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Chapter 217

Chang'an County, Shangluo County, and Zhashui County, the boundary markers of the three counties have been pushed far away. After this year's expansion, Lantian County has doubled and a half in size, annexing half of the land of the above three counties.

The three county magistrates were so angry that they jumped and cursed, but there was nothing they could do about it. Zhang Jinru, the magistrate, ignored Yulantian County's behavior of taking too much and taking too much, just like the air.

But Hong Chengchou, the chief envoy, let it go, and even had a little encouragement in it.

This is actually not bad for Hong Chengchou. After Lantian County annexed these lands, people pay taxes according to the regulations. He Hong Chengchou can get the full tax of two and a half counties. This is too important for the "poor" Hong Chengchou. He couldn't maintain the encirclement and suppression of Wang Jiayin and other bandits.

This year's taxes in Lantian County should be able to support one-fifth of the army's salary in northern Shaanxi. This is what Hong Chengchou needs.

This is a very simple multiple-choice question. If you help other county magistrates to get back the lost land, you will not be able to get enough food and salary. These incompetent people can only pay [-]% to [-]% to themselves.

And these lands are given to Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng can give enough food and salary. Such a simple multiple-choice question, Hong Chengchou is not a fool, wouldn't he choose?

Therefore, the three county magistrates who were wronged could only sit in the county office and curse the street with a bitter face, but there was nothing they could do.

As for the officers and troops stationed in a guard station in Chang'an County, because the elites were lost when they attacked Li Chaosheng's Lantian County last time, Yang He hurriedly dispatched them to northern Shaanxi to quell the chaos. He was almost caught and slaughtered by bandits, but because of the commander's dereliction of duty, the commander was confiscated and dismissed.

And Chang'an County also lost his guard, and became a poor lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Li Chaosheng was not in a hurry, and slowly eroded the opponent. Even Li Chaosheng didn't need to send soldiers to grab the territory, as long as the people moved the boundary markers spontaneously.

And Li Chaosheng is confident that as long as the bandits are more violent and the lives of the people in Shaanxi are more difficult, his boundary marker in Lantian County may be moved beyond the border of Shaanxi, and then Shaanxi will be Lantian.

In the future, the boundary marker will be moved to the city of BJ. From then on, there will be Lantian outside the city of BJ. At that time, Li Chaosheng, the county magistrate, might be more powerful than the emperor in Beijing.

This may be what Mencius said: To secure the country do not use the danger of mountains and streams, and to arrogate the world do not use the benefits of military revolution.

Those who gain the way help more, those who lose the way get little help!
This is what Yasheng wants to tell us. In fact, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is not as pedantic as imagined. The pedantic is actually the later scholars. Confucius was not a frail scholar. It is recorded in the book that Confucius was nine feet six inches tall. You must know Guan Yu and these fierce generals Generally, they advertise themselves as dignified eight-foot men, and Confucius is a head taller than them.

Moreover, the strength of Confucius, the gates of the whole country, the ancient city gates are all made of solid wood. Using the formula to preliminarily estimate the weight of seven or eight hundred catties. You must know that the heaviest Qin Ding we unearthed was only 424 catties. Xiang Yu is amazing , can carry a tripod, but he may be a younger brother in front of his master.

Is it amazing to hold a tripod?People raised the city gate, and there is also a record in Huainanzi that there was a strong man named Meng Ang who could separate two fighting cows. You must know that the fierce general Xu Chu dragged the cow away by its tail, but such a strong man was captured by Confucius. Subdued by force, it can be seen that our master is probably a strong man.

So you can imagine what it would be like for Confucius to travel with his disciples.

A macho man whose force value might not be inferior to that of Xiang Yu, with the 72 core disciples he has subdued, followed by [-] well-trained macho men who know the six arts of a gentleman, this walk, does it look like the boss came out to inspect the site? In the Spring and Autumn Period, when the monarch didn't show any face, and the country was a little smaller, maybe Confucius could lead his disciples to destroy the country.

Therefore, the reason why Confucian scholars corrupt Confucianism is that Zhu should bear the main responsibility.

Therefore, this is also Lantian Academy. To put an end to these rotten Confucianism teaching the way of Confucius and Mencius, it is not that the way of Confucius and Mencius is not good, but that these people interpret it blindly.

On the third day after the harvest in Lantian County, Li Chaosheng's immediate superior, Zhang Jinru, the magistrate of Xi'an, brought his fellow magistrates in Xi'an to express their condolences. Li Chaosheng was not at all interested in the good wine and food arranged by him, and his face looked businesslike.

Moreover, he also refused to accept the gift from Li Chaosheng, which made Li Chaosheng alert immediately. This corrupt official doesn't love money and doesn't take advantage of it anymore.

Thinking of Li Chaosheng's vigilance raised in his heart, he secretly found Guzi, and asked Guzi to immediately send someone to transport the grain out of the grain depot. Li Chaosheng felt that these guys came for his own grain.

Li Chaosheng really guessed right. Zhang Jinru really came here for Li Chaosheng’s grain. This year Shaanxi is still in a catastrophe, and the victims are everywhere. Only Lantian County has a good harvest, and Zhang Jinru, the prefect, is also very sad. Let Hong Chengchou cut off the Hu, leaving his Xi'an government grain depot empty.

So he, the magistrate, has no choice but to come down to find the county magistrates to fight the autumn wind, especially Lantian County, which is the place he focuses on. He has no choice. He is the magistrate of Xi'an. The wealthy households in the city are full of food. After all, these wealthy households have a lot of hands and eyes, and no one knows who has someone who can be related to his future.

So he wanted to absorb the grain from the nearby county government to supply Xi'an Mansion. Li Chaosheng received the adults and greeted everyone. At this time, Zhang Jinru proposed to see the grain depot in Lantian County, and Li Chaosheng's heart skipped a beat.

So I dealt with these people first, but Zhang Jinru was determined. After sitting with Li Chaosheng for half an hour, he urged Li Chaosheng ten times. On the way to the grain depot, Zhang Jinru urged him eagerly, but Li Chaosheng had no choice but to bring it to the grain depot.

Gu Zi had brought people to greet him, Zhang Jinru looked at the grain depot and said, "Is this the grain depot in Lantian County?"

Li Chaosheng nodded, Zhang Jinru waved and said, "Go in and have a look."

Li Chaosheng took a step behind on purpose, Gu Zi came over and said, "Time is too tight, so I will ship out [-] loads."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi and said, "Okay, ten thousand dan will be [-] dan."

Li Chaosheng said that Zhang Jinru had entered the treasury, and was immediately dazzled by the grain in the treasury. He stared at the piles of grain and said infatuatedly: "This is the most abundant grain depot I have ever seen, Li Chaosheng. The magistrate is good at governing the county, I want to write a letter to His Majesty to ask for credit for the magistrate."

The two Tongzhi adults also nodded. They went to the grain depot in Chang'an County this morning. The grain depot in Nuoda only had a mere [-] dans of grain, and it was placed in the grain depot.

Now there are as much as [-] dans of grain here, which dazzled the three of them. At this time, Zhang Jinru looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Lizhi County, we Ming people don't talk dark words. You and I are old friends. We are now in Xi'an." The government is short of food, I will take all the food you have here today."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng frowned and said, "Master Zhang, this is against the rules. We will pay all taxes this year. It is wrong for you to ask for grain from our grain depot."

After hearing this, Zhang Jinru looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Don't be angry, Lizhi County, am I discussing with you?"

Zhang Jinru's tone has softened. Now he can't move Li Chaosheng, and he can't grab him, because not only he likes Li Chaosheng from Lantian, but now Hong Chengchou is also waiting for Li Chaosheng from Lantian. County, if you offend Li Chaosheng, or even replace Li Chaosheng, Lantian will not pay these grains in the coming year, and he, the magistrate, will be regarded as the end.

Zhang Jinru looked at Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng looked at Zhang Jinru and said, "My lord, this is against the rules."

Zhang Jinru said: "Isn't this an extraordinary period? Don't worry about Lizhi County, I can't let you suffer. If you give me this food, how about I exempt you from Lantian County for three years?"

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng was stunned. The business seemed to be worthwhile. For three years of corvée, many people in Lantian would be drawn. This kind of resource loss, Li Chaosheng would not do it. After all, the war is now in chaos. scale conscription.

Li Chaosheng still doesn't want to fall out with the court, so the food is really given, but it's nothing, Li Chaosheng is not short of the [-] dans of grain, and Lantian County's harvest this year is much more than the [-] dans.

Li Chaosheng thought about it, and said to Zhang Jinru: "My lord, these are our rations. You take them away. I'm afraid the common people won't do it. How about five years of corvee, my lord?"

After hearing this, Zhang Jinru thought for a while, he can still work for four years, if you need five years of corvee, then I will give it to you.

Anyway, he didn't care about it in the last year, and now he just needs to give me the food. Zhang Jinru fully agreed, and Li Chaosheng directly asked Zhang Jinru to leave a pen and ink, write this matter on paper, and then use the magistrate's big seal, so I won't be afraid of you cheating.

After signing these, Zhang Jinru ordered the soldiers who followed to load the carts and transport the grain to Xi'an Mansion.

Zhang Jinru personally watched the loading of the truck, while Li Chaosheng retreated quietly, and Guzi said beside him, "The brigade commander just let them take away the food, why don't we grab them halfway and let them spit out what they ate."

Li Chaosheng smiled and waved his hands when he heard this, and said, "No, I originally planned to give this grain to Xi'an Prefecture, but I wanted to sell it to Xi'an Prefecture for some money, but now I have exchanged it for five years. Corvée does not count as compensation.”

Li Chaosheng was talking, and Guzi said after hearing this, "Brigade Commander, why do you insist on giving food to the Xi'an government?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Xi'an Mansion is really short of food. Yuxianlou old man reported that some people in Xi'an Mansion can only drink a bowl of gruel a day now, and this bowl of gruel will still be available in the future." It may not be possible to keep them, and if we don’t give them something to eat, they will really starve to death.”

"If you starve to death, you will starve to death. You are not from Lantian."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said, "That's impossible. I'm not from Lantian now, but sooner or later I will be from Lantian."

As Li Chaosheng said, he looked at Zhang Jinru over there and said: "But we can only give them so much food. Whether they can make it through is up to them. By the way, you can inform Liu Airen. Let him send the militia to organize some people and surround the food transport team on the road, the food can be given, but they can’t be transported out so easily.”

"clear."

Gu Zi nodded, and the other two acquaintances said to Zhang Jinru: "My lord, this Lantian County is rich, and the [-] dan of grain is definitely not their limit. We can try to force Li Chaosheng to pay more taxes to the people. It will not be a problem to squeeze out another [-] dan of grain."

Hearing this, Zhang Jinru hesitated. After all, he and Li Chaosheng still had some friendship, and his wife was still wearing the white fox fur given by Li Chaosheng.

But this grain is too tempting, Zhang Jinru thought for a while and said: "Transport this batch of grain first, and we can try it later."

After hearing this, the two acquaintances nodded, and immediately after the food was packed, Li Chaosheng came to bid farewell to Zhang Jinru.

Li Chaosheng is very grateful. After a farewell, Zhang Jinru went on the road. Zhang Jinru brought five hundred soldiers this time. When he left Lantian County, he was blocked by five or six thousand farmers in an instant, and more and more farmers gathered behind him. , The farmers held hoes and steel forks in their hands one by one, and looked at the officers and soldiers with angry expressions on their faces.

The two acquaintances were terrified. This year is not the first few years. The people are as honest as pigs and dogs. The people nowadays, especially the people in Shaanxi, may evolve into bandits at any time. They found out that officials can also be killed, and the big deal is rebellion.

Anyway, people are not allowed to live. In fact, who is the official in Shaanxi now who is not afraid of the people. These people see that humans and animals are harmless, but when they get angry, they are really tigers and wolves.

"Big, my lord, this..."

When Tongzhi saw the people surrounding him, his color changed, and Zhang Jinru broke out in a cold sweat: "Don't panic, hurry up, send someone to find Li Chaosheng, hurry up."

After hearing this, officers and soldiers immediately rode their horses into the city, and the people did not stop them. A commoner holding a hoe also felt timid, and at this moment the hand holding the knife trembled.

They are ordinary government soldiers with limited combat power, they are considered as the second line of the second line. In a real fight, one soldier may not be able to deal with two peasants. At this time, the common people surrounded Zhang Jinru's convoy.

Not letting the convoy go, the convoy shrinks its formation and leans in a little bit. At this time, Zhang Jinru wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stood up and said, "Folks, I am Zhang Jinru, the prefect of Xi'an. Why are you blocking our convoy?" , make way quickly."

After hearing this, some of the people shouted: "Don't take away our food, put it down!"

One person took the lead, and the next moment there was a tsunami: "Put down the food, put it down, put it down!"

Instead of dying in silence, he broke out in silence. Zhang Jinru was terrified at this moment. These mobs beat themselves to death at this time, and it was probably in vain. Gold water!

(End of this chapter)