Han Shizu

Yangdi is located in the northwest of Xuzhou. It borders Luoyang, Zhengzhou and Ruzhou in the west and north. It is connected by mountains and rivers. zone.

And Yangzhai County is also one of the most affluent counties under the rule of Xuzhou, and its economy is almost equivalent to that of Yingchang, the governor of Daozhou.Under the long-term scouring of the Yingshui River, a large alluvial plain has formed in the central and southern parts of Yangdi. The cultivated land that has been cleared has reached 70 mu.

However, due to the large population, the per capita arable land in Yangzhai County is less than ten mu, and if it is counted by men, it is only more than twenty mu.Naturally, it is impossible for Yangzhai County to only have so much land. As the county government with the most extensive jurisdiction under Xuzhou, even if it is only roughly estimated, its grain sown cultivated land exceeds at least one million mu.

Seventy percent of the government's clearing work has been completed, and the remaining land is undoubtedly in the hands of those with special status.And with Pan You's order to conduct an in-depth investigation of the land, as a prefecture and county under the eyes of the Si Ya, Yangzhai County naturally followed suit.

However, this work is really difficult to carry out. Compared with those middle and lower landlords, or families with ordinary status, who occupy the remaining [-]% of the land, there is no family of ordinary people who are either heroes or dignitaries.

It may not be so conspicuous on weekdays, but after a little statistics, there will be an astonishing discovery. There are more than 20 uncles of Yangzhai who have purchased land and manors here, ranging from dozens of hectares to many. Hundreds of acres.

There is no doubt that these people have strong backgrounds. The above-mentioned two or three generations have made outstanding achievements, and they have been injured and bled for the big man.

Among them, Mayihou Dangjin owns the most land. His family is in Yangdi. Although it has not been accurately measured, it is said that his family has nearly [-] hectares of land in Yangdi, and he is the largest landowner in Yangdi County.

Like many nobles, the Dangjin family also bought land all over the country, and most of them, except their hometowns, gathered in the Central Plains.

At the beginning, the Party had only 1000 mu of land in Yangzhai, and only a small part of it was awarded by the imperial court. The rest was either purchased or opened up. Of course, some gray methods were unavoidable. Over the past 30 years, the amount of land has increased by 30 times.

With so much land, it is natural to manage it well. The biggest difficulty is farming labor.However, this point is not a big problem for the party members. It is too busy to call the folks from the hometown, there are many old ministries and followers, and some peasants who lost their land take the initiative to attach themselves. They can also hire long-term and short-term workers. To help, the party even bought hundreds of serfs from Annan, Japan, North Korea, and Southeast Asia for labor and production.

Regarding the purchase of serfs, strictly speaking, it is somewhat illegal. The imperial court has never let go of the importation of overseas population, and even has restrictions.Only in order to cultivate a large amount of official land and power directly under the imperial court, the method of using overseas serfs was adopted, but a special ban was also issued. Overseas serfs were only allowed to be used in government-run land and mines.

But rules are dead, and people are alive. For most people, as long as it is profitable, they will naturally try to break through the constraints.The cost of using overseas serfs is really low, and basically only one bite of food is enough, while using big Han people, not to mention the cost of employment, in the current political environment of big Han, not to be too exploitative is also the key.

Ordinary people, of course, do not need serfs, but for people with status and connections like Dangjin, it is no problem at all to buy hundreds of serfs.As for the issue of violations, it is not his party's family. Under normal circumstances, as long as there are no major problems, the court will not hold on to it.

Against this background, the big man has imported a lot of overseas population over the years, basically strong laborers and young women. Remuneration, doing the hardest, most tiring, and most dangerous work.Under the land, mines, roads, and bridges of the Han Dynasty, there are also countless bones buried.

In the shadows of the sun, in a prosperous civilized world like the Han Dynasty, human trafficking is popular, which is a bit ironic.Among them, the most popular are undoubtedly the Koreans and Japanese. They are diligent, hardworking, and obedient, and they are much better than those uncivilized southern barbarians.However, due to the friendly and good-neighborly relationship between the Han Dynasty and Han and Japan, the labor force of the two countries in the territory was "employed" in name, and those who had no status and were completely used as slaves had to be those Nanyang natives.

Of course, Emperor Liu was not unaware of these situations, but he did not go online. In the frequent exchanges with overseas, this opening has been opened, but it is not so easy to accept it. It can only be obtained from the policy level. Make a trivial limit.

On the other hand, Emperor Liu had a simple idea. Instead of letting these people desperately squeeze and exploit the Han people and do some angry things, it is better to transfer their desire for exploitation to foreign countries. One of the internal driving forces of colonization.

In this way, nearly [-] hectares of land have been fully developed and produced, even with ease, providing a large amount of money and food for the party every year to support the lives of its nobles.Among them, the point of personal attachment is particularly obvious, and Yangzhai has also become a key site for the party.

And Dang Jin did not choose to return to his hometown of Mayi after retiring from his military post, so he regarded Yangdi as a place for the elderly. How could Mayi be compared with the prosperous places in the Central Plains.

At the beginning, because of rampant lawlessness, the nephew of the party family who was set up by Pan You as a model and used his head to stand up to him was one of the main managers in charge of managing the party's land.

For Yangzhai County, to clear the remaining land, it is inevitable to deal with these nobles headed by the Dang family. To complete the task, the difficulties can be imagined, and the Dang family is the most difficult bone to crack.

After all, Danghou is not an ordinary person.Dang Jin has two major reputations in the Han court, one is illiterate, and the other is perverse.But in the same way, Dang Jin also has wisdom that ordinary people do not have. Although he is not clean in his actions, he is never too much, and he knows how to advance and retreat.

On the other hand, he is a generation of meritorious princes, and he has a big backer like Rong Guogong behind him, so he can speak in front of Emperor Liu.It happened more than once that Dang Jin's absurd and outrageous words and deeds reached the ears of Emperor Liu. Emperor Liu's evaluation was often just this sentence: Dang Jin is such a person, don't worry about it.

Regarding the large piece of land he owned in Yangzhai, Emperor Liu joked with him at the Jiaqing banquet that year, saying that his farm and house were doing well, and he would visit his estate if he had the opportunity.
How can such an old noble who can reach the sky be easily handled by the local government, just thinking about it is a headache.But I dare not not to follow the government orders of the Si Ya, otherwise the party princes are just deterrents, and the Dao Si has the power of life and death.

It is conceivable that the work in Yangzhai County has encountered troubles with the party family from the very beginning.The officials of the county government came to the door, but they didn't see them at all. As for the investigation task, they didn't mean to cooperate. When they were led to the fields by the stewards, they also opened their eyes and told lies, pointing to a large piece of land that was being fertilized, saying that these are wasteland .
As for the magistrate's visit in person, he can't even enter the door of the Dangjia manor. Dangjin directly sends a message that he is old, recovering from illness, and has something to do. Let's wait until he recovers or dies. He speaks as soon as he opens his mouth, especially when facing people with lower status than him, he has no fear.

The county magistrate couldn't do it, so he carried Pan You out and used the Taoist decree to explain the matter. Dang Jin's answer was simple, saying that his party's land was a gift from the emperor. His Majesty knows how much land he has, so let them ask His Majesty.
For such an answer, the county magistrate broke out in a cold sweat. This party prince is so bold that he dares to say anything.Yangdi County did not dare to give up easily, and Dangjin was completely annoyed when he refused to give up. He simply stated that you are a small Yangdi County, and you are not qualified to check his family's land, so let Pan You come in person.

This made the magistrate's mentality explode, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. After returning to the Yamen, he couldn't wait to report to Xuzhou and the Gyeonggi Provincial Department, hoping to get rid of this trouble completely.Dang Jin is a vicious tiger, he is a small Yangzhai County, and his body is weak, so he is really not easy to touch.

But when he learned of Dang Jin's arrogance, Pan You was naturally furious.Of course, he also felt that the opportunity had come, and he was worried that he couldn't find a suitable breakthrough. The Dang Jin just came to his door.