading dozens of people, weeping loudly.

He stepped forward to help the old man up, and said: "What's the matter?"

The old man said: "Master, please learn from me, the common people can't live anymore, the tyranny is fiercer than a tiger..."

Gao Xiang raised his eyebrows and said, "Despotic government?"

The old man sadly said: "The county couldn't help but order the servants to clear the land. This land was cleared during the Hongwu period. Why is it cleared now? Not only that, but also said... that it will be divided into acres... Xiao The old man has been doing business for several generations, and he has a little bit of Susukida. His family is also famous, and this fame is not exempt from taxation. What are you talking about...the government and the gentry are one, and they have to pay taxes. This...is it plausible? Arguing with him, the other party not only does not feel ashamed, but even reprimands the little old man, Master Qingtian..."

Gao Xiang looked at the old man in front of him sympathetically, but nodded and said, "That's right."

The old man said: "Today... the little old man has figured it out. If those dog officials don't teach me how to live, I will fight with them. Today I ask the master to make the decision, if not..."

"If not, how about it?" Gao Xiang said with a pleasant smile while supporting the old man's arm.

The old man said: "If it is not the case... then I will not be able to live... Anyway, I will die..."

Gao Xiang said: "It's death anyway, so you still want to rebel?"

The old man's face suddenly changed.

At the moment when these words came out, Gao Xiang's face changed, and he suddenly said angrily: "It is said that the White Lotus Sect has corrupted the village. I didn't believe it at the beginning, but I saw it today. You thief, you are so brave." How dare you threaten the government, this must be instigated by Bai Lian!"

"Come here... These people disobeyed the military order and committed heinous crimes. They were immediately tied up in the county, beaten with [-] boards, and displayed to the public with shackles. I want everyone in Wuhu County to take a good look at what happens when they disobey the military order and collude with the bandits. "

"Here."

The guards suddenly responded.

The old man's face froze, and then he opened his eyes wide and said: "I have merit..."

Gao Xiang said: "Dare to ask the old man what his fame is?"

"Scholar too."

"Which year was the talent?"

"It's been 25 years..."

Gao Xiang said: "That's a scholar of the Yuan Dynasty, what has it to do with this dynasty? What's more... even if you are a scholar of this dynasty, colluding with the White Lotus Sect is a crime of death. The person who came... went to inform the teaching and overthrew him. Fame, such a troublemaker, is stubborn and incompetent, and should not be forgiven lightly."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the old man, simply turned around, and went back to his own carriage.

After entering the carriage, he heard the din of the guards catching people, and the commotion was uproarious, but Gao Xiang was burned, his eyes were red,

This reminded him of his old father, who was also a famous scholar in the Zhizheng period, and he also looked like this old man.

I'm afraid... the old man is such an old man, he will cause troubles because of the clearing of the land and the sharing of the land.

If in the past, he would have treated this old man with courtesy, then... all the people in the Taiping Mansion would not be able to praise him.

But now...he has nowhere to go.

These people sued him, and if he was a little more polite to them, they would feel that there was still hope, and then more and more people would sue and cause trouble.

At that time, not to mention sharing the land into the mu and paying the grain as a whole, it will not even be possible to clear the land.

If things can't be done, Wei Guogong will definitely take his head.

Three days ago, he received a letter from his family, which said that Duke Wei was still thinking about his mother's birthday, and ordered someone to send a big gift to celebrate her birthday...

Thinking of this, Gao Xiang couldn't help but shudder.

The matter was obvious. He followed Zhang Anshi all the way to Heihe, and he was going to celebrate his birthday. If this couldn't be done, maybe... he would be accused of colluding with the White Lotus Sect and kill his whole family.

At this time, the old man's mournful wailing came from outside: "Gao Xiang, you dog official, you dog official..."

Gao Xiang sat motionless, he gradually became numb, but when he heard this with his own ears, he still couldn't help but feel a little tingling.

This is my own kind, cannibalism, listening to their roar is really heartbreaking!This kind of skin-cutting pain, taught him to calm down, and he was overwhelmed again.

He couldn't help but want to vent, so he gritted his teeth subconsciously, and finally said something through the gap between his teeth: "Into the fucking Zhang..."

But at this point, the words stopped abruptly. Although he was in the car and spoke very quietly, Gao Xiang suddenly swallowed the second half of the words, as if he had a guilty conscience.

In the end, he couldn't help but lift the curtain of the car in front of him.

But he saw that the old man and others had been restrained.

He clenched his fists tightly, with an expression of indifference on his face, and said lightly: "Stop me, and be rude in front of me, is this still a scholar? A scholar is sensible, and the crime is even more serious, and there is no need to send him to the county for punishment." I'm going to send it to the Qixia government office... and beat me up!"

He paused, and then said: "His son will also be captured and punished. Anyone who violates the military law will not be spared."

The news of this era is extremely occluded.

But in Taiping Mansion, in the circle of scholars, the news was very well-informed, and soon, the news spread like wildfire.

Only then did everyone realize that it was real.

Not only the gentry and landlords sensed something was wrong, but even the officials in the counties immediately sensed an unusual atmosphere.

This is actually very simple. After all, Gao Tongzhi used to be a good person, but now he has suddenly become like this. He works in Fucheng, so he must know something, even him. This means that this matter must be carried out. Playing tricks on this is courting death.

So the county magistrates gathered people overnight to inquire about Qingzhang's work, and then organized people to rush to the countryside the next day to start Qingzhang vigorously. The work of Qingzhang was extremely strict.

Two days later, a security chief and two armor chiefs were directly executed by the county magistrate for violating the law, and the corpses were directly hung in the county government office.

This news spread to Qixia one by one, Qixia's side...many people already knew that the boots had fallen to the ground.

At present, a lot of dentists have started to go to the countryside to recruit strong people. This Qixia is short of people. Now that there are so many strong people, it's great.

In the middle of the next month, Zhang Anshi stipulated that a monthly meeting be held in the middle of every month, and all counties should send people to come.

People from all the yamen in the government are also present.

At this time, everyone gathered together and no longer complained.

People... that's probably the case. When you start doing one thing, you will get tangled and twisted.But when things go on slowly, you won't think too much about it, and you'll even find reasons for yourself.

For example, doing this is also to eliminate the White Lotus Sect.

Those gentry... It's really too much. It's unreasonable to hide so much tax with so much land!

Morality depends on the person. Things that were immoral in the past have become moral again in this Taiping Mansion.

In addition, Zhang Anshi organized people from various counties to study every now and then, just to teach about the dangers of the White Lotus Sect.

At this time, everyone gathered here, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious.

Zhang Anshi had read the briefing before, and then sat down with everyone with a smile.

At this time, he said: "The situation of Qingzhang is very good, especially in Wuhu County. The number of acres of land from Qingzhang is fully doubled. According to."

The Wuhu county magistrate smiled, and hurriedly stood up: "Your official..."

Zhang Anshi squeezed his hands: "Don't say polite words. Everyone's time is very tight now. Wuhu County has done a good job, so naturally there must be rewards. I discussed with Gao Tongzhi. This year, all officials in Wuhu County will issue merit awards. The errands cost two taels of silver per person per month, everyone has to live, we can’t send hungry soldiers.”

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: "As for the county magistrate of Wuhu, he is able to do things well, and this time is considered a credit. I thought about it, and I couldn't help it, so I played it yesterday. His Majesty's special decree, temporarily ordered him to remain As a title, add one rank to the rank of Cong Liu. This is a special favor from His Majesty, County Magistrate Zhou, you deserve it for your meritorious service in suppressing thieves."

The face of Wuhu County Magistrate Zhou immediately turned red.

From the sixth rank, he should be the prefect of the state. Doesn't this mean that if there is any vacancy in the future, he can fill it smoothly?

It's only been a month's work, and it's actually a direct promotion?

(End of this chapter)